How To Steal A Dog

Hook

“Half of me was thinking, Georgina, don’t do this. Stealing a dog is just plain wrong. The other

Half of me was thinking, Georgina, you’re in a bad fix and you got to do whatever it takes to

Get you out of it."

Recommendation

Georgina Hayes is desperate. Ever since her father left and they were evicted from their apartment, her family has been living in their car. With her mama juggling two jobs and trying to enough money to find a place to live, Georgina is stuck is stuck looking after her younger brother, Toby. And she has her heart set on improving the situation. When Georgina spots a missing-dog poster with a reward of five hundred dollars, the solution to all of her problems seem within reach. All she has to do is “borrow” the right dog and its owners will be sure to offer a reward. What happens next is the last thing she expected. Read this book to find out what happens next.

By: Drew Bullock

Author: Barbara O’Connor

Genre: Fiction

The Giver

                                    Hook

     “Jonas felt himself losing consciousness and with his whole being willed himself to stay upright atop the sled, clutching Gabriel, keeping him safe. The runners sliced through the snow and the wind whipped at his face as they sped in a straight line through an incision that seemed to lead to the final destination, the place that he had always felt was waiting, the Elsewhere that held their future and their past.” page 179

     “But why can’t everyone have the memories? I think it would seem a little easier if the memories were shared.  You and I wouldn’t have to bear so much by ourselves, if everybody took part.”  The decision was made a long before my time or yours, and before the previous Receiver, and on and on and on.”

 

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       Jonas’s world is perfect. Everything is under control. There is no war or fear or pain. There are no choices. Every person is assigned a role in the community.

  When Jonas turns twelve, he is singled out to receive special training from The Giver. The Giver alone holds memories of the true pain and pleasure of life. Now it’s time for Jonas to receive the truth. There is no turning back.

 

Other books by the Author:

1. Son                                                                                             by: Juliana Guest

2. Gooney Bird Green                                                              Author:  Lois Lowery

3. Gossamer                                                                             Genre: Fantasy

                                                                           

House Of Robots

Hook

“This is not good. I guess Mom goofed up.  The E I know is gone.  I think I might start crying. Then E wiggles his goofy eyebrows and says,” Yo- I’m just messing with you, bro.”  “You’re okay?” I ask, goose bumps exploding all over my arms.  “Never better, Sammy.”

 

Recommendation

Did you ever want a new brother? Well Sammy did not. On top of that it was a robot. Soon after his mom built E a black van starts trailing them.  He thought having a robot for a brother was the worst thing ever until E got stolen.  Then one day after school Sammy gets a box on his porch full of E’s parts!  Will Sammy ever find the thief? Or when his Mom fixes E will it just keep happening? Read house Of Robots by James Patterson to find out what happens next.

 

Other books by James Patterson

I funny series

Middle School series

Treasure Hunter series

 

By: Jason Orenstein

Author: James Patterson

Genre: Realistic Fiction

License To Thrill

Hook:

“Pep felt her body rising slowly off the ground.  Some mysterious, invisible force was gently lifting her up, as if she were filled with helium.  She gripped her brother’s hand, so tightly that she was crushing his fingers together. But he didn’t even notice the pain. The twins had their eyes shut tightly, but the bluish glare from two powerful beams of light managed to penetrate their eyelids.  The temperature had suddenly dropped twenty degrees.  But Coke and Pep didn’t feel it. The wind whipped at their clothes. A humming sound was coming from above, and the air seemed to vibrate around them.  There was an odor they had never experienced before.  Metallic, maybe.  Impossible to describe.  Powerful."  Page 6-7

 

Recommendation

Did you ever go on a cross-country trip and think it was boring.  Well Coke and Pep did not feel that. All summer they have been chased around the country by numerous villains all under the head villain Doctor Warsaw.  So in the final novel by Dan Gutman they are getting closer and closer to home but Doctor Warsaw and his friends will still not let up. Will Doctor Warsaw ever let up?  Or will the twin’s lives be changed forever?  Read License to Thrill to find out more.

