Monday, December 19, 2011
December Break READING Homework!
This is where you give your book review of a book you finished over the break. Let us know the book, author, and genre. Tell us a brief summary (without giving away the ending) and a 1 to 5 star review (5 being the best). You need to also write a few sentences about why you gave it that many stars. This should be 2 paragraphs.
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I just finished the book called 11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass. This is an amazing realistic fiction book about friendship and consequences. The main character, Amanda is repeating her birthday over, and over. She is confused to why this is happening, and dissapointed since everyday is the same bad day. But then she finds out a boy that used to be her best friend and has the same birthday, is repeating these days too. They start getting into trouble since nobody will remember it the day after and enjoy themselves. Until they cannot turn the day into Saturday. They try as hard as they can to figure why the day is repeating and how they can make it stop.
I give this book 5 stars because the realness of it. The fact that Wendy Mass can take a thing that could never happen, and make you feel like it is happening, is amazing. When Amanda was confused, I was confused. When Amanda felt happy, I felt happy. My emotion was mimicking hers!!
The book I read is called I am number four. The book is by Pittacus Lore. The genre is Sci fi/ fantasy. The book is about a race of aliens called the Loric. They come from a planet called Lorien. The planet was destroyed by another race of aliens called Mogardorians. Nine garde (people with super powers), and nine Cepan (garde’s mentors) escape to earth. Mogardorians come to earth to kill the remaining Loric. The remaining Loric are each given a number. 1-9. The Mogardorians have to kill the people in the order 1-9. If they kill 8 when there suppose to kill 3, the effect is reversed onto them. So if they try to chop of his or her head, their own head would be chopped off. The main character is number 4. 1-3 have been killed.
I would give this book 4 out of 5 stars. I would give the book this rating because I felt like they didn’t say enough about Lorien. I felt the author should of given more information about what life was like on Lorien before everybody on the planet got killed. The author only put in snippets of what it was like. I feel the author should of put more.
The book I read over the break is war horse.
Michael Morpurgo wrote war horse.
Historical fiction is the genre.
It was about a horse that a farmboy loved dearly But had to give him up because there wasn't Enough money to take care of him.so he was shippedTo war against the German his team won but without joeys hero topthorn making Joey brave they wouldn't have won against the Germans.
Joey has been through alot of wars with his dear friend but after 2more wars topthorn was dead from trying to get on a top of the hill. With that, Joey stayed close to topthorn
and stayed next to him to keep him warm. The Germans were coming so Joey ran away from to save his life he slips on barb wire and cuts his leg off. Then is sent to ambulance tent.At the end Joey goes back with Albert the farmboy! Give this book a 5 because I love horses and this book had alot of action!
After that he was dragged to leave when he ran away cause the Germans came he got a leg cut off from barb wire.At the end he's with his farm boy again.
I give this book 5stars cause I love horses and I enjoyed reading this great book!
Over the winter break I read Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling. It is a fantasy story that takes place in a wizard school called Hogwarts. Harry Potter who is a very famous wizard
is being staked by Sirius Black. Sirius Black used to be the Potters friend. But when he betrayed them
and gave the dark lord their position of hiding he became a criminal. This caused Harry's parents their death. But young Harry Potter who was only one at the time survived the attack and somehow took down the dark lord. Black was later caught while in the act of murdering 13 people with one spell. He was sent to Azkaban (the toughest jail for wizards). Somehow years later he escaped from Azkaban.
The dementors (jail guards) say they heard Black in his sleep muttering “He's at Hogwarts. He's at Hogwarts.” Will Harry yet again escape one of the most powerful wizards in the world?
I would give this story 5/5 stars. It is so far the best Harry Potter book I have read. I like how it keeps you guessing. I also like how the author gives so many small hints. I would recommend this book to anybody. Before you read it though, you should read the first two.
The book I am reviewing is called "the 39 clues maze of bones". The book is by Rick Riordan. It is about 2 kids grandmother passing away. But in the will reading they find out that their family is one of the most powerful in history. They all have a chance to go on a high steaks scavenger hunt that will make them the most powerful in history. Or they could walk away with a million dollars.
I would give this book a 5 star rating because it is hard for me to be impressed by a book and I was amazed. It also had me on the edge of my seat.
The book I read over the break was called The Wednesday Wars, by Gary D. Schmidt. The genre is historical fiction because the book takes place in 1967. It is during the Vietnam War, and people are being killed, people are missing and people are trying not to be killed. Holling Hoodhood, the main character, isn't having such a great time in seventh grade. His teacher seems to hate him and forces him to read Shakespeare, which brings much embarrassment to him. He is soon going to inherit Hoodhood and Associates, which his dad is crazy about, but Holling is not. His gym teacher forces his class to run miles and miles every day. But time will take its course in an unexpected way, because those things that Holling thinks are bad may turn out otherwise...
I would give this book a 4.5 rating, because there is constant dialogue and suspense in the book. Also, what you think will happen in the book might not be what actually happens.
The book I read was ESCAPE CHILDREN OF THE HOLOCAUST. This book is historical fiction and it's by Allan Zullo. This book had stories about survivors from the holocaust.
