TIMMY FAILURE by Stephan Pastis

I liked the part when they told about the bunny Dickey it was weird who would 

name there bunny Dickey and the weird thing is hes in a bank.

Timmy has a struggle with making new friends.

He has trouble talking to other people when he makes new friends in his school or in his nabore hood.

Timmy made new friends in his school his behavior was a little better then what is was before and he did better.

he reminds me of my friend hes sometimes bad but not all of the times.

**** 

Pedro    

GHOST HORSES by Gloria Skurzynski

The main idea is when a mom geologist found something strange going on with the horses in the Chloride herd. Jack and Ashlia's mom puts the kids in a foster care.  Awhile later the mom comes and picks Jack and Ashlia up from the foster care and also takes two other kids from the foster care.

The kids struggle sometimes to help there mom with important things.

The mom struggles to keep all of the kids safe and the kids are doing there best to get along.

At the begining of the story the mom wasn't mechin as much as she was at the end of the story like for example, the mom was getting mechin in the middle of the story.

My mom relates to this character because she is always hard at work.

RATING:****

logan

GILDA JOYCE PSYCHIC INVESTIGATOR - Jennifer Allison

        In this book Gilda Joyce told her class, she as going to San Francisco for the summer. When Gilda's father died she wanted to communicate with her father. When she arrives in San Francisco at her long lost cousin's house she figures out about Juliet's aunt. They struggle to become friends and try to figure out family secrets.

            Gilda the main character struggles to become friends with her cousin Juliet.

      The struggle for Gilda was Juliet. Juliet broke her ankle and she would only lay in her bed and wouldn't come out of her room. Juliet even didn't come down for dinner she would eat eggs and celery. Also the first time she time they talked Gilda asked about Juliet's foot she slammed the door on Gilda's face.

   Gilda change during the book because in the beginning Gilda was on her typewriter almost every second of the day typing about Juliet or her father besides at dinner time and other times but during end she started to get more and more involved with the mystery of Juliet's aunt Melanie. Also in the begging they hated each other but near the end they starred making friends with Juliet. They started to begin to solve the mystery together and try to be as sneaky as possible so Juliet's father, Mr. splinter wouldn't catch them.

     Gilda struggle was becoming friends with her long lost cousin Juliet. That relates to a problem I had because sometimes my cousin are sometimes a little crazy. But like Gilda they still love each other.

RATING: ****

Sophie



      

CHET GECKO THE BIG NAP by Bruce Hale

Chet Gecko is about a gecko and a mockingbird who get a report that some one is acting like a zombie. Chet the gecko starts noticing some more zombies. One question remains...who is the ZOMBIEMASTER?

Chet Gecko does not change throughout the book.

I relate to Waldo because I have been accused for something I didn't do. 

RATING: ***

By Lochan

THE DOLLHOUSE MURDERS by Betty Ren Wright

This book is about Amy, a girl whose dolls are never in the same spot. Every night she hears noises; her sister doesn't care. Amy drags her along. They hear stories about the murders of her grandparents. Join Amy and her sister on a thrilling adventure as they find out the truth about the dollhouse murders.

Amy was in conflict with nature because she was trying to figure out the truth about the dollhouse murders.

In the beginning she was scared for example, "I've never been so scared on my life". At the end she wants to find and isn't as scared for example "In the attic". She would never go in the attic in the beginning and now she does.

This book doesn't relate to me because I've never had any experiences with ghosts!

RATING: *****

Michael

A TO Z MYSTERIES THE X'ED-OUT X-RAY By Ron Roy

    Dink, Josh and Ruth Rose go to a concert to see Penelope Quinn preform. As the concert hits intermission, someone steals Penelope Quinn's necklace. Dink, Josh and Ruth Rose have 3 suspects in mind. Is the thief one of them? Could Dink's x'ed-out x-ray be a clue to finding the thief?

Penelope Quinn was one of the main characters who struggled 

Penelope Quinn lost her necklace and tries to get it back but she does not know who stole it. She gets help from 3 little kids that eventually find the necklace.

