Peter Pan and Scarlet Reviewed by Peter

Peter Pan in Scarlet
By Peter

“She stood now, prow upraised in a haughty sneer, daring the little waves jumping and barking around her ankles, daring them to make a nuisance of themselves.” Do you like that quote? If you do then read the mind capturing book Peter Pan in Scarlet the one and only sequel to Peter Pan. The Lost Boys, now with children of their own, are called back to Neverland through horrible dreams. In Neverland they will encounter skin peeling dangers, and must go on a treasure hunt up Never Peak on Pan’s order. This is a book you want to get tangled up in.

Peter and the Shadow Thieves reviewed by Grant

Peter and the Shadow Thieves
By Grant

Fly into this book as you soar through Peter Pan and Molly Aster’s adventure in the dark, gloomy London. When Peter leaves his beloved island, Mollusk Island he risks his life for friendship, Courage, and the most important, love. Help Molly be ready for the Others, a group of people who use powers for bad reasons. Together, Peter and Molly fight the dreaded shadow thief, Lord Ombra, and watch the evil Captain Hook capture the Lost Boys. Watch Peter get in prison, and get blown away when Tinker Bell falls into the wrong cage with canaries. Last watch Tuby Ted talk about how he loves food, and that he could eat anything. Will Peter and Molly save the world from the Others. Find out if you love fantasy, and you love to read.

The Girls reviewed by Claire

The Girls
By Claire
Do you like a good friendship book? If you do, read this book. One day Darcy invited all her friends except one, because Candace doesn’t like Maya. Maya wanted someone to go to Six Flags with her, but they were all at Darcy’s house. The next day when Maya is at school all of her so-called friends are very mean to her except two of her friends. When Maya was standing in the lunch line, Renee comes up to her and try’s to talk to her, but Maya won’t listen to any word Renee says. Then, Maya starts to listen to her and becomes her friend. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to read it.

Emily Windsnap and the Monster from the Deep Reviewed by Kestral

A perfect home, a wonderful friend, could anything go wrong? With Emily Windsnap in the picture, you know something will. When Emily tries to appeal to the other mermaids on her concealed island it winds her up face to face with a horrible beast. Suddenly she finds herself hated by her best friend, in prison, and confronted with a horrible fear. Will Emily ever find her once normal life, or will her fear get the better of her? Find out in this great sequel by Liz Kessler.

Stormchaser reviewed by Marley

Stormchaser
Written by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell
Reviewed by Marley

I just read the book Stormchaser, from the series The Edge Chronicles. The book is about Twig, a creature from the Deepwoods, looking with his father, Quintinius Verginix (a sky pirate) for the sacred substance of Stormphrax. To find Stormphrax, one must enter deeply into a Great Storm. A Great Storm only comes once every two or three years, so if you miss it even by the faintest minute, you have failed. To get to the Great Storm, Twig and his father must sail high in the sky ship, Stormchaser, to hunt it down. Stormphrax is needed in the town of Sanctaphrax to weigh it down, and also in Undertown to create Phraxdust. A single speck of Phraxdust will purify even the dirtiest of waters. Will Twig and his father succeed, or will the Great Storm swallow them whole? This is a great book for extreme fantasy lovers. I recommend this book to kids ages eleven through thirteen. Can you handle the suspense, or will you get swallowed up too?

The Fran That Time Forgot Reviewed by Chance

The Fran That Time Forgot

Do you like a good mad science book? Well if you do read this book. This book is about a little girl whose name is Franny that is a mad scientist and it’s the science fair on that school day. Franny won the science fair and the principle read Franny’s whole name Franny Kissypie Stein. Every body laughed at her. So Franny built a time machine and went in the past to change her middle name. I think that you should read this SUPPER GREAT BOOK!

Number The Stars Revewed By Abbey

Number The Stars
By Abbey
It is 1941, and the Nazis have come to Germany trying to capture all the Jewish people. Annemarie and her best friend Ellen are in Germany around this time. The only problem is that Ellen is Jewish. Ellen’s parents have to leave it up to Annemarie and her family to keep Ellen safe. Trying to stay away from the Nazis, Ellen and Annemarie need to try to be like two ordinary sisters until they are safe. Will Annemarie and Ellen be separated forever? Read this book and find out. If you love adventure and history, give this book a shot!

