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21 comments:

  1. The book is called: Ivy and Bean. The author is Annie Barrows, the illustrator is Sophie Blackall.
    Summary: on the book beginning, Ivy and Bean hate each other, but slowly they become best friend, Ivy and Bean do pranks on Bean’s older sister Nancy, Play together and go to each others house......
    Setting: This story take place on in Ivy and bean’s neighborhood.
    Main character: Ivy: Bean’s best friend, is a quiet girl and like to read books.
    Bean: Ivy’s best friend, she is like a boy and very naught.
    I’ll give this book a 5 for star rating, because it’s very interesting and can made you relax. Also I think all readers will like this book.
    I like this book because:
    1.It’s very funny when Ivy and Bean do pranks on Nancy.
    2.Their have lots of funny pictures.
    3.This book is very energetic.


    By: Cindy

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  2. Book title: Anne Frank
    Author and illustrator: Susanna Davidson
    Summary: Anne Frank and her family had a very good time together. Because of the Nazis, Anne Frank need to be separated with her family. The Nazis want to catch all of the Jews and kill them. It talks about how they hide from the Nazis.
    Setting: IT took place at a nice little country in 1935 – 1937.
    Main Characters: Anne frank: She is very naughty but
    Very adorable.
    Margot: Anne’s sister. Like to stick her
    nose in a book all day.
    Why do you like it? : I like it because it tells me a lot of things that I do not know, it is very funny and I is very interesting.
    What type of reader would like to read this kind of book?
    Readers that likes to know about history.
    This book is very interesting so I will give this book a five star


    By: Rosaline

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  3. This Book Is Called The Dragon
    Author: Steven Calt
    No illustrator

    Summary: This girl name Elizabeth (an orphan) was lonely until a Saturday night. She was going in the woods throwing rocks cause this girl name Melissa was bullying her. Until she heard a CRACK! It was a baby dragon she found in the side of the bush. Until that day she hide under the bed and slowly the dragon and her became best friends. Then one day Elizabeth names the dragon daisy.

    Setting: This story took place in a orphanage but the orphanage was small. It also took place in Elizabeth room it was small and all of her clothes were in a pile, the bright blue sky and the backyard where all the flowers were dead.

    Main Character: Elizabeth she is very brave and kind. She loves to save animals but at the same time she was shy. Daisy the dragon is goofy and always love to make loud sounds, noises and run around everywhere.

    I give this this book a 5 out of 5
    This type of reader would be an adventure reader cause it there is a lot of flying and goofy mistakes.

    I liked this book because the characters were really funny and its telling us to believe in our self’s and that we are never alone. 2. I like this book because there was a lot of hiding places and there was a lot of fighting. 3. I like this book because Elizabeth and Daisy found out they had hiden talents.

    Cayley

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  4. Book Title: The Haunted Dinosaur

    Author: Elisabetta Dami

    No illustrator

    Summary: Geronimo Stilton was going to The Science Museum with Creepella. While they were there they bump into Creepella's uncle holding a gadget he created. He only used it if someone does something bad, his enemy was there making fun of him. There is a red and green button, so he pressed the green button. Creepella's uncle shot him and he froze instantly. Creepella stole it and pressed the red button at the dinosaur and it came alive...


    Setting: The setting is at the museum and at a mini town. It is mostly day, there are not a lot of houses. There was also 2-3 animals there.

    Main Character: The main charaters are Geronimo Stilton, He is clumsy and very scard in this book, how would you react to a dinosaur next to you. Creepella Von Cacklefur is brave and the hero of the story.

    I would give this 3 out of 5
    This type of reader would like this book if they like dinosaurs and clumsy people.

    This book was good and i like it because it is really cool how a button can revive a dinosaur that destroys everything in it's path. 2. The dinosaur likes music and will dance if he hears any. 3. Geronimo had to get slingshot onto the dinosaur to save the day.