     Penelope Quinn felt happy towards the beginning of the book. She got scared when the thief stole something from her and just got nervous from there on. Then at the end she got exited because Dink, Josh and Ruth Rose found her necklace.

   It reminded me of when I lost my key to unlock and lock my lock. It reminded me of it because my friends found it and Dink, Josh and Ruth Rose found Penelope Quinn's necklace. That's why it reminded me of me.

RATING: ****

Brandon       

        

SMELLS LIKE TREASURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! by Suzanne Selfors

Homer is an ordinary boy who's uncle is a treasure hunter when Homer finds a letter in the mail that says ''your time has come'' he knows whats coming.His uncle being in a secret society is long gone so Homer takes it upon himself to join with Zelda a woman with giantizm and dog, a mutt that can only smell lost treasure help him on his way? Lorily ,a rival treasure hunter challenges him for his spot. l.o.s.t cant decide who to pick so they send Homer and Lorily on a quest to find the coin anywhere in the world. Will Homer find it and claim his rightful place in l.o.s.t?

RATING: ?????

GILDA JOYCE THE LADIES OF THE LAKE Jennifer Allison

In my book Gilda Joyce (the main character) is going to an all girls school. Lots of people say the school has the ghost of  a girl named Dolores Lambert that died by drowning in a frozen lake. Throughout the book Gilda was trying to find more information about Dolores Lambert. In the book Gilda goes around the school and tries to ask some people some questions about Dolores or they tell Gilda a time of when they saw the ghost of Dolores Lambert roaming around the school.

The main character was Gilda Joyce and she struggled with another character .

Throughout the story Gilda struggles to find out more about the ghost of  Dolores Lambert and what the ghost did around the school.

At the end of the book Gilda signed up for a paper writer club to write about the ghost and what scary things it does around the school.

Gilda is like me because I think it's fun to read mystery books or to do it because it is like being a detective trying to figure out a problem.

RATING: ****

Olivia

THE GREAT HAMSTER MASSACRE by Katie Davies

Anna and Tom wanted a pet for a long time. After years of begging their mom finally caves in. So their mom gave them the option of hamsters but so Tom & Anna said yes to getting the hamster but soon after they got them both of the hamsters die.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           The main charterers  are Tom, Anna and Suzanne                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       The problem for the main charterers is they don't know what happened too the poor hamsters.                                                                                                                                                                                     The characters did not change during the story.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           I did not relate to this story in any way
RATING: ????

Nick

THE GIRL IN THE WINDOW By Wilma Yeo

 Kiley Mulligan Culver is a babysitter for a little rich girl named Leedie Ann Alcott (About 5 years old). One day when Kiley came home from school  she saw police cars all around the Alcott house, her dad told her that Leedie Ann had gone missing. At first everyone thought she was just lost, but then after a year, people think she was kidnapped. Now Kiley found out there is someone in Leedie Ann's bedroom, is  Leedie Ann or is it her ghost.

 The main character is Kliey Mulligan Culver

 The conflict is that Leedie Ann was missing and Kiley was all alone. Her Best Friend, Sarah loved her, but Sarah's mother...not so much. So her mom said '' Sarah isn't aloud to  be near Kiley or friends with Kiley.

 When Sarah left Kiley, Kiley was lonely, Sarah's mom hated her and at the end of the book Sarah's mom thought about how Kiley found and saved Leedie Ann.

Rating: *****      

                                                     Adriana

THE TROUBLE WITH CHICKENS by Doreen Cronin

Plot: A dog named J.J. Met a chicken named Moosh. Behind Moosh there were 2 chicks named Dirt and Sugar. There were two other chicks named Poppy and Sweetie but they went missing. It was J.J.'s job to find out where they went.

Conflict: J.J. Was in conflict with Vince because Vince stole the Poppy and Sweetie and he had to find a way to get them back.

Character change: The conflict for J.J. Is that it that Poppy and Sweetie go missing and J.J. Has to look in his enemy's house to see if the chicks are there.

Relate: The main character changed through the book because at the beginning of the book he didn't really care about the chickens because in the beginning on page 5 it said " her name was Millicent. I called her Moosh, just because it was easier to say and it seemed to annoy her." At the end of the book His feelings  definitely changed because at the end he wanted to help the chickens. In the book on page 63 it says "We practiced RHBWR for an hour." His feelings definitely changed.

