Review by Sam
Grade 5
*

In the book The Castle Corona Pia and Enzio are kids that live with their mean master who calls them dirty beetles. At the castle Corona there is a thief. Pia and Enzio become tasters for the king and queen at the castle Corona. If you want to find out what happens to this thief and how Pia and Enzio are at tasting food for the king and queen, then read the book!

I dislike this book because I don’t like fantasy books but I would recommend this book if you like fantasy books.

Review by Mailande
Grade 6
*****
The Castle Corona is about a palace that has a thief stealing regular farm animals, tools, and vegetables. The king Guido has a theory that his food is poisoned when the thief returns some of the food. His wife, Queen Gabriella, is looking for a hermit and their 3 children. Prince Gianni, Prince Vito, and Princess Fabrizia are always writing poetry, sword fighting or having their hair done. Meanwhile, two peasants named Pia and Enzio are living with the horrid and ugly Master Pangini. While playing in the woods, they find a red pouch laying on the ground. They take it back to their hut and hide it under Pia’s bed. Soon things change to out-of-ordinary, and many secrets are unlocked . . .

I really like the mystery in this book. I liked how Pia and Enzio meet royalty. I didn't like the big drop-off at the end though.

I would recommend this book to a friend if they were big on mystery and magic, and a little bit of thieving in between.

Review by Mohammed
Grade 6
*****

Elijah of Buxton is about slavery time. Elijah is scared of a lot of things. After Elijah’s friend’s money is stolen by someone who is going to free his family, Elijah goes on the dangerous journey to get the money back. I like this book because it’s happening in the time of slavery. I also like how Elijah takes a dangerous journey.

I would recommend this book to a friend because it is full of action and a mysterious book.

Review by Cole
Grade 4
*****

I liked it because I have sold lemonade before, and now the author made it into an adventure!!! In the book, a brother and sister strike a contest of who can make $100 first by the profits from selling lemonade. And I will leave who wins for you to find out.

I could not put this book down. I got caught reading this book at a baby shower!

I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys
a funny, refreshing, book!

Review by Neva
Grade 6
****

When Kat and Tedd's cousin Salim comes to visit them in London, they assume he’ll come, leave, and they’ll never think of him again. But when Salim boards the London Eye, the ride ends and he never gets off. How? That’s all that's on Tedd's mind now - the how, when, and why of Salim's disappearance. Solve the mystery along with Tedd and his unique way of thinking.

This mystery was delicately crafted to fit everybody's personal liking with surprising turns at every moment you assume the path is straight. The characters are so genuine with real problems and the human flaws they bring them into our not-so-perfect world. The relationships they have with each other make this story the complete package for any reader.

I would give this book to a total stranger, and I guarantee they would eat it up. Every person walking on this planet can relate to Tedd's feeling that he has to prove himself, and that he just doesn’t fit that perfect person mold

Review by Erin
Grade 4
***

The story is about a kid who goes on the London Eye, which is like a giant ferris wheel. But one day he disappeared on it and never came back!

I think The London Eye Mystery was a pretty good book. It could be confusing, but if you pay attention I guarantee you’ll love it and it will amaze your mind!

I would recommend this book to someone who is interested in mysteries.

Review by Raven
5th grade
**

J.B, Oz, Oz’s mom and dad and Glory go to London. Glory is a mouse and hides in a secret compartment in Oz’s shoe. When they’re in London they go to the jewel house and while they’re there, the power gets turned off and GoldenWhiskers steals the Crown Jewels. The guards and the detectives think Oz and D.B. did it. Oz blows an old whistle that has the power to summon bats to help save the mice. The police eventually find evidence that Goldenwhiskers really stole the jewels, but when they get to his office they think he’s not there because there’s only a rat with golden whiskers.

Review by Marley
Grade: 5
*****

A group of rats steal the Koh-i-Norh diamond. Then a group of mice team up with children to help rescue the baby mice captured by the rats. They also try to get the diamond back from the rats.

I like how they took an out of the ordinary subject and made an exciting story out of it. I would recommend this book to people 8-15 years old.

Review by Adam
Grade 4

In the book Found, there were a few kids finding out if they were adopted. They went on a plane and went to a secret cave. The cave had doors that only opened with a special key and secret buttons.

There was some action in the cave and there were other kids there, too. There were a few men and the kids did not know that the cave was actually a time machine. The main character traveled through time. It is a Fantastical book. It was very mysterious. I think people who like mysteries would like this book.

Review by Allen
5th Grade
****

I’m going to tell you about the book Billy The Fish. Ned’s dad makes a special fish food and Ned’s little brother, Billy, eats it and turns into a cod. That’s the main problem that Billy and Ned face in this book.

