Ginny, a girl who is starting school, makes all these different kinds of lists for the new school year. She makes a new friend named Becky Soo. She tries to get back together with her old friend, Mary Catherine Kelly, but fails. She tries her best to make her year fun, but it seems just the opposite happens. Her dad is dead, she didn’t get the part in the “Sugarplum Fairy” that she wanted, and she broke her wrist. In fact, she had a pretty rough year even though she kept strong and stayed healthy.
I thought the title was a little strange at first, but when you finish it you’ll finally understand the meaning of the title. It was a bit sad in the middle of the book. I do recommend it. [carebare 443]
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A guy named Fone Bone and his cousins named Phoney and Smiley Bone get run out from Boneville (their home) into a desert, and they find this big valley and survive. Fone finds a girl named Thorn who takes Fone back to her house to help him. Fone tells her how he was run out of Boneville.Thorn says she will help him get back home even though she has not heard of Boneville.
Greg Heffley is your average middle school boy who hates life … and all the problems he has to face, such as his prankster brother Rodrick, his embarrassing friend Rowley, and his desperate attempts to impress a girl. Along with these problems, Greg’s dad wants to send Greg to a summer military school! Uh-oh, the big red buzzer is going off! Greg now has to show his dad that he’s NOT a wimp, and can be strong (when he wants to) … but all his attempts are failing! But will this one last trick work?
The Baudelaire children are back in Book Ten of A Series of Unfortunate Events. This time Count Olaf has kidnapped Sunny on a mountain in the Mortmain Mountain Range, and left Klaus and Vilet in a runaway caravan heading for a river. Violet quickly invents a drag chute that barely allows them to get to safety. As they travel up the mountain in search of their sister, they encounter a swarm of snow gnats, and then a group of Snow Scouts. They decide to join the group for the night, and quickly discover one of the Scouts is trying to send them a message.
This book is about a girl named Ella Minnow Pea. She writes her cousin abut her life. They both live on an island where a man named Nollop made a sentence that has all the letters in it. As the letters fall off, the high counsel thinks it is Nollpo telling them to get rid of that letter from their language. More letters fall off and, well, you will see why it’s called Ella Minnow Pea. He he he! [Catherine]
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Grandma Ben, Thorn, and Fone Bone have to leave the farm forever and make their way to Barrelhaven, but they meet Kingdok, the leader of the Rat Creatures. Surprisingly, Thorn cuts his right arm off. But back at the village, everyone (except Lucius) believes that he is a Dragonslayer. He somehow hoodwinked everyone to believe that dragons are their main enemy. Fourth in the Bone series. [Jackie]
Now that the hole in the house is finished, Phoney and Smiley head back to Barrelhaven while Fone Bone stays with Thorn and Grandma Ben. Thorn and Fone start having weird dreams, but Thorn’s seem to reflect more of her past. Grandma knows something that they don’t. Smiley, Luxius, and Phoney are attacked by rat creatures, and their changes of making it to Barrelhaven are slim. Third in the Bone series. [Jackie]
Finally reunited! Fone, Smiley and Phoney are back together, and Phoney is back to his old tricks and schemes, this time to ruin the cow races. Grandma Ben is the fastest runner in the valley. Since everybody bets on Grandma to win, Phoney persuaded everyone to bet against her. If this messes up, Phoney is really going to be in for it. Second in the Bone series. [Jackie]
Newberry Award Winner Lois Lowry has produced another outstanding piece of literature. Unlike The Giver and Number the Stars, this book is a humorous examination of human relationships. As parents and children try to get rid of each other we learn great vocabulary (thankfully there is a glossary) and see kids learn to change their nefarious ways and become affable and winsome individuals. Will the parents get rid of the kids, or will they meet a chilly end on the mountainside? To learn if Commander Melanoff finds his long-lost son or the baby left on the front steps, check out The Willoughbys today.
If you like comedy books, this one’s for you. It’s about a girl named Raisin who made her blog so she could chat with her friend about what’s going on with herself in her new neighborhood. I enjoyed this book because it was funny and I understood a lot of her troubles!
This book is great for anyone with a sense of humor. It’s about a slacker who decides not to do a book report, and for punishment he has to help with the school’s play (that coincidentally is of the book he did not read). When he puts his ideas into the play, things get pretty crazy. Anyone looking for excitement and humor in a book — No More Dead Dogs is for you.
