Category Archives: Fiction

Jan
14
2015

Fake Mustache By: Tom Angleberger

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So everyone thinks Lenny and Casper are two middle school nerds. Lenny believes that, but Casper just wants power and control, which every typical kid wants, but they do not try to get it the way Casper did. Now I am going to tell you how Lenny and a friend, who I am going to introduce to you later in this story, saved the world from Casper. Oh I forgot to tell you the name of my book is Fake Mustache by: Tom Angleberger. Back to the actual story. So the main part of this story is actually a problem. So Casper bought this mustache that was apparently a really fancy one. The mustache was magical in a way because it hypnotized everybody in town causing them to listen to whatever Casper says. Casper made everyone think that Lenny was the bad guy and he was the good guy. The story takes place in Casper and Lenny’s home town.

I would describe Lenny as brave because he stood up to Casper even though Casper was basically trying to kill him. Lenny is a really sweet kid because he made Jodie like him. I would also describe Lenny as smart because he came up with all these plans to save the world and stop Casper. I would describe Casper as a maniac. What type of person would meaningfully buy a mustache to hypnotize everybody and take over the world? Casper is not a very loyal person because he just turned his back on Lenny to get what he wanted. But I also think Casper is kind of sad because his parents never payed attention to him so he was trying to get attention. Lenny meets this famous actor named Jodie. While he is trying to save the world from Casper. Jodie was from the TV show, Jodie O Rodeo. Her TV show was cancelled. Then Lenny met Jodie. It turns out Caspers plan leads up to him running for President.  He almost became President and took over the world but luckily Lenny and Jodie came to the rescue. At the end of the book surprisingly Lenny forgives Casper and becomes friends with him again. I find that a really big decision. But the book just ends. You could have wrote a whole story about that. I kind of found it really annoying that the book just ended. But if the author decided to make another book in this series people would really want to read it.

I really liked this book. It was very interesting. The book was very silly and wacky. You would never think a author would write a book like this. When you thought something was going to happen something completely bizarre happens instead. I would really recommend this book. It is a fun and quick read. If you like crazy this is the perfect book for you. If you like simple and more predictable books you probably wouldn’t enjoy this book as much. This book is so different. I can not think of anything that relates to this book.

I would rate this book: FIVE STARS

Jan
14
2015

Moominland Midwinter by Tove Jansson

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I read Moominland Midwinter by Tove Jansson. This is the fifth book of the Moomin series. The main characters are Moomintroll and Too-Ticky. The main problem is that Moomintroll wakes up in his hibernation and can’t fall asleep so he has to survive winter. This book takes place in a House a Bathing House and mostly in the Woods.

 

Moomintroll is curious, kind, and brave. He is curious because he saw someone under the sink and he tried calling out “ it’s ok” and he tried leaving out food he tried really hard to find out who was under the sink. Moomintroll is kind because he was kind enough to let a lot of people stay in his house. Moomintroll is brave because he was brave enough to go and save Little My on the breaking ice. Moomintroll and Too-Ticky have to take care of a lot of people that come over so they have a warm place to stay. Something called a Hemulen comes over and the Hemulen is really annoying to everybody. But Salome, the little creep, likes him. Too-Ticky knows about the lady of the cold so she warned everyone to stay inside. If the Lady of the cold looks you in the eye then you freeze. But when the lady of the cold comes, a squirrel forgets to stay inside, so he gets frozen. Moomintroll makes a big decision to not go back to sleep but to see what winter is like.


I enjoyed this book because it shows you how Moomintroll reacted to his first winter. I also like how Tove Jansson is really descriptive about the snow. I would recommend this book because it’s a really good book for people who like books with animals, adventure, friendship, survival and nature. This book connects to my life  because I bet I didn’t like my first winter either because it’s cold and you have to wear too many layers! I rate this book five stars out of five.

Jan
12
2015

Wayside School is Falling Down by Louis Sachar

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Wayside-School-Is-Falling-Down-9780833575357I read the book Wayside School is Falling Down by Louis Sachar. This is the second book of a series called “The Wayside School”. There are thirty main characters in this book. The book is mainly about all the different kids in the Wayside School and their different stories.The setting of the book is the Wayside School. It is thirty stories high with one classroom on each floor, but it was meant to be one floor with thirty class rooms in a row.

