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I read the book Ruby the Red Fairy by: Daisy Meadows, this book is 1 point and 65 pages. The main characters are Kirsty Tate, Rachel Walker, and Ruby the Red Fairy. this book is mainly about how these two girls take a vacation, but when they meet they find out there cottage is right next to eachother! Rachel and Kirsty meet eachother parents and then ask them if they can explore the island, theie parents said ok. Just to let you know Kirsty and Rachel both beleive in magic, so when they explore the island they see a rainbow from the rain. Since they both believed in magic they thought there was a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. They kept walking and walking, then they found an old black pot! They tried to move it but wouldn’t budge. Then they heard a voice from inside the pot, they pushed the pot as hard as they could and it rolled over. To thier surprise red fairy dust flew out and then a fairy! They all met eachother and the fairie’s name was Ruby the Red Fairy. Ruby had 6 other sisters, one for each color of the rianbow. Ruby explained to them what was going on and problems they needed help with. One problem was that the evil Jack Frost banned all color from fairy world and there was no color. So Ruby took them to Fairyland and they got to meet the Queen and King. The King and Queen gave them an assignment to find all the other 6 rainbow faries (aka all Ruby’s sisters). To find out if they take the job to find the sisters, or if they do will they find them because they have 6 days left of vacation and 6 fairies to find, 1 fairy per day! to find out you have to read the book Ruby the Red Fairy by: Daisy Meadows. This is a totally easy read and it would appeal to girls way more than boys. I liked this book and hope you so to!

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Sarah L.

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Eldest by Christopher Paolini was fantastic! It is the second book in the Inheritance Cycle Series. The first is Eragon and the third is Brisingr. It is about a boy named Eragon. He has a dragon named Saphira and he is trying to travel to the magical place of Elves called Ellesmera. He needs to go there to have Dragon Rider training. In Dragon Riding, he needs to learn magic and the skill with swords. The Cripple Who Is Whole gave him the suggestion to go to Ellesmera. But, when the leader dies, Eragon’s good friend Murtagh and a two sorcerers named the Twins disappear. The leader chooses his daughter to become the new leader. During this whole time, they are inside Ellesmera. The king of Ellesmera asks to adopt Saphira and Eragon in his family.
At the exact same time, Roran, Eragon’s cousin, goes back to Carvahall, his home. He is trying to marry a lady named Katrina. But, someone is looking for Roran. Trying to capture and kill him.
Eragon and Saphira travel with some elves to The Cripple Who is Whole. By the way, he is a legendary Dragon Rider who gives young Dragon Riders like Eragon advice. The Cripple Who is Whole trains Eragon to become a perfect dragon Rider to fight against their enemy from before. But, who is it? Will they die trying? Or will they succeed? Eldest is a great fantasy! It is worth 36 points.

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Heather C. Enjoy! ^^

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The books I read was Dive the trilogy it is three books in one. The first book is The Discovery, the second book is The Deep, and the third book is The Danger all by Gordon Korman. These books are about four kids Kaz, Dante, Adriana and Star who have been chosen to spend the summer exploring the depths of the sea.  First they discover that people are running this program and are covering up something big. They discover something else that changes their lives but if you want to know what it is read the Dive series by Gordon Korman. I think this book would appeal to most boys and girl. Also this book would appeal to people who are into adventure. My favorite book out of this series was second one because it had a lot of adventure.

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Lauren W.

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Alex is once again asked upon for help but the Australian Secret Service asks this time. His mission is to infiltrate on of the Snakeheads, a gang that smuggles drugs, weapons, and people. Alex and his long lost godfather, Ash, work together to find out what the Snakeheads are doing, but what they find out is that the Snakeheads are working with Scorpia, the most dangerous terrorist group in the world. Scorpia has a plan that will kill thousands of people and the only thing that stands in their way is Alex Rider. Will Alex be able to save all of those people before it’s too late? I liked this book because there is a lot of action in it and because there are some secrets in this book about his family. This book is the seventh book in the Alex Rider series. I would recommend this book to people who like action and adventure. I would also give this book a 5 star rating. I hope you read this book and love it too.

