Monthly Archives: December 2013

Dec
13
2013

Frankly Frannie Principal For The Day, By AJ Stern

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By Jemma

I would say the book Frankly Frannie Principal For The Day by AJ Stern was a very breathtaking book. It was like, what is going to happen next? Is she going to be principal !? I would recommend the book to people who don’t like as much adventure but a funny book with made up words and a very curious main character. I would rate the book 4 stars. My favorite part of the book is when she is putting her principal composition in her folder. My other favorite part which happens throughout the whole book is when she makes up words!

Dec
13
2013

The Chocolate Touch, By Patrick Skene Catling

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The title of my reading partnership book is The Chocolate Touch, by Patrick Skene Catling. The main character is John Midas and the book takes place far in his town. After John finds a mysterious coin, he buys a box of chocolate and everything he eats or touches his mouth, turns into chocolate. John starts to have problems with this. My favorite part is when the song from the play comes up in chapter eight, “Where the pools are bright and deep, Where the gray trout lies asleep, Up the river and over the lea, That’s the way for Billy and me….” I enjoyed this book, I would give it three stars on a scale of five stars because it wasn’t my favorite book. I would still recommend it, especially to people who like fun, fiction books.

Dec
13
2013

Frankly Frannie: Principal for the day, By A.J Stern

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Frankly Frannie is a hilarious book by AJ Stern. It’s a series about a girl who already has a résumé, business cards, and mustard packets (they’re so much more grown-up than ketchup). So why is it taking eleventeen hundred years for her to find work? Frannie goes on a different mission to find work in each book. In this book, Frannie’s school is having a competition. Whoever has the best composition gets to be the Principal for the day! Frannie is so excited! Who will win? I think people who like funny books should read this because it’s a really funny book and Frannie makes up a lot of funny words like excitified,pricipalish, and more. And if you read dark scary grim books like I do, this would be a book that you can relax on and laugh at. I would rate this book 4 stars, because even though it’s not the best book in the world, it’s good for some light reading and if you want a funny book to read, read Frankly Frannie: Principal for the Day!

Dec
13
2013

The Forgotten Door, By Alexander Key

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The Forgotten Door is a great adventure with many different twists keeping you on your toes.

 

Little Jon walks into a door/portal that sends him to a different planet (Earth). He falls and does not remember anything. But a family picks him up and drives him to their house and takes care of him. Later on they realize he can read minds and he tells people that in court when he gets blamed for stealing something. All of a sudden everyone wants to get a look at the mindreader. How will Little Jon get back to his own planet find out when you read it.

My favorite part is when everyone hears he’s a mind reader and gets scared.

Personally I did not enjoy the book so much.

I would rate this book 2 out of 5 stars.

I recommend this for 8 and up.

So if you like a cool adventure through space and a fun ending this is the book for you.

Dec
13
2013

The Forgotten Door, Alexander Key

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The forgotten door by Alexander Key,is in my opinion a fairly good book. The main character Little Jon fell through a portal that had been closed for many years. He meets the Bean family who helps him and doesn’t give up. The setting of the book is in New York at about 1960. Throughout the book, the Bean family finds out some secrets about where Little Jon come from and what he can do.

My favorite part of the book is when Jon goes to court because I find it interesting when people find secrets.

I would recommend this book to people who like suspense and mystery with a little history.

I would rate this book 4 out of 5 stars.

Dec
13
2013

Hatchet, By Gary Paulsen

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 The main characters are Brian, his mom, his dad, and the pilot. The book takes place in a plane and in the Canadian wilderness. Some important events were his first fire, a death, and him almost trying to kill himself. I enjoyed this book because of its interesting plot in surviving in the wilderness with nothing but a hatchet.

My favorite part was when he found a way to make food and fire near the middle of the book. My least favorite part was when a tornado came near the end of the book. I would recommend this book to people who can handle intense scenery and very very severe sadness. A death occurs and some of the parts may be a bit gruesome. If I were to rate this book I would give it **** (four stars) because of its complex threading of the words and it really makes you feel like you’re in the book.

 

Dec
13
2013

Because of Winn-Dixie,By Kate DiCamillo

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I really enjoyed this book! The main characters are the dog, (Winn-Dixie) and India Opal (the girl who is telling the story). The setting is Naomi,Florida. The girl doesn’t have a mother and is very hard for her. I can connect because I have always wanted a dog and I got one. In the book she finds Winn-Dixie and her father lets her keep him! Her father is a preacher. Over the book she finds friends so she isn’t lonely anymore. I would give this 4 stars out of 5.

Dec
13
2013

Because of Winn-Dixie, by Kate DiCamillo

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      Because of Winn-Dixie is an amazing book by Kate DiCamillo.  Opal, a 10 year old girl is the main character and owns Winn-Dixie.  Winn-Dixie is a dog, who Opal found in a grocery store.  It takes place in a town in Florida called Naomi. One important thing is when Opal finds Winn- Dixie.  It is important because Winn-Dixie made it so that Opal got friends.  Another important thing is when Winn-Dixie runs into Gloria Dump’s yard, which lets Opal meet her first friend.

      My favorite part of the book was when Opal starts working at the Gertrude’s Pets, because it is very funny.  It is funny because Gertrude the parrot keeps on screeching,“dog!”

      I recommend the book to ages 8 and older.  I would rate it 5 stars.

Dec
13
2013

The Great Brain series By John D. Fitzgerald

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I recommend the Great Brain series to readers that like adventure. I recommend the Great Brain series because the characters do things a normal day person would not do. The story is based in a small town in Utah. The “Great brain” refers to a very clever boy who has two  brothers and a mom and a dad. The boy uses his cleverness get things from other boys that he otherwise would not get.So the book is about him and his brothers adventures. But sometimes he get in trouble with grownups for using his cleverness to get those things.So once again I reccomend the “Great Brain” siries to people that like adventure.

                                                I would rate this book 5 ***** stars

                  

Dec
12
2013

Kiki Strike, by Kristen Miller

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In this mystery filled book a 13 year old girl named Ananka Fishbein thinks her life is boring until one day when she finds a sinkhole and sees a girl named Kiki Strike. you will meet a girl named sodionia in my opinion she is stuck up and snobby.Later on Ananka meets some mysterious girls Kiki Strike introduces her to. The girls names are Oona Wong, Betty Bent, Luz Lopez and Deedee Morlock. The series is set in New York city.

 I really liked this book and would give this book a five star rating.