Angels in Pink: Holly’s story

Title: Angels in Pink: Holly’s story
Author: Lurlene McDaniel
Genre: realistic fiction
Reviewer: Prabhneet

Angels in Pink is a series that tells the story of three best friends that have been there for each other through thick and thin. From Kathleen’s mother relapsing to Raina’s finding out that she has an older sister, Holly has been there for every one of them. She’s got everything she wants except one thing: a boyfriend. Both Kathleen and Raina have had one and it just so happens that Hunter, Holly’s brother is Raina’s boyfriend. That is the only thing lacking in Holly, leaving her feeling empty. Holly then unexpectedly gets emails from “Shy Boy” who really likes her. She starts talking to him and prints his emails out. She eventually created a book and hid it under her bed. One day, her mother walks in her room when she isn’t home and finds the secret stash.

Holly obviously gets in trouble for talking to strangers and is grounded. She has no one to turn to. She wants “Shy Boy” to keep in touch with her but she has no way to. She turns to the last person that she can count on: Hunter. She persuades him to talk to “Shy Boy”. “Shy Boy” shows up at Holly’s house one day, taking the blame for contacting her and addressing himself as Chad. Chad gets the permission to keep in touch with Holly but not right away.
Meanwhile, a tragedy hit the three friends and their families hard. They found out Hunter was involved in a robbery as the victim and was shot. Hunter had died. As the three families suffer through it all, they know that they are not alone and rely on each other. They are each other’s only hope and light to the darkness that had overcome them. Raina had been the one that was hit the hardest. It cost her days of not being at school which eventually backfired on her. Her grades were going downhill and she was hopeless. She turned to Holly to tutor her. Holly was an excellent student with a bright, glowing future ahead of her besides the loss of one of the most important people in her life. It took days, months for everyone to recover. Yet they didn’t recover, they were to live a life without a loved one which is always hard. At least they weren’t alone.

Holly went to prom with Chad and Kathleen with Carson. Holly learns that Chad was the perfect first boyfriend and realizes that he would be around for a while
I would recommend this book because it is emotional with a touch of suspense and mystery. It really makes you see the wonders in life and the little things that make a big difference. It teaches a lesson of love and to never take one for granted. Life is too short to hold grudges or see the flaws in someone. So live life to the fullest and cherish the moments you have together.

Angels in Pink: Raina’s Story

Title: Angels in Pink: Raina’s Story
Author: Lurlene McDaniel
Genre: Realistic fiction
Reviewer: Prabhneet

Raina’s story is the second page turning book in the series. It tells a story of a group of three diverse girls. They are juniors in high school and struggle a lot. Raina is the main point of it all. She drags her two best friends, Kathleen and Hollie to come volunteer at the community hospital with her the summer of sophomore year. Kathleen and Hollie eventually agree and tag along to find that it is very rewarding. Kathleen found a boyfriend and Hollie found a new level of comfort trying to console the children with cancer.


Raina is going out with Hollie’s older brother, Hunter. They love each other very much apart from the big fact that Raina does not believe in God and Hunter whole heartedly has faith in Him. Raina’s first day of school is a misery. She ends up seeing her worst enemy, Tony Stoddard. Tony was Raina’s boyfriend in eighth grade. One day Hunter was going to his car from his job at the diner and Tony and his “gang” beat up Hunter and tell him some details about Raina. He comes home to Raina with some cuts and bruises and this astonishes Raina because Hunter is not the type to get into fights. Hunter explains the encounter and asks Raina if all of the “details” about her were true. She hesitated, knowing she couldn’t lie to him and told him the truth. With this running over and over again through his mind, Hunter does not talk to Raina for weeks. Raina becomes desperate and turns over for support from the hospital. She volunteers every second she has out of school. She spends all of her volunteered time with premature babies. She becomes attached to them and feels a connection of them both having no one.

Finally, on Raina’s birthday Hunter, Hollie, Kathleen, and her boyfriend Carson through her a surprise party. Hunter reveals that he is going to become a minister and go to a college in Indiana, miles away from their town in Florida. Raina eventually learns to live through it and cherish the moments with him. Through it all, all three girls gave each other support and will conquer the upcoming tragedies they will face.I think this is a good book because it shows you how much your friends can affect your life and how much you should really support them. You should all be there for each other and give each other love and affection. It teaches you a lesson and really changes your prospection of life.

