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Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Holiday Reading - Book Reviews
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Hey! I am hopping to finish my book Battle of The Red Hot Pepper Wenies tommarow so I can start the new one for the break. I will do some more stickers tommarow and I can't wait for the afternoon party. I am bringing in some books to donate to our library!!!
Bye!!! Justin
Sam--Hot Hand by Mike Lupica
Hot hand is the story of a 10 year old boy named Billy who has devoted his life to basketball. There are multiple problems in the book, his parents getting divorced, his piano prodigy brother skipping lessons, and bullies. One reason why it is so hard for him that his parents are divorcing is that his dad is his coach, and he is always in a bad mood. From yelling on the court, to yelling about relationships, Billy's dad is not a happy camper. His one year younger brother Ben has the potential to be one of the best pianists ever. After faking walking there and pretending to be sick, Billy realizes something is up. Towards the end of the book, Billy makes a championship defying decision, going to Ben's piano recital and missing his first 3 quarters of basketball. After Billy makes it for the 4th quarter, he makes the game-winning assist, for his fist ever championship.
On a 1-5 scale, I would rate this book 4 stars. It was definitely not one of his books like travel team, but it still did have a great plot.
Other books similar to this I have read are Summer Ball, Travel Team, both of which by Mike Lupica. All three of these books have a character devoting their lives to play basketball, bullies, and most of all, friends who are always there.
The book I finished was When You Reach Me, by Rebecca Stead. I liked this book, and I would give it 4 stars. It was really interesting because it toyed with your brain and the way you think. The book dealt with time travel, Einstein's theory of Relativity, and the true nature of common sense. It got to be really confusing and you had to think really hard for it to make remotely any sense, but that was sort of the point. This book was a blend of Science Fiction and Mystery, so people who enjoy those genres might like it. Also, if you are interested in Einstein or time travel, this might be good for you.
Other Books Like this:
A Wrinkle In time ( Madeline L'Engle, also features prominently in When You Reach Me)
FOUND (Margaret Peterson Haddix)
And also, purely because of the New York City Setting, A School Story (Andrew Clements)
Hi,
My book was PEAK by ROLAND SMITH. I would give the book a 4-5.
I liked the book because more realistic in terms of actually climbing Everest. Take the book EVEREST for example. The kids in the story even though they did 3 months of training on sea level, when they climbed Everest they did no acclimatization. They should have gotten HAPE early on. So it wasn't some cheesy book, where a kid with barley any acclimatization climbs all the way to the top in 3 days. That's another example, the time it took Peak to almost reach the summit was very realistic.
-Xavier
Kyle
Book: The Jordan Rules
The book I just finished was The Jordan Rules, by Sam Smith. The book was about the NBA (national basketball association) team, the Chicago Bulls in the 1990-1991 season. It is a story of how Micheal Jordan got his first championship. Some of the parts in the book made me feel like I was acutally in the book (espically the game scenes). I would give this book 3 and half stars, because some of the parts got very boring and, almost repetitave. The posiive note was is that I like basketball so I was very interested. The book was almost was, completely centered around Jordan, rather than other players. I think the genra was sports/non-fiction. Non-fiction because it was about real-life experiences for Jordan and the Bulls, and sports because the whole book was about basketball. If you don't really know sports (espically basketball) this book would not be good for you, becuase there is a lot of basketball words, quotes and, strategy jammed in this book. Lastly if you love sports and basketball and are up for reading a more challenging book, look no further The Jordan Rules is the book for you.
Other books by Sam Smith
Second Coming: The Strange Odyssey of Micheal Jordan from Courtside to Home Plate and Back Again (Second Coming)
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