Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner

It was a good book but I didn't like the part at the end when Searchlight dies. I didn't like when little Willy thought it was a happy ending but then Searchlight dies and it is not a happy ending.  My favorite character in the book is Searchlight because he is a strong dog and takes care of the family when something bad happens like when the grandfather is sick.  I think Stone Fox was being nice because he let Little Willy win and I was surprised about that because before when Little Willy went in the barn Stone Fox punched him in the eye and in the book when they were talking about Stone Fox I first thought he was a mean man.  I liked the mayor a lot and Doc a lot because they were generous people and they were giving tips to Little Willy.

by C.S.

I liked the book. It was action packed. Little Willy's love for Seachlight was strong. Seachlight loved Little Willy too. Searchlight was super fast at the race. I thought the fact that Seachlight's heart burst was very sad. Stone Fox must have thought that since Searchlight died he must have thought it would be horrible for one of his dogs to die and because of that he thought that Little Willy should win the race.

by N. B.

Stone Fox is a sad book.  Some of it is not.  They entered a race.  Searchlight dies.

by M. B.

I kind of like and don't like Stone Fox because the ending is sad but the beginning is funny.  Stone Fox wasn't mentioned until the end.  The grandfather was very sick.

by T. F.

Treasure Hunters by James Patterson

Treasure Hunters is about four kids who's names are Bick, Beck, Tommy, and Storm. Bick and Beck are twins. Sometimes they get into fights that they call "Twin Tirades." It only lasts for a short time. Their dad was lost at sea in a storm and their mom was kidnapped in a place called Cyprus. Since they have no parents, the kids agree that they should continue the family treasure hunting business.  Bick and Beck decide that they should go into "The Room." The Room is a space where their parents  kept all the maps and artifacts. It is off limits to the kids. Once they got in, they saw a to-do-list that their dad had written. They went to the Grand Caymans and traded with a guy name Louie Louie. They continued to follow their dad's to-do list. The kids figured out that their parents worked for the CIA and also for a notorious dealer named Athos Aramis who gives weaponry to scoundrels. But they only pretended to work for him just to capture him.The kids found clues along the way. They finally defeated Athos Aramis and went back to their boat. The kids still didn't find their parents but they will keep looking for them.

by G. N.

Bick, Beck, Tommy, and Storm are treasure hunters.  There mom went missing and their dad fell off the boat in a storm and they are trying to find them.  The kids went to go to Mr. Aramis's house because they wanted to tell him that the vase isn't worth anything without the papers. They have to go through all these missions to try and find their parents.

I liked this book because it was an adventure story and it had a lot of action.  I am going to read the second book in the series because I liked it so much.

by E.B.

     This book is about four children named Bick, Beck, Tomas, and Storm Kidd. Their mom went missing and their dad supposedly fell off thier boat in a storm. They are all treasure hunters. When they were all alone in the boat The Lost Bick and Beck went into the room. The room is thier mom and dad's office. They found a to-do list thier mother and father planned to do in the future. Then a strange person came on a boat with a gun to tell the Kidds something. He came and towed them to the Cayman Islands. They met a man who's name was Louie Louie. He showed the Kidds a secret passage way to his basement. They saw lots of merchendice in the basement. After that they went back on The Lost and a Cayman Island Police came on a boat to see if they had their parents with them. But the Kidds outsmarted him. Then they went to Florida to find treasure underwater. They found a load of teasure. Then some pirates came onto their boat. Tried to get into the room but they couldn't get in the room. So they took Beck and then Uncle Timothy saved her. The Kidds thought he was a undercover pirate. But before Beck took a truth serum and used it on Uncle Timothy. He was really a CIA Agent. He told the Kidds that their mother and father were CIA Operatives. He was their boss. Then he got picked up by a helicopter. Then the Kidds went to Mr. Aramis's Penthouse. To tell Mr. Aramis that the vase did not cost anything without the papers. Then the Kidds try to take the vase but the guards caught them. Until Uncle Timothy came with his CIA and FBI friend and arrested Mr.Aramis for income tax evasion.

