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Jun
13
2017

Wonder By Raguel J. Palacio

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The book I read was Wonder. It was written by Raquel J. Palacio. This book is kind of in a series because there are special chapters that the author made to show the other characters that are mentioned in the book. The main characters are: August, Jack Will and Julian. This book is about how August has been homeschooled his whole life and when he finally goes to school he has such a hard time. He has a hard time because of his facial deformity. Like how Julian says have you been a fire or something. But when Julian says it Jack Will steps in and tells Julian to shut up. And that’s when August made his first friend. One day August walked in and saw Jack Will and Julian looking for August because he was supposed to where a Boba Fett but came in as bloody scream. So August listened to there conversation and heard Jack Will say that I look like Darth Sidious (Julian’s costume). So he told him something like I don’t want to be friends anymore. (Couple days later) After some months they did make up. After that Julian started to put notes in our during the locker because Jack Will punched him in the face. But Julian did get suspended for two weeks. During those weeks they went on a nature retreat and on that nature retreat the seventh graders started a fight and then amos came in and wrecked them and they ran. When they went back to school August was popular. And Julian was super suspicious. And Julian was really unpopular. In the end August was awarded the award of being brave and stuff like that.

I believe August is brave, smart and sensitive. I believe August is brave because he went to school and put up with all of that teasing (even when he wasn’t in school he was teased). I believe August is smart because when he came into the school tour he wanted to join the science elective which is the hardest class in the whole school. August is sensitive because when Jack, Will, and Julian were talking August heard them and got really upset. He was upset because August heard that Jack Will said that August looked exactly like Julian’s mask, which was Darth Sidious a.k.a Emperor Palpatine. I believe that Jack Will is caring, ingenious and two faced. Jack Will is caring because when August came to the tour and Julian said something really mean Jack Will stood up to him. Jack Will is ingenious because the things he does just makes him seem really original like how he was kind of popular and caring because some people let popularity get to their head. Like how Julian did and started to be really mean. Jack Will is two faced because he is good friends with August but he was talking to Julian about something really mean about August. I believe Julian is short tempered, untrustworthy and popular. Julian is short tempered because after him and Jack Will had their “beef” soon after he started to do these really mean post it’s and putting them in their lockers. He is untrustworthy because he and Jack used to be best friends but then he stabbed him in the back and got punched in the face because of it. Julian is very popular because the second he made “plague” everyone believed him. There is only one rule do not touch August or you have the plague.

The most important part of the book in my opinion was in the end of the book when August won the award of being brave and things like that. This was important because August has some serious facial issues which made it more important, that August won the award it.The second most interesting part of the book in my opinion was when the seventh graders were bullying August and Amos and Miles stepped in and started a fight with the 7th graders.This is important for two reasons. One reason is this shows that even with a kid like August involved who grosses everyone out, there are still allies. The other reason is that people can change because Amos and Miles used to be in Julian’s group and now they are with August. Another interesting part of the book is how Charlotte only ever pays attention to August when the teachers teachers are around, otherwise she only nods hello. Jack Will is nice to him automatically but Julian I think we all know how he is to August. This is interesting to me because they were both asked to be August’s welcome buddy but only Jack Will was nice to him other than summer were nice to him. An important quote from the book was the first paragraph. The paragraph is, “I know I’m not an ordinary ten-year-old kid. I mean, sure, I do ordinary things. I eat ice cream. I ride my bike. I play ball. I have an Xbox. Stuff like that makes me ordinary. I guess. And I feel ordinary. Inside. But I know ordinary kids don’t make other ordinary kids run away screaming in playgrounds. I know ordinary kids don’t get stared at wherever they go.” This is an important paragraph because it really shows what August feels and who he is. It shows that August is pretty normal but people are judging him by his cover not the inside.

