The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, Book Review by Jack

I like this book very much. I like it because it is so exciting. It is a good book.

I choose this book for 2 reasons.1 reason is because my sister said it was good. The other reason is because she made me read it.

 In this book Percy goes to a camp called camp-half blood. In this book he is accused of stealing Zeus’s lighting bolt. Will he get is back?

Paintball by Joanne Mattern, Book Review by Andrew

I loved the pictures and the way the author explained the game of paintball.


I chose this book because I love the game of paintball.  It’s a game of quickness and skill.

Paintball is telling people how to play paintball. It talks about the pros and the rules. It tells you how the sport got started and how to become good at it.

The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau, Book Review by Brenna

The book I chose to write about was called “The City of Ember”.  It was a very interesting book.  The author, Jeanne DuPrau, went into a lot of detail in describing the characters.  She also told about the city very well.  She said it was underground, the lights flicker a lot and the food supplies are going down.  She wrote this book really well and I got the picture of the city and the people in my head.
     I chose the book for a couple of reasons.  I chose this book because it sounded good and when I read the summary I got intrigued to read it.  My friend also read it and recommended it to me.  This book was a good read.  It caught my attention when I show it.  These are just some of the reasons I chose this book.
    The book was very interesting.  Done and Lina live in the City of Ember.  The city’s lights always flicker and most people get scared.  The food supply is also going down.  So one day Done and Lina try to find a way out of Ember.  Meanwhile someone gets killed in the process.  This book gets four out of five stars.  I recommend this book to everyone who likes mysteries.

The Cupcake Queen by Heather Helper, Book Review by Michelle

I like this book because it was a real story. It could have happened to anyone.  She handled real problems in her own way. I chose this book because the cover looked very interesting and the summary sounded very good.

When Penny’s mom decides to move to a small town to open a cupcake bakery, everything goes wrong. She is away from her dad and all her best friends.  To make it worse, Penny is hated by the most popular girl in school.  When she meets Tally, a girl with a unique style, thing start to look up.  With a liitle bit of encouragement and some help from her friends,  she might actually be able to live in this town.

****I rate this book with four stars.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days by Jeff Kinney, Book Review by Christian

Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a comic book that is really funny. It’s not funny at only one point but it’s funny throughout the whole book. It is the fourth one in the series so if you haven’t read this series at all you should.

This book is also really funny and entertaining. It is really short and you can finish it in like one day. It’s one of those books that you can’t just put down. All kids like this book.
It is one of New York Times bestsellers.

For a summary it starts out with Greg on summer vacation. He thinks he can sit back and do nothing until his mom ruins it. She makes Greg go play with his friend Rowley and makes the Reading is Fun! Club. Then summer is over and Greg had a horrible summer according to him.

The Cay by Theodore Taylor, Book Review by Katie

I liked how the author showed the way the main character, Phillip, used his senses and learned how to keep himself alive on the island. I also liked the way Phillip and Timothy, also a main character, got along.

I chose this book because it was my favorite book so far this year.

A boy named Phillip had to leave his home because the Germans were about to bomb the island he lived on. When he was on the ship with his mom, a German submarine exploded their ship. Phillip was separated from his mother and a man named Timothy was put on the same raft as him. Timothy had saved Phillip. On his way falling off the ship, he hit his head and it damaged a certain muscle in his eye. He became blind. Phillip and Timothy now had to find an island quickly. Once they found an island, many weeks later, they had to make themselves a hut and make a signal fire. Many times they heard and saw planes, but did they get ignored or was it a success?

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows by J.K. Rowling, Book Review by Michael

This book kept your attention the whole time.  It makes you want to read more.  After the book it makes you want there to be an 8th book. The entire series is great.

Harry finds the three Deathly Hollows.  Voldamort takes control of the school Harry goes back to school to have a epic battle, school vs. Voldamort, and his followers!  It all comes down to Harry and Voldermort in the battle of century.

 I rate the book 5 stars!

Under a War Torn Sky, by L.M. Elliot, Book Review by Spencer

This is a good story and action. You can follow it easily. It puts the horrors of war into perspective. It looked interesting.

Henry is a pilot. His plane is shot down. He gets caught by the Gestapo. He makes an escape and is on a run for his life.

4 stars ****

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavendera, Book Review by Thomas

I like this book because it includes a lot of the things I like, such as: action, adventure, drama, and comedy. The description was great and the newer version we read was a mix old and new.

I read this book because it was assigned in Spanish class.

A man named Don Quixote decides to become a knight because he has read a lot of books about knights and enjoyed them a lot. He then decides he needs a squire so he goes out and finds a dumb man named Sancho Panza to become his squire and they then set out in 1600’s Spain to go on very exciting adventures with many twists.

