Reviews


SW, 9, Millville		Ripley's Believe It or Not Special Edition by Mary Packard. This book has a lot of interesting facts that people won't believe. Some of them are cool, some are scary, some are gross. I really liked this book. It was fun to read.

KV, 8, Buena		The Right Dog for the Job by Dorothy Palent. This book is about guide dogs and how they are trained. It was about three golden retrievers. I learned a lot about these dogs including how they have to be trained for about two years before they become guide dogs. They are very calm and obedient. Sometimes they almost seem human. You will like this book.

JD, Seabrook		Hebrews by Paul. Hebrews is one of 66 books in the bible. It has 13 chapters full of excitement and wisdom. It goes to show many points like how Jesus is above the angels. He was in heaven for thousands of years with him. 1:5 brings out how Jehovah has only said to Jesus and no other, "You are my son." He even told Jesus at 1:13 to, "Sit at my right hand." This is a very high possession. It further goes on to show many other points. I only talked about 4 of 13 chapters so why don't you find out what the rest says. Among young and old can truly benefit from this book. I know, because I sure did.

NT, 11, Bridgeton		Medicine by Steve Parker. This is a good book about medicine.

KV, Buena		Amelia Bedelia Helps Out by Peggy Parish Amelia Bedelia goes to Miss Emma's house to help with the housework and garden and everyone knows how Amelia Bedelia is - except her! As usual, everything gets mixed up. Her niece, Effie Lou helps too, but she thinks just like Amelia Bedelia. This is not my favorite Amelia Bedelia book.

KV,8,Buena		Amelia Bedelia Goes Camping by Peggy Parish Amelia Bedelia and the Rogers go camping, and once again, Amelia gets things confused. It is one of the best Amelia Bedelia's that I have read. But when you go camping, don't take Amelia with you!

SB, 9, Millville		Junie B. First Grader Jingle Bells, Batman Smells (P.S. So Does May) by Barbara Park This book is about holiday time and Room One is doing lots of things to celebrate, like wearing elf costumes and singing joyful songs. Tattletale May keeps ruining Junie B.'s holiday glee. When everyone picks names for Secret Santa, Junie B. gets stuck with May!

JW,10,Millville		Rosie Swanson: Fourth Grade Geek for President (Geek Chronicles # ) by Barbara Park Rosie is tried of getting bullied. She comes up with an idea to stop it. She will run for president of fourth grade. After the campaign trial gets dirty, it’s anybodies game.

JW,10,Millville		Maxie, Rosie and Earl, Partners in Crime (Geek Chronicles # ) by Barbara Park When Maxie, Rosie and Earl ended up in the principal’s office together, the only escape is during the fire drill, by jumping into the dumpster. On Monday, they ended up in the principal’s office again and this time didn’t know what to do.

JW,10,Millville		Dear God, Help! Love, Earl (Geek Chronicles #3) by Barbara Park This is a good book. I give it four stars of five. This book is last in the Geek Chronicles series. I hope you very much enjoy it.

JW, 10, Millville		The Kid in the Red Jacket by Barbara Park. *The* *Kid in the Red Jacket* is about a boy named Howard Jeter. He moves from Arizona to Massachusetts and now he is the new kid. The only person who will talk to him is a first grade weirdo. After he starts to make more friends, Ollie and Pete…well sort of Molly, he feels a lot better than before. No longer is he just the kid in the red jacket.

KV, 8 , Buena		Scruffy by Peggy Parrish. At the beginning of this story, a boy opens up all of his birthday gifts and finds outs that they are things for a cat. He says “My dream is going to come true! I’m getting a cat!” He goes to the animal shelter and he chooses a cat. Can you guess its name?

JW, Millville		The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson The Great Gilly Hopkins is a book about a girl who’s mother never wanted her. She is sent to live with Mrs. Foster and …. And they don’t exactly live how she’d like. 6 stars out of 10

KV, 8, Buena		Pilgrim Cat by Carol Antoinette Peacock. A cat accidentally gets on the Mayflower. A pilgrim girl sees the cat and makes friends with it. Later, after the pilgrims land in Plymouth, the cat gets lost. Everyone looks for it – even Squanto. The cat is eventually found, but a surprise is waiting for the little pilgrim girl! The last page of this book says that this is not a true story, but that cats did travel on the Mayflower. I love cats and I loved this book!

KV, 8, Buena		Cyrus the Unsinkable Sea Serpent by Bill Peet. Cyrus is a very nice sea seprent, but his friend Shark says that he is too nice. He tells him to sink a ship to be like a real sea serpent. When he finds a ship, he discovers that it is cursed. Does he help the people on the ship, or does he carry out his plan to sink it? Read and find out.

NT, 11, Bridgeton		Shadows of the Empire by Steve Perry. Shadows of the Empire is a book in-between Empire Strikes Back and The Return of the Jedi. It is a very good book.