There were all types of stories. Some were of people that were in the concentrations / extermination camps. Some were also about people that lost loved ones in the camps. And a couple of stories were about people that that never went to the camps by hiding, changing the way they looked and some even changed their religion by getting baptized. There was even one story where a little girl thought she was Catholic when she was Jewish and called her own religion dirty names.
I would give this book four stars out of five because it made me want to read it more but in the beginning it should of gave me more information about the holocaust. Other than that it was a fantastic book and if you like holocaust books you should read it and if you don't it will make you like holocaust books.
The book I finished over this holiday break was “Al Capone Shines My Shoes.” It is about a boy named Moose who lives on Alcatraz Island in 1935. He thinks that the gangster Al Capone (who is at the prison at the time,) got his sister Natalie into a school. Now Capone wants something from Moose in return. Moose thinks he needs to do what he wants, or Capone will kill him. To pull off this scheme, he needs the help of his friends, too. Moose does the job for him, but there seems something suspicious that is happening on Alcatraz. When Natalie comes to visit, she has a bar spreader in her suitcase. What is going on?!
I give this book a three out of five because in was mysterious but it was also a bit boring at some parts. People who like realistic and historical fiction would like this book.
The book I read over the break is called HIROSHIMA, the genre is historical fiction . HEROSHIMA is written by Laurence Yep. If I had to rate this book from 1 to 5 being the best and one being the worst I would give this book 4. I gave it a 4 because I liked how the author had a lot of interesting facts the I didn’t know that a plane will not bomb when it is cloudy. I thought you would just bomb if it was raining snowing sunny and cloudy .you can only can bomb when you can see where you are bombing.
A brief summary Sasha is a 12 year old girl that lives is Hiroshima. She is walking to school with her sister when a plane is spotted and everybody goes into the bomb shelter. When it is safe to come out the bomb plane didn’t bomb Hiroshima it just passed by. Everybody goes back but the plane come back what will happen to Hiroshima.
The book I read over the break was Eleven by Lauren Miracle and the genre is realistic Fiction. If I have to give a ration to this book. I would give this book a four because it had a lot of Trifecta but the only thing was there where only four chapters that really made me want to read on. so maybe I would of have liked to have a little more enthusiasm.
A brief summary of this book would be that a girl named Winnie is eleven years old is the middle child, she has a younger brother named TY and has an older sister named Sandra and Winnie fights with her older sister a lot she also has a best friend named Amanda and in august she goes with Amanda and her parents and got o her beach house and they go tubing and there is a swarm of jellyfish and they have to get out and Winnie is stuck in the ocean on a tube and is having a little more difficulty getting out the water then Amanda. so that a little summary of what happens and what I think the ration of this book is.
I read The Well over break. It is by Mildred D. Taylor and it is historical fiction. It takes place around 1910. It is about Hammer and David Logan. Hammer and David are black and Hammer doesn’t get along well with the Simmses, a white family. It’s Charlie Simmses that he doesn’t like the most and they always fight until, their battle becomes war.
I give this book a 4. I give it a 4 because it is a well thought out and well written book with action. I also give it a 4 because there is a lot of suspense and multiple climaxes.
Over the break I read the book, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. The genre is fantasy but at some points felt so realistic. The book is about when the hunger games come along and two families from each district have to risk letting their child participate when it may be against both the family's and the child's will. The hunger games are basically a fight to the death where only one kid can actually live. While they aren't favored by the people from the districts, they amuse the people in the capitol. When Katniss's sister, Prim, has her name taken out of the glass ball at the reaping, Katniss volunteers in order to keep her sister alive. Determined to show the capitol she is not a piece of their game, she swears not to die because of them. Driven by both the words of Prim and later on, the words of someone else, she enters the competition with an edge. That edge, you are yet to find out about. Katniss has to learn to trust others even if the rules may be a trick. Katniss has a bit of a temper. That temper can either help her or not. There's only one way for you to find out.... READ THE BOOK!!!!
From a scale of one to five stars on this book, (one being the worst and five being the best) I'd give it five stars. I would give it five because this book was filled with action. The author didn't make the action repeat on and on, she used it to her advantage to engage you in the book. It contains many unexpected twists and turns that kept making me predict the future of the characters in the book. I couldn't stop reading this. I had no trouble figuring out which book I was going to read next, book two in the series, Catching Fire.
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The book I read over break is called I am number four. The book is by Pittacus Lore. The genre is Sci fi/ fantasy. The book is about a race of aliens called the Loric. They come from a planet called Lorien. The planet was destroyed by another race of aliens called Mogardorians. Nine garde (people with super powers), and nine Cepan (garde’s mentors) escape to earth. Mogardorians come to earth to kill the remaining Loric. The remaining Loric are each given a number. 1-9. The Mogardorians have to kill the people in the order 1-9. If they kill 8 when there suppose to kill 3, the effect is reversed onto them. So if they try to chop off eight’s head when their suppose to kill 3 head, their own head would be chopped off. The main character is number 4. 1-3 have been killed.
I would give this book 4 out of 5 stars. I would give the book this rating because I felt like they didn’t say enough about Lorien before it got destroyed. I felt the author should of given more information about what life was like on Lorien before everybody on the planet got killed. The author only put in snippets of what it was like. I feel the author should of put more than just little pieces here and there.
