I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys adventure and action and/or wants to learn more about World War II.
Butterfly Wolves
Trinite, green glass
February 15, 2012
The Green Glass Sea By Ellen Klages
This is a very interesting and easy to read book. It takes place in Los Alamos, New Mexico during World War II. Dewey Kerrigan, an 11 year old girl, has lots of trouble fitting in on a military base after living in a small town for many years. Her father is part of The Manhattan Project and is working on “the Gadget” and must keep it a secret, even from his own daughter.
I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys adventure and action and/or wants to learn more about World War II.
Butterfly Wolves
Trinite, green glass
I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys adventure and action and/or wants to learn more about World War II.
Butterfly Wolves
Trinite, green glass
Swindle, by Gordon Korman
When I was reading Swindle I couldn’t put it down. It is so good because it has a great mix of mystery and action and it is also realistic with a perfect plot. It always makes you want to read more.
Griffin and his friends are at an old scary house that is going to be knocked over in the morning. He is surprised to find a Babe Ruth baseball card that is worth one million dollars, until a mean collector named S. Wendell Polomino (a.k.a Swindle) tricks them out of the card. Now Griffin Bing must put together a team of friends (and one or two enemies) and try to get the card back. There are some things standing in their way: a menacing guard dog, a high-tech security system and a very secret hiding place, but Griffin Bing is ‘’the man with the plan.’’
I love this book and I definitely recommend this book to anyone who loves good realistic stories and fun stories with kids as the main character.
Pie 1234
When I was reading Swindle I couldn’t put it down. It is so good because it has a great mix of mystery and action and it is also realistic with a perfect plot. It always makes you want to read more.
Griffin and his friends are at an old scary house that is going to be knocked over in the morning. He is surprised to find a Babe Ruth baseball card that is worth one million dollars, until a mean collector named S. Wendell Polomino (a.k.a Swindle) tricks them out of the card. Now Griffin Bing must put together a team of friends (and one or two enemies) and try to get the card back. There are some things standing in their way: a menacing guard dog, a high-tech security system and a very secret hiding place, but Griffin Bing is ‘’the man with the plan.’’
I love this book and I definitely recommend this book to anyone who loves good realistic stories and fun stories with kids as the main character.
Pie 1234
Where the Red Fern Grows
One of the greatest books I’ve read so far is Where the red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls. In the book, young Billy starts a raccoon hunting hobby. In order to do that, Billy needs two dogs, two smart and brave dogs. One of the dogs is full of determination and spirit, and the other is full of knowledge and wisdom. This wonderful book of friendship, teamwork, and the determination shown by Billy to catch raccoons is sure to leave you speechless. I would recommend this book only to people who truly love their dogs.
Phillies34
Surviving Hitler
By: Andrea Warren
I think Surviving Hitler is a good book for people who like learning about World War II and what went on inside the Nazi Death Camps. Surviving Hitler is about exactly that, a boy named Jack Mandelbaum, who is forced to work in the Nazi death camps and has to survive the overwhelming power of Hitler.
Surviving Hitler is also about what people went through to survive. Food was free game, and so was life. Anyone could be shot at any time for no reason whatsoever. Mostly people had to rely on their friends (if they had any in that camp) and if they didn’t have any, either they would have to make some friends, or survive on their own.
Surviving Hitler is one of my favorite books of all time. But there are some sad parts in it (What did you expect? It’s World War II.). Even though there are some sad parts, there are also some happy parts in it.
I would definitely recommend Surviving Hitler to any person (normally 6th through 8th graders) who want to know about what happened “behind the scenes” in World War II.
¾ Wolf
Theodore Boone: The Abduction
Theodore Boone is enjoying his normal life, from school to his parent’s law firm, until his best friend, April, goes missing. Nobody has a clue of what could have happened and who took April, until the police find out that a drug addict mad man by the name of Jack Leeper, escaped from prison just before April’s disappearance. Now Theo must find the clues and follow the tracks, before it’s too late.
I loved this book. This is the second book in the series and I would recommend reading the first one first so you can understand everything. These books follow a path of intense suspense. Theo is a kind and caring friend, which inspired me throughout this book. I recommend this book to all. You will have a rollercoaster ride with adventure and suspense.
-Mankind
I loved this book. This is the second book in the series and I would recommend reading the first one first so you can understand everything. These books follow a path of intense suspense. Theo is a kind and caring friend, which inspired me throughout this book. I recommend this book to all. You will have a rollercoaster ride with adventure and suspense.
-Mankind
The Green Glass Sea
The Green Glass Sea by Ellen Klages is a story about life at the Manhattan Project, also known as the hill. The book is focused on two families, the Kerrigans and the Gordons, who each have a ten-year-old daughter, Dewey Kerrigan and Suze Gordon. Dewey is the ultimate tomboy and she loves building things. Suze is a super girly-girl who loves comic books. When their lives collide on the hill everything changes. I definitely recommend this book to anyone who likes stories of hard work and friendship, because that’s what the story is about. Along with the green glass sea of course.
-cora
Middle School the Worst Years of my Life
When I first entered the doors of my middle school, things weren’t the way I imagined. It wasn’t easy to “fit in.” When Rafe entered his new school, it wasn’t so easy for him either. He decided to become the bad boy by pulling pranks and breaking the school rules, from pulling the school fire alarm to running in school with no clothes. When he gets caught, bad things start to happen to him.
So when you first enter middle school or a new school and you feel a little nervous, read this book by James Patterson. It will make you laugh hard and remove the stress. I recommend this book to kids and anyone who is nervous about a new school.