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I read the book Eleven by Lauren Myracle, it is 6 points, 201pages. The main characters in this book are Winnie, Winnie’s friend Amanda and Chantelle, and Winnie’s mom and dad. This book is mainly about this girl named Winnie and her only 11th birthday. She is really excited and gets to have some of her best friends over to her house for her birthday party. Winnie says that on your birthday day everything should go just the way you want it. For Winnie this is the most perfect day of her life. She has got her favorite breakfast, waffles crispy but not burned and a birthday song at school, ignoring Alex Plotkin’s song about monkeys and zoos. Winnie gets so many nice things for her birthday, she even gets a cute little kitten! The kitten is a little bit clumsy and gets trapped in the wall, but it still has the cutest name, Sweetie-Pie. Winnie does tons of adventures and trips to awesome places but not just on her birthday she gets to do everything any time. For example she goes to the beach and does some awesome things with her friends! to find out what else crazy things or adventures Winnie takes, you have to read the book Eleven by: Lauren Myracle. If I could rate this 1-10, 10 being the best, I would give it a 10 because there is so many cool adventures andso interesting how Winnie takes life. I would recommend this book to mostly girls or if boys like glittery and girly stuff they would also enjoy it. I say this is for 4th, 5th, and 6th, grade kids. I definetly enjoyed this book and I hope you do to ENJOY!

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        The book I read was Guys Write for Guys Read By Jon Sciezka. This book is mainly about probably all the boy authors and illustrators coming together to make one book. Every author has to tell a story about when he was a kid in one of his boyish, gross, cool, interesting, and maybe even boring stories of just being a kid. My favorite one was My French Teacher Tried to Kill Me By: Anthony Horrowitz. That story is about when Anthony Horrowitz as a kid falls asleep in French class, while he is asleep he has a dream that he over hears his French teacher talking about a spy mission. Later, in class the teacher knew that he saw him and puts a knife up to his face, but he defends it. Also read about illustrators like Dav Pilkey from Captain Underpants. That is what this book is about.

                                                                                                                                                                       -Nabil S.

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I read the book life Starring Me by: Robin Wasserman this book is mainly about a girl who has to realize that life isn’t all that fun. The main characters are Ruby Day but her real name is Rebecca, her sister Alana, Ruby’s mom and dad, Ruby’s aunt, and this mean girl named Mareen. right now Ruby has a pretty fun life, she is on tour in the summer in Paris with her Aunt. Ruby is having so much fun with her crew and on her musical “Bye-Bye Birdie” in Paris but she still thinks she deserves a higher role. One day the director wanted to talk to Ruby aout her part. Ruby was soooo excited so she ran in there and started talking. After the long conversation the director gave her some papers to take for someone to sign so she ran to the person and said “So when do I get started” and the woman asked “What’ and Ruby said “My new role, when do I start” but then she relized that she wasn’t going up a role she was getting fired! She ran out trying not to cry. Ruby’s Aunt tried to see what she was doing but Ruby wouldn’t tell her. After a couple of days Ruby’s mom said she had to come home after the summer so she could go to school. Now Ruby wasn’t used to a public school so she was mad, she didn’t want to go home she wanted to stay in Paris with her Aunt. there were only a couple of things Ruby was looking forward to when she went home, since her Aunt and Mom agreed that Ruby should stay home. Ruby was looking forward to seeing her little sister, Alana, she always used to jump and run right to Ruby if she missed her, and always wanted to play Ruby. She also looked forward to be treated by her parents like royalty since she was practically famous. At the airport Ruby saw her parents but didn’t see Alana, she did see a shadow in the car and she was pretty sure that was Alana. She said hi to her parents and went home in the car. Things weren’t going the way she planned, Alana was mean to her, when she got home she even had to do chores! Later on at school she met this girl named Mareen and she was mean to Ruby at first, but about a week later mareen and Ruby are doing a school musical and when Ruby started to read her lyrix on little peices of paper she was saying wierd things like “I am a dork.” Did Mareen sabatague their show? Or did Mareen not do it? So many questions asked but to find them out you have to read the book Life Starring Me by: Robin Wasserman. This is a great book so I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

