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The book I read was the sisters Grimm book six. In this book Mr. Canis aka The Big Bad Wolf gets put in jail for the murder of Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother. This happened years ago! but they wanted him in jail. So, it is up to Sabrina, Daphne, Puck, and Granny Relda to defend him in court. In order to do this they need a lawyer. And they know exactly who to get- Robin Hood and his band of merrymen. Now, Robin Hood and Little John think this court is not fair, especially with the Mad Hatter from Alice and Wonderland, as the Judge. Bluebeard who is accusing the wolf is really mean and all he wants to do is flirt with Snow White! Well,as I was saying the judge never lets Robin and his side rest their Case. He always lets Bluebeard talk and then goes on coffee breaks! So, Bluebeard likes to bring in witnesses such as the three little pigs , the woodcutter, and Red Riding Hood herself! Each on of the witnesses points out the Wolf and so in conclusion to the witnesses and their remarks the Wolf is sentenced to hang! If you want to find out if the wolf is killed or if he survives, read the sisters Grimm book six.

Ione G.

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This book is the second book in the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series. This book is about a boy named Torak that lives in a forest during the ancient times. Torak has been through many adventures and tragedies such as when his mother died when he was a baby and when his father died by being attacked by a bear. Torak has also learned many secrets about himself like how he is the listener and how he can talk to wolves.  Torak was living in the Raven clan with his friend Renn, when the leader of the clan, Fin-Kedinn, told everybody about a terrible sickness that had infected the clans and the forest. Everybody was terrified when they heard this news. This sickness caused people to kill and be very, very crazy.  Everyone knew that only Torak could find the cure to the sickness and save all of the clans in the forest. This book is about Torak fights monsters, demons, whales, and even mages to find the cure for the sickness. He will have to go all the way to the sea with the seal clan to find the cure. On this adventure Torak will learn secrets about himself and his father that will change his life forever.  I think this book will appeal to boys and girls of all ages.  I also think that any reader that likes adventures and action-packed books will love this series.  It is 356 pages long and not that difficult to read. I think you will love this book and I also think the author of this series is brilliant and should continue to write books.  I really, really recommend you read this series.  I know I will continue.

By: David G.

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Doctor Illuminatus by Martin Booth happens when Pip and Tim’s family move into a historical house. They meet a strange boy named Sebastian inside the walls of the new house! He claims that he is the son of an ancient alchemist that died six hundred years ago! He says that he is alive that long because his father created a potion that hibernates you for many years. That means that Sebastian has been asleep inside the walls of the house for over six hundred years. But, while Pip and Tim try to understand everything, Sebastian says that his father’s enemy, de Loudeac, has also awakened from the same potion. de Loudeac wants to create homunculus, or manmade human. He plans to make it to end the world with Sebastian’s father’s alchemist skills. But, will Pip, Tim, and Sebastian be prepared to save the world from this grave danger?

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Heather C.

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Lost and Found by Andrew Clements takes place when the Grayson twins and their family moves to Clifton, Ohio. The Grayson twins are Jay and Ray. On the first day of sixth grade, Ray is sick so Jay walks to school by himself. During the school day he notices that Ray’s name is never mentioned in attendence sheets, nurse lists, and student ID’s. Pretty soon Jay realizes that the school has no record of Ray. The school have mistaken the twins as one person. So, Jay hatches a plan. Jay and Ray will take turns going to school. Jay will go one day and Ray will go the day after that. While one goes to school, the other will stay home and relax while watching movies and sleeping. But pretty soon, the nurse, principal, and some friends notice differences between days. They soon realize that they are twins. Pretty soon the whole school knows. Jay and Ray’s parents find out and all is lost. But, Jay and Ray did this because they were sick and tired of being twins. They were always compared to each other. This story is really about learning to be yourself and develop honesty in others. I loved this book. It is a classic! I recommend it to boys and girls.

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Heather C.