 

Other Dan Gutman Books

Genius Files 1- Mission Impossible
Genius Files 2- Never Say Genius

Genius Files 3- You Only Die Twice

Genius Files 4- With Love From Texas

by:Jason Orenstein

author: Dan Gutman

genre:adventure

 

Percy Jackson

Hook

“I snatched the ballpoint pen out of the air, but when it hit my hand, it wasn’t a pen anymore. It was a sword- Mr. Brunner’s bronze sword, which he always used on tournament day. Mrs. Dodd’s spun toward me with a murderous look in her eyes. My knees were jelly. My hands were shaking so bad I almost dropped the sword. She snarled, “Die, honey!” And flew straight at me. Absolute terror ran through my body. I did the only thing that came naturally: I swung the sword.”         Page 13

 

 

Recommendation

Have you ever been in a confusing situation that’s dangerous? If not, this book describes it greatly. Percy Jackson is about to get kicked out of boarding school . . . again. And that’s the last of his troubles. Lately it seems to him as the Greek mythological creatures in his textbook are jumping into his life. Zeus’s lightning bolt has been stolen and Percy is the prime suspect. Now Percy and his friends have 10 days to return the lightning bolt and bring peace to mount Olympus. But to succeed in his quest he must do more than catch the true thief: he must come to terms with his father who abandoned him; solve the riddle of the Oracle, which warns him of betrayal by a friend; and unravel a treachery more powerful than the gods themselves. Read this book to find out what happens next.

By: Drew Bullock

Author: Rick Riordan

Genre: Fiction

Love That Dog

Hook

J A C K

September 13

“I don’t want to because boys don’t write poetry

Girls do.”

September 21

“I tried. Can’t do it. Brain’s empty.”

 

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Do you like inverse novels? If so, this is the book for you. This is a story about a boy named Jack who finds his voice with the help of

Paper

Pencil

Teacher and

Dog.

He gets a visit from one of his favorite poets EVER and goes INSANE!

Read this book to see what happens next

Made by: Drew Bullock     

Author: Sharon Creech

Genre: Fiction

The Enchantress returns

Hook:

     “Sleeping Beauty was just about to call for help when a blinding flash filled the forest. The queen screamed and fell to the ground, covering her face-but the flash only lasted a second .She smelled smoke and got to her feet and looked around. The entire forest was a blaze and every tree had been turned into a spinning wheel. There was no denying now; the kingdom’s greatest fear had come true.”

   “The Enchantress,” Sleeping beauty said “she’s back

 “The snow queen heard him and pointed her scepter directly at him. A bright icy blast erupted from its tip and hit Jack. He flew across the crater and crashed into the pillar. He scrambled to his feet but he was hit by another icy blast from the snow queen-this time a sheet of thick ice pinned his hands and chest to the pillar.”   page 295

 

Recommendation:

  Have you ever traveled into the fairy tale world? Or have been attacked by an evil snow queen? Well you have it easy. Alex and Conner travel through the fairy tale world for the second time, only to be faced with new and more challenging challenges. They have to face evil Ursula- queen of the sea. Fly in the Granny—a flying boat Red’s grandmother made to get around without the enchantress seeing them. This is a wonderful book by Chris Colfer.

 

 

Other books by Chris Colfer:

 Stuck by lighting

 The Carson Phillips Journal

 The land of stories the wishing spells

 The land of stories the enchantress returns

 The land of stories beyond the kingdoms




By:Juliana Guest
The author is:Chris Colfer
Genre: Fantisy

The Mysterious Benedict Society

                              

Hook:

"Number Two sat at the computer and with quick, agile fingers, typed a string of commands. The television screen flickered; its picture grew distorted.  The children could still make out the wavery image of the news reporter gesturing toward a crowd of children behind her, but her voice faded away, replaced by that of a child. 

'What in the world?' Katie said.

'Just listen,' said Number Two.