I liked it when Billy turned into a cod, that’s super funny.

I would recommend this book if you like funny books.

Review By Joseph
5th Grade
****

Billy finds his dad’s fish chips and eats them. Then Ned and his sister see that Billy has turned into a fish. In the end he turns back to a human after Ned defeats Joe the bully.

I like this book because of the characters and the humor.

I would not recommend this book because I thought it was too long.

Review by Sam
Grade 5
****

In the book, Billy the Fish, Ned’s little brother Billy eats his dad’s fish food and turns into a cod. When Ned goes to the zoo, the school bully chases him into the fish area. But Ned’s brother eats some fish food, turns into a fish and hides in the fish tank for a killer whale. That’s all I'm going to tell you for now; you’ll have to read the rest to find out how this story ends...

I liked that a boy turned into a fish and the adventures Billy had as a fish.

I would recommend this book if you like funny books.

Review by Erin Smith
Grade 6
Overall Rating
***** = 5 stars = I love it!

Emmy is a very good girl. Her parents went to Paris, to Salamanca, and to the Isle of Bugaloo. Emmy has to go to the school psychologist for an hour every other week. She lives in a castle turret, 33 rooms, nine bathrooms. Her nanny Miss Barmy is VERY mean. The reason Emmy’s parents travel so often is because Miss Barmy puts a chinchilla foot print in the food Emmy’s parents eat! Emmy has found where Miss Barmy gets the chinchilla. There are ALOT more rats like the Endear Rat and Cissy who is Emmy’s school’s Rat’s sister! Ratson (School’s rat) bites people once to make them understand him, second makes them small, third time turns them into a rat.

Review by Megan
6th Grade
****

This story takes place during World War 2. It tells the story of a girl named Sumiko whose family is taken away to a training camp where all the Japanese people have to go.

I liked the book because it was realistic.

Review by Sienna
Grade 6
*****

Sumiko was a young girl living with her Japanese family who gets moved to camp due to Pearl Harbor. She was separated from most of her family and makes friends with a Mohave boy.

Review by John
6th grade
***
This book is based on World War II. It's about a girl named Dewey, who travels to a secret camp in which
her father is a scientist, along with others, trying to create
a mysterious weapon. Even after the death of Franklin D.
Roosevelt and her own father, Dewey lives a “normal”
life with her new friend,Suze. As the war nears an end,
Dewey finds she has no place go for family.

Overall this was a good book. But it does have its faults, including inappropriate use of language and body use.

I would recommend it to 5th grade and higher.

Review by Graham
5th Grade
*****

When Griffin and Ben are sleeping over at the old Rockford house that’s going to be demolished in the morning and is supposedly haunted, Ben falls asleep. While Ben is sleeping, Griffin finds an old baseball card. Later, Griffin sells it for $120 at Palomino’s Emporium. When Griffin goes home he sees there is an auction starting at $225,000 for the card, so Griffin assembles a team to break into Palomino’s house. While Griffin is breaking into the house Darren, one of his team mates, sets off an alarm! Two days later Griffin gets caught by the police! He manages to get out with no charge, but Darren gets the card.

I really like how it was sort of a mystery and my favorite part was the break in.

I would totally recommend this book to a friend because it’s a good mystery and robbery book.

Review by Aidan
6th Grade
****

In Swindle two boys named Griffin and Ben camp out in a condemned house and find a baseball card in it with Babe Ruth on it. The next day they go to an antiques shop and they sell it to a man who they later call Swindle because he buys it from them for two hundred dollars and they later find out it’s worth around one million dollars. So they try to pull a heist on Swindle’s shop and fail. Then they try to pull a heist on the man’s house because they found out he brought the card to his house for safe keeping but this time Griffin brought some more friends to help with the heist.

What I like about this book is how they out smart Swindle and make such an amazing heist for their age.

Review by Eli
Grade 6
*****

The main character and his friends find a Babe Ruth baseball card. A man nicknamed Swindle buys the card for only $200 when it is worth one million dollars. When they find out that it is worth 1 million they form a plan to steal it back.

I like this book because of the heist.

I would recommend this book to a friend because it is so exciting.

Review by Kiernan
Gr. 4
****

I think Swindle is an awesome book with mysterious and adventurous events. I think other kids would like this book because it tells you about some kids that are ripped off and the kids plan to steal back what they lost. If you want to know the rest of the story you will have to read Swindle.

Review by Faith
6th Grade
****

Catherine, a twelve year old girl, has a brother (David) with autism and all she wants is a normal life! She keeps trying to teach David the rules to stop his embarrassing behaviors. Catherine then meets Jason a new sort of friend and Kristi her next door neighbor friend that she’s always wished for. Everything begins to turn upside down with her own shocking behaviors.

