Monthly Archives: April 2014

Apr
07
2014

The 9 Lives Of Alexander Baddenfeild

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This book is about a boy whose family died. That boy’s name is Alexander. They live in the Baddenfields castle located in New York City. The man that takes care of him is named Winterbottom. The only person left in his family is Alexander. But there is one thing about this family, every single person was and still is (with one member) BAD super super super super super super super super super super super BAD. There is no one that is friends with the Baddenfields other than Winterbottom.

     Alexander is 12 years old the last of his family. He wants to have 9 lives. He wants to get the 9 lives from his cat. Alexander does not want to die so soon. But he gets his lives and wants to spend them right away! Some things are dangerous and he doesn’t realize that he can use more than one life at the same time. Winterbottom was listening to the doctor and tries to worn Alexander but Alexander will not listen.

     I would give this book 5***** stars. People who enjoy adventure would love this book. I did not want to put this book down, I flipped through the pages very quickly.  It is very short so you can read it in a very short period of time.

 

The 9 Lives Of Alexander Baddenfeild

This book is about a boy whose family died. That boy’s name is Alexander. They live in the Baddenfields castle located in New York City. The man that takes care of him is named Winterbottom. The only person left in his family is Alexander. But there is one thing about this family, every single person was and still is (with one member) BAD super super super super super super super super super super super BAD. There is no one that is friends with the Baddenfields other than Winterbottom.

     Alexander is 12 years old the last of his family. He wants to have 9 lives. He wants to get the 9 lives from his cat. Alexander does not want to die so soon. But he gets his lives and wants to spend them right away! Some things are dangerous and he doesn’t realize that he can use more than one life at the same time. Winterbottom was listening to the doctor and tries to worn Alexander but Alexander will not listen.

     I would give this book 5***** stars. People who enjoy adventure would love this book. I did not want to put this book down, I flipped through the pages very quickly.  It is very short so you can read it in a very short period of time.

 

 

Apr
07
2014

Justin Case, Rachel Vail

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Justin Case is a great book all about school drama, life drama, and realistic stuff that you and me would go through.

It is about a boy named Justin who is scared of being in school this year. His teacher starts giving challenges of who can have the nicest behavior. He gets so fed up he wants to move away. Follow along as he talks about this year.

 

I like this book because it is in a diary format and it is a quick paced kind of book. For example 50 days could go by in 25 pages and you would be not stopping a single bit.

 

I love this book because this character is always worried about the future and never focused on right now. He always gets scared and is again just so worried about everything, thats why they call him Justin Case.

 

I would rate this book 4 stars out of 5 because of all the good writing and plot.

 

Please read this book because it is FANTASTIC

 

Apr
05
2014

Ratburger by David Walliams

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Ratburger, by David Walliams, is an amazing book that you have probably never heard of since I got the book in London. The main character is Zoe, a little girl with the meanest step mom ever. I know that she has the meanest step mom ever because she killed Zoe’s hamster. Zoe is a big animal lover. She had a pet hamster and she has a pet rat. She also is very easy to pick on and she is a very good student. The setting of the book is in London.

 

Zoe’s problem is that her pet rat has been taken by a fake rat catcher called Burt. Burt actually kills the rats and does something with them. Once her rat is taken it’s up to her to get the rat back. I know that since one day Zoe goes home and her mom says “Give your rat to this darling man.” He’s the meanest fake rat catcher you’ll ever hear of.

 

I really enjoyed this book since it’s really funny.The funniest part is when Tina, a bully, pours stuff on Zoe. I would recommend this book to people who like animals but don’t mind them being killed. I would give this book a ***** rating out of *****.

Apr
05
2014

Timmy Failure Now Look What You’ve Done by Stephan Pastis.

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The title of my book is Timmy Failure Now Look What You’ve Done by Stephan Pastis. In the book the main character is Timmy Failure. The main character Timmy is one of those people who thinks only of himself and thinks he’s smarter than everyone else. The problem is – he’s not!  Timmy runs a detective agency with his 1,200 pound imaginary polar bear Total. The setting is in his Aunt Colander’s house because his mom loses their money and they have nowhere else to go.

