Saturday, March 14, 2015

Diary of a Wimpy Kid - The Third Wheel - Jeff Kinney

Ah..... what a nice break from classics. I really like these books because they're a mix of a real book and a comic. The most hilarious part has to be when the Mad Panster pantsed Vice Principal McRoy. 
There was also another funny part. It was when Uncle Gary buys this shirt shop from a guy and turns out all the words on the shirts are misspelled!

Thursday, February 12, 2015

Mr.Poppers Penguins - Richard and Florence Atwater

This is quite a funny book! Between fighting penguins and a poor man traveling all around the world, you won't be able to tell what's real and what's not! There are 12 penguins living with Mr. Popper, his two kids,and his wife. The strangest thing is that Mr. Popper is able to support that many living things when he is a house painter.
I thought you guys might enjoy the movie so here is the trailer.

Saturday, January 24, 2015

Caddie Woodlawn - Carol Ryrie Brink

The strange thing is I just found out this is a classic. What happened was that I brought the book to school  and one of the teachers remarked, "Oh' you're reading that book, I read it when I was a little kid!" Well, I wasn't that surprised because a lot of the books on the list are classics but still.....
Anyway I just got a little side tracked. This book is pretty interesting and I really like that Caddie (the girl this whole book is about) is friends with the natives that live near her home in Menomonie, Wisconsin. They're actually called savages but I like to call them natives. Her mom is afraid of the Indians. Whenever Indian John (one of Caddie's friends) visits Caddie, her mom always gets scared and gives him whatever food she has available because she thinks he will kill her family. 
Oh which reminds me, I absolutely positively have to tell you one of the things Caddie's mom says." I don't know how you are friends with these savages but if they eat like Indian John does I am positive we will be eaten out of the house." It might not be the exact quote but what she says in the book is something along those lines. 
If you are wondering about Caddie's personality she is a tom boy and she likes to fix clocks!

Monday, December 22, 2014

Comments

Okay here is where I will answer any of your comments or question you have. So please fire away with comments.:)

Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card



  Wow, this is an awesome book!  Exciting, sad, happy, interesting are some of the words to describe this book. For this post, I was thinking of writing some of the good things about Ender's Game and then letting you guys leave comments. For example let's say I wrote " This book is very inspiring." You may leave a comment that says " What is inspiring about this book?". I will answer your questions on my comments page.
  1. My favorite characters are Ender and Valentine.
  2. Ender has gone through a lot of hardships in his life.              
  3. Ender killed the biggest enemy on Earth when he was               eleven.
  4. Ender didn't mean to kill the biggest enemy on Earth.
  5. Ender's brother, Peter used to skin squirrels alive and watch them die.
Please don't forget to leave comments. I am getting lonely. :(

Enjoy the movie trailer for Ender's Game. If you watch the movie remember to read the book too!


Sunday, December 21, 2014

Poppy - Avi


Oooh! this is a really good book. My favorite character is the main character, Poppy. She is a very daring creature for a mouse. I mean when you picture a mouse you don't picture it holding a porcupine quill and stabbing it into a great-horned owl's talon. Right? Or left?

      My least favorite character is Mr. Ocax, a great horned owl. If you read this book don't be fooled by his "niceness". Here's why, in the beginning Mr. Ocax says he is protecting all the mice in Dimwood Forest from porcupines, when in truth he is afraid of them!

Ivan the One and Only - Katherine Applegate


This is an interesting book. It is written in poem form but DO NOT BE FOOLED! This isn't a poem so if you don't like poems you will still like this book............ I hope.
   My favorite character is Ivan ( obviously) and I don't really have a least favorite character. Although sometimes Keep (the person who took care of Ivan ) was a little mean to Ruby (a baby elephant who lived in the mall with Ivan).    There are some sad parts in the book like when Stella, the elephant, dies because her foot is so badly infected. Also, when Ivan and Ruby have to leave Keep's shopping mall and go to a zoo. 
    Thankfully, like a fairy tale all goes well at the zoo. Ivan gets to see Ruby everyday and he even gains leadership of the gorilla pack.
   Here is the book trailer for you to watch