Apr
08
2014

A Snicker Of Magic

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My book review is on A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd . It is this girl named Felicity Pickle. Her Mama has this thing where they are always moving for no reason. This book takes place in the newest place they moved to, Midnight Gulch.

In Midnight Gulch there used to be magic. Two brothers who used to live there were the cause of that, but then a mishap happened and the town lost all of their magic.

Felicity is a word collector, which means she sees words floating around people and she takes them. She had no friends. Until she meets Jonah. Jonah also has a secret, you find it out at the start of the book.

18222556In the book Jonah convinces Felicity to join the duel, which is like a talent show. He wants her to share words. Felicity is nervous because she is very shy. “After two painful minutes of silence, I Managed to mumble, “ My name is Flea…””

I really liked this book because it is very unexpected and there are a lot weird connections. I recommend this book to people who know how to read. It has something for everyone. I rate this book *****!

 

Apr
08
2014

ENDERS GAME

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UnknownThis book is about training kids to go to war. There is one kid named Ender and he gets bullied a lot and the teachers like him but he’s in the regular school so he gets upgraded to the battle school. They like him because he,s a good student. At the regular school he gets bullied a lot. At the battle school he has to train for war against the buggers. The buggers are like aliens and they already had a few battles with them.

 

During the story he makes a few friends but otherwise no one likes him because he’s so good at battle school. When he was good enough he became a commander and he became a commander of the the dragon army. After a few years he goes to command school to defeat the buggers. Every time Ender gets better the teachers make it harder for him. The people in his army keep on telling him that the teachers are the enemy not the army he’s playing against.

I loved this book and would rate it a 999,999,999,999 out of 1o and I would recommend it to you if you like science fiction. There is a bunch of other books in this series but I don’t know how much but I know it’s a lot. There’s other books that are the same as this one bit it’s from a different perspective like from his perspective.

 

Apr
08
2014

The Battle Of The Labyrinth by Rick Riordan

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imgres-1I recently read a book called The Battle Of The Labyrinth by Rick Riordan. In this book, the main character is Percy Jackson. Percy is a boy, who is a bad student, for example he has ADHD. He also has dyslexia. Also, he is a demigod. A demigod is someone who is half god half human. In order to be a demigod, one of your parents have to be a god and one of your parents have to be mortal, which is also known as regular.

In this book there are a couple of supporting characters. One is named Annabeth, who is really smart and intelligent and is a demigod. Another one is named Grover and he is a satyr. A satyr is someone who is half goat, half boy. Another supporting character is Tyson. He is a very scared, and not very smart Cyclops. A Cyclops is a person who is very strong, and has only one eye.  This book takes place in a labyrinth. The labyrinth keeps on growing, sort of like a living person.

You are probably wondering why they are in a maze that goes forever. It is because they have to find Daedalus-the person who made the labyrinth-and convince him to not let Kronos’s army get through the labyrinth. Kronos’s army is trying to take over Olympus, and is going to use the labyrinth to get there. The labyrinth goes anywhere you want, if you know how to navigate it. That is why Kronos wants to find Daedalus, so he and his army can convince Daedalus to teach them how to navigate the army. Kronos is an evil titan lord. Kronos’s army is so big. On page 202, it said “I almost froze in mid air. Kronos’s army was as big as five football fields.”

This book is one of the best books I have ever read. I really like how Rick Riordan was very descriptive. His description gave you a good feeling, that goes with the type of place it is. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes to read because this book has just about everything for every type of reader. I would rate this book five stars because it is a really amazing book.

 

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.