Vanguard: Book One (Star Trek)

Title: Vanguard: Book One (Star Trek)
Author: David Mack
Genre: Fiction, Science Fiction
Reviewer: George

This book book falls somewhere during the Starship Enterprise’s journey to explore strange new worlds, to seek new life and civilizations, and to boldly go where no man has gone before. It follows the stories of several characters: a FNS News Reporter, a Federation diplomat, the crew of Starship Enterprise, the crew of Starship Bombay, a illegal and stolen goods courier, and several others.

It starts out with a geology lieutenant named Xiong traveling on the Starship Bombay. He has just come from a recent discovery on the planet Ravanar and is headed to Star Base 47 (Vanguard). Vanguard is the newest space station of Starfleet. It also the space station that was completed in the shortest amount of time.

Every one is wondering why it has been built so fast. Is it because of the new discovery on Ravanar? Is it to expand Federation territory into the Taurus Reach past the Klingon Empire? Read the book to find out!!!

The Floating Island:The Lost journal of Ven Polypheme

Title: The Floating Island:The Lost journal of Ven Polypheme
Author: Elizabeth Haydon
Genre: Fiction
Reviewer: George

This book is for any one who likes a good fantasy story. It is interesting because most of it is written like a regular book but it also has some pages that are written like a journal. Surprisingly
for a book written at this reading level, it also has some illustrations.

It starts out with a boy named Ven whose father owns a ship building company. Ven is a boy, but he isn’t human. He is a Nain and althougth he turns fifty years old on the day the story starts, Ven is still a boy. Ven gets sent out on one of the boats do do an inspection. Nain’s aren’t supposed to like being out on the water, but Ven is having a great time. The inspection was going fine until he hears the thunder of a cannon firing, pirates are attacking. He sets a fire and destroys both of the ships to keep the pirates from getting the new ship his father’s shipyard built. Ven is rescued by sailors on another ship. They say they saw an albatross flying over the water and it lead them to Ven. Ven visits a floating island with the captain who rescued
him. The rest of the story is a bout Ven’s adventures with friends he made on the ship and with others.

Ingo

Title: Ingo
Author: Helen Dunmore
Genre: Fiction
Reviewer: Sydney

The book Ingo is about a girl named Sapphire and her brother Connor. Sapphire and Connor have what seems like an almost perfect life. They live by the sea, have their own private cove (everyone in town knows about it, but they are the only ones that go there), their father has a boat that he uses to take them out on the sea. The only part of their life that could be fixed is the fighting. Sapphire’s parents often start yelling and screaming at each other. Sapphire hates it. She wishes they acted the way they did when she was younger. No fights. So Sapphire’s world is pretty much prefect. Right? Wrong. Sapphire and Connor’s lives are turned upside down when their father mysteriously disappears while taking his boat out one night after another fight. Now, it was normal for Sapphire’s father to take out his boat in the middle of the night, but he had always come back until this time. Search crews were sent out and neighbors helped search for their father. But there was no evidence of anything and eventually the search crews stopped looking and then the neighbors stopped looking too. Then about two months later someone found their father’s wrecked boat but still their father was missing. Everybody in the town assumes that their father is dead and they hold a memorial service for him, but Connor and Sapphire refuse to believe he is dead.

A year passes and much changes. Sapphire’s mother has a job downtown, is rarely home and always is moving. With no sign of their father Sapphire and her brother become more sober. That is when it happens. Almost a year after their father disappears and Connor disappears too. Sapphire immediately searches the house, but no sign of Connor. Then she thinks of the cove, but she knows that Connor would never go down there without her because they both promised their parents that they would never go down to the cove by themselves. Never the less she goes. As Sapphire gets closer to the cove she starts to feel a pull from the sea. When Sapphire gets to the cove she calls for Connor but he doesn’t answer. Sapphire wades into the water and that’s when she sees them. Connor and some girl she’s never seen before are sitting on a rock a couple feet away. The girl looks like she’s in a diving suit and their both look like they’ve been swimming and they were talking. Neither of them saw her so and Sapphire didn’t want them too. Sapphire looks out at the sunset for a minute then looks back to Connor and the girl. But the girl is gone and Connor is looking at the water. Sapphire calls to Connor and he looks up and comes to her. Sapphire and Connor never keep things from each other so when Sapphire ask Connor about the girl and when he doesn’t tell her she begins to wonder why he isn’t telling her, but that’s not the only weird thing. When Sapphire tells Connor what time it is he begins to insist that it is not actually that late, but it is. The two siblings go home with Sapphire thinking about how Connor lied to her and how he thought it wasn’t as late as he thought it was.
Will Sapphire find out the secret her brother is keeping from her? Will Sapphire and Connor find their father? Read the book to find out.

