Remarkable by Lizzie K. Foley

imgresEvery one in the town Remarkable is remarkable every one but a girl named Jane. If Jane is walking down the street, people will bump in to her because she is so unremarkable. Jane meets a pirate captain named Captain Rojo Herring, and is put in a class with the mischievous  Melissa and Eddie Grimlet . Her grandpa John also never gets noticed so Jane tries to be remarkable but she cannot get noticed one little bit. Jane will have to face dangers of a huge storm, a lake monster who is named lucky and is lucky, three mean pirates and the construction of the bell tower at the post office. Jane knows it is up to her to save Remarkable and she might realize she is remarkable after all. I rate this book 5 stars.

 

Ten by Lauren Myracle

imgresIn the book Ten by Lauren Myracle, the main character, Winnie, goes month by month from March to the next year in March. She wakes up on her tenth birthday and is super excited. I mean super. She goes downstairs and describes the room as “unicorns frolicking everywhere.” In June, she is in the the neighborhood pool and there is a little girl who is four years old. Winnie has a little brother Ty who is also four years old. Winnie walks over to the kiddie pool (where Ty and the little girl are) and Ty has his not-so-happy face on. Winnie talks to the girl and eventually finds out that the little girl’s name is Erica. She is being mean to Ty because he is wearing pink. Winnie makes Ty feel better later. In order to find out what happens in the year, you have to read the book!

 

My favorite part of the book was when Winnie woke up and said, “The thing about birthdays is that they are so shiny and sparkly and make the birthday girl feel special, no matter what. And guess what? Today I was the birthday girl! As of today, I was ten years old. As of today-oh my goodness gravy-I Winnie Perry, was living in the Land of Double Digits.” I like that part because it is really funny especially when she says, “oh my goodness gravy” (she says that a lot).

 

I would recommend this book to people who are and/or just turned ten because you can probably relate to this book a lot. I would also recommend this book to people who like funny books because Winnie is very funny. Third, I would like to recommend this book to people who like friendship books because Winnie has a best friend, Amanda and an older sister, Sandra. Lastly, I would recommend this book to people who like realistic fiction because you  can probably relate to this book a lot.

This book is a series: Ten, Eleven, Twelve, Thirteen, Thirteen plus One. I rate this book five stars!!!!!

Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix by J.K Rowling

On Harry’s fifth year at Hogwarts lots of things change. I have watched the movie a few times but I am only at page 125 and it goes to page 854 or something around that. I know that you should always read the book before watching the movie but did it a different way. So since i did not read the whole book but I watched the whole movie I am going to explain all of the part I read in the book and then I will maybe explain what happens a little bit in the movie.

imagesWhen harry leaves the Dursleys house he is so happy because the Dursleys are always so mean to Harry. The place harry goes to is Sirius Black’s house and Harry gets to see Hermione, Ron,Fred and George. Whenever Harry sees all his friends and he has not seen them in a while he is always so happy to see them. But when Harry returns to Hogwarts a new defense against the dark art professor comes and that is when things change a lot. The new professor’s name is Dolores Umbridge she is about the most strict teacher at Hogwarts so far. Dolores Umbridge loves pink and everything in her little office is pink, she does not exactly like Harry so much and she acts nice to him but she actually tricks Harry into doing bad things…

This book so far is a really good book and if you like stories that kind of make you feel like the place is real you would like this book. The book is also adventurous and the book makes you want to read more and sometimes you just want to keep on reading until you finish the book. I would definitely recommend this book and I would give this book a four star rating out of five stars.

Review by Olivia

 

 

Lassie Come Home by Eric Knight

Lassie Come Home by Eric Knight

By Benjamin W-A

 

Lassie Come Home is the most wonderful book I have read so far.  I rate this book a 5. It is a book full of adventures.  I hope you like the review I wrote review and the book that I am “Advertising!”

The main character is dog, Lassie, from a very poor family and a very poor town in a county called Yorkshire that “has hills flowing with dogs.”  Every day Lassie would go to the school gate and wait for Joe the one kid in the family.  One day Lassie is not at the gate and Joe goes home and his parents tell him that they sold Lassie for 15 pounds (the money in Great Britain).  Lassie is very important to the town because she is like a clock when she goes to school.  She is the most beautiful dog in all of the county of Yorkshire which has “hills flowing with dogs”.   The Duke of Rudling tried to buy her, but Sam the owner of Lassie didn’t  sell her.  One day which happened to be this day  (that I’m telling you about) he sold her because he did not have a job and without a job then he could not feed his family nor his dog Lassie!

 

        So this book is about that and how she comes home but will she see them and will she make any friends or get hurt or will they take her?   if you read the book Lassie Come Home you will see what happens!  I rate this book a 5.  See you next time!

 

 

World’s Greatest Sports Team Rivalries. by Matt Christopher

Unknown This book is obviously about the greatest sports team rivalries. The setting is either:a hockey rink, a football field, a basketball court, or a soccer field, or a baseball field. I didn’t enjoy this book.

 

In this book the rivalries are:Green Bay Packers VS Chicago Bears, DCunited VS The Los Angeles Galaxy, The Canadiens VS THE Chicago Blackhawks, The Boston Celtics VS The Los Angeles Lakers, Yankees VS The Red Sox.

 

The book tells you about the history of the rivalries and who is better in the rivalries. The book also tells the reader about famous sports players careers and their history in the rivalries.

 

The reason I don’t like this book is because I already know all the information that was in it. If I didn’t know anything I would of liked it more  I would rate it a 2 out of 5. My favorite part was when it ended. I would not recommend it to anyone.

