Maya's Review on the Subtle Knife

In the continuation of the Golden Compass, Lyra travels through a portal in the sky to another world that is plagued by specters, smokey see through creatures that feast on adults souls, but not seen or bothered by children. Lyra meets a boy named Will, who comes from yet another world, and has his own problems and motives. Together they must solve many mysteries about the universe, Dust, and their own destinies.

I liked this book and I think it was perfectly paced and action packed. I also like that the author is not afraid to bring tragedy to the story, because in some book everything always works out perfect and happy ever after, but this author has a perfect bland and it makes the story much more believable and interesting.

The Secret School

The Secret School, the book I just finished, is about a girl named Ida Bidson who always wanted to be a teacher. She is 14, and hasn't even gotten to High School. She lives on a small farm in an isolated country, and her parents don't have enough money for her to go to High School unless she gets a scholarship. So, Ida wants to take her entrance exam really badly. At the end of the year though, her teacher's mom gets really sick, and her teacher has to leave the school. For good. Ida and her class mates don't know what to do when the school board tells them that they won't be able to get a new teacher for a year... that means that they have to just stop the whole school for a while. Ida's friend, Tom Kohl, tells Ida that she should become their 'secret' teacher. Ida tries, and succeeds. Her students love her, and she has tons of fun doing it. Then, the school board finds out. They tell Ida that she, along with the kids that she has taght have to take a huge test. Ida takes it, and everyone else does to. Her whole class succeeds, and she graduates to High School with honers, and a scholarship.

This book was great, although slightly boring at first... but I would recommend it to everyone I met!

The Pistachio Prescription

So far, in this book, a girl named Cassie (Cassandra), has horrible parents, and an awful sister. The only person in her family who is actually nice, is her brother, Andrew, and he's like, four. Cassie's mother is a braggy, mean, annoying, bratty, spoiled lady... who makes Cassie buy really weird, sparkly clothes that Cassie doesn't like, and she thinks that Cassie doesn't have any feelings. Cassie's father is a mean, nasty person, who yells all the time. In fact, the only time he is mentioned in this book, other then when he is being described, is when he yells at Cassie, or her other siblings. Cassie's sister is a spoiled brat who gets whatever she wants, and she thinks that she is the most beautiful thing in the whole world. Andrew, however, is really nice to every one, even their mom, and always defends Cassie. Well, when Cassie get's picked on by her family, the main point in the story is that she grabs a handful of pistachios... and automatically feels better! She doesn't know why though, so she tries to find out.

This book is great so far, and I would definatly recommend it to anyone.

The Amazing Invention of Hugo Cabret Elya

This book is mostly pictures, but the pictures tell the story just as much as the words do.

It is about a by named Hugo, who works with the station clocks. He lived with his father and his father was a clock maker. He found an automaton at an old museum, and he started working on it, because it needed parts. One night, the guard forgot that Hugo's father was still in the building, and locked it, trapping him inside. A fire started, and burned him up. Hugo didn't know until his uncle Claude came and took custody. He taught Hugo how to work with the station clocks. He collected clock pieces from the toys that he stole and broke open from the toy booth across the street. I have already read this book, but I don't want to give any more away to you. This book has JUST come out as a movie. I recently watched it, and it is AMAZING!

I recommend this book to everyone who has some patience with pictures.

11:41 A.M

Peter and the Shadow Thieves Elya

This book is the sequal to the Starcatchers. In this book, the Others send another kind of evil, a kind of evil not even imajined. A Shadow Thief. When people stand in the light and they cast a shadow, if Lord Ombra touches it, he can either gather information, he can take it away from them, and make them one of his followers, or he can just rid them of there shadow.

Peter follows the unwanted visitors off of the island, and hides in a folded mast on the way to England. Peter tries to find Molly, to tell and warn her of the following danger. On his quest to find her, he gets caught trying to save Tink from a bird catcher, but thee bird catcher says that Peter is lying and was trying to steel her. Peter gets thrown in jail, and only gets saved by the small amount of starstuff he has remaining in his locket. He finds Tink and Molly just in time, because Ombra and his men have already gotten to the Aster house. What Peter didn't know, was that Leonard, Molly's father, had gone to the Return, where he would return the starstuff to the heavens.

I know that this sounds really cheesy, but it is really good. I am leaving out most of thee book, so that I don't give anything away.

I recommend this to everyone, and I hope you all like it.

11:17

Peter and the Starcatchers Elya

Peter and the Starcatchers is a book that takes place before peter pan. It is about Peter and his gang of five orphans, who get on a ship which is to sail for a very long time.

On this ship, there is a great treasure, and only one person knows about it: Molly Aster. She is the daughter of Leonard Aster. There are many tight scrambles, because Molly doesn't want anyone to know that it is there, but there were several encounters. The treasure is magic, and it is in a trunk. One pirate, Alf, touched the trunk when he was carrying it abourd. He felt all of his pains go away, he felt blissfully happy, and he heard bells. One night Peter was snooping around the ship, looking for food, (real food, not the slimy live goops that they got) and he found a dark room, with two staring huge green eyes. Then, he saw it. There was a rat in midair!

Many other exciting things happen on the boat The Never Land, but even more exciting thing happen when the ship is blown off course, and the dock at a special island.

