tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21268803980735268152024-03-05T14:51:52.267-08:00Young Reader ReflectionXaviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00013607596383839019noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126880398073526815.post-49012793513837699012010-05-03T07:23:00.000-07:002010-05-07T11:06:37.759-07:00Savvy<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKmqUq09HbHFaDE8xnFDwUAIXEBqxIltFfTaXQZ8kksWhuT2dP_PLvkKrEe2IDNeFNIuuaKMFTn2xt6b9FFAlCbkiLVCUspT7vMMFLL2YsOZ9dJgEh0qBPIQzL-TlfAeYCJfPcx33-6LE/s1600/savvy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 109px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKmqUq09HbHFaDE8xnFDwUAIXEBqxIltFfTaXQZ8kksWhuT2dP_PLvkKrEe2IDNeFNIuuaKMFTn2xt6b9FFAlCbkiLVCUspT7vMMFLL2YsOZ9dJgEh0qBPIQzL-TlfAeYCJfPcx33-6LE/s200/savvy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467055136080230690" /></a><br /><strong>Savvy</strong> <em>by Ingrid Law</em><br />Mibs is thirteen now, and she is ready for her savvy to come. Her poppa is in the hospital and Mibs is hoping to get something that could possibly save her his life. A family friend is planing her thirteenth birthday, and is inviting people that Mibs isn't even friends with. She's going to have her party at the church and she isn't very thrilled. When Mibs arrives at the party there is a pink bus that sells bibles and it came from the same town her poppa is in! Mibs decides to get on the bus and go to the town to see her father. Mibs's brother, her friend Will, and his sister Bobby, all get on the bus with her. When they find out that the bus is actually going somewhere else, they're into deep trouble.<br /><br />I liked this book so much! It was an 'always on the edge of your seat' kind of book! Many books that I read have a really bad start, they throw too much information in the first chapter and it's hard to understand. This book had a pretty good start though. I would give this book a 98% chance of voting!Xaviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00013607596383839019noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126880398073526815.post-53394126912364616112010-04-30T11:40:00.000-07:002010-04-30T12:02:03.952-07:00The Dragonfly Pool<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYlTxZGIXhnAunWR4pJ5UFvyVfTUwhcctCGM_FN5yGPMXt-tY0ZGEhrT6CKsLId8zZMSOY3OuLdvMgP7Sj4aSQowqGWdJMZ8KZ7JiC1jc4EYHQjtbts-cGFccjiI_svwqcYyXKQUX_WSs/s1600/dragonfly.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 93px; height: 141px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYlTxZGIXhnAunWR4pJ5UFvyVfTUwhcctCGM_FN5yGPMXt-tY0ZGEhrT6CKsLId8zZMSOY3OuLdvMgP7Sj4aSQowqGWdJMZ8KZ7JiC1jc4EYHQjtbts-cGFccjiI_svwqcYyXKQUX_WSs/s200/dragonfly.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466007404049199218" /></a><br /><strong>The Dragonfly Pool</strong><em> by Eva Ibbotson</em><br />When Tally's father tells her she must go to boarding school because the war is going to start soon she's furious! Tally expects she'll be writing to her father and aunts every day. When she gets to school she loves it! Tally makes a lot of friends. When the school gets a letter asking to participate in a dancing festival, Tally says she must go. Her friends volunteer to take part in the dance. While Talley and her friends are at the festival, they meet the prince and become friend with him. <br />Sadly they have to go back to school. They all promise to write letters to each other. For some reason Tally doesn't receive the princes letters and she thinks hes busy being the prince and doesn't want to be friends with her anymore. <br /><br />This book was ok. I didn't really love it. I would give it a 43% chance of voting.Xaviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00013607596383839019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126880398073526815.post-83535830863227102532010-04-30T11:21:00.000-07:002010-04-30T12:04:51.680-07:00Found<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNhL3wZhGVQlc9yE9WDz3O3GEBb6EewgLcDo6V-gU-4hNKz20WPz3QUOWgy7SILOW28ar7x8lN5fh1BSTH4se0Q08JWSwW2Ege2N2JHRRo0PWW2JczB7WZQ-WLjSL9HM-jn1UbSLGTz8Q/s1600/found.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 105px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNhL3wZhGVQlc9yE9WDz3O3GEBb6EewgLcDo6V-gU-4hNKz20WPz3QUOWgy7SILOW28ar7x8lN5fh1BSTH4se0Q08JWSwW2Ege2N2JHRRo0PWW2JczB7WZQ-WLjSL9HM-jn1UbSLGTz8Q/s200/found.