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This awesome book is about a chef, Applefeller, who wants to win the in dessert the worldwide contest, but his desserts always change when the judges are testing it. Applefeller has been in last place ten years in a row! When someone wins the contest they get a very valuable Silver Spoon. One day Applefeller makes an huge apple pancake for the contest with the help of his ten year old assistant, Stanley.When Applefeller enters the contest everyone laughs and they can’t wait to see what his dessert turns into this time. There are four judges in the contest. One of them is Brewster Mclaughlin he created over one hundred strains of sugar, and some of the sugars that he invented are odd like sock sugar. Another judge is Hamilton Custhardy he is an expert cake taster and had a gigantic mouth. He can calculate the precise time the cake was baked to a tenth of a second. George Saucery is another judge he specializes in ice cream. Last, there is Nathaniel Barkle who has an amazing memory. Judge Barkle is always getting hurt by Applefellers dessert like Applefeller’s carmel apple that turned out to be a powerful super glue, and it got stuck to Judge Barkle’s cheek and it can not be removed. When Applefeller enters his pancake he is last to be jugded. Sylvester Sweet is second to last to be judged. Sylvester has won ten years in a row with the same dessert every year. When the Barkle trys Applefellers dessert it turns into a giant trampoline. Guess who wins, Sylvester Sweet. After finishing last again Barkle says he will find a way to have him forbidden to enter the contest again. The janitor Josiah Benson decides to help Applefeller. Josiah tells him an awesome Captain B Rollie can help him so his desserts don’t change, but he no longer lives in Appleton. Luckily Josiah has a map that Rollie left for him and it shows that he lives on an island. How will they get there? Why does Sylvester always enter the same dessert? Will Applefeller be banished from the dessert contest? You have to read this book to find out.

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Carly L.

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Have any of you guys heard of Alice in Wonderland? Alice goes into Wonderland and has a magical journey. But not in this book! This book tells the real story of Alice (actually called Alyss), who goes into the real world when chased by her malicious aunt, Redd. Anyways, in the real world Alyss meets Lewis Carrol the writer of the book, Alice in Wonderland. She tells him her story of how she is a princess and her mother and father were killed by her aunt Redd. But he mixes the story up! He changed it into the book we read today. Back to Alyss, Alyss has to find a way back to Wonderland in order to claim her rightful place as The Queen of Hearts. I think that this book would appeal for both boys and girls and i would rate it a 9/10.

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This whole book is Miranda’s Diary and her side of the story when life as she knows it, comes to an end. In the beginning of the book a meteor hits the moon, knocking it out of it’s own orbit, knocking it closer to the earth, therefore changing the climate of earth drastically. When Miranda and her family hear this they go to the grocery store hoping to stock up on food for the upcoming times.They get a lot of food but waste gas, which is up to 10 dollars a gallon! They get through the spring and fall, learning new things happening to the world, like volcanos erupting, ash going into the air, and making it hard to breathe. Suddenly near the middle of Winter, they run out of food!!! Will Miranda and her family make it through the Winter? Well you’ll have to find out by reading this book, Life as we Knew it, by Susan Pffefer.

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The first thing that I have to say about “The Mother Daughter Book Club” by Heather Vogel Frederick, is that it is one of the best books I have ever read. “The Mother Daughter Book Club” is a realistic story about four girls forced to join once a month for a book club their mothers (and in Cassidy’s case, father) started. Megan is a mean and popular girl in the Fab Four at school. Emma is a girl who gets made fun of, and has read practically every book ever written. Cassidy is a tomboy-ish girl who is a misfit in her family with her model mother and sister. Jess is a shy girl who misses her mother who got an acting job in New York, a travel on a train away from Concord Massachusetts, where the girls live. In the book club, they read Little Women. The book helps them through the drama of sixth grade, between changes in friendship, and stolen journals. This book is wonderful, and I absolutelyloved it. It is worth eight points, and there is a second book called Much Ado About Anne. The Mother Daughter Book Club changes points of view, between the four girls, which I think makes the book really interesting. Out of ten, ten being the best, I would absolutely give this book a ten.

Will the girls become friends? Will the book club continue? Or will everything crash down? Find out by reading the fantastic book “The Mother Daughter Book Club” by Heather Vogel Frederick.

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Huckleberry Finn hates a perfect life. He is forced to live with Widow Douglas which he calls “widow.” He goes to school, attends church, plays peacefully, and wears proper clothes. He gets used to his life even though he misses some of his freedom. When he gets used to all the rules, his drunk, missing, and cruel father appears and takes him away to an unknown forest. His father locks him up in a cabin and there is absolutely no way out. He finds an axe and he chops a hole big enough for him to squeeze out. He uses a canoe to escape down a river and travels to an island. He lives there for a week and finds Jim, a runaway slave. They travel together and they cross many cities. They meet new people such as Mr. Lothrop, Peter Wilks, and Mary Jane. Huckleberry Fin and Jim struggle for food and survival while they try to manage their friendship. Not only that, they have to survive murderers, robbers, and dangerous people who have no reason to kill…

I really liked this book! It was really long but, it only took me 4 days to read. It was spectacular!

