Monthly Archives: December 2014

Dec
12
2014

Spirits Key by Edith Cohn

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 Spirits Key by Edith Cohn is about a girl named Spirit Holden. She is twelve years old and she lives on an island called Bald Island. Spirit and her family (not including her mom because her mom died) have a gift, when they hold someone’s house key, they can see that person’s future. The story is mainly about Sky, Spirit’s dog. Sky is one of the wild baldie dogs the islanders believe possess devil spirits. Sky mysteriously dies and Spirit has to find out why.

I like the way the author makes every day objects into something magical. Two of my favorite parts were first, when spirit touches Sky’s dog tag for the first time and Sky’s ghost appears. Second, when spirit gets a letter from “holden spirits” that is delivered to her by an eagle. The letter was pinned to a box that had a dog toy in it. I enjoyed this part because the letter just falls out of the sky. The book is suspenseful because surprises seem to fall out of nowhere throughout the story.

I like that Spirit has such strong character. Spirit is brave, fearless and adventurous and she is never scared to take on a challenge or travel even if it is extremely dangerous;  For example, she goes straight into a baldie cave and almost gets her arm bitten off. I think this book is kind of like Harry Potter because both of the main characters can see the future but it’s never perfect or exactly the future. I enjoyed Sprits key and would recommend this book because of it’s strong characters and because it’s a fun-to-figure-out-mystery.

I would give this book three stars.

Dec
11
2014

The Son Of Neptune by Rick Riordan

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The main characters are Percy, Frank, and Hazel. The story is about when the the main characters go to Alaska to find the prison of Thanos the God of Death to rescue him from the giants. In my book there are a lot of different settings,for example – Camp Jupiter is in San Francisco which is where the story begins.

The three main characters are all demigods. A demigod is a son or daughter of a god.  They go on a quest because Frank’s dad, the War god, asked them to go on a quest. On their quest they go to Portland, Oregon to find a blind man who  can tell them where Thanos’s prison is. The person who told them to see the blind man in Portland was Iris the Rainbow goddess. Iris owned a shop called R.O.F.L. Co-op which was an employee-run cooperative that promoted a healthy lifestyle. Percy has amnesia. Frank and Hazel have a curse. Hazel’s curse is that she could find gold and riches under the earth. This is a bad thing because the gold made Alcyoneus reform. Alcyoneus is a giant. Frank’s curse is that his life depends on a driftwood stick. If it burns, he will die.

I think this book is interesting because there is a lot of action in it. There are different sections to the story and they all come together like a puzzle. I like the main characters because they fight evil basilisks (fire breathing snakes). I would recommend this book to anyone who likes action because my book has a lot of action in it.

I would give this book five stars.  *****

Dec
11
2014

Dork Diaries Not So Happy Heart Breaker by Rachel Renne Russell

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I  read Dork Diaries Not So Happy Heart Breaker it is the sixth book in the series, it’s by Rachel Renee Russell. The main character’s name is Nicky.

In my book Nicky wants to go to the Valentines Day Dance at her school  but has no one to go with, she wants to ask her friend Brandon but she is too shy.One day Nicky was with her sister Brianna and her sister was pretending she worked at a hair salon. She said that she wanted to do Nicky’s hair and so she cut her hair.  Nicky was so mad at her sister because her hair was sooo short!!

Nicky heard that Brandon  was going to ask someone else to the dance. Nicky is not sure if she wants to go to the dance now that Brandon might be going with someone else.Nicky is a very strange, artistic, funny, weird girl. Nicky has a lot of adventures and one strange thing about her is that she can’t swim. Nickys enemy is a girl name Mackenzie. Makenzie is the opposite of Nicky.

Nicky went to the store to look for a dress for the dance but there were no more dresses!!!!  Read the book to find out what happens next (and I’m NOT telling you).  I really enjoyed this book because it is so funny and it has pictures in it and its not so hard to read. I recommend this book  to people who like funny and easy to read books. I give this book ten stars even though you can only do five. **********

 

by Ava

 

Dec
11
2014

Out Of My Mind by Sharon Draper

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My book is called Out Of My Mind by Sharon Draper. The problem is that the main character , Melody Brooks is disabled. Melody can’t walk or talk, which (obviously)  is hard for her! And in this book, Melody is dying to tell her thoughts, but no matter how hard she tries, she can’t. Melody’s parents and Ms.V, know how smart she is but they have no way to prove it to anyone. after 11 hole years that all changes. When one day Rose brings in her new computer and shows it off. I bet you’re wondering how that could change everything, you’ll understand when you read the book ( you really should read the book.).  Anyways, Melody’s is so excited, when her new “voice” is being shipped in.When Melody can “talk” she is the smartest in her school, but at first no one knew. But finally, when Melody has a voice, people understand… but no one is read it to hear it. No one under stands her -evan when she can “talk” This book takes place in the following the underlined means that’s mostly where she is:  School, Home,  and Ms. V ‘s house,

These are all the characters: Penny, Mom, Dad, Rose, Claire, Mr.D, Ms.V, Conner, Molly, Butterscotch and Catherine.