I enjoyed this book very much. I enjoyed this book because it  has many different ways you can think about the book. Like which side are you on, Julian or August. Another reason is because it has a very interesting backstory and a even more interesting story line like how everything changes when August came into the school. Another reason is that this kind of continues the talk about bullying and allies. I would recommend this book. I would recommend this book to people who lies the kind of books with things happening on every page, not to readers who like take things in slowly. This book reminds me of nothing because nothing really has this book’s same story line, well nothing has the same story line of this book. What I’m trying to say is that this book really sticks out to me and many of other people have read this book and liked it to. Now for the one to five rating. One = I didn’t like it that much. Two = I didn’t like it. Three = It was pretty good. Four = I really liked. Five = I loved it. I want to read it again. And I would rate this book five.

Jun
13
2017

Wish By Barbara O’Conner

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The book I read is called Wish by Barbara O’Connor. Wish is about this girl named Charlie Reese, her Friend Howard, and Wishbone the dog. Charlie is sent to live with a family she does not know that well. When she goes to school she missed 11:11 to make her wish and she wonders, “will I ever make a wish here at a new school?” She is assigned a homework helper/buddy. This buddy, Howard the weird guy in the class, happens to be her new neighbor. At first she hates having a homework buddy and wants to get rid of him. But then when she gets home she spots a stray dog and there at that very moment she knew she was going to catch that stray dog. When she tries to catch him he just ran away from her. The next day she finds out Howard is also trying to catch that dog. Charlie already found the perfect name wishbone. Charlie chose wishbone because she thinks maybe the dog can give good luck and maybe a wish charm. But Howard thinks that is a stupid name. They have to work together to catch that dog.

Charlie is tough, likes dogs, and isn’t a very good student. Charlie is tough because she loves fighting and she doesn’t care about a lot of stuff. I know Charlie likes dogs because she wants to catch a dog and she thinks they are good for wishes. I know Charlie is not a very good student because she said, “I never really had good grades”,. I also know she’s not a very good student because she acts rude to the teachers and kids and doesn’t really care about school.

One part I thought that was interesting was when Charlie said, “I don’t need a homework helper” because later in the book Howard and Charlie become pretty good friends. I thought when Wishbone came to the house Charlie was staying in because without him coming to the house she wouldn’t try to catch him and she wouldn’t become pretty good friends with Howard and the whole book is about them trying to catch him. Another part i thought was important is when the teacher announces that Howard was going to be Charlie’s buddy because if she didn’t then they wouldn’t have known each other very well. A quote from the book is “none”. This quote was a line that Charlie wrote on the paper, it said describe your family. She decided to write “none” I decided to choose this quote because it shows you a little about who Charlie is. It shows you a bit how Charlie is by saying that you now know she is rude and tough and personally does not like her family.

I did not enjoy this book because I thought it was boring and I don’t like Charlie’s personality. I think Charlie is rude and doesn’t care about a lot of things and thinks shes so cool. I would not personally recommend this book just because I thought it was boring.I also don’t love Charlie’s personality because it’s a little rude and mean. This book does not remind me of any movie, t.v show, or book. I personally don’t think it’s unique either though.because I would rate this book one and a half stars because I did not enjoy this book and I couldn’t get into the book.

    

Jun
09
2017

Flush By Carl Hiaasen

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This book is about a boy named Noah who is trying to catch whoever is putting gallons of raw sewage into the waters of Florida Keys. In addition to this very hard task Noah’s dad is behind bars. His dad refuses to go to court and get his way out of jail.

 

Noah is a caring, adventurous and hardworking.  He likes to solve mysteries and he cares for his family. He worries about his mom a lot and so does his sister. Noah’s  little sister name is Abby. Noah likes to think of her as an older sibling mostly because Abby has a big mouth and she is not afraid to use it.  Abby and Noah are a nice team.

 

Out of one to ten I rate this book a eight. It is not a book that is a page turner but there is still a lot of things going on. I recommend this book to people who like realistic fiction. Go read this book!