The Mystery of MR. Nice reviewed by Bobby

The Mystery of Mr. Nice
By Bobby
Do you like mysteries? If you do read this book. One day Chet Gecko gets sent to the principal’s office for drawing in class. Chet knows the principal hates pictures, but when he shows him the picture, he says he will add it to his collection, Chet knows something is fishy. Trying to figure out what is wrong leads to a lot of trouble. It turns out the principal is… well, you have to read the book to figure that out. I recommend this book to people over eight years old.

Inkspell reviewed by Emily

Inkspell
By Emily
Do you like fantasy and adventure? Then you will definitely get stuck right in the middle of this book. Meggie now thirteen has grown up since the first book Inkheart. She goes on a fantastic adventure with a boy Farid. This time Meggie reads them both into a magic world there the meet their old friend Fenoglio. Will they be able to save the story or meet their fait will they ever be able to go back home will they escape? Start reading this series you will not be able to put the book down. You will be at the edge of your chair the whole time until the end.

The War of The Worlds Reviewed by Casey

The War of the Worlds
By Casey Walter

“It’s a pity that they make themselves so unapproachable,” he said, “It would be curious to know how they live on another planet; we could learn a thing or two.” In the eighteenth century H.G. Wells wrote The War of the Worlds. H.G. Wells thought of flying to the moon many years before rockets were invented. In War of the Worlds there are Martians that come from Mars. The Martians are many years advanced with technology. You will never want to stop reading War of the Worlds. I highly recommend this book to fifth graders and up because of high vocabulary.

A Mouse Called Wolf Reviewed By Katie

A Mouse Called Wolf
Written By Dick King-Smith
Reviewed By Katie

Who knew that mice could sing? A Mouse Called wolf is a wonderful story about a mouse that is a REALLY good singer. With the help of Mrs. Honeybee he could become the first mouse singer.
Mary (wolf’s mother) goes out on the Grand piano and tries to sing but all that comes out is a high pitch squeak. Mrs. Honeybee is not impressed by that, and looks at wolf with a disgusted face.
Something interesting in this story is that Mrs. Honeybee turns out to be nice. From what I inferred in the beginning, when they first meet Mrs. Honeybee I thought that she was going to be mean, but she is very nice. After Mrs.Honeybee and Wolf hung out more, Mrs. Honeybee started to give Wolf and his mother Mary little chocolate candies.
I recommend this book to kids and adults who like animals.

Charlotte's Web reveiwed by Julia

Charlotte’s Web
By Julia Seiden
Do you like books about animals? Then you should really read the book Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White. book there is a lot of friendship in this book . When Wilbur is born, he is a runt and is going be killed, but Fern, a girl, comes and decides to raise the runt until he is bigger. When Wilbur gets to big, she sells him to her uncle who has a farm. Fern always goes to see Wilbur at her Mr. Zuckerman’s farm (her uncle’s farm). One day Wilber hears a soft voice, in the morning he finds out that the voice was a small spider named Charlotte. One of the sheep in the barn tells Wilbur that he is going to be Christmas dinner. Charlotte hears the conversation and tries to help Wilbur. Is Wilbur saved or is he Christmas dinner? Find out by reading Charlotte’s Web.

The Hamster of the Baskervilles Reviewed by Grayson

The Hamster of the Baskervilles
By Grayson Steur

“Some Mondays start like a wet dog, dripping puddles of gloom and trailing a funky stink.” But for Chet Gecko, 4th grade private eye, this one started with a case. His classroom had been vandalized! His teacher, Mr. Ratnose, hired him with pay of a box of jelly doughnuts and three Get-Out-of-Detention-Free cards. Then things start getting bizarre when several tales of monsters reach Chet and his sidekick Natalie. The only way Chet can solve this case is if he gets face-to-face with the “were-hamster” of Emerson Hickey Elementary!! Read this book to find out the shocking ending and twisted mystery where the one who is truly guilty never did anything bad.

Ida B. Reviewed by Christine

Ida B.

“And I told them the facts, hard, and cold like my heart, with no ups or downs, or any real me in there.” If you like these kinds of describing words, then “Ida B.” is the book for you. It is about a girl named Ida B. and for her whole life she has been home-schooled, but when her mother gets cancer she must go back to the place she hates. School. Ida B’s heart turns to stone and all of her niceness diminishes. Will she get her old life back, on the apple orchard, being home-schooled? You will have to read it yourself to find out. This heart-warming book will keep you reading and reading.