 Since Melody is so smart, she made the school quiz team team which is when your school competes and you win a trip to washington D.C where they’ll maybe be on T.V good morning AMERICA!!  she changes a lot throughout the story where she’s able to talk it changes her completely, when she’s going to D.C something happens that keeps her back! Then something really bad happens to her sister Penny, who is about about 2 years old  I love this book so much! I rate it: ********** 10 stars!!!( even though you can only do five!!) I really loved this book. And I hope after you leave, you’ll want to read the book. And once you read it,I hope it will be your favorite book too!!  recommend it to all the people who read Wonder, The Sisters Grimm ,The City Of Ember and Frindle  ( also if you haven’t read these books READ THEM!!) really I recommend it to any body!!

 

 

Dec
11
2014

A Star Discovered by JoAnn S. Dawson

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I read A Star Discovered  by JoAnn S Dawson. It’s about a yearling foal. His name is Star.  Also two girls named Jody and Mary. The problem is that Star’s father is top quarter horse (which means he won lots of 1st place and is good at competing and people voted for the horse) and the owner (man in black) lets people breed their mares. If they pay the breeding fee. But Jody does not understand because it was a surprise to Jody she didn’t know that the Quarter horse even bred with Lady. The owner wants to take him because he wants the money but Jody doesn’t have money. No one has money that they want to share. It is summer and the whole summer they tried to figure out the Star incident. Jody was really worried when she heard that the man in black wanted Star.

 

A change is that Jody was supposed to watch Star grow up but a man in black said that he wanted Star because Willie needs to pay the breeding fee. To the man in black or lose Star because the man wants money.Jody wants to avoid seeing Star.So that she doesn’t burst into tears in front of Star.I bet Star got lonely without the girls. He always stuck his head out when Jody came.

 

I really enjoyed this book because it was really descriptive and I couldn’t put this book  down. I would recommend this book to people who like animals(who like horses),  I would give it 4 stars because not everyone likes horses if they do then I would give it 5 stars.

 

Dec
11
2014

Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney

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The title of the book I am reading is The Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney. The main character in the book is Greg Heffly. There are other important characters in the book such as Greg’s older brother, Rodrick, his younger brother, Manny, his mother and father, and his best friend, Rowley. The main problem in the book is that Greg wants to be the most popular kid in his school, but he is actually one of the most unpopular kids in his school. The settings in the book include Greg’s house, his school and his best friend Rowley’s house.

The plot is that Greg is trying to be popular, but every time he gets close to being popular something goes wrong. An important event in this book is when he chooses his best friend, Rowley, over being popular. Another important event in this story is when Greg is forced to make a big decision when he has to decide whether to help his best friend who is having a hard time or lose the popularity he gains. Greg decided his best friend was more important than popularity. Greg also has a lot of problems with his family. For example, his little brother is always breaking his stuff.

I liked this book because it was about Gregory’s friendship with Rowley and because it was about things that could actually happen; also he’s about my age.  I would recommend this book because it is an easy read and a good story. I would give this book four stars because it is a great book but they aren’t very descriptive about the characters.

 

Dec
11
2014

One For The Murphys By Lynda Mullaly Hunt

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I read One For The Murphys and the author is Lynda Mullaly Hunt. The main character is a 12 year old girl named Carley Connors. She had an incident with her mother which landed her in foster care with the Murphy family. The main problem is she really wants to go back to her mother. But she cannot leave foster care because her mother is in the hospital. Carley gets really upset at the Murphys and causes chaos in their house. The story takes place in the Murphys household in a quiet little town.

In this book a lot of things happen. Mrs. Murphy makes Carley go to school. On the first day of school Carley meets this girl named Toni, who is kind of mean to Carley. On the next day of school in class there is a boy named Rainer who likes to call Carley names. Carley and Toni both hate Rainer. Then surprisingly Carley and Toni become best friends. One day a policeman comes to discuss with Carley that her mother might have helped someone hurt her. So when Carley’s mother is ready to take her back, Carley does not want to go because of what the policeman said and she has really grown to like the Murphy family. Carley is smart and strong but can lose her temper very easily. She tries not to cry because her mother always said, “Crying is for losers.”