I don't want to give anything away, so I will stop there.

I love this book, it is amazing, and you can get more and more out of it the more times you read it.

I recommend this book to everyone who likes suspense and mystery.

7:59 A.M

Scat

Scat

I just started Scat, which is by the same author as flush. I don't really know what it is about, because I just started it and I am only on page three. I think the cat on the cover and the paw prints on the back might be a clue. So far, Nick, who is the main charictor, is in biology class, and has a very mean biology teacher named Mrs. Starch. Nick has a friend named Tania. That is pretty much all I know, but I think it is going to be a good book. I am on going on a Carl Hiasin streak. ( Carl Hiasin wrote Flush and Scat.

Maya's Review on the Golden Compass

The golden compass is about an eleven year old named Lyra, who grew up and orphan. One day Lyra decides to spy on a meeting of the scholars who are taking care of her, and finds out information that sets her on a strange adventure, full of witches, armored bears, and great dangers.

This was my third time reading the book and I loved it all the same. It's fast paced and suspenseful, with just the right amount of information being dangled infront of you so as to keep you interested but not give everything away.

Jordana's second review of "The Devil's Arithmetic"

Hannah, now named Chaya is shoved into the train car along with eighty other Jews from the wedding ceremony. They are in the cramped car for four days with no food, water, and very little air. Hannah being from the future knows whats coming, and tries to warn the others in the train. No one believes her though and she even starts to doubt herself, as she finds she is losing her memory of being Hannah. When she gets to the camp the women and men are separated, then Hannah and the others are made to strip and shower. After that their hair is cut and their arms are tattooed with identification numbers. They are given raged clothes and worn shoes, then taken to their barracks where bare wooden shelves serve as beds, and they cries of women and children put you to sleep. Over the next few days life at the camp becomes routine for Hannah; wake up, go to role call, eat breakfast, scrub dishes, clean barracks, eat lunch, load wood, eat dinner, roll call, go to bed. Through this, Hannah learns the spoken and unspoken rule of the camp. To keep your head down, to not ask questions, that eating comes before anything, and if you give up hope you will lose your mind. Hannah becomes close friends with a girl named Rivka, who teaches her the rules and to understand the number on her arm. Each number represents something or someone you have or you have lost, the devil's arithmetic. As Hannah lives the life of Chaya she forgets her true self entirely, except for certain phrases which trigger vague memories which she can not begin to understand. One day Hannah, Rivka, and two other girls are caught talking by a young Nazi guard. The guard selects Rivka and the other two to the smoke stack, an inferno where those that are "chosen" are sent to die. Hannah suddenly realizing who she is takes Rivka's place and walks into the fire. She is back at her families Passover Seder opening the door for Elijah the profet as if nothing had happend. When she sits back down she notices the number on her aunt Eve's arm and realizes is the same as Rivka's. After the two talk for a while Hannah learns that Eve had changed her name from Rivka to Eve when she came to America, and that a girl named Chaya had saved her life in the camp.

"The Devil's Arithmetic" is a perfect book if you have never read about the Holocaust before, and surprisingly informational without being stuffy. You really start caring about the characters and after some thought I think I know why. All of the characters (with exemption of Hannah in the beginning of the book) are noble, kind, and good. When they are in the camp the prisoners are always helping each other out, and all being molde citizens. Unfortunately that is no how life works, for example there is a scene in the "The Devil's Arithmetic" where a women is screaming and crying and someone comforts her. While in the much more mature Holocaust book "Night", a women in the same situation would have been beaten by her fellow prisoners for that. Sudle though it may be "The Devil's Arithmetic" can get away because it is a children book. So children please read it.

Maya's Review on Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables is about an orphan who gets adopted by two siblings, Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert. Anne was meant to be a boy, to help Matthew in the farm, but she grew on them so much that Marilla and Matthew decided to keep them anyway. The book is about Anne growing up, and her first five years at green gables.

I liked this book and I found it refreshing after so many action and adventure books. The book gave me a vivid picture of Anne's life and the lives of the people around her. It's a great book for anyone who wants a relaxing read.

Maya's Review on Warriors the Sign of the Moon

In the latest book of the ever so long warriors series, the cats of the clans face many hardships and betrayals, waiting for a battle that is bound to happen. The question is, whose side will the cats be on?

This was my second time reading the book, and it was fine. I like the warriors series a lot but it is starting to get a little bit old after so many books, although not enough for me to stop reading. I would recommend the series to anyone who likes animal fantasy books.

Maya's Review on the Son of Neptune

The son of Neptune is the second book in the heroes of olympus series. It is set from the perspectives of Percy, Frank, and Hazel. Percy, like Jason, has lost his memory and finds himself in the roman camp for demigods, just as Jason found himself in the greek camp. Percy Frank and Hazel must go on a quest to free death, so that monsters can be killed and order will be restored. But at what price?

I liked this book a lot because Percy was in it and I already new him form the previous series. I also admire the authors ability to hint at things or put little facts at different points in the book and then later refer to them perfectly connecting everything and making the reader think. I would recommend this series to anyone who likes greek mythology

The Mysterious Benedict society, Trenton Lee Stewart, Elya

Thus book is an amazing book, with riddles to break and mysteries to discover.