 

 

 

 

Jun
09
2017

H20 by Virginia Bergin

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It starts up when Ruby the main character is at a party. They turned on the radio and they heard that the rain is killer if you touch it you die. But it doesn’t affect animals. Then Casper ran out into the rain, after he came in he started throwing up. Zach’s mom took Ruby and Casper to the hospital but she dropped of Ruby first at her house. Her step dad, mom, baby brother were still all ok, but then her mom hugged her and the next day she died with the baby brother. There were people rioting everywhere for supplies. Ruby was in solitary for a while because the step dad didn’t know if she had the rain disease or not so she was in the closet until her mom died.

Ruby is a spoiled 15 year old. She craves her phone while people are getting killed. And you’ll find a quarter of the book about her complaining about her makeup. She is British person and she is not an apocalypse survivor.

They were stuck in the house for a while because there were people that had guns and they would get killed immediately so they didn’t go out for a while. You would think. After time had fixed that Ruby and her step dad went to the supermarket. They couldn’t find anything but plants. Ruby took some flowers for her dead mom and dead baby brother. Then the step dad noticed something he noticed that the plants have water and he thought that they hadn’t been changed in a while so he took the muggy water and drank so much. They were stuck in there for a while. There were still people outside wanting to get in. Finally it all calmed down, they went out and looted some houses but they didn’t find anything. But other than that no one was there.

On the next errand Ruby found some animals that she took home. After that Ruby was stuck in the house for a long time. But then she ran out of water, so she went out and found a nerd from her school in a house. They had some water and a little girl who didn’t talk. The nerd’s name was Darius Spratt and she didn’t really know him but she recognized him. He said that there was people trapped into the school. She went there and found a bunch of men. There was a key and she let them go. She wanted to go to London to find her real dad. She didn’t have a licence yet but she wanted to drive the car to London. The good thing is that it’s only a two hour drive but they get sidetracked a lot so it’s a lot longer than you think, so yeah. Will she get to london and see her dad or will she die from the rain? Find out in the book H20!

I do think i’ll recommend this book because it’s young adult. So I don’t think your parents will let you read this unless your parents are like mine so yeah. I think I would rate this book from 1-5 stars 5 for me but probably not you. But yeah if you’re ready for people dying and alcohol read it!

Jun
09
2017

The Next Woeful Adventure For The Baudelaire’s

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Oh the woe and misery of the Baudelaire’s won’t stop now and probably never will, at least with the dastardly Count Olaf and his troupe on the loose, still at large. Lemony Snicket is the writer of the woeful series of the Baudelaire’s. The book that my book review will be about is The Carnivorous Carnival, which I am devastated to say is full of all sorts of nefarious and cruel things. There are three weary, melancholy (and many other woeful words that I do not want to describe their luck as) Baudelaire’s. Violet Baudelaire who can invent or fix almost anything put in front of her or even way away from her. She is smart and acts like a mother towards Sunny. She is also the oldest Baudelaire at the age of 14. Violet has a ribbon in her pocket that she carries around with her everywhere. When Violet is thinking hard she ties her hair up with that ribbon.

 

Klaus Baudelaire is the second oldest Baudelaire at the age of 12. “Even though Klaus is only twelve, he had read more books than most people do in their whole life.” This is a quote from one of the previous books. Klaus will polish his “Harry Potter like” glasses when he is thinking hard. I compared Klaus’s glasses to Harry Potter’s because a lot of people have read that series. Klaus is by far the smartest in all different categories and has proven his knowledge by helping solve all of Count Olaf’s treacherous schemes.

 

Then there is Sunny Baudelaire, the last Baudelaire. Sunny was born right before the phantasmagorical fire burned down the Baudelaire mansion. Sunny is very small for her age, not much bigger than a loaf of bread. Being so small Sunny is probably the most overwhelmed by the bloodcurdling schemes of Count Olaf. Although Sunny is small, she makes up for her size with the size of her teeth. Sunny has razor sharp teeth, they are like two daggers in her mouth that have saved the Baudelaires many times. My favorite quote in the whole series is in the first book and it is about Sunny Baudelaire. “Even though the Baudelaires didn’t like their stay with the Poe’s, they were grateful for what they had. Violet tucked the covers in, Klaus put the books in stacks, and Sunny bit two teeth marks in Mr. Poe’s children’s shoes so she would not be forgotten.” The setting of this book is that there is a carnival in a desert in the Hinterlands on Rarely Ridden Road in an unpopular carnivorous carnival.

