Book Reviews 2016-17
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4th & 5th graders are learning how to write a book reviews. Students who wanted to have their book reviews published have them within this page. The slideshow to the right reflects some of the book jacket cover art of some of their favorite titles.
The 39 clues: The maze of bones By Rick Riordan Have you ever had the chance to change mankind? Well Amy and Dan did. It all started when their grandma died. Stars:**** Reviewed by MK The [ALMOST] Perfect Guide to Imperfect Boys by Barbara Dee Do you have a BEST FRIEND and when you’re with her you talk about boys??? Well, you’ll love this book if you do.If your having boy troubles or fighting with your BFF this is the book for you. Stars: 4**** Reviewed by Sophia Amulet 2: The stonekeeper's curse By Kazu Kibuishi I suggest Amulet 2 because it really is kind of scary, but at the same time it’s dramatic and sad. They really make it sound like a big deal. It sounds like there in a different world a lot there on an adventure to save the family. I mean even when you hear the word it sounds like something you might want to read. There’s so many different characters. Kazu Kibuishi is a great author because he makes books that just are good. They teach you life lessons they also just make you feel good, sad and like all emotions mixed together .He especially lets all the characters even privileges to talk.all the different adventures they go are really cool. now i can't tell you any more because I don't want to ruin it for you readers. Stars: 4 **** Reviewed by #CamG Best Friend Battle By: Lindsay Eyre Have you ever been mad at your best friend for cheering you on and your enemy and for inviting him to your friends birthday party thats for girls only?! If you want to find out more then read The Best Friend Battle!!!!What else do you think is going to happen next???!!!!! Stars: ****1/2 Reviewed by LF Big Nate Strikes Again by: Lincoln Peirce Nate's a trouble maker first he put gunk in his locker and tricked Randy opened it and the teacher came. But Nate blames it on Randy . Then he gets in trouble for dressing up as batman and racing the batmobile in school. Then Gina got the name for Nate’s fleece ball team cuddle kittens. Also, he on purpose tripped and spilled his food on Jenny, the love of his life. Stars: *** Reviewed by Jacobi Champ By Marcia Thornton Jones Champ gets injured in a car ascendent a breaks his leg that causes him to lose his leg. Riley gets a book on dog shows for champ because he was a show dog .Champs owner that was in the car ascendent with champ threatened at the vets office to put champ down because he is useless.Riley offers to Dr. Fayette to take champ instead of putting champ down because Riley loves champ. Dr. Fayette told Riley that he couldn’t afford champs medical bill and then Riley said could I work here to get paid after school for the medical bill. Stars.***** Reviewed by Payton Eva’s tree top Festival By Rebecca Elliott Eva and her best friend Lucy held a festival with meddles and tropes. The festival's at the school at night. If you like owl’s then this is the book for you. Stars: ***** Reviewed by LL The Familiars By Adam Jay Do you like magic? If you do you will like this book its all about magic. It all started with a cat in a town called bridge tower. This cat goes on a crazy journey into the world of magic. The cat picks up help as he goes. Stars 4 1/2 Reviewed by TJ A Handful of Stars By: Cynthia Lord Poor Lily want’s to help her dog Lucky to see again because Lucky is blind. But her Mémére won’t pitch in to help her so know she has to raise her own money by making bee houses at the Blueberry festival!!!!!!! Stars: ***** Reviewed by Kalin The Hobbit By J.R.R Tolkien Bilbo Baggins is a very respectable Hobbit. This was true until the day he went on an adventure, with twelve dwarfs and a Wizard named Gandalf the Grey. on a journey over the misty mountains to reclaim their long lost gold from the dragon named Smaug. Stars: 5 Reviewed by Anonymous How To Speak Dog! By Sara Whitehead What is your favorite animal? Mine is a dog. Actually have a book about dogs. I am reading it right now. It is called How To Speak Dog. In this book you will learn about how to take care of your dog. It teaches you cool games for you and your dog to play. Did you know that to a dog, it is threatening to stare into another dogs or humans eyes? That is why when you are staring into a dog’s eyes, they stare away. Stars:***** Reviewed by Hazelnut How to Train your Dragon BY Cressida Cowell Hiccup, Fishlegs, Snoultlot and the other boys go to the Dragon Cliff to get dragons. Fishlegs has asthma to reptiles and sneezes a great big ACHOO! Stars: 5 Reviewed by Mr. Pickle I SURVIVED the Bombing OF Pearl Harbor, 1941 By: Lauren Tarshis The Character is Danny, Finn, Ma, Aki and allot more. Danny’s best friend Finn fall of a high place and got hurt so he had to go to the hospital, ma have to be a nurse for the army and the rest you will find out. Stars: 4½ Reviewed by John I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 By: Lauren Tarshis Barry and his family are in the car stuck in traffic and his sister gets seriously sick and starts puking.So they head home,after there home barry sees water building up from the floor, a flood? They head up stairs, it’s