Book Reviews

The students wrote book reviews for our writing class.  The first paragraph is a summary of their book.  In the second paragraph they were suppose to review the book and in the last paragraph they were recommending the book for someone else to read.  They also included an illustration of their favorite scene or redrew the cover of the book.

      The Last Olympian written by Rick Riorden Percy tried to destroy Kronos by blowing up the Princess Andromeda but he didn’t and Kronos is going to Mt. Olympus to destroy is. Every time he fights he has to rest along time because he bathed in the river Styx so his power drains faster than normal. While he is fighting Kronos he sent Silena to go convince Clarisse to help fight, and while she was gone Kronos sent a drakon which can only be killed by a child of Ares. Clarisse came when her armor was missing and all her siblings had left to follow Silena. The drakon spit poison in Silena’s face that burned through the armor and killed Silena who gave them a charm to Kronos’s scythe. Chiron had an arrow pointed at Kronos but a dracaena queen lunged so he shot it with a bow.

            I like this book because it has Greek Gods, centaurs, titans and other Greek stuff. It has action like sword fighting Cyclops fighting, hyperborean giants. There is chariots, drakons , and Pegasus. There is even a minotaur, Greek fire, automatons and the Empire state building. I didn’t like that Beckendorf died. I could relate to Tyson because I like peanut butter.

            I would recommend this book to someone who likes action, comedy and Greek mythology. It has sword fighting hyperborean giants that crush stuff. Kronos, slowing time, and drakons spitting poison.

By George Wiecken

The book is called Mouse & the Motorcycle written by: Beverly Cleary. The story takes place in a hotel room 217. A boy named Keith was playing with his toys then they went to sleep. In the night a mouse named Ralph found Keith’s toy motorcycle. But then Ralph rid it in the trash can he was trapped but Keith helped him and that’s when they became friends. But later in the story Keith gets sick but dad& mom had no aspirin pellets so Ralph went to get one. He found one but it was underneath a clock. When Ralph got out from the clock a women came by so he slid under the clock .If you want to know more read it.

I like the book because it has Ralph. Ralph might be the funniest character I have ever read about because a mouse rides a motorcycle and it worked. I also have an interest in Keith he is awesome; because he can talk to a mouse. Now that’s cool.

I think 4^th and 5^th graders would enjoy this book. It has lots of funny characters and good parts. Most people would like it because it has a motorcycle.

 BY: Chris Creamer

            I read the book Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly. Ralph is a mouse that lives in a hotel. A boy named Keith moved in the same hotel that Ralph is living in.  The boy got Ralph a motorcycle. Keith let Ralph ride it. Keith got sick so Ralph helped get an aspirin so he could get better. When the boy left he left the motorcycle for Ralph.

          I like this book because the mouse was cool and rode a motorcycle. I like motorcycles too. They are fun to ride over the terraces. I have two motorcycles. One of them I got from my b-day the other one was given to me from my cousin.

          Some one that likes mice and motorcycles would like this book. If you like action books you will love this book. If you’re interested pick up a copy.

By Brock Curtis

The book that I read was a very good book it’s called kidnapping Kevin Kowalski. The author is a fantastic writer her name is Mary Jane Auch. What happens in the book is Ryan and his friends sneak out of the house to go camp by the stream. While their mom and dad were on a trip. They went to get their neighbors 4-wheeler, while riding the 4-wheeler Kevin fell off and broke his arm. His mother was worried where he was when they got back from the trip.

I like this book because it has a lot of auction in the book and I like it because I like 4-wheelers and I like to go camping. I even like going to a stream.

Some girls wouldn’t like this book because it has a lot of outside stuff and they don’t like getting wet in a stream. So that’s the best book I’ve read and his mother finally found him and she was mad.

By Kolby Rethman

            Jeff Kinney is the author of the book Diary of a Wimpy kids the Ugly truth. Greg has to get the talk with grammie after Uncle Grays fourth wedding. Greg is the backup flower boy in the wedding. His parents keep getting on his case about staying up all night, and playing video games too. They want him to go outside and get active and stop being so lazy. Greg jokes around after Rowley and he watch the muddy hand movie. Also Greg jokes around by going out in the woods at night and comes back acting like he got chased by an animal.

