Avoca West 5th Grade Book Reviews

BookBlurbers

• Home

Uncategorized

Fight Game

Fight Game

By: Kate Wild

Blurb By: Ilya Arif

This book takes place in an illegal fight club and in different places. Freedom Smith always gets in trouble for fighting and beating people up. It’s in his blood. Ever since the person who started fighting, people that have the same blood do the same thing. Fight. It’s the only thing they’re good at. Freedom’s whole life is boring until one day when he got in a fight and murdered that person. Instead of going to prison, Freedom will go under cover to an illegal fight club. Darcus Knight (the one that owns the club) is finally getting what he wants: The rogue gene. Did the cops betray Freedom and send him to the cops or was it a coincidence? My favorite part in the story was when Freedom got $50,000 for finding a rich kid named Johnny Sparrow. Freedom changes throughout the story from being an reckless fighter to becoming a person who fights for the right things. I would recommend this to people who like adventure and fiction. I would give this book a 5/5 star rating.

The Austere Academy by Lemony Snicket

The Austere Academy by Lemony Snicket

Blurb by: James

Adventure

In the fifth book of the well-known series A Series of Unfortunate Events the Baudelaires are sent to live and study at a boarding school called Prufrock Prepetory School. The three main characters are Violet Baudelaire, Klaus Baudelaire, and Sunny Baudelaire. Violet is the eldest, being 14 and Klaus is 10. Sunny is only two but has the sharpest teeth for a baby in the entire world. They are all orphans. The person who is in charged of their affairs is Mr. Poe, a banker who all he can be relied on to do is cough. The principal made the Baudelaire’s live in a shack filled with snapping crabs and wet tan fungus that fell from the ceiling because they don’t officially have a guardian. They then meet two very kind individuals named the Quagmires. They help them with many things. The Baudelaire’s enemy is a scoundrel who wants to pilfer the Baudelaire fortune named Count Olaf. He haunts them everywhere they go. He only has one eyebrow and a tattoo of an eye on his ankle. In this book he disguises as a gym teacher named Coach Genghis. He covers up his tattoo by wearing tall running shoes. He says that he cannot take them off because he sweats and his feet stink terribly. He wears a turban to cover up his big eyebrow and claims that he cannot take that off religious purposes. Will the Baudelaire’s stay alive or will Count Olaf conquer the fortune that their parents left behind.

I would recommend this book to 8-13 year old kids who like exciting books with surprising twists to compliment them. I liked the adventurous parts but did not care for the parts where the author talked about how he wrote the book. Out of a five star rating I would definitely give this five stars but I would give it 1 million stars if I could.

The Austere Academy by Lemony Snicket

The Austere Academy by Lemony Snicket

Blurb by: James

Adventure

In the fifth book of the well-known series A Series of Unfortunate Events the Baudelaires are sent to live and study at a boarding school called Prufrock Prepetory School. The three main characters are Violet Baudelaire, Klaus Baudelaire, and Sunny Baudelaire. Violet is the eldest, being 14 and Klaus is 10. Sunny is only two but has the sharpest teeth for a baby in the entire world. They are all orphans. The person who is in charged of their affairs is Mr. Poe, a banker who all he can be relied on to do is cough. The principal made the Baudelaire’s live in a shack filled with snapping crabs and wet tan fungus that fell from the ceiling because they don’t officially have a guardian. They then meet two very kind individuals named the Quagmires. They help them with many things. The Baudelaire’s enemy is a scoundrel who wants to pilfer the Baudelaire fortune named Count Olaf. He haunts them everywhere they go. He only has one eyebrow and a tattoo of an eye on his ankle. In this book he disguises as a gym teacher named Coach Genghis. He covers up his tattoo by wearing tall running shoes. He says that he cannot take them off because he sweats and his feet stink terribly. He wears a turban to cover up his big eyebrow and claims that he cannot take that off religious purposes. Will the Baudelaire’s stay alive or will Count Olaf conquer the fortune that their parents left behind.

I would recommend this book to 8-13 year old kids who like exciting books with surprising twists to compliment them. I liked the adventurous parts but did not care for the parts where the author talked about how he wrote the book. Out of a five star rating I would definitely give this five stars but I would give it 1 million stars if I could.

