Monthly Archives: December 2013

Dec
12
2013

THIS BOOK IS NOT GOOD FOR YOU! By Pseudonymous Bosch

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My book is called: This Book Is Not Good For You! By Pseudonymous Bosch. It is part of a series. The first book is called : The Name Of This Book Is Secret. The second book is called: If You Are Reading To Late. The fourth book is called: This isn’t  What it Looks Like. There is a fifth book.

The main characters are Cassandra, Cass for short, Max-Ernest (By the way that is one name) and Yoji, Yo Yoji is what  his friends call him. The setting is all over the place because it is an adventure/mysteries book. The bad people are called The Masters Of The Midnight Sun.The two main bad people are called Ms. Mavuis and Dr.L. You find out in the first book that they look like they are 20 but they are really 200. The club that Cass is in is called The Terces. That is secret backwards because they are protecting a secret that the reader dose not Know about.

 

I would recommend this book to someone who likes mystery and adventure. I would rate this book 5 stars out of 5. *****.

 

 

Dec
12
2013

Wonder by R.J. Palacio

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I read a book I really liked called Wonder by R.J. Palacio. The book is about a boy who had a different face from everyone else and his name is August. In the story he gets hearing aids and he has never gone to school before except in fifth grade he started school before that he was home schooled. Later on in the book August’s pet named Daisy dies and that is a real crusher for him and his family let alone  his other problems. August has an older sister named Via who is fourteen and just started high school. Via’s first name is Olivia. When broke up with her old best friends Miranda and Ella and got her first boyfriend Justin, August and Via had to go through those changes together. I really enjoyed Wonder because the book is not true but it could happen and it’s funny and a great book for nine or ten year olds. Out of five stars I would rate this book four and a half stars.

Dec
12
2013

Pish Posh, by Ellen Potter

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I read Pish Posh, a book by Ellen Potter. The main character is Clara. She is eleven and has her own apartment because she’s rich. But a girl named Annabelle tries to steal from her. What do you think Clara thinks about that? Meanwhile she was still working at Pish Posh, her parent’s restaurant. Thinking about Dr.Piff  someone she met who is very mysterious. You will find out more about Dr.Piff if you read the book yourself.

I would rate this book five stars out of five.This book would be good for 3rd and 4th graders.

Dec
12
2013

Summer According To Humphrey, by Betty G. Birney

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Summer According to Humphrey is a great book by Betty G. Birney. Humphrey is a curious and excited loved hamster that lives in a classroom full of children. He finds out that it is summer vacation. Where does Humphrey go? Well he finds out and goes to camp Happy Hollow. Humphrey has a lot of fun there. There are horses and pools and many things to do. But Humphrey can’t do all of that stuff though. This is a  book for 4th or 3rd graders. I rate this book 5 stars! Want to know what happens, find out  when you read the full adventure camp out story of Humphrey!

Dec
12
2013

When You Reach Me, by Rebecca Stead

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When You Reach Me  is a book about a girl named Miranda who breaks up with her old friend named Sal. Miranda meets a store owner named Jimmy who has a stash of two dollar bills.  Miranda finds a man who kicks his foot out on the street and sleeps under a mailbox and says a chant that says “book, bag, pocket, shoe” over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over v and over and over and over and over  and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and many more times again. Miranda also meets the kid who punched her old friend Sal, and thinks time travel is possible. I rate this book 5 stars. I think this book is good for ages 8-14. If you have read the book A Wrinkle In Time, you will like this book.

 

Dec
12
2013

HOOT/Carl Hiaasen BOOK REViEW

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I read the book Hoot by Carl Hiaasen.  In the book the main characters are Roy, Beatris and Beatris’s step brother.  The story takes place in Coconut Cove, Florida.  Even though the story takes place in Coconut cove Roy was originally from Montana.  One morning Roy sees a running boy with out shoes.  That  is how Roy’s adventure starts.  My favorite  part of the book is when a construction site gets vandalized and they don’t know who did it.  I recommend this book for third grade through adults, I rate this book three in a half stars.

 

 

 

Dec
12
2013

My Book Review Of  Gone-Away-Lake! ! ! ! !