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466006650882886066" /></a><br /><strong>Found</strong> <em>by Margret Peterson Haddix</em><br />Chip and Jonah have been receiving weird letters, at first they think it's just a prank. That's until Chip finds out he's adopted, like his friend, Jonah. The first letter says, "You are one of the missing." The second letter, "Beware! They're coming back to get you." Jonah and Chip began to think it's not a silly prank anymore. After visiting the F.B.I, studying some papers, making some phone calls,and going to an adoption convention, Jonah and Chip find out their true past.<br /><br />I loved this book! There where some parts that the story could have done without, but overall it was great! There is a very good surprise ending! If you read this book make sure to read the prologue, and the beginning is not so great but after you get through the first chapter or so, it starts to get better! This book is a cliff-hanger, but I guess that's why they made a sequel, <em><strong>Sent</strong></em>. I would give this book a 98% chance of voting!Xaviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00013607596383839019noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126880398073526815.post-71194307062914255792010-04-29T08:57:00.000-07:002010-04-29T09:19:03.548-07:00Fearless<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu8NeY37EpQA5y3aRYXQDVwf1mr4ZK3ejiinmVKedXNVF15MmKzKvwfTl7Qmtk3XrECBRmFqGjkd5CFKjMu36326ZFfpEtuHO96iX0TTjA8In2QvOFDMcdAxoAxWUPilkeI5SDC_KMVvw/s1600/fearless.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 100px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu8NeY37EpQA5y3aRYXQDVwf1mr4ZK3ejiinmVKedXNVF15MmKzKvwfTl7Qmtk3XrECBRmFqGjkd5CFKjMu36326ZFfpEtuHO96iX0TTjA8In2QvOFDMcdAxoAxWUPilkeI5SDC_KMVvw/s200/fearless.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465592928025063394" /></a><br /><strong>Fearless</strong> <em>by Elvira Woodruff</em><br />At Aunt Alice's cottage money is tight. Aunt Alice has a lot of mouths to feed including nephews, Cubby and Digory. Digory is eleven years old now and should be helping out, but he hates water, and that's not a good thing to hate when you live in a fishing village! When the boys get word that their dad's ship was wrecked, Aunt Alice sends Digory to go into town, (a long way from the fishing village) to see if his father survived the accident. If his father is dead Digory must never come back to the small cottage, his aunt tells him. <br /><br /> This book was not my favorite. There where some good parts and some down-falls. I would give this book a 34% of getting my vote.Xaviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00013607596383839019noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126880398073526815.post-59999926014848714232010-04-27T09:57:00.000-07:002010-04-29T09:16:41.485-07:00Scat<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPrTEuy0KV2bczCycg3fhL-c73mPGzMCaSU-VoZ8mqOfBdny-tJWIJU6kNcE5dmGR5JdFTGGWnRuJ9HTGo_DAfSUsdjatzY-zNqPGj8JH9ozHS4cQYCz-YY_ZT80yqrDUtssyN24h47tU/s1600/scat.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 93px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPrTEuy0KV2bczCycg3fhL-c73mPGzMCaSU-VoZ8mqOfBdny-tJWIJU6kNcE5dmGR5JdFTGGWnRuJ9HTGo_DAfSUsdjatzY-zNqPGj8JH9ozHS4cQYCz-YY_ZT80yqrDUtssyN24h47tU/s200/scat.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464867377641051362" /></a><br /><strong>Scat</strong> <em>by Carl Hiaasen</em><br />Mrs. Starch has just been reported missing! Her whole class is worried, sure shes a little strict... O.K. a lot strict, but for some reason they don't really think she has a "family emergency". The class went on a field trip to a swamp and there was a fire, not a forest fire, no someone started this fire. Most people think a class member, Dawane, other wise none as Smoke, started the fire to get his teacher back for making him write a paper about acne. And Smoke has a past record of setting fire to a bill board. Nick and Marta try to find out whats going on, they even sneak into their teachers house to look for clues!<br /><br />I really liked this book because its funny, and parts of it are kind of weird and scary! This was one of my favorite books so far! I would give this book a... 98% chance of voting for!Xaviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00013607596383839019noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126880398073526815.post-49545084471612060232010-04-27T09:41:00.000-07:002010-04-29T09:12:47.458-07:00Something Wickedly Weird The Wooden Mile<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLKBC0h9OiWBwY7UFif7lzlUybqcOWc3l4N4AhY6FVejiR0hRnHcIUrkmZyay4kEGJbuIa1lrpnw2SAbPR6sV6NFPA_7YIQLHBjELjDfxZLjuJ37qaDTN9ozfYDS4xim9lfBVhWWivbHk/s1600/wooden.