THE RAVEN by Edgar Allan Poe

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EARTHQUAKE By Kathleen V. Kudlinski

Philip discovers there is an earthquake. All of his horses got hurt and his father brought Philip's family to a safe place. Philip is left with no water and barely any food. Will he survive?

Philip struggled with letting his horses stay where the earthquake hit. His dad wants to leave the horses at their house so they could have a lighter luggage

Letting everything go for example, When Philip's dad got home and said they had to leave Philip didn't wan't to leave the house. But at the end they left.

He changed by getting over stuff. For example the house and the church and without his family living in a house.

When I was home alone I saw cops going to the air force and I saw smoke  everywhere. It was the Hanscom plane crash.

RATING: ****

Matt

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

THE GHOST OF GRAYLOCK by Dan Poblocki

A new boy in town hears a rumor. A rumor about a ghost. Continuing his reputation in his old town he has to find this ghost. Going to the medical where the ghost lives, he finds some supernatural things that he doesn't expect.

The boy Neil Cady had struggled finding the ghost.

The conflict was if the ghost is real or not. Was it just a rumor and if it was real what would the real ghost do?

At the beginning he hated moving but after meeting friends he wanted to stay at his new home.

I personally loved fake stories. The boy likes them too. That is our relation.

I rate this book ****

Anna

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

THE GHOST OF CRUTCHFIELD HALL BY Marry Downing Hahn

When the twelve-year old Florence boards the horse drawn couch in London, she looks forward to her new home with her great-uncle's manor house, but then she is in for a treat when she figures out the house she thought was safe was haunted!

The main character that faces the adventure is a girl named Florence.

The struggle for Florence was to get though the haunted house and the ghost that come to haunt her.

This character changed by being so excited about going to her great-uncle's, but after she sees it's haunted Florence cries to go back home.

RATING
****

Celana

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST by Michal Dahl

      This book is about a young girl named beauty. She has 2 sisters and their dad goes on a trip. The dad wants to get a present for each of his daughters. Beauty wanted a rose her father picked one that belonged to a beast,the beast wanted beauty. so beauty went the next morning. The beast wanted to marry beauty she said,"no" and said,"i'll be back in a week" but came back a little after a week. When she returned Beast was dieing beauty said,"i love you" and something happened read it to find out what.

     The scariest part was when beast wanted to have dinner with beauty.

     I would recommend this book to girls ages 6-10

     Rating:*

by Max

LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW By Irving Washington

A young school master named Icabod Crane lived in a village called sleepy hollows. Icabod sets his eye on a girl named Katrina Van Tassel. Icabod gets invited to Katrina's party. When Icabod goes home home he meets up with a legend named the headless horseman. The horseman chases Icabod but will the horseman chase him to Icabod to his DOOM!!!!

My favorite part was when the headless horseman chased Icabod and Icabod got scared. My scariest part was when Icabod fell in a lake when the headless horseman was chasing him.

I would recommend this book this book for both boys and girls who are ages 5-56


*****

                                         Brandon

MY HAUNTED HOUSE by Angie Sage

There was a girl named Araminta and she loves ghosts.Her parents got lost while she was at home with her aunt,so now she lives with her aunt.Her aunt wants to sell the house, but Araminta doesn't want to sell the house.Will they sell the house...


The scariest part was when Araminta found a ghost.


I think boys and girls who are 7-10years old will enjoy this book

Rating *****

SOPHIA

GOOSEBUMPS: BAD HARE DAY by R.L. Stine

It's about a boy named Tim Swanson who loves magic tricks. Someday he wants to be a real magician just like his all time favorite hero Amaz-O. But then Tim goes to Amaz-O's show and some very bad and disappointing things Tim Swanson finds out about Amaz-O's magic tricks and his show.

The worst part is when you see one of  the most scariest bunny ever, that gives you nightmares!

I would recommend this book for both boys and girls who are 9-13 years old.

RAITING****
Lauren

FREEDOM'S FIRE by J.P. Trent

This book is about a people named Robert and Joe who tried to save people from a dangerous fire that were going to die. What will happen to Robert and Joe? Will they survive?

The scariest part for me was when Robert and Joe went in to the fire to save the people who were about to die because they might die too.

I would recommend this book for boys 10-13

Rating:****

BRIAN'S WINTER by Gary paulsen

Brian’s Winter is about a kid named Brian who gets trapped in the woods when the plane crashed. Now Brian has to build a house and stay warm for the brutal, harsh, and cold winter. He also has to protect himself from wild and dangerous animals and build weapons to kill animals so he can survive from starvation.

My favorite part in this book is when a skunk comes to Brian’s house and asks for food. That’s when the skunk kept on coming to Brian’s house and asking for food. That was the funniest part I liked in the book.

I would recommend this book to both boys and girls ages 10-13

RATING: *****

HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE by J. K. Rowling

This book is about a 14 year old boy who is an underage wizard. He is picked for a tournament for 17 year olds and up. He cannot find a way to get out so he is forced to do it. To fight dragons tournament is enough to kill a person. He had to fight dragons and get past them, which he did. The save is best friend 100ft under water in 1 hour then go through a bush maze and get the trophy and win 1000 galleons. He and the other student from his school Hogwarts they grab it at the same time and end up I a graveyard. Harry has been there in one of his nightmares. He realizes that the graveyard he is in had the grave of Lord Voldermort. Voldermort wants to kill Harry because he couldn’t do it 13 years ago. Lord Voldermort has come back to live and the first thing he does his kill someone. Who? Read it to find out
 

My favorite but scariest part was when Harry had to fight lord voldermort and try to destroy him.

 I would recommend this book to people ages 9 to 99 and anyone one who likes scary stories.
RATING: *****

HORRORS OF THE HAUNTED MUSEUM by R.L.Stine

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Goosebumps: Don't go to Sleep! by R.L. Stine

Matt hates his tiny new bedroom. It’s so small it’s practically a closet. Matt’s mother told him not to sleep in the guest room. So late one night, he did exactly what his mother told him not to do. That’s when Matt’s nightmares come to life! RISE AND SHINE. FOREVER! My favorite part of the book is all of the different families he suffers from.

I think children who are 8 years old will enjoy this book because it could give nightmares to seven year olds.

I think both boys and girls will read this book because there is a girl who helps Matt along the way

RATING: ****

Bigfoot