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| Book Title: | Buttermilkhill |
| Author (of book): | Ruth White |
| Reviewer's Name: | Miranda Radford |
| Rating: | *** A good Knight's read |
| Comments: | This is a really good book. I enjoyed this book.I loved this book so much it only took me 3 days to read it.I think people at the Woodplace Library should read it. |
| Book Title: | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire |
| Author (of book): | J. K. Rowling |
| Reviewer's Name: | Nathan Thibon |
| Rating: | **** Superb!--fit for a King (or Queen) |
| Comments: | This book was extremely exciting, suspenseful, and because most of it takes place in a school, you can almost compare it to your everyday school life, except for the few differences of a dangerous tournament, a teacher who can see through things with a strange eye, and having to practice magic instead of school studies. I enjoyed this book because I can relate to the characters very easily, and love the tension. I like this book very much, and can't wait for the seventh book to come out and finally finish the series. |
| Book Title: | Thin Wood Walls |
| Author (of book): | David Patenaude |
| Reviewer's Name: | DC |
| Rating: | **Better than a week in the dungeon |
| Comments: | Just OK, I like the style |
| Book Title: | the secrets of droon under the serpent sea |
| Author (of book): | Abbott Tony |
| Reviewer's Name: | Jennifer H. |
| Rating: | *** A good Knight's read |
| Comments: | I loved to read this book because it gave me to use my imagenation. It's about three kids, princess that go into the sea to find the sea Queen. The princess wonted to find her mom after she broke a crystal. |
| Book Title: | So B. It |
| Author (of book): | Sarah Weeks |
| Reviewer's Name: | Patricia G |
| Rating: | **** Superb!--fit for a King (or Queen) |
| Comments: | I love this book. It is very sad and an adventures journey. You will want to read this book over and over again because this girl is off to find her mother's past and her's. Her mother is a handicaped person and does not no hardly anything so when her mother says soof Heidi goes on a cross country to find her mother's past and her's.I say that this book would be very good for teenagers. |
| Book Title: | One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies |
| Author (of book): | Sonya Sones |
| Reviewer's Name: | Patricia G |
| Rating: | **** Superb!--fit for a King (or Queen) |
| Comments: | This is a good and interestind book.This is a winning portrayal of a teenage girl's loves and losses.This book is very good for teenagers.I liked this book because it's sad and interesting at the same time.Just wait till you read What my Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones. |
| Book Title: | Cirque Du Freak |
| Author (of book): | Darren Shan |
| Reviewer's Name: | Patricia G |
| Rating: | **** Superb!--fit for a King (or Queen) |
| Comments: | I like this book because I like horror books and I read them all the time. I want everybody to read it because it will give you chills down your spine. Oh and if I were you don't read in the bathroom because that is where the book takes place in the begining. Its main characters are Darren Shan,Steve Leonard,Alan Morris,Annie Shan,and Tommy Jones. This is a very scary book so all the people that like horror books read this one. Then read the second book it is scary too. |
| Book Title: | Artemis Fowl |
| Author (of book): | Eoin Colfer |
| Reviewer's Name: | Nathan T. |
| Rating: | **** Superb!--fit for a King (or Queen) |
| Comments: | Artemis Fowl is an awesome book! It was tense and exciting to read. I couldn't put it down. You probably notice that most of the fairy tales take place in Medevial times. They use their magic to help people. This takes place where fairies not only have magic, but also have high tech gadgets. Totally different from the rest of the fairies who have a magic wand and go around helping people. The strangest thing about this book is sometimes your on the villian's side!
This book is about a millionaire, a criminal mastermind, and he's only twelve years old! To try to increase the amount of money he already has, he kidnapps Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon unit. The other fairies come after her which leads to other events that I won't write down because it would ruin the book! Artemis Fowl is a well written book. It takes the fairytales to a whole new level by making them have high tech stuff. It is intense and exciting. If you want to find out why, you'll have to read the book. |
| Book Title: | One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies |
| Author (of book): | Sonya Sones |
| Reviewer's Name: | Virginia M. |
| Rating: | **** Superb!--fit for a King (or Queen) |
| Comments: | This book is awesome. It captures the reader's attention from the very first chapter to the last page. It is about a 15 year old girl named Ruby Milliken whose mother has died and Ruby is going to go live with her movie star father. Many things change in Ruby's life and she learns more about her father in the final chapters. |
| Book Title: | Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing |
| Author (of book): | Judy Blume |
| Reviewer's Name: | Dakota P. |
| Rating: | **** Superb!--fit for a King (or Queen) |
| Comments: | This book was hillarious!Peter Hatcher has a little brother named Fudge and he tries all kinds of silly things , like when he thinks he can fly , and when he swallows pETERS TURTLE ,named Dribble. |
| Book Title: | Abduction |
| Author (of book): | Peg Kehret |
| Reviewer's Name: | Dakota P. |
| Rating: | *** A good Knight's read |
| Comments: | Matt is missing and nobody knows who took him.Pookie , the Scholters dog is missing.This book was good , and I could not put the book down. It was full of suspence. |
| Book Title: | Under The Same Sky |
| Author (of book): | Cynthia Defelice |
| Reviewer's Name: | Dakota P |
| Rating: | **** Superb!--fit for a King (or Queen) |