 

The Baudelaires always find a way to work around Count Olaf’s malicious schemes. The only sparks of good luck that The Baudelaires have is that: Violet’s inventions always work. Klaus always finds the right answers in his research. And Sunny’s teeth always come in handy. This time one of the most interesting things in the Carnivorous Carnival is that for the first time, the Baudelaires are the ones who disguise themselves. Violet and Klaus disguise themselves as a two headed freak to go in the freaks show. Sunny is disguised as a wolf baby. The attraction is that the two headed freak will eat sloppily and have people laugh at them. And Chabo (the wolf baby) will attack the audience while the acquisitive villains watch in delight.

 

One day Count Olaf and Madam Lulu (the leader of the carnival and a fraud fortune teller that is actually good but doesn’t want Olaf to know) go up to the Mortmain mountains to find out the real answer of the secret of V.F.D. Coming back with no evidence of the headquarters of V.F.D. they do bring back lions from the mountains that haven’t eaten in two days and are whipped by Olaf to do his bidding. Olaf and his troupe work all night to make a horrible pit which the lions will go in. In the morning when it is ready Olaf releases his dastardly scheme. “In the morning every day I will have one of the five freaks dive into the pit and perish for the amusement of the crowd. The audience will love it because it is sloppy eating and violence!” With the luck of the Baudelaires you can kind of tell who would be pick first to plunge into the pit first.

 

The only problem was that Esme Squalor threatened all of the freaks to throw Madam Lulu into the pit instead of jumping in themselves. It turns out that Esme wants Madam Lulu dead so she can have her boyfriend (Count Olaf) to herself. So there the Baudelaires were on the edge of the pit, about to jump into the pit. They didn’t want to throw Madam Lulu into the pit because Lulu was going to take the Baudelaires to the Mortmain Mountains to find the true meaning of V.F.D.

 

I enjoyed this book very much, actually I enjoyed all of the books in the series of A Series of Unfortunate Events. When I think of these books I think of some of the Roald Dahl’s tragedies like James And The Giant Peach. James was orphaned by a horrible tragedy that killed his parents and was sent with unsuitable guardians. I loved this book 5 STARS but there are thirteen books in this series that I don’t think that I would want to read it again so 4 STARS would be my final rating.

Jun
09
2017

Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins

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Gregor the Overlander is about a boy and his little sister who fall through a grate in their laundry room. They land in a strange world full of giant spiders, mice, bats, cockroaches, rats and more. Gregor’s dad is missing. It turns out he’s been trapped in the Underland for the past two and a half years. There is a prophecy, the Prophecy of Gray, that includes Gregor. Gregor teams up with a group of humans, their bats,  two cockroaches, two spiders, and one other very important creature from the Underland to find his dad and rescue him. This book is the first in a series called The Underland Chronicles by Suzanne Collins.

 

Gregor is pathetic, bored, and scared. He becomes awesome in the second book. In the first book, the best characters are Rip Red, Luxa, Ares, and Boots. Luxa is brave, annoying, and stubborn. Luxa is stubborn when she is mad at Gregor, even when he is not upset with her. Luxa is brave when she fights the rats. She is annoying all the time; she’s a queen and overuses that responsibility on Gregor and always tells him what to do. As the books go on, there are more common characters who you learn more about.

 

My favorite part was probably at the very very end (warning: spoilers) when Gregor and Ares bond. This is significant because Gregor gets his own bat. Ares has a sad back story. Also Now that I have read the whole series it’s also kind of sad because I know sad stuff is coming. (spoilers over). Another favorite part is when Boots and Temp the cockroach meet. That is very funny and throughout the series Boots and Temp serve as comic relief. It’s funny because it’s a 2-year-old and a giant cockroach having a conversation and the 2-year-old isn’t even scared.