The book I read is called “Malcolm X By Any Means Necessary” by: Walter Dean Myers, this book is Non-Fiction (biography). Malcolm X or for most of his life, Malcolm Little is an African American man that grew up in the 30’s. His father Earl Little was a civil rights activist. Malcolm grew up hearing his father’s speeches. One night Earl Little was killed. That left his mother to take care of his 6 brothers and sisters. Louise Little was declared legally insane and Malcolm and his brothers and sisters were shipped off to foster homes. They were not together. Malcolm moved to various foster homes around the city of Lansing, Michigan. At age 15 Malcolm moved in with his half sister Ella in Boston. During his time in high school one of his teachers asked him what he wanted to be. He said he wanted to be a lawyer, the teacher said that was unrealistic because he was black. Later he moved to New York City and is caught breaking and entering, for this he is sent to jail. While still in jail he converts to “the nation of Islam”. After a few years in prison he is released on parole. He moves to Detroit, Michigan. Later, he hears Elijah Muhammad speak in Illinois and receives his “x” soon after symbolizing his unknown African name because Little is the last name of his ancestor’s slave master. He worked within The Nation Of Islam and became the minister of New York, temple number seven. He goes on to marry Sister Betty X. With her he has 6 children over the course of his life. Malcolm had looked up to Elijah Muhammad but Malcolm started to hear rumors concerning Muhammad. HE attempts to fix the relationship but could sense that it made no real difference. In December of 1963 he publicly comments on the assassination of J.F.K. and Elijah and The Nation Of Islam “silence” him. Later in March of 1964 he officially “split” from The Nation Of Islam. He forms Muslim Mosque, Inc. and later that same month meets Martin Luther King, Jr. who he had heard very much about. It is tradition for a real Muslim to take a trip to Mecca. After he completes this he comes home as El Hajj Malik el Shabazz, with new ideals. Mid 1964 he announced the formation of the secular Organization of Afro-American Unity. Later in February 1965 his house in Queens was bombed. This book doesn’t really have an ending to give away, unless you mean the fact that he was assassinated in late February 1965 while delivering a speech in Harlem’s Audubon Ballroom.
I give my book 3 stars.
I give it 3 stars because it dragged out the year of 1963 to quite a few chapters and it bored me. Malcolm X is also just not particularly interesting. He had a tragic life, I understand that. That alone would get lots of people interested in him. He did great and important things, but I just find myself reverting back to the fact that Muslim religion is scary to me and he converted to it. Despite the fact that he isn’t an extremist, Muslims scare me, so he scares me a little. On the cover is some sort of religious ring with a crest and star. I’ve seen horror movies with people who have similar rings. That made this book not as enjoyable, for me.
I read a book over the break called "In Mozart's Shadow". It is by Carolyn Meyer and is historical fiction. It is about Nannerl, Wolfgang Mozart's older sister. They are both music prodigies. Even though Nannerl is just as good as her brother, he gets all the credit. “He is a boy. And that makes all the difference,” said her friend, Katherl. Will the archbishop send her to Italy to study, like she always dreamed of even though she is a girl? Will she ever live up to her demanding father's expectations? And then, love gets in the way of everything. Wolferl (as they call him) throws everything aside for the love of his life. And then Nannerl finds hers, too. Will they ever marry the ones suited for them?
I would give this book four stars. I would do this because sometimes the book would be a little bit repetitive. Also, some parts are slow. Besides that, I loved the book. It was really good and it was a smart idea that a book should be about Mozart's sister. This had a lot of factual information as well as fictional things. It was spectacular.
My book is called The Adventures of the Greek Heroes. It was written by Mollie McLean and Anne Wiseman. The genre is historical fiction. One chapter is about a hero named Hercules. Hercules was a very strong and powerful man but he only used his powers to help people in need. He had to do very hard work for a mean king. He had to fight many impossible opponents (Monsters, hydra, a fierce lion) that even the bravest men in the land were afraid of.
I give this book four stars because the story is very interesting and it kept me wanting to read more and more. The only reason I gave this book a four instead of a five is because there weren't enough details in the stories.
I read the book “Smiles to Go” by Jerry Spinelli over this past winter break. It is a realistic fiction book. In the beginning of the book Will Tuppence is brought to something that makes his mind boggle and his whole world turn upside down. Ever since he was a little boy, he believed that protons would never die. And it was true at the time. As a small boy he would watch his teenage neighbor tinker and invent and be fascinated about it. His neighbor, Jim, one day told him that protons never die. NEVER. If you die, your protons don’t. He thought this was so intriguing. Now, as a freshman in high school, he is fascinated by science, mostly astronomy. One day, he hears on the radio that a proton death has been recorded, and he is awe-struck. His life takes a turn, and he always wonders what will come next. His sister, Tabby is always going out of her way to annoy him, and he always gets super mad. Throwing out his favorite jellybeans, messing with his one, and only, trophy. What’s the reason? Why does she have to do this? Why can’t he focus? Why does he always think he’s seeing little flashing of protons dying? You can find out, by reading the book.
I would give this book four out of five stars. I would give it that because the book has a great plot, rising and falling, not knowing what is going to come next, but there’s one thing that’s wrong. There’s almost no description! I like to imagine a book as a movie in my head, but how can I do that if there is no description? Besides that it’s a great book. I would definitely recommend it to a friend.