The unseen child- it sounded like a girl about Katie's age- spoke in a plodding, whispery monotone, her voice half-drowned in static. At first only a few random words were clear enough to be understood: ‘Market… too free to be… obfuscate…’ Number Two typed new commands into the computer; the interference lessened considerably, and the child’s words came clearly now, slipping through the faint static in a slow drone:

‘THE MISSING AREN'T MISSING, THEY’RE ONLY DEPARTED.

ALL MINDS KEEP ALL THOUGHTS-SO LIKE GOLD- CLOSELY GUARDED…’

Again the words were overcome by static. Number Two muttered under her breath.  Her fingers flew across the keyboard , and the child’s slow, whispery voice returned:

‘ GROW THE LAWN  AND MOW THE LAWN.

ALWAYS LEAVE THE TV ON.

BRUSH YOUR TEETH AND KILL THE GERMS.

POISON APPLES, POISON WORMS.’”    (page 97 and 98)

Recommendation:

Have you ever taken a test that would change your life forever?  Four children named George “Sticky” Washington, Reynard Muldoon, Kate Wetherall, and Constance Contraire are extremely smart and gifted children.  Constance is only two and eleven months old! These children are on a top-secret mission, under the guidance of Mr. Benedict, they must stop a machine that controls the minds of everyone that watches TV.  In this adventurous journey, George “Sticky” Washington, Reynard Muldoon, Kate Wetherall, and Constance Contraire must avoid villains and terrible booby-traps.  Will they get caught, or will they survive?

Title: The Mysterious Benedict Society

Author: Trenton Lee Stewart

Genre: Mystery

Blog by: Michelle D.

 

Hook- “Amy didn’t want to think about the attic anymore today, she didn’t want to talk about the dollhouse. If she did, she’d have to figure out how one of the dolls –grandma Treloar it was- could be standing in the parlor,  when  Amy was particially certain she had left the whole doll family in the dining room. Dolls can’t move themselves. She told herself. She felt goose bumps popping out of her arms.”(pg.38 chapter 5)

Recommendation-  Do you like dolls or have you ever had a doll house? Well, Amy Treloar has. She is a average 12 year old girl with a best friend named Ellen and a sister named LouAnne. But, when her Aunt Clare gives her a “haunted” dollhouse, everything is changing, nothing is the same!  Amy goes into the attic and hears little creepy noises.  Then, she went into the attic and noticed the dolls are not in the same spot where she put them.  Amy tries to tell her Aunt Clare, but she doesn't believe her.  Do you?  You will have to read this book to see how the story ends!

Book- The Dollhouse Murders

Author- Betty Ren Wright                    

Blogger- Alexis Valerio

Genre- mystery

 

A Tale Dark and Grimm



 

 

 

Hook:

    "'Go home, little girl, go home;'

    'To a murderers house you've come'

   Their raspy voices ringing out in a horribe chorus:

      'Go home, little girl, go home'

   'To a murderer's house you've come" (Page 97)

              Recommendation:   Can you ever imagine your parents chopping off your head and putting it back together just so their personal servant can come back to life? Have you ever run away from home to find yourself baked in an oven? Have you ever cut off your finger so that you can turn 7 swallows into humans? Well Hansel and Gretel have. This is the real Grimm story of Hansel and Gretel. The one you probably know is when the two kids go to a baker women’s house and the get baked in an oven.  Right?  Yeah that happens but it’s only the beginning. More than once the kids risk their lives to survive. Once the run away from their mom and dad the go to other families but all of them are crazy so they leave to find a house somewhere else. After a lot of time and a lot of families they decide to live on their own and everything changes. Hansel turns into a wolf-man and has to face the devil and Gretel is left along going to a murders home. At the end they have to save their home town and fight a dragon. Will they survive? Read this book to find out what happens.

WARNING: If you get scared easily DO NOT read this book !

Title:     A Tale Dark and Grimm

Author:  Adam Gidwitz

Genre:   Fantasy

Blog By: Victoria B.