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 97px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLKBC0h9OiWBwY7UFif7lzlUybqcOWc3l4N4AhY6FVejiR0hRnHcIUrkmZyay4kEGJbuIa1lrpnw2SAbPR6sV6NFPA_7YIQLHBjELjDfxZLjuJ37qaDTN9ozfYDS4xim9lfBVhWWivbHk/s200/wooden.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464862234322639090" /></a><br /><strong>Something Wickedly Weird The Wooden Mile</strong> by Chris Mould<br />Stanley just moved to Crampton Rock, a freaky, old fishing village. In Stanley's new town nobody stays out after dark, and Stanley doesn't know why. Stanley meets some pirates that tell him the guy that runs that creepy candy store, that no one visits might actually be a ware wolf! The pirates have a plan to kill the wolf... but Stanley will need to help them.<br /><br />The story to this book was good! The illustrations were amazing! I would give this book a 43% chance of voting.Xaviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00013607596383839019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126880398073526815.post-86285324354956614182010-04-26T10:54:00.000-07:002010-04-26T11:11:52.742-07:00Into The Volcano<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjobJgVp8a_p5VhRoyFsYEjD1o0nz_IHbZJVYYmddYnzkEGK4kYtwsHfogkTuIVF7uNTxojtji-yGeM1WIGj0W-iWY7BgY1PoVOtjd_5zZZAS6DFfRBReX8XKobuvLKCHMOg_3YkPM2f9Q/s1600/volcano.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 109px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjobJgVp8a_p5VhRoyFsYEjD1o0nz_IHbZJVYYmddYnzkEGK4kYtwsHfogkTuIVF7uNTxojtji-yGeM1WIGj0W-iWY7BgY1PoVOtjd_5zZZAS6DFfRBReX8XKobuvLKCHMOg_3YkPM2f9Q/s200/volcano.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464510112488701778" /></a><br /><strong>Into The Volcano</strong> <em>by Don Wood</em><br />Duffy and Sumo are going to their aunts house, in the island of Kocalaha. They think they're just going to spend some time while their dad is busy. When they get there, Sumo and Duffy find out they will be visiting an active volcano. Sumo didn't want to go to the island in the first place, but now he's terrified about what might happen in the volcano. Duffy, is very excited about visiting an island with a volcano. Things might take a turn for the worst, or they might run smoothly.<br /><br />This book was hard to understand at times because it was set up in comic form. The book was exciting and I really liked the end. I thought the story was also funny. I would give this book a 53% chance of voting.Xaviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00013607596383839019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126880398073526815.post-76012627405140866742010-04-26T10:29:00.000-07:002010-04-26T10:44:05.952-07:00Ottoline and the Yellow Cat<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyTd2hYzXHbT2owkbRb5x65K2uRRQYi3YPWvCSPeYDgOz7MZ2lwTCfI8n1wPEO2hu7DXOfrpOdC96_3y3cqSWL4hpfbTOf86DOAYk1TOqI-49YkZHe_Uj7zu5Cr7Cv6oLdQbMCdGjwF3w/s1600/ottoline.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 101px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyTd2hYzXHbT2owkbRb5x65K2uRRQYi3YPWvCSPeYDgOz7MZ2lwTCfI8n1wPEO2hu7DXOfrpOdC96_3y3cqSWL4hpfbTOf86DOAYk1TOqI-49YkZHe_Uj7zu5Cr7Cv6oLdQbMCdGjwF3w/s200/ottoline.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464502699308867090" /></a><br /><strong>Ottoline and the Yellow Cat</strong> <em>by Chris Riddell</em><br />In this book Ottoline and her guardian, Mr. Munroe, are faced with a problem, lap dogs are disappearing! Ottoline comes up with a tricky plan to try and save the lap dogs from a ferocious yellow cat. <br /><br />I really enjoyed the pictures in this book. The story told was some what confusing. I would consider it to be more of a picture book than a chapter book. I read it in only one night. Over-all it was enjoyable. I give this a 48% chance of voting.Xaviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00013607596383839019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126880398073526815.post-91350197706381002712010-04-21T08:51:00.000-07:002010-04-21T09:58:10.802-07:00The Sherlock Files The 100-Year-Old Secret<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit2oM_ZGVoFVN6sEHLMYQp-amBz1Upoc9nE9emI7uzKqp9479EtDxwvH5UzxFGfM_Ew0MKfoBpQ2b1aklgWZ1QKfImGEqVM5YdtIpV6m-26T9LfxGD-YuHl6dcswJU_MKpAJH1GncTMPc/s1600/secret.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 93px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit2oM_ZGVoFVN6sEHLMYQp-amBz1Upoc9nE9emI7uzKqp9479EtDxwvH5UzxFGfM_Ew0MKfoBpQ2b1aklgWZ1QKfImGEqVM5YdtIpV6m-26T9LfxGD-YuHl6dcswJU_MKpAJH1GncTMPc/s200/secret.