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  The book I read was Nancy Drew Nobody’s business, by Carolyn Keene. This book starts out with Nancy, Ned, and her cousin Bess, helping out Ned’s friend in an old hotel. Ned’s friend Andrew, wants to change the hotel to a club where teens can hangout. But this hotel has a rumor, because fifty years ago there was a fire when someone was supposed to get married, and during the fire, the bride went missing, and everyone beleives her ghost hauntes the hotel So the next night when Nancy, Ned, and Bess went inside the hotel to see if a ghost really hauntes the hotel, they found a dead body hanging from the ceiling! So read this book Nancy Drew Nobody’s by Carolyn Keene. 

                                                                 – JT L.

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Part of Disney Fairies series.

 Prilla lives in Pixie Hollow, like all the other fairies, but she was still different. You see, all fairies have their special talent, such as berry-picking talent fairies who pick berries every day so delivering talent fairies can deliver it to cooking talent fairies, and there are tons of fairies with the same talent. However, Prilla is the only “clapping talent fairy”. She often gets lonely because fairies hang out with fairies of the same talent. Still, Prilla hangs out with other fairies. She would even try out their jobs. For example, she’ll try to help Dulcie, a cooking talent fairy, in the kitchen. But, nomatter what she tries she is awful at it all. Then after lying about loving butterflies, she is put on the job of butterfly herding. Only butterfly herding talent fairies are good at that! She either has to do it or fess up about lying.

She decides to do it.

It isn’t going so well.

Will she have to fess up to the Queen? Will she fail her job?

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This book, The Hunger Games, is about a girl named Katniss Everdeen who lives in District 12, a city famous for coal mining. She lives in a country where the rulers host an annual survival competition called the Hunger Games. The Hunger Games is a test of survival where you are put into an arena with several other combatants and you all fight to the death. If you win you become rich, if you lose Katniss and her friend, Gale, are the only people keeping their families alive in district 12 because they are poor. When her sister, Prim, gets chosen to be a combatant in the Hunger Games, Katniss decides to take her place and go instead because she doesn’t want Prim to go through all of that suffering. But she didn’t expect to wear flames for the opening ceremony, being mentored by a drunk, or falling in love. Will she win and save her family from poverty? Or will she die and let her family and friends down? To find out read The Hunger Games. This book would be mainly for boys because there is a lot of adventure, but girls would like it too. Lastly I would rate this book an 11 out of 10.

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When Alex Rider destroyed the Stormbreakers, He thought that he would never see the M16 again. But he was wrong. When the M16 sent Alex to spy on Point Blanc, an academy for rebellious boys in rich families, Alex has to disguise himself as Alex Friend, a son of a rich family. He goes to the academy with a bulletproof ski suit, a saw that is disguised to look like a CD player, an ear stud that is a miniature grenade, and a book that could shoot a stun dart. Alex meets a kid named James Sprintz and they become friends.

One night, he saw James taken away into a secret room but the next day, Alex finds James the same. Except that James wasn’t himself. It was like he was perfect. As he searched the academy, he found out that the owner of the academy, Dr. Grief, was cloning himself sixteen times and the clones were having plastic surgery to look like the kids in the academy. Then, Dr. Grief locks up the other real boys in a room and he is planning to send the clones of himself back to everyone of the boys’ family and keep all of the money the boys inherit to himself. Once Alex knew about this, Dr. Grief locks Alex up in a metal room planning to kill him the next morning. Alex uses his ear stud and blew a hole in the lock and escaped. He made a snowboard out of an iron board and skis down the mountain. The alarm bell rings and soon he was followed by two snowmobiles firing machineguns at him. If you want to find out if Alex survives and save the rest of the boys at the academy, read Point Blank. This is the second book of the Alex Rider series. The first book of the series is Stormbreaker, an edge of your seat book but with Point Blank, you will fall right out of your chair. This book is for people who like reading spy and action books.

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This is a story about a 17-year-old boy named Helmuth. Who has been sent to prison for trying to expose the truth of Hitler. This book starts with a Tuesday and a mental picture of a horrible jail. The special thing about Tuesday is that’s the day the executioner works. In Helmuth’s cell is Helmuth shivering hoping he can live through this day too. Luckily, he gets through the morning. Through the book Helmuth has flash backs of when he was a kid. Some of them were happy and others were sad. What will happen? Will Helmuth make it through the whole day? You have to read this book to find out. I thought this book was ok because to me it was somewhat sad and a little sad. It would appeal to boys and girls but I thought it was just ok.

By: Zachary Mcilwain

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In the book The Iron Giant there is a kid named Hogarth. When Hogarth looks out his window from his house he sees a tractor that has been bitten in half! He tells his dad. Once his dad sees it, he tells all the other farmers what had happened. The next day Hogarth sees the HUGE iron giant outside in his yard eating more of the tractor! So Hogarth’s dad and the other farmers decide to set a trap. They dig a big hole and put branches and leaves over it so when the iron giant comes to eat something he will step in the hole and get stuck! A few weeks went by but Hogarth’s dad and the farmers didn’t have any luck. The following night they heard something crash right out in their front yard! When they all got outside they saw the iron giant running away! A few weeks later a big black thing just crashed to the ground! Around the whole Earth people could feel the impact. It was a big black dragon! The dragon said that if people don’t bring him food soon he would start eating the cities and farms! So the iron giant decided to challenge the big black dragon in strength. The iron giant said that if he won, then the big black dragon had to be his slave. If the iron giant didn’t win then the big black dragon would eat the whole city. To figure out who wins, read The Iron Giant!