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The book Scat by Carl Hiaasen is about a fire, an inhaler, and a panther. The main character, Nick Waters, has always wanted to see a panther. At the beginning of the book, a kid called Smoke (His real name is Duane Scrod Jr.) gets in a fight (not physically) with the meanest teacher, Mrs. Starch. She makes him right a paper on acne. She does this because 1) he always picks at this pimple on his neck and 2) he needs to be punished for his bad behavior. The entire grade is supposed to go on a field trip the next day, but Smoke never shows. The grade is going to a place called the Black Vine Swamp. Mrs. Starch is there, and she seems perfectly normal. A forest fire starts! The grade has to go back in the bus and back to school. The only problem is, somebody dropped their inhaler. It’s to dangerous for the student to fetch it, so Mrs. Starch does. She never comes back. The bus has to leave because it’s dangerous for the students. Plus, Mrs. Starch drove her car here. The next day at school, Mrs. Starch doesn’t show. She’s only missed one day of her teaching career, and that’s because she was seriously injured. She still called in then! There has been no calls from her. You would think she’s dead, but Nick Walters sees somebody driving Mrs. Starches car. It’s not Mrs. Starch though. I recommend this book to boys and girls because it’s not to much action or gooiness. I rate this book an 8 on a scale from 1 through 10.  This book was better than I expected it to be so, hope you read it!

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Stephanie Doering

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I read the book Midnight Library by Damien Graves, the main characters in this book are Kate and Kate’s mom and dad. In this story there is a girl named Kate and she was just a regular girl until one day where it all started. This day was just like any other school day but Kate was really worried about her mom. Her mom had become ill and has been for a long time, apperently not any doctor can find what is wrong with her or a cure. In the mean time some wierd things had been happening when Kate was in certain places. She would normally walk through the cemetary before school started and one day she was by a telephone pole in the cemetary. Every once and a while she would hear voices or telephone conversations in her ear like someone was talking right in front of her they would get louder and she could hear more. The voices started to make Kate curious, in fact she wanted to hear more! Could Kate read minds or was everyone hearing telephone conversations? Is Kate’s mom going to get better? To answer all these questions you have to read the book the Midnight Library – voices by Damien Graves. This was an awesome book but recommend it to mostly boys. I enjayed this booka and hope you do to!

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The book I read was Time Stops for No Mouse. Obviously all the characters in this books are mice. Hermux is a watchmaker, and Linka Perflinger flys airplanes. One day Linka brought in her watch for Hermux to fix it. The weird thing was that Linka said she wanted it done by the next day, but the next day Linka never came to pick it up. Also Hermux thought that Linka was the most beutiful mouse ever, so of course he finished the watch by the next day. Anyway, Hermux decided to go to Linka’s house to look for her because it had been at least a week and she still hadn’t picked her watch up. Right before Hermux was going to leave, a tall mouse came in the store and asked for Linka’s watch. The rule was that if someone other than the owner came in to pick a watch up, the person needed the owner’s signiture in order to pick the watch  up. The tall rat didn’t have Linka’s signiture so he could not get the watch. Once the rat left, Hermux went to Linka’s house and found out that she was not home. Right before that he saw two rats push Linka into a limo. In order to find out if Hermux finds Linka or what is going to  happen to Linka read Time Stops for No Mouse.

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This sequel to the Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder is about Hannah Swensen, a tall humorous, woman who owns the Cookie Jar in Lake Eden. When the president of Hartland Flour picks Lake Eden as the town to hold their first Bake-Off, Hannah is excited and is even happier when she is picked to be head judge. Everything is going great until Boyd Watson, one of the judges, is found by his wife, Danielle, dead on his garage floor and in a big mess of gooey strawberry shortcake. Hannah is determined to find the murderer and prove that Danielle is innocent. Will Hannah be able to find the murder? Will she prove that Danielle didn’t kill her husband? Read this book if you want to find out!