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462636073722219970" /></a><br /><strong>The Sherlock Files The 100-Year-Old Secret</strong> <em>by Tracy Barret</em><br />Xena and Xander just moved to London from the states. They think life in London will be dark and rainy, like the weather. That's until they're told to go to The Dancing Men pub and ask for a saucer of milk for their snake, but they don't even have a snake. Xander and Xena come to the conclusion that what they were told is a code of some sort. When they decide to go to the pub for lunch they certainly find out what the whole thing was about.<br /><br />Xander and Xena are faced with the challenge of finding out who stole the<br />painting, <em>Girl in a Purple Hat</em>, and who was that mysterious girl in the purple hat. The artist didn't even have any daughters and he didn't talk to anyone!<br /><br />This book was a very good mystery. I've never read any of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries, but this book made me consider reading one in the future. This book also had a very surprising ending! I'll give it a 83% chance of getting my vote.Xaviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00013607596383839019noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126880398073526815.post-79590730900007368842010-04-19T11:09:00.000-07:002010-04-19T11:27:15.456-07:00We Can't All Be Rattlesnakes<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVAJMKUvlrgCGbAhdipaEPijUAPTDglsgMlsRRIn7ydMWDoBKbsa8DbXp8TpAfrTYijGWOaLblMgHRet-Ligyq5N_Gf-_3gglw-llrWdlBdX-Jw3d_7OmIWbnBUVFf0hdaom6k6AQAdYQ/s1600/rattle.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 93px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVAJMKUvlrgCGbAhdipaEPijUAPTDglsgMlsRRIn7ydMWDoBKbsa8DbXp8TpAfrTYijGWOaLblMgHRet-Ligyq5N_Gf-_3gglw-llrWdlBdX-Jw3d_7OmIWbnBUVFf0hdaom6k6AQAdYQ/s200/rattle.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461916889919481986" /></a><br /><strong> We Can't All Be Rattlesnakes</strong> <em>by Patrick Jennings</em><br />Gunnar has a collection of animals he found which he keeps in his room. It only makes sense that when he found a gopher snake he picked it up and added it to his collection. He names the snake Crusher, and is interested with him for a while, until the boy gets bored of his new pet and goes back to playing video games. Gunner tries feeding Crusher frozen mice, but his snake wont eat them. One day Gunner comes home with a live white mouse and waits by Crushers cage to see what will happen. Crusher doesn't eat the mouse. It smells like human flesh, and Crusher wont eat anything he didn't catch. Soon Crusher and his mouse, Breakfast, become somewhat friends.<br /><br />I liked this book. It had some ups and downs, but overall its good. I also liked how the writter's voice is the snake telling the story. I would give this book a 78% chance of voting for it.Xaviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00013607596383839019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126880398073526815.post-9483336273673831562010-04-15T15:04:00.000-07:002010-04-19T11:31:38.167-07:00The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUaYzKnZ8ZLHm8RL-GyPCQyEHADwoTTWdIDlXqQBaz0r0mrBnJVX0KrrhzbUCo54_tb_ZHV1KZdomTiRra7iXubjeOcMKbtYt58rMKekqxtN04rOARqAiCQVkF9dtiGtHOUEUQu2Hy5FY/s1600/homer.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 92px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUaYzKnZ8ZLHm8RL-GyPCQyEHADwoTTWdIDlXqQBaz0r0mrBnJVX0KrrhzbUCo54_tb_ZHV1KZdomTiRra7iXubjeOcMKbtYt58rMKekqxtN04rOARqAiCQVkF9dtiGtHOUEUQu2Hy5FY/s200/homer.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461917185520316354" /></a><br /><strong> The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg</strong> <em>by Rodman Philbrick</em><br />Harold is Homer P. Figg's older brother, without him Homer would be hopeless. One day, Homer is so hungry that he takes a bite to eat from the pig's scraps. His evil uncle catches a glimpse of him sneaking scraps and it gets Homer into a lot of trouble. His brother, Harold, tries to prevent Homer from being harmed by his uncle. After some more trouble, Harold goes off to fight at war, as an under-aged solder.<br /><br />Naturally Homer takes off looking for his older brother. Homer finds himself with a cruel man that wants him to lie his way into finding a bunch of slaves. Homer finds out hes not sure if he's going to tell the mean man the truth or not.