El Deafo by Cece Bell

This book is about a bunny ( Cece ) that is a normal girl until she realizes that she has hearing problems and that she might be deaf. She is proven to be and her parents decide she has to start going to a normal school. To improve her hearing, she wears something called the Phonic Ear. To make herself feel better about the Phonic Ear, she decides to nickname herself El Deafo.

I think this is a very good book because it can show you how hard it can be to be deaf and is a very good story because Cece has to do things that everyone can do and she tries not to be different. I really liked this book.

I rate this graphic novel 4.5 stars because it is a very good book with a nice story and you see how hard it can be to be deaf.

Granny’s Teeth, By:June Crebbin

It’s about Granny who always loses her teeth. Her son said he wants to go to the swimming pool. Granny loses her teeth. They looks everywhere.

I like this book because I can read it easily and I want to know what happen next.

I will give ⅘ stars for this book because it’s a very interesting book and I want to know what happen next.

Judy Moody get's famous.

My Summary: In this story there is this girl called Judy Moody who wants be famous. Because her brother Stink got his picture on the newspaper so she really wants to be on the newspaper or on news. One day when she was playing with her friend her friend broke his arm. So she went to hospital with him and...Can she be famous? Read to check it out!

My Opinion and reasons: I think everyone will enjoy this book because it’s funny and they have many pictures to show. But maybe it’s really easy to read..

My Rating/Recommendation: If you like Judy Moody series check this out! I rate this book ★★★out of ★★★★★!

Smile by Raina Telgemeier

My Summary: This story is about a girl who loses her two front teeth when she trips and falls on the ground. Her long hurtful and painful journey starts since the accident occurred. She goes to a dentist almost everyday inserting new fake teeth, wearing braces and a headgear. During her journey, she breaks up with her boyfriend and realize her old friends turned out to be unfriendly. She hates her appearance with ugly metals on her teeth and acne on her skin. Would she be able to smile brightly as she did in the past?

My Opinion and reasons: I read this book in both English and Korean which made me to enjoy twice better. I liked how Raina overcame herself.

My Rating/Recommendation: ★★★☆☆

Middle school (how I survived Bullies,Broccoli and snake hill) by: James Patterson

My Summary: Rafe is going to summer camp except it isn’t a really summer camp, because it is more like a school. He sleeps in the Muskrat cabin, which is the lamest cabin, because everybody who sleeps in the Muskrat cabin gets bullied by Doolin (who’s is the biggest baddest bully EVER). But Rafe eminently becomes friends with everybody in the cabin.

There are two big mysteries in this book: (1) Legend. Why is he so quiet all the time and why is everybody afraid of him? (2)Norman, one of Rafe’s really good friends. Why is he in this camp he is way too smart to be?

My Opinion and reasons: I really like this book because it is a bit mysteries and really fun to read. It gives all kind of idea for what to do if you ever get bullied by really bad bullies and they just don’t know when enough is enough.

My Rating/Recommendation: If 10 was the BEST BOOK EVER and 0 was the WORST BOOK EVER I would give this book 7 ½ . This book would be perfect for people who get bullied or just started Middle school or people who loves reading realistic fiction and a lot of fun things.

War Horse!

                                                     Michael Morpurgo

My Summary: In 1914, a colt named Joey, is sold to a drunken farmer. The farmer's 15-year-old son, Albert, is thrilled. He names and cares for Joey and protects the animal from the farmer's drunken rages. When the family begins to feel the financial impact of war, Albert's father secretly sells Joey to an army officer named Captain Nicholls. Albert finds out and begs the captain to let him join the army. Albert is too young, but Nicholls promises to take good care of Joey for him. Nicholls treats Joey well and sketches him for Albert. He is proud of his new horse. Though Joey still fondly remembers Albert, he grows to like his new life and master. He develops a friendship with another horse, Top thorn, who belongs to Nicholls' friend, Captain Stewart. The horses and men are shipped overseas for battle. Departing the ship in France, the soldiers witness the sorrow and injuries all around them. They soon face their own battle, and Captain Nicholls is killed.

My Opinion:I think this story is touching to the heart,it is very sad indeed.

I give it a 5/5 stars,It was that good!

Middle School Get Me Out Of here by James Patterson

This is about a kid named Rafe Khatchadorian who has moved to the city with his family.Right now they are living with his Grandparents.He has a Mom and Sister.He is in 7th grade.His has an invisible brother and they make missions.This time there mission is to stay in school.After a few tries will Rafe stay or get kicked out.Read the book to find out what happens

I think people will enjoy this because it has never ending humor and fun.It maes you think what will happen next.It also has two different things going at the same time.

I would recommend this for people who like pranks and humor.In every chapter there would be a bit of fun.I would rate this 4 stars out of 5.