Horns and Wrinkles Reviewed by Ben

Horns and Wrinkles

“Ahhhhh!” Duke screamed as his horn sprouted another inch out of his forehead. Duke is Claire’s cousin visiting from who knows where, and was caught bullying Claire by the wrong person. The person turned out to be a blue wing fairy that has the power to do anything to anyone. She gave Duke a horn on his forehead, and to get rid of it he has to do a good deed. If he keeps being mean though, the horn will keep expanding. Not only does Claire have to get Duke to do a good deed, but also she has to get her parents back from stone to life. It turns out that the thing holding the feather that turns them back to life is the head troll, Bodacious Deepthink. Claire and Duke join forces with some other trolls to re-gain the stone feather. It is up to Claire, Duke, and the trolls to bring their parents back to life before it’s too late. I recommend this book to any kids who love fantasy and are always ready for a nail biting adventure.

The Mistmantle Chronicles-Urchinof the Riding Stars By Zach

The Mistmantle Chronicles
Urchin of the Riding Stars
By Zach Sperry

If you like animal-personification, mystery, and fantasy then this is the book for you. Urchin of the Riding Stars is about an unusual light-colored squirrel. Urchin becomes the page of his hero. On the first day of being a page, his hero is banished for murdering Prince Tumble. Urchin is given a new job- Page of Padra the otter. While serving Padra, the queen dies. The royal family begins dying one by one. It is up to Urchin to stop the fiend that is killing the royal family.

Chaseing The Falconers by jackson

Chasing The Falconers- On The Run
By: Jackson Perry

Do you want a spine tingling adventure? Well you should read Chasing The Falconers- On The Run, I can guarantee that you will never want to put the book down.
It all starts in Sunnydale, Nebraska Juvenile Detention Center. Two kids Aidan and Meg Falconer make a run for it after a freak accident, which made the place burn down. They escape in an attempt to prove their parents innocence by finding their long lost Uncle Frank. Read about their nail-biting journey to help their family’s past. I would recommend this story for anyone who is ready chase the pages in the five book series, Chasing the Falconers. Check it out at your library, trust me you’ll be surprised.

The Carnivorous Carnival Reviewed By Kelly

The Carnivorous Carnival
By Kelly

If you ever asked Violet, Klaus, or Sunny Baudelaire the most important word to describe their lives, they would say Count Olaf, a word which here means trouble. One day at Briny Beach, a man named Mr. Poe informed the Buadelaires that their parents had perished in a terrible fire, leaving them a huge fortune. The Baudelaires travel to the hinterlands to find Count Olaf, and to see what other horrible plans he has in store for them. Along the way, they find out that one of their parents might be alive. The Baudelaires join a carnival to see if they can find out more about their parents. Somehow, Count Olaf is at the same carnival. To entertain people, he digs a big pit, and puts a bunch of lions in it. He picks a name out of a hat. Whoever’s name he picks will have to jump into the lion’s cage. Obviously, he picks Violet and Klaus. Will they escape from Olaf with their baby sister Sunny? Will Olaf catch them? Read this book to find out!

Beyond The Valley of Thorns Reveiwed by Meg

Beyond the Valley of Thorns
Patrick Carman


Do you like fantasy? Than this book is for you. Alexa Daley is back for the second time to defeat evil in Beyond the Valley of Thorns. Just when she thought her troubles were over, Yipes, Alexa’s little friend, comes into Bridewell with a letter from Warvold, who is thought to be dead, asking Alexa to once again try and save The Land of Elyon. When Alexa takes hold of the last Jocasta, she can hear Elyon’s voice telling her what to do. That would come in handy if you were trying to defeat Abadon, who is currently trying to take of The Land of Elyon. Throughout her journey, she finds many secrets about the past. Is there any way Alexa and her friends can defeat Evil once again, or will Grindall get away with helping Abadon take over? Read the book and find out!

Mindset reviewed by Mr. Johnson

Mindset by Carol Dweck
If you could read a book that could positevely positevely change your life, would you do it? Mindset is such a book. This book will allow you to begin to change the way you think about everything that you do and happens to you. It is a must read for all parents, teachers, coaches, and employers, anyone who works with youth or leads people.