    By:Enoch

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  5. The Lightning thief
    Author: Rick Riordan
    illustrator: there isn't one

    Summary: in this book a boy named Percy Jackson get's into lots of trouble and figures that he is not a typical boy he thinks he is, his family is keeping lots of secrets from him,and so is his best friend and after that Percy gets blamed for stealing. In the book Percy's mom gets captured and Percy is determined to find a way to get his mother back. Will Percy prove that he did not steal and will Percy be able to get his mom back.
    Setting:this book takes place in lots of places such as a museum, camp half-blood, New York, underworld, Sally's apartment, long island, half-blood hill, waterland, a casino, Las vegas, and in Crusty's water bed palace.
    Main Characters: Percy, Annabeth, and Grover.
    Percy is a boy who doesn't now much about the gods and doesn't really now about the rules. He is very brave, determined, playful and more.
    Annabeth on the other hand is very wise, clever,quick, creative,and has the fear of spiders. Annabeth has been at camp half-blood longer than most of the campers.
    Grover's full name is Grover Underwood. He is the protector of Percy, but is also Percy's best friend Grover is half human and half goat. Grover is clumsy, heroic, friendly,helpful, Brave{most of the time}, and he gets scared easily.
    I would give this book a four and a half for how much I would rate this book. I choose that because I thought in the beginning of the book it was really boring ,but the more I read the more I liked it.I also choose this book because it uses triple scoop word and their sentences can really help you visualize what the book is about. I think the type of reader that would like this book would be readers that likes adventure and mythical books. I liked this book because I really like adventure books, its very interesting, and I like this book because it has lots of twist and turns through the whole book.

    By: Nikki

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  6. Book tittle: Thea Stilton and the dancing shadows

    Author: Thea Stilton

    Summary: The Thea Sisters met a new friend, Carlotta. An aspiring ballerina. Nobody knows, Carlotta is in stake! The Thea Sistters stop this scheme before it’s too late…

    Main Characters:
    Violet: The one of Thea Sisters, like drinking green tea.
    Paulina:The one of Thea Sisters, she is a computer genius!
    Pamela: The one of Thea Sisters, give her a screwdriver and any mechanical problem will be solved!
    Nicky: The one of Thea Sister, she can stand in small, tight places.
    Colette: The one of Thea Sister, too, there is nothing she likes more than a manicure and pedicure.
    Carlotta:Thea Sisters’ new friend, an aspiring ballerina.

    I would give this book a 3 out of 5, because if you read this book you will be very feel anxious because this book’s plot is too slow.

    I like this book because:
    1.Violet dance very well in this book.
    2.If you read the book you will be some times happy and some times you will be panic.
    3.Carlotta is dance very well at the end of the book.

    By: Catherine

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  7. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down
    By Jeff Kinney (Author and illustrator)

    Summary: Greg’s Parents Accuse him for being “untrustworthy”, from “Stealing” Lego, to getting someone sick. Later, He makes a film to make it up for being untrustworthy. This is a risk, it could be the best idea he’s ever had, to getting grounded. What will Happen?


    Setting: Most Of the time, it takes place at a middle school. It’s a average middle school with bullies and Idiots. Other times, It takes place at a kid named Maddox’s House. It’s a house with TONS of books and Lego. Lastly, There’s the main Character’s house, Greg’s house. It’s Average house, With a very large basement.


    Main Characters: There is Greg Heffley, A small kid in middle school with a lack of empathy. He also Plays the French Horn. There’s Father (or Frank Heffley). He is your average father, he is a little strict, but at few times fun. He also HATES performing in front of people.There is Mother (or Susan Heffley). She is an enthusiastic Mother who wants her kids to do the best they can. There is Maddox, A nerdy kid who has never seen video games or watched TV. His Hobbies include Playing the Violin and Making Beautiful lego buildings. Lastly, there is Rowley Jefferson. He isn’t the smartest kid around, but he is a kind person who’s best friend is Greg.

    I will Give this book 4 stars Because
    It’s a little story every chapter
    Unique mix of Comic Book and Chapter Book
    Relatable at times

    I think a person who is going through middle school themselves would like this book (Gr.6-Gr.8) Because They themselves are also going through this “Phase”





    By: Jayden


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  8. Anthony

    -Book title Pokemon black and white
    -Author and illustration hidenori and Satoshi



    -Summary – its about a Pokemon trainer named black and he wants to collect all eight badges to get to the Pokemon league.
    -Setting – a house a gym stadium, a library, and a food court.
    -Main Character(s) - Black and white. White is chill and wants to be a movie star, and black is always naughty.