What I liked about this book was it was a very interesting book and a very descriptive book and it explains a lot about autism and that's what makes it a good book.

I would recommend this book to people who like to read books about this type of action and like to read books that all of a sudden turn around on the perspective of the person the book is mainly about.

Review by Kamri
Grade 6
****

A girl named Catherine, 12 years old, has a brother named David, with autism. Catherine just wants a normal life without having to take care of David every day. She has to teach David rules to remember
so he doesn’t end up embarrassing himself in public. Catherine isn’t so sure what “ normal “ means. When she meets two new friends named Jason and Kristi , she finds out the real meaning of the word “ normal. “

I liked the book Rules because it is based on how a girl named Catherine has a brother with autism, but the book includes funny parts too.

I would recommend this book to people because it is funny.

Review by John
Grade 6
****

The Big Field by Mike Lupika, is about a boy named Darryl who plays baseball for a children's league. He plays second base, but wants to play shortstop like his hero, Derek Jeter. I liked how Mike Lupika told the story. He described the sport like no other sports author’s book I’ve ever read. But I wish he chose David Ortiz or Jason Varetek to be the main character’s favorite player and hero.

I would suggest this book to any kid.

Review by Rachel
5th Grade
***

Abby goes into the attic and finds a menu for the Monkey Bar. So she goes to the Monkey Bar but doesn’t get in because she’s African American.

In the middle of the book John gets arrested by police because he’s African American.

In the end of the book everyone gets to go to the Monkey Bar.

I like that at the end the characters were able to eat at the Monkey Bar.

I would recommend this book because it tells how people weren’t treated fairly in 1960.

Review by Megan
Grade 6
*****

This book is about a boy that has a father wants to make a toilet museum. He finds out about a Plunger of Destiny and it is an adventure from there. It is a very good book.

I like this book because it is a very funny and it is very action pack.

I would recommend this book because it is very interesting and very funny. YOU SHOULD READ IT!!!!!!!!!

Review by Shelby
5th Grade
****

In the book Out Of Patience, Jake Waters the main character makes a vow to get out of Patience. Sandars Cass, Jake’s great, great grandfather’s arch enemy, put a curse on the Waters family. When a tornado hits, Jake and his history-loving friend Sira know the curse is beginning. Jake and Sira go on a mission to save the family treasure from Sandars Cass’ great, great granddaughter Sandra Cass.

I liked this book because it’s interesting and fun for everyone.

I would recommend this book to someone who likes adventurous and funny books.

Review by Alyssa
Grade 4
****

Out of Patience was so funny from the beginning until the end. It was cool in the story when Jake finds out that the plunger was returning to the small town.

Review by Jack
Grade 4
*****

Out Of Patience is a really funny book; it has some really funny words. I would recommend this book to someone who likes toilets. This is hilarious book to read. There is a kid named Jake Waters and a toilet plunger that is called the plunger of destiny.

Review by Ava
Grade 4
*****

I think Out of Patience was an inspiring, outstanding and entertaining book. It’s about a boy who made a vow to get out of his home town but something is in his way....

I would recommend it to anyone older than five.

Review by Patrick
Grade: 4
*****

I think that Out of Patience is hilarious and really awesome! It has a hilarious story line! I think it’s funny how there is a kid named Jake Waters and there is a plunger called The Plunger of Destiny. Jake Waters vows not to die in the town called Patience. Then something terrible happens. I would recommend this book to people that like toilets, plungers, bathroom humor, and to people who like mysteries.

Review by Rachel Latwis
5th grade
****

At the beginning of the book there is a girl named Georgina Hayes who lives in a car with her brother Toby and her mom. Georgina was in an alley and saw a lost dog sign. Reward $500. Georgina thought if she found the dog she would get the money but she thought the dog was found by now so she decided to steal a dog.

In the middle of the book Georgina was walking down a road looking for a dog to steal when she saw a little dog. The dog’s name was Willy and the owner looked like she loved him enough to pay a lot of money for him.

She stole Willy one day and hid him behind an old abandoned house. One day she went to check on Willy and met a bum named Mookie. He was feeding Willy food because he looked hungry.

At the end of the book Georgina became friends with Mookie and eventually Georgina gave Willy back and didn’t take the money.

I liked that Georgina gave Willy back. I would recommend this book because it was a good book.

Review by Jared
5th grade
****

Pizza, Pigs and Poetry is about a man who goes everywhere looking for ideas about making a poem. Most of the poems are crazy and sometimes he’ll talk about things from when he was a kid like his friend ate a worm or his throwing meatballs out a window. This book is mostly crazy but entertaining.

I like this book because it has wacky poems and it is very funny.