Written by: Jack S.

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This book is about a girl named Edie who’s life is turned upside-down when a family tragedy happens.

It all starts out while Edie is out camping with her parents. (Her “perfect” teenage sister didn’t want to come; so she’s staying with her friend, Mean Megan.) At camp, she meets a kind boy who comes camping there every year. They become great friends, and would meet eachother there everyday. However, when she has to return to home, she finds out her family is anything but normal. She believes her Grandma is a witch, her Grandpa is going insane, and her teenage sister is being her snotty little self. Although Edie wants to be involved in this witch magic, something worse happens.

Her Grandpa is in the hospital. They don’t know if he’ll live.

Will Grandpa live? Is Grandma a witch? Find out in “All-Sason Edie”

-Sophia R

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After Percy was almost killed by two empousai at his high school orientation, destroys the band room, and escapes the school looking like a maniac, he realizes there’s bigger problems at Camp Half Blood. Luke and Krono’s army are planning to attack the camp using the Labyrinth, an underground maze created by Daduelus. Now Annabeth, Tyson, Grover, and Percy must find Daduelus and convince him to give them Ariadne’s String, a ball of magical yarn that’s designed to guide it’s keeper through the Labyrinth, before Luke gets it. While the group tries to get Ariadne’s String, Percy is worried about Nico, the son of Hades, and wonders if Kronos will be able to make him join his army ever since Nico left camp last winter. Will the group be able to obtain Ariadne’s String and stop Luke’s invasion? WIl Nico join the army and bring the downfall of Olympus? Read this book to find out!

Catlinh N.

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This is the fourth book in the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series. Torak’s secret is finally out. Now he is declared an Outcast and he is left without a clan. Unable too talk, meet, or see his friends, Torak must fight for his life, prove himself worthy, and fight a soul eater that only seeks revenge. Along the way he will reunite with old friends, meet new friends, and build up trust with his old friends. I liked this book because it is full of adventure and action. I believe this book will appeal best to both boys and girls. This book also takes place before the Native American reached America. My favorite part was the end of the book.

Ravi M

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Stephen Lansbury is an orphan without a family member. Then he gets a letter saying that his great-uncle is dead and he is the only one to inherit Lansbury Hall. But when he arrives he has a feelimg that he is being watched. He soon realizes that Lansbury hall has a mystery and that the answer is hidden somewhere in the huge piece of land. Stephen reads his great-uncle’s journal in search of answers. But what he finds out is more shocking than he can ever imagine. I think this book was okay because it is a long book. This book is full of adventure. I would recommend this book to girls and boys. I also think that people who like a good mystery should read this book. My favorite part was when he finds the answer to the mystery.

Ravi M.

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Tad, who is twelve years old, is like any other fisher boy. He’s always wanted to be a famous and remembered person. He tries very hard to be that person and spends most of his time doing it. As a result, he doesn’t realize that the forest is drying up. Tad starts to get flashbacks of a “past life.” So, Tad begins a quest with his sister, Birdie, to find the Waterstone and bring water back to the forest. Along the way he will meet creatures, make friends, and verse a dangerous evil that he never thought of confronting. I liked this book because it is very adventurous. I think this book will entertain boys and girls. My favorite part was the ending of the book.

Ravi M.

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This is the fifth book in the Alex Rider series. Alex Rider is back but this time he is in Venice. Alex still cannot forget the words Yassen Gregorovich said. “Go to Venice, find Scorpia, and you will find your destiny”. Alex wonders who or what Scorpia is. Well he is just about to find out that it is the most lethal organization in the world, and his dad was part of it. Now Alex must stop Scorpia from unleashing there latest plot, the Invisible Sword, which can bring death and chaos to the streets of London. Will Alex have the courage and strength to fight Scorpia or will Scorpia destroy thousands of innocent people? I think this book will appeal more to boys because it is full of action. My favorite part of the book is when finds out who his dad was. I enjoyed this book and I hope many people will comment.

By: Ravi M.

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Anand is a 12-year-old boy who works hard to keep his family healthy. Him and his family live in Kolkata, India and his dad has gone missing. One day Anand meets an old man named Abadhyatta who asks if Anand wants to go on a mission with him. That mission is to save the Conch, an object of supernatural power. With Nisha, a girl from the streets, they venture out across India to a secret valley to save the Conch and the world . Will they make it or will they fall to a terrible evil? I liked this book a lot. I think this book is a good book for boys and girls. This book is full of adventure and magic so if you don’t usually read those kinds of books I would not recommend it.

By: Ravi M

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In this book Lina and Doon gave the people of Ember the message on how to get out of the city. Soon everyone had arrived out of the city. This is when everyone set out to find a town and came across the village of Sparks. Now the people of Sparks don’t like the Emberites that much but finally agree to take them in for six months. Most of the people of Ember are allowed to stay at the run down Pioneer Hotel. At first everything went fine, besides the hot weather of course. Most people disliked the people of Ember though. Soon arguing broke out and then Doon was accused of throwing tomatoes at a building. From this point on the people of Ember are treated unfair. They have smaller meals, forced to work harder, and are accused for stuff they didn’t do. Later someone writes muddy words on the village plaza and then someone wrote the words “GO BACK TO YOUR CAVE” with burnt wood on the side of the hotel. A boy named Tick wanted to have war with the people of Sparks. Apparently the people of Sparks have a secret weapon. This book would appeal to boys and girls that enjoy reading about adventure books. To find out what happens read the book The People of Sparks by Jeanne DuPrau.