  By K.B

The book Treasure Hunters has four main characters. Bick, Beck, Storm, and Tommy Kidd. Tommy is the oldest. When the kidds' are sailing, there was a very bad storm. The kids were safe but when the kids came on deck their father was gone.The children are left in charge of their Uncle Timothy. But he is not actually their uncle.The kidds' later find out that their parent were CIA agents. Uncle Timothy was their boss. The kidds' go on many adventures to find out what their parents were working on, on their ship The Lost. The kidds' find out that their parents were trying to arrest a man named Athos Aramis. A man named Nathan Collier stole Grecian urn that the kids found. Nathan Collier tries to make a deal with Aramis to get a weapon, because Athos Aramis sells weapons. The Kidds barge in when they are making the deal, and Beck says that they can't do the deal without the papers. The Kidds almost get killed when Uncle Timothy comes and saves them. The CIA and FBI promis to find the Kidds mom in Cyprus. I liked this book because it had a lot of adventure.

by A.M.


The book Treasure Hunters was about a four kids who mom was lost in the cayman island and the dad was lost in a ship wreck. In the begining a storm came while the kids were on a ship with their dad and the dad was trying to protect his kids.So the one kid went into a room and saved him self, and the dad might of went overboard. Their ship namelost the  get ruined, then they go to an island and get their ship fixed. then they go on  a nother adventure. On  their next adventure to find gold.


The book Tresure Hunters is about four kids the Kidd kids Bicford (Bick), Stephane (Storm) Rebbeca (Beck) and Tommy (Tailspin Tommy) sadly have both there parents pass away. With there Mom being lost in Cayman Islands and the dad falling off the side of the boat they are going through some hardships. They live on the seas looking for treasures, but without their parents on their side it's tricky for them to find the teasures.

I liked the book because it was very adventurous.

by M.G.

The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes

The Hundred Dresses is about a girl named Wanda Petronski. Two girls named Peggy and Maddie made fun of Wanda by saying, "Wanda how many dresses did you say you had in your closet?" and she would say, "One hundred all lined up!" and they would start laughing. Wanda did not have any friends really she would stand against a brick wall and wait for the bell to ring.

 I liked this book because even though Peggy and Wanda were mean to her she was still nice to them back.

AE

The Hundred Dresses is about a girl named Wanda and two other girls named Maddie and Peggy Wanda says that she has one hundred dresses in her closet. Maddie and Peggy  keep making fun of her. Later in the story you find out that they aren't  really dresses, they are drawings. Wanda feels that she is getting made fun of so she moves away and than Maddie and Peggy feel bad because it was their fault because they were making fun of Wanda.

JR


The Hundred Dresses is about a girl named Wanda Petronski who is picked on by Peggy and Maddie. They are popular girls in school. Maddie is trying to tell Peggy to stop picking on Wanda for saying that she has a hundred dresses in her closet. Peggy and Maddie think that she doesn't have 100 dresses because she always wears the same blue dress.  Wanda moves away.  Peggy and Maddie feel real bad so they try to find her.  In the end they send her a letter and say they are sorry and Wanda writes back and says that they can keep the dresses.

I liked the book because I thought even though they were picking on her they learned a lesson and became nice.

LZ

The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes

The Hundred Dresses is about a girl named Wanda Petronski .She says she has a hundred dresses all lined in her closet. The girls don’t believe her and start to make fun of Wanda .Peggy started the dresses game. Maddie was Peggy's best friend and Maddie just stood there watching Peggy make fun of Wanda.  There was a contest for drawing and Wanda made a hundred dresses all lined up in the front of the class. A couple days after the class got a letter and it said Wanda moved. Also the blue dress was for Maddie and the green dress was for Peggy.  They realized that the drawing was them. That meant Wanda liked Peggy and Maddie after all.

by L.B.

Al Capone Does My Homework

Moose Flanagan's apartment was burned down while his mother and father were out with warden Williams.Now his friends and him are on an investigation to find out who set the fire and Al Capone isn't just sending him notes by laundry but somehow  got a hold of his homework.

I recommend this book to kids that have a sense of adventure.

