A Time for Andrew by Mary Downing Hann
4 Stars
A boy named Drew has to visit his aunt in a creepy old house for the summer. One night he meets the ghost of a previous Andrew who died at age twelve of diptheria. He is deathly ill so the boys trade places so Andrew might live. But Andrew is afraid of dying in the past so nightly games of marbles decides who stays in 1910 which is Andrew’s time and who stays in the future. But soon both boys start to lose their memories of who they really are. Drew soon fears that he will never be able to return home. Read a Time for Andrew to find out more.
September 20th, 2008
Magyk by Angie Sage
4 Stars
Septimus Heap is the seventh son of a seventh son, but is stolen away by the midwife who calls him dead.
On the same night Septimus’s father finds a baby girl with violet eyes in the snow. He takes the baby with him, but when he gets inside the gate a fellow wizard (did I forget to say that?), Marcia, tells him to raise the child as his own and never tell anyone otherwise.
When he home, planning to tell his wife this odd warning he got, he finds his distraught wife trying to fallow the midwife as she takes baby Septimus away. Not knowing what else to do, they raise the girl-child they named Jenna telling her she is their daughter.
Then, a few months later, they find out their ruler, the Queen, has died. And it seemed she died months ago, on the very night she had her heir, a baby daughter. And the ExtraOrdinary Wizard is dead too, and Marcia is the ExtraOrdinary Wizard. And only her and nine Heaps know where the Queenling is.
They will find Jenna. And only one powerful Wizard, two not-so-powerful wizards pretending to be her parents and six wizard-to-be boys, are in the way.
This is a good book, not as good as Harry Potter (if there is anything better then Harry Potter) but better then some. All-in-all a good book, good enough that I will read the next one.
August 26th, 2008
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules by Jeff Kinney
4 Stars
I really liked this book. It shows lods of humor! The book is about Greg Heffley’s everyday life. After his brother found his first diary, Greg had some bad times. Greg usually gets into trouble because what he thinks is funny isn’t really funny. Like the time where his friend, Rowley, was sleeping over. Rowley kept kicking a pillow. Greg decided to put a dumbell in the pillow as a prank. The next few days went downhill because of that. Greg also is in a bit of trouble when his brother, Rodrick, threatens to expose a really embarrassing story about Greg. Greg has to be careful or else the whole school will know! Rodrick is always getting Greg into trouble.
Greg also has to deal with his little brother, Manny. Manny remembers all the bad things that Greg did when Greg was little, and Manny chooses now to bust Greg. Greg has alot to deal with. I chose this book because I liked the first book alot! It really tickled my funny bone! I recomend this book to anyone who loves to laugh!
June 24th, 2008
The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
This book deserves 3 stars
This book was about the two main characters, prince brat and his whipping boy who ran away from the prince’s castle and set off on an adventure. It wasn’t long on their journey until they were abducted and by the end of the book, both characters have changed their lives.
June 18th, 2008
Shredderman: Enemy Spy by Wendelin Van Draanen
This book deserves 2 stars
It’s predictable and immature.
June 18th, 2008
The Tail of Emily Windsnap by Liz Kessler
This book deserves 4 stars
This exciting, thrilling tale talks about a girl named Emily Windsnap who turns into a mermaid by swimming. She discovers new worlds and tries to get her mother and father back together. Anybody small or tall would enjoy this book!!
June 18th, 2008
Call Me Hope by Gretchen Olsen
This book deserves 5 stars
I loved it! I was glad a sad book about verbal abuse had a happy ending. I could not put the book down.
June 5th, 2008