Blogged by: Heather C.

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The Diamond in the Window, by Jane Langton, is about a brother and a sister who live in the strangest house in their neighborhood. Their parents have died, so they are living with their aunt and uncle. One day, while they are exploring their house, they find two mysterious beds, all made up, in the attic. They seem to be just the right size for two little children just like them…….

When the children ask their aunt what the beds are there for, she tells them the tragic story of their other aunt and uncle, a disappearance, and the love between a man and a woman. That is when the children decide that they want to sleep in the room in the attic. When they are about to go to bed, they discover a strange poem on the window. They then embark on the most exciting and dangerous adventure of their lives to find their missing aunt and uncle, and to bring back the lover of their aunt Lily.

I think girls would like this book more than boys because it has a lot of romance in it, but boys would enjoy all the action in it.

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Carina D.

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Daughter of China by Meihong Xu is about a girl who goes through an adventure to escape her country.

Daughter of China is like a version of Pocahontas. The girl, Meihong Xu, meets a man from a different country that comes to China. Meihong soons falls in love with this man. BUT! In order for them to be together, Meihong has to leave her homeland. (More like ESCAPE her homeland.) She is forced to make a decision that will change her life. Will she go with her lover? Or will she leave her lover and stay in China? You have to read Daughter of China to find out her choice!

I LOVED THIS BOOK! I really can relate to it because, like Meihong, I am Chinese. I knew what it was like to live in China back then. My parents had told me many stories of their childhood. Escaping from their home to find a better place.

I’d give this book a 10 out of 10, and I’d recommend this book to girls mostly. Daughter of China is a book about love, betrayal, and sacrifice.

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Cynthia P.

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When the Wind Blows by James Patterson was a wonderful book! I really enjoyed it.

When Kit Harrison moves in with Frannie O’Neill as a room mate, Frannie finds herself in a adventure that puts her in grave danger. The danger is a girl Max. But, Max isn’t the most ordinary girl. She is incredibly intelligent and she can fly! She has silver and blue feathered wings that can lift her. She is half bird and half human. But, the danger isn’t Max, it’s the people who created her. This group of mystery people send out armies, helicopters, and jets to track down Frannie, Kit, and Max. But, while they run from the group, they have to face survival, other bird-humans, and death. When they are cornered by many people, they have to fight there way apart. But, at the ending they have to face the most difficult thing they have ever done. Max’s death. Her small bird lungs are damaged from a hole in her chest and she is suffering. Doctors try. Frannie tries. Everyone tries to save this rare species but, no one knows how this is going to turn out….=]

This book definitely an adult book and it is incredible! My blog may not be the best way to describe it but, it was fantastic. I was really close to crying at the end. I recommend it to both boys and girls…It was breathtakingly spectacular!

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Heather C.

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Lovers and Players by Jackie Collins is an adult book. It is about the conflicts of the Diamond family.

In New York, the three sons of the Diamond family are asked by their father, Red Diamond, to be at New York for a family meeting. Max Diamond lives in New York, Jett Diamond lives in Milan, Italy, and Chris Diamond lives in Los Angeles, California. They are from different places but, when they are asked to join for a family meeting, they cannot deny. When they arrive in NY, they head for the meeting. But Red Diamond is sick so it is cancelled. During the second meeting which was rescheduled, Max Diamond realizes that his ex-wife Mariska has been murdered so, the meeting is cancelled agaom. At the third meeting that was also rescheduled, they learn about a step-sister they never new about. Max, Jett, and Chris are all stepbrothers. They had different mothers but, the same father.

Throughout the several meetings, Jett finds himself in an affair with Amy Scott-Simon, Max Diamond’s (his stepbrother) fiancee! Unable to tell Max, Jett and Amy realize who they are. Even with a supermodel girlfriend, Jett cannot push away his feelings for Amy.

Chris has another set of problems. His house in L.A. was destroyed by a landslide of mud. He has no where to go and he lost his home. Not only that, he is a lawyer for Birdy, a singing star. Birdy is planning to get married and she put Chris in charge of everything. Chris is scrambling between Birdy’s wedding, his destroyed house, and his cruel father.

Max Diamond’s ex-wife just died of a murder. Their child, 5 year-old Lulu, is scared and demanding. Max a rich man tries to buy himself out of the murdering problems. But, when he is suspected as a murderer he deals with problems that cannot be faced.