The Series of Unfortuante Events The Wide Window

In The Wide Window the three Baudelaire children have to go live with their Aunt Josephine. One day when they were at the grocery store they met a man named Captain Sham. The Baudelaire's all knew that this man was really Count Olaf. The children tried to tell their Aunt but she kept correcting their grammatical mistakes when they spoke, so the children never got it out. One day Count Olaf called Aunt Josephine and he threatened to kill her if he didn't get the Baudelaire fortune. So she ran away and left a note. She made grammatical mistakes on purpose and the Baudelaires' noticed and it spelled Curdled Cave. The children went to Curdled Cave and brought her home but she fell in the lake and the Lachrymose leeches ate her. When the children got back to the dock the children and their families' close friend got locked in by the dock by Count Olaf, and Count Olaf ran away with his assistant. Somebody unlocked the gate but it was to late to catch Count Olaf.

Warriors into the Wild

   One day, a cat named Rusty ventures out into the woods. There he meets three wild cats that invite them to join Thunder Clan. He agrees. His clan name would now be Firepaw. The clan cats were mad that they chose a cat without warrior blood. Warriors were dying. Then the leader of the clan, Bluestar, takes Firepaw as her apprentice. He trains very hard. All that work payed off and Bluestar invited him to the Moonstone which is a special rock that gives new Clan leaders special dreams about what happens in the future. But Rusty notices something mysterious is going on about some cats and he plans to find out the truth.

My Life As A Book by Janet Tashdjean

My life as a book is a unique book because it shows the definitions on the side but in a picture. It is about a boy named Derek and he does not like to read until he learns to like reading. It is a very funny. I recommend this story to people who love humor. For me this was a great story.

by L.B.

The Bad Beginning by Daniel Handler

The book "The Bad Beginning" is about  three children who's names are Violet, Klaus, and Sunny, who is the baby. They just found out both of their parents died.They also had figured out that they had to go to a relative's house. Their relative was a bad man. I recommend this book to people who like to read evil books.

Someday Angeline by Louis Sachar

This book is about a girl who is eight years old and she is very smart so she is in sixth grade and nobody likes her because she is so smart.But one day at lunch she meets a boy at lunch time and not everybody likes him ether.His name is Gary and the two of them become really good friends.Her teacher's name is Mrs.Hardlike. She does not like Mrs.Hardlike but she likes Gary's teacher so she goes to Gary's teacher Mrs.Turbone and a lot of crazy stuff happens    

I would recommend this book to people who like adventure.

by J.R.

A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd

Felicity Pickle, her mom, and her sister are traveling everywhere never finding a place to settle down. But then, her mom returns back to Midnight Gulch, the place where she grew up. It used to have magic, but it all died out by now.  At her new school, they learn about two magical brothers, who's music made everybody all around the world leap up and dance. Also at her school, they have a talent show called the Duel and she meets a mysterious kid called Jonah who says will help Felicity. Together they find that all magic is not gone from Midnight Gulch, there is still a snicker left.

by GN

Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff

This book is about Alphie a boy that can almost get a hundred on his spelling test, almost spell especially, and almost make the right change.I liked this book because it is about things that probably won't happen every day in real life.
I recommend this book to any fourth grader.
by BS

Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney

It's about a kid and he's going into middle school.  His brother is mean to him.  He really likes video games.

I liked the book because it is a comedy.

by A.E.

Gregor and The Marks of Secret by Suzanne Collins

The book basically was about giant animals in a world under New York and the mice are disappearing so Gregor and the princess go to find out what is happening.  They sneak out to the jungle and they don't find any mice.

I liked the book because it has a lot of adventure.  The entire series has a lot of adventure.

by N.B.

Bud, Not Buddy

It's about a kid named Bud and there were these families that were mean to him.  He ran from their home.  He met different kinds of people.  The main idea of the story was what would happen if you lose your family.

It was a good book because he finally met someone who was a part of his family.

by M.B.

How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell

Two boys went over to another boy's house and they said what's the matter.  He was bouncing a tennis ball.  He said I don't like salmon so I got in trouble because I didn't eat it.  Billy says to eat a bite, it won't hurt you.  It's not a worm or something.  Allen bet $50 if Billy eats 15 worms.  It's set in the past, like the 70's.

I liked this book because it was funny.

by C.S.

The Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney

I read Diary Of A Wimpy Kid.  It was about a kid  who got bullied a lot with his friend and one day when they were new to the school no one was on the basketball courts because there was a piece of cheese.

I liked the book.  I would recommend these books to people who like funny fiction books.

by A.M.

The Phantom Tollboth by Morton Juster

The Phantom Tollbooth is about a boy named Milo and one day he got a package. It told him to go to a tollbooth and it was not signed with any name on the package.Milo went to the tollbooth that day and he went through many adventures and he tried to save two princesses.

I really liked The Phantom Tollbooth because it was a little bit of a mystery and it had a lot of detail.

I recommend this book to Grace and Brandon.
  P.G

Wonder by R. J. Palacio

This summer I read Wonder. Wonder is about boy named August or Auggie. August

 was born with a facial abnormality. He has something wrong with his face and some other things. August was home schooled until, his mom and dad enrolled him to an to a public school.

I think everybody will like this when we read this in Fourth Grade.

                                                                                                                                          By K.B

I Even Funnier by James Patterson

It was a really good book.  It was about a boy who travels as a comedian and he does competitions and he has dreams that he is going to do terrible because people tell him he's terrible.

People who like comedy books and realistic fiction would like this book.

by S.K.

Judy Moody by Megan McDonald

Judy Moody is a series and a good one too. Judy Moody is about Judy figuring out how to solve problems that are around her. I did like it because I like the different events. I think 4th graders would like it.

by L.Z.

Lost in London by Cindy Callaghan

It's about  this girl who never travels and her mom finally agreed 

to let her go to London on her own but she would be with her mom's friend.

I think people who like girly books would enjoy this book.

by E.B.

The 39 Clues Series by Rick Riordan and Others

The 39 Clues is about Amy and Dan Cahill racing around the world to find 39 ingredients
to the most powerful thing in the world.But obstacles stand in their way like going in to dangerous places  and getting past their opponents.

I like it because it has a lot of action and adventure.I recommend this book to good readers and people that like adventure.

by B.S.

The Dork Diaries by Rachel Renee Russell

Dork Diaries is like a girl version of Diary of a Wimpy kid.The  main character is Nikki and her two best friends. She is a new kid in WCD. She has a dad,mom and sister. There's  a lot of fun in this book. I really liked it. You would like it if you like Drama,crazy, and fun!

by L. B.

The Littles by John Peterson

The Littles is about people who are a family.  The characters are Tom, Lucy, Mrs. Little, Mr. Little, Uncle Pete, and Grammy Little.  The Bigs are Henry and Mr. and Mrs. Big.  The Bigs go on a trip and they put the house up for rent and then another family rents it and they do not take care of the house.  Tom Little killed a mouse and Grammy Little sews another one.

I loved this book because it was awesome.   I recommend this book to Chris and Akshay.

by T.F.

Finally by Wendy Mass

   In the book, Finally, a girl named Rory can't wait to turn 12. But when it is finally her birthday all these bad things keep happening to her. The only good thing is that a movie with her favorite star is being shot in Willow Falls. She is always getting injured and in every shot, she always looks hurt. But she always keeps a good attitude about it!

      I like this book because it is funny that she is always getting into accidents almost every day! I would recommend this book to my cousin because she loves humor in books and she loves reading new series.

by G.N.

The Lemonade Wars by Jacqueline Davies

The Lemonade Wars is about a a girl and a boy. It is the last week of summer and they get in a fight about something and whoever gets  more money by selling lemonade by the last day of summer wins and gets to keep however much the other person makes.

I recommend this book to any fourth grader.

