Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh

by Robert C. O'Brien

Rating: 5 Stars - It's hard to imagine a better book!

Summary: Moving day is coming for the Frisbys but Timothy is too sick to be moved. Only the Rats of Nimh can save the family.

Review: This book was enjoyable because it showed the love of family. This book is recommended for grades 4 through 12.

Reviewed by: Hope, Grade 5

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I Funny

I Funny
by James Patterson

This is the 1st book of the series.

Review #1 - Maddy, Grade 6

Rating: 4 Stars - This book is better than most.

Summary: I Funny is about a kid in a wheelchair who is bullied a lot. He is really funny and has 2 friends who are totally different. He is brothers with a bully named Steve.

Review: I think 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders would like this book.

Review #2 - Ida, Grade 5

Rating: 5 Stars - It's hard to imagine a better book!

Summary: This book is mostly about a middle school kid. It is also about funny Jokes told. I think it is an amazing book

Review: This book is enjoyable because I like J.P. This is for kids who love funny books

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Eragon

Eragon

by Christopher Paolini

This is the 1st book of the series.

Rating: 5 Stars - It's hard to imagine a better book!

Summary: The book Eragon is about a boy who finds a strange stone and brings strangers to his town and he flees trying to hunt them down after the king has his uncle. He sets off on an epic adventure with dragons, warlocks, wizards, and elves, among other entities. ending in a battle for the great dwarven city of father

Review: I think that people who have a taste for action and adventure

Reviewed by:Elijah, 5th Grade

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Crocodile Tears

Crocodile Tears
by Anthony Horowitz

This is the 8th book of the series.

Rating: 5 Stars - It's hard to imagine a better book!

Summary: It was about a kid named Alex rider who is a teenage super-spy. he has to stop a super villain from wiping out humanity in Africa.

Review: It is very fast pace the action never stops. It is somewhat realistic

Reviewed by: Sage, 5th grade

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A Wrinkle in Time

A Wrinkle in Time

by Madeline L'Engle

Rating: 5 Stars - It's hard to imagine a better book!

Summary: Margaret is a little girl with a brilliant mom and a creative brother who meets three mysterious witches that take her brother, her and her friend into the fabric of time to a fantastic land that gives her a task to save her father who is trapped in time.

Review: This book is geared to 4th- 6th graders of all genders but it is truly enjoyable for all ages.

Reviewed by: Anonymous

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11 Birthdays

11 Birthdays

by Wendy Mass

Review #1 - Talisa, Grade 5


Rating: 5 of 5 Stars - It's hard to imagine a better book!

Summary: Amanda is turning 11 and wakes up to a day of surprises. But her birthday repeats, over and over. She needs to mend her friendship with Leo, until its too late.

Review: Wendy Mass is a awesome writer! "11 birthdays" is a story filled with friendships and surprises. Anyone from 4th-7th would enjoy this book.

Review #2 - Colette, Grade 5

Rating: 3 Stars - This book is readable, but not fantastic.

Summary: 11 birthdays is about a girl named Amanda who is and she keeps repeating her B-day over and over again see what happened next.

Review: It was kind of interesting. It caught my attention a lot and there was a lot of mystery and It caught my attention.

Review #3 - Kasey, Grade 5

Rating: 5 of Stars - It's hard to imagine a better book!

Summary: 11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass is about a boy and a girl who share a birthday but it keeps repeating.

Review: this book was amazing because Wendy Mass used so much good wording that it took you to another world.

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Out of My Mind

Out of My Mind
by Sharon Draper

Review #1: Spencer, 5th grade

Rating: 5 of 5 stars - It's hard to imagine a better book!

Summary:  It is about a mentally handicapped girl who has a photo-graphic memory. and is super smart but cant talk or move. 

Review: What was good about it was how she came so far.

Review #2: Sonja, 5th grade

Rating: 5 of 5 stars - It's hard to imagine a better book!

Summary:  Out of my Mind is about a girl with cerebeal Palzy. A lot of people like her so she really wants a voice. She's annoyed because she can't talk, and her brain is recording everything.

Review: This book is enjoyable because I have never thought that handicapped people wanted to speak out.

Review #3: Emily, 6th grade

Rating: 5 of 5 stars - It's hard to imagine a better book!

Summary: Out Of my Mind is about a girl named Melody that can not walk or talk. Melody gets really upset about that. Then,Melody somehow finally gets to talk! find out how she gets to talk in the book.

Review: What made this book so enjoyable is things happen and you would not expect it. Someone that would enjoy this book is someone who wants to be surprised.

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Wonder

Wonder
by R.J. Palacio

Review #1 : Anonymous, 5th grade

Rating: 5 of 5 stars - It's hard to imagine a better book!

Summary:  The book Wonder is mainly about a boy who has face issues. In Wonder, the boy faces going to school, and makeing friends who will stand up for him. It is a book that will help you see the other sides of points of views.

Review: 3rd and up

Review #2 : Katie, 6th grade

Rating: 4 of 5 stars - This book is better than most.

Summary:  Auggie's face is distorted, looking abnormal since birth. His parents have always homeschooled him, until know. Auggie's parents send him to school where he learns who his real friends are, and who cannot be trusted.

Review: This book was amazing, and I loved how it was all about the beauty on the inside, not on the outside. I recommend the book for anyone with a kind heart who enjoys realistic fiction.

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The Giver

The Giver
by Lois Lowry

Review #1 : Kayla, 5th grade

Rating: 5 of 5 stars - It's hard to imagine a better book!

Summary:  In a village that has strict rules, lives a boy named Jonas. The Villagers all listen to all the rules, like only having 2 children. Everyone listens and obeys except Jonas.