One of the books I finished over break was Lipstick Apology by Jennifer Jabaley. The genre is realistic fiction/mystery.
The story is all about an orphan named Emily. Her parents died in a plane crash with her mother leaving her some strange last words - EMILY PLEASE FORGIVE ME. Now Emily has to move to NYC with her Aunt Jolie and is immersed into the world of high fashion, celebrities, and snotty prep schools. Then comes the triangle. Yes, there is a love triangle on top of the mystery. She forgets all about the apology with Owen (most popular guy in the school), but remembers and starts thinking about it with her sweet chemistry partner/baker Anthony (eats lunch in the library). Emily feels she needs to find out what her moms apology meant. Then she has to choose. Which boy? The one who erases the tragedy from Emily’s mind by just smiling? Or the one that helps her get closer to the answer and lets her sleep at night? It’s obviously- Ha, Did you think I was going to tell you who it is?
I definitely give this book 5 stars. I loved Emily’s crazy mood swings! And Trent (Jolie’s friend) was definitely one of my favorite characters; he always knew the right things to say!
I just recently finished the book Al Capone Shines My Shoes by Gennifer Choldenko. Al Capone Shines My Shoes fits in the genre historical fiction.
This book is the sequel to Al Capone Does My Shirts. In the first book we meet the main character Moose, his sister with autism Natalie, Dad, Mom, and friends on Alcatraz Island.
In this book Moose has found out that Al Capone really helped getting his sister into a special school. Now, Al Capone wants a favor in return! Moose doesn’t know what to do and follows Al Capone’s single order. Little does he know that he could get in a bulky amount of trouble for helping Capone. If he gets in trouble, his dad will be fired as a electrician and they will be kicked off the island.
Moose also has trouble keeping his friends because he doesn’t tell anyone about his secret with Capone. Each and every one of his friends are slowly leaving his grip. Can he keep his friends and keep Al Capone satisfied at the same time?
Meanwhile in the prison, prisoners are planning an escape for Alcatraz. No one knows until very late on. Convicts surreptitiously do things to plan their escape. Can Moose stop them with the help of his friends? Will he be the hero on Alcatraz? I can’t tell you this so you might as well just read the two books and find out for yourself.
I would give this book a five star rating. I would because the book has a lot of humor that kept me laughing for long periods of time. Also, this book is action packed and full of suspense. During the major problem I read for a whole two hours because It was so good.
This week I read A Boy at War a novel of Pearl Harbor. This is a Historical Fiction book by Harry Mazer. In this book Adam Pelko is a normal boy going on a boat ride with his friends when all of a sudden Pearl Harbor starts. Adam pulls his friends back to shore and starts to go help other people. Then Adam sees his father’s ship the Arizona get bombed. He watches it sink to the bottom with thousands of people trapped inside.
I give this book four stars. What I really like about this book is how Adam's view about war changes over time. In the beginning, he thinks it’s cool. He likes the fighter jets, guns, and boats. But when he sees people floating dead in the ocean, he gets a different view of things. He starts to feel that this world would be a peaceful place without war. He also feels determined to help his country. Why I didn’t give this book five stars is because the beginning is kind of slow. If there was a little more action in the beginning I would have given it five stars.
The book I was finishing over the break is Diary of a Wimpy kid Cabin Fever. The author is Jeff Kinney and the genre is fiction. The book is about a kid who name is Greg Heffley experiences a lot of things in his life.One thing is he is creeped out by this doll that's called santa scout he thinks that santa scout feeds santa bad information about what he does at the house, so now he can't get away with the things he used to do.The second thing is almost being arrested by the police because he and his friend Rowley put posters on school property to make people come to there store so they could get money but it starts to rain and the posters bleed and left green marks on the walls then somebody sees them and they run.I rate this book to five stars because i was really caught in the book it had action and a little suspense.
The book that I finished over the December break was, Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes By Eleanor Coerr. The genre of this book is historical fiction. In this book, Sadako is the main character, she is 11 years old and she has one sister and two brothers. The setting in this book is nine years after the bomb on Hiroshima. Sadako was really excited for Peace Day; she was excited for the “fair”. Peace Day is the day that everyone in Hiroshima remembers the people that have died from the bomb. Sadako is only excited for the celebration that goes on after the ceremonies. A few days later, Sadako has been asked to join the relay race team for the elementary school. She thinks that she will want to try out for the junior high school team next year. Sadako practiced running so that she wouldn’t mess up for the relay race that is coming up. The day of the race, Sadako ran so fast that her team won! But when she was racing, she was starting to feel a little dizzy. From then on, Sadako has been feeling dizzy when she ran. She didn’t tell her parents though. But one day, she is taken to the hospital. Sadako’s parents told her that the doctors just wanted to take a few test on her. Her parents said that she would be in the hospital for a couple weeks. Sadako had a hard time believing that she could have the disease leukemia. Leukemia is the disease that the bomb gave you. When Sadako was in the hospital, her best friend Chizuko came to visit her. She told Sadako that there is a legend that if you fold 1,000 paper cranes, then the gods will give you one wish. So Sadako started to make the paper cranes. People started to give her paper to make the cranes. I’m not going to tell you the ending of the story so read the book to find out if she makes all of the paper cranes.
