HOOK: "Herdmans-Ralph, Imogene, Leroy, Claude, Ollie, Gladys- were the worst kids in the history of the world. (even the girls).They weren't honest, cheerful, or industrious or cooperative or clean. They told lies and smoked cigars and set fire to things AND hit little kids and cursed and stayed away from school whenever they wanted to and wouldn't learn a thing when they were there."(pg. 4-5).








RECOMMENDATION:  Are you naughty or nice? Are you on Santa's bad side?! Do you smoke cigars, curse, hit little kids, or set buildings on fire? If you do this, this is the book for you because the Herdmans would take place in your shoes. We would recommend this book to people who like funny/bad things that kids do. The Herdman kids are the out-laws to the Woodrow Wilson School. The teachers have heard of them years before they had them. HUH NOT THE HERDMANS!


WARNING: BE AWARE OF THE HERDMAN'S BOBCAT AND STUNTS!!!!

Book: The Best Worst School Year Ever
Author: Barbara Robinson
Bolgged By: Emily S. & Morgan W.

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

Hook:

‘’The Herdsman’s were absolutely the worst kids in the history of the world. They lied and stole and smoked cigars (even the girls) and talked dirty and hit little kids and cussed their teachers and took the name of the lord in vain and set fire to Fred Shoemaker’s broken-down toolhouse. Of course nobody even thought about the Herdsman’s connection with the Christmas Pageant .’’

Pg.# 1 and 19

Recommendation:

Are you the bad kid in school? Well, in this book, the Herdmans are the worst kids in the history of the world!  The Herdmans get into the Christmas pageant at their church. The kids in school don’t believe them because they are really bad in school and don’t like being nice. Then the Herdmans ruin the Christmas pageant. Read more to find out more bad things that the Herdmans do in this book.

WARNING: DO NOT ATTEMP ANY OF THE THINGS THAT THE HERDMANS DO IN THIS BOOK!!!!!!!

Book by: Barbara Robinson

Blog by: Jenna J. and Michelle D.

Genre: Realistic Fiction

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

Rules

 


Hook
"At four o' clock.  ' I catch his hand and hold it still so he'll pay attention. I pass him the sheet of paper. David reads aloud, 'Chew with your mouth closed. Don't open or close doors at other people's houses. Don't look in the refrigerator or turn on their TV. Use a fork for cake, not your fingers.'
'Catherine, I'll watch him,' Mom says 'Don't worry. Getting out of the car, I'm tempted to yell, 'Oh, yeah? Like you watched him at Melissa's party?' but I have bigger worries."
pages: 167-168




Recommendation
Have you ever meet someone with autism or any disabilities? Well here is someone who has. 12 year old Catherine just a wants a regular and normal life, but it is pretty much impossible! David, her younger brother with autism is an embarrassment to Catherine's life.  Catherine is trying and trying to teach David 'Rules,' so David does not make a fool of himself or anyone around him. Along the way, Catherine meets a young teenager, Jason with disabilities. Jason is in a wheelchair 24/7 and can't talk. Catherine goes to the OT (occupational therapy) because of David. That's where she met Jason. Catherine and Jason get along very well. Read to find out how Catherine's life ends up and how she deals with David.

I would recommend this to people who would like books with interesting endings and surprises!! Your eyes will stay caught on this book until the end!


Book: Rules
Author: Cynthia Lord
Blogged By: Emily S.
Genre: Realistic Fiction

Ripleys Believe It or Not 2013 edition

Hook:

"Engma has dedicated most of his adult life to covering every inch of his body with a jigsaw puzzle tattoo with as many as 23 tattoo artists working on him at one time!" (Page 126) 

Recommendation:
Do you like gross and disturbing records or amazing and death-defying stunts? This book is filled with them! There’s one boy who celebrated his birthday by putting on over 215 pairs on under wear! Did you know that one time a lizard was sent on eBay by mistake after the lizard snuck into a box that had a belt in it and was sent to a Phillipa Durrant? Luckily the lizard was safely returned to his home in England. This is just two of the crazy stunts in this book. Hope you enjoy it!


WARNING: THIS BOOK CONTAINS GROSS AND DISTURBING EVENTS!  BE PREPARED!!

By: Stephanie
Author: Robert Ripley
 Genre: Nonfiction

Hook:

“I don’t really think about Mom or Dad much. They are mostly just an empty hole inside me, a forgotten feeling of long ago. I never knew Mom at all, because she died when I was born, and Dad was gone when I was three. After the doctor told Dad he had a year or two to live, he wrote me a bunch of letters for my birthdays, so I hear from him once a year. Uncle Hugh has the letters-somewhere, I don’t know where, I’ve looked.” (Page 18)

  

Recommendation:

Have you ever lost someone you loved? In this book the character Elise loses both her parents and goes to live with her aunt and uncle. Elise and her best friend, Franklin, are getting ready for their first year of middle school, and the day before that, Elise falls down a hill and gets scabs on her legs. When she enters the school, this bully, Amanda, also her locker partner, squishes her lunch, throws everything in the back so her things have room, and calls her ‘Scabular.’ So Franklin spots her sitting really madly and asks if things are okay, and she says no. She’s having trouble getting her homework done, and her Uncle Hugh sets up a goal journal with her. Her father set up rooms with his and Mom’s things that she can discover when Uncle Hugh and Aunt Bessie think she’s ready. She discovers her mom’s favorite reading chair, all the books her father read, and her mother’s stuffed bear, Miles. She finds a journal that stated all the things she did before her father died. She stopped reading it when she had tears in her eyes. Uncle Hugh got worried when she found the first key, but Bessie reminded him that they both agreed that she was ready for it. Elise then unlocks the biggest mystery of all: herself. What do you think will happen next? I would like to recommend this book to kids who enjoy mystery books. I would specifically recommend this book to Mrs. Ryan because I bet she’ll love it.

 

I hope you enjoy this book!

 

Blogger: Abby

Author: Suzanne LaFleur

Book : Eight Keys

Genre: Mystery / Suspense