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​Book Reviews As you finish a book, write a short summary and give your opinion ( follow the example format below ). If you're looking for a new book to read, check here to see what sounds good. Use http://bookwizard.scholastic.com/tbw/homePage.do to find the GLE of the book. **Title:** Among the Hidden, Shadow Children Series Book 1
 * Author:** Margaret Peterson Haddix
 * GLE:** 5.9
 * Summary:** Luke is a forbidden third child. He has never had a friend or left his family's farm. What will happen when he sees a face in the window of a house where 2 children already live?
 * My Review by Mrs. Claus:** This is a very suspensful and interesting book. The author uses great vocabulary and exciting verbs.
 * My Review by Celeste:** This is a book for readers who love action, mystery and lots of danger!

Title:** Among the Barons, Shadow Children Series book 4 Summary:**
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 * Author:** Margaret Peterson Haddix
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 * My Review by** **Destinie**:

**Title:** Among the Hidden, Shadow Children Series Book 1
 * Author:** Margaret Peterson Haddix
 * GLE:** 5.9
 * Summary:** Luke is a forbidden third child. He has never had a friend or left his family's farm. What will happen when he sees a face in the window of a house where 2 children already live?
 * My Review by Mrs. Claus:** This is a very suspensful and interesting book. The author uses great vocabulary and exciting verbs.
 * My Review by Celeste:** This is a book for readers who love action, mystery and lots of danger!

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 * Title: **Celery Stalks at Midnight
 * Author: **James Howe
 * GLE: **5.5
 * Summary: **This is about three friends a little puppy (Howie) A big dog (Harold) and a cat (Chester) who are trying to save them self from Bunnicula who i**s** soposidly a vampire bunny who is turning all the vegetables into mind eating zombies, well at least that is what Chester says but he has been Known to over agsagerat before.
 * My Review by Brie: ** A laugh out loud kind of book that will have you rolling on the floor laughing with all sorts of puns.

**Title:** Call it Courage
 **Title:** City of Ember
 * Author:** Armstrong Sperry
 * GLE:** 5.8
 * Summary:** Mafatu (the boy who is afraid of the sea) wants to prove to his father (the chief) that he is not afraid. When he makes it to the island across the sea, he faces many dangers.
 * My Review by Katie B:** A very good, suspenseful book and lots of detail.
 * Author:** Jeanne DuPrau
 * GLE:** 5.1
 * Summary:**This book is about two kids who live in the City of Ember. It was assignment day for all the 12 year olds in the Ember School. Lina and Doon both got the jobs that the other wanted the most. You will now find out what will happen during the swap and what happens when they go on with life and their jobs
 * My Review by Jake:** This book is a cliff hanger with incredible detail. You will get sucked in like a tornado so fast.


 * Title:** A Crooked Kind of Perfect
 * Author:** Linda Urban
 * GLE:** 4.7
 * Summary:**
 * My Review by Mitzi:** I like this book because it is funny, cool, and a loving story.

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Title:** Double Fudge Summary:** This book described a boy named Peter Hatcher who has a little brother named Fudge who gets into all sorts of trouble. He has latley been very interested in money. His mom and dad take him to the printing place in washington D.C. They then see thier long lost cousins Fauna and Flow Hatcher. Will Peter be able to deal with them and Fudge?
 * Author:** Judy Blume
 * GLE:
 * My Review by Maile:** This is a very good book. I like it because it is funny.

Summary:** A girl named Bethany is left when her parents have never left her before. She hears ELizabeth and wonders who she is, but no one will.
 * Title:** Double Identity
 * Author:** Margret Peterson Haddix
 * GLE:
 * My Review by Lizzy:** A fantastic book and pulls you right in. It's a "page turn," as my brother calls it. You never know what it going to happen next, and you want to keep reading it.
 * My Review by Mrs. Claus:** This book had a great twist, I never saw it coming!