-Catlinh N

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The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer is about a boy named Matt. He is a clone of El Patron. Matt lives in a piece of land called Opium and he is unhappy there. He is first treated like a beast. Everyone ignored him as if he was nothing but a piece of paper. Then, El Patron, a very rich and powerful man, claimed his clone. Now, everyone is terrified of Matt. But, you may think El Patron is a nice person. Think again. His slaves are illegal immigrants that become eejits, Eejits are people who’s brains are programmed to working nonstop and following orders only.
El Patron loves Matt but, when El Patron suffers from a heart attack, Matt was supposed to give El Patron his organs but, he didn’t. El Patron died at one-hundred and forty-three years old. But, before all this happens, El Patron gave Matt a bodyguard, Tam Lin. Tam Lin is one of Matt’s only friends. Matt thinks of him as a father. But when El Patron dies, Matt runs away into the wild.
He finds an orphanage and enters. The orphans are known as “Lost Boys” and they live with men known as “Keepers.” The Keepers make the orphans do much work while they sit back and have lavish meals. Matt is an outsider but, he learns to fit in. He’s never done that before! He has always been alone, no one has ever loved him, and he has never had friends because he was clone. He finds the true meaning of friendship, it’s working together and fighting for one thing you all want. But, they all get along so well, they start a rebel against the Keepers. Matt leads them free of the orphanage but, where will they go now? Will they survive on their own?

I loved The House of the Scorpion. I’d recommend it to boys and girls of ages ten and up. This story is told in third person point of view. And Matt really finds what true friendship is.

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Heather C.

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This is part of the clique Summer Collection.

This summer, all girls of the popular group, the Pretty Committee, decided to go seperate ways for the summer. Ultra snobby leader of the group, Massie Block, attends a horse camp. It is extremely expensive, but of course her rich family can afford it. However, after being caught cheating in a horse contest, she is kicked out and sent back home. Her parents a furious about this. Massie’s punishment is to not have her loved credit card. How will Massie survive without shopping? She is told she has to find a summer job to get it back. She has never had to work for anything she wanted before. But she thinks she has found one job, or jobby (job and hobby) that she could like. Selling “Be Pretty” cosmetics. Their motto is that “you are beautiful on the inside” and that every girl is beautiful. But what will happen when Massie’s selling technique is to make customers feel bad about themselves and then buy the products?

Find out in Massie.

Sophia R.

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This book is about a young boy named Hank that has two best friends named Frankie and Ashley. Hank, Frankie, and Ashley all discuss what they are going to be on Halloween because Halloween is around the corner. Hank has the craziest idea for Halloween: he says he wants to dress up as a table in an Italian restaurant. HE WANTS BE A TABLE IN AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT!!!  Frankie and Ashley try to convince him to not be a table from an Italian restaurant, but he still does not want to change his mind. One day, Hank, Frankie, and Ashley decide that they want to get back at the school bully, McKelty. Then, they came up this a BRILLIANT plan! They were going to make a haunted house, but they had no clue how they were going to make it. Also, their beloved dog, Cheerio, got lost while Hank went to the store.  Is this going to be the worst Halloween ever of will every thing just fall into place? If you want to find out, you have to read this book called, Hank Zipzer: My Dog’s a Scaredy-Cat. I think this book would appeal to boys and girls. It is a very short read and it is the 10th in the series, but you do not have to go in order. This series is one of the funniest series I have every read. I really recommend you read this book.

David G.