I like this book because it has a lot of action and it is humorous.  Like when Greg really hates to walk through the shower house.  Or when gremmie burps during the wedding and everyone starts to laugh.  They had a lot of action and a little laziness with some of the book.  They get a dog his name is Sweetie and he likes grandma more than anyone else in their family.  So they give Sweetie to grandma and she takes Sweetie everywhere she goes and does everything with her. 

Someone who likes action books, a little bit of laziness, and a whole lot of funny things would like the book because they keep me interested and there is lots of pictures to look at.  The book is a comic book.  Greg is in middle school and has a hard time keeping out of trouble and keeping his parents happy with him.  Greg and Rowley have a hard time being friends and have tons of fights.  Are your minds wondering about this book?  Then check it out at the library. I hope you enjoy!

By: Jessica Buck

The Cockoo Clock of Doom, the author is R.L Stine.  A little boy that was 12years old saw his dad bring a clock into the basement from a furniture store. While they were putting the clock in the basement the little boy noticed some years on the clock that were missing. After they put the clock down the little boy switched the year. They went backwards in time,do you want to see what the ending is? Well you have to read this book to findout what the ending is.

I liked this book because it’s a mystery book and I love mystery books. I love the books but sometimes they are scary. I like to figure out what the mystery is sometimes my eyes get watery from some of those books. I get watery because the books are sometimes sad.

Harlee Borders would like this book because she likes mystery books too. She can dislike them but most of the time she likes them. Sometimes Harlee Borders gets watery eyes also.

By: Emilee Borders

           This book is about a boy named Hugo Cabret.  Hugo goes to live with his Uncle in the train station after his dad died in a fire.  Hugo helps his Uncle fix clocks in the train station. Then one day Hugo’s Uncle disappears and Hugo has to fix all the clocks in the train station by himself. Hugo finds a mechanical man that his dad had been fixing. He decides that he’s going to finish fixing it. He meets a girl and . . . . . .  Well you’ll just have to read the book to know what happens next. 

            I liked the book a lot. I thought it was way better than the movie. I liked the book because Hugo hides in vents, fixes all 27 clocks, steals food and milk to be able to survive, and is really good at fixing things. I can relate to a scene in the book were Hugo watches a movie were a bullet flies into the eye of the moon. I’ve seen that movie also.

            If you like books about fixing things, stealing things, hiding, and train stations than this is your kind of book. In this book you will learn about a boy that fixes all 27 clocks in the train station. Hugo gets caught stealing from an old man’s toy booth and has to work to try to get his note book back that the old man took from him. You should definitely read this book!

By Ty Binkley

The book’s name is The Mystery Dog Show, and the Author is Gertrude Chandler Warner. This book is about a family that is having a dog show in their town. Their grandpa is letting his friend stay at his house for the dog show. His friend’s daughter has her dog in the show. The next day she went to the dog show building. After the family came they walked around with them. Then they started to practice. The next day they went to the dog show. Someone was sabotaging the show. Then he stole the dog. If you want to know what happens next read it. 

I love the book because like dogs and mysteries. I can relate to the story because have been to a dog show before. It was fun! I lost my dog too but we found her.

          I would recommend this book to people who like mysteries, and dogs. So just pick up the book and read it. There is a whole series.

By: Alyssa Keehn

The book that I will write about is called Mouse and the Motorcycle. Beverly Cleary was the author of this book. There is a kid named Keith and a mouse named Ralph. Keith is staying at a hotel for a while with his parents. Soon Keith finds a living mouse running around in the hotel. Keith gave him a toy motorcycle for Ralph to ride. Soon Keith becomes very ill and well you will have to read the book to find out what happens at the end.

