Monday, April 25, 2011

DreamQuest by Brent Hartinger

Julia Fray's parents fight all the time. Every night, Julie has terrible nightmares about her parents fighting. But when a portal opens, Julie is brought to Slumberia, where dreams are made. She sets out to find the people who make the dreams, and stop them. But when the actor who plays Julie escapes through the portal and to our world, Julie must stop her.
I like this book because nobody knows how you come up with dreams in your head, but this is an interesting story about a different way of seeing it.

Hunter Brown and the Secret of the Shadow by the Miller Brothers

Hunter Brown is an ordinary high school boy, but he is a prankster. When he plays the ultimate prank, things go wrong. He is thrown into an adventure involving a book, a creater, and a girl named Hope. Hope lives in another world, Solandria,  that has been taken over by the Shadow. Soon Hunter realizes that he must help rid Solandria of the Shadow.
I like this book because it has adventure and action, but is a Christian book. If you read it and are a Christian you will see the connection. But if you are not a Christian, you would think of it as just a book.
If you read it, tell me ina comment if you could see what I was talking about.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang

Lucy Wu is determined to have the best year ever. She is about to start middle school, when sudenly everything goes wrong. Her brandmothers sister is coming to visit them, and she has to share Lucy's room! Lucy is Chinese American, and Yi Po, her grandma's sister, only speaks Chinese. Whhen a girl from Wendy's school tells Wendy's mom about Chinese school, her mom makes her go. But Chinese school is on the same morning as basketball practice! So far Lucy Wu's year has been anything but awesome. I lie this book becuase it introduces you to a new culture. I advice this to fourth grade and up, because it is about a middle school girl.

The Strange Case of Origami Yoda

When wierdo Dwight makes an origami Yoda finger puppet, and makes people ask questions to Yoda, things start getting mysterious.he actually gives pretty good advice! But Dwight says he is not doing it! So Tommy decides to create a "case file" to try to figure out if Yoda really uses the force, or if he is a big phony. I like this book because it is hilarious! I advise this book to all ages, especially Star Wars fans.

The Sisters Grimm Fairytale Detectives by Micheal Buckle.

Sabrina and Daphne Grimm's mom and dad disapeared about a year ago and since then the sisters have been through numerous foster homes. But when they are sent to live with a Grandma whom they believed dead, Sabrina has her doubts. But when Granny Relda reveals a secret about the Brothers Grimm, Sabrina and Daphne have to go on a quest to find there parents, and save their new home. This book is chockful of classic fairytale creatures, and anyone who loves fantasy woud love this book. I recomend this book to all ages, even though it is a tiny bit scary to soe people.

Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper

Melody is eleven years old, loves to read, and has a photographic memory, but she has never spoken a word. Ever. She has celebral palsy. That means that as hard as she tries, she cannot control her body well. She goes to a school for  regular kids and special needs kids. One day she and her class get too go to class with everone else. Then a stunning discovery leads to Melody finally being able to speak her mind. I like this book because most people really don't think about what kids like Meloy feel, and this lets us in on what they might think and feel. I recomend this book to second grade and up.