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This book is about a young boy named Hank that has two best friends named Frankie and Ashley. Hank has a sister named Emily that has a pet iguana named Katherine. Hank has a pet dog named Cheerio. One day when Hank, Frankie, and Ashley went to school, there teacher, Ms. Adolf, announced that the school was going to have a competition for the next school mascot. The prize was to have the owner and their pet in the newspaper. Everybody was excited about the competition, but then Ms. Adolf said that all of the participants had to write an essay explaining why their pet should win and their pet’s history. When Hank, Frankie, and Ashley went home, they decided to put Cheerio in the competition, but it is going to be very hard to train him because he losses focus very quickly. Another down side was that Emily was also going to put Katherine in the competition and they taught her how to balance a grape on her nose with a Q-tip on the grape. One day Team Cheerio decided to go to the park to train Cheerio, but it ended with a total disaster. Cheerio decided not to pay any attention at all and preferred to chase the birds and role around in the mud. Another terrible thing happened: FRANKIE AND ASHLEY DECIDED TO GO TO TEAM KATHERINE!!! They thought that Cheerio was not going to win, so Frankie and Ashley changed teams thinking they were with a better team. Hank lost all his team members and the competition was in one week. Hank made no progress with his training and hadn’t even started on his essay. WHAT WILL HANK DO?!?!?!? If you want to find out, you have to read this book, Hank Zipzer: A Tale of Two Tales. I think this book will appeal to both boys and girls and it is a very short read. This book is the 15th in this series and it is one of the funniest series ever. I really recommend that you read this series.

David G.

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Schooled by Gordon Korman is about a boy name Capricorn Anderson. Cap is is his nickname. He has never eaten a hot dog, watched television, or seen a computer because he lives on a farm. Garland Farm to be specific. The farm grows fruits and vegetables. His life was extremely basic, he thought he’d live their the rest of his life but, he was wrong. When his home-school teacher, Rain, gets injured by falling off a tree while picking plums, Cap is forced to go somewhere else. But not just anywhere, a school. A middle school. A public middle school. He is forced to go to Claverage Middle School. Not only that, he doesn’t fit in and he can’t make friends. He has long hair that is dirty and has never been combed, does Tai Chi on the lawn, and wears rags for clothing. He is to stay at the school counselor’s house. You’d think that’d be a little better? No! The school counselor’s has a terrible daughter that drives Cap crazy! The bully of the school, Zach Powers, is waiting for something special to happen to Cap. But what?? Read Schooled to find out the terrible twist that happened.

I loved this book. It was a quick read though. It is worth six points. Happy reading! Enjoy! ^^

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Heather C.

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Models Don’t Eat Chocolate Cookies by Erin Dionne is a fantastic realistic fiction book.
Overweight thirteen year-old Celeste Harris has joined the HuskyPeach fashion show contest. But, she didn’t join her aunt signed her up. You think she should be excited? Think again! HuskyPeach is a store for overweight people She is hurt she is forced to.
But, that is the least of her worries! Lively Carson, the most popular girl in the eighth grade, is stealing her best friend, Sandra. Lively insults her and Sandra doesn’t even care anymore! Sandra used to always stick up for her. But, Celeste decides that teasing from Lively has gone too far. She tries to help herself but, can she?
Also, Celeste decides if she loses too much weight, she won’t have to do the pageant. But, she isn’t doing the starve diet. She decides to eat healthier and exercise. She slowly burns off some pounds but, will she still have to enter? And, she has to stop her chocolate cookie obsession.

I loved this book! I think it was really funny in some places and really serious in others. I like how the author mixes it up. This book is worth eight points. Great realistic fiction! Amazing!

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Heather C.

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This is the sixth book. Don’t read this summary before reading Tiger, Monkey, Snake, Crane, and Eagle. The main character is ShaoShu. The small boy sneaks onto Tonglong’s boat without being seen. He stays hidden for awhile before he is captured and used as a spy for Tonglong. Fu, Malao, Seh, Hok, Ying, and Charles find a friendly band of Dutch pirates with guns. The Dutch are here because China is trading with the Holland for guns. The friends meet each other in a battle between boats. ShaoShu tell what has happened and Hok tells him to find Long and get him to them. Does ShaoShu find Long? What is Tonglong’s next move? If you want to find out, read Mouse. This book is good for boy and girls and those who like Chinese history.