I would recommend this book to a friend because it has good ideas about making poems and how to get ideas.

Review by Allen Fournier
5th Grade
****

In this book Jack Prelutsky tells you about his life and poems. I like the beginning about his mom’s rules with string beans. In the middle of the book I like it when he talks about eating worms. In the end of the book I like it when he tells you about pinning his dad’s underwear on the wall.

I liked the book because it reminds me of my family and because it’s funny. I would recommend this book to a friend because it was funny.

Review by Colton
Grade 6
*****

Simon Bloom The Gravity Keeper is about a kid named Simon Bloom. Simon discovers a book that allows him to control physics. However, other people want the book in order to do evil with it. Simon along with his two friends must now fight for the book and return it to its rightful owner.

I really enjoyed the action in this book. It also has amazingly realistic use of physics and the altering of them. The dialog is very well planned and the voice is spectacular!

Review by Chelsy
5th grade
*****

In the beginning of the book, it is a little bit sad because Maya’s parents die. In the middle of the book it got a little bit happier because Maya went to her aunt’s camp. The end was sad and happy (you’ll have to read it yourself to find out why.)

I did not like the sections of conversation in the book because it was difficult to know who was speaking.

I would recommend this book to a friend because it was a good mixture of happy and sad.

Review by Sierra
Grade 5
*****
In the beginning, Maya lives with her Grandma and her Grandma had a stroke. Maya had to go live with her Aunt V and Payton in teepees.

In the middle, Payton took Maya's favorite toy horse that her mom gave her and tossed it in the woods. Maya was crying and trying to get it back but she could not find it. A couple days later Payton found it because they were friends.

At the end, Maya was riding Seltzer because she was trying to find Artemisia. There was an earthquake and she fell off and broke her ankle. She survived in the woods with Artemisia for a week. She rode Artemisia back to camp. Everybody was very excited to see her. Her uncle brought her to the hospital.

I would recommend this book to a person who likes horses and long books.

Review by Isabella
Grade 5
*****

In this book Araminta finds a key and finds the door. Araminta unlocks the door and walks through a tunnel. She came upon another door and went in the room. When she was in the room she came upon a ladder. Araminta climed down the ladder and walked through another tunnel. Araminta saw a boy and his name was Edmund. But later Araminta finds out that Edmund is a ghost. Araminta and Edmund try to stop Araminta’s Aunt Tabby from selling the house.

I like how Araminta tries to stop her Aunt Tabby from selling the house.

I would recommend this book to a friend if they like books about ghosts, haunted houses and adventure.

Review by Lura
4th grade
****

There is a lot of weird and funny stuff in this book like the little girl, Araminta, wants to find a ghost. There’s an empty suit of armor named Sir Horace who is really a ghost. He walks and talks at night. Araminta tries to save her house from being sold.

I think My Haunted House is the best book I read all year.

I recommend this book to people who like stories about haunted houses and ghosts.

Review by Jared
5th Grade
****

In the beginning of the book Listen! Charley is walking around Eagle Lake when she sees a dog. Charley doesn’t know if it’s a dog or a coyote and tries to tame Coyote by feeding him meat and regular dog food. She also tries to tame Coyote by walking him and another dog named Sadie. In the end of the book coyote has been coming into the house at night and leaving early in the morning. Then after a couple of weeks Coyote becomes Charley’s pet.

The thing I liked about the book was that it was about friendship and it made me feel excited about what’s going to happen next.

I would recommend this book to a friend because it’s really good and it’s a little magical.

Review by Hailey
Grade 6
*****

This story is about a girl named Charley who knows a lot about pain. She sees her father pile himself in an eighty-hour work week. Charley is in pain when she walks on her newly shattered leg. One day Charley meets a wild, abused dog. Between them they have an immediate connection and she vows to help the dog.

I loved the book so I don’t really dislike or like anything in particular.

I would recommend this book to a friend because it’s about how life can be for somebody.

Review by MacKenzie
6th Grade
****

Frannie is going through tough times with the class bully, Trevor, and a new kid who looks white but says he isn’t. Meanwhile Frannie’s best friend, Samantha, gets more “holy” each day. In Frannie’s class they are reading a poem about hope. Even though she thinks she doesn’t have any hope, soon she starts to understand her brother, Sean’s deafness, her mothers fear and her own desire for “the thing with feathers”.

I liked this book because it covered a very interesting topic of religion and was set in a perfect time period for the topic.

Review by Haley
Grade 4
**

It’s about a dark skinned girl on one side of the highway and on the other side is the white people, and the girl doesn’t understand why white people can’t live on both sides of the highway. But more is in store! You just have to read it!
I think Feathers was good ... but really slow going.