She soon learns that her mother knew something that Carley didn’t know that could change Carley’s mind about leaving.

I really enjoyed One for The Murphys. It is my favorite book because there was always something happening and  there was never a dull moment. Sometimes after I read a paragraph I would picture what that might look like in real life. The author was very descriptive throughout the whole book. I would recommend this book to people who like dramatic but fun books because it is a fun book but sometimes it can get sad. I would also recommend it to people who like a book you can read pretty quickly but not to quickly. I would rate this book five stars.

 

Dec
11
2014

Pie by Sarah Weeks

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I am reading Pie by Sarah Weeks. The main character is Alice. Her aunt’s name is Polly. Polly makes the best pies in town and everyone knows it. Polly’s pie shop is called Pie. Everyone LOVES her pies. When Polly dies everyone is sad.

They are desperate to find out her secret pie recipe. In her will she leaves her pie recipe to her cat Lardo. She leaves Lardo to Alice. Now Alice is trying to figure out the pie recipe.

One night while Alice is sleeping she hears a noise. She just rolls over and goes back to sleep. But the next morning she can’t find Lardo. She thinks that someone took him to try to get the pie recipe. So Alice and her new friend Charlie try to find who took Lardo. They live in a small town called Ipswitch. Alice is the most sad out of everyone when Aunt Polly died because she enjoyed hanging out with Polly. Alice likes writing little songs. When she has a problem it cheers her up.

I really enjoyed this book because the characters are like detectives because they try to figure out who took Lardo and they won’t give up. I think everyone will like this book because it is about pie and adventure and everyone likes pie and adventure!!!! If five stars is the best I would give it 4 ½ stars!

Dec
11
2014

The Blood of Olympus By Rick Riordian

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     My book’s name is Blood of Olympus and the author is Rick Riordan. The main characters are Leo, Percy, Frank, Hazel, Jason, Piper, Annabeth, Nico, Reyna and Coach Hedge. The book is set in America, Europe and the Atlantic Ocean. The problem of the story is that some “people” try to destroy the Earth. Leo, Percy, Frank, Hazel, Jason, Piper and Annabeth are trying to save the world and Nico, Reyna and Coach Hedge are trying to transport a forty foot tall statue across the Atlantic Ocean.

     I think the biggest event in this story is when they decide to go with the snake people to try to stop the earth from getting destroyed and waking Gaea. Another interesting thing about the book is when they risk the Argo 2 getting destroyed to get back to Camp Half Blood. They need to get back because Camp Half Blood is about to get destroyed by Gaea. Leo is good with machines and can wield fire from his hand (so he’s fireproof, his whole body is) and his problem is that his true love is on an island called Ogygia, which a man never finds twice. Percy’s ability can control the sea/water to his will and he can breath underwater but his problem is he just came back from Tartarus and is not fully healed yet.

     I enjoyed this book because I like mythology, action, and fantasy and this book has all those things. The action is when they battle the “people”and the Earth/Gaea. The fantasy is the story,the mythology is the fantasy. I would recommend this book to people who like action,fantasy and mythology because this book has a lot of it. I would give this book five stars because it is so popular and it is Amazing!

 

Dec
11
2014

The Lost Hero by Rick Roirdan

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My book is The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan. The main characters are Piper, Leo and Jason. They all have one godly parent and a mortal parent. Also Piper can tell anyone what to do with charm speak, Leo can summon fire and Jason can summon lighting. Piper is the daughter of  Aphrodite (Goddess of Love), Jason is the son of Zeus (God of the Sky and king of the Gods) and Leo is the son of Hephaestus (God of Fire and Blacksmiths).

The main problem is the main characters are trying to stop Gaea from destroying the Gods. Gaea is mother Earth (Goddess of Earth). The story takes place in many locations but the main area is New York.

Trying to stop Gaea by killing all her different monsters is the main theme of the story. They have many different ways to kill them like using lightning to kill Giants. Piper, Leo and Jason have ADHD to make their fighting more enhanced. What I mean by enhanced is they have more energy to fight. They are part of an important prophecy. A prophecy is something good or bad that will happen in the future.

I loved this book. I recommend this book to people who read the Percy Jackson books or anyone who likes adventure and Greek mythology. I rate this book five stars because it is an awesome story and it takes your mind on a roller-coaster of dreams.

 

 

 

By Antonio Ruiz