July 2008
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Stormbreaker
When Alex’s uncle dies, his life becomes one of secrecy and lies. Alex was sent to an agency where he learned to become a secret agent. His first mission was to shut down the computer software called Stormbreaker and find the man who killed his uncle. The Stormbreaker is powered by a man named Herod [...]
Lunch Money
This is a great book about a boy, named Greg Kenton, who starts selling toys to his fellow classmates. His neighbor, Maura Shaw, copies him and sells toys of her own. Greg then starts selling comic books at school. Soon after, Maura starts selling mini-books at school too.
Read this book to find out how Greg [...]
Carnivorious Carnival
This is a very exciting book. It is about three orphans who are put in the care of a director of a carnival. The kids disguise themselves to hide from an old evil gaurdian, Count Olaf. They disguise themselves as “Freaks”. What they don’t know is what awaits them is a series of unfortunate events, [...]
Emily Windsnap
This book is about a girl who does not have the privelege to swim, although she lives right near the ocean. What she doesn’t know is that she is half-mermaid. So one day in gym, they had to swim. That’s when she found out her secret. Her mother had been keeping this secret from her… [...]
Public Enemy Number Two
Public enemy number two was very good. I really think that this is a good book to read for summer because when you start reading you won’t want to put it down. There is an extremely large amount of violence and gore. I think that you need to read the first before (The Falcon’s Malteser) [...]
The Falcon’s Malteser
This is a really good book. There are a few parts that could be a bit scary for younger kids. But besides that, I really liked it. It could also be a bit funny at parts. there is also a lot of detailed violence.
Reading Level: Grades 7-12
Hoot
Hoot is about a boy who tries to save the owls with some friends.
Hoot is my favorite book ever! I was sad when I finished it.
Reading level: Grades 3-6
21 Balloons
21 Balloons was about a man who was a history teacher and did not like teaching. He wanted to travel. He took a hot air balloon ride and let the wind carry him. The balloon popped and he had to swim to land and he ended up on the island of Krakatoa. A man named [...]
No Talking
This book is about no talking. Boys vs. girls the team how talks least wins.
This was a great book.
Reading level: Grades 3-6
Hank Zipzer: My Dog is a Scaredy-Cat
This is a very funny story about when Hank dresses up as a table for his halloween parade at school. In the story Nick McKelty makes fun of Hank and his sisters costumes. Hank and his sister find a way to get revenge on Nick. Is there revenge a success? Read the book to find [...]