LIFE AS WE KNEW IT

I started reading the book from where I left off and made it to the 4th chapter. The reason why it took me so long to get there was because I found this book to be boring! The book is told by Miranda, the main character of the book. I do recommand this book to all the girls in my class. I just could not make myself like this book and I did give it a chance and read as much as I could.

The Bartimaeus Trilogy Book 1 : The Amulet of Samarkand

 A tale like no other. That is what I this book I have been reading. A story of thrill, chills, and sorcery.
        
    The Amulet of Samarkand is is a bone chilling book that would want you thirsting for the next one and the one after. It is a tale going back and forth between an appritance of a  middle class magician and a powerful djinni older than anyone could guess. What I found confussing about the boy was that he has a birth name [Nathaniel] but given a false name John Mandrake. But I can desrcibe him a very egar student that loves magic. Bartimeaus the name of the djinni is a very sly and not very precossionous of is surroundings. 
                                 
                     This book is may be confusing to some or maybe like it more than others.
                     Many who are into a lot of fantasy like Aladdin or into sorcery like Harry Potter will like the
                     combination of both.

My Fake Boyfriend Is Better Than Yours:) By:Kristina Springer

This book is very good but not my favorite.The main characters are Tori, and Sienna(A.K.A. Sea). Tori and  Sea have been BFFs ever since like a hundred years ago(since kindergarten), and one summer Sienna stops talking to Tori and she/Tori freaks. She does not know what she did wrong so shes afraid Sea does not like her and hates her to death.On the first day of school Tori freaks again and wants to know if Sienna is coming to school again.She starts searching for Sea and sees a huddle of girls. Thinking its an 8th grader showing off her new designer purse she starts walking but the she hears Sea's laugh. She runs toward her but then notices she looks totally different; long highlighted hair,tan face,make-up?A few minutes later Sienna receives a call from this Antonio dude. Tori thought to herself "Who is this chick and what did she do to my friend?"
Then Sea says Antonio is her new boyfriend and that hes amazing, tall, handsome, and so sweet.


And that's all i read!!

                               THE END
for now

Prom By Laurie Halse Anderson

In the book Prom by Laurie Halse Anderson . The main characeter Ashley which is in her senior year in high school, finds out that somebody stole the prom money. Nat which is Ashleys best friend is a fan of prom, so when they stole the money . ashley was the only one who didnt care , but still she helps her friend out in making the prom of her dreams.You should really read this book to find out who stole the money.This book has a great ending and is a fantastic book.

Cujo

This is a great horror story by the very famous author Stephen King.A family moves to Maine and starts their new life in the country.Then it turns horribly when the family dog gets bitten by a rabid bat. It then terrorizes the family and traps the mother and her small child into a car.It is definitely one of my favorite stories, and also my favorite novel by Stephen King.

Porch Lies Tales of Slicksters ,Tricksters,and other Willy characters

This book is good book. I recommend this book if you like to read oral interpretation. This book has many tales. One of the best tales is about a man that is really good at guitar so the devil is what they call him. The devil offered Robert Johnson a beautiful guitar. He had flashbacks and his mom was praying and he blinked and had another image of Sonny and she said stay away from the devil's guitar. So he set the guitar down and he said i don't need the guitar I trust my old guitar. And you have to read the book to find out the rest.

Three days by Donna Jo Napoli

Three days by Donna Jo Napoli is about a girl visiting Italy with her father. After a dinner her and her father were driving on the freeway when all of a sudden her father collapses on the steering wheel, and  they crash on the side on the road. She trys to get her father to respond but can't. She gets on the side of the road and signals for help, a strange white car pulls by, and the men in the car look at her and her dead father and leave. After a bit they come back and kidnap her, take all traces of her in her dads car and leave. Im not going to tell you the rest of the story, but i really recommend you read this book. I would give it four out of five stars.

Is Kissing a Girl Who Smokes Like Licking an Ashtray? By:Randy Powell

           High school senior Biff has never had a girlfriend. In fact, he cannot even talk to a girl without freezing  up. Then he meets Heidi, beautiful and wild. She's staying with friends of his family in his upscale Seattle neighborhood while she's suspended from school. She has no trouble saying what's on her mind, however insulting it may be, and her cigarettes stink up his car; what's more, to his fury, she beats him at bowling and at table tennis. Yet she's a loner.................

