Friday, May 1, 2015

Fake Mustache by Tom Angleberger

The expensive Heidelberg Handlebar Number Seven mustache is so convincingly real it can hypnotize people.  Casper buys it.  Later that night, a mustachioed man robs a bank and then runs for president.  Lenny thinks this mysterious man is Casper.  Lenny tries to find someone who isn't under the spell.  Read the book to find out what will happen!
                                                                     

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Saturday, April 4, 2015

The Land Of Stories: The Wishing Spell, by Chris Colfer

For Alex and Conner, things are pretty normal, until something life changing happens.  This is the first book in a captivating series for fairy tale fans.  It has a good way of putting normal kids into a story book.  There are 9 kingdoms and in each kingdom, at least one fairy tale comes to life  Conner and Alex get trapped in the land of stories and are trying to find a way out.  They have to use the wishing spell to get them back to earth.  They have to find certain items and combine them to get back home, but some other people are also trying to get the same wishing spell items!  Read the book to find out what happens to Alex and Conner.
                                                                       



Monday, March 30, 2015

When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

When you read this awesome book, you will be entering Miranda's crazy sixth grade life!  In everyones' life, there will always be a crazy person.  For Miranda, it's the guy on the corner.  There are a lot of cause-and-effects in her life.  Most of them don't even seem like they should match up, but sometimes life likes to throw you a curveball.  When Miranda starts getting notes about saving lives, and lots of other things, she knows that this is more abnormal than the usual weirdness in her life.  One of the letters demands that Miranda writes a letter back.  She suddenly knows that these notes are very, very important.  This book is a great science fiction novel.

Hint-Hint: You need to read A Wrinkle In Time before you read this book because it will give away a lot of the end of A Wrinkle In Time.
                                                                                         


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Saturday, March 7, 2015

Petey by Ben Mikaelson

This book is about making a difference.  Trevor protects a nursing home patient from bullies, but he worries that they will bully him instead.  As soon as Trevor and Petey (the nursing home patient) meet, Petey knows that they are meant to be friends.  Petey has cerebral palsy and he was misdiagnosed when he was a baby.  Lots of people think that Petey is scary and crazy, but Trevor learns that you just have to get to know him.  This book is a perfect, hopeful story.
                                                                           

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Saturday, February 28, 2015

Out Of My Mind by Sharon Draper

Melody remembers everything since the moment she was born.  She is so extremely advanced but nobody knows it.  Nobody knows because Melody can't talk.  Melody has cerebral palsy. Melody is in a wheelchair.  She can't run, eat, or go to the bathroom by herself.  Well, actually  she can't run at all.  She has to keep all  her thoughts in her head.  Until she discovers the Medi-Talker, a machine that talks for people who can not talk.  Some people in Melody's class don't think she should be able to talk.  They think she doesn't have thoughts or feelings.  You'll need tissues to read this book.
                                                                         

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Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Boom by Mark Haddon

Jim must agree that some of his actions are just plain stupid.  Jim sometimes just does things, without even thinking.  Usually things end up well, but this time, Jim isn't really sure.  Charlie might be one of the reasons.  Charlie likes to take risks.  When you ignore your best friend, you will always come crawling back.  That's what happened to Jim.  He knew that going into his teacher's house was not a good idea, just because he was suspicious that she talks a strange language with one other teacher alone.  He just went along with Charlie because ignoring your friend is a hard thing to do, so you just give in.  After that moment, when they went into their teacher's house and found things, weird stuff started to happen.  This book will keep you on your toes!
                                                                             

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Sunday, February 15, 2015

The Shadow Children Series by Margaret Peterson Haddix

All the third children in this society either get killed, are in hiding, or get a fake I.D.  One day, Luke, a third child, escapes to his neighbor's, since they had a shadow child there too.  That shadow child was Jen, who later held a rally for third children's rights.  All of the shadow children in that rally got killed.  Luke got a fake I.D. and was sent to boarding school.  Someone at that school was pretending that they were a third to collect shadow children's real names and tell the government.  Now all the third children don't know who they can trust.  Read the series to find out more!

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