    -A 5 star rating- I give it a five stars because I really like Pokemon books.
    -What type of reader would like this book? me



    -Why you liked it? -Don't just say it was good, give 3 good reasons why you liked it! (or didn't like it) I liked it because the main charecter was like me, always shouting. Also like this book because its manga and i love manga. And the last is because it’s really funny.

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  9. BY: Charlie
    -Book title
    -Author and illustrator (if there is one)
    -Summary - without giving away the ending
    -Setting - where is this place, describe it
    -Main Character(s) - tell me about them
    -A 5 star rating (5 stars being good)
    -What type of reader would like this book?
    -Why you liked it? -Don't just say it was good, give 3 good reasons why you liked it! (or didn't like it)
    1. Book of monsters
    2. John Derevlany and Mark Hoffmeier
    3. This book is talked about all of the monsters in Nexo Knight. There are a lot of monsters and each monster have all the information to describe it.
    4. 5
    5. I like this book because this book is really cool and you know, I really loves monsters. So I really love this book: The book of monsters!

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  10. Dog Man
    Written by: Dave Pilei
    Illustrated by: Dav pilkey
    The is a police officer called officer knight and he had a dog called Creg. They try to save the world but they couldn’t. Their chef is very nice. Officer knight saw a cat put a bomb beside a building and officer knight saw it. He tried to defuse the bomb so he asked the dog which color should I choose? The dog said green, after the wire is cut the bomb exploded. Officer knight said I forgot that dogs are color blind. The doctor had some bad news and it is that the officers head is dying but the dogs body is dying. The nurse said we could sew the dogs head on to the officer body. Then that’s how Dog Man is created.
    The story takes place in a small town police office shop and the ice mountain.
    The main characters are Dog Man is very silly, chief is mad at Dog Man all the time but the chief sometimes like Dog Man and the evil fish.
    I give this boog a 5 star.
    I would think that a funny reader and an awesome reader
    1. I liked this book this book because I think it’s funny and silly
    2. I like this book because this book is like a cartoon book.
    3. This book is very violence and interesting.


    By: Leo Tao

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  11. Title: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
    Author: J.K. Rowling
    Summary: Harry never enjoyed life at the Dursley’s house, even if he did live there since his parents’ death, when he was barely a year old. The Dursley’s hated him, especially Harry’s cousin, Dudley, who (and his friends) like to chase him around and hit, kick or punch him whenever they want, especially Dudley. Then, one night on the news, a man named _______ has broken out of prison. Now, for non-magic people (Muggles) they wouldn’t care. But, when Harry goes to his school, Hogwarts, Harry, Ron, and Hermione find out that the reason Sirius Black has broken out of prison is to hunt Harry down……..
    Setting: Mainly at Hogwarts, Hogsmeade, and the Dursley’s house.
    Main Character: Harry James Potter is a quiet and thin boy with broken glasses, Bullies chasing him everyday, so on and so on. But, he is a wizard! The only thing peculiar about this boy that he has a lightning bolt-shaped scar, the souvenir he got when he “almost” got killed by the most powerful dark wizard in history...
    I give this book 5 out of 5.
    I think readers who like adventure, fantasy, and suspense should read this book, and all the other books in the series!
    3 reasons why I liked this book;
    It's a very exciting book full of adventure and fantasy.
    There is a whole series and nine movies, and a PLAY about Harry Potter all created by J.K. Rowling!!
    You can learn a lot about this magical world of creatures, adventure, fantasy, and more!

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  12. Title: Sunny Side Up

    Author: Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm

    Illustrator: Lark Pien

    Summary: There is this girl named Sunny Lewin. She went to Florida to live with her grandfather for the summer. While staying with her grandfather, there were a lot of old people, but luckily she wasn't the only kid there. Sunny met a boy named Buzz, Buzz is obsessed with comics. Buzz has made Sunny interested in comic books. The only reason why Sunny is in Florida, is because a dark secret from her family...

    Main Characters: Sunny Lewin. Sunny is a very fragile girl. She doesn't like causing troubles with her family. Sunny also gets embarrassed cause of her family problems, she sometimes just wants to be invisible because of it.