The Stinking Story of Garbage

 The Stinking Story of Garbage is about the history of how people dumped their trash in the beginning and how they did it in different cultures. Long ago before living beings and animals there was no trash on Earth, and as they developed they created there own natural waste. The first farmers started using their garbage such as fruit and vegetables to feed there animals, and make fertilizer for there fields. Overtime people invented new objects, until the object was beyond repair would they throw it away. Soon enough people started to throw it in the streets causing disease and stench. Then king Edward III saw that people were dumping in rivers so drains were eventually started. Factories started industrial waste, multiplying the amount of waste there was.then a Cholera disease broke out so governments ordered that the streets be kept clean. This started landfills, and containers for people to put their garbage in.

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

I have been reading a book named Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. It is about a boy who witnessed his parent's death as a baby by a well known evil wizard, Voldemort. He is totally negleted by his relatives who took him in. One night a person named Hagrid took him to Hogwarts, a school of wizarding. There he leanrs about his wizarding powers and battles Voldemort. This is surprisingly a banned book for the "arts of wizarding". This book, in my opinion, is one of the most creative books of all time. It also made a 9-8 movie franchise. I recommend this book for anyone since it keeps you waiting for the next part to happen.

Diary Of Wimpy Kid:Dog days:by Jeff kenny

There's Greg Hefley hes in love with video games.Hes an indoor person and his friends are outdoor persons and he says that his friend are freaky beacuse hes an indoor person.He spends his whole summer watching tv or playing video games.When his freinds are outtside and when he has to clean he fakes at sleeping so he won't clean and rodrick is cleaning but he gets very mad!

vampire kisses: dancing with a vampire by ellen schieber

the book that i am reading is called vampire kisses 4 dancing with a vampire. Its about a girl named raven. she has been dating a vampire named alexander.There the new crew in town.The vampire is from romania and hes not the only vampire.there is about 4 others. anyways she and him are getting really close ( and she already knows that hes a vampire) then trouble learks. im not going to tell you what happens but the other vampire trys to bite ravens lil brother. if you like vampires romance and a bit of action i recomand this book for u

meylani
j.
mendoza

Maximum Ride Saving the World and Other extreme sports ;by James Patterson

Max and the flock  discover lots of new things.They travel a lot in this book from England to France to Germany.In Germany they find an Itex headquarters, where they see other experiments not as efficient as the flock.But,Max has found Max II again in that particular Itex headquarters except this time  Max II hasn't been ordered to hunt the real Max down.Even though this scene is at the end of the book, it's still very exciting.They learn things that they never even knew,though,it was right under there noses.IN the next book,The Final Warning, so far they're safe,but are you ready for "fight or flight". They have  a mission and FYI,your a part of it.So join the flock in yet another great adventure.

The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling

This book is good becuase its tell you alot of imaginative tales ,like the wizard and the hopping pot this story is about the legacy of an old man who, in his generosity, used his pot to brew magical potions and antidotes for other people when they needed his help.                                                                               The Fountain of Fair Fortune this story is about a fountain where once per year, one person may bathe to have his or her problems answered. This is how the three witches meet.                                        Warcklock's Hairy Hearth is about a young and handsome warlock who decides to never fall in love, so he uses Darks Arts to prevent himself from doing so.                                                                                            

THE POSTCARD

I just started reading this book and a creepyphone call ,an old ,yellow postcard ,a bizarre magazine story.And a strange group of funeral-goers who seem to follow his every move-all contain clues that will send Jason on a thrilling journey to uncover extraordinary family secrets.

The HAUNTING of Derek Stone; CITY of the DEAD by: Tony Abbott

• Derek Stone a 14  year old who lives in Louisiana .
• His dad is a CRAZY fan of trains, so one day he takes his  two kids to a  train convention.All goes well until they  take a  train back to their house ,  the ride seems to be going smooth until the train goes over  an old bridge. The bridge starts to rumble and then the next thing you know  the train is falling and in a minute it will then crash into a deep lake. What will happen next...

Garden of the Purple Dragon by Carole Wilkson

This book is about a girl named Ping and a liitle dragon named Kai. They have to protected each other from wealthy men who would want to buy the dragon and sell its body parts for lots of money. This book shows the power of friendship and love between a girl and a dragon. I love this book and so will you if u love dragons, friendship, and action.