Magnus Chase and the Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan

My Summary:

This story is about a boy called Magnus Chase and who lives in the street because his father is a god and his mother died in a fire. But one morning His uncle is searching for him for a secret mission. A bit later Magnus finds himself in another world, or dimension as you might call it, he finds himself in vandahla, the Norse (Vikings) after life for heros. Is he going to find a way back when he understand where he really is,will he discover who is his father and where is his place, and will he find out his powers...

My Opinion and reasons:

I like this book because Magnus himself is explaining the storey and he Knows that there is audience

My Rating/Recommendation:

I recommend this book to Rick Riordan lovers and mystery lovers too

Skulduggery pleasant

Title:Skulduggery pleasant

Author: Derek landy

Book Review #1

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My Summary: Stephanie edgely is a normal 12 year old girl. She finds her life quite boring until her uncle Gordon dies mysteriously. At his last will, a mysterious man appears. Stephany can tell there’s something familiar  about him but she doesn’t quite know what… If you want to find out what happens next read the book!

My Opinion and reasons:I find it is a really good book because you always have the urge to turn the page. Its is fun and exciting but also creepy and kind of always has a cliffhanger at the end of the chapter.

My Rating/Recommendation:i rate this 9 /10 because sometimes it's a bit confusing. I would recommend this to people who like a bit of a scare...

Middle School Get Me Out of Here by: James Patterson

Title: Middle School Get Me Out of Here

Author: James Patterson

Book Review #1

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My Summary:

Rafe is moving to the Big City. He gets enrolled in the Cathedral Art School. He is surprised he makes it in. Than he learns that making it in is the easy part but staying in is the hard part. He gets in trouble for taking revenge on someone who made a drawing of him that looks nothing like him. After that the same person make a webpage about him, so Rafe destroys his art project and gets suspended.

My Opinion and reasons:

I think it’s a good book because it is full of plot twists and comedy.

My Rating/Recommendation:

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For people who like comedy

Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai

Há lived in South Vietnam during the war. Then, disaster struck and now she has to move to a foreign country in refuge. Her and her family have to live in poverty and learn a completely new language. They are not welcomed into this country and have to face racism and overcome the hardships.

I like this book very much because it is written in a different, interesting way. It is descriptive and filled with similes and metaphors.  

I would rate this book 4.5 stars and recommend it to people that like historical fiction and sad things.

Marshmallow Skye by Cathy Cassidy

My Summary: A girl called Skye is so annoyed that her sister is better at things than her. She is sick of being rated second best under her twin sister, Summer. Skye loves vintage clothes. When her mum and her boyfriend clean out the house they find some vintage clothes from a deceased relative called Clara Travers. In her dreams she keeps finding a boy called Finch and she is trying to find out if he and Clara Travers are connected somehow. Will she find out who Finch is? Who Clara Travers is? How they are connected?

My Opinion and reasons: I really liked this book. How the relationship between Summer and Sky begins to fade and then begins to get better. It is brilliant book.

My Rating/Recommendation: I would give this book a 10/10. I would recommend this book to people who like a little mystery, conflicts, and realistic fiction.

A Series of Unfortunate Events - The Reptile Room by Lemony Snicket

Summary: Three Baudelaire children; Violet, Klaus and Sunny loose their parents by an unfortunate fire accident.  

They got adopted to Count Olaf, who’s a far related family. Count Olaf was a greedy man who was only concerned about Violet’s money and had an awful plan to take away. The children tried to send Count Olaf to the police office but unfortunately... he escaped. This is what happened in the last book.

In this story, three Baudelaire children got adopted to Mr. Montgomery. He was such a nice man who took care of Baudelaire children well. But one day, his new assistant, Stephano came to his house. The children noticed at once that Stephano is Count Olaf. The children were in panic. They tried to tell Montgomery but he didn’t believe what they were saying. One day, in the morning, children got up and went to the reptile room(library) and saw something terrible. They saw the corpse of Montgomery! It was sure that Count Olaf had kill him. But how can they prove it?

My Opinion and reasons: I really enjoyed reading this book because it was really interesting how children solved the mystery. Their evidences are really surprising so that I couldn't stop reading it. I highly recommend it to you.

My Rating/Recommendation: ★★★★

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone By J.K.Rowling

My Summary:

Harry Potter is an average bespectacled 11 year old boy who has lived with the Dursley family ever since his parents died in a car crash. For some reason the family has always mistreated him. On his 11th birthday a giant man named Hagrid hands him a letter telling him that he has been accepted as a student at the Hogwarts School. Harry learns that his parents were wizards and were killed by an evil wizard Voldemort, a truth that was hidden from him all these years. He starts for his new life as a student in the school of Hogwarts

My Opinion and reasons:

My opinion is that this book is very fun for everybody because it is packed with adventures of a boy who starts learning about his background.

My Rating/Recommendation:

I rate this book a 4.9/5. I recommend this series to people who like adventurous and fantasy series. If you do not want to read there is movie series and that is even very good and interesting.

