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The Best School Year Ever

2009-10-13 11:44:00.0

Title :
The Best School Year Ever
Author :
Barbara Robinson
Genre :
Humorous Fiction
Your Initials (DO NOT include your full name) :
PR
Review :
Meet the Herdmans, "the worst kids in the history of the world". It is September, and the Herdmans are gearing up for another year of chaos at Woodrow Wilson Elementary School, where each of the six of them is in a different grade. Whenever anything goes wrong, there is sure to be a Herdman involved. To make matters worse, Miss Kemp has assigned a "Compliments for Classmates" project that is going to last the entire year. Students have to think of something nice to say about every student in the class. What will they be able to say about Imogene Herdman? If you would like to find out, with many laughs along the way, you will love reading this book.
Rate this book :
Excellent

Ready Freddy Halloween Fraidy-Cat

2009-10-22 11:28:00.0

Author :
Abby Klein
Genre :
Fiction
Your Initials (DO NOT include your full name) :
T.C.
Review :
This book is about Freddy, who was invited to a Halloween party. But he is afraid of the monster costumes and the haunted house. So every year, he dresses up as a shark. This year, he thought that he would be a hammerhead shark. Before the big party he lost his lucky shark's tooth, but he found it in his jeans. When he arrived at the party, they went through the Haunted House. He wasn't scared until a bat flew on his shoulder then he was scared. Then one of his bullies challenged him to a contest where you have to put your head in the water and have to get all the apples you can get in two minutes. Freddy won, and all of his friends were happy for him. All the kids heard a noise then Freddy and the bully went down to the basement and it was just a kitten that belonged to the girl who was having the party.
Rate this book:
Excellent

The New Year's Sleepover From The Black Lagoon

2009-10-22 11:35:00.0

Author :
Mike Thaler
Genre :
Fiction
Your Initials (DO NOT include your full name) :
M.Hj
Review :
Hubie's best friend Eric, is having a New Year's Eve sleepover, but Hubie has never spent a night away from home. He's going to be in a strange bed, in a strange room, in a strange house. What if Hubie gets sick or has a bad dream? What happens if Eric starts telling his cheesy jokes? Also, what's all this talking about making a New Year's resolution?
Rate this book :
Excellent

I, Amber Brown

2009-10-22 11:49:00.0

Author :
Paula Danzinger
Genre :
Fiction
Your Initials (DO NOT include your full name) :
HK
Review :
Amber Brown wanted to have her ears pierced, but her Dad told her that she had to wait until she was 20. At the mall, she saw an earring store. She had her ears pierced. When she went home, her Mom was angry.

Rate this book :
Excellent

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

2009-11-12 13:00:00.0

Title :
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Author :
J.K.Rowling
Genre :
fiction
Your Initials (DO NOT include your full name) :
CK
Review :
In this book Hogwarts is holding a Triwizard tournament. There are supposed to be three champions, one from each wizarding school, but when the Goblet of Fire declares that Harry Potter will be the fourth champion, Harry Potter is launched into a whole new adventure that includes dragons and another face to face with Voldamort.
Rate this book :
Very Good

Magic Puppy

2009-11-12 13:02:00.0

Title :
Magic Puppy
Author :
Sue Bentley
Genre :
fiction
Your Initials (DO NOT include your full name) :
EMF
Review :
In this story there is a girl named Lily, and she loves ponies. Then one day she found a magic puppy who is named Storm, and there is a wolf named Shadow who is going to take away his magic. Then Storm beat Shadow by taking away his magic.
Rate this book :
Excellent

Marley: A Dog Like No Other

2009-11-12 13:08:00.0

Title :
Marley: A Dog Like No Other
Author :
John Grogan
Genre :
Non-Fiction
Your Initials (DO NOT include your full name) :
SB
Review :
When John and Jenny get a new dog they name it Marley after Bob Marley who is a famous singer. Marley is a Labrador retriever pup who is very destructive. When Marley was left home alone in the garage he ate almost everything. He even ate the drywall! Marley is such a bad dog; he even gets kicked out of obedience school! When John and Jenny had kids Marley kept them up by barking during the kids nap time. Marley is also so scared at night he has to sleep on John and Jenny's bed. Will Marley ever learn to be a good dog? Not really. In the end Marley had to be put to sleep because he had bad arthritis in his right leg. I cried when I read this. Marley could never be replaced by any other dog. He will never be forgotten by the Grogan family.
Rate this book :
Excellent