I have a lot of favorite parts of the book. One interesting part is the chapter about Mrs. Mush, the lunch lady. In the beginning of her chapter it says, “warning: do not read this story right after eating. In fact, don’t read it right before eating, either. In fact, just to be safe, don’t read this if you’re ever planning to eat again.” You will have to read the chapter to figure out why. I also love the chapter about Bebes Little Brother. I liked this chapter because it is really funny because every time Bebe brings back her homework it says something mean and disrespectful about Mrs. Jewls.  This is funny because of the things she wrote.  Bebe wrote that Mrs. Jewls’ head is full of oatmeal and it leaks out of her ears too and she said George Washington never told a lie unlike Mrs. Jewls. The chapter is a little confusing but you get it at the end of the chapter. I will stop there because I don’t want to spoil anything. Three adjectives to describe Mrs. Jewls are weird, curious and dumb. What she did to the computer was weird and in other little parts of the book she is weird also, and curious because she wants to know everyone’s problems. But also dumb because she is always doing the opposite of what people tell her to.

I really liked this book. I would read it 10,000 times because it is so funny. I laughed through all of the book. Also, if you are someone that does not like to read, like me, this is a good book for you. Because when you read one sentence you can’t stop reading. Each chapter is about 2-4 pages and it is a very small book. I would recommend this book to everyone and people that like funny books. A book that is sort of like this is Amelia Bedelia. This book is the exact opposite of our school because of all the crazy things they do. Out of 1-5 I would give it a 5!

Jan
05
2015

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Bloom

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imgresMy book is Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume.  The main characters are Peter, Fudge, and their mom and the dad.  The book is about Peter the fourth grader and his little brother Fudge who always drives Peter crazy.  The setting is New York City and some specific places are Peter’s house, the park and Peter’s dad’s workplace.

The plot of the book is Peter gets a turtle at a party and he names the turtle Dribble.  Peter is very protective of him but Fudge always messes around with Dribble and Peter gets mad at Fudge. I would describe Peter as protective of Dribble because whenever Fudge touches Dribble Peter gets mad.  One time Peter spanked Fudge because Fudge did something very bad to Dribble. I think it is funny when Peter gets so mad at Fudge just because Fudge touches Dribble. I would describe Fudge as immature because he went on top of a climber and jumped off the climber because he thought he could fly.  I would describe Peter’s dad as nice because he got Peter a special surprise at the end of the book to make him feel better.

I sort of liked the book because it was sort of funny and interesting.  One sort of funny thing is when Fudge pretends to be a dog.  One part that is sort of interesting is when Fudge goes on TV.  I would recommend this book to others because it is very silly.  The plot has a lot of random events but it is funny.  I give this book three stars.

 

Jan
05
2015

Double Fudge by Judy Blume

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DbleFudgeThe title of the book is called Double Fudge by Judy Blume and the series is called Judy Blume Hilarious World of Fudge. The main characters in this book are Fudge and  Pete and they are brothers. The book is mainly about a boy who has a little brother called Fudge and he is crazy. Also Fudge loves money. He makes Fudge bucks and plans to buy the entire world. Also the book is about crazy relatives taking over their house and Pete doesn’t like that. The book takes place in  New York City and in their small apartment and in the money factory in Washington D.C.  The time takes place in present time because it is like what is happening now.

The book is also about a lot of cousins coming to their house to go trick or treating. Also a thing about the book is that Fudge gets stuck in the elevator. Another thing that’s important is that Fudge and Pete have to deal with twin cousins and it gets crazy. For example, the twins run around and are loud and knock stuff down. Also a  thing about the book is that Fudge is crazy and in the book one of the cousins is like Fudge and they call that person mini Fudge. The final thing about the book is that Pete does not like having a lot of cousins so he is trying to get rid of them. I would think of Fudge as someone who is wild because he runs around the house and knocks down stuff. I also think of Fudge as a funny boy because he plans to buy the entire world. I also think of Fudge as smart because he made his own money.

I enjoyed this book because Fudge is kind of like me because he has a lot of energy and I have a lot of energy too. I also enjoyed this book because it was fun and there was no boring part in the story. I would recommend this book to readers who like funny books. I would also recommend this book to readers who think of themselves as a little crazy  because then they can relate to it.  I love the whole series, and  if you like this book you will like the whole series too. I would give this book a 4 because I loved it but I will not read it again.