JR

Pet Wars by Allan Woodrow

This story is about a boy who wants a dog and he has a sister who wants a cat but their mom works all day and she is not an animal person. But the boy names all the good things about a dog and says that to his mom and he also said don't get a cat mom because cats smell and they are mean and scratch and their breath is rotten. The girl said hey that's not true. So then their mom said ok, whoever makes the most money first will get that pet and they all agreed. Then the boy comes outside in his pajamas. I liked this book.

by BC

The Fourth Grade Fairy by Eileen Cook

Fourth Grade Fairy is about a girl named Willow. She has a mean sister named Lucinda. Willow wants to go to a Humdrum School. Humdrum means human but Willow can't go to Humdrum School because she is a fairy. Her parents said she can go to Humdrum School until you get your power. When Willow first starts to get her power she doesn't know that she has it so Willow meets this girl named Katy and that is when Willow starts to get her power. When willow was done talking to Katy Willow thought that Katy said something mean to her but she didn't. I liked this book Fourth Grade Fairy and I think you would like the book too. 

bc

Fourth Grade Fairy is about a girl named Willow and and her mean sister Lucinda . Willow  is very interested in humans, humdrums as they call them. Willow's birthday is coming up and every fairy usually gets their powers on their birthday but when Willow first got her power she did not know that so then for her birthday she gets a certificate to go to a Humdrum School for 2 weeks and meets this girl Katie and sees a girl named Miranda and wants to be friends with her but when she accidentally splats orange paint all over Miranda's eater because she notices a voice saying something in her ear she ruined her chance of being Miranda's friend. She is friends with Katie. 

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Fourth Grade Fairy is about a 10 year old girl named Willow and Willow likes to learn about humans. There is a school near Willow's house and her gamma is the prescribe of the school and she lets Willow go there for two weeks and Willow found out she got her power and she did not tell her mom and dad. Willow's power was that she can talk to animals.

jc

Fourth Grade Fairy is about a girl named Willow. She wants to go to humdrum  school. Her grandma lets her go. She meets a girl named Katy. They become best friends. She discovers her power. She can talk to animals. She hides a dog in the house. Her parents find out and she gets in trouble. One day she was outside and she saw her sister flying. A boy at her school catches her. And she is the only one who can save her. 

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Expeditioners Sequel

The sequel to The Expeditioners comes out on Sept. 9th!

A Tangle of Knots by Lisa Graff

A Tangle Of Knots is about a girl named Cady. Cady could make perfect cakes. That was her Talent. In this book Talent is with a capital T.She could make a cake that matches up with someone's personality. Cady was for adoption.Some people wanted to adopt her but Mrs.Mallory said Cady didn't match up with anyone of them. Mrs.Mallory was the adoption owner. She would match up kids with parents that wanted to adopt them. That was Mrs.Mallory's Talent. Toby is a man who got married in Africa and had a daughter. Toby's wife died and he sent his daughter to adoption. One day Toby is driving around into a adoption place where Cady was. He wanted to adopt Cady. So,he did. There is a lot of more people in this book. They are the owner, V, Marigold, Will, Zane, and Mrs. Asher. The owner wants to steal everyone's Talent in this book. V is a oboe player. Marigold is Zane and Wills sister. Will is a good hide and go seek boy. Zane is a spitter. And Mrs.Asher is Marigolds Wills.  - JN

Tangle of Knots is a book about different characters including Cady, a young orphan that has a talent for baking the perfect cake for any person. Another character is Miss. Mallory, who owns the orphanage. Her talent is matching up orphans to there perfect parents. Zane is the oldest Asher child. He has a talent for spitting. He is the trouble making type of kid. Next is Marigold, who plays the oboe, (not as good as V) and has not found her talent yet, but tries very hard to every day. Will is a 6-year old boy that has a talent for getting lost.   -MMD

Tangle Of Knots is about all of these orphans that have talents but The Owner tries to take them. Cady always tries to get to know the person that she is baking a cake for it is her method to find out the best cake for their personality. no one wants the owner to steel Cady's talent So in a baking when The Owner came to Steel Cady's talent with the ice they everyone tried to stop him. Cady has been in the Orphanage the longest people adopted her and then didn't want her anymore. Cady doesn't know why she tries to act her best when she get adopted but for some strange reason she cant until a man named Toby comes and adopts her for life.I like how all of the characters stick together and help everyone. I like how the book switched between every persons point of view so you get to know how every character felt except The Owner. I think they should do it from The Owner's point of view so we could know why The Owner wanted the talents I would give this book eight stars.  - RT  

