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Lemony Snicket The Reptile Room
This story is about three orphan children with a lot of money. But there money is their biggest weakness for two reasons. One they were not old enough to inherit it and second there were a lot of people who wanted to get that money with the wrong intentions and wrong ways of getting the money. This is the second installement in this very miserable story. This time they were going to be sent to their real uncle Monty and he was in to all kinds of Reptiles. Uncle Monty was going for a vacation. The kids were also going. One day at their uncle’s house they found one very strange reptile. Uncle Monty told them that it was of a very rare species and it wouldn’t harm even a fly. But before they leave guess what goes wrong, uncle Monty dies. You want to know who did it. You’re going to have to read the book to get the answer for this question. I could relate to this because this makes me think about how lucky I am to have my parents and a family. I have never had an experiences like this happen to me.
Jip His Story
Author: Katherine Paterson
Jip is a teenage kid who is living on a town’s poor farm. No one in the town knows where Jip really came from. The story of Jip where he came from is that he fell of a gypsy wagon out on the West Hill road and I guess no one came back for him. He got a long very well with the animals. Suddenly one day, a lunatic named Putnam Nelson was sent to the poor farms. Jip knows that Putnam is a really wise man also has scary and crazy spells. The other thing is that Putnam doesn’t know what his doing. Suddenly Jip finds out that his part black and the detectives sent him back to the slave farm. Jip and Putnam used the Underground Railroad to get to the slave farm.
This story relates to my life is that Jip does a lot of chores and I use to do chores before I came to Canada. But it was actually fun. Jip’s life is harder than our lives right now because he lived in a larger situation as in he had to do more chores and worked harder. What made me interested in reading this book is that is a very nice book and it brings us back to how life was back in the old times where they were people who couldn’t afford to buy anything and looking for food to survive. That’s why I like this book.
Final Rating: 8/10
By: Khalfani
Just Wacky
This book has a bunch of stories about a kid named Andy who’s always causing trouble and finding funny ways to get out of them. This book has 9 stories. One about him and his dad. They get locked out of there home naked and the other key is at the fathers work. In order for no one to recognize them, they cover themselves with mud and hop across the fence of there neighbors back yards, to get to work. Will they make it? Read it and find out! Another story in this book is a poem about Andy jumping on his bed. Here is a part of it. See me jump. See me run. See me hop. It is fun. See me jump. On my bed. I jump so high I bump my head. It’s a funny book with little pictures that have a funny caption to go with it. If you like to laugh, you would love this book and the other ones in the series too.
By: Porya
Me and the Blondes
By: Theresa Toten
This is the story of Sophie Kandinsky. Ever since her dad went to jail, she has spent 6 years trying to keep it a secret, because whenever someone finds out about it, she has to move away because people think she is a criminal too. Her dad isn't really the criminal, but he was accused and doesn't have any proof to prove himself innocent. She lives with her mother, who is 'larger-than-life', eccentric, and Bulgarian. This time, she moves to a town where the most popular girls are the Blondes, and she has made a plan that she will locate them at her new school and become friends with them. She thinks that if she does, people won't find out what the truth really is. But someone does: Madison, one of the girls in the Blondes. Can Sophie explain everything to Madison and make her keep it a secret, or will she have to move away once again?
I really liked this book. It keeps you guessing what will happen next. I would describe Sophie as someone who just wants to live a normal life, and someone who has a bit of a hard time trusting people (like me!) because of all the things and times she has gone through in the past. The part about Sophie having to keep moving reminded me of what I saw in the movie 'The Perfect Man', in which whenever Holly's single mom got dumped by her boyfriends, she and her family had to move out of the neighbourhood. There was also a bit of a cliffhanger in the end, but it's a good one though. When I reached the end of the book, I wondered what happened next with her. The plot also kind of twists in the middle, so it will sort of move you. So I recommend this book. You'll find it at the school library! (:
Final rating: 8/10
Book Review By: Shazia
*Shazia says: I liked Theebika's and Rehan's reviews because I have read all the books in the series and very unexpected things happen along the way of the Baudelaires. I really liked Koochai's review because she wrote about a book that has suspense and mystery in it, something I like. I also liked the book Porya wrote about because one of my favourite TV shows, "What's With Andy?", is based on those books, so I'd like to read those. I also want to read Tooba's book because it sounds interesting and I really wanna know if the brothers will separate or not. (:
A to Z mysteries: The Lucky Lottery
This story is about three children that are mystery solvers.Dink, Ruth Rose and Josh. In this mystery they had a boy named lucky-o-leary who won a 7 million dollar lottery, but someone stole it from him. Now it's for Josh, Dink, and Roth Rose to find out the theive before the theive takes all the money in cash. There also books in this series from A to Z.