The Invisible Fran

2009-11-12 13:12:00.0

Title :
The Invisible Fran
Author :
Jim Benton
Genre :
Fiction
Your Initials (DO NOT include your full name) :
C.M.
Review :
I thought the book was a little over good. I thought it was good when Franny got smashed by a two headed robot. She made it with some of help from Phil because he put stamps on the robot’s eyes so he couldn't see where Franny was and so he didn't keep smashing her! Plus, Lawrence helped when he clashed the heads together because he knows how to play accordion. There also was help from Erin and she broke the robot into tiny pieces with her experience from Irish Dancing.
Rate this book : Good

Spelling B and the Missing Magic

2009-11-13 12:58:00.0

Title :

Spelling B and the Missing Magic
Author :
Lexi Conner
Genre :
fiction
Your Initials (DO NOT include your full name) :
RA
Review :
In this book, B can't figure out why her magic won't work. She figures out that she has to spell the word to cast a spell. B finally gets her charm bracelet. All witches get a bracelet for finding their powers. Her parents were very happy when B got her powers.
Rate this book : Excellent

Ghost Beach

2009-11-13 13:02:00.0

Title :
Ghost Beach
Author :
R.L. STINE
Genre :
GOOSEBUMPS
Your Initials (DO NOT include your full name) :
RK
Review :
Jerry and his sister Terri were staying with relatives for the summer. They met three kids who were distant cousins and had fun playing with them. Strange things happened, and the cousins turned out to be ghosts. This book was scary at times, but it is make believe, so I was ok. I liked the suspense of wondering what was going to happen next. In the end the cousins ghosts were trapped in a cave and Jerry and Terry couldn't wait to go back home.
Rate this book :
Good

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Greg Heffley�s Journal

2009-11-13 13:04:00.0

Title :
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Greg Heffley’s Journal
Author :
Jeff Kinney
Genre :
fiction
Your Initials (DO NOT include your full name) :
PG
Review :
This book is about a boy named Greg. He is in 6th grade. Many things that happen to Greg he writes in his diary. One of the things was he was getting bullied around. Then he becomes a safety! After that, everything changed for the better for Greg. He lost his privilege of being a safety because he chased the 1st graders down the street.
Rate this book :
Excellent

Charlotte�s Web

2009-11-13 13:07:00.0

Title :
Charlotte’s Web
Author :
E.B White
Genre :
fiction
Your Initials (DO NOT include your full name) :
jb
Review :
Charlotte’s Web is about a pig named Wilbur who is a runt. His owner Fern’s dad is going to kill him. He goes to Fern’s uncle’s house and lives there. Then after a while he meets a spider named Charlotte, and Charlotte helps Wilbur with life.
Rate this book :
Excellent

Bone 5, Rock Jaw, Master of the Eastern Border

2009-11-16 13:41:00.0

Title :
Bone 5, Rock Jaw, Master of the Eastern Border
Author :
Jeff Smith
Genre :
fiction: graphic novel
Your Initials (DO NOT include your full name) :
JV
Review :
This is about Bone he is like an adventurer with his best friend. They have to find the master of the Rat creatures. They went to a cave, and they found the master of the rat creatures. I love it.
Rate this book :
Very Good

Henry and Ribsy

2009-11-16 13:45:00.0

Title:
Henry and Ribsy
Author :
Beverly Cleary
Genre :
Fiction
Your Initials (DO NOT include your full name) :
S.B.
Review :
This book is about a kid named Henry. He catches a very big fish with his dog named Ribsy. They chased it around the dock. Well they where fishing on a dock. They didn’t keep the huge fish. Ribsy wanted to keep the big fish.