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Benjamin’s  Book Review Of  Gone Away LakeBy

Benjamin Winokur-Applebaum

 The book that I just read is called Gone Away Lake! I finished it a little while ago but now I can finally write about it!!   It is By Elizabeth Enright

The reason I liked this book is because it has  one picture per chapter. So I know what the scenes from the book look like when I need a picture in my head !    I also like this book because they describe it from the perspective of a child named Portia who is exposed to be looked at as the narrator/main character !  I also like the book because it is in the perspective of two time periods now(35 years ago)and 5,555 years ago!  Also another reason I like this book is because about five people are the feelings in the book and that one person is telling all of the people about it!  I also like that it has a bit of make believe in it!!

The plot is that there are two kid’s Portia and Julian (main characters).  The two kids find a lake in the forest and they then start to explore and have adventures in the swamp.  But they also  might meet some people or things that you would  not normally see in real life or in a swamp !!

There  are tons of interesting flashbacks and stories of that some people tell that they meet in the story !!There are lots of people you will meet in this adventure and lots of names of animals.  So if you like animals this is your book and if you are a story or surprises lover this is also your book !!

I recommend this book to you because it has laughs and screams and tells you stories that are fake but seem real.  It gives you tips about nature!!  That is why I recommend it to you to read !!!!

This is why I liked this book. It is called Gone Away Lake for you who do not remember !!  So if you like anything that I said in this book review you should check this book out because it is in the public library’s.  There are two books in the series Gone Away Lake and Return To Gone Away!!  My name is ben and this is my book review for you !!!!!!!!!!!!!

ENJOY

Published By New York Times!!!!

Dec
12
2013

Pish Posh, by Ellen Potter

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In Pish Posh by Ellen Potter, the main character Clara is 11 years old, rich, and a bit of a snob. After going to her parent’s restaurant Pish Posh, she goes to her apartment which has so many rooms in it, for example: the roller-coaster room, the beach room, the Brooklyn village room, the tree climbing room, and many more. She went in the tree climbing room. In that room there is a big tree in the room imported from Australia. The tree is so big that there is a special ceiling for the tree. While Clara is climbing the tree, she hears police outside her building and a voice asks Clara if she could come into Clara’s apartement. Clara lets the mysterious girl in and her name is Annabelle. It turns out she is a thief. I really enjoyed this book because it is full of mystery.

 

My favorite part of the book was when Clara went to Annabelle’s house and Annabelle says, “You still think SpyFocals are fancy walkie-talkies?” I like that part because it’s funny.

 

I would recommend this book to people who like mysteries because there are a lot of surprises. I would also recommend this book to people who like friendship stories because Clara and Annabelle stick together. Lastly, I would recommend this book to people who like action because a lot of exciting things happen.

 

I would give this book 5 stars!

Dec
12
2013

This Book is not Good for you by Pseudonymous Bosch

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This Book Is Not Good For You by Pseudonymous Bosch  is the third in the series of 5.I think is the worst out of the first 3 books in the secret series since it’s mostly about chocolate and not as exciting.The main characters are Cass (short for Cassandra), Max-Ernest and Yoji. Their job is to stop the Midnight Sun, an evil alchemist organization, who try to figure out the secret, which no one in the book knows.

 They have ended up getting kidnapped for a day, losing Cass’s mother and they have got tricked. My favorite part of the series was in the first book, which I won’t tell you so I don’t spoil it. I would recommend this book, but not before reading the first 2, to people who like adventure books. I would give this book a 3 star rating out of 5, 5 being the best since the first 2 were much better. My favorite part of the third book has something to do with Cass’s Mother missing. You want to know the ending? Too bad, I won’t tell you. You have to read the book!

Dec
12
2013

Fantastic Mr.Fox By Roald Dahl

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There lives a fox in a hole underground. His name is Fantastic Mr. Fox. Fantastic Mr.Fox has a wife, she is called Mrs. Fox and she also has three children that are also foxes.

Every night Fantastic Mr.Fox takes a chicken, duck or turkey from one of the farmers. Then one day the three farmers named Bunce, Boggis and Bean get really angry that the Foxes are stealing their food. So one day they decide to dig the foxes out. In the middle of the night Mr.Fox heard the tractors so he woke everyone up and they all started to dig a hole into the ground very, very deep…

If you read this book you can find out more. I would recommend this book because it is a very adventurous and exciting book. I would give this a five star rating out of five stars.