 

As the books go on you learn just how many prophecies Gregor is in. If you love the first book, be warned the other books are gorier. If you don’t like gory stuff don’t read them. This is a very fast paced book. The first two chapters are kind of slow. Like Harry Potter, it takes a while to get into the action but once Gregor falls into the grate it’s like snap snap snap and he’s on an amazing quest. Some important things happen before that so you need to read those two chapters (some very funny stuff happens like when his Grandma calls him “Simon”). those books where there are tons of characters and also it’s kind of a mystery with the prophecies – they need to find them and unravel them. This series is sad, happy, and violent. If you know how Suzanne Collins writes, if you read the Hunger Games, you will see this is much better. I rate this book on a ten star scale 100 stars.

Jun
09
2017

Warriors

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My book is Warriors. The author of my book is Erin Hunter.

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The main character of my book is Rusty. Rusty is a cat but not an ordinary one. He has yellow and orange stripes. Meaning he is a tiger cat, a tiger cat is actually just a cat that looks in a way like a tiger. He has a lot to talk about and a lot to think about.

One night Rusty was just taking his nightly nap. Rusty has been having this one dream where he goes to the forest just across his owners fence and tries to catch a mouse but every time it runs away. Rusty’s owners give him the duelist worst tasting and ugliest cat food ever. He can’t even taste it, but it is the best he has so of course he eats it.

One night Rusty just happened to go outside and when his owners called him to come sit on the bed and cuddle with them. He ignored them and stayed outside and “talked” to Smudge. Smudge is a White and Black cat with a big attitude. He says that another cat went into the woods but Rusty denied it.

If I would give this book blog a rating it would be a 4 because it was ok I would prefer more exciting books.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jun
09
2017

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The title of my book is When you reach me by Rebecca Stead. It is about a girl named Miranda. The story is made of small (mostly not Image result for when you reach mealways) chapters. She had many things going on in her life you just lost her friend her mom is trying to win the 20,000 dollar pyramid and she had a homeless man outside her house that they call the laughing man and he always sleeps under a mailbox. The time period is the late 1900’s.

 

Miranda is kind of determined because she really wants her mom to win the pyramid and she practices with her and really wants her to win. She’s a little jealous of other people in the book either their house or skills. Imaginative because she reads A Wrinkle in time, she imagines about her and that book and some of the people in the book and how they relate. A lot of people develop in this book,  she learns a lot about people in the book and how they relate to other people in the book.

 

There is some magic in the book: like in some of the characters. She finds out more about some places and  gets strange things from somebody. an does not know who it is and why some people did what they did in the book. They talk about time in this book which was an interesting (even though it hurt my brain) and they also talk about the time in a Wrinkle in time.”sometimes you never feel meaner than the moment you stop being mean it’s like how turning on a light makes you realize how dark the room has gotten” quote from Miranda.

 

I really liked this book if you like a book with some drama a little mystery and some magic I would recommend this book or if you’re just looking for a good book to read. It’s a short book so you could read it pretty fast. This book reminded me a little bit of Wonder they might not have that much in common but it reminds me with the drama that both books have. It’s a page turner when you get further in the book and you get to learn so much about about all the characters. I would rate it ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐.

Jun
09
2017

Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen

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I read a book called Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen. Hatchet’s main character is named Brian. The story takes place in the Canadian wilderness in a few years before modern day. Brian Robeson and a pilot go through a deadly plane crash and only Brian survives. He only has his Hatchet that his mother gave him as a birthday present, and a tattered windbreaker. He has a family secret. His parents are divorced. Now, Brian has to get help.

 

Brian is resourceful, persistent, and smart. He is smart because he knew when to eat, when not to, and when to go outside. He is persistent because when he saw dead bugs in a lake, he used a small dam to block the bugs, and drink the water. He is resourceful because he made fire, and a small home.

