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Eragon

by

Christopher Paolini

 Book review written by Angela M.

    Eragon is a poor farm boy who is one of the only hunters brave enough to go into the Spine, a set of mountains said to be enchanted. He finds a mysterious stone there, only it isn’t really a stone. He doesn’t tell his Uncle and Cousin about the stone when it hatches. Eragon hatches the stone and it turns out to be a dragon’s egg! He touches it and gets a white spot on his palm. His uncle dies while he runs away with Saphira, his dragon. Brom, the village story-teller, finds him and goes with him. While it sounds like a lot    has happened, the novel has only just begun. I think this book is fiction. People should read this novel because it is a very interesting book to read if you like dragons or magic. I thought this was a very informative type of book. Dragons don’t really interest me that much, but magic does interest me a little and I just loved the book. If you like reading about a lot of deaths you will also love the book. There are two or three deaths in the book. If you want to find out who dies you will have to read the book to find out. There is also one other dragon rider in the book. There is also a special elf and a few dwarves.

Island of the Blue Dolphins

By

Scott O’Dell

   Book review written by Lauren O.

Island of the Blue Dolphins is a historical fiction book. Karana, an Indian girl, who is very nice gets trapped on an island by herself and with her brother who’s name is Ramo. Then also half of her tribe dies in a war. She meets a pack of viscous wild dogs that kill her little brother. Then she decides to kill them before they kill her. She one day Karana went to the hideout the wild dogs had and but long and short twigs in the entrance and started a fire. What will happen next? You will find that out! She ends up capturing the leader. Then she named it Rontu and Rontu is an encouraging dog!  What will she do with him now? She also faces battling a devilfish that is and octopus with Rontu. Find out if she gets that devilfish or not? This book has a lot of action and excitement in it! Then you will know what happens to the Indian girl if she stays on the island or if she will be saved or if you read the book you will find adventures, dangerous, adventures she took!

Julie of the Wolves

by

Jean Craighead George

 This book review was written by Ryan P.

             This book is about a desperate woman who is trying to survive on her own in freezing Alaska. She discovers a small wolf pack nearby her empty house. She decides that she wants to live among this small wolf pack. This book should be read because it is an amazing survival story that has three long parts to the book. If you finish this amazing book and thought it was great, there are two more fantastic books in the series called Julie and Julie’s Wolf Pack.

Pendragon: Book Two: The Lost City of Faar

by

D.J. MacHale

 Book review written by Alex R.

           This book is about a 14-year-old boy who is a star on his school basketball team at Stony Brook High. When he is chosen to become the traveler for Second Earth, his journey begins in a mid evil place called Dendron, where he experiences a merchant of death that will change Dendron forever with tack, a firer bomb. Then he goes to a place called Coral where he faces giant sharks, a lost city, and Saint Dane the evil traveler. Saint Dane wants to control the Hala that keeps peace between the territories. 

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

 by

J.K. Rowling

 Book review by Charlie R.

             The book is the fifth one in the seven-book Harry Potter series. The book starts at Privet Drive where Harry spends his summer with the Durselys. When the Durselys leave one day a group of familiar and unfamiliar people come to help Harry. They take Harry to number twelve, Grimmauld Place. This place is unusual because there are screaming pictures, boggarts, a disgruntled house-elf, and a resident named Sirius Black. Harry starts his fifth year at Hogwarts with O.W.L.s coming up, Voldemort returning to full power, strange dreamlike things about the department of mysteries, and a family tragedy. If you like fantasy books that are suspenseful this book is for you. It is suspenseful because it has you waiting for something big to happen. Also try reading books 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6. Each of the books are fantastic and the series itself is excellent.

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret

by

Judy Blume

 Review written by Jennifer R.

Are You There God? It’s me Margaret is a realistic fiction story. This story is about one sympathetic girl trying hard to get through a somewhat difficult life. She has two crushes; someone very secret and someone else that is in every sixth grade girl’s dreams, Phillip Leroy. When she goes to a boy, girl, birthday party and plays spin the glass bottle she spins and the adorable Phillip is on the other end!

Margaret has other horrible problems too. She is trying to find her true religion. Should she be Jewish like her father, or Christian like her mother? Or should she join the Y-club like everyone else?

Child of the Wolves

by

Elizabeth Hall

 Book review written by Dennis S.

    This book is a realistic fiction about wolves. Child of the Wolves is about a husky living with a pack of wolves. He has to follow the rules of the pack. A lot of the wolves don’t like having a dog in their pack, so they are mean to him and do not allow him to hunt. The pack lets him hunt when he shows he’s mature enough to hunt with them. He sometimes wonders off from the pack but always comes back. Eventually, he runs away from the pack and feeds himself.  He learns how to catch food and survive by himself. The pack looks for him because the pure white wolf, Snowdrift, misses him. So if you like adventurous books in the frightening wilderness you should read this book.

Flush

by

Carl Hiaasen

 Book review written by Katie T.

     Flush is about a smart boy named Noah who knows (well he thinks) that an adult gambling ship called the Coral Queen is polluting the water.  His father was already in jail because he sank the Coral Queen.  Noah and his brave friends had to catch Dusty Muleman, the ship owner, and his crew in the terrible act of polluting the water.  But how?  They were only two useless children trying to accuse an adult of a huge crime.  It will be risky and dangerous but someone has to do it.  Are they the ones?  Flush is a realistic fiction story.  I think you should read it because people really do pollute illegally and Flush reveals how dangerous it is to be near a polluted place.

Voyage of The Great Titanic

By

Ellen Emerson White

Book review written by Brooke V.

    Voyage on Great Titanic is a historical fiction novel, is about a poor and sensitive girl who for a while lives with her brother. She is brought to an orphanage for girls. This book gets very exciting when Maggie gets on the titanic Maggie is the little sensitive girl. Maggie is put on board the famous vessel where she meets a lady that teaches her how to be a wonderful lady, Will she succeed and impress the lady or will she fail her task you will have to read the book to answer those questions. Also you should read this book because it made me a better person and I think it will do it to you also. Other books in the sires include A Light in the Storm, Voyage on the Great Titanic, and Survival in the Storm. These books are very touching and can sometimes be hurtful.