<br /><br />This book was definitely filled to the brim with adventure. I'm not sure if I liked it or not. In some parts it was fantastic, other parts failed to interest me. I would give this book a 58% chance of voting.Xaviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00013607596383839019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126880398073526815.post-17218150746177222002010-04-14T11:09:00.000-07:002010-04-14T11:57:02.475-07:00The Graveyard Book<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjLAa8VSDmFr0vo7bu_fHHY0A-ZrbuKxYkf4Xt1kdYdKlr-7Y_fiuSsAgawNK5teLf0Scq81fQbu_pOaE_GeNIUhQbV_RDDlIoVROZ-G8mK0xSGyDgZLKL_CRX3EQtSZjue200moMjKg0/s1600/graveyard.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 94px; height: 141px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjLAa8VSDmFr0vo7bu_fHHY0A-ZrbuKxYkf4Xt1kdYdKlr-7Y_fiuSsAgawNK5teLf0Scq81fQbu_pOaE_GeNIUhQbV_RDDlIoVROZ-G8mK0xSGyDgZLKL_CRX3EQtSZjue200moMjKg0/s200/graveyard.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460069123181534034" /></a><br /><strong> The Graveyard Book</strong> <em>by Neil Gaiman</em><br />When Nobody Owens, Bod for short, was a young child his whole family was murdered. That's why he now lives with a family of ghosts, in a graveyard. His whole life hes been around ghosts, his teachers, his parents, his guardian, they're all ghosts. When Bod was about 5 years old he becomes friends with a girl, a real living girl that breathes real air, her name is Scarlet and Bod and Scarlet have lots of fun adventures together in the graveyard. Scarlet's mom and dad convince Scarlet that her friend is just her imagination, a figment. Scarlet moves away and Bod isn't exactly happy about the situation. He goes on living with no living friends.<br /><br />One of Bods biggest interests is who killed his family. When his old childhood friend, Scarlet comes back to the graveyard with a man, Mr. Frost, Bod finds out that Mr. Frost moved into the big house his family used to live in. Mr. Frost thinks he found some information on who killed Bods family.<br /><br />I liked this book a lot because it was bone-chilling, and a good mystery. If you think I slept the night I was reading this, your wrong! Neil Gaiman's writing is somewhat scary and exciting at the same time. I would give this book a 92% chance for winning my vote.Xaviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00013607596383839019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126880398073526815.post-59781233321599930282010-04-07T16:58:00.000-07:002010-04-12T09:14:44.357-07:00Time is running out!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjidVm2p7diUh6iADBqbq2i04WXhIl3DeQLGo4gIrExUCAVrhfEpu7Bqz6K2T3-VuOhSjs7C096xvUZHKYahdC4VQsVIjxgn4ty7MvsSpX06C4dUMfiCPfeG6raSchnb04djpWANoiBfNQ/s1600/images.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 131px; height: 98px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjidVm2p7diUh6iADBqbq2i04WXhIl3DeQLGo4gIrExUCAVrhfEpu7Bqz6K2T3-VuOhSjs7C096xvUZHKYahdC4VQsVIjxgn4ty7MvsSpX06C4dUMfiCPfeG6raSchnb04djpWANoiBfNQ/s200/images.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459285122059955010" /></a><br />The other day I walked into the the library and the first thing I saw horrified me! The previous night I had finished another book so I was at the library to pick up a couple more. I walked over to the display of the Stone Face award books and I caught a glimpse of something different on the table...the voting poles!<br />There were also some papers on the table so I picked one up and started reading.<br />I soon found out that I had until May first, and I was lucky that I was going to vote at Derry public library, because all the other library's had sooner dates, and I need more time! Now I am sitting at home reading...and of course wondering if I'm going to make it on time!Xaviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00013607596383839019noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126880398073526815.post-60752645812832080262010-04-06T11:09:00.000-07:002010-04-07T16:56:50.421-07:00A Thousand Never Evers<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA0wFJMNoNeRiUvbJqFQnEiX2_qhc4qRZ5x-ml38ehyphenhyphenh6piis3RLPF-km4pJi8P3IiDAmc5dBEw2a7hKT9S9zpSfKNKoQWQVBC4Eugz8aeZF87TbE5zTsqNyw9ykdS_loMIfKMmrJ9cAk/s1600/thousand.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 92px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA0wFJMNoNeRiUvbJqFQnEiX2_qhc4qRZ5x-ml38ehyphenhyphenh6piis3RLPF-km4pJi8P3IiDAmc5dBEw2a7hKT9S9zpSfKNKoQWQVBC4Eugz8aeZF87TbE5zTsqNyw9ykdS_loMIfKMmrJ9cAk/s200/thousand.