It is in a series of three, and unfortunately, this author does not regularly write kids books.

This book is about four unusually advanced kids coming together, and going on a mission.

These kids come together because of some test. There were three parts to this test, and they all past them all. They all have different reasons.

Kate Wetherall, an orphan who ran away to be in the circus, has many helpful tricks, and skills that helped her pass.

Reynie Muldoon, also an orphan, with amazing skills of concentration and patience.

Constance Contraire, another orphan with a big secret. (I wont tell you what she is good at, because it will ruin the story. I will tell you this, she has a very developed and strong mind.)

Sticky (George) Washington, a runaway, who has a photographic memory, (or the bigger kind really, where you remember everything you ever set eye on before.)

I recommend this book to pretty much anyone.

9:28 A.M

The Goose Girl, Shannon Hale, Elya

The Goose girl is a book about a princess who was never acting like a princess, being raised by her forest born aunt, and her mother (the queen) sends Anidori-Kiladra Talianna Isilee of to the neighboring country to marry the prince. Her aunt taught Ani how to speak to some kinds of birds, and tsught her that there is a forgotten language for everything.

On the long ride (horses) Ani's lady in waiting, Selia, grouped most of the Kildenrian guards, and persuaded them to join her cult, and since Selia and Ani look a lot alike Selia wanted to take her place and marry the prince instead. There is a big fight and Ani runs away,. She hides as a Forest Girl, and finds a job with the workers, as a Goose Girl. She and the workers become very good friends. Which was lucky, because she needed friends when it was time to tell her big secret.

There is SO much more to this book, but I didn't want to give too much away. I know this sounds like a girly book, but you'd be surprised. It is the first book of a series of four.

Ani learns the language of the wind, and the rest of the books are about other people (whom you learn about in the books before) who also learn the languages.

These books would be a favorite to many, and I recommend it to everyone.

9:18 A.M

Maya's Review on Book Ten of the Pendragon Series

In book ten, the last book of the series, Bobby and all of the travelers come together for the final battle with Saint Dane, on the last territory, third earth. More secrets about who the travels really are are revealed, and Bobby fights through it all, ending the series in one last battle between him and Saint Dane, just as everyone said it would. Can Bobby save the world?

I liked this book a lot, but it wasn't my favorite, because to many things were happening to fast to really sink in. I did like the conclusion though, because the author managed to leave you with questions, but also resolve all of the conflicts. Loved the series, can't wait to find some new books!

Ramona the Pest

Ramona the pest is about a 5 year old girl who is getting ready to start kinigarden. At kinagarden she learns how to read right and also chasses a boy named Davy who she wants to kiss. Ramona liked alot of things about kinagarden but most of all she loved her teacher, mrs.binney, because she understands her. Towards the end of the book ramona's tooth falls out and she gets so excided that she runs around pulling a girl named susan's curls. which gets her in alot of trouble and she had to sit outside on the bench. when she got home she told her mother that mrs.binney hated her and she couldent go back intil mrs.binney forgot about her. So she dosent go back for the rest of the week. Then at the end a boy named henrey in her class gave ramona a note from mrs.binney that said she missed her and she hoped she would come back soon.

THE JANITORS BOYS:chapter#13-chapter#14 TINO

Jack dosent really think he is like his dad. But in chapter thirteen there wasn't anything to talk about.

Jack dad was telling Jack about what Jack's dad did when he was Jack's age and a teenager.Jacks dad, John Rankin called his dad a loud-mouthed junk dealer because his job was boring. So John joined the army instead.

harry Potter blog # 7 Jamie

Harry is in the quiditch world cup. ( which is where the best quiditch players play) Slitheryn (the team Harry and their team is against) has a new seeker. Harry's team has to catch the snitch when the apposing team is 50 points ahead. At the end of the game Harry's team wins the world cup!

The Penderwicks, Elya

The Penderwicks is a book about a very interesting summer. Every summer until that one, the Penderwicks had gone to some special sight. This summer, that place was booked, so the Penderwicks found somewhere else to stay.

The four sisters, (Rosalind, (oldest, 12 years old) Skye, (11 years, a tomboy, who teaches herself Algebra for FUN.. A genius), Jane, (10 years old, and an inspired writer, who has a series called Sabrina Starr.), and lastly, Batty, (Elizabeth after their mother who had died of cancer before Batty got to know her. A little adorable thing, who is in love with the family's dog, Hound.) meet this young boy, Jeffery, and the fun starts there.

I dont want to give too much away, so I'll just close this up by saying, Jeffery's mom, Mrs. Tifton, an annoying snobby brat, who wants everything in her life to be perfect, but since it isn't, she makes it her duty to make it perfect. Yelling at Cagney the gardener to make things beautiful and more professional looking than everything already is, having no dogs around, (until she finds out about Hound) and on and on...

I recommend this book to anyone, because it would work for everyone. I will look into more books by this author myself.

7:54 P.M

This book would be good for everyone, so, I reccomend it to everyone..