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I read the book Letters from Camp by Kate Klise. This book is about three sets of twins named Barbie Q and Brisket, Mimmie and Ivan, and Charlie and Charlotte getting set off to Camp Happy Harmony, which actually isn’t that happy. For example when you are there all you do is eat this nasty food and do chores all day. Until they discover that one of the camp consolers isn’t a Harmony and that the Harmony and not a Harmony are getting married. There is one more secret but you will have to read to find out what it is . If you want to know read Letters from Camp by Kate Klise. I think this book would appeal to most boys and girls. J

Lauren W.

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This book starts out with George and Harold messing up their teacher’s “wedding”, Ms. Ribble. That was actually a trick by George and Harold. So now Ms. Ribble wants revenge on the two boys. This juice called Extra strenght super power juice accidentaly falls in to Mrs. Ribble’s hair. Giving her hair super wedgie powers. She creates these two robots called the Robo-George and the Harold 2000. Now it is up to the 3 main super heros, George, Harold, and like always Captain Underpants!

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Jordan F. 

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I read the Trial by Journal written by Kate Klise. This book is about a 6^th grade girl named Lily Watson who is on jury team because of a new law requiring a juvenile juror to serve the care involves a child victim. She is in the jury because the missing of Perry Keet and Bob white his co- worker at Tyle Park Zoo will stand trial alleged murder.  If you want to know if Bob white is guilty of murder read trial by Journal by Kate Klise. I would recommend this book to more girls than boys because it doesn’t have a lot of action and death.

Lauren W.

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This book starts out with a Professor named Pippy P. (pee-pee) Poopypants. He is a genius but has a silly name, and no one respects him. He gets a job at George and Harold’s school as a science teacher but the kids laugh at him. He gets very angry and creates 3 things: The Gerbil Jogger 2000, the Goosy Grow 4000, and the Shrinky Pig 2000. He uses those machines to get some respect and revenge on all the people that made fun of him. He also creates the name change-o-chart 2000. So everybody has a silly funny name like him. Can George, Harold, and the Mighty Captain Underpants stop Professor Pippy P. Poopypants? Find out by reading this book. I think this book would appeal to mostly boys because it has a lot of potty humor. 

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I read the book Swindle by Gordan Korman; this book is about a young sixth grader named Griffin and his friend Ben. Ben and griffin plan to have a sleepover at an old haunted house, but when they are Griffin finds a babe Ruth baseball card. Griffin thought it was fake so he went to Palomino’s Emporium to see how much it was really worth. When assistant Manager came up S. Wedell Palomino (swindle) said that it was fake and worth about $200.00 Griffin sold it to him.  When Griffin went home he found out that the card was worth about 1 million dollars. Griffin decided to steal the card back, but will alarm system and mean guard dogs Griffin would have to assemble a team. Will Griffin make a team and get the card back? If you want to know if he gets his card back read Swindle by Gordan Korman. I think this book would appeal to boys and girls.

Lauren W.

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This is the third book in the Captain Underpants series. The book starts out with three space aliens that crash on earth, and they mean nothing but trouble.

George Beard and Harold Hutchins are still up to no good as well. It all starts with George and Harold messing with the lunch laides. They make a recipe for the ladies to cook and well, it explodes. So the lunch ladies quit. Then the three space aliens decide to pose as luch ladies to take over the school and then the whole world. There names are, Zorxette, Klaxette, and Jenniferette. The evil space lunch ladies come up with a “healthy nutritional meals” to feed the kids, and when they come out of the cafeteria they turn into Zombie Nerds! Now it is up to George, Harold, Captain Underpants to stop the invasion of the Zombie Nerds and the evil space alien lunch ladies. Can they stop their evil plot? The only to find out is to read the book. I think that this book will appeal to boys and girls. It is very funny. But really short. It is still a pretty good book I think.

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Jordan F.

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This book starts with the death of a magician. A real-estate agent for the dead, named Gloria is trying to sell the magicians home. She stumbles over a box called the Symphony of Smells, and gives it to Cass and her grandfathers. One day during school, Cass meets someone named Max-Ernest and she tell him the story of the magician. They both sone thing is mysterious about the story. So they start to investigate. After finding a notebook from the magician’s house they get cought by a mysterious couple. Dr. L. and Ms. Mauvais. I have told you enough about the book now its time to tell you about the narrater. He is very interesting narrater he gives away many parts of the seceret whenhe is not supos to. The narrater has sone clever tricks like to cocer the name of a street hr put ___ and if there was a sentence that cotained important information he would do this Xxxxxxx, xx xxxxxxxx xxxxx. To learn more about the book and the narrator read the book.

Blogged by Zachary M.