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl

My Summary: Charlie, the boy who was the winner of the chocolate factory. (In ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’). This story flows after Charlie win the test. Charlie, rode a Great Glass Elevator and experienced ridiculous thing. He saw a Space hotel called “U.S.A”. Charlie and his party went inside to the hotel. Unfortunately, they encountered monster. Guess what happened to them? After they traveled in space, they rushed through the chocolate factory. And, Mr. Wonka introduced his mysterious, unusual bottle to Charlie and his party. Inside the bottle, there was pills. It’s called “Wonka-vite. He explained the directions to Charlie’s grandparents. If we eat 1 pil, it will took them back to 20 years ago. Finally, they ate it.         

My Opinion and reasons: In my opinion, this book is really energetic and, cool. The reason why I think that way is because, author used word/ feeling that describe how characters fell into the trouble or how characters acting, feeling. The effect of great description in this book make readers follow the book.

   

My Rating/Recommendation: I recommend this book to someone who loves to read fantasy and mysterious story.

Rate: 4.8 out of 5.0   

Title:Wonder Author:Raquel J. Palacio

My Summary:There was a boy who lived with his mother,father and his sister his name is August but also his nickname was Oggy but his face was different from other people.So when August was young he didn’t went to school but Oggy’s mother decided to send him to the school.But when Oggy was going to the school one boy said a bad thing to him and many of them bullied him like they said if you play or touch Oggy you will get virus but one girl called Summer became a friends with him......

My Opinion and reasons:I think this book is really fun and if we read once we couldn’t stop reading this book there are other series of this book also there are other points of view so we can learn what was Oggy’s thinking what was Summer’s thinking.   

My Rating/Recommendation:I would grade this book as 5/5stars! Because what I said in ‘My opinion’ We can’t stop reading this book also I liked that there are many different point of view this book is really written well.

Matilda By Roald Dahl

A little girl, Matilda Woodworm, with 1 MEAN brother, 2 LYING and UNGRATEFUL parents, 1 wonderful and admirable teacher, and 1 BOSSY SNOT head mistress. Everyone thinks that she is a young, DUMB, good-for-nothing girl that the only thing that she likes is a manufactured tree and leather. But no… She is only passionate for what she likes. She has a lot to say for all the people that ever told her wrong.

This book has taught me a lot about friendship, the truth, and courage. Not only can you have a relationship with people your age, but with people older than you. The courage from all the characters and how they stood up against the people that wronged then. And the truth, because Mr. Woodworm lied to his customers and got back Karma. Not only these reasons, but the true fact of what the world should be like. And the magic that you don’t actually know that is happening around you. You don’t need money to make you happy, you need the people that stand by you in your darkest times, and who look out for you. The thing that people need to know instead of just quitting is, anything is possible, if you put your mind to it.

I recommend this book to everyone and that is because it can grow on everyone. It definitely grew on me and how it can change how you act and look at the world. This book made me see and think, “Reading is not only knowledge, but reading is power as well.” And I know that as a fact. I would give this book a 4.8 out of 5.

A Nest for Celeste by Henry Cole

This book is about a mouse called Celeste, who is very good at making baskets with dried grass. Then one day, two rats command her to bring food. When she goes near the dining table, she encounters a cat and runs away. Then she meets a boy called Joseph, who is a apprentice of an artist named Audubon. Later, she helps animals to pose, so that the Audubon will draw pictures of them without killing them. Will Celeste save the animals?

I like this book because it has interesting solutions to problems that Celeste face, which made me not get bored while reading.

I give 4 out of 5 stars for this book and I recommend it to animal lovers because this book is about a mouse trying to save animals from being killed for an artwork.

The Hunger Games By: Suzanne Collins

Title: The Hunger Games: The First Book

Author: Suzanne Collins

Book Review #3

My Summary: This book is about a girl named Katniss Everdeen She has a sister named Primrose and a mother. Her father was killed while working in a mine because of a bomb. There are 12 districts, the 12th is the poorest district, but the capital is the ruler of panema (All of the districts). There is one president named Snow. The hunger games is where people are chosen from a bowl . Effie Trinket chooses one boy and one girl from each district to fight to the death. But Katniss wants to stop the hunger games.

My Opinion and reasons: My opinion about this book is that it has a lot of action. It can sometimes be an emotional book, and rarely has any humour which I like because sometimes it can get a bit boring and most of the time I would l like something Interesting to happen.

My Rating/Recommendation: I recommend this to people who like action and drama kind of books. I rate this 5 out of 5 stars.

Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney

This is a book about a boy in a holiday! And then he goes to a fight with his best friend and just routines his own times!

But before when they were friends, he used to go to this place where there were many activities! But then after his best friend goes away, he comes to a point where he can’t go in, so that is when the problem starts......

I think this book is good for the people who have siblings. Because this book is about a horrible life of a boy who has a brother!

I give this book a 5 out of 5 stars because I totally agree with the main character and is also there is a good text to the world who has problems with siblings.