At the same time, Liberty ,a teenage beauty, is finding her carrier as a singer. She meets with producers and finally finds the right one. While she is singing, she becomes a model. Her success is amazing. But, when she finds that Red Diamond is her father she realizes that she has 3 stepbrothers. When she is settled into a deep fight with her emotions for a producer and a riveting family, she buckles down and is ready for anything that is coming her way. But, when she faces a major conflict, she doesn’t know where to turn to.

Lovers and Players is a riveting and exicting romance novel. This adult book has high vocabulary and is told by third person point of view.

Blogged by: Heather C. =]

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The book Magic by the Lake, by Edward Eager, is about four children named Martha, Mark, Jane, and Katherine living by a lake during summer break. In the beginning of the book the 4 children, mother, and uncle arrive at the lake and get settled in. After they got settled in the cabin that they were staying at during summer break, they were very EXCITED about how they were going to spend their time at the lake.  When they first went swimming they saw a turtle who told them the lake was MAGIC, which I thought was very cool! The thing is that they had to have some part of their body touching the water to have the magic work for them.  So that meant that the kids got to make wishes by the lake everyday. That’s what happened in the beginning of the book. In the middle of the book they were wishing for cool things. An example of one wish that two of the girls made was that they could become teenagers so that they could dance with these two boys. I thought that was pretty cool that they got to make wishes everyday no matter what. At the end of the book they wished that they could find a treasure on an island to help their uncle who was running the book store for the summer. The kids tried to get a treasure so their uncle could keep the business running. To find out if the kids find the treasure read the book Magic by the Lake by Edward Eager. I would rate this book an 8 out of 10 because of all the adventures that the kids’ wishes gave them. I hope that you enjoy the book as much as I did.

Claire P.

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In this story Hank has to get peer tutored. For those of you who don’t know what this means, it means that he is going to have to get taught from a kid in his class! When Hank hears the news he is mad! This means that Hank has to wake up extra early in the morings to go to school and get tutored. The worst part is that he has to get tutored by a girl named Heather Payne. Heather Payne is the teacher’s pet! She loves doing work and will always listen to what the teacher says! Hank really, really, really, really dislikes Heather! Also, there is a school play coming up and Hank really wants to play the role of the king, but he made a deal with his dad. The deal with his dad is that if he gets a B plus or higher on his MATH test he gets to be in the play, but if he doesn’t then he can’t be in the play and his worst enemy Nick Mcetely will have to play the king! So Hank ends up making the part as the king but that doesn’t matter because if he doesn’t pass the math test then he can’t play as the king. If you want to figure out what grade he gets on his test, then read the book The Curtains Went Up, My Pants Fell Down!

Written by: Jack S.

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This book is the 4th book in the Ranger’s Apprentice series, so don’t read this book unless you read the other three. Anyways, everything is going well in the mountains with Evelyn and Will until Evelyn gets captured. Will tries to get her back but in the process, meets his teacher Halt and his best friend Horace. After saving Evelyn and a tearful reunion with his mentor, they are suddenly surrounded by Skandian Warriors. Will quickly recognized the commander, Erak, since he helped Will and Evelyn escape from the last book. When Erak learns that the Temujai army is coming to attack his country he goes to warn his king. Halt, who has experience fighting the Temujai, said that they don’t stand a chance without archers. But Skandians aren’t archers, they’re axemen! How will the Skandians win against the Temujai? Will they get archers? Find out by reading this great book, The Battle for Skandia.

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This book is about a young girl named Creel. Creel’s Aunt surrendered her to a dragon thinking that a fearsome knight will come save her and marry her. But Creel has other plans, she persuades the dragon into letting her go with a pair of slippers if she calls off the knight who might kill the dragon.  She takes these beautiful light blue slippers which are amazingly comfortable, and sets off to the King’s Seat (the capital) to find some work doing embroidery. But on the way she runs into bandits and is saved by a dragon named Shardas. Shardas lets her live in his cave for a month, but then she insists that she has to go to the capital. When in the capital she befriends a prince named Luka. Luka helps Creel get a job at Derda’s Dressmaking. But when a foreign princess asks for Creels shoes, Derda makes one of Creel’s coworkers put them on. But when Creel comes back to get her shoes from Larkin, her coworker, fainted because of the shoes! Creel goes to sleep thinking it was a coincidence, but wakes up to find the shoes gone!!! Who or what took Creel’s shoes??? and what’s wrong with them? You have to read this book to find out.