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Stormbreaker is a book about Alex Rider a 14 year old boy that has to go and spy on a person named Herod Sayle. Alex is spying on him because M16, the company that Alex was spying for, thinks that Sayle’s computers, the Stormbreakers, are dangerous. Alex’s uncle, Ian Rider, had been a spy too and tried to investigate but he was shot while investigating. Fortunately, a kid named Felix Lester was going to visit Sayle. The company sent Felix Lester to Florida and Alex was going to take Felix’s place. Sayle was going to ship Stormbreakers to all the schools across the country a few days after his arrival and Alex will have to investigate the Stormbreakers before Sayle sends them. With him, he has a yo-yo that is 30 yards long and could clip on to metal and metal dissolvers that is disguised as zit cream. He also has a Game Boy that can see through, rooms, send and receive messages to and from the M16, and activate a smoke bomb. As he starts searching the Stormbreakers he finds out that the Stormbreakers have a virus that holds smallpox. As soon as he finds that out, he gets into trouble. If you want to know what happens to Alex and if he destroys the Stormbreakers in time, read Stormbreaker. This book is an excellent book and will keep you reading it the minute you start!

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The Time Bike is a book about a boy named Eddy and a time bike. The time bike was given to him by his uncle that lived in India. He was able to travel through time with the bike. He did things that nobody ever did but, the time bike broke while he was way in the past. How does he come back to his original time? Does he have to live by himself in the past? If you want to find out, read The Time Bike. This book is not very exciting and a little too plain.

Blogged by Justin L.

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When Matthew Freeman closed Raven’s Gate, he thought that he didn’t have to defend the world from the Old Ones anymore but he was wrong. When the Nexus, an organization, told Matt a second gate was going to open, Matt and his friend, Richard Cole have to fly to Peru to prevent the gate from opening. A guy named Diego Salamanda was trying to get the gate to open! Once Matt and Richard arrived, in Peru, there was trouble. There were people shooting at their car and Richard got kidnapped. Matt escaped but when he woke up, he found a boy pick pocketing him. Matt left the boy and he headed to the hotel his driver should have taken him. When he reached the hotel, there were police there and they tried to beat Matt up. The boy had followed and used his slingshot and shot the policeman down. The boy took Matt to his home. Matt found out that the boy’s name was Pedro and that Pedro had seen Matt in his dreams too. Sebastian, the person that Pedro worked for told them that they should leave because the police are looking for them. Matt and Pedro both left and they were helped by people that lived there. A person named Atoc brought him to his village and they found Richard. Pedro founded out that he was one of the five people that could save the world. They also found out that the second gate was going to open in 3 days. As Matt, Pedro, Richard, and Atoc continue on the journey to close the gate, they find trouble! The ancient pictures of spiders, birds and other creatures that were drawn in the sand are connected to the stars and in three days, the stars will line up and the gate will open. If you want out if the gate will be closed or if the Old Ones will come out of the gate read Evil Star! This is book two of the Gatekeepers series.

Blogged By Justin L.

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I read a book called The Tales of Beedle The Bard and it was used in the last book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows.  In this book there are five stories called, The Wizard and The Hopping Pot, The Fountain of Fair Fortune, The Warlock’s Hairy Heart, Babbity Rabbity and her Cackling Stump, and The Tale of the Three Brothers.  These stories also have comments by Albus Dumbledore.  The Warlock’s Hairy Heart is my least favorite story because it is very gruesome when a warlock locks away his heart after his friends act foolishly when picking a wife.  But, after he finds a beautiful women to love he takes his heart, which has become hairy, until he finds out that his heart has changed.  But, by the time he takes his heart out, it is too late.  He then opens her chest and takes out her scarlet heart vowing to exchange it for his own, but instead they both lie dead upon each others bodies.  If you aren’t into that kind of story, there are more stories that have happy endings, such as The Fountain of Fair Fortune, where the gates finally open letting only the people that it claims worthy.  The gates opened to three young women and a knight, to the Fountain of Fair Fortune.  In order to reach their goal, they have to overcome many obstacles, and on the way they realize that they have everything that they need and the one who needs the Fountain of Fair Fortunt the most is the knight, who has no magical power.  This is a great book that I would recomend for boys and girls 10+, who like adventurous stories.

-Erin W.

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At the beginning of this book Soren is in his nest with his family waiting for his little sister to hatch. Soren by the way is a Barn Owl. Soren’s parents call Soren’s new sister Eglantine. A few nights later Soren fell from his nest but doesn’t know how. Soren can’t fly yet so he decides to wait for his mom and dad. But instead of his mom and dad picking him up, a strange owl swoops in and takes him to St. Aggies Academy for “Orphaned” Owls. Along the way Soren meets an Elf Owl named Gylfie who is captured by an owl named Grimble. Right from the start Soren and Gylfie hate St. Aggies every single second. They soon find out about moon blinking and what it does. Grimble helps Soren and Gylfie escape St. Aggies. Soren and Gylfie heard a shriek from behind and the night was splattered with blood. After their escape Soren and Gylfie meet Twilight a Great Gray and Digger a Burrowing Owl. To find out what moon blinking is and what happened to Grimble. If you like books about animals, fighting, and adventure read the book The Capture By Kathryn Lasky. I really enjoy reading the series
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Stormbreaker is a book about Alex Rider a 14 year old boy that has to go and spy on a person named Herod Sayle. Alex is spying on him because M16, the company that Alex was spying for, thinks that Sayle’s computers, the Stormbreakers, are dangerous. Alex’s uncle, Ian Rider, had been a spy too and tried to investigate but he was shot while investigating. Fortunately, a kid named Felix Lester was going to visit Sayle. The company sent Felix Lester to Florida and Alex was going to take Felix’s place. Sayle was going to ship Stormbreakers to all the schools across the country a few days after his arrival and Alex will have to investigate the Stormbreakers before Sayle sends them. With him, he has a yo-yo that is 30 yards long and could clip on to metal and metal dissolvers that is disguised as zit cream. He also has a Game Boy that can see through, rooms, send and receive messages to and from the M16, and activate a smoke bomb. As he starts searching the Stormbreakers he finds out that the Stormbreakers have a virus that holds smallpox. As soon as he finds that out, he gets into trouble. If you want to know what happens to Alex and if he destroys the Stormbreakers in time, read Stormbreaker. This book is an excellent book and will keep you reading it the minute you start!