 

Two of the most interesting parts of the book were when the plane was crashing. I liked this part because I didn’t know if Brian and/or the pilot would survive. Also, it was full of action. Another interesting part of the book was when Brian saw a bear, and even though the bear didn’t attack Brian, he still was not intimidated. An important quote from the book is when Brian thinks, “Spearwood, he thought, and it rolled all over him…

There were these things to do.” This quote is important because it tells you about Brian’s experience in the Canadian wilderness.

 

I didn’t really like the book, it was too slow, not enough suspense, etc. I’m not saying it was terrible, but it wasn’t the best. But if you like challenging reads, or survival, this is definitely your choice. This book is related to many books, including Holes, Percy Jackson, Spy School, and more. In Spy School, Ben is trying to survive in The Academy of Espionage, in Percy Jackson, Percy, Grover, and Annabeth are trying to survive alone; on a quest. In Holes, (if you read my last review, you already know.) Stanley and Zero are trying to survive at Camp Green Lake. I would give this book a three-star-rating. It was okay.

Jun
09
2017

Teddy and Co by Cynthia Voigt

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Teddy and Co

 

The title of my book is Teddy and Co by Cynthia Voigt. This book takes place on an island for all of the animals. This book is about a life through a teddy bear’s perspective. But this is not a normal teddy bear. This teddy bear has no legs. And this teddy bear loves to explore so it’s unfortunate that he can’t travel on his own. But he does have a wagon. In the book there’s a lot of characters. One is an Elephant named Umpah who loves to bake. Secondly a snake named Sid who loves to eat what Umpah makes. Thirdly a penguin who always is pessimistic and looks at the glass half empty rather than full. Fourth, Prinny a flowery pig who is always in a happy mood. Also, Zia a pink pig who is the worrier and lives in a completely pink house where every thing she has is pink. And last but not least Teddy, the thinker who brings this wonderful book together. Teddy and Co. Teddy is creative, a wanderer, and a thinker. Teddy is a thinker because he uses his mind to come up with cool ideas. Teddy is creative because he comes up with those cool ideas to explore and tries to find out a plan to get the answer. Teddy is a wanderer because he takes those cool ideas and he finds ways to go out and and see if they could come true. Oh I wish I had a mind like Teddy.

(IF YOU WANT TO READ THIS BOOK I WOULDN’T RECOMMEND READING THIS PARAGRAPH BECAUSE IT GIVES OUT SOME IMPORTANT THINGS, BUT YOU COULD READ THE FOURTH PARAGRAPH.)

One part that I think represents the story is when Teddy comes up with the idea to go past the apple trees. I think that represents the story because you really get how Teddy has a big imagination and he is always wondering something in his mind. Secondly I think it’s important when Mr. B a bunny ends up one day on the island. I think that’s important because the more excitement that adds to the book the better. I thought he was a really interesting character. The only thing that he wanted to do was live with the selfish penguin, Peng. Which I found hard to believe because who would want to live with a cranky, self minded penguin? Clearly Mr. B. Last but not least I thought it was funny when one day a doll appears on the island on her throne and declares herself queen. I thought that was ridiculous, but clearly the animals didn’t because they went right to working for the Supposedly Queen Clara. I mean, who goes up to a place and says “From now on I’m your queen?” By that you could guess the Queen thing didn’t last too long. A quote that I think represents Teddy is “I have an idea!” I think that represents not only Teddy but the book because the book is about his adventures and ideas and I think that Teddy is an imaginable bear with lots of adventures awaiting him.

I really loved this book and I felt like they made a really lovely sweet story! I loved this book because it’s full of happiness and lots of positivity and I would highly recommend it to all the people who love animals. If you like to read about animals please read it! I think this book is really unique and I think there’s nothing like it. (At least I think so.) I think this book is unique because I don’t think any other author could make characters as good as this author did. They made the book come together with all those wonderful characters! If I were to rate this book between 1 and 5 stars I would rate it Ten Million!