KV,8,Buena		Goldilocks and the Three Hares by Heidi Petach This story is about Goldilocks and the Three Hares - not the Three Bears. It is the same story, but there are some strange guests. It is hilarious. I want everyone to read this book! Even my MomMom loved it!

BW, Cedarville		The Littles Get Trapped by John Peterson This book is about two children who are half mouse and half human. The children get stuck in the refrigerator and their dad and Grandpop plan to get them out. I would recommend this book for anyone. Earns 4 out of 5 stars.

KV,8,Buena		Dogs by Kate Petty This book tells you how to take care of a dog and it talks about some of the more common breeds. It is a good first book about dogs.

SB, 9, Millville		Beth's Story by Pfeffer. This book is about a family who lives through the hard times of the Civil War. This book is from the book Little Women. Beth is one of four March sisters. When Beth goes on a trip to New York City with her parents, she meets Abraham Lincoln. After she comes home she tells people about meeting Mr. Lincoln, they don't believe her. Even one of her sisters doesn't believe her.

IO, Millville		Boris Beaver by Marcus Pfister. It was a very nice book because it had friends in it. And it had beavers and a frog. They had fun.

JW, Millville		Freak the Mighty by Philbrick Max is slow, tall, and strong, he has everything but a brain. Freak is small, fragile and has a brain. Together as Freak the Mighty they have height, strength and a brain of mass proportions. Together Max and Freak go on crazy quests to save things and help people. Freak the Mighty is a must read for anyone who likes suspenseful and adventures stories about friendship.

WG, Millville		You Will Live Under the Sea by F. and M. Phleger This book is very interesting. It starts true, but then gets a little fantasy-like.The first line is "Every year the land gets more and more crowded," which is true. But the rest isn't. Living in homes under the sea, mining under the sea, farming under the sea. Can you believe it?

NT, 10, Bridgeton		The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey. This book is about two kids, George and Harold, who hypnotize their principal which turns him into a superhero named Captain Underpants. In this book he fights an evil guy named Dr. Diaper.

JD, 10, Fairton		The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey. This story is funny. These two bad kids play pranks on people. They have the worst principal. He has been trying to bust them for years. See what they do to get in trouble.

AL, Millville		Captain Underpants and the Wrath of the Wicked Wegie Woman By Dav Pilkey. I loved this book because it was funny. One part I really liked was when they spilled the magic juice on the wicked woman and her hair had hands in it. This book is for someone who likes and action and likes to laugh.

NT, 10, Bridgeton		Captain Underpants and the Wrath of the Wicked Wegie Woman By Dav Pilkey. This was a very interesting book about two kids and this guy who runs around in his underpants. His real identity is a mean principal, Mr. Krupp.

NT, 10, Bridgeton		Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants by Dav Pilkey. This book is about a guy with a very funny name. He invents two machines that can make something really big or really small. He hopes to take over the world but he does not succeed.

MH, Millville		Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants by Dav Pilkey. This book is a good book. I have a lot of Captain Underpants books. I have #1, #2, #3, #4 and #6. It is about two boys named George and Harold. They get in a lot of trouble. They go on a lot of adventures.

SH, 8, Millville		Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants by Dav Pilkey. I liked this Captain Underpants book because it was funny. It had a lot of funny pictures and flip-o-rama pages. George and Harold changed their names to Fluffy and Cheeseball and made Captain Underpants 10-stories high.

NT, 10, Bridgeton		Captain Underpants and the Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies From Outer Space by Dav Pilkey. This book is about when three evil guys land on top of George and Harold's school. Their plan is to turn of the school children into zombie nerds.

MH, 8, Millville		Captain Underpants and the Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies From Outer Space (and the Subsequent Assault of the Equally Evil Lunchroom Zombie Nerds) by Dav Pilkey. I liked this book because it was a lot of fun and really cool! There is this cool thing called 'Flip-o-rama' where you can make the pictures become animated. It was about aliens turning people into zombies. You will really like reading it.

AL, Millville		Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets by Dav Pilkey. I liked this book because it was funny. One thing I really liked was when the talking toilets came alive. Once, they defeated the little toilets and out popped the terrible turbo 2000..

NT, 10, Bridgeton		Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets by Dav Pilkey. This is book is about when George and Harold want to enter an invention contest but they are not allowed. Another boy named Melvin Sneedly invents an invention that can turn a picture of something into the actual object.

SM, Millville		The Silly Gooses by Dav Pilkey. There was a funny goose and all the other geese didn't like him. Soon it was time for the geese to get married, but nobody wanted to marry Mr. Goose. The one day when Mr. Goose was floating on a float, he saw a beautiful goose and they got married. They had babies and named they Ketchup and Mustard. This is a great book.

KV,8,Buena		Captain Underpants and the Big Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy Part 2: The Revenge of the Ridiculous Robo-Boogers by Dav Pilkey In Part 2, George and Harold go back in time to find the Combine-O-Tron 2000, but Miss Singerbrains takes it away from them to give it to the police. There is a pterodactyl, a space shuttle, and robots in this book. It is one of the best Captain Underpants books, in my opinion. It is very easy to read because it is so funny.