Blogged by Justin L.

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It started when a boy named Matt that was arrested and sent away because he was robbing video games. He had to live with a person called Mrs. Deverell in Hive Hall, where he thinks there is a mysterious even that is going on that includes him. He goes to Lesser Malling and finds it strange because it was like everybody knew him. As things seem stranger, everyone that tries to help Matt dies. He learns from a guy named Sanjay Dravid that Mrs. Deverell and the other people that lived in Lesser Malling were witches. With a journalist named Richard, Matt has to save the world from stopping Raven’s Gate to open because if it does, it will be able to release the Old Ones. This book is a great book about magic, power, and absolute greatness. I recommend this book to people who love magic. This is the first book in the Gatekeepers series.

Blogged by Justin L.

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The book I read is called Diary of a Wimpy Kid by: Jeff Kinney. It is worth 3 points and the main characters are Gregory Heffly, Manny, Rodrick and Rowley Jefferson. This book is mainly about a boy named Greg, in his life trying to get through middle school quick! Greg doesn’t see this as an easy year. He goes through all kinds of adventures. Greg remembers the cheese to see if it’s still there and sure enough it is. Greg doesn’t know how the cheese got there but he does remember how the cheese touch got started. One day, this kid named Darren Walsh touched the Cheese with his finger and that’s what started this thing called the Cheese Touch. Later on in school Greg starts hanging out with this kid named Rowley. Rowley can get really pointless as a friend but he is fun to have around. It was early October and Greg couldn’t think of a costume to wear on halloween. Rowley showed up as a knight, and Greg got pretty jeolous about that. Greg tried to be a mummy, so he rapped himself in toilet paper. Then his mom came in the room with an old pirate costume, so he was pretty happy about that. He and Rowley were just planning to go by themselves but then Greg’s mom came in and told him he had to take Manny with him. Greg’s dad ended up going along with them too so Gregwasn’t too happy about that later that night these three teenagers in a van started chasing Greg and Rowley, so they ran to Greg’s grandma’s house and spent the night in her backyard. That pretty much ended their halloween, but they did get a lot of candy out of the the houses they went to. Greg later started school again and he joined the wrestling team. He hoped he didn’t get paired up with someone who had lots of experience. He didn’t, he got paired up with this nerdy kid named Fregely. Every time the gym coach blew his whistle Fregely would get pin Greg to the ground. Greg couldn’t take the wrestling so he quit that. Greg has been having a hard time in middle school as you have heard so far. So if you want to see if things get worse in Greg’s life which they might. You have to read the book Diary of a Wimpy Kid #1! If I had to rate this book from 1-10, 10 being the best I would have to rate it a 10, only because it’s a GREAT BOOK!

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                               Sarah L.          

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        The book that I read was Dare to Be Scared Thirteen stories to chill and thrill By San Souci. The book has some of the most knock your socks off tall-tales stories ever like Nighttown, The Halloween Spirit, and The Caller. I would say that The Caller is the best and the scariest story in the book. It is about a girl who steals her dead grandmother’s ruby ring to not remember her but to show it off to her friends, and now The grandmother is coming back for it. I reccomend this book to the ages of 8-12 because of it’s scary stories giving nightmares but also because of it’s not so scary “I’m too brave for this” older kids.

                                                                                                                                                   -Nabil S.

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Olivia Kidney is a young girl who lives with her father in a 22 story high apartment building. Everyone thinks that Olivia needs to be medicated because she talks to herself but really she is talking to her brother, Christopher, who died. Her dad works in the building as the superintendent. Olivia Kidney loves her dad but, knows that he is horrible at his job and will probably be fired soon. One day Olivia is walking home and when she gets there she realizes her key was stolen by a mean boy at school. Olivia takes the elevator up to her floor. On the elevator Olivia meets to girls and they tell her that they will meet her later to see her dad at Sidi’s apartment. She is sitting outside of her apartment room when the women who lives next door comes out carrying an empty garbage can. Then the women starts yelling at Olivia and telling her that sitting on the ground is very unladylike. The women invites Olivia inside to have tea and Poor Richard’s Tarts. When inside, Olivia notices that the floor is made of glass. Olivia goes with the girls to Sidi’s apartment to see her dad. When she is there Sidi’s butler tells her a story.

What is the story about?

Read Olivia Kidney to find out the answer to this question and more!

Maranda W.

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This is also part of the Disney fairies collection.