Diary of a Wimpy kid:The last staw

This is a really cool book its about a boy called Greg it has many funny stories inside.One of them is that the school that he goes to, takes the bus off so Greg has to go walking  to school.Once his mom offered to take him to school and he forgot his backpack in the car, then his mom when she was in her gym cloths took the backpack to him when he was in front of the girl he liked.This is only one of the crazy and fun adventures of Greg. 

LIFE AS WE KNEW IT By Susan Pfeffer

The book is about a girl named Miranda. She has two brothers name Matt and Jonny. Her parents are divorced and her dad has remarried a younger women and they are expecting a baby. Miranda has two best friends and thier names are Megan and Sammi. They also had another best friend name Becky but she died, since then Megan has found "GOD" and has been attending church and has joined the youth group from church. Sammi has been dating a lot of boys and that makes Miranda and especially Megan feel uncomfortable. Miranda feels she is the only one who has not changed but she's very interested in a boy named Brandon Erlich his a ice skater and she keeps up with his every move. He has a chance to win the Olympic gold. What I gather they must have been friends at one point then he moved away. There's a lot of talk on the news that a  huge asteroid is going to hit the moon which is supposed to happen around 9:30 on a Wednesday night.

Middle School the worst years of my life By James Patterson

Middle school the worst years of my life,  Is about a boy name Rafe who is 11 years old & hes finally seeing how real life middle school is & to him its pretty bad. He has his on personal bully with him 24/7 & while hes dealing with that , he has another problem at home with his mom boyfriend. Rafe also has a brother named Leonardo (leo) , he passed away when he was only 1. Even though hes not their at that very moment Rafe always know thats he is with him but in his heart.(: I still have one more chapter left tell i finsh this book But i could already tell it will be good! So i Really recommend that you read this book because for sure you'll relate.

Faithful by Janet Fox

This story takes place somewhere in the 90's where women wore really long dresses and dressed well fancy. A young 16 year old girl named Maggie looses her mom when her mom takes a walk by the beach on a stormy night and gets swallowed by the waves. People judged Maggie because they thought she was as crazy as her mom. Soon Maggie gets a little bit of hope when her dad tells her that her uncle found some evidence of her mom and that she might be alive. In a rush Maggie leaves for Yellowstone. At Yellowstone, Maggie sees this young fellow named Tom and falls in love. Soon enough Maggie ends up uncovering a lot of lies and mysteries and discovers that her mom had been to Yellowstone before and left something behind. A daughter and a husband!! So that meant that Maggie has a step-sister and step-dad!! I cant wait to find out what happens next, but so far i highly recommend this book!

Wildwood stables Daring to dream

Taylor Henry loves horses ,but her single mom cant afford riding lessons or even a horse.Then she
discovers theres a anbandoned gliding and pony....and shes so happy to just to see them.She also finds out the horses have nowhere to go....Taylor is running out of time to find all the horses a very good home to live in.

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle

   In this book, a girl named Margaret (Meg), tries to find his father who was on a business trip and never came back. The adventure begins when Meg, his little brother Charles, and a friend named Calvin meet three mysterious ladies (at least that is what they think they are) who can travel in time and space.
  I think the book is a little confusing at first. If you like mystery books, I think you will like this book. 

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Dog Days by Jeff Kinney

I Started reading this book three days ago and Iam almost done with it.It is a very funny book.It is about Greg and how he spending his summer vacation just inside playing video games. His momis trying to get him to go outside and do sometype of activity. I recommened this book to people that are looking for a funny book to read. If you have read The first book and thought it was funny then you will love this one.

hatchet

  Brian Robeson, a 13-year-old boy, travels on a  plane to visit his father in northern Canada for the summer. During the flight, the pilot suffers a heart attack causing Brian to try to land the plane, but ends up crash-landing into a lake in the middle of the wilderness. He just manages to escape the plane before it sinks into the lake, saving nothing but his hatchet.Throughout the summer,Brian attempts to survive in the endless wilderness with only his hatchet.He figures out how to make fire with the hatchet and forces himself to eat whatever food he can find.He also fashions a  shelter out of the underside of a rock.He  then passes almost all of his summer time in the woods.