Joe's review on The Nobody

The Nobody has a shocking ending. Towards the end of the book, he is forced to continue his work of trying to find a cure for his sickness. But, he faced with a number of problems. His only friend, Becky, goes over to John's house every night, and begins to make the town suspicious. As large mouth grows more suspicious, they seek out for John. John is forced to hide from the town and go to Becky's house for cover. But he is followed, so he runs down to the river where he plans to take a boat to somewhere else where he will be hidden. Becky starts screaming for John not to leave. John ignores her and begins to paddles away. But before he sets sail, hes shot down by the head sheriff. Which concludes the story.

Dark Life by Kat Falls

Dark Life starts with the entire east coast dispearing underwater. The main character, Ty, meets a girl named Gemma who lived clinging to the last bits of land in one of the big "Topside" cities. She's looking for her brother, who apparently moved underwater. Gemma's a orphan. and she wants to find her brother so he can sign her release form. Meanwhile, a band of outlaws terrorize the underwater community, looting and pillaging all of the homesteads. I really enjoyed this book, even though it was a bit stupid at times. The idea of living on the ocean floor is really cool to me. I was especially excited about the fact that Ty has a little sister named Zoe who goes around catching bizzare creatures (something I would totally do). I would reccomend this book to anyone. I'm really excited to get the second book, too.

Here's the book trailer.

Surya's Review of the Son of Neptune

The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan is about three roman demigods named Percy, Hazel, and Frank. Just as Percy gets to Camp Jupiter he, Frank, and Hazel are sent on a quest by Mars the roman god of war. The camp gives them a boat and nothing else. They stop on the banks of Mendocino Hazel gets kidnapped by grain spirits. Percy gets a fever, flash back, coma thingy from seeing a horde of monsters go by. Frank has a long talk with an all powerful mini mart goddess and it is only their first day. Now their headed to Oregon to meet an ancient future seeing blind man who kills colorful chickens for a living.

nasya's review of The Spoon in the Bathroom Door part 1

this book is about a girl named Martha who is the daughter of the school janitor. which causes her to get picked on by a school school bully, Rufus Turk. Rufus is also one of the reasons that everyone calls her mar-thur , even the principal Dr. klunk. Dr. kunk is an evil Principal ( and he's not a real Doctor ) he told Rufus to steal kids lunch money for him and in return Rufus and he's friends got to do whatever they wanted. beside's all the bad things at Martha's school there is one teacher, Ferlin, who i think has magic powers because in one class she made pumpkins and potatoes float in the air to show how planets moved around the sun . She also has dancing eggs in her bag.

the demon king jonas

The book the demon king is a book that is set in medieval times but there is wizards and magic. It is written by Cinda Williams Chima. The genre of book is fantasy. It has two main characters princess who is named Raisa ana Mariana and heir to the "Queendom" the Fells. The other main character is named Han "cuffs" Allister and is former "streetlord" of a gang called the Raggers. Iwould recommend this book to ages 12 and up. This is a really good book and if you like fantasy books you should read it.

Artimis fowl the eternity code # 2

Right now Artimis, Holly Short (a fairy), Mulch Diggums (a dwarf) and Juliet (artimis's bodyguard are trying to break into spiros secret hideout. The hideout is very high teck with a bunch of futureistic security systems like finger scanners and stuff like that

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So Anyway

So, I finished the book. I don't think it counts, though, since I only read the end, on account of having read most of the book over the summer. In the end, they pin Dusty Muleman, and the Coral Queen goes out of business. Then, they go home, and everyone shares their story. There is also a great surprise in the end, but I'm not telling!

crater

In this chapter, Carter and his little cousin go with their dad into the British museum to find the Roseta stone and the doctor and the guards of the stone. But when he goes into the museum he

finds that a thing called the cleopatra's needle might of of killed their mother in the tomb where his mom and dad where working . There dad sayed that when they where in the tomb they saw a big blast of light that flung him and his wife back against the wall. But when they got up he sees his wife be taken away by a a man that was wearing a robe like suit, and women that was wearing a thing of cloth now they are blown up in the museum while in a flash back and then Sadie his little sistter find their dad fighting with a boomarang with a blue thing.

by jake grubb

Whatever happened to Janie?

This book was really good, and i would recommend it to anyone who likes drama and mystery.

At the end of the book, Janie finds out that her "fake" parents didn't really kidnap her, but their granddaughter, Hannah, kidnapped her to get some excitement in their lives.

Then, Janie decides to go and live with her "fake parents because she feel that they need her more.

Then, when she leaves, Jodie, and Stephen, her real siblings, go out looking for hannah, to get revenge. But, a policeman stops them, and they decide that it's no use to do that, and they go home.

House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer, Raz

I'm reading House of the Scorpion, by Nancy Farmer - an extremely interesting book. It's the tale of Matteo Alacran, a clone of drug lord El Patron, who is the ruler of Opium, a country that has replaced Mexico.
Matt grows up in a shack in a vast land of opium farms, and is completely cut off from the outside world. The only other person he knows is Celia, his caretaker who loves him. One day when three kids walk by his window, he gets their attention and breaks out of the house. He comes to the Alacran estate, a completely different world. He is launched into adventures, at first imprisoned, and then being freed, finding secret passageways (not saying any more), and many exciting things happen.
I am at the part where El Patron is poisoned by Celia and dies, and Tam Lin (Matt's teacher and friend) helps Matt escape the Alacran empire and flees to Aztlan. I am reading more right after this post!

