Category Archives: Animals

Genre

Jun
13
2017

Wish By Barbara O’Conner

Posted by

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

Posted by

 

 

 

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

The Next Woeful Adventure For The Baudelaire’s

Posted by

 

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

Posted by

 

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

Posted by

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

 Image result for warriors book 1

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

Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen

Posted by

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

Posted by

 

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!

Jun
09
2017

Shadowmagic by Joshua Khan

Posted by

The book I read is called Shadowmagic by Joshua Khan. The book is about a boy named Thorn and the leader of Gehenna, (grand city) Lilith (Lily) Shadow. There is a person trying to kill Lily Shadow and Thorn arrives and they find out who the killer is. In the book it takes place in Gehenna. To be more specific it takes place in Port Cutlas before moving to Castle Gloom and ends in the City of Silence. I have a zero percent clue of when it takes place.

Thorn is a smart, fearless, and a strong boy. Thorn is smart because he figured out who was trying to murder Lily. Thorn is fearless because he defeated a few of Gehenna’s and Lumina’s (also a grand city) soldiers while trying to get into Castle Gloom. Thorn is strong because he fell off a roof and did not break any bones or injure himself.

THE REST DOES CONTAIN SPOILERS.

Three important parts that happened were when Thorn found his father, when Lily used magic and when a guard said to Thorn, “Your father murdered Lady Shadows family.” It was important when Thorn found his father because he said he did not kill Lily Shadows family. It was someone else! It was also important when Lily used magic because boys are only allowed to use magic. This was important because if a girl uses magic they would be sentenced to die but she summoned a ghost puppy named Custard and nobody knew!!! Lastly it was important when a guard said to Thorn, “Your father murdered Lady Shadows family.” Even though this is not true it was important because it made Thorn look like a bad person even though he is a great hunter and was trained and raised in the woods and he knew his father wouldn’t do that.

I enjoyed Shadowmagic because it always left you hanging so it really didn’t matter where you ended. For example when you finish chapter 47 which is the end of being in Castle Gloom and move into the City of Silence, Thorn realizes that Lily’s uncle (Pan) is using the Mask of Azeroth or the mask of the ,undead, to kill Lily and Thorn jumps on a  bat that is dying named Hades to save Lily. I would recommend Shadowmagic because it always gives enough detail to make you feel like you are there. For example on page 293 it says “The spectators surrounded them on all sides. She tried to back away but it was too late. They caressed her with icy fingers.” This made me feel like I was actually there that is why I recommend this book. This book reminds me of Heroes of Olympus: the House of Hades because it mostly takes place in the underworld and that is where it probably takes place (look at the map in the front if you read it). I would give it an infinity star rating but I can only give five so five!

May
04
2017

Island of the Blue Dolphins, by Scott O’Dell

Posted by

I  read a book called Island of the Blue Dolphins. The book takes place island off the coast of California 200 years ago.The author’s name is Scott O’Dell. There is not a series of the book but you can find more books written by him.The book is about a girl who lived on an island called the Island of the Blue Dolphins. Her name was the Girl With The Long Back Hair (Karana.) She is Left behind from her family because they don’t think the island is safe. Her brother went back to the village to grab a spear and the ship was starting to sail away. Afraid that the ship would not return to rescue her brother she jumped into the water and swim back to shore.

Karana is fearless, crafty, and loving. She is fearless because she was stranded on the island by herself with wild dogs. She is crafty because she made herself weapons to defend herself. Karana is loving because when her brother was left on the island she jumped into the water to be with him.

The plot of the book is that this girl she lives on an island by herself with her brother, and animals. She and her brother wait everyday to see if the boat will come back. It’s interesting that Karana is on the island with nobody else besides her brother and wild dogs. If I was by myself with a friend and wild dogs I would be scared out of my mind. Quote from the book: “More than anything it was the blue dolphins that took me back home.” This is interesting to me because not all animals are bad. Some are kind and helpful. And in this case the dolphins helped her find her way home. One of the most interesting thing in the book is when Karana shoots the leader of the wild dogs with an arrow then helps the dog. This is interesting because she has a heart and she doesn’t want animals to be tortured so she helped.

I loved Island of the Blue Dolphins. I loved it because it was drama and there and love. I love those kind of books. I recommend this book for kids ages 7 and up. I say this because there is death and I don’t want this book to scare people. This book reminds me of Julie of the Wolves and Home Alone. It’s similar to Julie of the Wolves because there’s this girl named Julie and she’s left alone and she makes friends with wolves. Also reminds me of Home Alone because Kevin is left alone at home nobody to comfort him. I give this book 4 stars because it’s not the best book I’ve read. But if you like drama and love this book is just right for you.

May
04
2017

Warriors Into The Wild, by Erin Hunter

Posted by


 This book was written by Erin Hunter.  This book is mainly about wild cats that are in different clans fighting over territory because they do not want food stolen from them and they want their hunting ground. There are four clans, WindClan, RiverClan, ShadowClan, and the one the book is focusing on, ThunderClan. The main characters in the book are Firepaw, Graypaw, and Ravenpaw. They are all in the ThunderClan. The book takes place in a forest. It does not say the time period.

Firepaw was brave when he drove the ShadowClan leader, Brokenstar out of the Shadowclan territory. An example of Firepaw being smart is when he had to figure out an idea to get Ravenpaw to safety. Firepaw was caring when he took down a ShadowClan warrior but when the ShadowClan warrior was hurt he gave her a rabbit to eat to replenish.

An interesting part of the story was when ThunderClan recruits Firepaw from his two-leg home which is what they call humans. This was interesting because Firepaw is really surprised and honored to be recruited. A very exciting part in the book is when no one can figure out who killed Redtail. In a conversation with Ravenpaw, Firepaw says, “If Redtail killed Oakheart, who killed Redtail?” This is an important part in the story because it is one of the main mysteries. In this quote Ravenpaw told Firepaw the real story and the person who killed Redtail found out that the cats knew about his crime.

I would recommend this book because it keeps you reading. I was literally attached to the book! There is nothing really similar to this book. I think that because it is a book which is so good no one could write as good of a story. I would rate this book 5 stars.I chose this rating because it is a book with all the elements, action, drama and adventure. Overall, I think THIS BOOK IS GREAT!