I give this book a 4 star rating. I gave it 4 stars because, the book was really good, and there were a lot of parts where you just had to keep reading. I also liked the fact that the book keeps you on your toes, like the part where she had just won the race but a week after she has to go to the hospital because she might have leukemia. Another reason why I gave it a 4 is because at the end, there was an epilogue that told you that the story was based on a true story. I also like how in the back of the book, there was instructions on how to make a paper crane. I thought that was pretty cool. That is why I gave this book a 4 out of 5 star rating.
I read You Have to Stop This by Pseudonymous Bosch. It is fiction, and is the last book in the series. It is about a girl named Cass, a boy named Max-Ernest, and a boy named Yo-Yoji. They are all looking for a secret, and they found out that a mummy knows it.
The mummy is in a museum that they happen to take a class trip to. On the trip, Cass broke of the mummy’s finger. They were not punished, but had to work at the museum when everyone else was let out of school. Cass finds an Ibis ring after they finish working at the museum, and has no idea where it came from. When they find out they have to put the ring in the mummy to learn the secret, they find out the mummy was stolen. The finger has to be put on the mummy with the ring of Thoth. The mummy was stolen by an invisible 500 year old king from the fourth book. The kids try to steal the finger from the museum, but have to hide in crates to avoid being caught. They fall asleep in there and wake up in Las Vegas. Cass sells one of the Jester’s gold coins, and goes to see the 500 year old king, named Lord Pharaoh, put on a magic show with the mummy. I really cannot tell the rest because it gives away the ending and the secret.
I would rate the book four stars. I give it that rating because at some parts it went on, and on, and on. It was not as good as the other books, but it sums it all up. It was not really put together as a story, and it was scattered.
The book I read was Number the Stars by Lois Lowry. The genre is historical fiction. The main character is Annemarie Johansen. The story’s setting is in Copenhagen, Denmark in September 1943. The holocaust is happening during the story. Annemarie’s best friend Ellen was Jewish. On their way home from school they got stopped by soldiers. They didn’t know who they were. Ellen’s parents left and left Ellen with the Johansens. In the middle of the night Germans came in looking for Ellen and her family. The Johansens said that Ellen was there sister. Before the Germans came into their room Ellen took her Jewish star necklace off and gave it to Annemarie.
She held it tightly in her hand that when she opened it, it left a print. The solders believed there plan and they went back to bed. The next day Mrs. Johansen took the girls to her brother’s house. Henrik (Mrs.Johanses brother) is a fisherman with a boat. They’re going to bring Ellen and her family to Switzerland. Henrik forgot the map so he can get to Switzerland. So Annemarie ran to give him the map. They hid it in a picnic basket. She ran into Soldiers…… I rate these book five stars out of five stars. It always kept me on my seat. I like how they traveled and you never know if they’re going to get caught.
A book I finished over the break is titled “Maximum Ride” by James Patterson. This book is a Sci-Fi genre and has the theme of Global Warming in it. The book starts out with a girl, Maximum and her ‘flock’. They were are all science experiments and so they all grew wings, adopted a diet and bone structure like a bird’s, along with other mutations. Their ‘flock’ had many fans, they weren’t only mutations but they helped stop evil. Maximum and her crew wanted to stay with a low profile; you know, keep the kidnappers away. So, after roaming around, Maximum’s mom suggests that they help a group of scientists working in Antarctica to track, learn, and help Global Warming. Though the group is uneasy about it after various, unpleasant encounters they agree. The scientists and the ‘flock’ grow to be close but after finding out that one of the scientists was a spy from an organization that wants to hurt Maximum’s group, they grow cautious. One of the flock’s littlest member, Angel, was stuck in an ice craves. On top of that, a blizzard is starting so Maximum and Fang the oldest of the flock, go out to get her. Maximum, Fang, and Angel along with two dogs are buried under the ice to keep safe and warm from the blizzard. Someone picks them up using a net and carries them to a cell where it’s so strong that even they can’t get out. After finding out another evil person kidnapped them and that they took not only them but the whole flock too, they wait for a chance to escape. They are sent to Miami trapped in glass in the middle of a huge hurricane apparently caused by Global Warming. Finding out their going to be auctioned to evil people and dictators, at the auction they all pretend to be weak so that no one will want them. Suddenly, the hurricane outside breaks the glass and, seizing the opportunity, the flock flies out into the storm, letting it guide them has to not break their wing because it’s so strong.
I would rate this book 4 stars out of 5 since the story line has so much great action-packed scenes and surprise twists that it’s like being on a rollercoaster. “Maximum Ride” proves itself worthy; it is a thrilling book that is surprisingly filled with heart-warming parts too. I wouldn’t give it a full 5 stars because sometimes the suspense factor isn’t there. Also, it’s one of those books that the author gives a little too much information so you can pretty much tell what’s going to happen. I liked the relationship between the mom and Maximum, and how the mom was so easy-going. Another thing I enjoyed was that this book had a message too, that anyone can help Global Warming.
Catfish said...