I would recommend this book to anyone who likes adventure and mystery. Something is always happening in this book; it’s almost impossible to put down. It is defiantly a book that should be added to anyone’s personal library.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Title: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Author: J. K. Rowling
Genre: Fiction, Fantasy
Reviewer: Kimberly

Harry is running out of time. Lord Voldemort, the most powerful dark wizard the world has ever known, has infiltrated The Ministry of Magic, the wizarding world’s government. People are dying. Nobody can be trusted. Everyone is terrified, people are forced into hiding, and the truth is kept well hidden. Harry, Hermione, and Ron are the only ones who can stop Lord Voldemort, known to his loyal followers, the Death Eaters, as the Dark Lord. They’re running out of clues, of hints to follow, and tensions run high between them. Ron has left his family, expecting Harry to have a plan, and Hermione has bewitched her non-magical parents into believing that they are completely different people who don’t have a daughter in order to keep them safe from the Death Eaters and in order to join Harry on his quest. To win the war, they must find Voldemort’s seven Horcruxes, parts of his soul, ripped from his body through his terrible evil, that are sheltered within valuable objects and carefully guarded. There were originally seven; luckily, two have been destroyed, the diary and the ring, and they’ve found the locket, however, they still have to locate and destroy five more. However, the trail runs cold, they’ve no means of destroying the Horcrux they already have, and Harry begins to seethe with anger at Dumbledore, who died and sent them on the seemingly hopeless task. He wants to find the truth that Dumbledore seemed so keen on keeping from him. However, their efforts go unrewarded as their only clue is that the sword of Godric Gryffindor. Finally, Ron walks out of them, on a night when tempers run high, out of pure frustration.

However, their luck is about to turn. One night, Harry is led away by a mysterious silver doe to a frozen pool. To retrieve the sword, Harry must prove he has the qualities of a true Gryffindor, which includes bravery and chivalry. When Harry uses magic to crack the ice and dive into the pool, he almost drowns and Ron rescues him and grabs the sword. He then proceeds to stab the Horcrux, and with it, another bit of Voldemort’s soul. Ron has returned through use of the Deluminator, an invention Dumbledore had left him in his will. Perhaps this proves that Dumbledore had a plan after all, though Harry still nurtures doubts. Their quest continues, as Ron’s arrival seems to coincide with, or perhaps trigger, a sufficient amount of information and hope. Their adventure is filled with far more peril and danger, but progress is far better than before. Along the way, Harry, Hermione, and Ron suffer tragedies, and occasionally, hear amazing tidings and stumble upon unlikely encouragement. Will they be able to defeat Voldemort? The fate of the entire world will depend on the answer.

I would recommend this book to others because it balances the amazing and impossible feats with crushing reality and conflict between friends. However, comprehension of the book’s theme and plot is easier if you have read the first six books. It isn’t completely necessary, as the book explains things along the way, but it allows the reader to better understand the bonds between characters and their feelings of attachment and fondness or hurt and betrayal. The book was very emotional and sometimes became depressing, but it was also extremely witty with excellent word choice and unexpected twists, which is why I personally enjoyed it and think others will too.

The Report Card

The Report Card
By: Andrew Clements
Genre: Fiction
Reviewer: Anon

Do you ever think someone may strive to get bad grades? That seems like the silliest thing ever, well Nora Rose Rowley didn’t think so. She didn’t get bad grades for no reason she did it for a friend, her best friend.