Author: Ron Roy
BY ARSALAN
The Bad Beginning is written by Lemony Snicket. This book is the first book from the Series of Unfortunate Events. My opinion of The Bad Beginning is that it's an extremely well written book. I felt sad when terrible things happened in the story and have gone on to read the second book in the series. You may go on to read all twelve!
Violet, Klaus, and Sunny are the children of Mr. and Mrs. Baudelaire. Violet is the eldest child and she is fourteen years old. Klaus is the second child and is twelve years old. He is very intelligent. Sunny is the youngest child. She is a baby who loves to chew on things with her sharp teeth. The Baudelaires live in a big mansion. One day Mr. and Mrs. Baudelaire give their children permission to go to Briny Beach while they make dinner. Unfortunately the house catches on fire and Mr. and Mrs. Baudelaire are killed. A family friend named Mr. Poe knows of a man named Count Olaf who is related to the Baudelaire children and doesn't mind taking care of them. However, the problem is Count Olaf doesn't really care about the kids, but he cares about their money.
Find out what happens to Count Olaf and the Baudelaires by reading this wonderful book. I give this book four stars out of five!
By:Theebika
Full house sisters: - Substitute sisters
Author: - Diana G. Gallagher
This is a story of 2 sisters named Michelle and Stephanie. Michelle is only in 4th grade in elementary school and Stephanie is in middle school.
Since Stephanie was in middle school, she had a lot on her mind like lots of homework! But then she promised Michelle she would take her to the mall. But she didn’t. Weeks after weeks, Michelle would always remind her that “when are we going mall?” And Stephanie would always say “Oh tomorrow. I promise.” And she would never keep up to her promise cause of her homework and she had a news paper article that was due and she didn’t even start on it and her teacher gave her another project called “ Big pall, Little pal.” In this program you would have to read a book and then do a project on it. So Stephanie’s class was the big pal and they had to choose a class from elementary school. So Stephanie’s class chose Michelle’s class. When Micelle found out, she was hoping to be Stephanie’s partner but then Michelle’s class got a new student in her class and Michelle hated her and her name was Cynthia. Michelle wanted to be with her sister everyone knew that. But now Cynthia ended up with Stephanie. And the more Michelle hated Cynthia the more she came over to do their house to do the project. And poor Michelle was paired up with Stephanie’s best friend named Allie.
Now Stephanie was treating Cynthia more than she treated Michelle and Michelle didn’t like that. Is Stephanie going to substitute Michelle? To find out more read the book!!
By:Tayyaba
Tayyaba: " I really like koochai. nadia and Arsalan's review because all of those books look interesting to read! But Arsalan's review is really short but it;s good. I really want to read "The other side of the dark" and the "Breadwinner" for march break!!
Just For You, Rachel Robinson
Author:Judy Blume
This book is about a tweleve year old girl names Rachel Robinson.She has many problems,but school and her family are the worst of them all.Rachel has deal with her crazy family and keep her A average. Her parents are always yelling at her older brother Charlie ,who just got kicked out of school and is always making fun of his parents. Rachel also has to worry about her aunt who keeeps leaving her ten months baby,Ronny with her while she goes somewhere else. And Rachel's older sister,Jesica needs help getting ready for her prom and is always asking Rachel for favors since her parents are always busy with Charlie.All of these problems are effecting her marks and giving her less time to be with her best friends Allison and Stephine who are beginning to think she doesn't want t hang out with them.
Will Rachel be able to handle her brother,help her sister, and take care of Ronny and stiil get good grades and keep her best friends? You will have to read the book to find out.
By: Abisanki
In this book there are two spy kids named Andrew and Evie their mom has disappeared and after wating ten months they finaly find her again but than she goes into underground tothe"companys" secret base. They have to solve lots of clues and they have to escape from the bad guys and double agents than their mom has been captured buy the bad guys and they just lost one of their best secret agents. This book leaves you in suspense and whenyou think one thing is going to happen a diffrent thing happens. This is a great book in my opinion and it has loads of twists and turns in them and there are lots of clues in the book and you can see if you can solve it or not. In my opinion I rate this book a 8.5 out of ten this is a really, really good book and I recommend that you read it.