Review: This book was spell binding and had lots of cliffhangers. "The Giver" is also imaginative novel.

Review #2 : Anonymous, 6th grade

Rating: 4 of 5 stars - This book is better than most.

Summary:  Jonas is going through the ceremony of 12. Just like any ceremony of 12, each person gets called up and then told the job that they will do until they get old. Jonas is skipped and ends up getting the job that only one other person alive has gotten.

Review: his book is funny and very good. Some parts of the book surprised me, but I like how it begins. I think anyone who enjoys fantasy will like this book.

Review #3 : Sienna, 6th grade

Rating: 4 of 5 stars - This book is better than most.

Summary:  A little boy lives in a world of same. This world has no colors, emotions or true gene families. The boy gets the highest homer. The boy doesn't like this world. Will he run away?

Review: This book is funny and very good. Some parts of the book surprised me, but I like how it begins. I think anyone who enjoys fantasy will like this book.

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Deep and Dark and Dangerous

Deep and Dark and Dangerous
by Mary Downing Hahn

Review #1 : Anonymous, 5th grade

Rating: 4 of 5 stars – This book is better than most.

Summary:  Deep and Dark and Dangerous is about a family who travels to a lake house. Some things in the lake are bad and they have to deal with it. They had a hard time there. Read to find out!

Review: It brought my attention because it is very mysterious and you never want to put the book down.

Review #2 : Birdie, 5th grade

Rating: 5 of 5 stars - It's hard to imagine a better book!

Summary:  This book is a chilling story about an 11 year old girl who comes to a haunted lake with her cousin and Aunt. Her four year old cousin meets a new friend. But the older girl can tell there is much more to her cousin's friend than is showing.

Review: This book is so enjoyable because it is suspensful and chilling. It's a good book for people who like to stay up all night reading it.

Review #3 : Forrest, 5th grade

Rating: 4 of 5 stars – This book is better than most.

Summary:  This book is a very exetent book. Because of the mystery, horor, and exitement. is the key to this book.

Review: This book is good for people that like mystery.

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Who Won the War?

Who Won the War?
by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Rating:  5 Stars - It's hard to imagine a better book!

Summary:  Who Won The War tells about these 7 kids (3 girls, 4 boys) who pranks each other. As they go back and forth, the girls are about to end it. They pat the boy to the biggest dare yet.

Review: All the pranks made this book so enjoying. I think people that like stories from different views and people that like adventure stories.

Reviewed by: Fong, 5^th Grade

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Secrets of Dripping Fang: The Onts

Secrets of Dripping Fang: The Onts
by Dan Greenburg

This is the 1st book of the series.

Rating:  5 Stars - It's hard to imagine a better book!

Summary:  This book is about two orphans with major allergies. The twins are adopted by two ladys. They seem very suspicious. They keep sneaking of to a room in their house. And they keep acting strange around the children. The children must go on an adventure to find out what is going on.

Review: This book was so enjoyable because it was full of everything a good book needs. I receomand this book to kids in the 2nd or 3rd grade.

Reviewed by: Katy, 5^th Grade

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The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell

The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell
by Chris Colfer

This is the 1st book of the series.

Rating:  5 Stars - It's hard to imagine a better book!

Summary:  Twins, Alex and Conner had a hard life. Stories from their dead dad fill their minds. When Grandma gives his old story book to the twins they find they are related to the most powerful people in their world.

Review: What made this book enjoyable was the the magnificent descriptions and cliffhangers. You could see every setting crystal clear in your mind. Also, it seems like every end of the chapter is a cliffhanger. It's very exciting.

Reviewed by: Charlotte, 6^th grade

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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Harry Potter and the prizoner of askaban

by J.K. Rowling

This is the 3rd book of the series.

Rating:  5 Stars - It's hard to imagine a better book!

Summary:  Harry Potter is a mysterious wizard and he usually does something really dangerous. He is trying to help someone who is accused of killing 16 people in 1 single curse. Is he guilty? Read to find out.

Review: This book was interesting because it made you wonder. People who like sci-fy would enjoy this book.

Reviewed by:  Lexi , 5^th grade

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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

by C.S. Lewis

This is the 2nd book of the series.

Rating:  5 Stars - It's hard to imagine a better book!

Summary:  This book is a very exiting book. it is an adventure and mystery kind of book there are 5 main characters and wars.

Review:  This book was very enjoyable because of the mystery and the fights I could not stop reading because I had to finish the chapter but then there was always another mystery I had to read about.

Reviewed by:  Seth, 5^th grade

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The Fire Within

The Fire Within
by Chris D’Lacey

This is the 1st book of the series.

Rating:  5 Stars - It's hard to imagine a better book!

Summary:  A college student is staying a house with clay dragons that talk and move. Than a syble shows up and they are all in peril danger. Than it turns out he wasn't ever supposed to exist.

Review:  It's the usall people on danger, hero saves them, but than the hero gets his one problems and can't help them enough. I would recomend this whole series to anyome who likes fantasy taking a turn.

Reviewed by: Sarah, 5^th Grade

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The Lost Hero

Lost hero
by Rick Riordan

This is the 1st book of the series.

Rating:  5 Stars - It's hard to imagine a better book!

Summary:  It is a adventure book. It also has mystrey. It has lots of fighting in it.

Review: A fourth grader that likes adventure or action they would like it

Reviewed by: Ben 5th Grade

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Son of Neptune

Son of Neptune

by Rick Riordan

This is the 2nd book of the series.

Rating:  5 of 5 stars - It's hard to imagine a better book!

Summary: Percy fights his way to his friends so he can destroy the evil godess Gaea.

Review: I like description {and} story

Reviewed by: Anonymous, 5th grade

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