Maya's Review on Watership Down

The book Watership Down is about a group of wild rabbits who leave their warren, and must make a long journey to find a new one. On the way, they encounter many dangers, and sometimes come close to panic. Can this group of rabbits reach their new home?

This is one of my favorite books of all time, and this was my second time reading it. It has suspense, adventure, and a perfect mix of reality and fiction. My favorite chapter is when the rabbits meat an injured seagull, Kehaar, and help him to get better. In return, Kehaar stays with them for some time, and helps them on many occasions. I also like this book because some chapters are stories being told by one of the rabbits to the rest. Its sort of a story within a story and makes the book more interesting, because you get a chance to read what the rabbits believe, and it makes you believe them more as characters. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes animal stories.

Absolutely Normal Chaos, Elyushka

This book is a journal that a girl named Mary Lou keeps for a school project over the summer. She is supposed to do it so her new teacher will read it and know more about her.

At first, her life seems like it is off to a normal start, but then her cousin Carl Ray who she has never met comes and lives with them for a while, and the summer turns around.

Also, her best friend, Beth Ann, totally turns away from Mary Lou for a while, so she can be with her new boyfriend. Her life turns even MORE, when her all time crush starts wanting to see her.

A whole chaotic summer begins, and she suddenly thinks, "Wait, my teacher is going to read this?" and makes up her mind to change that.

I recommend this book to anyone who likes exciting mystery like puzzles, and to anyone who doesn't mind some love mush in between discoveries...

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonegut

(also known as The Children's Crusade, but less widely)


I started reading Slaughterhouse-Five yesterday. The book started out as the narrator, a veteran, tried to collect his memories and thoughts about World War Two. Then, in the second chapter, everything changes. The narrator begins to focus no longer on himself, but a man named Bobby. Bobby has had many tragedies fall upon him, and claims that he can travel through time. I've gotten to the point where Bobby claims to his daughter that he was displayed in a zoo on Tralfmidore, a far away planet.

I've enjoyed the humor in this book, but at times it can be really confusing. How Bobby is at all related to the first chapter is somewhat mind-boggling, but I think it will be explained in the end. I would recommend this to anyone my age or older, as it has a little bit of suggestive comedy which would not be understood by people of a younger age.

Isenhour The Genie's review of The Lone Survivor chapter 1 pages 9-41

The Lone Survivor's first chapter is mostly about marcus Luttrell who is the Navi Seal Team Leader. He describes his platoon. There is Mikey, Daniel, Matthew, and Shane. Marcus says that they are all great guys and are very good in battle. I have just started this book and it seems very good. All I've heard is good thing about it. The book is about Him and his platoon going into enemy territory and Him being the only that comes out.

The Janitors Boy#11-13 TiNo

Jack thought that just because he was a janitor he can do whatever he wants to do. Like mess with the principal's computer and just mess around in school. Jack for punishment had to pull the gum of the library table. Each table had 6 to 7 pieces of gum stuck to the bottom and it was 14 tables. After Jack was done he had half a gallon of gum in a bag.

Isenhour The Genie's review of the Warriors series

The warriors series is about wild cats that live in the wild. The cats live in clans the clans fight for food and territory. All of the clans have leaders. There is the Thunder clan who's leader is Firestar. There is the Shadow clan who's leader is Blackstar. There is the Wind clan who's leader is Onestar. There is the River clan who's leader is Leopardstar. The clans all have different groups of warriors, leaders, deputy, Medicin cats, Apprentices, Queens, and Elders. The books are very entertaining. There are big epic battles with lots of action and other stuff. I thought the series was amazing there are tons of books and you never get tired of reading them. I espesially like the books because of the action and when they go out to get food for the kittens. The cats hunt mice birds and squirrels I recommend this book to all ages boys and girls.

Harry Potter and the half blood princen Emma

I only started this book tonight but so far Harry has spent the beginning of the summer with the Durslys and then went to the burrow (where Ron and the Wealy's leave). During the simmer they went o Diagon ally to get school supplies, new dress robes and books. They had to have a lot of security because Voldemort has returned to power. When they were in Diagon ally they saw Draco Malfoy in Madam Malkins robe shop and he wouldn't let her touch his left arm (the arm that would have the dark mark on it) then they saw his go to Knocktuen ally (which is an evil ally) he went into to Borgin's store and was acting funny saying that he had to fix something and keep them both safe.

So far I really like the book, I have read all of them up to the 6th book and they are a rally good series. I like the way that J.K Rolling has so much description and characterization with out making the book move really slowly and long. All the 6 books that I have read there have only been 1-2 chapters that were ok because they were on a topic that wasn't that interesting but you needed to know the facts because they came in usefully over the next book in the series.

Jordana's first review of "The Devil's Arithmetic"

The "Devil Arithmetic" is a fictional Holocaust novel written by Jane Yolen. It is about Hannah, a twelve year old jewish girl who is unsatisfied with her religion. She would much rather celebrate ester than passover, and does not understand her Holocaust surviving relatives. At her families cedar, when Hannah opens the door for Elisha the profet, she is time traveled to a jewish home in 1942. There she meets Gilt and Shmuel, brother and sister who know her as Chaya, and believe her to be there ill orphaned niece, who moved in with them from a far away town. Hanna who is in shock goes a long with it, sure that she would wake up. The next day Shmuel is getting married, so Hannah and her new family walk through the wood to the wetting at the town synagogue. As she walks she meets girls her own age and tell them about twenty first century New York, where she live as Hannah. As she talks to her new friend, Hannah realizes that she is lossing herself in Chaya. When they get to the synagogue there are big black cars waiting for them and Hannah realizes that they are Nazis, and that she is going to be taken away.