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Enoch T.

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The book Replay by Sharon Creech is about a boy named Leonardo(Leo for short) who wants to be famous and wants to be a star, but his brothers and his sister call him sardine becouse of his noisy family who makes him feel like a sardine in a can. They also call him fog boy because he is always fantasizing about himself being a star. One day Leo goes into his attic there he finds his dad’s autobiography when he was thirteen. He takes that and finds some tap shoes and starts tapping. When his dad comes to the attic he gets mad at Leo for tapping and tells him not to touch his stuff. Leo still has the autobiography and starts to read it. He finds out things that he never thought his father would do. Leo also finds out about an Auntie that he has never heard of and when he asks about her his grandma gets upset. During all this confusion he also has a play at school and he wants to be the lead role, but ends up being an old crone, which is a women. The worst thing is that they are doing horrible in rehearsels. Leo is doubting that they will do good when real play. He also finds out a secret about his best friend Ruby. Who is his Auntie he has never heard of? What is the secret about Ruby? Will he do good in his play? You have to read this book to find out. This book is for girls and boys, but just a little bit more for girls because his fantasies have a lot of drama. It didn’t take long to read for me. I hope you read this book and enjoy it!

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Wild Magic is a twisted fantasy inside the Immortals series. The Immortals Series consists of Wild Magic, Wolf Speaker, Emperor Mage, and The Realms of the Gods. Wild Magic is the first book.

Inside Wild Magic, Veralidaine Sarrasri, or Diane, meets Onua Chamtong. Diane produces the talent of communicating to animals. Onua thinks it is something more but, Diane says she doesn’t hold a Gift or power like Onua can tell if someone is lying. If that person is lying, Onua can see a red flame around them. Together, Diane and Onua travel to Corus. Corus is the capital of Tortall. During their journey, a group of Stormwings attack them. Stormwings are giant birds with razor claws and teeth that are known as Eaters. During that time, Diane shows her true ability while fighting those Immortals. How? Because she can sense Immortals. Onua and Diane find a big black hawk that was chased by the Stormwings. They later see the hawk shape-shifted into a magician named Numair Salmalin. When they arrive at Corus, Diane works as an assistant horse carer because of her fluency with animals. But, while working their, something extraordinary happens! Numair discovers Diane’s powers. Her powers are the ability to care for animals and sensing Immortals. After this incredible discovery, Numair trains her to use her powers to help the kingdom. But, Diane has another side of her she hasn’t told anyone! Not even Onua… but, is this the time to tell? Or should she hide her real identity forever?

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Heather C.

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This is the fifth book. Don’t read this summary before Tiger, Monkey, Snake, and Crane. Ying, the eagle kung-fu master whose old name used to be Saulong, snuck in the fighting club to rescue Fu, Malao, Seh, Hok, and Charles. Long disappears again until Ying splits off from the other kung fu masters. Ying is trapped when Long leads him out of the building via a trapdoor. Long leaves him and he later joins Hok on a journey to find a treasure using the secret map on the dragon scrolls. They receive help from a street kid named ShaoShu, whose name means little mouse in Mandarin. Ying leaves the two behind and finds his mother in a mountain near the river. He learns that his beloved father, Cholong, was a theif who lead a band of theifs. He stole the dragon scrolls from his fater, the Grandmaster of Cangzhen Temple. Then his mother makes Ying fighte her. He lost and had to practice a breating technique of tai chi, a martial art that combines breathing and moving meditation. But something happens during his training. What happened? What is going on with Fu, Malao, Seh, Hok, Long, and ShaoShu? If you want find out, read Eagle. This book is good for both boys and girls and those who like Chinese history and martial arts.

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Enoch T.  