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457094494992369858" /></a><br /><strong>A Thousand Never Evers</strong> <em>by Shana Burg</em><br />Addie Ann Pickett is starting seventh grade at the negro junior high school, without her best friend Delilah. Things are already going wrong Addie's brother disappears and nobody knows if he's dead or alive. Addie used to work for Old Man Adams in his huge house, until he died. On the bright side, in his will he left his land to all the people in Kuckachoo, Mississippi to build a garden. After they plant the huge garden someone ruins it by planting butter bean seeds all over the whole thing! Addie's Uncle Bump is accused of doing it, he goes to court and Addie has to find evidence to prove Uncle Bump is innocent, but Addie is not even sure if he didn't do it!<br /><br />This book was very exciting for me, it kept me up reading half the night! There is a 79% chance that I will vote for this book!Xaviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00013607596383839019noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126880398073526815.post-50536979560439916442010-03-31T10:48:00.000-07:002010-03-31T11:19:26.426-07:00The Truth About Horses, Friends, & My Life as a Coward<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1jadS6hZ_kvaJM2MHZOvGXGxazT_ublgloolWh1xQ2cL9lagAvTk7HJTqCxsfURIrgCIz18zkBVLIdK7RtkkO0m5pzITDyjaCFrzhpr3sUhr-cjbIZCr4PRD8zYoYZGODAykiQMjrJZk/s1600/horses.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 128px; height: 188px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1jadS6hZ_kvaJM2MHZOvGXGxazT_ublgloolWh1xQ2cL9lagAvTk7HJTqCxsfURIrgCIz18zkBVLIdK7RtkkO0m5pzITDyjaCFrzhpr3sUhr-cjbIZCr4PRD8zYoYZGODAykiQMjrJZk/s200/horses.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454862306213704546" /></a><br /><strong>The truth About Horses, Friends, & My Life as a Coward</strong> <em>by Sarah Gibson</em><br />Sophie Groves and her family now own three horses, and Sophie doesn't like any of them. She doesn't like horses at all! The only reason people want to be friends with her is because she owns horses, and Sophie doesn't think that's a good reason at all. When one of Sophie's only friends begs her to take ridding lessons, Sophie is still scared. She becomes a little more comfortable ridding what she calls a "camp horse". It seems she always gets an old tired horse! After lessons Sophie is daring enough to try to ride one of her own horses!<br /><br />I liked this book because I'm a little afraid of horses too! I would give this book a 85% chance of voting for it!Xaviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00013607596383839019noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126880398073526815.post-91773064060688535702010-03-29T16:02:00.000-07:002010-03-31T06:02:52.389-07:00Oggie Cooder<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA7kJffPi36-4lxqULK7sV4OuA_2YeLoiXyjFz_t8WEL_7AUn-F3AjF1hpG8nIptHJII98k1vkJLDTIyWpdXREEO6Ui8H-gew4jxYiUrjl43B0NCbJ7epiKA0jo5JRfFHdxeFridCY6LA/s1600/oggie.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 96px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA7kJffPi36-4lxqULK7sV4OuA_2YeLoiXyjFz_t8WEL_7AUn-F3AjF1hpG8nIptHJII98k1vkJLDTIyWpdXREEO6Ui8H-gew4jxYiUrjl43B0NCbJ7epiKA0jo5JRfFHdxeFridCY6LA/s200/oggie.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454782660118837986" /></a><br /><strong>Oggie Cooder</strong> <em>by Sarah Weeks</em><br />This book was about a un-popular forth grader named Oggie Cooder. Oggie is a weird kid in school, he has no friends, and his parents own a thrift shop. One day at lunch, while Oggie is eating a piece of cheese a girl in his class tells him it looks like a state! Now Oggie chews cheese into shapes all the time, actually its the only way to calm him down! When a popular tv show is looking for contestants in his neighborhood Oggie additions by mistake and becomes famous! He learns that fame isn't everything.<br /><br />This book was enjoyable and very funny! The chance I would vote for this book i 66%.Xaviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00013607596383839019noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126880398073526815.post-73536271118057424512010-03-25T16:27:00.000-07:002010-03-25T17:10:38.216-07:00Greetings from Nowhere<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVjV8KsvCxdCLLVM-DGbInWKDBzWjzdKba0f9CCp8DtqLjnAXpAlnBlKs6k60I9rpHHMHVdHHSMTkut_P1q3QzgH9QuCjjwiSpKjKaz-gUswT-uXpiqRpCJ9jRG0HGbQmQU00QAZTHkMo/s1600/greetings.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 94px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVjV8KsvCxdCLLVM-DGbInWKDBzWjzdKba0f9CCp8DtqLjnAXpAlnBlKs6k60I9rpHHMHVdHHSMTkut_P1q3QzgH9QuCjjwiSpKjKaz-gUswT-uXpiqRpCJ9jRG0HGbQmQU00QAZTHkMo/s200/greetings.