    I would rate this 4 stars
    This type of reader would like this book, if they have read books from Raina Telegemeier.
    Why I liked this book:
    1.The drawings are nice and detailed
    2.Sunny got to travel alone and, one day I love to travel alone too.
    3.This reminds me of my favourite book series called "The Babysitter's Club" Which is by Raina Telgemeier.

    By: Gabriella

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  13. Title: The Sea Of Monsters

    Author: Rick Riordan

    No Illustrator

    Summary: Percy Jackson's seventh-grade year has been pretty good. No monsters had been attacking him. But during P.E. while they were playing dodgeball an ugly gang of cannibal giants started to attack them. But his friends Annabeth and Tyson were there to hep him. Percy had dreams of Grover calling for his help. Soon Percy discovers his big friend Tyson was a cyclops. When they arrived in Half-Blood Hill (camp half-blood) two bronze bulls the size of an elephant were attacking their beloved camp. But that's not the worst news, Thalia's tree that is protecting the camp has been poisoned! His big friend Tyson, was claimed by Poseidon the Sea God which means Percy has a brother!!! The only way they can save the camp is to find the golden fleece. Clarisse was already on a quest to find the golden fleece. But Percy, Annabeth and Tyson also went out to look for the fleece and Grover even if they weren't suppose to. But they soon find out that it was Luke who poisoned the tree and Luke is planning to get the fleece and bring back Kronos the Titan God. Will they be able to save the camp and prevent Kronos from coming back?

    Setting: A setting in the book is in Percy's prep school where they fought the cannibal giants. Also Camp Half-Blood where almost all half-bloods/demigods live. Another setting is in The Sea of Monsters where they will be sucked in into a huge whirlpool. Also in an island where they will find Grover but Polyphemus had the golden fleece on his shoulder.....

    Main Characters: Percy Jackson is a son of Poseidon he has ADHD and dyslexia. Percy often gets kicked out of school but not this year. He's a little stubborn, brave, caring, heroic, not smart and a little stupid sometimes.
    Annabeth Chase is a daughter of Athena the Goddess of Wisdom. Annabeth is really smart, sometimes arrogant, quick, brave, clever, intelligent, strong and a great strategist. SHE'S MY FAVOURITE CHARACTER!
    Tyson is a cyclops and a son of Poseidon as well. Percy is his half brother. Tyson has one eye and he is really big, strong, curios, brave, caring, sensitive and a little babyish.
    Luke Castellan is a son of Hermes the Messenger God. Luke wants to rule the Gods because he thinks they need a new generation which is them. He's a thief, trickster, sneaky, a good sword fighter, brave, cruel, selfish and smart.
    Grover is a satyr which means his upper body is human and the rest of his body is a goat. His best friend is Percy. Grover gets trapped in a cave with Polyphemus and he disguised as a girl. He is a protector of Percy. He is brave, strong, really funny and can see peoples emotions/feelings.

    I would give this book 5 out of 5! (The Lightning Thief is better)

    I think readers who would like this book is a reader who likes adventure, fantasy, and mythology.

    Why I liked the book:
    1. It was exciting
    2. It has a lot of twists
    3. It has surprising events
    4. It teaches me new thing Is never knew
    5. It's those kinds of books I never want to stop reading!

    -Alexandra

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  14. Donut go breaking my heart

    The author: Suzanne Nelson

    There is no illustrator

    Summary: In this book, there are 2 girls named Sheyda and Kiri. They are best friends. Kiri’s mom owns a donut shop called “Doughlicious”. Every day after school Sheyda goes over to Douglicious to help Mrs. Seng, who is Kiri’s mom, make doughnuts and put icing on them. Then they are having a play at their school called “donut go breaking my heart” And Kiri’s favourite celebrity Cabe Sadler is coming to town to help take part in their play. Then Kiri auditions to have the huge part where Cabe has the other part to kiss Kiri in the play. But then Sheyda is the one that gets the part to kiss Cabe. Throughout the story, Cabe is being followed but cameras everywhere he goes. Then Sheyda messes up with Kiri and then they are mad at each other. Then soon the cameras are following Sheyda too.
    Setting: This book takes place in a Limousine, Doughlicious, Sheyda’s room, living room, the stage at Sheyda’s school, Backstage, the audition room, and the kitchen of doughlicious.
    Main Characters: The main characters are Sheyda, Kiri, And Mrs. Seng. Sheyda is a more of a behind-the-scenes-girl who likes designing stage sets for Kiri while she dances in the spotlight. Kiri is a girl that loves drama and she is very excited when it comes to on-stage stuff and plays. Mrs. Seng is a very kind and caring mom who cares for Kiri a lot and is also like Sheyda’s second mom because Sheyda’s mom is always so busy.
    I would give this book 4.5 stars because there is a lot of adventurous parts and there is always a lot of drama.
    I would recommend this book to people who like to read books that have lots of drama, adventures, and mysterious runaways.
    I loved this book because 1. this book has tons of suspense and action 2. This book has no pictures (I don’t really like books with pictures) And 3. This book is really addicting so when you start reading this book then you can’t stop.