            I liked this book a lot because this book has action, some parts where Ralph is in a dead end, and very understands meaning the book is in order and not confusing. I am not able to anyone in this book. The reason is because I do not have a friend of a mouse. I do not get very ill often and do not have a job.

            People who dislike action, friendship, adventure, and some sadness would probably not like Mouse and the Motorcycle.  People who do like all those things would love this book. I think that even 7 year olds would be able to read this book.

By Shelby Williams

Before, Percy and his friends go into war. Percy and his friend Beckendorf tried to blow up the Titan’s ship, but he actually lost Beckendorf. While they were at war, Percy got the River Gods to sink the enemy’s ships. Then he went to go help the Apollo Cabin they were getting beat up pretty bad. Once the war was almost over, the Titan Lord Kronos got into Mount Olympus and started to destroy it. Percy and Kronos started to fight and Percy was successful. If you want to read the whole book it’s called The Last Olympian and it’s by Rick Riordan.

            I like this book because it has action, it’s funny at times, and is also sad at times. It’s such an awesome book that I couldn’t stop reading it. I can relate to because we both get angry pretty easily. We also care about friends & family more than anything.

            Kids that are in 4^th through 6^th would like this book. Kids that like action and magic would like book. I would suggest this book to anybody.

By Curtis Niehues

            Augusta Scattergood the author of Glory Be went a little something like this. A girl named Glory is extremely upset with the council closing the pool. Miss Bloom (her librarian) helped her come up with writing a letter to the editor of the newspaper. Frankie (her friend) came over in the pouring rain to tell her that the pool was open, but she said she had to see it herself. The sign said “opening soon.” Jesslyn (her sister) said that her letter worked it commenced the council to open it again. They soon found out that Frankie put up the fake sign to trick them. Frankie and Glory were mot friends for a while. Find what happens next.

            I love this book because I can relate to Glory. I’m trying to fight for my sister’s respect and kindness she respect that she receives. Just like Glory when she is fighting for her pool. Can you relate to Glory to?

            A person that likes to read about young people fighting for what they love. You should read Glory Be. It is truly amazing.

By: Karley Dieckmann

Here is how The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan starts.  There was a guy named Percy Jackson the son of Neptune. He came to a camp called camp Jupiter. He lost his memory so he doesn’t know anything but his friend Annabeth. While he’s at camp Jupiter he makes friends with a son of Mars named Frank and a daughter of Pluto named Hazel. After that he goes on a quest to find the god of death.

            I liked the book because it has fighting and it has some funny parts. If you want to go to Alaska they’re scenes of Alaska. Do you like Greek and Roman stuff there is Greek and Roman stuff. If you like fighting this has a lot of fighting.

I would recommend everybody to read this book. It’s funny and awesome. It is so good that I would read it 3 times.

By Lane Thomas

            My book is Interference Powder it is written by Jean Hanff Korelitz. Nina Zablins family goes on a vacation to another city. They are living in a house which is a professor’s house. The professor is on a vacation too so they just stayed at his house. Nina hates dogs and the professor didn’t bring his dog with him. He wanted Nina’s family to take care of it when he was gone. 

            This book has lots of details in it, it’s like I can picture it in my mind. It manly has strong verbs and clear words. This book has no pictures, but that’s why it has strong verbs it makes it easier to read it. That’s why I adore this book.

            People who like pictures wouldn’t like this book. It has no pictures in it. People who don’t like pictures will love it.

By Katie Vance

Guardians of Ga’Hoole the Outcast is by Kathryn Lasky. The book is about an owl named Nyroc who is the son of Nyra. He has fled the pure owls and is on a journey to seek his new life. Then Nyroc goes to Silverveil to find Mist. While he is there he changes his name to Coryn which is Nyroc spelled backwards. Later he goes to Beyond the Beyond and becomes best friends with Hamish who is a gnaw wolf of the MacDuncan clan. Coryn then meets Otulissa who was sent by the scroom of her beloved ancestor Strix Struma. Otulissa started helping Coryn become a collier. A collier is someone who catches bonk coals in mid flight. That is all I can tell you iif you want more you better read the book.