Tangle of Knots is about a girl named Cady an orphan who has a special talent for baking. Then out of nowhere a man named Toby comes and adopts Cady. Meanwhile Marigold and her two brothers Zane and Will are back home doing different things. Marigold was looking for a talent, Zane was practicing his talent which was spitting and Will getting lost as usual, he has a talent for getting lost. At the same time the owner who tries to steal everyone's talent is looking for a way to steal Cady's talent for baking. Cady is entering the baking contest and is sure she will win because of her great talent for baking. But when Cady and Toby find out something interesting about there relationship and the Owner does something sneaky, things change.- MM

The Real Boy by Anne Ursu

I think the real boy is a little boring in the beginning but then it makes up for that when the book gets to the middle and end. If I wrote this book I would make it more interesting,exciting, and be more cool. If I could talk to the author I would tell him to make the book better. I like this book a little because it has monsters and magic. If I rated this book from one through ten I would choose three and a half or four. I would choose this because I don't think this book is very interesting. But I like it a little.   - TS

The Real Boy is about a boy named Oscar who is normal but he lives with the most powerful magician in the island. Caleb. Caleb's apprentice wolf is mean to Oscar and picks on him. SPOILER ALERT he dies. Then when Caleb leaves for a long time Oscar makes a friend named Callie. Callie tells Oscar many kids are getting sick. since Oscar is good with magic plants he goes with Callie to the village to help the kids. They can't find out whats wrong so they leave. Then Oscar and Caleb fight this dirt monster. Oscar is safe Caleb is not. SPOILER ALERT dies. Oscar finds out how do kill the monster. To kill it with magic. Once he does the island stops using magic. The begging is really bad the ending is really good.SPOILER ALERT the city kids are made of wood. -A.G.S   

The Real Boy is about a boy named Oscar who is a magicians hand. Oscar makes herbs for Celeb ( the magician) and his shop. The shop sells protective magic and lucky magic. Wolf Caleb's apprentice is really mean to Oscar sometimes. But one day Caleb leaves the shop to go on secret business and wolf leaves on an urgent mission, so Oscar is left alone. After a while Oscar get's  worried because Wolf should be back until Master Thomas comes in and says ( SPOILER ALERT ) Wolf dies. Then Oscar goes to Caleb's herb replenishment with Callie the Healer's apprentice and sees that SPOILER ALERT Caleb's Glass Houses are destroyed. After that Oscar and Callie are trying to find out about the plauglands which is the thing that almost killed everyone is spreading into the City. And find out that all the city children are getting sick from it. Oscar and Callie work on almost all the kids to make them better.   - TB

The real boy is about a boy named Oscar who needs to save the magic world. He has a master named Caleb. Wizard trees are the most powerful trees. SPOILER ALERT Caleb cuts them down. At the end of the book there is a monster and it is trying to kill Oscar. Oscar runs to the  plauguelands and runs in the ocean. The monster drowns and Oscar and the city is safe. Oscar is the most powerful wizard in the wizard world. - O.C

The Real Boy is about a boy named Oscar who is trying save the magic from all of the bad things in it like the monster that destroyed the glass house. He is trying to save the wizard trees that Oscar's boss Caleb SPOILER ALERT cut down. Oscar goes to try to save the wizard tree by getting a sack filled with magic thing and feeds it to the ground. The ground kept wanting more until Oscar ran out of food. When he ran out the monster that destroyed the glass houses came out and was chasing Oscar all the way threw the plaguelands. He ran all the way to the end of the plagueland, and there was the ocean. Oscar never seen the ocean before and he thought it looked scary to Oscar, but anyway he jumped in the monster was still chasing him so the monster was in the water. When the monster was in the water the waves were pulling it apart. He was so happy when the monster was gone. - M.R

Keeping Score by Linda Sue Park

Keeping Score is about a girl named Maggie and her dad who was once a fire fighter but he was in an accident. He was working at the front deck and Maggie came to the fire house every day. Maggie had a lot of friends at the fire house but the fire house was getting a new fireman to replace her dad. Everyone in the fire house loved the Dodgers. But the new person Jim was not a Dodgers fan. Jim and Maggie were friends but Jim had some big news. He was going into the army. The fire house was have a going away party but Jim had to go early. I liked this book a lot because my Papa was in the war and this book tells you about it.

By J.C.