Rating: ****

Abby

THE 39 CLUE THE MAZE OF BONES By Rick Riordan

               
                          Dan and Amy Cahill were chosen from one of the many people to come in the great hall to their grandmother's will who is now buried, Grace Cahill. The people had choices to get either $1,000,000 or go on a quest that will make them the most powerful living being in the world. Amy and Dan picked the quest and now they don't know what's in front of them.

                          One of the problems Amy and Dan had was competitors. There were people like Jonah Wizard, Ian and Natalie Kabra, Alstair Oh, Irina Spasky, and the Starlings, Ted, Ned, and Sinead.


                           The problem that Amy and Dan has had was they were targeted. Everybody knew Dan and Amy were Grace Cahill's favorites of all. Every person knows who to get stuff and find information from, Dan and Amy.



                                                                     Tomo

HOW I, NICKY FLYNN, FINALLY GET A LIFE (AND A DOG) by Art Corriveau

Plot:  Nicky Flynn's parents got a divorce so he moved to a new to a new town with his mom and got a dog. Nicky runs away to his dad because he never sees him.  Nicky tries to find out why Reggie was in a shelter. Nicky and his mom getting along and happy with Reggie.

Conflict:  Nicky is in conflict with his parents because his dad never sees him and he blames his mom, but he always gets yelled at for blaming her.  His mom drinks way too much wine at dinner and at night.  

Character Change:  Nicky changed after getting a dog.  Through out the story, he begins to learn the history of Reggie and begins to like him more an more.  In the end, he actually realized that he could count on Reggie to be his friend and decided to keep him instead of giving him back to the pound.  Also he realized that he doesn't blame his mom anymore for the divorce and not seeing his dad enough.

Relate:  The three things that I relate to him is that my mom and dad are divorced and my friends name is Nick.  I understand Nicky's feelings about the divorce and not seeing his dad much, but I'm lucky because I see my dad every day.

Rating:  ****

TYLER Room 10

BORN TO RULE by Kathryn Lasky

The Plot: Princess Alicia was put into the south turret with princess Kristen and Gundersnap. There are rumors that the south turret has been haunted for years now. When Alicia and her friends try to find the unfinished tapestry they discover lots of unusual things. Meanwhile they're training a songbird how to sing a song for an important contest. They all go through many challenging tasks to overcome and to complete  along their journey.

The main character(s): The main characters are Princess Alicia, Princess Kristen, and Princess Gundersnap.

The Conflict: The conflict for the main characters was to teach a songbird how to sing and trying to find the missing tapestry.

The main character changes: The main character changed during the course of the book because she gained courage in herself when staying in the haunted south turret and swimming for the first time in a swim test!  Here is an example from the book that says, "Something cold brushed her cheek.  And once again a voice whispered "Young Princess, I am old.  Please help - not all my tale is told."

Relate to this character:  I relate to Alicia because I get scared at night just like she does and she thinks her turret is haunted.

RATING:  ****

Lauren

THE LAMP FROM THE WARLOCK'S TOMB by John Bellairs

                         

                    Anthony Monday buys a lamp for a science project, but it wasn't a ordinary lamp. It was stolen from the warlock Willis Nightwood. Through all the twists and turns will Anthony, Miss.Miss. Eells, and Emerson help save the universe before the lamp destroys it first.

                       Anthony is in struggle with the lamp.

                      The struggle for Anthony was to stop the lamp from spreading evil because it caused a murder and it found the earths dark side.

                      I think Anthony changed during the book because he used to be shy and awkward and now he is brave and strong.

                       I think I could relate Anthony to my old neighbor Emmie because she was brave and a real dare devil.

***

             Keira

                                     

THE HAUNTING OF GRADE THREE by Grace Maccarone - Sophia

                 The main idea of this story is that there was a boy named Adam and he was in a committe with his friends from class. The committe had to find ghosts in there school. So one night they went looking for ghosts at there school. They searched and searched and heard weird noises but no sign of ghosts. The disagreement was that the other kids in Adams committe did not want to of look for ghosts but Adam. And the disagreement with adam was that in the beginning none of the kids wanted to do the ghost committe but Adam. So Adam kept saying "come on guys who wants to look for ghosts" but no one said anything but adam because he wanted to look for ghosts.