 * Title:** Diary of a Wimpy Kid Rodrick Rules
 * Author:** Jeff Kinney
 * GLE:** 5.3
 * Summary:** Greg has just finished summer break and his big brother, Rodrick, might rat him out by telling everyone about hes book. Dose Rodrick rat him out.
 * My Review by Tarek:** It is a really funny book**.**

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Title:** Diary of a Wimpy Kid Last Straw My Review by Destinie:** It is sooooooooo funny!!!
 * Author:**Jeff Kinney
 * GLE:**5.3
 * Summary:
 * My Review by Haley:** I think it is even better than the first and second.

Summary:** Greg's mom buys him a journal to write in. He tells how he is on his school year and its challenges.
 * Title:** Diary of a Wimp Kid
 * Author:** Jeff Kinney
 * GLE: 5.3
 * My Review by Landon:** It is very humurous and you can't stop reading it!

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 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Title: **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Found
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Author:** Margret Petersen Haddix
 * GLE:** 5.9
 * Summary:** Jonah is adopted. He gets strange letters. Jonah and his friend Chip, who is also adopted, find clues that could lead to possible death.
 * My Review by Lizzy:** __Found__ is a book that pulls you in right away. It's tension keeps you reading
 * My Review by Allan:** Found can draw any fantiy reader in and hook them within a fue sentences. It also has so many

cliff hangers that you can't stop reading it.
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=J= Author:** Margret Petersen Haddix
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Title: **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Just Ella **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
 * GLE:**5.7
 * Summary:** Ella has the future she has been waiting for, or is it?
 * My Review by Lizzy:** __Just Ella__ is a fantastic book. It pulls you right in at the beginning. It's kind of like Cinderella, except better!

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Title:** The Last Holiday Concert

**My Review by Allan:** It's a fun book that has lots of drama but not that much action. So people into action,mystery,and fantasy probably wouldn't like it but your drama readers would.

 * TITLE:** Litning theif
 * AUTHOR:** Rick Riordan
 * GLE:** 4.7
 * SUMMARY:** This boy named Connor and he gets in trobole a lot.
 * MY REVEIW BY Gabrielle**: I think it is a very good book.

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 * Title:** Mr.Kluts is Nuts

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Author:** Dan Gutman
Summary:** A talented young boy goes to school at a very odd middle school. Yes this is a normal middle school but T.j's prisalbal is crazy now I'm not justs talking about a little crazy he has gone mad, skating thought the hallway ,chewing gum in the class room and things like that
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 * My Review by Sierra :** I think that thins book is very funny and can keep you innertaned.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**summary** this book is about were two girls meet and they are twins and the discover each others lives
 * Title:** Palace of Mirros
 * Author:** Mageret Peterson Haddix
 * GLE:** 5.1
 * My Review by Athena:** //I THINCK THAT THIS BOOK IS A NOTOCEABLE BOOK//

Me and Katie the Pest
 * Author:** Anna M. Martin
 * GLE:** 6.6
 * Summary:** This story is about Sara and Katie going to a horse camp for every Tuesdays and Thursdays all summer.
 * My Review by Katie K:** I think this is a good book if you like drama.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Title:** May Bird #3
 * Author:** Jodi Lynn Adderson
 * GLE:** 5.0
 * Summary:** The book is about a teenage girl who is dead she has to stop a guy from destroying the earth, so her pal Pumpkin helps her and pushes bo cleavle into a mortell and he follows with, and may and him becoame heros.
 * My Review by Mitzi:** If you like action and drama this is the book for you.

=N= is Edward going to say good bye for Bellas own saftey? Will they stay together or is Edward going to have to say goodbye?
 * Title:** New Moon
 * Author:** Stephenie Meyer
 * GLE:** 4.3
 * Summary:** Bellas birthday is today can she handel a room full of vampiers or
 * My Review By Taylor:** This is a good book to read if you like romance, scareyness, and sadness. This book is in a serise.


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Title **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> No talking
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Author:** Andrew Clements
 * GLE:** 3
 * Summary:** The fifth grader are always talking at Laketon Elementary School. Now the girls think that they can beat the boy by not talking at all for the whole day. No talking at lunch,at home, and they can only answer in three words to a teacher. Who will win?
 * My Review by Brianna :**This is a thrilling book and you can never tell what's going to happen next. If you like talking then this isn't a book for you.