Dulcie is a cooking talent fairy, which means all she wants to do is cook. That is all she ever does in the Pixie Hollow kitchen, where hungry fairies await her delicious meals. Every single fairy in Pixie hollow depends on Dulcie and her helpers to make them their meals every day. However, one day, everything goes terribly wrong in the kitchen. Dulcie can’t even make her signature poppy puffs-which EVERY fairy loves. They turned out flat. In the breads, she used salt instead of flower. She woke up late. It was all wrong. Then, the Queen fairy says that Dulcie should take a break for a day or two, leaving snotty Ginger to be in charge of the kitchen. While Dulcie is searching in the library, she notices an old recipe; it obviously hadn’t been read for many years. It was magical. Everytime Dulcie would do a task, a new ingredient would appear on the paper. When she got all of the ingredients she sneaked into Pixie Hollow kitchen and tried it out; so she can prove SHE belongs in the kitchen.

Will she be able to prove she’s a great cook? Is the magical cake good?

Sophia

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This book is about a boy named Holling Hoodhood. This book takes place during the Vietnam War.  Holling has a sister named Heather, a mom, and a dad. They all live together in the perfect house.  Heather, is a against the war and the prejudicedagainst African Americans. Heather dreams of going to college in California.  While on the other hand his dad believesthe complete opposite. The Hoodhood’s are Presbyterian, a religion much different form Christiansor Catholics. Every Wednesday, at 1:30,  the children at Camillo Junior high leave to go to either the Catholic, Christian, or Jewish Church. Holling is left to stay at school, by himself, for the rest of the school day. Mrs.Baker, Holling’s teacher, has Holling dusting chalkboard erasers and cleaning out the coat closet and much more. Then one day Mrs. Baker decides that Holling and she should read Shakespeare. So they do. They read, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and many others. Then Holling decides to audition for a Shakespeare play and gets the part of Ariel. He is sad because he has to wear bright yellow tights with feathers on them. Then Valentine’sday comes around and he asks a girl in his class, Meryl Lee, to go out with him. She says no at first then says yes later. They go see Romeo and Juliet then get burgers and soda’s afterwards. What will happen when Heather suddenly leaves to go to college? What will happen when Mrs. Baker’s hudsband goes missing?

Read Wednesday Wars to find out!

Maranda W.

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This is the 3rd book in the Maximum Ride series. I recommend that you should read the first two books first. This book is about a girl named Maximum Ride. It focuses a lot more on her saving the world. Well, in this book, Fang, Max’s “brother”, has created a blog for all the kids in the world. He is helping Max save the world. In his blog, he writes what is happening to him, what will happen to the future, and what will happen to the world. He is trying to persuade kids to help destroy Itex (Itex is located in every continent and is a place for the evil scientists to work). However, in the beginning of the book, the flock gets captured at the school by “flyboys”, a new and improved enemy of the flock. They escape, and they bring along a knew crew member. They stopped at a cabin and thought they should take a break. After all, it was night time. Fang wants to split up with Max, so the whole flock splits up. Fang, Iggy and the Gasman are together. Max, Angel, Nudge, Total (a knew dog they got), and the knew crew member are together. The only reason why Max knows where to go to is because of the voice in his head. Why did they split up? You will have to find out.  Will they get back together? You will have to find that out, too. I think this book is great for both boys and girls. It is really adventurous, so it was hard for me to put down. If you want to find out what happens to Maximum and her flock, read Maximum Ride Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports.

Blogged By: Kimi T.

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This story is about a dog named Freddie. He had a wonderful boy that took good care of him. One day when his boy was gone to school, his dad took Freddie for a ride in the car. The dad opened the door and forced Freddie to get out. Freddie got out and then the dad closed the door and left without Freddie. He did not know what to do. Then he figured out that he got dumped. He now had to live on his own. One day when Freddie was just wandering around, he found a dump. At that dump he saw a little friendly dog and a big mean dog. Freddie approached the little dog and the little dog growled and barked at him, but Freddie was not scared. The little dog did not try to act tough then. Then Freddie started to talk with the little dog. The little dog’s name was Spike and he was a watchdog.  He also got dumped. Freddie asked who the big mean dog was. His name was Tiger. Spikes and Tigers owner was a mean old person named Roy. Roy would always hurt the dogs. One day Freddie thought of an idea, so that Spike could escape. The plan was that they would dig a hole under the fence so Spike could crawl under it. The plan worked perfectly. Now Freddie and Spike had to live on there own. Will Freddie and Spike find a happy place to live or will Roy find them? I think this book will appeal to both boys and girls. This book takes place in the country on a farm, so if you like farms and the country life, you should read this book. I usually like Bill Wallace’s books, but I didn’t like this book as much as the other ones he’s written. This book is short and is only 146 pages long.

David G.

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This story is about a roadrunner named Thunderfoot.  Thunderfoot got his name due to his big feet and he got his big feet when he was bit by a snake. Thunderfoot had to live on his own because he was too big and when Thunderfoot started to live on his own, he went through some adventures. One day Thunderfoot was just doing nothing and a wild coyote tried to kill him. Every now and then the coyote come back, but ever time he came back, the coyote got stronger. The coyote also may even bring a companion and make new friends on the way. Thunderfoot met a female roadrunner Agile’eka. Thunderfoot started to like her, but he also met more roadrunners such as Rocket. Rocket got his name because he was fast. He also met a wise turtle named Burland. Thunderfoot had many desires such as the desire to fly. Will Thunderfoot ever be able to fly with his HUGE feet or will Agile’eka ever fall in love with Thunderfoot? Did the coyotes ever attack Thunderfoot or did they become friends? I think this book will appeal to both boys and girls. I thought this book was a good book and it was kind of funny. This book is mostly full of adventures and is only 150 pages long.