WG, Millville		The Hallo-Wiener by Dav Pilkey This book takes place on Halloween night, thus the title. It was quite funny. The main dog in this story is a Dachshund named Oscar. In the beginning the other dogs called him "Wiener Dog", and at the end they called him "Hero Sandwich." They changed what they called him, because of what happened that night when they went past a graveyard. They were chased by a "monster" from the graveyard. (The "monster" was actually two cats on top of each other with a piece of black cloth over them.) They were chased into the pond by the "monster," and Oscar saved them from the "monster" by pulling the cloth off of the cats and scaring the cats away. Then he jumped into the pond and all the other dogs got on top of him and he dog-paddled them all to shore. I enjoyed the book.

KV, 9, Buena		Aunt Lulu by Daniel Pinkwater Aunt LuLu lives in Alaska. She is a librarian who brings books to miners using her 14 huskies. After moving to New Jersey, she still drives her dog sled - even in the summer. She even buys pink sunglasses for her and her dogs. This is a short book, but you get the feeling that it could be a true story.

GC, Millville		Irving and Muktuk by Daniel Pinkwater. Irving and Muktuk is about two bears trying to steal muffins. But no matter how hard they try, they always would get caught. Will they ever get muffins.

MH, Millville		Whale Sharks by Sarah Polner I like this story because I like reading about stuff that lives in the ocean. It was a good story. They look like whales. They are very rare. Most of them were found in the Indian Ocean. This is my review on Whale Sharks.

SB, Millville		Addy's Surprise by Connie Porter This book is about a girl named Addy Walker and her mother living through Civil War times. Addy and her mother used to be slaves, but escaped. They think how hard Christmas will be like without Poppa. Addy finds the perfect Christmas gift to give to her mother, but uses the money for something else. She finds another way to have a great Christmas and soon finds out that Poppa is home.

CS, Upper Deerfield		Class Clown by James Preller. This is a funny book with lots of tricking.

KV, 9 , Buena		Jigsaw Jones and the Case of the Double Trouble Detective By James Preller This time, Jigsaw is trying to solve a mystery before another detective - it is a challenge. The detective named Reginald is new so he ends up asking Jigsaw for help. Together they solve the mystery. Reginald decides that being a detective is not the thing for him. Even though he has the right gadgets, he can't use them in real life cases.

KV,8,Buena		Jigsaw Jones and the Case of the Ghost Writer by James Preller. This mystery is about when Jigsaw's class has a party for a suprise author. They try to figure out who the writer is. It is a one of my favorite Jigsaw Jones books and I've read many of them. It was scary at first, but it ended funny!

KV,8,Buena		Jigsaw Jones: The Case of the Great Sled Race by James Preller. This time, Jigsaw finds out that the toughest kid in class has lost his sled. It's solve the case or else! It is a good mystery to read in the winter. It was funny, too!

KV,8,Buena		Jigsaw Jonesand the Case of the Detective in Disguise by James Preller This time JigSaw has to solve a case of the stolen brownies! Of course, he knows that the thief will not return to the scene of the crime if there is a detective around, so JigSaw goes under cover. Will he solve the crime? This is one of the funniest JigSaw Jones books. I liked it, too, because he gets a new friend.

KV,8,Buena		Jigsaw Jones: The Case of the Stinky Science Project by James Preller. When Jigsaw tries to get 4 year old Sally's money back, he discovers he has to solve both the mystery of the sticky volcano and how to get Sally's money back. Things got messy, but they do get solved. On a scale of 1-5(best), I'd give it a 3.

KV,8,Buena		Jigsaw Jones and The Case of the Bicycle Bandit by James Preller. Jigsaw tries to help Ralphie find his bike "Old Rusty." They find out a terrible thing- Ralphie's brother Justin is a suspect. I give it a Jigsaw 3 stars. This is one of the stories that could really happen to someone you know.

KV,8,Buena		It's Valentines Day by Jack Prelutsky. This is a collection of Valentine Day poems. I recommend it to anyone who wants to make a homemade Valentine and needs a poem to put on it.

JM, Millville		When the Soldiers were Gone by Veraw Propp. When the Soldiers were Gone is based on a true story about a boy who loves his home. He thinks the people who is living with are his real mom and dad. But one day after the war his real parents come to get him. He is going to leave everything behind that he has. If you like sad books read this.

HM, Millville		Barbie: A Day at the Fair by Carol Pugliano-Martin. This book is about a little girl. She wants to go on the ferris wheel. I love this book.

AM, 12, Millville		Thomas by Bonnie Pryor. Thomas is about Thomas and his family. Thomas' father is at war and Indians and Tories came and attack their home and barn. Will they ever make it to safety and not be captured?



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