I'd Tell You I Love You But then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter, Book Review by Liesl

The book I chose was I’d Tell You I Love You But Then I’d Have To Kill You by Ally Carter. I loved everything about this book. I loved how it was a spy series but it wasn’t all confusing. The book involved problems that ordinary people have to deal with. It was a very exciting book, so you weren’t bored for a second!  I chose this book because it is one of my favorite books of all time. I was pulled in from the start because of the really long title. I read the summary of the book and it sounded good, so I checked it out at the library. Pretty soon I was reading it and I couldn’t put the book down. I hope you’ll get as intrigued as I was!

Cami is a student at a very high society school. But really, the school is a school for spies. Young girls are chosen for their skills and talents to become future spies. This book is about how Cami has to balance spy school and her friends with an ordinary guy she met at the fair who doesn’t know the real her.

Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen, Book Review by Kelley

The book I read was called Someone Like You. This book was written by Sarah Dessen. I liked a lot about this book. It was a book that I didn’t want to put down. I wanted to know what would happen next. I was excited to know what would happen at the end.

I chose this book for a couple of reasons. One reason is that when I read the summary on the back of the book it was so intriguing. It caught my attention like a cow riding in a car. I also chose this book because the cover of it looked very good.  Another reason I chose this book was I was very concerned about the character and I wanted to know what would happen to her.

A high school students boyfriend dies in a motorcycle accident. Soon after the death, she discovers she is carrying his baby. This book is about how her best friend helps her along the way and how they try and survive through their high school years.

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell, Book Review by Alexandra

I liked the Island of the Blue Dolphins book. It was very descriptive about the island and what was there and the author kept it in suspense. Also, the book told how a girl survived on an island by herself. This is why I liked this book.

The reason I chose this book is it was the latest book I have read. It was easy to remember all of the details of this book. It was also interesting how a girl our age survived on an island by herself and how she managed to get through it.

The summary of this book is a girl, her family, and the villagers live on an island shaped like a dolphin.  Soon, an Aleut ship came to their island to hunt otter. They get in a fight and the Aleuts end up killing the islander’s leader. A new leader is selected and he goes to find a new island for them. The ship comes back for them and accidentally leaves Karana’s brother behind on the island. What will Karana do?

****4 stars.

L.A. Candy by Lauren Conrad, Book Review by Abrielle

 I liked the book L.A. Candy for a few reasons. One reason is it’s always filled with drama and action, new things are always happening! Another reason I liked this book so much was because I liked the main Characters. One main character is Jane who is a small town girl and the second main character who is Scarlett is a girl who doesn’t let people get in her way and is headstrong. These main characters always keep things interesting. When I read this I could barley put the book down!

The main reason that I choose this book was because I saw one of my friends reading the book, so I read the summary on the back of the book and I instantly got interested. When I read the summary I saw that the book was filled with drama and excitement. So this is what got me to read the book.

The book L.A. Candy is a book about two girls, Jane and Scarlett. These girls move to L.A. Jane moves because of her new job, which isn’t going as great as she wants it go. Scarlett moves to L.A. to start college at University of Southern California, and she doesn’t exactly get off to a great start. The girls are doing fine though despite all the drama going on at school and work. Everything changes for them when their discovered by an agent. They are asked to star in a reality TV show called L.A. Candy. There’s no way Scarlett and Jane will say no to this! They’ll be getting paid to live their normal life and have fun while living it. New friends, new places, and new faces, could life get any better! Little did they know that their life would be turned upside-down. Their new friends don’t turn out to be as great as they thought. Will they survive or will the crash?

The 39 Clues: Maze of Bones by Rick Riordan, Review by Jacob

This book was a very cool idea, and it moves pretty fast. There was a lot of action, as well as some funny sentences. The book also has lots of different settings around the world. It is part of a large series, so there are lots of books after this one.

Many kids have read this book. My friends who have read it told me it was very good. The idea of this book is very cool, and this author writes many good books.

Amy and Dan Cahill are orphans living with their great aunt and their au pair, Nellie, in Boston. When their favorite grandma dies, they go to her funeral, where they find they have many more relatives than they realize. In their grandmother’s will, all of a group of relatives are given the choice to be put on a quest to have tons of power in the world. Amy and Dan accept the challenge, but so do some of their relatives, who are not the nicest aunts and uncles, and the quest turns out to be more than just a friendly scavenger hunt.

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, Review by Grace

    The thing I like most about The Outsiders was that it kept your attention. There was always something interesting going on. It kept you reading.

    My class read this as an assignment. From looking at the cover, I probably wouldn’t have chosen it. After you read a few pages, you are attached to it and you don’t want to stop reading.

    The Outsiders is about a young boy. His name was Ponyboy. He was in a gang with his brothers and their friends. Ponyboy’s parents died recently and it was dangerous for greasers like him. They got into lots of fights with the Socs. Ponyboy and Johnny, a friend from the gang got into a big fight and accidentally killed Bob, a Soc. Johnny and Ponyboy had to find a way to cover it up.