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Jan
05
2015

Pie By Sarah Weeks

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10284324I read a book named Pie by Sarah Weeks. The characters names are  Alice  and Polly Portman also known as the pie queen of Ipswich . She is Alice’s aunt too. When Polly passed away no one knew her recipes so they tried to make other pies but none were as good as Polly’s. In her will she left her famous pie crust recipe to Lardo  and that happened to be the name of her mean disagreeable cat Lardo. Then she leaves Lardo to Alice but it doesn’t mean what most people think it means. But luckily for Alice she has a friend that helps her figure out the mystery.It takes place in a town called Ipswich .

Something that I found interesting was Alice’s mother didn’t like her own sister and she thought that Alice loved her aunt but she was still pretty mean to Alice. Alice wasn’t very true to herself when it came to other peoples opinion. That was interesting to me because she  seemed really courageous but when she tried to change who she was that altered my opinion about her. I liked how her friend was always watching her back and helping her when she needed help. I would describe Alice as nice , demanding and funny. Nice because even though she didn’t like a girl from her school named Nora she wasn’t mean and rude to her. Demanding because she wanted to  find Lardo and she was a little demanding  with her friend. Like when her friend didn’t want to ask someone that they didn’t like that much out she was like you have to. Last but not least she is funny because she likes to make funny little songs.

 I liked this book because I really liked Polly’s characteristics like she was wise and she gave good advice.  Alice’s mother went from really mean to nice and they were all happy at the end. I would recommend this book because it was bittersweet. Also the characters were very interesting. I give this book two and a half stars.

 

Jan
05
2015

The Grimm Conclusion by Adam Gidwitz

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I read The Grimm Conclusion by Adam Gidwitz. It is the third book of Grimm. The two main characters are Jorinda and Joringel (you pronounce it as YOUR-INDA and YOUR-INGLE). They are sister and brother. When they were born their dad died of happiness because all he and his wife wished was that they could have children. Their mom did not know how to raise them or cook for them. She was afraid she would not be a good mom so she did not take care of them very much. She went back to her study room and studied. She married (again) to someone who was not very nice but knew how to cook. Their mom was always in her study and never came out so the children were stuck with the mean stepfather. They missed her a lot and got really sick by it. The book takes place in many places but mainly in the Kingdom of Grimm in Germany.

My three favorite parts were first, when Joringel goes to Hell and meets the devil. The devil’s house is made of human body parts. My second favorite part of the book was the war between the children and the grown-ups. The grown ups are much more powerful, but some of the children start to tell a story. Everything that they say happens in the story really happens. My third favorite part was when Jorinda is ruling the whole kingdom of Grimm but she makes a lot of bad rules and is a tyrant because she keeps on thinking about her mom and everything that happened to her that was bad. I would describe Jorinda as brave and smart because she is not scared to do anything, like once Jorinda gets stuck in a big house and giant dangerous animals are all around her. All of them are chained up to the wall. She was sure she was going to die, but she found the one spot in the room where the animals could not touch her. I would also say that she was confused because she rarely knew what she is doing, where she was and why she was there.

I enjoyed this book and would recommend it because the narrator comes in at random parts of the story and makes funny comments about everything, but I would only recommend this book to the people are not grossed out by death and blood, it has a lot of death and blood. I think this book is like the fairy tales Cinderella and Snow White because certain parts of the books are based on Cinderella and Snow White. All of the books of Grimm are based on fairy tales. I LOVED this book

I would give this book five stars.

Jan
05
2015

Cartboy and the Time Capsule by L.A. Campbell

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The book that I read was Cartboy and the Time Capsule by L.A. Campbell.  The main characters are Hal (Cartboy) and his best friend Arnie.  The book is mainly about Hal writing about the time when15793167 he is living for a time capsule .  The setting is mostly in Stowfield Middle School, Hal’s school.

One interesting part is Hal wants 3 big things. First, he wants his own room because he has two baby sisters and his bed is between their cribs.  Second, Hal wants a Ziptuk e300s because he wants to look cool in school. His mom and dad don’t like to spend money and the Ziptuk is a scooter with a motor so it costs a lot. Third, he wants more time to play on a video game.  He only gets 9 minutes to play a game called RavenCave because he gets 15 minutes in all; 6 to set the video game up and 9 minutes to play the actual thing. Hal is so funny, because after he makes a joke he makes me laugh.  Hal is clever because when his family was going to his grandparent’s house he stayed home and lied by saying he was studying but he wanted his own room so badly that he tried to sell his house!  One time he said something about his classmate named Cindy Shano (and she eats a lot of candy), and Hal said, “I wonder if Cindy has as many teeth as George Washington” because everyone thought that George Washington had one tooth.