My mother read this book to me when I was in second grade, so I had the idea to re-read it to get a different perspective on it. I was saddened to find that it was not as I remembered, it is a relatively easy read, and the begging is down right annoying. Push through the begging though and it gets a lot better. I you have never read a Holocaust book before this would be a great book to star with. I am yet to get to the gory parts of the novel so wish me luck.

Jahliyah: The Help

I recently finished the chapters talking about Minnie Jackson. So heres what happened she was cooking in the kitchen and her boss's husband came home. But the husband didn't know his wife hierd a maid and she had been hiding it from him. So he was walking up the drive way and Minnie noticed his clothes because she irons them everyday. So Minnie ran and shouted to he boss Ms. Cecila that he was here. Then Minnie ran and heed in the guest bathroom. She was very scared and when I was reading this I was actully scared for her. Also I was surprised that she wasn't caught. So know I am starting the chapter about Skeeter and I am really intrested to learn bout her because in the movie there really wasn't alot of details but I did learn some things about her.

"whatever happened to Janie?"

The book that I just started seems to be very good so far. It is about a girl named Janie who sees her face on a milk carton, saying that she is missing. She tells a lawyer about it, and soon finds out that she was kidnapped from her real family when she was walking in a shopping mall with them. She then begins a long drive to New Jersey, where she meets her "new" family. Janie also finds, that her real, full name is: Jenny Spring... before it was Janie Johnson. She now, has three brothers, and a sister, when before... she didn't have any siblings at all!

Magic Tree House Tonight on Titanic

This is a good history book its sad and heart breaking story about the titanic.You can learn how people found half of the titanic and how they helped build it and what it looked like.I think all of you should read this book because I think is fun to learn history

Joe's Review on The Nobody

I have started a new book called The Nobody. The Nobody is about a scientist named John that moves in to the small town of Large Mouth. John has a very mysterious appearance, he wears bandages head to toe, wears gloves and goggles. As he starts to get settled in Large Mouth, he meets a young women. She becomes John's one and only friend. As the story starts to unravel, it gets even more mysterious. John begins to see the one lady everywhere he looks. Anytime she appears, she mumbles "John, help me." I really enjoy this book because it has a lot of suspense and mystery. I like how the author made the protagonist so creepy and how John interacts with the town. I have many questions that I wish to soon answer.

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Little Women, Louisa May Alcott.

Little Women is a very long book about a great and happy family. It tells about each of the four girl's lives. It tells about a time period that is less known to us, and explains all the hardships and triles that the family goes through. This family hnnnnjg (sorry, that was my cat Freddie walking on the keyboard.) is very religious, and it talks a lot about the differences that come along with being religious.

This book is really about Louisa growing up, and she writes a character modeled by herself.

The names aren't quite the same, but I want you to think of the girls as who the book tells them as, not who they really were.

I recommend this book to anyone who sticks to books, even if they happen to be long..

Elyushka

ARTIMIS FOWL THE ETERNITY CODE

I just finished the second book (Artimis fowl the arctic incident) and now I am on the third book Artimis fowl the eternety code. It is about a kid named Artimis fowl a 13 year old kid who is incredibly smart. In this story he attempts to sell a very expensive item called the c cube to a man named Jhon spiro. Jhon spiro meets artimus at a resturant then ambushes them badly wounding Artimis's butler, Butler.

the red pyrimed

the red pyremed is about a boy named carter who is 12 who has dad that is a arcyaljust that has blown up the english muzeum and it was the day before chritmas. but he also wants arter to be happy and have frindes but all he wants to do is and never want to see his sister sally but he and his dad travel around the world so he lives in a suitcase

the ruby in the smoke

I finished the book, yay!!!!

At the end of the book Sally decides to meet Mrs. Holland at a lake to talk things out... but at the end of their talk, Mrs. Holland goes mad and jumps into the lake! Then, a man comes and kidnaps Sally. When the kidnaper tries to kill Sally, she shoots him with the gun that trembler gave her. After she kills him, she gets really scared and runs away. Rosa follows her, and brings her home. Then Sally drives back to where the man took her, and finds a note that her father wrote her before he died.

This book was really bad, and I am NOT going to read another book by Philipe pullman.

P.S

The man who kidnaped her was the guy who killed her father.

Harry Potter blog # 6 Jamie

Harry has just gone to hogsmead (which is where all the whiches and wizards get their sweets) with Ron but when he gets back snape (the potions teaher) finds out what Harry's done. In order to get to Hogsmead harry had to use a map that told him where certain paceges were. This map was called the mauraders map. Unfortanatly he does get it taken away but not by Snape by the ( Defence against the dark arts theacher Lupin)

review of ' The Cronicles of Narnia the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe'

Now in the book Aslan saved all the animals the witch turned into stone, by breathing on them. then they headed back to the camp to have a war. after they won the war and the witch was dead they went to the stone table to become kings and queens of Narnia ( the four kids). years went by and they were all grown up and they took a ride thought the forest. while ridding they found a light post that looked familiar to them so they walked towards it and they saw that behind it there was a exit. so they went thought it and they came out a wardrobe when the came out they were younger and no longer kings and queens. i thought that this book was great and i would love to read it again.