Timmy is entering a contest to find a stolen globe and if he wins he can get $500 that can “set me up for life” said Timmy. But the only problem is that he is that he thinks he’s smarter than he really is. He runs into a lot of problems figuring out where the globe but his arch enemy does find it and wins the money.

I liked the book because it was funny and had some very interesting parts too. I would recommend this book for seven and up because there are a couple of jokes that might be of biplanes. I would rate this book 4 stars.

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Apr
04
2014

Pokemon Adventures By Hidenori Kusaka

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This book is based on the popular video game Pokemon. This book is about a boy named Red and his dream is to be a pokemon master. Red is a 11 year old boy and he is on his adventure to catch and maybe discover new pokemon. Also for people who don’t know a lot about pokemon Pokemon are strange creatures that live in the forests and mountains and even in the water, there are also some pokemon that haven’t even been discovered yet. Well anyway Red also finds his popular and everybody knows him, PIKACHU.

Red meets some new friends on his way to become a pokemon master. He meets two pokemon gym leaders named Brock the rock pokemon trainer and Misty the water pokemon trainer. There also different types of pokemon like Rock, Electric, Water, Fire, Psychic, Grass, and others. There are also greedy characters who want to be the richest of all time and collect legendary and rare pokemon and they are called Team Rocket. They are Reds enemy and always get in his way.Here is a quote that I made up because there was no quote in the book that represents the character,”you can never give up on the dream you are following.”

I  love this book because it’s funny and the book has a lot of action in it like when the pokemon battle and there are a lot of obstacles in this book that Red and his pokemon have to challenge with. I would rate this book beyond five stars because I loved this book so much and for the people who don’t like pokemon I would recommend this book to those people because I know they would like It and for the people who do like pokemon this is the perfect book for you. I would recommend this book to someone who likes action and adventure  because Red goes on a lot of adventures in this book.

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Apr
04
2014

The Maze Runner By James Dashner

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This book was truly amazing. I completely loved it. I read it over break and I was flabberghasted on its amazingness.

 

The book Maze Runner by James Dashner is about a boy named Thomas. He is in a shaky box and all he remembers is his name. The box opens and he sees himself surrounded by other boys whose memories are also gone. Alby, the leader of the group, says “Welcome, to the Glade, Greenbean.” The Glade is the center of the maze surrounded by walls that open at day and close at night. There are horrible monsters with spikes called Grievers outside the walls. They call the last person who came out of a “Greenbean”. They have jobs like Runner, Slopper, and Med-Jacks. But two days after Thomas arrived. A girl comes out of the box. The first girl ever. And everything after that completely changed.

 

What changed? Who created the maze? Why are they in the maze? What terrible people would put teenage kids in a maze? How will they get out?

 

You will have to read the book to find out. I would rate this book five out of five stars because I think it is amazing how the author created this complex and creative and big scene.

I would recommend this book for people that can take on sudden suspense and action (I would know, I spent a lot of time reading at night  on break, it sucks you in!) I would also like to recommend this book for people who can love a great book!

Apr
04
2014

The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls by Claire Legrand

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This book is called The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls by Claire Legrand. The main character is a girl named Victoria Wright. Victoria is an A student and always is a good girl until one day when she gets a B in music and gets really upset. The setting of this book is in the Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls which is the scariest Home ever.  It’s scary because crazy magical things happen.It takes placein the present.10893214

 

One day Victoria woke up perfectly normally and walked to her only friend’s house as usual. Her only friend is Lawrence Prewitt and all he does is play the piano really well. She rang the doorbell but nobody answered. After a while his parent came and she shivered (that has been happening a lot) and they looked normal but didn’t seem normal and Victoria couldn’t find what was wrong. Lawrence was apparently “at his grandmother’s house” but Victoria didn’t believe her. She found out that he was at the Cavendish Home. When she met with Mrs. Cavendish for the first time and found out that she was really nice. But on her second meet with her she saw Mr. Alice first. This part was a little creepy because Mr. Alice said at the end of the chapter on her second meeting with Mrs. Cavendish, “She has been waiting for you.” All different creepy things have been happening like she saw feelers coming out when she least expected it. Victoria is trying to get Lawrence out of the Cavendish home.