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This is the second book in Julia Golding’s eco-adventure. So don’t read this book until you read the 1 book. As we follow Connie Lionheart, she is taken away from the Society and trapped in her crazy great-aunt’s house. As she tries to get out, the Society is trying to figure out a way to protect her from Kullervo, the sworn enemy of the Society. For if Kullervo gets his hands on Connie, he will destroy the earth as we know it. Connie makes plans to escape and see her best friend, Col. But when Col doesn’t show up so Connie assumes he’s been captured. Will Connie rescue Col? And will Kullervo ever get his hands on Connie? Read The Gorgon’s Gaze by Julia Golding to find out!

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Hey guys! I just started this great series called the companion quartet. The Secret of the Sirens is the first book in the series. This book is about Connie Lionheart who goes to live with her aunt. Connie always has liked animals and has a special connection with them, she can talk to them! When she learns that her aunt is part of a group called the Society, she wants to learn more but no one is telling her anything! Then one day she is called upon by the Society an learns about how she is a universal, a person who can talk to any kind of animal, even though most can only talk to one of the four races, Reptile, 2 or 4 leggers, Elementals, or Flying Creatures. As she begins her training she is attacked by Kullervo, the sworn enemy of the Society. Will she survive the attack? And who is this Kullervo? Well to find out you’ll have to read this great book, The Secret of the Sirens.

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As always I’ll start out by saying that you should read the first book in the series before reading this book because this book reveals the answer to the riddle in the 1^st book. Anyways, in this book you follow Reynie, Kate, Sticky, and Constance in an adventure to save there two beloved teachers Mr. Benedict and Number Two. The story starts out when the four children decide to run away and try and save Mr. Benedict by themselves. By following the clues Mr. Benedict left them they end upon the ship named the Shortcut. The children then start to feel suspicious about the captain because he gave Reynie something strange. Will they ever find Mr. Benedict? And is the captain an ally or an enemy? You’ll just have to find out yourself by reading this book.

Happy Reading!

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When Alex Rider returned from space, he was sent on a mission by the Australian Secret Service to investigate the Snakeheads, an extremely dangerous gang. He was going to spy on them with Ash, the god father he never knew. They were going to disguise themselves as Afghan refugees and they were going to be illegally shipped from Bangkok to Australia by the Snakeheads. As soon as he arrived at Bangkok, he and Ash were shipped to Australia. Scorpia, the people that the Snakeheads are working for captured Ash and Alex was on his own. Scorpia soon found out that Alex was a spy and they were going to kill him. Fortunately, Alex managed to escape. Major Yu, the leader of Scorpia caught Alex and Major Yu was going to sell Alex’s intestines. Will Alex escape? Will he find Ash? Will he put an end to Scorpia and Snakehead? Read Snakehead, the 7^th book of the Alex Rider series to find out.

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When Alex Rider was recovering at St. Dominic, a private hospital in London, four armed men tried to kidnap Paul Drevin, son of Nikolai Drevin, one of the riches people in the world. They kidnapped Alex instead of Paul. Alex found out that the people that kidnapped him were from Force Three, a group of eco terrorists. Once Force Three found out that they kidnapped the wrong boy, they locked him up and burned the building that Alex was locked up in. Fortunately, Alex escaped and he was invited to Nikolai Drevin’s place. Nikolai was constructing Ark Angel, the first hotel in space and Alex was invited to watch a rocket get launched to Ark Angel. A couple days later, Paul, Alex, and Nikolai were headed to New York. When they landed Alex wasn’t allowed to go with Paul and Nikolai because his passport expired. Alex was sent to the CIA. The CIA told Alex that Nikolai was a criminal. Alex was to spy on Nikolai and if he found any information, they will arrest him. Alex soon finds himself in great danger when Nikolai knows that Alex was working for the CIA. Before Nikolai locked Alex up, he told Alex that he was going to blow up Ark Angel with a bomb and send it falling into the White House. Will Alex stop Nikolai in time? Will he get executed? Read Ark Angel, the sixth book in the Alex Rider series to find out!

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When 14 year old Alex Rider goes on a vacation with one of his friends, his friend’s dad gets bomb by Yassen Gregorovich, the person who killed Alex’s uncle, Ian Rider. Alex soon finds out that Yassen worked for Damian Cray, a very famous singer. Alex went to spy on Damian Cray and found out that he was going to break in Air Force One and jack up the security system. Then, he is going to use the U.S. missiles and blow up all the drug producing companies around the world. Alex was found spying and was put into a life and death game. Will Alex manage to find a way out of the game? Will he stop Damian Cray from destroying the world? Read Eagle Strike, book four of the Alex Rider series to find out!