    By: Meegan

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  15. TITLE: Diary of a Wimpy Kid - The Getaway
    Author & Illustrator: Jeff Kinney

    Summary: It was winter break for Greg. His parents were planning to a vacation. Greg was surprised that their parents even said that we need to ride a plane. When he arrived it was a hot day. At first when he arrived, he was having a fun time when after they were not welcome. Every time someone sees them either they throw something at them or run away. Then Manny, Greg's little brother got a box jellyfish. After they were never welcome.

    Setting: The setting is kind of like Hawaii

    Main character: Greg is the main character. He has a big brother named Rodrick and a smaller brother named Manny.

    I give this book a 4 out of 5. Readers that like adventure and humorous.
    Three reasons why I liked this book is because:
    It is very funny
    It has a lot of adventure
    It has a whole series so try to read them all!!

    Eric

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  16. Book Title: Switched at birthday
    Author: Natalie Standiford(No illustrator)

    Summary: Two girls named Scarlet and Lavender are completely opposite people, the only thing they have in common is the same birthday. Then they switched bodies and they discover secrets about themselves. They had to figure out how to change back.

    Setting: At school and at their houses

    Main Characters: Scarlet is pretty popular and tall. Lavender is short, she doesn't wash her hair and she doesn't care about other people.

    I give this book a 4 out of 5 because it has lots of detail. Readers who like school drama will enjoy this book. Three reasons why I like this book:
    1. I can visualize the story
    2. It is very addicting, you can't stop reading it
    3. The author added lots of detail in it

    - Nina

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  17. Plant vs Zombie, Grown Sweet Home

    Written by Paul Tobin
    Art By Andie Tong

    This book is about a person called Crazy Dave and he always invent weird stuff like invisible mirror, wind chime, and robotic orange juice all those weird stuff. One day the plants are really mad cause he never stops inventing weird stuff so they want to live by there own! So they moved to a house and a boy and a girl began to teach them how to do works such as how to cook, how to water plant, how to do skateboard and how to order pizza.It is a very fun story and it is very nice the art and the stories.

    Setting: It is at a town, it is not really big. It didn't say where the town is at but it will makes it even more interesting if i says where the town is at.

    Character: there is a boy and he likes adventures he is very brave and he always come up with a lot of weird ideas.He have to have pizza every day or else he will get CRAZY.

    There is a girl that is very brave too her favourite plant is the sunflower and she loves lemonade.

    I will give this book a 5 star.

    I think a very funny and the person that loves comic books will like this book the most.

    I like this book is because the story is very funny and it is very interesting because there are a lot of weird kind of stuff happening. I also really like the art work in this book it is super cool and it is kind of 3D it looks very cool.


    -Andy

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  18. Tittle: The magic finger
    illustrated: Quentin Blake

    This book is about a short of flash comes out of the girl who had magic finger, like something electric. It jumps out
    and touches the person who has made her cross...
    The first time she use magic finger was Philip Gregg and
    William Gregg laughed and made faces at the girl, and Mr Gregg told her to go home and mind her own ,but she didn't do anything to them. So ,she put the first magic finger on the all Gregg family...she cannot control the magic finger yet.
    The end is the Gregg family become the birds and the girl use the magic finger to help them change back to people.

    Setting: this book tells a lot of setting I do not know what
    is the setting.

    I give this book three stars ,because the drawing is too ugly.

    I like this book ,because the story is funny and excited.

    -Dora

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