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Jun
05
2014

The BFG By Roald Dahl

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My book review is on THE BFG by Roald Dahl. The book is about a girl named Sophie who meets a giant named the BFG. Sophie is an orphan so she is used to being polite and helpful.  One night the BFG kidnaps Sophie because Sophie sees him. The BFG takes Sophie to giant vill. Giant vill is a place that has a yellow ground and no trees. And then Sophie realizes what giants do for their living…

…They eat children up at night…

So of course Sophie wants to make sure that the other mean giants don’t find out about her.

While the BFG isn’t saving other kids, and since he doesn’t eat  other kids, he catches dreams and he gives the good dreams to kids all over the world. Sophie does not want to stay in the place where there are giants because if they find out about her she will be eaten. “Why can’t I just go back to my old orphanage,” Said Sophie. “You can’t go back there because if you do you will tell everyone and then people will try to find us giants,” Said the BFG.

I liked this book because Sophie isn’t the type of girl that gives up quickly and she is very nice. I would recommend this book to people who like adventure and nonsense words like a snozzcumber or a wrilndgritting type of dream. I would rate this book 5 stars .

Apr
08
2014

Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell

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Rooftoppers is a book about a girl named Sophie and her dad who is not a dad named Charles. Sophie of course is a growing girl so Charles will have to take care of her. Everyone thinks that Charles will not be able to take care of Sophie, especially Miss Eliot, the girl who wants Sophie to be proper, wear pink dresses and get a real dad and mom.

 

Sophie wants to be unique and her own type of girl so she decides to wear trousers and shirts and not skirts and shirts. She climbs trees and reads and Miss Eliot doesn’t like that at all. “You will have to get a mom and a dad some day,” said Miss Eliot. So Charles and Sophie go to France so Miss Eliot won’t tell Sophie what to wear and what to do.

 

I loved this book because it sounds like a true story. I think this book is good for people 8 years old to 12 years old I rate this book 3 and ¾ stars. I think you will like this book, because it is awesomely good.

 

Mar
03
2014

Mallory on the move by Laurie Friedman

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Mallory On The Move is a book about a girl named Mallory who has to move away from her lifelong BFF. When she moves she will have to make new friends with new people she is not so happy about that. She meets a boy whose name is Joey and Mallory likes that she has a friend. Mallory and Joey love the street that they live on because the street that they live on is called Wish Pond Road. Wish Pond Road has a wish pond.

 

Mallorys BFF Mary-Ann comes to visits Mallory and she is not expecting Joey to be friends with Mallory. “How about we all play,” Said Mary-Ann. That is a good idea to her, but most groups of three don’t work if they all play. Bad decision. Read the book to find out what happens next so I don’t spoil the ending.

 

This book is a really good book because there are 14 books in the series so you can read them all. The names of them are  Mallory on the Move,  Back to School Mallory, Mallory vs. Max, Happy Birthday Mallory, In Business with Mallory, Heart to Heart with Mallory, Mallory on Board, Honestly Mallory, Campfire Mallory, Step Fourth Mallory,  Red White & True Blue Mallory, Happy New Year Mallory, Mallory Goes Green and Mallory in the Spotlight. ( they are in the order to read them.) I rate this book 4⅔. If you are 8-12 This book is good for you.

 

 

 

Feb
28
2014

Mallory On The Move by Laurie Friedman

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imgres Mallory On The Move is a book about a girl named Mallory who has to move away from her lifelong BFF. When she moves she will have to make new friends with new people she is not so happy about that. She meets a boy whose name is Joey and Mallory likes that she has a friend. Mallory and Joey love the street that they live on because the street that they live on is called Wish Pond Road. Wish Pond Road has a wish pond.

Mallorys BFF Mary-Ann comes to visits Mallory and she is not expecting Joey to be friends with Mallory. “How about we all play,” Said Mary-Ann. That is a good idea to her, but most groups of three don’t work if they all play. Bad decision. Read the book to find out what happens next so I don’t spoil the ending.

This book is a really good book because there are 14 books in the series so you can read them all. The names of them are  Mallory on the Move,  Back to School Mallory, Mallory vs. Max, Happy Birthday Mallory, In Business with Mallory, Heart to Heart with Mallory, Mallory on Board, Honestly Mallory, Campfire Mallory, Step Fourth Mallory,  Red White & True Blue Mallory, Happy New Year Mallory, Mallory Goes Green and Mallory in the Spotlight. ( they are in the order to read them.) I rate this book 4⅔. If you are 8-12 This book is good for you.

Jan
29
2014

Remarkable by Lizzie K. Foley

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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.

 

Jan
08
2014

Toys Come Home by Emily Jenkins

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Toys come home is a book about a stuffed animal stingray that is a birthday present to a girl that loves toys. This girl owns a stuffed animal seal that’s name is Bobby Dot, and acts like a know-it-all. something strange happens to Bobby Dot and he disappears so the girl gets a toy buffalo to replace Bobby Dot. The girl goes to a birthday party and gets a plastic bouncy ball. Plastic the bouncy ball the stuffed animal stingray and the toy buffalo all become friends. the three friends go on daring adventures together rate this book 3½ stars. This book is good for ages 6-12.

Dec
12
2013

When You Reach Me, by Rebecca Stead

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When You Reach Me  is a book about a girl named Miranda who breaks up with her old friend named Sal. Miranda meets a store owner named Jimmy who has a stash of two dollar bills.  Miranda finds a man who kicks his foot out on the street and sleeps under a mailbox and says a chant that says “book, bag, pocket, shoe” over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over v and over and over and over and over  and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and many more times again. Miranda also meets the kid who punched her old friend Sal, and thinks time travel is possible. I rate this book 5 stars. I think this book is good for ages 8-14. If you have read the book A Wrinkle In Time, you will like this book.