Monday, February 23, 2015


Student Name: Charlotte F.
Book Title: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets                                           
Author: J.K Rowling

This book was about how a wizard, Harry Potter meets a house elf named Dobby. Dobby tells Harry that horrible things are happening at Hogwarts and that he must not go back. Harry doesn’t listen and goes anyway.Ron Weasley and Harry go to the train station.They try to go through the barrier, but something is stopping them. Then Ron has an idea. “Lets go in the invisible car!” so Harry and Ron hop in the car and start going. They fly through the city of London. It starts out fine until the invisibility button stops working. They have no idea that a Muggle had seen them. They look for the Hogwarts Express. They go right in front of the track.They start hearing the train but they can’t see it. They hear it right behind them. they turn around just in time to see the train heading right for them. They serve out of the way just in time before the train smashes them to pieces. the engine starts to sputter and it sounds like it almost stopped working. they finally reach Hogwarts. they don’t know what to do so they just let the car go into the woods by itself. they run into Hogwarts and make it just in time to go to the Great Hall. Harry still doesn’t believe Dobby. Everything starts out fine until Harry starts hearing voices in the wall. He stops into the girls bathroom and finds a diary that said Tom Marvolo Riddle. He opens the diary only to find that the pages were empty. Harry brings the diary back to his dormitory to look at it more closely. He shows the diary to his friends: Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. They didn’t know anything about the diary. One day in the common room Neville tells Harry that his room was robbed. Harry goes to see his room only to find that Neville was right. He goes up into one of the corridors and sees spiders scurrying out a window. Ron and Hermione go with him. They see Mrs. Norris hanging from the wall. Lots of other bad things start happening. Harry ends up in the Chamber of Secrets. He has to rescue Ginny Weasley from dying and he also has to defeat a terrible monster that is about to destroy the school. He is a very brave wizard!
My favorite character in this book was Ginny Weasley because she likes Harry and she got saved by him. She is the youngest and she reminds me of me, so that is why she is my favorite.


I liked this book because Harry was very heroic and he saved Ginny and he was the one to find the diary.



Student Name: Brennan
Book title: Reddy Freddy the Shark Tale                              Author: Abby Klein

This book was about a boy named Freddy that wanted a really cool shark tooth that was 50 dollars and he did not have that much money and his mom didn't buy it for him and then he saved up that much money.
My favorite character in this book was  Freddy because he is pretty funny and he is fun too.
I liked this book because it was funny, exciting and fun.


Thursday, February 12, 2015


Student Name:Izzy
Book Title:The Ninth Nugget                                               Author:Ron Roy

This book was about Ruth Rose, Josh and Dink who go on a week vacation at west ranch. Everyone goes in the desert and Josh finds a huge golden nugget. They put the golden nugget in the safe, but the next day a girl screams, "Help me! Help me!" People run over as fast as they can and a girl is tied up really tight. Josh and Jud run over to the safe and the nuggets are gone!Josh gets sad and mad, so Dink, Ruth Rose and Josh get to work and they find out who stole the golden nugget.

My favorite character in this book was  Dink  because he’s very smart and he solves a lot of mysteries and knows when to ask for help

I liked this book because it keeps me on the edge of my seat.  I always want to know who did it! There are a lot of mysteries and Ruth Rose, Dink and Josh are always the heroes.



Student Name:Julia
Book Title:The Gingerbread Girl                                        Author:Lisa Campbell Ernst

This book was about a grandma and a grandpa that make a gingerbread girl that comes to life. She goes through a lot of troubling animals and people and then she comes to a river that she couldn't survive in but...when a fox comes along he helps her get along the river and tries to trick her.

My favorite character in this book was The Gingerbread Girl because she is VERY adventurous!

I liked this book because it is so unique,it has a lot of action and it’s so cool how a gingerbread girl can do all that.



Student Name: Brandon Mohs
Book Title: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Rodrick Rules                      Author: Jeff Kinney

This book was about a boy named Greg who gets picked on because his brother tells people lies about him.


My favorite character in this book was Greg because he is funny.
I liked this book because it is funny and Greg is a lot like me.





Student Name: Luke
Book Title: Horrible Harry & the Ant Invasion                             Author: Suzy Kline

This book was about Harry when he was the ant monitor.  He lost his job because he touched the ants when he wasn’t supposed. So, Harry tries to get his job back.

My favorite character in this book was Harry because he plays funny tricks on kids that bother him.

I liked this book because it has really funny parts in it.



Student Name: Leo
Book Title: This Hotel is Haunted!                                 Author: Geronimo Stilton

This book was about a mouse named Geronimo going to a hotel that is really popular and that guests think is haunted. With a friend of his, Geronimo tries to solve the mystery and find the person who is scaring the people. If you read it you’ll find out who’s scaring the guests.
My favorite character in this book was  Geronimo Stilton because he solved the mystery and he’s the main character.

I liked this book because I like mysteries and I especially like stories that include a ghost or something that’s haunted.