Over the last December break, I've been reading the book Wild Card. This book is about Tiki Barber and Ronde Barber trying to get in the playoffs. Towards the end, they do make the playoffs but it ends to be continued.
Over the holiday break, I reread Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling. This book fits into both the fantasy and adventure genres. It falls into both of those categories because while Harry, Ron, and Hermione are having an adventure in their second year at Hogwarts, fantasy type elements help create the plot.
On one very important night known as Harry’s birthday, he gets an odd surprise. It was a sort of warning, unlike any other, delivered by a house elf named Dobby. As much as Dobby wanted to be with Harry Potter, he had to make his trip quick, providing Harry with only an important warning; Harry Potter must not go back to Hogwarts. Of course, since Hogwarts was like Harry’s home, he did not want to obey the house elf, but Harry would soon have to deal with the consequences of not listening to Dobby.
Many nights followed, all leading up to Harry’s rescue that was lead by the Weasley twins, Fred and George, with help from Harry’s best friend, Ronald Weasley. They flew back to “the burrow” in a car enchanted by Arthur Weasley to make it fly.
Soon, it came time to go back to Hogwarts, Harry and Ron as second years. Upon their arrival at Hogwarts, Harry began to have a rather unpleasant time as certain attacks took place within the walls of what Harry thought to be the safest place on earth. One day, there appeared a message on the wall near Moaning Myrtle’s bathroom reading: “THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS HAS BEEN OPENED. ENEMIES OF THE HEIR BEWARE!” Next to this blood-curtling message was Filch the caretaker’s cat, Mrs. Norris, hanging on a torch holder. Soon enough, Muggle-born wizards and witches were petrified within weeks and many events were canceled due to the many attacks. And one thing was left to wonder, what was the Chamber of Secrets, and who is the heir of Slytherin?
Harry, Ron, and Hermione were left to discover what was happening here at their very own school, and how could they stop it. Soon enough, Ron and Hermione informed Harry that he was a parselmouth, meaning he could talk to snakes.
After Harry’s freak bludger attack during a Quidditch match, Dobby reappeared, telling Harry that history was about to repeat itself, and that this whole matter happened fifty years ago, and before anyone could do anything about it, an innocent girl was killed.
Unfortunately, just as they were about to figure out more about the Chamber of Secrets, Minerva Mcgonagall (transfiguration teacher) informed Ron and Harry that Hermione Granger was one of the most recent victims to the monster of the Chamber of Secrets. With their main brain petrified, Harry and Ron were clueless as to what to do next.
Suddenly, when everyone at Hogwarts thought nothing could get any worse, the school gamekeeper, Hagrid was taken away and their wondrous headmaster, Albus Dumbledore, was suspended from his duties as well. Soon after their suspension, there appeared another message saying: “HER SKELETON WILL LIE IN THE CHAMBER FOREVER!” If you want to know what happened next, read this book!
I would definitely rate this book five stars out of five stars because it’s really that good. It has the perfect amount of suspense and description, and it really hooks you in. J.K. Rowling doesn’t let you miss out on anything and the great part is, she gives us 5 more books in the series, all full of Harry’s wondrous adventures. Although, after reading this book, I’m sure Harry has had enough adventure to last him the rest of the year, but it surely doesn’t end there!
Was my book review too long? I can remake a shorter one if necessary.
Over the break I read the book Survivors: True Story of Children in the Holocaust by Allan Zullo and Mara Bovsun. This book tells you about how children that were actually in the holocaust survived and their story of how they did. Every chapter is something that they remember most and is told by someone different. For example, a boy named Markus Reich told a story and it was called Is This Where I’m Going to Die? That was probably the one that I had the whitest knuckles during because it was about him suffering of starvation and having nowhere to go. It’s breathtaking what some of them say and how at one point they lose hope. The way they have to live knowing that someone wants to kill them and would do anything to kill them is terrifying.
I would rate this 4 or 5 stars because this book was so inspiring and moving. It was really detailed about how the children lost people in their family, but still went on with their life even if it was their parent or grandparent. Most of all I rated it on how much I really felt I was there and feeling for the people that were having awful punishments for who they were.
The book I finished over the break was The Little House on the Prairie. The author is Laura Ingalls Wilder. The genre is historical fiction. I give it a 2-3 because it was very long and there were a couple words I didn’t know and I think that it was too descriptive. I didn’t understand one part but I read it over and got it. I think that the author could have added more dialogue. It was very historical.
The book was about a family surviving in the prairie in a house. They had to face many dangers like wolfs, fires and other things but I don’t want to give the ending up. The ending I thought was very good. I think that over the entire book was ok. I wouldn’t recommend it and call it the best book ever.
Over the break I read a book called Legion of Monsters. The book is a series of comic books put into one graphic novel. Because it is just a bunch of comic books put into one it turns into a collection of short stories. The stories tell of different monsters’ origins like the giant Man-Thing and the evil Were-wolf by night. The many monsters and demons tell great stories. About dying vampires to greedy rich business men that end up having terrible things happening to them.
In the end of the book there are two comics featuring all of the monsters meeting up to fight and help each other defeat evil. After all it was a okay book some parts were really boring. So in all I give it 2 stars out of five.