        This is a really great book I like it a lot. The book has a lot of action and sometimes it can have lots of excitement. The book is also very adventurous. I would start with the first book though because that would make it even more exciting.

        People who are into action and adventure would love the book. I think anyone in fifth grade or up would love the whole Ga’Hoole series especially this book. I started with the first book and that made the series a lot more exciting.  I hope you will like the series as much as I do.

By Sydney Raborn

 

            The title is Marvin Redpost class President. The author is Louis Sachar. At the beginning Marvin wrote notes for the president. During he was waiting for the president. At the ending he was glad he came. It was never about being class president.
            I like it because it’s funny & a fantastic book.  Marvin is always serious but Nick jokes all the time & Stuart is like both of them.
            Jackson would love this book he would die for it I would recommend this book to anybody. It’s not too short or long. There are some giant words but not a lot.

BY: TANNER REED

         The book that I’m writing this report on that you are reading is The BFG by Roald Dahl. It’s about a girl named Sophia who sees a giant and is captured by him and Sophia doesn’t know what he’s going to do. So after the giant explains that he’s not going to eat her, a problem comes up. If you want to figure that problem out, you should read the book.

          I read this book because I had to, but when I read it I saw how good it was. I liked this book because it had action and I felt like I was in the book. I’ve wished that something or someone would grab me and take me to another world. Sophia’s lucky for that.

          I’d prefer this book to people who like long, adventurous, and action books. If you like fantasy books, you should read this one.

By: Zachary Swazey

  

The book I read was among the hidden by Haddix.  They chop down the woods so they so they can build more houses. Then Luke sees a face in the window and goes to check it out and meets Jen. Jen tells Luke about the rally that’s going to happen in April. Luke doesn’t want to go so he stays home while Jen and the other illegal third children go to the rally. Jen and the other third children are all shot and killed. Luke goes back to Jen’s house and meets her dad Mr. Talbot. Luke has to go away from his family taking on the I.D of a dead kid named Lee Grant.

          I loved this book! I love the characters. I love the part where Jen pins down Luke when they first meet.

          I think someone who likes action and adventure with a little sad twist to it. So yes I would recommend it. You should check it out at your library now. I SAID NOW.

By: Edward Mandala

          My book is about Bridge to Teribithia. My author is Katheran Patterson. Teribithia is about a girl that is named Leslie. She goes to a boy’s school named Jesse. Then they come home they, go to the woods, and make magical kingdom called Teribithia. One day there was a rain storm and Jesse was afraid to cross the river, because it was flooding! So Leslie crossed the river fell, fell in the water, and died!

          I like this book because it has great imagination and wording. It also has so much excitement. What I like the most is the imagination. But that is most is the imagination. But that is my opinion. It also has great illustration.

          People who have great imagination will like this book. It’s for all ages too! If it sounds like a great book to you, you should read it.

By: Jenna McAllister

          The book Hatchet was by Gary Paulsen. It all started with one word: Divorce. Brian Robeson, a 13 year old boy was flying on a bush plane to see his father in Canada. Suddenly the pilot has a heart attack. Brian finds himself lost in the Canadian woods with nothing but a hatchet his mother gave him. He has to face terrifying tornadoes, swarms of killer bugs, and much more. Will he ever get out?

       I absolutely LOVE this book! There’s excitement, danger, and adventure. It’s also easy and has lots of emotion. That’s the recipe for a good book.

          I say anyone could like this book. It doesn’t matter really what age. I think few people would hate it.

By Alyssa Montgomery

I am writing about the BFG by Roald Dahl. The book is about giants, there are nine giants the BFG is the only one that doesn’t eat humans. The BFG has a job his job is to give kids wonderful dreams. One night the BFG is puffing dreams but a little girl named Sophie sees him. After that the BFG kidnaps her he becomes good friends with her. The BFG trust Sophie so he shows her his dream shelves. The BFG and Sophie get tired of the eight other giants eating up humans, so they go to the queen of England and give her a dream about the giants, and the queen takes care of the giants.