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This is the fourth book in the series. Don’t read this blog before you read Tiger, Monkey, and Snake. Hok is the main character of this story. Her name is means Crane in Cantonese and she is a crane style kung-fu master. The story starts in her dream of what has happened to her so far. She’s been drugged and was asleep until she pinches herself. Another fallen monk from Shaolin has used Hok as a bait when she was unconscious again to destroy Shaolin. After waking up, she runs away from Shaolin Temple during another assault and gets a dislocated arm. She relocates it and finds her mother Bing, and a Dutch boy named Charles. They find Seh, Malao and Fu and escape from Tonglong and Seh’s mother, AnGangseh. Malao and Fu gets captured by Tonglong. Ying is under arrest from false accusation, and Hok rescues him. Seh becomes blind after the rescue attempt. Later Fu, Malao,  are in a fighting club where they find there hiding brother, Long. What is Long doing there? What is Ying accused of? What is Tonglong’s next move? If you want to find out, read Crane. This book is good for both boys and girls and those who like Chinese history and martial arts.

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Enoch T.

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This is the third book in the FIve Ancestors series. Don’t read this blog before you read Tiger and Monkey. This time the main character is Seh, the young snake style kung-fu master whose name means Snake. The prologue tells about the secrets about Seh and Hok. Seh learns that Hok is a girl and that he is the son of Mong, a bandit and a kung-fu master on snake style. After the assult of Cangzhen Temple, receives help from a beuty snake and finds his two brothers Fu and Malao and the old dragon scrolls they have been trying to protect. They join a group of bandits led by Mong. They had met many of his collegues on thier journey. But they soon need to leave after another ambush from Ying at the bandit’s stronghold. Later during a festival they find two people. Who are the two people? Where is Long? What will happen to the scrolls? If you want to find out, read Snake. This book fits mostly boys and those who like some humor, Chinese history, and martial arts.

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Enoch T.

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 Do you like books about friendships between girls? Then this is the perfect book for you! The book the Secret Language of Girls by Frances O’Roark Dowell  is a book about two girls named Kate Faber and Marylin McIntosh. These two girls have been best friends and neighbor for about their entire lives. They both agree on people who are good friends and what outfits look good to wear, but lately, Marylin has thought that Kate is acting babyish. Also, Kate thinks Marylin is acting like a snob. These thoughts between the two girls caused their friendship to become broken apart. Now the girls Marylin hang out with say mean things about Kate and the girls Kate hang out with say mean things about Marylin. Truthfully, the girls both wish everything was back to normal. If I were to rate this book on a scale from one to ten with ten being the best, I would give it a ten because there is comedy, sports, and romance. I would also recomend this book to girls. To find out what happens read The Secret Language of Girls.

-Alexandra C.

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This book is in the series Five Ancestors. Don’t read this book before you read the first book Tiger. Monkey is about a young monkey-style kung-fu master named Malao, which means Monkey in Cantonese. He and his four brothers have escaped a assult on the Cangzhen Temple led by their fallen brother Ying, which means Eagle in Cantonese. He runs away and eventually meets four of his brothers, trains some children in a village, and finds two dragon scrolls. They leave soon and try to look for thier dragon style kung-fu brother Long and rescue thier brother Hok. They also try to avoid Ying and his general Tonglong. Will they mange to find their lost brother? Who will they meet next? If you want to find out, read Monkey. This book would fit mostly boys and those who like some humor, Chinese history, and martial arts.

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Enoch T.

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San Lee, an adopted child from China living a nightmare as his life. His dad went to jail, and his mom is stressing about it. So when he moves to a new town, new state, and a new school. He has no idea who he is or who he wants to be. On his first day at school he meets a beautiful girl named Emily A.K.A Woody. Woody has a “rocker chick” look and plays music at lunch. San thought that everyone at the school would make fun of her but surprisingly everyone loves it. In their history class, San’s teacher starts a unit about Zen and Buddhism. San has already learned about this but decides that he should become a “Zen Master.” San spends endless hours at the library trying to learn everything about becoming a Zen Master. San is successful and Woody starts to fall for San. Is San doing the right thing? Does Woody really belive that San is a Zen Master.

Read Zen and the Art of Faking it to find out.

Blogged by: Maranda W.

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