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 * Title:** Old Willis Place
 * Author:** Mary Downing Hahn
 * GLE:** 4.7
 * Summary:** Gorgie and Diana are brother and sister and they used to live on a farm until Mrs.Wills traps them in the cellar and kills them.All Gorgie and Diana want to do is leave the farm and have a proper burial.A girl named Lissa and her dad become the caretakers of the house and Lissa and Diana become friends
 * My review by Devin:** It is a good book if you like scary stories.
 * My Review by Brooke:** This book is a good mystery about a old scary house.

=P= <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Title:**The Phantom Tolllbooth
 * Author:** Norton Juster
 * GLE:** 5.4
 * Summary:** Milo is a boy who thinks life has no meaning is boring and doesn't appreciate the qualities of life. On his adventure through the Kingdom of Wizdom he learns that life is colorful and happy it might be bad at times but if he notices the things around him everything will be fine.
 * My Review by Kimi :** I think this book is very funny, it uses meanings of words that you wouldn't expect, like the characters names. I definatly recommend this book!

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=S= media type="file" key="Kimi's review of the Bad Beginning.wmv" width="300" height="300" <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Title:** A Series of Unfortunate Events
 * Author:** Lemony Snickett
 * GLE:** 6.0
 * Summary:** These books are about three children whose parents died in a terrible fire and left behind a huge fortune and an evil villian named Count Olaf is trying to steal it from them in all differnt ways.
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 * Title**:Twilight
 * Author**:Stephenie Meyer's
 * GLE**:4.4
 * Summary**:Bella goes to Forks in Washington to see her dad, Charlie. So now Bella has to go to a new school named Forks high school. Bella ends up making some new friends who help her out a lot. Then meets a mysterious guy named Edward.
 * My Review by Katie**:This book is a great book if you like mysteries, scary books, and big chapter books. This book sucked me in to it and if you read it and like it as much as I did, you'll want read the whole series. There are five books in the series, Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn, and the other book is online but I haven't found the fifth book yet.

Summary:** The Twits are Evil disgusting human beans, they plot pranks on each other, torture monkeys, and have fun their way! The monkeys in the story are sick of being torchered by the Evil Twits so thy find a plan to escape and seek their revenge!
 * Title:** The Twits
 * Author:** Roald Daul
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 * My Review By Annie:** This is a very funny and cool book cause you never know whats gonna happen next!
 * My Review By** **Brianna:** This is a gruesome, gross, and mean book. If you like guts and gore then you're in for a treat.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Title:** The 39 clues
 * Author:**Gordon Kormon
 * GLE:**4.2
 * Summary:** It is about a kid named Saladin who hatted a girl named amy and amy did not hate him.
 * My Review by Tierra:** T his book is good For 3rd graders to 7th graders.


 * Title:** The Tale of Desperauxs
 * Author:** Kate DiCAMALLA
 * G.L.E** 4.8
 * Sumary:** The Tale of Desperaux is all about a brave mouse breaking the rules just to see his lover.Furlagh told on Desperaux because of all this he gets sent to the dungeon by three hooded mice.Desperaux fights for the princess.
 * My review By Katarina:** This book is full of action, bravery and love.Mostly bravery and love.I love it because it never gets old when you read agin(at least not for me).

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Title:**The Report Card
 * Author:**Andrew Clements
 * GLE:** 5.0
 * Summary:**The report card is about a girl who is super smart but she fails the fifth grade because she dosent want to be put in the smart or dum catagorie at school she wants people to stop thinking so much about grades.
 * My Review bySamantha:**This book is for someone who dosent want to put the book down and for someone who likes mistries.


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=W= <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Title:** The Westing Game
 * Author:** Ellen Raskin
 * GLE:** 6.1
 * Summary:** This book is mostly about a rich guy who was going to read his will in the Old Westing Mantion. Yet Mr. Westing is dead and rotting on an oriental rug.
 * My Review by Mitzi:** The book is mystirious and scary you would get a thrill out of this book

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