You see, everyone was so obsessed over good grades, her family, teachers, and almost all of the students except Nora. Nora was a complete brainiac but don’t tell anyone because all her life she has been in disguise as only an average, old person. If anyone knew she was so smart she could never prove her point. She didn’t know her little plan would become a huge deal but it did. She started getting treated differently, she had many conferences with her parents and teachers, and worst of all she got grounded. All of Nora’s doings became a huge commotion among all the students at her school. Did all of her hard work pay of or at least prove her point?

I do highly recommend the Report Card. It is a very funny book with many hooks to make you want to read more. I think many type of readers would enjoy this book.

The Year of the Rat

Title: The Year of the Rat
Author: Grace Lin
Genre: Fiction
Reviewer: Sidd

This book is a sequel to the book The Year of the Dog. Once again, it is written and illustrated by Grace Lin. In this book, the main character Pacy must deal with many frustrations. They are, such as, the possibility of Melody moving away, painstakingly trying to find her true talent, and learn that change can actually be a wonderful thing.

Written as if the person is on a day-to-day basis, this book is perfect all readers. It also has many interesting illustrations. Be sure to check those out. Singularity and happiness fill the pages of this book from beginning to the end.

Al Capone Does My Shirts

Title: Al Capone Does My Shirts
Author: Gennifer Choldenko
Genre: Fiction
Reviewer: Patrick

This book is the story of Moose Flanagan, Alcatraz Island Boy. If you have never heard of Alcatraz Island, it was a twelve-acre rock covered with cement that housed a prison off the shore of San Francisco, California. It was open during the 1934 and closed in 1964. Moose moved there with his family. His dad was one of the prison guards. Alcatraz or “Devil’s Island” had convicts that are the kind other prisons didn’t want. The worst of the worst, they said it was a prison no one could escape from. Moose had a sister named Natalie that needed a special school, the Esther P. Marinoff School. It was for kids like Natalie that needed extra help. She had autism which no one knew a lot about back then. The story was set in 1935 right after the prison opened.

The story was about how 23 kids lived among the worst convicted prisoners and how strange friendships can evolve. Moose liked baseball and all the things regular kids liked. He had to move away from all his friends for his sister. One of the most famous prisoners was Al Capone, a dangerous gangster from Chicago. The title of the book comes from the fact that Al Capone worked in the prison laundry! Piper, one of Moose’s’ new friends had a scheme to make money by having extra shirts washed in the prison laundry and people would pay to have Al Capone wash their shirts. Until the warden, Piper’s father, found out…. You have to read the book to find out how Al Capone helped Moose, his sister and his family.

This book tells how you can make unusual friends and I would recommend it. It is a book that has a real story and you can make sense of the plot. It is fiction but I believe that it could have really happened. I would have liked to go to have a tour of the prison even though it has been closed for years. That makes the story seem so real. Sometimes you have to put your family first and I liked how Moose was able to make the best of that type of situation.

Smiles to Go

Title: Smiles to Go
Author: Jerry Spinelli
Genre: Fiction
Reviewer: Sidd

This book is about a teenager named Will Tuppence. He is your average teenager, he eats pizza, plays chess, has an annoying little sister, has two friends named BT (Anthony Botempo) and Mi-Su, and so on. The whole book is based about his life. The twists and turns of an average teenage boy are about to come alive in this book!

This book is written in a diary format. It a warm-hearted book. I love how this book is very psychological, but it is also filled with comedy and drama. This amalgam-of-emotions book will thrill you. You won't be able to stop reading until you have finished the book. We already know that Jerry Spinelli is an excellent author with is Newberry Honor Book Maniac Magee, so why not read this one? I guarantee you it will give you a smile.

The Voyage of the Dawntreader

Title: The Voyage of the Dawntreader
Author: C. S. Lewis
Genre: Fantasy, Fiction
Reviwere: Kimberly

This book began with Edmund and Lucy visiting their awful, disagreeable cousin Eustace. Eustace is selfish and is teasing the two about Narnia, the land that they have visited but Eustace doesn’t believe in. Suddenly, a picture on the wall of a magnificent ship begins moving and rocking, growing larger and larger; the three begin feeling the ocean spray and light gusts of wind. They land in the ocean and are hoisted onboard by the crew of the ship. There, Lucy and Edmund recognize their friends, Prince Caspian, whom they rescued the previous time they were in Narnia, and Reepicheep, the valiant Talking Mouse, who comes up to about the height of an adult’s knees. Caspian, Reepicheep, and the crew are on a quest to reach the end of the world and find the Seven Lords, who were tricked into sailing away and never returned, or avenge them if they had died. They sail across uncharted lands, settle on several strange islands, meet the inhabitants and have amazing adventures.