 

I thought this book was scary mostly because of the things Mrs. Cavendish was doing.  She was trying to avoid Victoria getting Lawrence out of the home.I recommend this book to people who like creepy books. I rate this book 3-4 stars because it wasn’t my favorite book ever and I don’t usually read creepy mystery books.

 

Apr
03
2014

Hazardous Tales By Nathon Hale

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Hazardous Tales by Nathan Hale which is funny because there was a spy named Nathan Hale in The Revolutionary War who is the main character in this book. It is about Nathan Hale ( the spy) who is about to be hanged on something called a gallows and the stories he tells to the hangman and a redcoat (English soldiers named after their red coats). It takes place in an English territory in 1779 during the American Revolution.

Nathan Hales one problem is that he has but one life to give for his country. ( A Nathan hale quote ” My only regret is that I have but one life to give for my country” ). This book is about the entire revolution two main parts are when Nathan becomes the spy and when he gets slammed in The Big Giant Book of American History. It is very interesting because pretty much everything is true.

I would recommend this book to someone who likes humor and wars because it is about a war.If you like to learn while you are reading you should read it. I give it five out of five stars. *****I because of all the positive things I said in this review.

 

Apr
03
2014

Lemony Snicket’s 8th book

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In Lemony Snicket’s 8th book from the series of Unfortunate Events,  the Hostile  Hospital continues the story of Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire. These three orphans who are still up against the evil Count Olaf, who has been trying to get their fortune for a very long time now! Violet likes to invent items. Klaus is the book worm. Sunny is just an infant who has four sharp teeth which she like to bite stuff with which comes in handy a lot.  This story takes place in a hospital in the middle of nowhere.

This is where the siblings have been on the run. And now they sneak into a hospital  where  their arch enemy is. Also in the previous book they were framed for a crime they did not commit. The crime was murdering Count Olaf, which they didn’t do. Here is a quote from  the book. “Quick get the little orphan brats,(said Count Olaf)before its too late!”

I really liked this book because it was an adventure and mystery book. I would recommend this book to 4th graders and up because I think that they would get it the most. I would give this book 5  stars because it is a really good book!! – Ruby

Apr
03
2014

Al Capone Does My Shirts, By Gennifer Choldenko

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Al Capone Does My Shirts, By Gennifer Choldenko

 

This is a great book. I would rate it 4 stars out of 5.

 

The main character is Matthew “Moose” Flanagan. In the book his real first name is only mentioned a few times. It is set in 1934 on Alcatraz. Alcatraz is an old inactive prison. There is an old saying, it is “Break the rules, go to prison. Break the prison rules, you go to Alcatraz. Alcatraz is also a small island off the coast of San Francisco. There has never been a successful escape.  Mouse has his friends on the rock: Annie, Jimmy, Theresa and Scout, who is an old friend from the city and is a great baseball player.

 

Moose has a dad, a mom, and a sister. But there is something wrong with one of them. Is it Cameron “Cam,” his dad, Helen, his mom, or Natalie “Nat.” It’s Nat. Every year, When it is Nat’s birthday, she turns 10. Over, and over, and over again. Now, There is a new school for 4-12 year olds that have disabilities. It’s called Esther P. Marinoff. Nat is actually 16. This helps power a decision that the school has had in mind for years.

 

Al Capone hears about this, some how and helps Moose with something… Something that could change the Flanagan’s life forever

 

The reason they moved onto Alcatraz is because they needed money, and Moose’s dad became an electrician on Alcatraz. They live in building 64, the main housing building.

 

There is a warden, he has a daughter named Piper Williams. They have money and live in a giant mansion. She seems nice and attractive at first, but is stuck up, sensitive and rude. She persuasively lores Moose into a laundry scheme. Since there is no school on Alcatraz, they attend school in San Francisco. Piper tells all of the kids that Al does their laundry. It’s true. She collects money from the kids to let them have their clothes washed by Capone. But when Moose’s laundry comes back, (he doesn’t need to  pay, because he lives on the island) There is a note from Al Capone… In Mooses laundry. I would recommend this to people who like mystery and history books.

This is the first book out of 3 books.