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452728261896171330" /></a><br /><strong>Greetings from Nowhere</strong> <em>by Barbara O'Connor</em><br />Ever since her husband Harold died Aggie hasn't had much business in the ten-room motel, Sleepy Time Motel, it used to be packed with people and now she hasn't had anybody for about three months. She decides to put an add in the paper and sell the place, but easier said that done! <br /><br />Willows had a hard time with her mom and dad's break-up, but when her dad tells her he's going to buy a motel and start a "new life" she's not too happy. They'll be going soon and will stay in the motel well they wait for Aggie, the motel owner to sign the papers. <br /><br />When Kirby's on his way to an all boys school for bad kids, his mother's "piece of junk" car breaks down, they'll need a room at the closest motel. <br /><br />When Loretta gets a package from her other mother, her real mother, there's a lot of her earthly possessions. Including a charm bracelet, with charms of places her mothers been. Her family decides to visit those places so they start with the great smokey mountains and wind up at the Sleepy Time Motel!<br /><br />After all this, Aggie is very excited to have so many people at once be at the motel, but is not too happy about the people who are buying it. <br /><br />This book was good, but it didn't really appeal to me very much. There is a 45% chance that I will vote for this book.Xaviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00013607596383839019noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126880398073526815.post-52522080175087553502010-03-23T16:40:00.000-07:002010-03-24T13:13:07.956-07:00Every Soul a Star<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhddboyWdYRFMd2KCMqJekMVqTQ-u2uwImaiWmYxT_Lj0UntchVjvjJJG8Uu_EUlZwoqG-IGTj696qKry5kY3yJ2L4RHGCr97CiY1A33_LfHT3GbYnMqvevvUNI9eXDGNqAnyP1DuvPy3s/s1600/every.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 96px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhddboyWdYRFMd2KCMqJekMVqTQ-u2uwImaiWmYxT_Lj0UntchVjvjJJG8Uu_EUlZwoqG-IGTj696qKry5kY3yJ2L4RHGCr97CiY1A33_LfHT3GbYnMqvevvUNI9eXDGNqAnyP1DuvPy3s/s200/every.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452144369470212002" /></a><br /><strong>Every Soul a Star</strong> <em>by Wendy Mass</em><br />This book is about three kids who meet at a camp ground for all different reasons. Ally, and her family own the camp. She home-schools and thinks her life is perfect...until she finds out she's moving away to the city! Everything will change and her life will be miserable! unless she can think of a plan to stay! Bree has the "perfect life" in her opinion,a best friend that she is really close to, lots of potential in becoming a model! What else does she need...when she finds out shes moving shes not too thrilled, but not only that, to a camp ground in the wilderness with no mall, now then shes into trouble! Maybe she can think of a plan to convince her parents that they have the best life already! Jack is over-weight and doesn't have good grades in school, so he has no idea why his teacher picked him for a helper on an eclipse trip! Actually, at first he thought his teacher had the wrong person, but it was between that, or summer school! He realizes that he doesn't even know what an eclipse really is or anything about it!<br /><br />I really liked this book because I could relate to the story, and I learned some facts about an eclipse! There is a 98% chance I will vote for this book!Xaviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00013607596383839019noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126880398073526815.post-18324947105468498662010-03-23T15:36:00.000-07:002010-03-24T13:01:45.503-07:00The Funeral Director's Son<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEdV0FlHp7MJ4edHyirVXIe7mMStMNu9v2-55YZwe8TU25PWClRtQI_Mk_sk1KmMvyTHrf3wDJHgx2xI3Jc5tSVPtP0GdA1mPORCTxrK9op9j9a2rv6lceRWVYszZR7Um5gLByN9CT2mg/s1600-h/funeral.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 94px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEdV0FlHp7MJ4edHyirVXIe7mMStMNu9v2-55YZwe8TU25PWClRtQI_Mk_sk1KmMvyTHrf3wDJHgx2xI3Jc5tSVPtP0GdA1mPORCTxrK9op9j9a2rv6lceRWVYszZR7Um5gLByN9CT2mg/s200/funeral.