Lawn Boy by Gary Paulson

Lawn Boy by Gary Paulson
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Blurb by Paul

Arnold is a thoughtful twelve-year-old boy. His parents don’t have very much money and he wants to help them financially. One day his Grandmother gives Arnold a cool old-fashion riding lawn mower for his birthday. When he starts to mow his own lawn, people start paying him to do their lawns. After a few days he has more than one hundred dollars that he earned from mowing. When he sees a person who helps him expand his business, well, I’ll just say he improves in his financial problems for his family… by about two hundred thousand dollars. I think you will like this book if you like short books and books about money and economy.

rating: *** out of *****

North Dakota Night Dragons

Title: North Dakota Night Dragon

Genre: Mystery/Horror

Author: Johnathan Rand

When Damon’s quiet life in Bismark, North Dakota is interrupted as he walked home from his friend’s house, he thinks he sees something in the air. At the time he dismisses it for nothing, and thinks his imagination is working over time… until he sees something that makes him freeze in his tracks. A dragon landing, in Bismark, North Dakota! Scared yet curious, he goes to check it out. Nothing was there except a strange black stone. A stone that the Night Dragons will stop at nothing to get has appeared and Damon has it. Yet fortunately for Damon he has his own allies. Thus an adventure that will change his life forever begins. Can Damon defeat the Night Dragons by finding the Sacred Sword of the Emerald World and defeat the Night Dragons leader, the cruel and utterly evil Dantar a two-headed dragon of doom? I would recommend this book to grades 2-7. I love this book because of the suspense and the  unpredictable ending.

The Door to Time by Ulysses Moore

The Door to Time
By Ulysses Moore
Genre: Mystery-Fantasy
Book review by Paul

Jason is a kind boy who is always hiding in his head. He just moved in to Argo Manor with his sister Julia. It’s no ordinary mansion though, in Jason’s mind it’s full of ghosts. His sister doesn’t know how right he is. With their friend Rick over, they accidentally find a mysterious wooden door that seems impossible to open. Can they solve the mystery on how to open it? This book is a good book because it has a not-to-complicated-but-not-to-easy plot. I recommend this book to anybody who likes some mystery twisted and twirled into their everyday fantasy books.

Ratting: *****out of *****

Point Blanc By: Anthony Horowitz

Point Blanc

By: Antony Horowitz

Book Reviewer: Jack

Mystery

Alex Rider is a teenager who is an under cover detective. He lives with no one but himself and is curious about the criminals around him. When he is forced to go overseas and go to a private school to spy, he goes under the impression that he lives with Fiona, Sir David and David’s wife and their wealthy family. Alex studies all his previous life and is ready to leave. Once he leaves he is greeted by Mrs. Stellenbosch. She then interrogates him. Will Alex die…, Survive, Disappear on this long journey of dangerous events?       Read……       Read…….    Read……                    And you’ll find out.

I would strongly recommend this book to people that like to read suspenseful books with a lot of action.

I give this book 3 1/2 stars out of 5

© 2010 Jack All Rights Reserved.

The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase

Author: Joan Aiken

Blurb by: Yesol A.

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase is about 2 girls named Bonnie and Sylvia. Bonnie is rich and Sylvia is Bonnie’s cousin. Bonnie’s mother got very sick so Bonnie’s mom and dad had to go somewhere far to get Bonnie’s mom treated. While they were gone, Bonnie’s distant aunt came to be their guardian and instructress. Her name was Mrs.Slighcarp. Mrs.Slighcarp sold all of Bonnie’s belongings, the servants, and sent Bonnie and Sylvia to a prison school. They were treated poorly like slaves, but was able to get out with the help of some of the kids at that prison school. Bonnie then heard from Mrs.Slighcarp that her father and mother died in a sunken ship. They were able to capture Mrs.Slighcarp’s accomplice, Mr.Grimshaw, and put him to jail. Then the policeman, Bonnie, Sylvia, and Bonnie’s dad’s lawyer to bring Mrs.Slighcarp to jail. The policeman and Bonnie’s dad’s lawyer went through a secret passageway to overhear how badly Mrs.Slighcarp treated the girls.

I liked the part when Bonnie, Sylvia, the policeman, and the lawyer were able to outsmart Mrs.Slighcarp from her devious scheme. There was nothing about the book that I did not like. My favorite character was Bonnie because she took care of Sylvia while she was ill and she stayed strong and didn’t cry when her parents left for a very long time.

Winter Camp

Winter Camp

By Kirkpatrick Hill

Blurb by: Alyssa U

It was deep in the woods when a big snow storm happened. This story takes place at a cabin in the woods. What I liked about this story was that it described a lot of ways to survive in the cold and what to wear. Also, it had cool adventures and problems. I would recommend this book because it shows courage and it shows how to survive in the cold and specific details on how to do them. My favorite character was Natasha, the Indian woman who believes in the old ways because she knows how to do so many things.  Even though she is in her eighties, she is really tough. The main character, who is also Natasha, changes because she believes in the old ways and thinks that it is better to learn that way to almost liking the new ways because she uses them to help her friends and herself. I would give this book a rating of 4/5 stars.