David G.

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This book is about a boy named Trip. Trip does not like reading and all he wants to do is play lacrosse. When Trip and his buddy are on their way to lacrosse tryouts, the president of the PTO asks him to help set up for the book fair. All he had to do was carry a stack of books to a table, but it turns out to be a DISASTER!! When he was carrying a stack of books, they tumble on him and knock him out. When he wakes up he has absolutely no idea where he is. When he encounters a haunted house, aliens, talking animals, dwarfs, the super bowl, wacky super heros, and much much more, he thinks that getting home is a little more unusual than getting on the bus. I think that this book will appeal to both boys and girls. I also thought that this book was really funny, but I think you should be at least 11 years of age to read it. This book is like all genres in one book. I thought that this book was very very clever and unique. I hope you take the time to read this OUTSTANDING book. It is a book that I will always remember.

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This book is number 14 in this series. This book is about a young boy named Hank and he has 2 best friends named Frankie and Ashley. He also has a little sister named Emily. At school there is a bully named McKelty. He keeps taking cookies from Hank and always calling him names like Zipperbutt. Hank Zipzer is not a very bright kid. In fact, he has never ever received an A. When he goes to school he finds out that his teacher, Ms. Adolf, the WORST teacher in the world, is not going to teach for 3 months!! Then Hank finds out the the BEST teacher in the world, Mr. Rock, is going to replace her!! At the end of school Hank plans to go sign up for karate class with his friends after school in his school, but Mr. Rock pulls Hank aside to talk to him. Since Hank is not doing good with his grades, Mr. Rock offers to tutor him after-school in reading along with other kids that have problems with reading. Somehow, Mr. Rock convinces him to go. When Hank goes there, he meets this REALLY pretty girl named Zoey. They start talking and Hank realizes this reading class was not so bad after all. Oh yeah, did I mention that his dad thinks that he is going to a karate class, not a reading class? The next day after school, Hank gets assigned a scrapbook project, but that same day Hank finds out something very wrong. Zoey tells Hank that she is related to MCKELTY!! SHE IS HIS COUSIN!! Hank couldn’t believe what he had just heard. Will Hank fall in love with Zoey even though she is McKeltly’s little cousin or will Hank get his first A? Will Hank ever tell his dad that he has been going to reading class instead of karate? I think that this book will appeal to both boys and girls. I also think this book is very, very funny! This series is the best one yet. At the end of this book there is the scrapbook that Hank made. This book is only 186 pages long. I hope you take the time to read this book.

David G.

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This book is number 12 in this series. This book is about a young boy named Hank and he was 2 best friends named Frankie and Ashley. He also has a little sister named Emily. Hank is not a very smart kid and his teacher knows this so she assigned only Hank a homework packet to complete during the summer break!!! Also his teacher did this because she is just plain mean. Hank was terrified! When Hank got home, his parents had to tell him something. He finds out that they, together as a family, are going on a road trip to a Crossword Convention, but the good thing is that he can invite one friend to come along with them. He chose Frankie because Ashley was at a Soccer Convention. They were also going to go to an amusement park on their way home. Hank was SOOO excited until his dad tells him that he has to finish his homework packet before going to the amusement park. The worst thing is that he LOST his homework packet in a hotel!! What is Hank going to do ?!?!?!?! I think this book will appeal to both boys and girls. I also think this book is hilarious and this series is the best one yet. I hope you take the time to read this book.

David G.

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This book is number 13 in this series. This book is about a young boy named Hank who has 2 best friends named Frankie and Ashley. He also has a little sister named Emily, a pet dog, and an iguana that belongs to his sister. Hank was looking on his calendar for the day when he was going to see his grandpa bowl. He found it and then he also noticed his birthday on the calendar, the day after the bowling event. Then he realized there was something unusual and weird on the calendar. It said, “Baby Doctor with Lani.” Lani was Frankie’s mom, so Hank was confused. He thought that Frankie’s mom was going to have a baby. The next day his mom had something important to tell him. Hank was shocked when he found out that HIS MOM WAS GOING TO HAVE A BABY! Hank did NOT want to take care of a baby. He was TOTALLY unhappy about this shocking news. All of a sudden everyone started to forget about his birthday and they just kept talking about the baby. Even his 2 best friends were talking about the baby. Hank was NOT a happy kid. I think this book will appeal to both boys and girls. This series is the best because it is really really funny. I am waiting for the 15th to come out and I really recommend this book is whoever loves comedy. It is only 152 pages.

David G.

