Category Archives: 2013-2014

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.

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.