The title of the book is Doll Hospital Tatiana comes to America. The author of the book is Joan Holub. The genre of this book is historical fiction. The book is about a doll who travels with her owner to America. They travel through ship. While she was there her owner met a friend but couldn't be together because she was in the first class and her friend is not because she is poor. Then she goes to Ellis Island by accident and now she is trying to tell the people that her uncle is waiting for her is where lady liberty is (The Statue of Liberty.)
I would give this book a 3. I really didn't like it that much but it was still good. A reason I didn't like it is because it had some boring parts that shouldn't be included like we ate breakfast. It was also talking about dolls and I don't like dolls. Those were the reasons I didn't like it. But it was still good
The book that I finished is called The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan. It is a fiction/non-fiction book that has a lot of magic and Egyptian gods. This book can give you the names of Egyptian gods and what they were a god of, but that is the only real non-fiction in the book. In this book a brother and sister, Carter and Sadie Kane, set out to destroy a pyramid that is being made by an evil god named Set. Set is the God of Chaos and he wants to become the ruler of the Earth. Carter and Sadie are joined with the gods Horus and Isis(Horus for Carter and Isis for Sadie). This all started when their father, Dr. Julius Kane, unleashes the five main gods(Osiris, Horus, Isis, Set, and Nephthys). Dr. Julius Kane got joined with Osiris, a past king of the gods.
I would give this book 5 stars because it is filled with magic and fiction and I like fiction. I also like how Rick Riordan included Egypt and Egyptian history/culture/beliefs. I gave this book 5 stars because it really deserves it and it really flows. I never had trouble reading this book and actually laughed a couple times because it was really funny. I really like this book and would recommend it to anyone how likes fiction.
My book is called Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli the genre is realistic fiction. It is about a boy with no name he also does not know his age… or if he is a Jew. This was important because this book takes place during the Holocaust . The boy meets some Kids they ask him questions about himself. He does not know any of the answers. He then starts to live in the basement of a run down barbershop. They steal food and all that stuff. Then he meets a girl named Janina. They make a bond. Then one day he sees a line of people walking. His friend he lives with made a name and a story about him his name was Misha. Then one day he saw a line of people. He thought it was a parade. He loves parades. Then he sees his friend Janina in the line… she tells him she is going to the Ghetto a spot where the Jews were put. To hear more read the book.
I would rate this book 4 star’s. I give it this many stars because of all the sad, happy, and funny moments. It also has a lot of historical facts that makes it even more worth wild. There are also action scenes that are perfectly written.
I read the book The Light by D.J MacHale. It is about this kid that writes a story about this demon named gravedigger and later in the book he comes to life and haunts him. He does some really bad things and the kids best and only friend goes missing and they think he is dead. The boy tries to tell people that the demon he writes about took but people only think he is crazy so it is his job to find his friend and not get killed.
I would give his book at least a 5 on a scale of 5. This might have been the best book i have ever read and would highly recommend it.
If I were to read any book in my free time I would read would read wringer by Jerry Spinelli. This book constantly grabbed my attention at some parts and made me want to cry in others. The main character in this book is called Palmer LaRue. Palmer has to make a lot of difficult choices in the book and thats what makes it so interesting. He constantly has to overcome his fears. The plot of this book is based on him trying to become popular but the only way to do that is to break a pigeons neck. I would give this book a 5 star rating because i never wanted to put it down. The genre of the book is a realistic fiction.
I read a book called island. This book is about alot of kids that go on a boat. And the boat sets on fire and blows up in the middle of the ocean. Two of the kids went missing.
After being on a raft for about three days they were sure they were going two die. About two days later the find a island. They find food build a shelter that all of them can fit in and live there for a long time. They have no ways to get home and no signal of land. There have been no boats rescue plains or anything. Find out how they try to rescue themselfs and how they survive on the island by reading it. I give this book 5 stars because it has a great plot line and has an amazing story. This is a great book and it makes you want to keep reading. In my oppinion this is the most best book i have ever read in my whole life.
The book I completed over the break is Maximum Ride: Schools Out Forever By James Patterson. The book included action, suspense, romance, adventure, & comedy. The genre was Science Fiction. I am not a big fan of science fiction, but this was AMAZING! I give this book 5 stars.
Maximum Ride and her flock of mutant kid hybrids are on the run again! Fang, Iggy, Gazzy (Gasman), Angel, Nudge, and Max, CAUGHT! By the FBI, And are forced to live their worst nightmare; SCHOOL! School can teach you Math, Science, Writing and everything else, but can they teach you how to survive as fugitives and be hunted by mutant werewolves that are blood thirsty, no way! Max and the flock are constantly running, until Anne Walker. Anne works for the FBI and was assigned to the flock. Anne took the children home to her a house and takes care of them. Until her secret came out…….. but I can’t tell you! What I can tell you is the secret is so big it made the flock leave, when they really liked Anne.
My favorite part of the book is when Max is talking to one of the FBI agents, Dean when he says, “Fair is Fair.” Max’s reply is “Your kidding, right? Please tell me you have a stronger motive than ‘fair is fair.’ Life isn’t fair, Dean.” Max’s voice grew stronger, She leaned forward, to the agents impassive face. “Nothing is fair, ever. That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard. I need to help you because, fair is fair? Try, ‘You need to help me so I don’t rip out your spine and beat you with it,’ Then I will reasoned, maybe.” I love this because Max is showing that no matter how many times they might torcher her she will not break. Max is one of those people that can be beaten down till they can barely even breathe, but will never risk her flock being hurt. They are basically one big family.
