Wednesday, July 28, 2010

More Reviews from our Summer Reading Program

The Rose Queen by M. E. Rabb

This book is about 2 sisters that are going undercover, and running away from home. Their mother had gone missing 6 years before and after a while was reported dead. Their dad remarried. He had had bad heart problems for a while, and then passed away. Sam and Sophie's rotten stepmother was going to send Sophie to a boarding school. They wanted to stay together even if it meant running away. Sam's friend knows how to make fake I.D's and passports ... etc. So they dye their hair blond, Sophie changes her name to Fiona, they sell their car and get a new one, and set off for Indiana. To make matters worse, their car breaks down, a girl is reported missing in the town they broke down in, and she was last seen riding in the car of Sam and Sophie! So the police don't find out their true identities, they set out to find out what happened to the missing girl. Read Missing Persons to find out what happens.  Review by Elizabeth

Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat by Lynne Jonell

This is a great book. I know this because when I finished reading it I felt sad that it was done. This book is a fantasy, rats have unusual powers and can talk. Review by Catherine

The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall

It was a good book because it had a lot of emotion in it. Review by Jonathan

Chasing Vermeer by Brett Helquist

I love that the crime solvers are kids which makes the story more interesting. Review by Catherine

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Reviews From Our Summer Reading Program

Pinkalicious by Victoria and Elizabeth Kann

Hey ! don't u guyz remember me???????????? It’s Magic Kitten Girl and whoever is new, I am nine years old, goin into grade 4 and the book I read was, Pinkalicious, By Victoria and Elizabeth Kann. This book was about a girl that made cupcakes with her mother and ate some and she got pink-itis and the weirdest part about her pink-itis is that..... SHE TURNED PINK ! LOL ! The little girl had to go to the docters and she couldn't eat pink food, no watermelon, bubblgum, strawberries, cottoncandy and...... THE CUPCAKES.

And then.... Oh well u have to read the book and see what happens…MAGIC KITTEN GIRL p.s. The book was ok... Review by Chloe

The Fairy's Return and Other Princess Stories by Gail Carson Levine

A great book for princess lovers! Gail Carson Levine wrote 6 books inside it. The titles have a slight parody.:) They were all very charming. Review by Shirley

Aliens Don't Wear Braces by Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Jones

I thought it was creepy because the new art teacher is an alien. Review by Taylor

Vampires Don't Wear Polka Dots - Or Do They? by Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Jones

I thought it was very strange the new class teacher lives in a haunted house. Review by Taylor

Judy Moody Goes to College by Megan McDonald

I thought it funny that Judy Moody likes the same style of clothes as her tutor. Review by Taylor

The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly

I read the book The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate. This book was about a curious 11-year-old girl in 1899, at the turn of a century. This summer it is hotter than you can imagine in the little town in Texas that she lives in. She is the only girl in the middle of 7 kids. One day her oldest brother, Harry, gives her a notebook. She loves nature and writes all of her questions in that notebook. One day she has a question: Why do dogs have eyebrows? Why do dogs need eyebrows? She asks Harry and he says to go and ask grandfather. She never spent time with her grandfather and wasn't even sure he knew her name! Finally she asks him a question, and that is when her relationship with him began. This story is a great summer read about the year of 1899 for Calpurnia Virginia Tate. Review by Elizabeth