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Flush

I am reading flush at the moment, but I might start blogging about something else because, I have already read most of it and I have been skipping around a lot. The idea of the book is that there is this boy named Noah, who's dad is in jail because he sunk a casino boat called the coral queen. The owner of the casino boat was named Dusty Muleman who was really pissed off and sued Noah's dad, who, by the way, is named Paine underwood. The suing is not the main story it is just a minor detail. Any way, the reason Paine sunk the coral queen, was because Dusty Muleman was dumping human waist into the ocean, when, leagaly he should be putting it in the holding tank. Unfortunately, Paine can't get any solid proof that it is Dusty Muleman, so that's why he got arrested. Oh, yeah, Noah has a younger sister named Abbey, who is a great actor.

AnnMaries Sarahs Keys Review 5

Ive finally finshed the book "Sarahs Keys". It was a very good book and i really enjoyed it. In the end of the Julia devorces her husband and moves to NYC and has a baby. She has been wondering about William Reinsford and googling him alot. He lives in NYC too. Zoe (her eldest daughter) tells Julia the William is probabley doing the same thing. One day she gets a call from William asking if they can meet up at a cafe. She does, and brings her baby. They meet and talk a little while. They talk about Sarah. Then William asks what her babys name is. Julia says her name is Sarah, after Williams mother. They sit there is silence.

And the book ends there.
I really recommend this book too someone who enjoys history as much as i do.

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Maya's Review on the Lost Hero

The lost hero is a continuation of the Persey Jackson series, but from different character's perspectives. Jason, Piper, and Leo, are about to embark on a very dangerous quest. Jason has no memory of his life before waking up on a bus, holding Piper's hand. Piper and Leo remember Jason as their best friend, but it was just a trick. Jason's memory had been stolen by Hera, and he, Leo, and Piper must go on a long, dangerous quest, to free Hera from her prison, and get Jason's memory back.

I liked this book a lot because it was very fast paced and I love the theme of Greek Mythology. The writing is fantastic, and somehow manages to answer a question, while creating two more. I would highly recommend this book, and the persey jackson series.

son of neptune jonas

the book the son of neptune is the second book in a series. the series is called the heroes of olympus. this series is about a boy named percy jackson he is the son of posiedon and he can make water move and such. this series is by rick riordan. in this book percy loses all his memorys and finds himself at a camp for people who are the children of roman gods. i think this book is really good and i would recomend it to aes 10 to 15.

The Ruby In the Smoke

Now, Sally decides to try opium, (a drug), and see if she can remeber anything about her father. While she's doing this, Mrs.Holland tries to kidnap her, but kidnaps a little girl named Adelaid instead. Frederick and Trembler try to rescue the little girl, but Frederick get's caught.
Then, Mrs.Holland's little minion, Mr.Berry, tries to punch him.
I have 2 more chapters of this BAD book, and I am really exited to finish it!!!

Isenhour The Genie's book review of The Zombie Survival Guide

The zombie survival guide is a book that tells you what a zombie is, how to kill a zombie, how zombies are created, their weaknesses, their strength’s, their desires, and why are they hostile to humanity. The Zombie Survival Guide is not about how to become a professional zombie hunter. It is not for the police or the military. It is for a regular person that wants to learn how to survive if zombies try to take over the earth. It tells you were to hide and what to save and what weapons you should have and were to get food.

I recommend this for 12 years old and up. At some parts it gets kind of disturbing and scary. Overall it is a very good book.

the ruby in the smoke

Now, Sally decides to get a gun to protect herself. She goes to her friend Trembler, (that's a name), and makes him buy her a gun. When he gives her the gun, she complains that it doesn't work right, and I think that is really selfish. She then tries it out on Frederick's, (the photographer's), barn door... but she has really bad aim, and it goes into the ground. Then Frederick comes out and flirts with her. Then, Sally pretends to be really week and pathetic, and I found that really stupid.
I have two more chapters till I finish this poopy book.
Just so you know, the book isn't getting ANY better...:(

Maya's Review on Book Nine of the Pendragon Series

In book nine, every world is in chaos. Bobby, Mark, Courtney, and many others have to work quickly to save Halla from destruction. The final battle brings everyone to second earth. Bobby must end it once and for all, right where it all started. But at what cost?

This book was the longest in the series so far, and the most fast paced. All the characters came together and things happened very fast. The author found a way to end the book with tons of suspense, sadness, and excitement, for both the readers and the characters. Book ten is the last book in the series. Can't wait!

The Janitors Boy#9&10

Chapter#9: Jack's dad, John Rankin did a lot of things when he was in high school. He caught many touchdowns in his college days. Jack's dad joined the vietnam war in high school to save the U.S.A.. Jack's mom during her young ages lived poor. Jack's dad lived happy and with money on the nice side of town. When I was reading this book I was laughing at the kid who was making fun of Jack's dad because that kid thinks that all Jack's dad did his whole life was clean things but it wasn't Jack's dad played sports.