I enjoyed the book because you get to read funny and surprising things. Hal farted in the cafeteria and everyone with a phone texted their friends about the farting incident. Hal’s uncle Lou was a monkey, after the middle school dance, Hal said that he looked like uncle Lou because he had a bent back. I would recommend this book if you want to read a book with illustrations that’s funny. Hal’s sense of humor kept me from putting the book down. I don’t think that there are any movies or TV shows really related to this book. I would give this book 4 stars I really liked it.

 

Jan
05
2015

A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L’engle

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wrinklecover9The book that I read is called A Wrinkle In Time. It is written by Madeleine L’engle. The series is called The Wrinkle In time Quintet. The main characters are Meg, Calvin, Charles,  Mr.Murry and Miss Who, Miss Whatsit and Miss Which. The book is about the main characters trying to defeat the Dark thing. There are lots of settings in this book but one of them is called Comotz.

Something that is really interesting is that the author really describes what the characters are feeling and why they are feeling what they are feeling. I found that this book is really complicated so you really have to read slowly. Adding on to what I just said is that sometimes you might have to read the page all over again and then you will get what they’re talking about. Sometimes the author gives you riddles you have to figure out. Meg is very, nice, outgoing and loving. She is nice because when she meets Calvin she helps him and she cares for him. She is outgoing because when she meets Miss Who, Miss Whatsit and Miss Which she does not get all shy, she goes for it and makes friends with them. She is loving because when her brother is in danger she helps him because she loves him.

I thought this book was ok, it was not great but it was not terrible. I like books that have more suspense. And I like books that have a tiny bit of violence in them. I would recommend this book to people who like riddles and to people who like mixed emotions in their books. I wouldn’t recommend this book to people who like violence or to people who don’t like a little love in their books. There is really nothing that I have read that is similar to this book, this book is unique in its own way. I would rate this book a three. I thought it was ok. It was not the best book and I would not read it again.

 

Jan
05
2015

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

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The book I read is called Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl. This is the first book in the two book series. The second book is called Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator.  The main characters are Charlie, Willy Wonka, grandpa Joe, Augustus Gloop, Violet Beauregard, Mike TV, Veruca salt and the oompaloompas. The book is mainly about a poor little boy named charlie who wins a golden ticket and gets to go to Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory and is one out of the five people in the world who get to go there. The setting takes place in Charlie’s house and the Chocolate Factory back in the late 1900s.

Willy Wonka isn’t just a chocolate factory it’s also a place to get other candies too. For example they have a everlasting gum that never loses flavor and other awesome stuff.Willy Wonka Chocolate Factory is opening for the first time in years after being spied on by other candy factories because the other factories were losing business, so they needed some of Willy Wonka’s ingredients to keep their business’s up. And so Willy Wonka is opening his factory and putting five golden tickets out into five candy bars out of the millions of candy bars out there in the world.One very interesting part in the book to me was the time when it was Charlie’s birthday and he got a chocolate bar as his only present and you would think that he would get a golden ticket but instead he just ended up with an incredible Willy Wonka chocolate bar. Another very interesting part was when Charlie found a bill on the ground which he picked right up and went right to a candy stand and asked for one Willy Wonka bar and in that bar was a golden ticket! An adjective I would use to describe Charlie is that he is very thoughtful. He is thoughtful because When he got the chocolate bar for his birthday instead of eating it all by his self like other kids would probably do he gave some to all his grandparents and parents. He’s also very skinny because he never gets enough to eat. The third adjective mature because he is always trying to do the right thing and he acts as if he’s much older than he really is like how he takes care of his family even at a very young age. The fourth adjective I would use to describe Charlie is that he is always positive.He is always positive because he is always thinking about the good in life and not the bad.

      I love this book! I love it so much that I have even read it four times and would be delighted to read it again. This is probably the first book I have ever really enjoyed and it was so good that it also made me love reading. I definitely recommend this book. Whether you’re a sporty kid, a “I hate reading kid” or an “I hate Roald Dahl kid, you would still love this book. This is definitely one of my favorite books I totally recommend it. I compare this book to James and the Giant Peach another Roald Dahl book because the two boys have crazy things happen to them like flying in giant peach and walking with a giant peach Augustus Gloop. On a one to five star rating I would definitely give it a five.