dark barry’s dad goes to a corner and comes back with a hatchet. Stars:**** Reviewed by Eli I survived the attacks of September 11, 2001 By Lauren Tarshis Have you ever been walking with your friend and hearing roar and looking up and seeing a plane flying low above you? This happen to a kid name Lucas . One day Lucas was walking and he heard a plane and he saw a plane with a pilot flying to the twins toward you should read the book to find out what happens. Stars ***** Reviewed by Cleve Just A Drop Of Water By: Kerry O’Malley Cerra Jake is turning thirteen and is on the track and cross country team. His friends are: Sam,Kirk, Matt and Rigo. One day at school they put on the news and watch the 9/11 attacks and a jerk, Bobby punches Sam because Sam is Muslim. So Jake and Bobby get in a big fight and lots of people blame Jake. His mom gets really upset about the attacks and tells Jake to not hang out with Sam after Sam’s dad gets questioned by the FBI and thrown in jail for talking to one of the terrorists that lives in Jake’s town at the bank. Stars: ***** Reviewed by J for Jelly Donuts The Lightning Thief By Rick Riordan Percy Jackson is a sixth grader going to Yancy Academy. He lives with his mom and stepdad in an apartment in Manhattan, New York. Percy is not a normal kid having ADHD. He is also not normal for another reason. He is a half blood. Being a half blood is very dangerous because monsters smell your blood, hunt you down, and try to kill you. Percy goes to Camp Half Blood. There he will train to fight monsters and go on quests. There are many things he doesn’t know that he is awaiting to find out. Would you have what it takes to fight monsters like Percy? Stars: 5***** Reviewed by T The Lightning Thief By Rick Riordan Have you ever been at school and got attacked by a monster? Well, that’s what happened to Percy Jackson. want to find out more about Percy Jackson and his awesome adventures? Then read this book. Stars: 5 Reviewed by IY Love That Dog By: Sharon Creech Have you ever had a dog that’s not just a dog, like when you’re picking it out you see that dog and you know it’s the one?Sky is Jack’s dog,Jack writes poems about his life and what happened that day he loves righting poems about his life and dog.He is kind of embarrassed about his poems he doesn’t like them and don't think their good. Stars:**** Reviewed by Riley Poop By Written by Neal Layton. Poop has facts and pictures about the topic.If you like funny pictures then you want this book.If you like gross facts and just regular facts then you will like this book.If you like ALL those things then you want this book.If you like gross stuff then you need this book. Stars:****1/2 Reviewed by Mr. Cookie Rutabaga The Adventure Chef By: Eric Colossal Rutabaga is a adventure chef, who explores the land for exotic to add to his cook book. Rutabaga Fights monsters, Like Dragons and Koraknis and hunts them with other warriors. And all ways goes home with a full belly. Stars: 5 Reviewed by The Bambino Summer Camp Secrets. PRANKED By: Katy Grant Summer Camp Secrets Pranked is about a girl going to summer camp for her first time for a month. She is very nervous and she wishes that she didn’t agree to do this. She's very sad but she doesn’t show it will she make friends? Read the book to find out more. Stars: **** Reviewed by Montana The Trouble with Ants By Claudia Mills Nora the main character has two best friends: Mason and Brody. Brody loves trying to break world records. Nora recently bought ants. Nora finds a world record about science, her favorite subject. The record is youngest to write an article in an adult science journal. It was made by Emily Rosa. She was 11. Nora is 10. Will Nora break the world record? I like this book because it is easy to read and because I think the author picked an interesting topic about ants. This book inspires me to learn more about science. Stars: **** Reviewed by MK Wonder By RJ Palacio A boy named August has a hard time in life because he has a disease that makes his face really different most of his life he was home schooled and now he is going to school for the first time and he only has one friend and that is Summer. He also has a sister Via and a dog named Daisy that he absolutely loves and something happens and he becomes super popular Stars: 5 Reviewed by The Bambino You Wouldn’t Want To Be A Pirate’s Prisoner By: John Malam The book tells you about what they did to you and the diseases you got! The best is when they talk about surgery!! Even pirates have rules!, NO FIGHTING ON THE SHIP and many more wacky rules! Stars: ***** Reviewed by Luke Top 50 Questions: Wild Earth By Seymour Simon Did you know that the crust of the earth is 20-35 miles thick? More than 100,000 avalanches happen a year. This book is very cool and teaches you things about the mantle, crust, core, Earth’s plates, mountains, earthquakes, aftershocks, faults and records.40 volcanoes have erupted in America for the past 200 years. Stars: ? Reviewed by Vanessa Flora & Ulysses By Kate Dicamillo Flora is a natural born cynic. She likes comic books, too. Ulysses is a squirrel. He can fly and type and he has super strength. This is my opinion it’s an AWESOME story. The setting is on summer vacation at her house. Flora’s mother never say’s I love you and her mother writes romance novels. Stars: 4 **** Reviewed by Juliet Who was Milton Hershey? by James Buckley Jr. Have you ever heard of Milton Hershey and Hockersville,Pennsylvania? If you like chocolate you would like Milton Hershey because he was the one that found chocolate in Canada and brought it to Pennsylvania which is in the U.S. Also if you like chocolate Milton Hershey is your hero. Also if you don’t know about Milton there is a time line so you can learn about him. Stars 4.5 Reviewed by Leigha The Fourth Stall By Chris Rylander Have you ever felt like one minute you were living your normal life and the next you were battling an unbeatable legendary bully???!!! Well, that is exactly how Mac felt when this legend invaded his office, school, and town. Help Mac and his best friend Vince defeat Staples to protect their world. Stars: 4 **** Reviewed by Leigha Matilda by Ronald Dahl Have you ever heard about Mr. and Mrs. Wormwood? If not, you are lucky because they are not very great at parenting. Mr. and Mrs. Wormwood had an annoying son named Michael. Then they adopted a sweet amazingly smart little girl named Matilda. But nobody taught her really anything (other than what tv was and how to turn it on). She got the experience of teaching herself math, reading, and all of her grammar skills.That’s because her parents don't believe in knowledge when they have a TV in front of them. That’s why Matilda started school when she was 7 years old! Read the book to find out how she survived with her wacko parents and who saved her life and gave her all of the inspiration she needed. And, they figured out something that was spectacularly special! Stars: ? Reviewed by E Goosebumps: the barking ghost By R.L. STINE Cooper is a big scared cat.He’s even scared of his own shadow.Then he hears a rough breathing.Then he looked under the bed then someone or something grabbed him by the throat then it starts to tightening its grip. Stars 4 Reviewed by Kai Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson Have you Ever Made the biggest decision That would change your life? Well, that’s what happened with Astrid and Nicole, Astrid had plans with Nicole to go to Derby Camp, But Nicole has other plans she wants to go to Dance Camp. So Nicole has to choose to go to Derby Camp or go with her best friend Nicole to Dance camp. What would you choose? Stars: 5 ***** Reviewed by Michael Arcady’s Goal By: Eugene Yelchin In the book Arcady’s Goal by Eugene Yelchin a boy named Arcady lives in an orphanage. His mother and father had died in jail and abandoned him. Arcady lives his life playing soccer and being bossed around by his mean caretaker Butterball at the orphanage. At one of Arcady’s soccer games at the orphanage someone named Ivan Ivanych adopts arcady. This is how Arcady’s new life begins. Can you imagine losing both of your parents that abandoned you?! Trust me I wouldn’t. My heart would be broken. Someone named Ivan Ivanych adopts Arcady which makes the story even better. This is how Arcady’s new life begins. Stars: 4 **** Reviewed by ??? Bad Kitty gets bath By Nick Brule Bad kitty is a cat that does not like to take a bath. Bad kitty is feeling really frustrated at is owner Murray because he is trying to get her to take a bath. Bad kitty thinks she can clean herself by licking her self. Another reason is that she is getting sick and needs a bath. stars 3 Reviewed by Brooke I survived the Hindenburg Disaster, 1937 by Lauren Tarshis Hugo who is trapped on a blimp when it crashes. Hugo is with his mom and sister. At first they are together when he gets on but when it crashes they get separated. Find out what happens next. Stars:**** Reviewed by Dylan Smile By Raina Telegemeier Can you imagine tripping and get one of you 2 front teeth stuck in your gum? Raina had an overbite so Raina needed braces but one day she tried and severely injured her 2 front teeth one was in her gum and the other came out. What happens next? Stars:5 Reviewed by Emma Because of Mr. Terupt By: Rob Buyea Could you imagine having a new teacher getting deeply hurt because of you? Mr. Terupt let students out to play in the snow when not allowed. The students started a big snowball fight. Mr. Terupt got involved. Is he okay? Stars:4**** Reviewed by Ashley The Golden Book Of Space Exploration By Dinah L. Moch, Ph.D. This is a good book because of all of the cool and interesting facts and subjects. It tells about all of the things that you would do if you went to space and what you would do for entertainment. This book also tells about space exploration. Do you like space? Well this is the book for you! The golden book of space exploration tells you almost everything! From what happens when you go up to when you come down. Stars: 5***** Reviewed by Patrick Ungifted By Gordon Korman Donovan is a troublemaker that pulls a major prank at his middle school, he thinks he’s finally gone too far. But thanks to a mixup,instead of getting in trouble. Donovan gets sent to the Academy of scholastic distinction. Do you think you can get away with a major prank at middle school? Stars: 4 Reviewed by Ethan I survived true stories by Lauren Tarshis Have you ever swam deep in the ocean or been in the war saving people and ever been under water in a metal suit? Well, this is what the book is about. Stars 4 **** Reviewed by Josh |
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