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451969783047429954" /></a><br /><strong>The Funeral Director's Son</strong> <em>by Coleen Murtagh Paratore</em><br />This book was about a boy named Kip who someday might inherit the "family business"...his whole family...his great-great-great-great-grandfather started the place. That was when there was only one funeral home. Now there's a new place in town and its really hurting their family business. Kip however is not the type of person who likes to hang around dead people. His father is worried that he will not continue the funeral home business. And if Kip got the choice he wouldn't! Kip plans to combine his and his friend's money, buy a boat and sail away, far, far away! <br /><br />Everyone in the family has one job except Kip,he has two, a secret one and job that his father picked. Kip may sound a little weird working at his family's funeral home, but he has friends too, three actually who all meet at a club called Guts, witch is located in a grave yard!<br /><br />This book was so exciting that I read it in one day! It really kept me on the edge of my seat! There is a 78% chance that I will vote for this book!Xaviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00013607596383839019noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126880398073526815.post-46879362779077259452010-03-22T09:56:00.000-07:002010-03-22T11:28:30.103-07:00The Robe of Skulls<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVQo-V2dQGGIuEhXmCaGI1jOEmUnvfAqECxQQc69VZ8mMGqARVOqnYiBkClcVSwJ0qT7fueUoPP7U0Fc15fXG09SVJ4zeLpO_5fbwLpiNPrS5uUV_ZoIwgOTOYFx03wUQh2fSZ4VHwf-k/s1600-h/robe.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 94px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVQo-V2dQGGIuEhXmCaGI1jOEmUnvfAqECxQQc69VZ8mMGqARVOqnYiBkClcVSwJ0qT7fueUoPP7U0Fc15fXG09SVJ4zeLpO_5fbwLpiNPrS5uUV_ZoIwgOTOYFx03wUQh2fSZ4VHwf-k/s200/robe.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451526841303127058" /></a><br /><strong> The Robe of Skulls</strong> <em>by Vivian French</em> was about a sorceress named Lady Lamorna who is planning a beautiful new robe. When she runs into the problem of paying for it,she starts devising a plan to get more money and considers using black magic.<br /><br />I didn't find this book very appealing.I think people who really enjoy reading fantasy will like this book.I'd rather read things that sound like they could really happen. There is about a 0% chance that I will vote for this book.Xaviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00013607596383839019noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126880398073526815.post-54727669353698439372010-03-18T03:28:00.000-07:002010-03-18T03:39:37.066-07:00The Background<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5PpUw9QkJnoIeeAPQyi_QZdbOqktLZR8Me2Nj4EH3pvQMsWuvw85hfULFPI6lv4LUGuHDJaU5Od7AN2LEk50_dC_fhWMxslClpqPaB2i0r0lK8YVNfjXxWgQk8nsIVq96lKQcoSzOer0/s1600-h/greatstoneface.gif"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 124px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 182px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449921599544191954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5PpUw9QkJnoIeeAPQyi_QZdbOqktLZR8Me2Nj4EH3pvQMsWuvw85hfULFPI6lv4LUGuHDJaU5Od7AN2LEk50_dC_fhWMxslClpqPaB2i0r0lK8YVNfjXxWgQk8nsIVq96lKQcoSzOer0/s320/greatstoneface.gif" /></a><br /><div>The Great Stone Face <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Award</span> books are read all over New Hampshire by kids in grades 4-6. The books are chosen by The Great Stone Face <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Committee</span>, anyone can join, and they <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">select</span> twenty -five recently published books. Their main focus in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">choosing</span> is quality <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">writing</span> and kid appeal. In April, kids vote at their local libraries for their favorite book from the list of twenty-five. In May the winner is announced at a special tea and next years nominees are revealed. The winner in 2009 was <strong>Diary of a Wimpy Kid</strong> by<em> Jeff Kinney. </em></div><em></em><br /><br /><div><br /><br />I, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Xavia</span>, am on a mission to read all twenty-five of from the 2010 list in just a few short weeks! After I have read each, I will give you a summary of the book and my opinion. Please let me know if you have read the book and comment. I feel I must read every book to give them all a fair chance before I cast my vote next month.</div>Xaviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00013607596383839019noreply@blogger.com2