The book I read over the break is called The Landry News. The book is by Andrew Clements, it is a great realistic fiction book. The book is about a new girl in school that really loves to write. Not knowing that when she started she was not going to have the best teacher. She got Mr. Larson as one of her teachers. Practically at first no one liked him, and at first she didn’t like him so much either. Cara was in to writing and she wrote a little thing about Mr. Larson. In other words she was just saying that she didn’t think he was a great teacher. At first he was super mad but then he got over it and liked the idea of her writing newspapers so care decided to have a school newspaper called “The Landry New” she also had help from her friends. But soon after, so many kids in the fifth grade were pitching in and writing articles to make it better. Everything was going good until everyone actually started to read it. That is because the principal didn’t like them printing so many things out. The principal Dr. Barnes told the teacher Mr. Larson that they couldn’t publish anymore articles because they were printing too much paper. Cara and Joey her friend that was helping her one day on the bus was thinking about doing it at their homes and not in school. But then one day Cara was asked to go to the principals to talk to Dr. Barnes about it. They both gave their opinions and Cara gave him a lot of good ideas… and well that’s about all I can tell u so read the book!!!
Out of 5 stars I would give it a 4. I would give it that because all throughout the book it kept me sort of interesting but at times it was kind of boring. But it is a great book.
Over the winter break I read a book called Drawing From Memory by Allen Say. It was an autobiography mostly about Allen’s childhood. He’s a really good and famous artist. Has written and illustrated many children’s books like:
• Kamishibai Man
• Allison
• Grandfathers Journey
• Tea With Milk
• Under the Cherry Blossom Tree (I read this over break too)
This book tells about Allen Say’s childhood. Here’s a brief summary. Allen’s mother was always worrying about Allen drowning when he was a child. They lived near the seashore in Yokohama and many of Allen’s friend’s parents were fisherman. So to keep Allen safe she kept him inside a lot of the time. He became bored easily so his mother taught him to read before he even went to school. He read comics to himself and the other children and that made him popular. One day when he was reading he made a choice that that would change his life forever. He decided that he would be an artist and draw comics.
So he drew. His father hated that Allen drew. He said, “I expect you to be a respectable citizen, not an artist, and that means you’ll have to earn a living! Artists are lazy and scruffy people. They are not respectable.” When Allen’s father went to work Allen would draw and when his father came home he hid his drawings.
Then World War II began and Allen’s family fled to a near by town, Tabuse, but his father stayed behind. Allen went to live in his uncle’s house. He and his sister tried to hide from the uncle in the big house, even his mother tried to hide. When the war ended Allen’s house was destroyed but his father was ok. The family reunited in the town of Sasebo.
Allen started first grade when he was 8 years old. One year later his parents split up and his dad took the children. But as soon as his mother got a job and a house she came and claimed them. His mother took his sister to live with her but sent Allen away to live with his grandmother. Soon after, Allen, his mother and his grandmother made a deal that Allen could live alone and his mom would support him, but he would have to get in to a very good school. So he dropped drawing, really studied hard and he got in. But drawing never left his mind. He had heard a story about a boy that got a famous cartoonist to help him study art. This boy was poor. So Allen thought he could get a shot at getting the same master.
Allen found the master and asked if the master could teach him. He showed the master how well he could draw by drawing a horse. The master liked the horse and took him on as an apprentice. So from then on Allen devoted himself to the world of art until…
Allen’s father invited Allen to live in the U.S.A. Allen went and started a new life as an artist there. One of the main reasons he left his mother is because she could stop supporting him.
I loved this book so much I would give it 5 stars. The book’s name, Drawing From Memory, comes from the fact that most of the drawings are from Allen’s memory. I really liked the pictures that he drew to illustrate his life. He used different styles on each page. Sometimes they would be really sketchy, other times they would look like a painting. The way that he told about his life it seemed that he lived a rich and fun life and he remembered every detail. I would recommend this book to any one who likes art or biographies.
Sorry! I forgot to tell you the author of “Al Capone Shines My Shoes.” It is Gennifer Choldenko.
Wolf said...
I finished a book called "The Ghost of Crutchfield Hall." It took place in the 1890's in England. The book was about a girl named Florence who lived in a orphanage, until her great uncle Thomas Crutchfield adopted her. He lives in a big manor house in the English country side. So Florence goes to stay with her uncle and Auntie, but her Auntie hates her because she reminds her of her cousin Sophia who sadly passed away. Sophia was cruel to everyone and took advantage of Auntie. She made Auntie buy her dolls, clothes and the most expensive dresses. But Sophia comes back from the dead and haunts Crutchfield Hall. Florence has another cousin James who is very ill, but over time strengthens and helps Florence stop Sophia. Sophia finally stops haunting by falling off the roof of the house, the same way she died in the first place.
I would give this book 4 stars because it was a real page turner and it kept me wanting to know more. On the other hand it was a little to intense than I am used to. Other than that I thought it was very well written and very well thought out.
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