Adam changed from the beginning of the story till the end because in the beginning misterious things  were happening. Like when all the kids were at there desks the pencils fell off there desks row by row. And also other misterous things happened like they heard weird noises then at the end of the story Adam and his friends searched and searched for ghosts and never found them again.                                                                                

Rating:****

   SOPHIA

JULIAN SECRET AGENT by Ann Cameron

              Julian and his friends Gloria and Huey want to start their own detective agency. They rescue a dog from dying and a kid from drowning. They find a man who looks just like a man who is wanted and the reward is $25,000. Will the man be him? Or is he just a fake?

            Julian wants to find a criminal so that he can get the reward money.

            Julian couldn't find any criminals and he really wanted the reward money.

            Julian changed from being an amateur to telling a police chief that there was a criminal right in town. First he went from rescuing a dog by telling the owner to open up his car windows. Next, there was a child drowning, and they saved him from dying. He gets so good at detecting, he actually gets involved with the police for one of their crimes.

            I relate to Julian because I like to be a detective too. For example, I like doing scavenger hunts.

RATING: ***

DOVEY COE by Frances O'Roark Dowell - Leah

Little Dovey Coe clearly hates Parnell Caraway. He's rich, snobby, and very mean. But would she really go so far as to kill him? That's what the town thinks when he shows up dead!


Parnell Caraway constantly bothered Dovey Coe and her family. Caroline Coe is courting Parnell, but when it comes to marriage, she says no. Parnell is very angry and soon shows up dead.
It's up to Dovey to clear her name.

My rating: ***

Leah

EDGAR ALLAN'S INVESTIGATION NOTEBOOK by Mary Amato

            This story is about a boy names Edgar and Patrick and a crime happens at their school. Lots of stuff get stolen like goldfish, iris, fan, tea. Edgar  and Patrick are enemies. They have a race to see who will find out who commit the crime first.Their are many witness to the crime like Mr.Crew, Kip, Taz, Destiny, and Mia. Mr.Crew acts suspicious about poetry; he says poetry is a gift. They're going to get a lot of clues to find out who did it.Who will find it first ???
 
   
           Edgar is the main character. Edgar struggles with Patrick  because always Patrick beats him to everything in Edgar always get embarrassed and always fail and everyone laughs at him.                    


          The conflict for the main character is Edgar just wants to get to the crime before Patrick. So he does not get laughed at and embarrassed again like he always does. Edgar did not have many friends in the begging of the story then at the end of the story Edgar had many friends in his class.                  


       Edgar changed  at the course of the book by .At the beginning of the story Edgar was enemies with Patrick at the end of the book when Edgar got to the crime Edgar felt bad for him so he went over to Patrick and said do you want to come to the willow tree with us.


       I related to this chapter because sometimes people in the game all around the world people beat me  and I fell embarrassed because I failed and then I go up to the person who beat me and a say good game.


       RATING:****

GHOST AT THE WINDOW by Margaret McAllister

Genre: mystery

        This book is about a boy named Ewan. He is a normal boy who lives in a not so normal, historical house with his not so normal parents. This house is so old that Ewan and his guardians can see the past through it. However, the past can't see them, or at least not all of it can. And one ghost comes to seek help.

Ewan Dart is the main character in this story.

        Ewan's conflict was that this ghost needed to be set free into "The Light." However, whenever he tried to help, it didn't work. Something was blocking their way. Soon, Ewan figures out what that something is that's keeping the door to "The Light" and the mysterious jammed closet door in his bedroom, closed... fear.

        The main character changed throughout the story because, at first, Ewan did not want to help this girl ghost at all, but soon, it was all that his mind was set on. He was determined to find out what this mystery is and also how this soul died.

         This main character reminds me some what of myself because, sometimes, if I have my mind set on something, I will never give up on it.

****
Katherine