This book was excellent and I could hardly prevent myself from continuing reading it to the exclusion of all else. The plot was thrilling and unexpected. My favorite island was the island where dreams come true. It wasn’t what I expected and was the most terrifying of all. The adventures on the islands were extremely creative and I would never have been able to imagine them. I would recommend this book to pretty much anyone who can read. Enjoy!

Numbering the Bones

Title: Numbering the Bones
Author: Ann Rinaldi
Genre: Historical Fiction
Reviewer: Patrick

The story takes place during the Civil War beginning in February 1864. Eulinda is the main character in the story. She is a 13 year old slave and the illegitimate daughter of a plantation owner, Mr. Hampton Kellogg. Mr. Kellogg had a wife named Miz Gertrude. Before she died she accused Eulinda’s younger brother Zeke of stealing her ruby ring. For punishment she sells him and sends him off down south. Eulinda’s other brother, Neddy, ran off and joined the war and is now in a prison camp. Mr. Kellogg has a daughter named Annalee who is also 13 and is friends with Eulinda. Mistis is Mr. Hampton’s new wife and pretends to be sensitive to the needs of the slaves. They all live at Pond Bluff Plantation, Andersonville, Georgia.

There is a war prison in Andersonville where Yankee soldiers are held captive and die of starvation every day. 13,000 will end up dying there by the end of the war. In February 1865 Mr. Hampton gathers the slaves and tells them they are now officially free. Eulinda finds a job at the cemetery at the old prision. Rats are starting to uproot the soldiers graves and they needed help to get the cemetery in order. The story then centers around Eulinda and those who also helped with sorting out the names and dates of those who died in the prison. One clerk named Dorence Atwater kept special records that allowed them to pay respect to all the bones. Eulinda works side by side with Clara Barton, a famous nurse, and they bring honor to the prison cemetery.

My sister recommended this book to me to read. At first I did not like the story because I have not read a lot of historical fiction but as you read you become amazed at what they lived through and what they did at such a young age! I am almost the same age as the main character and have not had to experience such things. Eulinda helped by respecting those who died to make her free. I think it is a great book to read to see how far our country has come for freedom and rights. It is especially true as we are about to elect our 44th president and close to the man who helped free the slaves, Abraham Lincoln’s, birthday!

Where the Red Fern Grows

Title: Where the Red Fern Grows
Author: Wilson Rawls
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Reviewer: Taylor

The story starts out on Billy, a 10 year old boy. He’s just like any young boy, struck with puppy love, but for Billy, it goes farther than that. He keeps insisting that he needs hunting dogs. After a while, he starts getting sick because he wants them so bad. His father gets him traps to satiate him for a while, but soon, Billy’s father just tells him the truth. That they don’t have the money for it right now. Billy gives up on it for a while, but when he finds a catalog with an ad saying 2 coon dogs for $100, he starts raising the money on his own. After almost 2 years of collecting cans, he has the money. He walks almost 30 miles to get his dogs. Billy names the girl dog Little Ann and the boy dog Big Dan. He spends the entire off season training them and when the season finally starts, he goes right out hunting. He goes for almost 4 years with those dogs, going through lots of adventures; spending all night for one raccoon, a tragic death, and even mountain lions. He goes through it all with those dogs.

The ending is kind of sad. I won’t tell it all. There is so much to the story; it would be too much to say in one report. It’s so good; I couldn’t put it down until I was finished. I’d say this is good for anyone who likes a good, dramatic book. It’s the best, and it’s a classic. I know Mrs. Gorski’s reading class read it for an assignment, but you shouldn’t wait until you have to read it!