BY:

Gary Paulsen

Olive's Ocean by:Kevin Henkes

Olive's Ocean is a highly reccomended book.Olive Barstow was a quiet girl in Martha's class.
She would get bullied a lot.Then one day,Olive gets hit by a car while riding her bike and
instantly dies.Olive used to like the ocean.So when Martha goes to her Grandmother's beach
house,she gets an empty jar and fills it with oceann water for Mrs.Barstow,Olive's mom.When
Martha returns from her vacation,she plans to give the jar to Mrs.Barstow.Later,Martha
learns that Mrs.Bartsow had moved to a different state.Even though martha sometimes
hated her family,she knew she couldn't ask for a better one.

Andrea Gomez
period:5

Olive's Ocean by:Kevin Henkes

Olive's Ocean is a highly reccomended book.Olive Barstow was a quiet girl in Martha's class.
She would get bullied a lot.Then one day,Olive gets hit by a car while riding her bike and
instantly dies.Olive used to like the ocean.So when Martha goes to her Grandmother's beach
house,she gets an empty jar and fills it with oceann water for Mrs.Barstow,Olive's mom.When
Martha returns from her vacation,she plans to give the jar to Mrs.Barstow.Later,Martha
learns that Mrs.Bartsow had moved to a different state.Even though martha sometimes
hated her family,she knew she couldn't ask for a better one.

Andrea Gomez
period:5

Olive's Ocean by:Kevin Henkes

Olive's Ocean is a highly reccomended book.Olive Barstow was a quiet girl in Martha's class.
She would get bullied a lot.Then one day,Olive gets hit by a car while riding her bike and
instantly dies.Olive used to like the ocean.So when Martha goes to her Grandmother's beach
house,she gets an empty jar and fills it with oceann water for Mrs.Barstow,Olive's mom.When
Martha returns from her vacation,she plans to give the jar to Mrs.Barstow.Later,Martha
learns that Mrs.Bartsow had moved to a different state.Even though martha sometimes
hated her family,she knew she couldn't ask for a better one.

Andrea Gomez
period:5

Halfback Tough by Thomas J, Dygard

    This book I just started reading is about football. It starts talking about this kid named Joe that gets to a new school. He wants to do something new so he joins the football team for his High School. It's the first time he ever plays football so he's not really sure what to do as he enters the locker room for the first time. He is sore when they start practice and he sweats like a pig. Even though that was just the first chapter, it explained a lot about Joe Atkins.

September 11,2001

This book i chose to read as a reminder to what happened ten years ago to all of us Americans.We should never forget what happened on this sad day .A lot of Americans and incidens livers were lost.It has been 10years since this sad day.We will always remeber and,hope for the world to be in pease.

Red Riding Hood By:Sarah Blakley-Cartwright

This book is awesome. I recommend it to people who like mystery books. The main characters are Valerie, Lucie, Peter,Cesaire,& the Wolf. the book stars when Valerie and Lucie were little they had a monthly sacrifice to keep the wolf away.10 years later the wolf kills Lucie, and Valerie thinks the wolf is Peter ,the love of her life, but the wolf is actually.......... 

The 39 Clues: The Maze of Bones

                                                        

                                                          Chapters 3 - 5

                                                       

                                                            Chapter 3

                            Amy and Dan were choosing if they should take the challenge or the money that they need. After thinking about their grandma and their decision Mr. McIntyre started asking people what they wanted the first clue or the money. Many people choose the money but a couple people. Amy and Dan choose the first clue so Mr. McIntyre burned the check and that’s when it started.

                                                           

                                                         Chapter 4

                            There are about 6 teams they each got an envelope it read. "Resolution: The fine print to guess, seek out Richard S______." So all the teams huddled up and tried to find out who that is. No one knew what to do 3 teams left already, but Amy and Dan didn’t know what to do. So after everybody left Amy and Dan didn’t know what to do. Mr. McIntyre told them not to trust anybody and to watch out for the Madrigals. He said nothing else Amy thought about going to their grandma’s library to do research so they did. They were looking and looking and they couldn’t find anything. They ran into their uncle Alistair he wanted to help. He said that their grandma loved books and that there has to be more. There was a big crest with a C in the middle surrounded  by 4 smaller ones around it they had the letters E, T, J, L. The E had a dragon. The T had a bear. The j had a wolf. The L had 2 snakes wrapped around a sword.