-Dave
So when you first enter middle school or a new school and you feel a little nervous, read this book by James Patterson. It will make you laugh hard and remove the stress. I recommend this book to kids and anyone who is nervous about a new school.
-Dave
Tales of Mystery and Terror
Tales of Mystery and Terror by Edgar Allan Poe is a wonderful book with four tales of madness and revenge. You will hear the pounding of a dead man's heart and listen to a man's cry of terror as he is being buried alive. In the first story, a man got a fever and it made him become a madman, though he believed it sharpened his senses. He lived with an old man who had an eye that resembled one of a vulture. This disturbed the mad man. One night he decided to do the unspeakable and slay the old man.
I like that this book has more realistic situations than most other mystery books I've read. It shows the madman's thoughts as if he were narrating the story. In the ‘Cask of Amontillado’ Montresor swears to take revenge against Fortunado, who always tries to show his superiority. Montresor takes Fortunado to his wine cellar to see if the cask of amontillado was real. But that was part of Montresor's plot. He took him to his dungeon, to not be seen by human eyes again. I highly recommend this book to whomever enjoys classics, horror, or eerie happenings.
Vinyl Scratch
I like that this book has more realistic situations than most other mystery books I've read. It shows the madman's thoughts as if he were narrating the story. In the ‘Cask of Amontillado’ Montresor swears to take revenge against Fortunado, who always tries to show his superiority. Montresor takes Fortunado to his wine cellar to see if the cask of amontillado was real. But that was part of Montresor's plot. He took him to his dungeon, to not be seen by human eyes again. I highly recommend this book to whomever enjoys classics, horror, or eerie happenings.
Vinyl Scratch
Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson is a household name for the quality of the many books he wrote. One of the most famous is Treasure Island. This book has had a lasting influence on the world. Long John Silver and fifteen men on a dead man’s chest are still associated with pirates. However, for those who actually read the book, you’ll know that the type of language is extremely confusing, with whole paragraphs that are complete nonsense for this day and age. Those of you who are familiar with today’s lingo will be perplexed by the slang of 1800’s pirates and seamen. The story follows young Jim Hawkins as he and his companions set out on a hunt for buried treasure, which seems exciting, but the book has no cliffhanger or climatic turning point. What would have once been a timeless classic is now less of a good read because of the obsolescence of its wording.
-Eulalia!
Robert Louis Stevenson is a household name for the quality of the many books he wrote. One of the most famous is Treasure Island. This book has had a lasting influence on the world. Long John Silver and fifteen men on a dead man’s chest are still associated with pirates. However, for those who actually read the book, you’ll know that the type of language is extremely confusing, with whole paragraphs that are complete nonsense for this day and age. Those of you who are familiar with today’s lingo will be perplexed by the slang of 1800’s pirates and seamen. The story follows young Jim Hawkins as he and his companions set out on a hunt for buried treasure, which seems exciting, but the book has no cliffhanger or climatic turning point. What would have once been a timeless classic is now less of a good read because of the obsolescence of its wording.
-Eulalia!
13 Gifts
13 Gifts by Wendy Mass shouts, “Read me! Read me! Read me!” and steals your attention from the first sentence until the last sentence. Wendy Mass leads you to the answer and surprises you so much that you want to read it again and again. When I first read this book I couldn’t put it down. Wendy Mass describes the character’s personalities so well that you’ll think that you are one of the characters in the book.
Tara, the main character, is a girl I think that every girl that reads the book can relate to. I would recommend this book to girls because it is writing from a girl’s perspective. I guarantee whoever reads this will laugh out loud from the moment that twelve year old boys are forced to wear Sunshine uniforms to a really embarrassing moment that everyone can relate to. And mostly, I think that every person that reads the book will understand the the author's message: the sidelines may be safer, but life is played on the field.
-Serendipity_3
Tara, the main character, is a girl I think that every girl that reads the book can relate to. I would recommend this book to girls because it is writing from a girl’s perspective. I guarantee whoever reads this will laugh out loud from the moment that twelve year old boys are forced to wear Sunshine uniforms to a really embarrassing moment that everyone can relate to. And mostly, I think that every person that reads the book will understand the the author's message: the sidelines may be safer, but life is played on the field.
-Serendipity_3
Magyk by Angie Sage
Magyk is about the family of wizards called the Heaps. It all begins when their son, Septimus, is declared dead at birth, and is replaced by a baby girl, Jenna. They must defeat a great necromancer before he takes over the throne.
Not only that, but can they discover who they really are in time? To explore the mythical world of the Heaps, I would suggest you read Magyk now.
-The Silver Crusade
Green Glass Sea
Green Glass Sea
The Green Glass Sea is a very good book that is set in the 1940’s and takes place in a part of New Mexico that technically doesn’t exist. I would definitely recommend this book. It’s really interesting because everything is a secret and it shows an interesting time period from the point of view of a kid. It’s very descriptive so you’ll always have a picture in your head. The only downside of the book is that it skips a lot of time between the chapters. But the interesting plot makes up for it. There are lots of cliffhangers and it will keep you reading and asking questions.
-Bubbles
The Green Glass Sea is a very good book that is set in the 1940’s and takes place in a part of New Mexico that technically doesn’t exist. I would definitely recommend this book. It’s really interesting because everything is a secret and it shows an interesting time period from the point of view of a kid. It’s very descriptive so you’ll always have a picture in your head. The only downside of the book is that it skips a lot of time between the chapters. But the interesting plot makes up for it. There are lots of cliffhangers and it will keep you reading and asking questions.
-Bubbles
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