The No.1 Detective Ladies Agency by Alexander McCall Smith

If you're into crime and mystery, this is definitely the book for you.
This book is about a character called Mma Ramotswe. Her real name is Precious, but out of respect people call her Mma Ramotswe. She is a detective in Botswana, and a clever one at that. The first book in this series is a collection of her encounters with notorious criminals and her odd clients. Most of her mysteries seem complicated but in the end turn out to be very simple and ridiculous. The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency includes quite a bit of comedy as well; Mma Ramotswe is a very comical character. If you're wondering about the strange names, the story is set in Botswana so it was completely normal then to have names like, "Pretty" and "Big".
Thank You for reading this! Actually, you should be the one thanking me because I am doing you a favor actually recommending this book to you. :D

Sweethearts by Sara Zarr

Although a bit sad, this book is amazing for mystery/romance lovers.Many years ago, when Jennifer Harris was still in Kindergarten, she met a boy in her class named Cameron Quick.
Not before long, they realize that they are both social outcasts and soon become the best of friends. Cameron is a very nice boy, but he also is strange. For example, one day when Jennifer and Cameron were in 4th grade, Cameron gave Jennifer a genuine amethyst ring! Cameron claimed he found the ring in their school parking lot. However, during Jennifer's year in 5th grade, she finds Cameron missing from school and soon learns from her teacher that he has unexpectedly died!
    Now, when Jennifer (now known as Jenna Haughen) is in High School, she has forgotten about Cameron and his mysterious death, and instead is happy and popular. However on her seventeenth birthday, Jennifer spots a note on her desk from no other than Cameron Quick! It says happy birthday. Then, Jennifer sees Cameron at school and gets even MORE alarmed. Did Cameron Quick wake up from the dead?
 If you want to know the answer, I highly suggest reading the book. It's not that long , so if you don't like long books than you don't have a problem. Happy reading! :)

Suspense And Senesibility by Carrie Bebris

Here's another Mr. and Mrs. Darcy Mystery, this time involving Kitty Bennett, Elizabeth's flirty immature sister. Except now, Kitty has learned her lesson and is a more respectable woman. Because of this, Kitty's father decides it's time to get Kitty married, so Mr. Bennett looks to Elizabeth for help. Elizabeth takes Kitty to Pemberly with her and there Kitty meets a very respectable gentleman named Mr. Harry Dashwood. Kitty finds herself utterly in love with Mr. Dashwood and Mr. Dashwood loves Kitty. At first Mr. Darcy is very cautious with Kitty and Mr. Dashwood because Mr. Darcy suspects Harry to be like Mr. Wickam, a scoundrel and a liar.

However, Mr. Darcy's opinion of Mr. Dashwood changes entirely when Mr. Darcy has a conversation with Mr. Dashwood and discovers him to be very respectable and pleasant. Soon, Dashwood and Kitty are happily engaged, and then something very strange happens. Mr. Dashwood starts acting so revolting. He took another mistress, and left Kitty alone. Kitty, enraged and distraught, goes to Mr. Dashwood's estate along with Elizabeth to go see what is amiss with him. Mr. Dashwood proves to be very rude and soon Kitty consents to break the engagement. But Elizabeth has discovered something very intriguing about Mr. Dashwood's mirror that he had brought back with him from his old house. She discovers another Mr. Dashwood trapped in the mirror itself!

To Elizabeth, it appears as though the real Mr. Dashwood is being held prisoner in the mirror! So, who was the other revolting gentleman impersonating Mr. Dashwood? Well, Elizabeth concluded that it was Mr. Dashwood's great grandfather, known for his ill reputation. The only dilemma that remains for Elizabeth is to get Mr. Dashwood out of the mirror (called The Mirror Of Narcissus), so Elizabeth seeks help in a supernatural professor who explains to her a way to get Mr. Dashwood out of the mirror. Before getting the real Mr. Dashwood out of the mirror, the fake Mr. Dashwood (Sir Francis) has carelessly locked himself into a freezer while in the act of getting some ice cream, so he dies. With the help of her husband and the professor (Professor Randolph) Elizabeth succeeds in getting Mr. Dashwood safely out of the terrible mirror. Then, like a true gentleman, Mr. Dashwood apologizes to Kitty and they get engaged again.

This book is really amazing, and I love the way Carrie Bebris has spun this tale :)

Frederick Douglass: For The Great Family of Man by Peter Burchard

Frederick Douglass was a black slave in his childhood and most of his adulthood. However, Douglass was no ordinary slave. He was very tall, and he had a strong personality that made him different from all the other slaves. He believed that there was hope for blacks to not only to be considered humans (I know, it's really sad how the whites thought back then) but American citizens.