Avalon High Reviewed Kelly

Avalon High
By: Meg Cabot
Pages: 288
KELLY LIMBERG

This book is about a girl named Elaine who moves to Indianapolis.
When she was running on the bike path one day she could have sworn she saw someone at the bottom of a ravine. On the second lap, she does she sees a boy named Will, a girl named Jennifer and a boy named Lance walking up the ravine. Elaine comes to a conclusion that she is in love with Will.
After a school football game Will invites Elaine to go to a party he is holding. When the party is over she finds his stepbrother, Marco. Marco pushes Elaine and leaves.
One day at school one of Elaine teachers say that Marco is going to kill his brother.
Elaine finds Will next to Marco at the bottom of the ravine and he has a gun. Will Marco shoot Will or is it a joke? Read and find out.

Reptile Room reviewed by Corbin

A Series of Unfortunate Events,
The Reptile Room By Lemony Snicket
190 pages

This sad book is about the three Baudelaire children who get sent away to live with their uncle, Uncle Monty. Uncle Monty is going to take the kids to Peru, but Count Olaf is in on it also. He disguised himself as Uncle Monty’s assistant, Stephano, on their expedition to Peru. Later in the book the kids realized that the assistant is really Count Olaf and the kids try to tell Uncle Monty the truth about Count Olaf but Uncle Monty does not believe them. Stephano, really Count Olaf, ends up killing Uncle Monty and blames the murder on a snake. The only way to find out the end is if you read this awesome sad book. You have to read this book at the library now you wont regret it!

Tiger Rising reviewed by Shelby

The Tiger Rising
By Kate DiCamillo
116 pages

The book The Tiger Rising is about a boy named Rob who finds a locked up tiger in the woods behind the motel he lives in. This was the most exciting moment for Rob since his mom had died. Later in the book, Rob meets a new girl at school named Sistine. Right after Sistine starts to come to school Rob stops going to school because he has a contagious rash on his legs. Rob is glad about this because two kids bully him all and everyday. The owner of the hotel gives Rob the keys to the tiger’s cage because he finds out that he has time to feed the tiger. When Rob finally meets up with Sistine again, she talks him into letting the tiger go. Rob feels bad for the tiger and agrees to let it go. When Rob opened the cage and the tiger walked out… You’ve got to read the book to find out what happens next.

The Somebodies reviewed by Sarah

The Somebodies
By N.E. Bode
Fantasy
• Hello, students. This story is part of series. It is the third. I definitely would recommend reading the first two before this one…….ok so now you’re Finished with those books.
• It starts out Fern hears her parents talking about a convention (The Secret Society of Somebodies convention.) Her grandma doesn’t want her to go because the Blue Queen is returning. The Blue Queen is an evil person who, before killed many people, She was defeated, and striped from all her powers by Fern’s grandma. Only now the grandma was too old, and Fern is destined to defeat the Blue Queen once again.
• When Fern goes back to school she has trouble with a girl and with a miniature pony is able to get herself and Howard (her friend) expelled! When their parent come to get them, they want them to go to military school. Hidden in Ferns pocket is an invitation to The Secret Society of Somebodies convention. Will Fern go to the convention or will she go to military school, and will Fern be the one who has to battle the Blue Queen. Find it all out in The Somebodies.

Silverwing by Kenneth Oppel

From the genre Runt Makes Good, subdivision Epic Journey, comes this tale of Shade, the Silverwing bat, whose curiosity imperils his clan, and who gets separated from them on their southerly migration. Adventures ensue, including tagging up with a Brightwing named Marina, and an extended flight from two cannibalistic vampire bats. Oppel has a knack for spinning a yarn, and embellishes this one with much bat lore and mythico-religious overtones.

The Girls by Amy Koss

What is the price of friendship? Would you allow yourself to be insulted and controlled? Would you dump one friend at the insistence of another? Would you do anything to be friends with the most popular girl in school? It cost to be friends with the ever-popular Candace. Maya remembered the day that Candace came by and asked her to “do lunch.” How lucky she thought she was to be chosen by someone so popular. The other girls, Renee, Darcy, and Brianna were already Candace friends, so they were part of the package Maya received when she became one of the girls. Once Candace was her friend, they were too. At first the cost to Maya had been her old friends, who she gradually dropped. Later Candace would make a comment about her that sounded mean, but of course it really wasn't; anyway, Candace was usually right about things. It was all worth it, being one of the girls.
But suddenly, for some unknown reason Maya was no longer worthy to be part of the group. Candace had dumped her. And it seemed as though the other girls were dumping her too. What could she have done that was so horrible? What were the other girls thinking and saying about her? How would she face them? Is this what friendship is all about?