| Comments: | I really enjoyed this book , and I think other readers would like it too! It's main character is a boy named Joe , and he ends up working on his dads cabbage feilds. This teaches Joe the meaning of a dollar , and how much hard work it really takes. Joe also learns how racist people can be.This is a really good book!!! |
| Book Title: | Abduction |
| Author (of book): | Peg Kehret |
| Reviewer's Name: | Jessica F |
| Rating: | **** Superb!--fit for a King (or Queen) |
| Comments: | This book is really good and the whole way through you can't put it down. If you like reading this book is for you. |
| Book Title: | Thin Wood Walls |
| Author (of book): | Patneaude, David |
| Reviewer's Name: | Addison J |
| Rating: | *** A good Knight's read |
| Comments: | The book was very good. It was about a Japnese American family going to a camp with other familys like them. |
| Book Title: | Thin Wood Walls |
| Author (of book): | Patneaude, David |
| Reviewer's Name: | Addison |
| Rating: | *** A good Knight's read |
| Comments: | The book was very good. It was about a Japnese family during World War 2. The family, along with other Japnese familys, get sent to a camp because they worry if they keep any of them out there they will spy on the Americans. |
| Book Title: | Wolf-Speaker |
| Author (of book): | Tamora Pierce |
| Reviewer's Name: | Michkayla B |
| Rating: | **** Superb!--fit for a King (or Queen) |
| Comments: | This book is thrilling and exciting. If you like magic or animals (like me) this is the book for you. The characters are unique and brave. There are wolves, mages, people, kings & Queens, villans,animals, a dragon, a basilisk, and stormwings. |
| Book Title: | The Haunting |
| Author (of book): | Bill Myeres |
| Reviewer's Name: | Nataleigh R. |
| Rating: | **** Superb!--fit for a King (or Queen) |
| Comments: | This book taught me stuff I had never known and I liked it very much. In this book Becca was asked to help a spirit reach the world she was meant for. Becca starts doubting her trust in the Bible. Her friends and brother Scotty help her in her time of need. All her friends say that they'll go with her in the mansion where the girl is. But the Bible saus that ghosts don't exist only angles and demons. Becca is so comfused. The night of the meeting Becca meets with her friend Ryan to try and comfort herself. Her brother Scotty is not suppose to be there because her is not equipted with all the armor of christ that you need in order to fight demons. Becca goes to get him cause he could get hurt and even killed. When she gets there all of her friends are there. Then bad things start happening and she and Scotty are the only ones not effected. Scotty though has this horrible headache.They get everybody rounded up and are on their way up the stairs to fight the demon. Scotty and Becca go alone and are surrounded by at least thirty to fourty demons. They form the girls body together and knock out Scotty. Becca and Ryan push away the demons by saying Bible verses. they tell the Demon to go away and then it does. Everybody is fine and back to normal. However Scotty says they're not gone and he tells all the demons to leave and then a strip of light appears and all the demons are gone. |
| Book Title: | The River Between Us |
| Author (of book): | Richard Peck |
| Reviewer's Name: | Emily A |
| Rating: | *** A good Knight's read |
| Comments: | It was a good book. I at first didn't understand the book. As I read the book it got more interesting and it kept me from putting it down. |
| Book Title: | Crank |
| Author (of book): | Ellen Hopkins |
| Reviewer's Name: | Emily A |
| Rating: | *** A good Knight's read |
| Comments: | The book was kind of weird but intersting. It was hard to read because it was written in a poem type form. I had a hard time putting the book down, because I wanted to continue reading to find out what happened. The story was about a girl who was good, and became bad. |
| Book Title: | Circle of Magic #4: Briar's Book |
| Author (of book): | Tamora Pierce |
| Reviewer's Name: | Virginia M |
| Rating: | **** Superb!--fit for a King (or Queen) |
| Comments: | The book has plot twists, death, and drama. The four mages-in-training(Briar, Tris, Daja, and Sandry) must help stop a new kind of disease, one that is not like any other. Someone dies, but is saved. If you want to find out who, read the book. The four must bind together their magic to save someone. This book is one of the best books that I have ever read. I don't think that this book is for the faint of heart (just kidding). |
| Book Title: | Nobody's Perfect |
| Author (of book): | Amanda Christie |
| Reviewer's Name: | Sam Acton |
| Rating: | **** Superb!--fit for a King (or Queen) |
| Comments: | This was a wonderful book to read. It is based on the TV show 7th Heaven. Which is about a christian family. And it is one of my favorite TV shows. |
| Book Title: | ~Dream Trilogy~ |
| Author (of book): | Nora Robers |
| Reviewer's Name: | Sarah Mitchell |
| Rating: | **** Superb!--fit for a King (or Queen) |
| Comments: | i really loved this book. it is a book with three novels in it. it took me a week to read but it was worth it. she writes wonderful romance novels. i can promise that she is not one of my new favorite authors. |
| Book Title: | The Goose Girl |
| Author (of book): | Shannon Hale |
| Reviewer's Name: | Allison Hutson |
| Rating: | *** A good Knight's read |
| Comments: | It was a very enchanting tale. I was totally wraped up into the story. I would recommed it to any one, especially girls who like mythical stories or fairy tales minus the fairy. |
| Book Title: | A Child Called It |
| Author (of book): | David Pelzer |
| Reviewer's Name: | Lesa Langlotz |
| Rating: | **** Superb!--fit for a King (or Queen) |
| Comments: | This book was great and very sad! It is very inspiring! Icould read this book a million times over and over again! The author of the book is the kid in the book, it is awful what his mother does to him! I felt so sorry for him!
LESA |