Rate this book:
Very Good

The School Mouse

2009-11-16 13:47:00.0

Title :
The School Mouse
Author :
Dick King-Smith
Genre :
Adventure
Your Initials (DO NOT include your full name) :
S.A.P.
Review :
Flora is the first ever school mouse. She is going learn how to read because reading is important, especially when there is a bag marked “poison”. Flora teaches her family how to read. My favorite part is when Ragged Robin gets his tail cut off by a tractor.
Rate this book :
Excellent

Meet Kristen

2009-11-19 10:12:00.0

Title:

Meet Kristen
Author :
Janet Shaw
Genre :
historical fiction
Your Initials (DO NOT include your full name) :
SW
Review :
When Kristen and her family move from Sweden to America in 1854, Kristen isn't so sure that she will ever feel at home in the new country. Although she and her friend Marta have many new and fun adventures, the trouble soon begins when Kristen has to leave her friend behind. When she and her family finally get to her Uncle Olav's farm she decides that she likes it in this new country.
Rate this book:
Very Good

The Sisters Club

2009-11-19 15:59:00.0

Title:
The Sisters Club
Author :
Megan McDonald
Genre :
Fiction
Your Initials (DO NOT include your full name) :
MW
Review :
I liked "The Sisters Club" because the sisters made their own club. The sisters’ names are: Alex, the oldest, Joey the youngest, and Stevie, the middle sister. Joey's nickname is Duck. It sounds weird, but Joey likes when Alex and Stevie call her that. Alex, Stevie, and Joey call their club "The Sisters Club". They talk about what they did in school, and they do homework together. I thought that "The Sisters Club" was the best book ever!!
Rate this book:
Excellent

Meet Felicity

2009-11-23 16:04:00.0

Title :
Meet Felicity
Author :
Valerie Tripp
Genre :
Fiction
Your Initials (DO NOT include your full name) :
SZ
Review :
This story is about a girl named Felicity. She really loves horses. Mr. Nye was a bad man because he beat horses and worked them to death. Felicity tried to steal the horse that she called Penny. One day Felicity stole Penny, but Mr. Nye took her back. At the end of the story Felicity freed the horse Penny!
Rate this book :
Excellent

Goosebumps Legend of the Lost Legend

2010-01-06 11:32:00.0

Title:
Goosebumps Legend of the Lost Legend
Author :
R.L. Stine
Genre :
Fiction
Your Initials (DO NOT include your full name) :
PG
Review :
This story is about a brother and a sister and their dad. They go no a camping trip. They are in search of the LEGEND OF THE LOST LEGEND. The legend tells about how things were done 500 years ago. As they were sleeping, the kids hear something outside of the tent. The kids go outside the tent to investigate the noise. They find a dog. The dog's collar has a note in it. The note says, "I know what you are looking for. Follow Silver, the dog.” They follow the dog and arrive at a cabin. They go into the cabin and a Viking appears. The Viking gives the kids a survival test. The kids pass the test. The Viking turned out to be a doll with a key that opened a chest. Their dad finds them at the cabin and they open the chest and in it was an egg. The note directs them to a man who lives to the southwest. They finally find the man and he gives them the legend they had been looking for. Their lives were changed forever because the legend was worth over a million dollars.
Rate this book:
Very Good

Rebecca and Ana

2010-01-14 11:26:00.0

Title:

Rebecca and Ana
Author:

Jacqueline Dembar
Genre :
Realistic Fiction
Your Initials (DO NOT include your full name) :
KR
Review :
In the story Rebecca's cousin Ana has to go to school with her and here is were the trouble starts. Rebecca's teacher says the whole class is doing an assembly. And Rebecca has to sing with Ana. So if you read this book you have to find out what Rebecca has to do about this problem.
Rate this book: Excellent

Merry Christmas, Everybody

2010-01-14 11:49:00.0

Title :
Merry Christmas, Everybody
Author :
Constance Allen
Genre :
Fiction
Your Initials (DO NOT include your full name) :
VB
Review :
The story is about Grover is going to the post office to send a snowballs to is cousin who lives in Florida.
Rate this book :
Excellent

The Knight at Dawn

2010-01-14 12:00:00.0

Title:
The Knight at Dawn
Author:
Mary Pope Osborne
Genre :
Fiction
Your Initials (DO NOT include your full name) :
NP
Review :
In this book Jack and Annie found a tree house with lots of books in it. One night they went to the tree house and Annie found a book on Castles and Knights. She made a wish to go to that place and the book took them to Pennsylvania. They explored the Castle. Everything that Annie saw was in the book. When they went in the Castle they got trapped. They were locked in a dungeon. They found a path and got out. A knight helped them escape. Then they went home
Rate this book:
Good

The Boxcar Children

2010-04-14 14:22:00.0

Title:
The Boxcar Children
Author :
Gertrude C. Warner
Genre :
fiction
Your Initials (DO NOT include your full name) :
VB
Review :
This story is about four orphaned children who are afraid to go live with their grandfather, so they set up housekeeping in an abandoned boxcar.