Chapter#10:

It's about time Jack gave his vice principal the note at Jack sticking gum under the table. Jack has a best friend named, Pete Ramsey. Since Jack and Pete lockers are next to each other, Jack can tell what gum Pete was chewing.

Joe's World War Z review 3

In World War Z, it's talking about how they tried to survived the zombies when they first appeared. When people first noticed them appearing, people tried to stop them with whatever weapons they had. As the zombie population grew stronger, they called in the military. A month passed and even more zombies appeared. Most of the military got over run, which then scientists pitched in to try to come up with a cure.

Braden's post of The Great Escape Tunnel To Freedom by Mike Meserole

The Great Escape Tunnel To Freedom by Mike Meserole is about WWII. So far in the book it just describes how the concentration camps were for the British air force. The whole thing was surrounded by machine guns and if you tried to escape you would be shot but if you were to escape and make it back to London it was called "The Grand Slam."

Next Chapter on The Help

The last chapter i read in my book The Help Minnie Jackson has started giving her boss,Cecila Foote cooking lessons. Also she has started cleaning the big house. But it's weird because Minnie's new boss has a actual bear in the house but its stuffed. Im still into the book so far and i will soon be on the next chapter.
I would hope to hear more about Abileen in the next chapter because she is really like the main character.

artemis fowl the arctic insodent

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chap 12-epologue

Wahoo! I finished the book! It was some ending. Artemis went back to Russia, where his father was being held captive unconsious by a group of evil, greedy-for-money group of Russians called the Mafia. He tricked their leader by fake-shooting his dad and making it look like his dad was bleeding to death while actually it was his own blood. Meanwhile, he had filled a suitcase with 5,000,000 dollars of fake cash, put it in the snow, and put a flare by it to mark where it was. while the Russians ran to get the money, Holly, Artemis' travel companion who is also a fairy, went and got Artemis' unconsious father who had fallen into radioactive water. At the end of the book, Artemis' dad is in the hospital and Artemis is sure that he will have to be very careful with his schemes now that there will be two parents at home.

hollly meets the boy

artimas calls all of the butlers that work in the mansion witch includes butler and his little sister goes to some where in africa to find a source of magic in a tree but it is a specific type of tree that brings back holly's powers she has to go through a ceremony witch includes taking a seed from a old ancient tree next to a river bed and plant the seed and then she will get her powers back but she eventually she runs into artimas and she get shot with a blow dart falls down as if she was high

Maya's Review on Book Eight of the Pendragon Series

In book eight, Bobby travels to Ibara, and finds trouble in the village of Rayne. The leaders of the village are keeping vital information about the outside world from the villagers. Bobby quickly solves this disturbing mystery, and has to make some tough decisions. Meanwhile, Mark, one of Bobby's two best friends, had disappeared to another territory. Courtney, Bobby's other best friend, has to go on a mission to find him. Finding mark could be a key part in beating Saint Dane.

This book was my favorite so far because every chapter revealed more information, while still managing to create more questions. I also liked that what was happening at home was as if not more important than what Bobby was doing. Not a single dull moment in this book!

The ruby in the smoke

Now, Sally decides to start working with the photographer guy, and she gets some money. Then she and Frederick (the photographer) go out and rescue a man from the clutches of the evil old woman. After they free him, he tells Sally that her father was killed by a man named Ang Li. Sally is surprised because she thought that her father's boat sank, and that's why he was killed. ( The man who they rescued was there during Sally's father's death).

During this chapter I felt really bored because the person who wrote the book was not getting me interested in her father's death. I have read many mysteries that are MUCH better than this book.
Sadly... this is the worst book that I have ever read.

Remembering Anne- AnnMarie Aves

I decided to take a break from Sarahs keys and read two short books; also about the holocaust. This one was about Anne Franks best friend Hannah Goslar. Hannah and Anne had been friends since they were five. When Anne disappeared, Hannah was devistated. This book tells the story about Hannah and her family. Hannah stays at Camps and Ghettos and still lives to tell the story today. All her family (mother, father, unborn baby, grandmother, and grandfather) died from the holocaust except for Hannah and her little sister Gabi. This was a very easy read, but also moving. I would also sugest this book to anyone who is interested in History

Night- AnnMarie Aves

This a short, but amazing book by Elie Wiesel. It is about how he survived the Holocaust. How he lost all his family in the process, and still lives to tell the story. Its sets place in Hungry at first, the travels to POland and Germany. It is a very good book and i would sugest it to any one who is interested in history

The Mother Daughter Book Club Elya

The Mother Daughter Book Club (MDBC), is a great book. It is best to read AFTER the book Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott. It talks about four very different girls who come together once a month, and have a Book Club meeting. The four mothers came up with this idea after yoga class, and thought that it would be a lot of fun.

Emma Hawthorne, the poet, Megan Wong, the designer, Jess Delaney, the farm girl, and Cassidy Ann Sloan, the sporty hockey jock see each other in totally new ways.

"Even if Megan would rather be at the mall, Cassidy is late for hockey practice, Emma's already read every book in existence, and Jess is missing her mom too much to care", the book club meets once a month at each family's house.

This book is by: Heather Vogel Friedrich.