Frederick Douglass was born in 1818 in the month of February, and the exact date of his birth was unknown. His name had not always been Frederick Douglass; his original name was Frederick Bailey, but he changed his last name so that when he was escaping from his owner, he would not be recognized. Douglass was not born into slavery; he actually had a happy childhood. He lived with his Aunt Betsy who was very strict and loved to scold him. But to Frederick that didn't matter because he had the most loving mother any child would want. However, after she died, Frederick was miserable. Then he along with his Aunt Betsy were unfortunately enslaved.

Douglass was a very defiant slave, as well as tall and quite strong. One time when Frederick returned from running way from his owner, his owner got very angry at him (naturally) so when Frederick started acting in a defiant way, his owner asked him, "Are you gonna disobey me?", and in response, Frederick pinned his owner to the wall, and then his owner was helpless. Well, you can now get the idea what a strong and amazing person Frederick was. Later Douglass married a woman named Anna, a former slave herself who had been freed. Well, this is a brief bio on Frederick Douglass, but if you are interested in reading up about him in more detail, just get the book. By the way did I forget to mention Frederick Douglass thought Abraham Lincoln's legs were too long?

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Probably most of you already heard about this book because it's a popular classic, and you probably are like "Oh, it's too boring, ugh. Classics!" But seriously, when you read this it will totally change your view of classics forever. It's about this ten-year old boy named Pip and his parents died so he is left to his already married sister, and he starts living with her. His sister has married a blacksmith by the name of Joe Gargery. When Pip is ten, he meets a strange old lady by the name of Ms. Havisham. He starts visiting Ms. Havisham regularly to entertain her. Ms. Havisham has been in her wedding gown for many years, and has a old, disgusting, rotted wedding cake sitting at a dusty table. Ms. Havisham has stopped all her clocks and Pip has no idea why. (hint hint if you read the book, you just might find out why though). Ms. Havisham has a young girl living with her (same age as Pip), and the girl's name is Estella. Estella is a very beautiful girl and treats Pip like he is scum. However, Pip LOVES Estella and dreams about her day and night. Apart from all this romance, Pip encounters a convict who asks Pip for a bite of food, and Pip gives some to him, not knowing what else to do. The convict frightens Pip immensely, and Pip hopes he never sees this strange man again! Okay, so that's all I am going to tell you, interesting enough, huh? Yes, I told you so. I highly recommend listening to this book with audio, especially a certain BBC version. (That's what I did, then I read the book myself.) Anyway, classics are wonderful. Please read this book because you will really enjoy it, guaranteed. Happy Reading! :)

Pride And Prescience by Carrie Bebris

Now, I have read Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and absolutely wished there was a sequel to the book. Most attempted sequels of Pride And Prejudice turned out to be really lame, but this certain book is really amazing! It's basically a mystery and Elizabeth Darcey and Mr. Darcey try and solve it. The beginning of the book is set the same day Elizabeth Bennett (now Darcey), and Jane Bennett (now Bingley) gets married, and it's the marriage reception. However, everyone at the wedding reception is giving all the attention to Caroline Bingley because she is engaged to a Mr. Parrish, who came from America. Mr. Parrish reminds me a lot of Mr. Wickam (personally speaking), because he is so humorous and smooth. After the wedding, Elizabeth and Mr. Darcey go to London for a honeymoon and VERY strange things happen on this honeymoon. Elizabeth spots Caroline on the dirty streets on London in complete rags. If you want to find out what happens next, kindly read this awesome book. The only thing is though, you might want to read Pride And Prejudice first before reading this because then you will know all the characters and recognize them and things will totally make more sense to you. Thank you!

The Princess Curse by Merrie Haskell

If you like fairytales, this book is perfect for you! It's about a thirteen year old girl who is a herbalist's apprentice. She herself is not a princess, but she makes many herbal potions for the princesses to cure them whenever they fall ill. However, all the princesses have one curse.One very ridiculous curse. Whenever they wake up, their night slippers have holes in them and are all tattered up. All the princesses want the herbalists apprentice to cure this curse. She agrees to help them, even though she thinks it's a ridiculous curse that doesn't make any sense whatsoever! All the townsfolk think that the herbalists apprentice has NO way of breaking the curse by using herbs. The herbalists apprentice has full faith in her knowledge of herbs though, and sallies forth to help them. While looking for the right kind of herb to cure the princesses, the herbalists apprentice meets a strange man. He wore a long black cloak with a large ornate broach on the center of his cloak. Could this strange gentleman help her into breaking the curse? if so, what would happen after the herbalist's apprentice finally broke the curse? Find out all in The Princess Curse! <3 this is absolutely a book worth reading!!