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Jan
11
2014

Behind The Bookcase By Mark Steensland

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I think that behind the bookcase is a really good book. It is full of mystery and secret. And the main character [Sarah] doesn’t want to stay at her recently dead Grandmother’s house to clean it up for selling. Just as she  thinks that her summer is the worst weeks of her life ,she finds a unfinished letter from her grandmother that says strange things are happening behind the bookcase… She finds a new world and that is is where the adventure begins. I would rate  this a five star book. And recommend this book to 4th to 5th graders -Ruby Wexler

 

Jan
11
2014

The Sisters Grimm by Michael Buckley

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I think that the” Sisters Grimm” is  a very good book. It is a very good book for people who like adventures

because the “Sisters Grimm” books are all about adventure.  And I really liked it because there is a mystery

in each book that is solved at the end of each book. I also like it because it has fairy tale characters but they

don’t go through the stories, though it just has the characters after the story or event that happened to them.

I recommend  book or series to 3rd to 4th graders.

– Ruby Wexler

Jan
11
2014

The Time Garden by Edward Eager

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I think that “THE TIME GARDEN” is a very good book. As you follow Eliza, Ann and

Roger through a time travel adventure. The kids company on the Natterjack (a frog) helps them with their

adventures . When the kids want to go see there parenets  they wish to go to

london( because that’s where their parents are) they end up going to old london( in the

time of queen Elizabeth) .what will happen then?

I recommend this book to 4th and maybe advised  3rd graders .

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jan
10
2014

The 39 Clues, The Maze of Bones, By Rick Riordan

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The  39 Clues The Maze Of Bones is by Rick Riordan. The book is about a brother and sister named Dan and Amy whose Grandmother dies and creates a quest for only the Cahills. The Cahill family is the type of family who will do anything to get to be the most powerful person in the world. The quest takes chosen Cahill family members all across the world for one thing… the first of the 39 clues.

In the beginning of the book, the chosen family members are given a choice to walk out the door with 1,000,000 dollars in their hands or to attempt the life risking 39 clues. Six families picked the  39 clues, the Kabras, the Holts, Alistair Oh, Jonah Wizard, the Starlings and Dan and Amy. Dan has altitude problems and Amy has trouble speaking up to people.

A really important event in the book was in the beginning when Dan and Amy chose to burn up the million dollars and take the really small clue: THE FINE PRINT TO  SEEK OUT RICHARD S—-.  Another important part was when the mansion went up in flames which is when they discovered their secret admirer aka THE MAN IN BLACK. One last important part is when Dan and Amy find out that everyone is against them, in other words, trying to kill them but they are all family members.

This book would be ranked my fourth favorite book I have ever read. My favorite part of the book is when they are in the catacombs in Paris because I went in the catacombs when I went to Paris and I know, and can relate to the feeling of being creeped out. My least favorite was when I closed it. I would give this book ***** five stars. People who like mystery books and a little bit of realistic fiction, this book is for you.

Jan
09
2014

The Three Investigators #5 an Ear For Danger

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This book is about three kids Jupiter,Pete,and Bob who like to investigate things.This book is very good and exciting and may I ad a little bit scary and funny like when they meet this kid Brit  who is dyslexic (sees letters in the wrong order.) and jupe showed him a business card and he thought it said the three nivetsitagors  another exciting part was when they realized that they were on a  volcano. I give this book five stars. 

Jan
08
2014

Mary Poppins, By P.L Travers

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My book was Mary Poppins. It was about a family named the banks who have a nanny named Mary Poppins. Mary Poppins And the children Michael, Jane, John and Barbara. Meet a angel from the sky, many talking animals and use a compass that helps you travel around the world and more. I would rate the book 4 and a half stars out of five stars because in my opinion sometimes there was a little too much description I like to get to the story because it is so interesting. I would reccomend this book to some one who does not like alot of comedy but a lot of adventure and magic. I loved it I hope you will like it to!

Jan
08
2014

The Lighting Thief by Rick Riordan

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The Lightning Thief

by Rick Riordan

My book is called the The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. It is the first of the Percy Jackson books.

 

The book is about Percy and his discovery that he is a half-blood, which means that he has a mortal mother but a god as a father. His mom died when they were fighting a monster. Before his mom died she told him to go over the hill called Half-blood Hill and find the strawberry farm and go to the house there you will find safety. That is what Percy did. When he got there he finds out his dad is Poseidon, the god of the sea!

 

My favorite part is when they are at the waterbed store and Percy’s best friends are tied up. He rescues them by using his sword that is also a ballpoint pen.

 

I would rate this book 5 stars because it really drags you into the story. I would recommend this book to a person who likes Harry Potter because it is full of amazing adventures. This book really is a great book!

Jan
08
2014

The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani

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  There is a place called The School for Good and Evil. Every four years two kids get kidnapped and one kid get placed into a school for good and the other kid gets placed into the school for evil.  A girl named Sophie thinks that when she gets kidnapped she will be placed into the school for good and Sophie’s best friend Agatha thinks that she will be placed into the school for evil because Agatha never wants to be around so many people and she lives in a very old grave yard. Sophie is always happy and lives in a little town called Gavaldon.

       The night Sophie and Agatha get kidnapped Sophie gets placed into the school for evil and Agatha gets placed into the school for good. Now all Agatha wants to do is go home while Sophie is trying to find the school manager so they can be in the schools they think that they were meant to be in. After a few days Agatha gets a sheet of paper that says on it, Agatha School for Good first year. Sophie soon gets a sheet of paper that says, Sophie School for Evil first year. Now Sophie and Agatha might not be able to switch schools anymore because they are now officially placed into their schools and now everyone knows that they are good or evil. Sophie thinks that it is a mistake that Sophie got placed into the school for evil and Agatha is a little confused if she was meant to be put in good or if she was not.

      If you want to find out more read this book. This book is a mysterious, adventurous and magical book. So if you like those kind of books you might want to read this book.  I would give this book a four star rating out of five stars.

 

Review by Olivia

Jan
08
2014

Centerburg Tales by Robert McCloskey

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I recommend centerburg tales if you like adventure because it is all short stories that are connected.

This book is a sequel to the book Homer Price. The main character is as you probably guessed is, Homer Price. The place they are most is Uncle Ulysses diner.

Uncle Ulysses is Homers Uncle. The main side characters are the Sheriff, the Barber and Uncle Ulysses.

Again I recommend centerburg tales if you like adventure.  

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.