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This book is about 3 young boys named Jimmy, David, and Henry. It is summer time and they are on there way to California via an airplane where they will be going to the X games: a major skating event. Skateboarding is their lives main interest.  Jimmy has a little sister name Julia and she loves to read books. When Jimmy was sitting with his buddies, an old lady named Mildred asked him to get her bag. Jimmy did and asked where Mildred was going. She was on her way to a knitting convention in California with all of her pals. Jimmy just sat down and saw a REALLY CUTE flight attendant named Arcadia. Jimmy and his buddies were just looking at her and all of a sudden they heard yelling and screaming in the airplane. THEY WERE BEING HIJACKED BY TERRORISTS!!! Jimmy and his buddies decided to take action and they succeeded. They killed all of the terrorists and threw them outside.  Everything was back to normal except that THEY JUST GOT HIJACKED BY TERRORISTS AND THE PLANE WAS FALLING WITH NO PILOT AND NO ONE ON THE AIRPLANE KNeW HOW TO GUIDE AN AIRPLANE!!! Jimmy took the wheel and crashed the airplane between two trees. Hours later Jimmy finally woke up. He woke up and forgot what had happened to him. He looked for survivors. He was relieved that all of his friends were fine and his sister was fine. He also saw that Mildred and Arcadia survived too. All of a sudden, his summer is about finding food, shelter, and water. I think this book will appeal to both boys and girls. If you enjoy adventure books, this is the perfect book for you. It is only about 232 pages long and I think the end is very unique and clever. I hope you take the time to read this book.

David G.

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Perfect Girl by Mary Hogan is about ninth-grader Ruthie Bayer who lives in Odessa, Delaware and falls in love with her best friend Perry. They have been friends since they were born because they live next door to each other. Ruthie doesn’t have a father (that she knows of), has two best friends, and a gorgeous aunt she’s only seen twice. While Ruthie is in love with Perry, a perfect girl moves to her school and Perry starts to fall in love with her. With Ruthie’s competition her heart has sank and she doesn’t have any confidence. During her no-confidence time, she calls her aunt from New York to help her. Though she knows she is never to speak to her aunt because her mom hates her, she calls anyway. You see, her aunt is the Goddess of Love in the New York magazine, Fabrique. Ruthie ends up inviting her aunt over and her mom gets furious. Worst of all, Mr. Arther, a man who lives on the third floor of Ruthie’s house died and everyone is extremely upset. So many conflicts are going on, Perry, her mom’s anger, and Mr. Arthur. Ruthie tries to deal with everything but, it is falling apart. She turns to her aunt for help but, something terrible happens.
This was an amazing book. It was 6 points and an excellent realistic fiction story. Enjoy! :]

*Heather C.*

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  In Darkness, Death by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler is the sequel to The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn, and The Demon in the Teahouse.

  For new readers, to give you an overview of the main character and the setting…

  This takes place in around the 1800s in Japan.

  The main character, Seikei, was born into the son of a wealthy tea merchant. But, if you know your history, at that time merchants were pretty low in the social classes, even if they were rich, they were looked down upon. Seikei wasn’t quite happy with being the son of a tea merchant because he knew that when he grew older, he had to carry out the family line. What he really wanted to be was a samurai. Samurai were greatly respected and their lives were more adventurous. Seikei had that chance to become a samurai in The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn, when his new father, the honorable Judge Ooka took him in and taught him the way of the samurai.

 That is all about Seikei and the time period for all of you new readers. Now, moving on to In Darkness, Death…

 Seikei and Judge Ookaare off on yet another adventure, but this one, is more important than all the others so far. The Samurai Lord Inaba is discovered murdered in his sleep while under the protection of the shogun. Since Lord Inaba had died, the blame is on the shogun. If he does not find the killer, he loses his honor, and in that world… honor is EVERYTHING! So he “hires” Judge Ooka and Seikei to catch the killer so the shogun may “restore his honor”. The crime is quite difficult to figure out for Judge Ooka and Seikei because the only clue is a bloodstained origami butterfly that is left at the crime scene. They finally figure out who they’re dealing with, a ninja, a ninja that will stop at nothing to keep his identity a secret. Will they ever FIGURE out who the ninja really is? Will the shogun restore his honor? You HAVE TO READ this book to find out. In Darkness, Deathis a book truley about murder… honor… and justice.

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I really Really REALLY L-O-V-E-D this book!! The reason why is because while I’m reading the book, I can actually picture in my head what’s going on. For me, it’s really hard because only some books have that effect on me. If I could rate it up to 1-10, I would pick 1million! =) This book would be great for boys and girls… and mostly for people that really want to learn about the history of Japan, samurai, the social classes, etc.

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Cynthia P.

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This book is about two friends Tara*star and Elizabeth. Tara* star is “kidnapped” by her “charents”, or child like parents, and is forced to move away from her best friend in the world, Elizabeth. This book consits of letters for Tara*star to Elizabeth and from Elizabeth to Tara*star. Through the letters they talk to each other about what is going on in their lives. Elizabeth is super rich and is becoming poor because her dad lost his job, they have no savings, and their credit cards are maxed out. Yet, still Elizabeth’s dad is buying things because he does not want anyone to know that they are becoming poor. Tara*star was poor and is now becoming better off. Her young parents that she is used to taking care of get jobs. Then shocking news, Tara*star’s parents are having a baby and Elizabeth’s dad leaves her family and won’t call or write to them. How will each girl deal with their problems?

In this book the authors act as each of the girls and neither of the authours knew what was going to happen next in the story. I just found out that they made a sequal called Snail Mai No More. I can’t wait to read it!!!

Maranda W.

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