Savvy

Title: Savvy
Author: Ingrid Law
Genre: Fiction
Reviewer: Sidd

Mibs (Mississippi) Beaumont is about to turn thirteen. In the Beaumont family, a thirteenth birthday isn’t about getting a new cell phone. It’s about getting your power, or your savvy. Mibs’s family includes 3 brothers and a baby sister, her mom, dad, and her grandfather. Her brother Rocket creates lightning. Her other brother Fish makes hurricanes. Her grandpa moves mountains. Her other sister and brother are too young. However, disaster strikes the night before her 13th birthday- her dad is in an enormous accident and is taken to the Salina Hope Hospital in Salina, Kansas. Her mom and Rocket go to Salina right after the incident. On the day of her birthday party, Mibs decided that she doesn’t care about her savvy anymore, and all that she wants is a savvy to save her dad. Along with her friends and siblings, they stowaway on a bus to Salina, but when things take a wrong turn, then, only, then, does the real adventure begin.

This book grabbed my interest because it interprets the use of southern vernacular. Also, it shows the youthful teenager in its early stages, but with a different twist. I recommend this book to anyone who is wistful for a good fictional and adventurous story. After reading this book, I think that I’ve even found my own savvy, and who’s to say you won’t either? So, go ahead! Read it!

Eclipse

Title: Eclipse
Author: Stephanie Meyer
Genre: fiction
Reviewer: Prabhneet

Eclipse is the third novel in Stephenie Meyer’s popular Twilight saga. In order to understand and process your thoughts about Eclipse, you would have to read Twilight and New Moon. You also want to read Twilight and New Moon because they are both excellent novels and you are missing out if you haven’t read them. They are very entertaining and keep you thirsting for more. You honestly can’t stop turning the pages once you start.

Bella’s high school graduation is approaching and she will be leaving Forks forever, what she has told everyone: to go to college - but she is planning to turn into a vampire with her boyfriend, Edward. There are some consequences that she is ready to face. Unexpectedly, the dangerous newborn vampires from Seattle come to Forks and dealing with them is dangerous for humans.

Bella, Edward and Jacob’s relationship is basically a love triangle between them. Bella and Jacob have always been friends, until Jacob became a werewolf. This strikes up some complicated problems. Bella has to compromise between her love and her best friend. What makes it harder for Bella is that Jacob is in love with Bella but she is in love with Edward.

Bella realizes that she might lose Edward because of the newborn vampires that he is going to go and put “under control”. When he returns she is happier than ever. Bella and Edward's relationship gets stronger, once again.

Star Wars: Heir to the Empire

Title: Star Wars: Heir to the Empire
Author: Timothy Zahn
Genre: Science Fiction
By: Andrew

This book is a continuation of the Star Wars movies. It takes place five years after Return of the Jedi.

Grand Admiral Thrawn is one of the evil Emperor’s warlords who survived the last battle with the Rebel Alliance. He has taken control of the Imperial fleet and is planning to attack the new Republic and steal warships from the Slusis Van shipyards. Grand Admiral Thrawn has discovered two secret weapons to help him carry out his plan. It’s up to Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, Chewbacca, and their allies to defend the Slusis Van shipyards against Grand Admiral Thrawn and the Imperial fleet. Will Grand Admiral Thrawn complete his assault or will the new Republic be able to repel him?

I would recommend this book to any Star Wars fan or anybody else because it tells you what happened after the end of the last movie. It also has tons of action, adventure, and surprises. I can’t wait to start reading book number two Dark Force Rising and book number three The Last Command!

No Talking

Title: No Talking
Author: Andrew Clements
Genre: Fiction
Reviewer: Billy

No Talking is about a boy named Dave that attends Laketon Elementry School in New Jersey. Dave's main hobby is talking, actually the whole grades' hobby is talking. They were nicknamed the unshushables because of this bad habit. This is how the whole story started. Dave was doing a report on India when he came across a man named Gandhi. Gandhi would not speak for one day of the week every week. Gandhi thought this helped clear his mind and gave him time to think. Dave was very tempted to try this, so he did. Half-way through his challenge he made a bet with a girl, Lynsey Burgess, to not talk for two days, every one in the grade was involved with this challenge. Many rules were made, one was if you made a mess up it counted as a point, whoever had the most points at the end lost. The challenge caused many problems, but it still went on. Throughout the chapters it gets more interesting, like having an assembly to tell the students to talk and go back to their normal selves. I don't know why they would want them to be loud once again.