Time Squared By Julia DeVillers And Jennifer Roy

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My book is called Times Squared by Julia DeVillers and Jennifer Roy. It is about two girls. Their names are Paylon and Emma. They are identical twins but are nothing alike. Emma is smart and is in the mathlets. Payton loves fashion.  She will do anything for a nice dress and she is in the drama club.

 

Drama club gets to go to NYC to see an off Broadway play and the mathlets get to go to NYC for a competition, and that is where the adventure begins! My favorite part is when the twins go to the off broadway show and embarrass their enemy.

 

I would recommend this book to someone who likes drama and humor. An example of it being funny is when in the hotel they chase two twin brothers in a revolving door. An example of how it has drama is their enemy has these really dramatic acting videos.  I would rate this book 4 ½ of 5 stars. It is one of the best books I’ve ever read!

 

 

 

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

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So here is my book review on The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. So imagine you were an everyday city boy but you kept getting kicked out of schools for reasons you can not explain, well that is Percy Jackson’s life. He is twelve years old and this might be his first year where he is not kicked out of his boarding school, Yancy Academy. His best friend is a boy named Grover who walks with a limp and his favorite teacher, Mr.B is in a wheelchair. His least favorite teacher that hates him to death is Ms.Dodds. One day Ms.Dodds asks to speak with him alone, then his teacher attacks him and turns into a flying monster. Somehow he kills the monster with the pen, (that turned into a sword,) that Mr.B gave him. So now think, if you were an everyday city boy and a monster just attacked you and you killed it and you are only twelve you would be freaked out. So that was how Percy Jackson is feeling.

Very long story short he figures out that greek gods are real. His mom was married to Poseidon, the god of the sea. So he is half mortal and half god. He is called a half-blood or demigod. He goes to a camp called camp half-blood and meets a girl named Annabeth who is a daughter of Anetha. He also finds Grover there and it turns out that he is a satyr. A satyr is a person who has a human body from waist up and goat legs from waist down. Soon Percy and his friends are sent on a quest. Percy is being blamed for stealing Zeus, the god of the sky’s lightning bolt.They think Hades, the god of the underworld stole it. They have to find Hades, get the bolt back and prove to the gods Percy did not steal it.

 

While he’s on the quest you wonder if Hades really did steal the bolt and if proving his innocence to the gods is really the reason he accepts his Quest. To make it worse they have about 10 days to do it!!!!!!!! I rate this book *********************** out of five stars. This was literally the third time I read the series, ( did I mention Percy Jackson is a series)  I recommend it to anyone who likes a twist on realistic fiction.

Keepers of the lost cities By Shannon messenger

            book review by Oni Thornell

Eleven year old Sophie Foster Is not a regular girl, she is a telepath. She has been hearing people’s thoughts since she was 5 years old. This story takes place in San Diego and a place no one  could imagine. One day while Sophie is at the museum she meets a mysterious boy named Fitz. For the first time, Sophie realizes that she can’t  hear his thoughts. When he starts to talk to her, he apparently knows that she is a telepath. From that day on,her life changes in so many different ways that she doesn’t recognize herself . I enjoyed this book because it had all of my favorite things ;adventure, drama, humor and fantasy.

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One of my favorite parts was when Sophie was walking down the hall to see the school nurse because she burned her wrist with acid in physics class.  While walking down the hall she runs into a boy who had ditched his class and waiting till class was over. I would recommend this book to people who like adventure, drama and humor. I would rate this book with ten stars but since I can’t, five stars will do.

 

Ivy and Bean Bound To Be Bad

Ivy & Bean Bound to be Bad

by Colette Leong

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The book I read is called Ivy & Bean Bound To Be Bad and the authors of this book are named Annie Barrows and Sophie Blackall. The main characters are really different from each other. One is Bean (but her real name is Beatrice) and she is a very exciting girl and wants to do more things. But Ivy is a more sophisticated and mysterious and good person.

The setting takes place in Ivy and Bean’s court called Pancake court which has lots of neighbors and lots of exciting people there. (Many kids live here in Pancake court and unalike people live here and lots of exciting characters in Pancake court.) Bean and Ivy want to be kind to nature but their bully Crummy Matt, just can’t help Bean be kind to nature so Bean has an idea to stand up for herself. Bean will do something bad and Ivy will convince Bean to be good so Bean can be good after all. But Bean went a little bit too into her plan so she started to be bad.

I rate this book four stars ****. If you want to find out what happens to Bean, will Bean be good or bad You should read this book if you want to find out what happens to Ivy and Bean!

 

The School For Good And Evil by Soman Chainani

imgresI am reading a book called The School For Good and Evil by Soman Chainani. It has a girl named Agatha and a girl named Sophie. It takes place in a little town and in that town every four years two children get picked to either go to the school of good, or the school of evil. Now you see, when they get picked, they get lost in the woods and end up in the school of good and evil. When children go missing in the forest, alot of parents can not find their kids and put up missing signs.

When people look at the missing signs they recognize the people on the signs. Then they see those same faces in their fary takes.  After they graduate from the school of good and evil, they get to be good and evil characters in fairy tales. That is the cycle. Sophie is pink, sparkly and is very nice. Agatha is dark and punk. This particular four years, Sophie and Agatha get chosen to go to to either the school of good or the school of evil. Something very unexpected happens. Agatha gets chosen to be in the school of good and is very surprised. Sophie gets chosen to be in the school of evil and is really surprised. At first, they think it is a mistake, but could it be that the characters are starting to find out who they really are? I recommend this book, especially to people who like magical realism that has realistic characters, but the story itself is not realistic.

 

I would rate this book four stars because it is magical and  fun.