            I thought this book was tremendous because it was a fiction book and fiction books are better than nonfiction books. It was an awesome book but it would never happen. The BFG reminds me of my brother because he is nice.

            I would recommend this book to my brother because he has been very interested in giants. My brother thinks giants are cool because they’re huge. Plus giants can be different kinds. That’s why my brother would like this book.

BY: Kolten Brenner

            The book I am doing is Because of Winn – by Kate DiCamillo. The book is about a girl named India Opal. She had a momma but she left her at very young age. So she just had her dad,(preacher ). They moved from Whotley into a trailer park in a small town. When she went to a store called Win – Dixie she had met a dog and didn’t want the poor thing to go to the pound so she kept him. Sorry you have to read the rest to figure out all of the good parts!

            Me, I am picky about my books. I didn’t like this book I LOVED it! I haven’t really related to any part of the book so I have nothing interesting to tell.

            I think girls who like dogs and who like a little comedy will love it. I also have seen the movie a million times also. I hope they make more movies and books like this one!

By Afton Burdick

My book is called Mouse & the Motorcycle.  The author is Beverly Cleary.  The book is about a family that comes to stay at a motel called Mountain View Inn.  A boy from the family that came in the house found a mouse hole.  He went over to it with some food and put it there in the hole. The boy and the mouse started to become friends.  The boy gets a toy motorcycle and lets the mouse ride it.

The people are also nice in the book. I also like motorcycles because their fast and awesome looking. I would recommend this book to my mom because I know how much my mom likes adventure. She also loves motorcycles.  She really thinks mice are quit.

        I like this book because it’s not every day that you see a mouse riding on a motorcycle.  Another reason why I like this book is because it is an amazing.

By Austin Mock

My book is Playoff Dreams written by Fred Bowen. This book is about a boy named Brendan who is in love with Baseball and is the star player of the cubs the team he has played for, for three years but he has never made it to the playoffs, but this year he is determined to make it with support from his friends, his uncle, and parents he just might be able to do it. Do you want to find out, if so read the book.

       I like this book because it ha s a very great story line plus it has a whole lot of twist and turns. You could also relate to how he feels. The descriptive words the book uses makes you want to read it more. And the way you expect it to go it doesn’t it’s pretty much a mystery.

             I would recommend this book to Kolten because he is an athletic baseball fan who likes to read and is usually playing most of the game and plays to win.         

By Jackson Ahlgren

The book I read was the Eagle shadow. The author was Nora martin.  Clarcy was looking out the window. She saw a man who looked like he was caring a jug of water but it was really a gas tank. Next  she saw the church go up in flames there was someone still in the church. By the time the fire was out every one went wondering who did it.

            I like it because it had a lot of action. Some of it was sad though. There was a lot of confusion. It was a good book.

I thought it was a sad book. A person who likes sad books would like this book. I found it sad because the girl in the book lost her mother. I found that sad because I couldn’t grow up without my mom.

By Conlan Bruggeman

I read the book War Horse and the author’s name is Michael M. this story is about comes to buy instead buys a colt. This colt is just a normal little colt. And the man who bought the colt has a son named Albert and he later makes the colt a farm horse. And then Albert names the colt Joey. Then when Joey is working with Zoey (another work horse) the army comes along, and since Alberts’ dad needs money to keep the farm he lends the army Joey. But you’ll have to read the book to find out the rest.

I liked this book because you feel like you’re right there with Joey running, and walking in the war. This is a book of adventure, sadness, and real life. The book made me feel like at the end of the book. I feel like him because I’ve been away from someone too for a while.

 I think people who like adventure, and horses will like this book. I hope you like the book. P.s. read “About the Author” it’s really interesting.

By Sophia Amon

The book I’m doing is Super Fan the author is Jeff Gottesfeld. There was a boy named Shawn who went to Monday night raw they said there was a contest who was the ultimate super fan. Before he sing up his dad was shipped overseas. Then Shawn was a finalist and he won he was ultimate Super Fan. His dad found out and he was very very happy. Oh yea I forgot to tell you this is from the WWE.