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Skeleton Key is a book about Alex Rider a 14 year old boy who has saved the world twice. Now MI6 sends Alex down to Miami to go and help another spy company, CIA to go to Cuba and investigate a Russian person who they think have a nuclear weapon. He is accompanied with Carver and Troy. When Alex got to Cuba, strange things start to happen. First, when they tried to get in the Russian’s home, Carver and Troy dies, second, the Russian guy is inviting the Russian president to his place, and third, when the Russian captures Alex, he wanted Alex to be his son. He told Alex that he was going to set the nuclear bomb on a submarine that carried lots of unused fuel in Russia. He was also going to have the Russian president killed. Will Alex stop the Russian madman, will the Russian guy kill Alex, and will the Russian president die? Read Skeleton Key, the third book in the Alex Rider series to find out. This book is for people who like spying and action.

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This book is about a eight year old boy that lives in France. Nicholas goes to an all boy school. This book is about the many adventures that Nicholas has. Nicholas’ best friend Alex. Cuthbert is a student in Nicholas’ class. Cuthbert is the teachers bet and says that you can’t punch him because he wears glasses. Nicholas and his friends have many adventures. Like, playing hooky, playing cowboys and many other silly things.

Read about there many adventures in Nicholas.

Maranda W.

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The book Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder is a historical fiction book that can teach you about the olden days. This book is based not on Laura Ingalls Wilder but on her husband Almanzo Wilder. The book explains about Almanzo and how a boy’s life is and what they have to do. Almanzo’s biggest dream is to be a farmer just like his father. But to do this he must learn how to grow and plant crops, milk cows, and break in calves. He did very well with these jobs and he didn’t want to stop because to Almanzo breaking in was so fun. He trained his two calves Star and Bright, they loved him so much that is why they ended up tusting him. Then he realized that he was going to turn nine and will have to got to school for his education. At the end of his term when he came home it was Independence Day. He drank lemonade, ran around, and had fun! Then the next day it was the town’s annual county fair. Almanzo entered his pumpkin and won for biggest and tastiest pumpkin. He felt so proud. Then one day on his ride to town with his father he found a pocketbook that wrote Mr. Thompson on the front cover. He ran as fast as he could into every store to try and find Mr. Thompson. He then saw him in the shipbuilding store and quickly handed the pocketbook to him. Mr. Thompson was outraged and accused Almanzo of stealing. Almanzo denied and stood tall knowing he did not steal. The store keeper Mr. Paddock was so impressed that he gave an offer that was too good to be true. It was to come with him and become his apprentice. With this Mr. Paddock said you can become very wealthy. Almanzo was speechless and didn’t know what to do. If you want to know if Almanzo takes the job and becomes wealthy with Laura you will have to read Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder.

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Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke takes place in 1806 when Mr. John Segundus joins a group of magicians in England. Mr. Segundus and a man called Mr. Honeyfoot are wondering: What happened to magic in England? Magic used to be most powerful in England but, at one point it all vanished. Mr. Segundus and Mr. Honeyfoot visit the only magician left in England, Mr. Norrell. When they are in Mr. Norrell’s enchanted library, they see it consists of books that have disappeared many centuries ago. Also, Mr. Segundus and Mr. Honeyfoot hear a prophecy that two magicians will restore England’s magic. Mr. Segundus is thinking that they are two magicians and might be able to restore England’s magic by visiting Mr. Norrell! But, when the group of magicians want proof of Mr. Norrell’s magic, Mr. Norrell makes statues in Yorkshire alive! They can speak and sing and do many things humans can. Mr. Norrell also brings back a woman from the dead. Another magician, Jonathan Strange, pops up in England. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell create a spell to give magic to a nameless slave. When the nameless slave realizes his power, he greeds for more magic. He creates dangerous things to….

I really loved this book. It had an extremely high-level vocabulary so, whenever I read, I was in front of my computer with an online dictionary open so I could look up words I didn’t understand. I was really addicted to the book and it was inevitable from me. I recommend it to both boys and girls. It was a short read for me. Even though it was really long it didn’t take me that long to read it because it was really good. It consists of 782 pages, is historical fiction, and is worth 52 whole points!

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Heather C.

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