I would highly recommend this book. The plot of this book was very good. I thought it was a page turner and kept on luring me in chapter after chapter. The outcome will surprise you very much. I could understand how it would be to not talk for that long. Read this book you will love it!

Frindle

Title: Frindle
Author: Andrew Clements
Genre: Fiction
Reviewer: Niki

It was 5th grade Nick Allen’s big year and he knew it too. 5th grade meant switching classes, homework, and no recess. The way they did it at Lincoln Elementary School there was two teachers for each subject except for Language Arts. There was one, Mrs. Granger and that’s were the trouble began for Nick.

Nick was in the last period of his first day of 5th grade but the problem was his last period was with Mrs. Granger. Nick felt homework coming. So the question quick shot out of his mouth “Where do words come from?” This question could’ve stop from everyone getting homework but Mrs. Granger knew exactly what Nick was doing. She back fired on him and he ended up with an oral report and vocabulary.

You may ask what this has to with the title Frindle. Nick has loads of ideas and Frindle was one of them. Mrs. Granger told the class that words are made because we say so. So he had a meeting with him and his friends. The next week he had all of the kids at Lincoln Elementary to say his new word. Frindle, Frindle his the definition of pen but wanted to start a fight with the Lone Granger. Frindle started as just a game but it ended up as after school detentions, then newspapers, and ended with national television. All of this leads to a letter from Mrs. Granger to Nick. No one knew what was in the letter and no one would know until this Frindle nonsense was over.

I would recommend this book because it’s funny and you can’t stop reading it. It is a great story and you will never know what will happen next.

The Tales of Beedle the Bard

Title: The Tales of Beedle the Bard
Author: J.K. Rowling
Genre: Fiction, fantasy
Reviewer: Jimmy

J.K. Rowling writes this book which includes five wizard fairy tales. They are somewhat like are own fairytales, but each has a wizard or warlock as the main character. The wizard and the Hopping Pot tell the tale of a young wizard and the very unusual Hopping Pot. It tells about brotherly love. The fountain of Fair Fortune tells about Asha, Althedia, and Amala, three young witches. They travel with Sir Luckless to receive help with their problems. The Warlocks Hairy Heart is about a young warlock who did not want to act like others in love. This is a surprising tale. Babbity Rabbity and Her Cackling Stump are about a foolish king who wanted magical powers. A charlatan has him believing he has powers. The witch Babbity comes into the story and things happen. The Tale of the Three Brothers is about how they meet Death and fight him off. I recommend reading this book because each tale has its own moral. Some of the tales are humorous while others are a little gross. I enjoyed the way J.K. Rowling wrote a little about each tale in the old wizard version. Also, I am happy to understand all royalties for the book goes to Children’s High Level Group.

Inkdeath

Title: Inkdeath
Author: Cornelia Funke
Genre: Fantasy, Imaginative Fiction
Reviewer:

Inkdeath is the last book in the Inkheart trilogy, the sequel to Inkspell. In the beginning, Elinor, Meggie’s great-aunt, is longing to see her family again after they were sucked into the pages of the book, Inkheart a couple months ago. Meanwhile, in the pages of the book Mo, Meggie’s father, is playing the part of a robber known as the Bluejay and trying to protect the poor people of the Inkworld; they are vulnerable to the cruelty of the Adderhead, who is immortal but experiencing a life worse than death. Meggie and her mother, Resa, are worried for the safety of her father, and Meggie misses the company of Farid, an Arab boy read out of his own story by Meggie’s father, who once earned the nickname Silvertongue for his ability to pull characters out of their stories. Farid works for Orpheus, a master of Silvertongue’s art, who twists the story maliciously to his own liking. Somehow the story must come together, Mo must defeat the Adderhead and Orpheus and help the story to its happy ending.

I enjoyed this book because of how unpredictable it was and the impossible events that happened, like some of the characters being able to shift shapes with special seeds, and Mo’s meeting with death. I would recommend it to anyone who has read the preceding novels of the trilogy. Inkdeath ties together the loose ends of the story and answers all the questions the reader is left with. The series was just wonderful to read.