            My friend named the J man would love this book because he is into the WWE. He loves the WWE super star Rey Mysterio because he is a high flyer. He loved the when Rey won the WWE championship.

             I recommend this book to someone who loves wrestling and people who like the WWE. If you like fireworks, blood, chair shots to you will love the WWE. Oh yea I forgot to say that if you like Rey Mysterio, Cm punk, you will love this book trust me on that.

By Ty Childs

The Red Pyramid’s author is Rick Riordan. This book is about two kids named Sadie and Cater that don’t know that they have the blood of the powerful gods that lived long ago. Their mom died and they didn’t know how, and Carter’s dad travels around the world with his dad and gets to see Sadie once a year. Their dad wanted to do something nice for them the one day he could be with both of them so he took them to a museum.  Back when Carter and his dad were traveling together his dad was always fighting people. Carter didn’t even know why his dad went around the world. When something bad was going to happen his dad grabbed his work bag that he would never let Carter touch. Anyway at the museum they were looking at the exhibits and Carter’s dad grabbed his bag. Just then a bunch of karate people jumped out of nowhere and fought their dad and then locked him in a coffin that melted into the floor. Now Carter and Sadie have nowhere to go so they went to their uncle Amos’s house. When they were at his house they stayed there for two weeks and then Amos had to leave for something. Just after he left a bunch of half monkey half crocodile things came up to the house and started attacking. Then Sadie’s cat [Muffen] turned into a lady. She could fly so she put them on her back and flew away. She lead them to a place where gods could learn magic When they got there the leader of the place wanted them to take a test the next day and Carter asked what if you fail, the leader replied this is not a test you fail you either past or die. So Sadie wandered around the place all night and found out about everything, all the gods that ever lived AND they found out about this really powerful god named set that was a about to destroy the united states in three days. She told Carter her plans to destroy set with the powers in the power book that she looked in all night. Now it was the next day and they took the test and you will have to read the book to find out.

I liked the book because it was a very interesting book. Every page I read was more entertaining than a whole book. It never left me hanging, nor was it ever boring. So many things happen in the book and it was a very great book. I really liked the book because it was made up and it was a long book.

I think mostly anyone who likes to read would like this book. Except like first through third grade. Or if you like huge books or made up, magical books you would also like this book. I really loved this book and I would encourage anyone to read this great book. I hope you will really like the book if you read it.

By Faith Little

Jack and Annie are exploring all over the world and they were going to figure out a mystery. So they can find the book keeper. But before they get the (m) they run into Native American. Then they ask them were to go and they led them to a cave in the rocks. Jack and Annie go back in the cave and found where to go. On the way out they meet a man and he gave them a jacket.

I like this book because it has cave men in the book. I dislike it because it has some boring word in it. It was really snowy, ice, and cold. A wollymamuth took them back to their tree house.

Kolten would like this book because it has a lot of imagination in it. Kolten would dislike it because it is a little book. This is a good book to read.

By Levi Olberding

This book is about an owl called Soren who gets pushed out of his nest by Kuld his brother.  He gets snatched in minutes by St. Aegolius patrol owls.  He makes a friend called Gyfie on the way to the canyons.  They resisted getting moon blinked that would mess up their brains.  A good patrol owl teaches them to fly but they get discovered when they were going to escape.  You will just have to read the Guardians of Ga’Hoole the Capture.  The author is Kathryn Lasky.

I personally loved this book.  You wouldn’t even think they would get discovered.  There was so much action towards the end.  It was so easy to comprehend.  It’s the first of the series.  That is why I liked it.

I would think 4-6 graders would like it.  Someone who like entertaining stories and people who like owls as well. 

By Rhett Splitter

A Successful Clothing Drive

Thank you for all the donations for the clothing drive, it was a huge success.  The fifth grade won our division and donated the most items out of the whole school.  Way to go!  As a result of our success we were awarded with an ice cream party.