Rate this book:
Excellent

Hate that Cat

2010-04-14 14:24:00.0

Title:
Hate that Cat
Author:
Sharon Creech
Genre:
Fiction
Your Initials (DO NOT include your full name) :
CS
Review :
I think this is a very good book. I like it because it has a lot of great poems. A boy is talking to his teacher and talking about stuff like his dog Sky. He is a very good poetry writer in the book. He learns a lot of different kinds of poetry writing like onomatopoeia.
Rate this book:
Excellent

Little House in the Big Woods

2010-04-14 14:27:00.0

Title:
Little House in the Big Woods
Author:
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Genre:
historical fiction
Your Initials (DO NOT include your full name) :
EB
Review:
Little House in the Big Woods is a story about a little girl named Laura and her live in the big woods in Wisconsin.
Rate this book:
Excellent

The 39 Clues The Black Circle

2010-04-14 14:35:00.0

Title:
The 39 Clues The Black Circle
Author:
Patrick Carmen
Genre:
fiction
Your Initials (DO NOT include your full name) :
JB
Review :
In the book brother and sister Dan and Amy Cahill are totally different. Dan loves to eat lots of junk food, while Amy is focused on the problem. They go on mind-bending adventures as they search for the clues that will unlock their family’s secret power.
Rate this book:
Excellent

Grossology and You

2010-04-26 10:45:00.0

Title:

Grossology and You

Author:

Sylvia Branzei

Genre: Non-fiction

Your Initials (DO NOT include your full name):
C.S

Review:
This is a really good book. It is kind of cool too. It is about everything gross thing in or out of your body. One of the topics is bruises. A bruise is a bunch of broken vessels that have leaked. It sounds gross but is a true fact. I also learned about blood. You don’t just have red blood cells, you also have white blood cells, too. I never knew that. This is a great book.

Rate this book:
Excellent

Junie B. Jones Is a Party Animal

2010-04-27 10:05:00.0

Title:
Junie B. Jones Is a Party Animal

Author:
Barbara Park

Genre:
Non-Fiction

Your Initials (DO NOT include your full name):
AMC

Review:
This is a very good book. Lucille, Junie B. Jones’ best friend, is having a slumber party at her rich grandma's big house. Junie B. is excited to see the house. I hope you enjoy this book as much as I did.

Rate this book:
Very Good

Superfudge

2010-04-27 10:46:00.0

Title:
Superfudge
Author:
Judy Blume
Genre:
Fiction
Your Initials (DO NOT include your full name) :
JF
Review:
Superfudge is a great book! I recommend this book to anyone who has already read the book Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. Peter’s mom is having a new baby! Will it be just like Fudge? Peter is worried it will be, so he decides to run away. He is so nervous about his new sister he forgets about Fudge! The only person that knows about this is Peter’s best friend, Jimmy Fargo. Will the baby be that bad? Read Superfudge to find out the answer!

Rate this book:
Very Good

Chocolate Fever

2010-04-27 10:48:00.0

Title:
Chocolate Fever
Author:
Robert Kimmel Smith
Genre:
fiction
Your Initials (DO NOT include your full name) :
NW
Review :

Henry Green loves chocolate. He eats so much that he breaks out in chocolate freckles. He lands in the hospital and the media finds out about his problem. Henry escapes from the hospital. He meets a truck driver who gives him advice. Will it help? Read the book to find out.
Rate this book :
Excellent

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

2010-04-27 10:50:00.0

Title:
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Author :
J. K. Rowling
Genre:
Fiction
Your Initials (DO NOT include your full name) :
SG
Review :
It all starts when a wizard named Voldemort, the bad'est of bad, killed Harry's parents (who are a wizard and witch) but he couldn’t kill Harry. Harry is sent to live with his aunt and uncle, who treat him badly. One day a giant visits him and tells him he is really a wizard. Harry is invited to attend Hogwart’s, a school for wizards and witches.
Rate this book:
Excellent