By:Ronald Author:Peter Lerangis
Castle in the Air
This book is about a boy named Abdullah who falls in love with a princess named Flower-in-the-Night, who mistakens Abdullah for a girl. When she gets kidnapped by a djinn, he leaves his village behind to rescue her with his magic carpet. He defeats a group of bandits and aquires a magic yet stubborn genie, who grants him a wish a day. He also meets an old solider in his quest. This book is clever, witty, and very funny! But if you have not read the first book or watched Howls Moving Castle, by the middle, you will be very lost because thats when it starts to become a sequel. The end is the best part becase it connects every part of the story and solves the mysteries of the book. This is an awesome book.
~Stanley~
The Sky Is Falling
by:Kit Pearson
The book takes place during the time of 1940 where the 2nd world war has been unleashed. Norah and her little brother Gavin are being sent to Canada as war guests to seek shelter and protection from the war. But Norah doesn’t want to leave England to go to an unfamiliar country where she won’t know anyone and won’t be able to experience the thrill of the war. Norah is already miserable when she arrives in Canada when things just get worse for her. For example, her Canadian guardian favours Gavin, she has no friends at school, and homesickness increases inside her. But as Norah is adjusting into her new home, she finds her own responsibilities and a new hope for her which helps her accept her surroundings and that is what makes the gentle story of The Sky Is Falling. This is an astonishing book that will really make you feel and understand the main character’s thoughts. It relates to me because I had sometimes also felt the same Norah did. For me, I would rate this book a 9.5/10. It is an awesome book and I recommend everyone to read it.
*Chantal*
This interesting and mysterious book that I have read, is called The other side of dark.
This book is about this girl named Stacy, which all of a sudden wakes up, and realizes, that she isn`t in her own room, or neither her body! She is really scared! So when she wakes up, she sees her dad come in. She then goes asks her dad, where am I, whos body is this, and were`s mom?
The father then says, you have been in coma for 4 years, your in an hospital, and your mother died 4 years ago! Stacy was in shock... she then asked what happened to me, her father then said, you were almost killed because you got shot, when your mother was murdered. No one knows who killed your mother or did this to you, but the only eyewitness is the gunshot!
Then 2 people came in, it was her big sister and, some other man which she did not seem to know. Her sister was so glad to see her! A few moments later.. Stacy then asked her sister, who is that? Her sisterr said, this is my husband! We got married quite a while and im not pregnant! Stacy was then in shock again, because she wanted to be the brides mate, and also the flower girl all her life!!!
If you want to know more about this interesting and mysterious book... get it from your local library, in your school, or in the public library!!! You will enjoy reading this book!!!
Koochai
The Breadwinner
The Breadwinner is a book that is based on a girl named Parvana, which is the main character and it took place in the city of Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. When her father is arrested, she has to cut her hair, get into boy’s clothes, and work in the marketplace in order to get money for her family. When she is working in the marketplace, she meets a friend from school named Shauzia, who also works in the market. The work together and sell cigarettes.Parvana’s mother goes to Mazar-e-Shariff, which was not yet under the control of the Taliban. A few weeks’ later, Parvana’s father returns from prison. A few weeks after that, the Taliban conquer Mazar-e-Shariff and kill the people. Since Parvana’s mother is still there, Parvana and her father go to Mazar-e-Shariff to find her mother.
This book is inspiring and sad in one way so if anyone is interested in reading this book go for it.
Nadia
The Lights Go On Again
By: Kit Pearson
Norah has faced so many tough times in her life, when she and her brother Gavin, had to move to Canada because of World War 2. This book is the third sequel to the War Guest Trilogy. It takes place in Toronto, Ontario in the Olgivies household. Norah and Gavin are finally getting used to the family, things are slowly getting back to normal, and the war is ending soon. Now Norah is 16 and her brother is 11. Their parents pass away in England, due to a bomb explosion. Norah finds out that since her parents where now dead, her grandfather suggested that they go back to England and live with her sister and brother in law. Norah is glad that she can go back to her country but Gavin on the other hand does not feel the same way. He likes living in Canada with the Olgivies. Where he thinks he is safe. Norah is astonished when she hears what Gavin has to say about going back.
Then finally Gavin picks the right path for him and thus this marvelous, adventurous book ends. What path does Gavin pick? Does he stay or go? Read the book and find out. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes adventures and likes to get lost in books. I give this book a final rating of 9.5/10 because it rocks and you actually feel like you are in the book and you are Norah or Gavin that is how well the story and setting was expressed.
By: Tooba Sultan
Comments By Tooba: I like Rehan's Review and Theebika's Review. I like the story and I think because Lemony Snicket is one of my favorite authors and A Series of Unfortunate events is one of my favorite books. I think I will read these books because I like mysteries and cliffhangers. Speaking of cliffhangers I also like Shazia's Review and I would definitely want to read the book!
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