Entries from May 2007

Thursday, May 24th, 2007

Taming Horrible Harry by Lili Chartrand

Horrible Harry and his monster friends spend their days terrifying anyone who wanders into the forest. But when Harry tries to scare one little girl, she is so preoccupied by what she is looking at that she doesn’t hear him! After he does frighten her away, Harry picks up the thing she has [...]

Tuesday, May 15th, 2007

Animorphs: The First Journey by K.A. Applegate

Get ready to dive into an adventure you will never forget. In this book you have been chosen to be the sixth animorph because, one day while you were riding your bike through a construction site, one that your mom says is a place too dangerous for you to ride your bike through, you [...]

Monday, May 14th, 2007

Lily’s Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff

Lily’s Crossing takes place during the Second World War, in a place called Rockaway. Lily has short sandy hair and hazel brown eyes, and she’s different from what she seems. In the beginning she seems like a completely honest and truthful person, but, no, she has a long list of things to [...]

Monday, May 14th, 2007

Chocolate Fever by Robert Kimmel Smith

Be ready to experience a book about a boy, named Henry who, when he ate breakfast, would often eat things that contained chocolate.  Henry was never fat from eating chocolate, but one morning he felt strange at school and he saw that his arms had brown spots. He went to the doctor, but he was scared [...]

Monday, May 14th, 2007

Ingrid and the Wolf by André Alexis

Enter the world of fantasy where a girl, named Ingrid, has a weird dream. She is sleeping in her room and suddenly she hears a voice outside her room saying, “Gabor has eaten her highness’ shoes”. She gets this dream every Sunday night. She wants to go to Hungary to visit her grandmother, but [...]

Monday, May 14th, 2007

Kidnapped, Part 1- The Abduction by Gordon Korman

The Falconer family has been hated ever since Aiden and Meg Falconer’s parents were jailed as traitors.
One day, when Aiden and Meg are walking home from school, a white van pulls up and Meg gets kidnapped by the people in the van. Aiden tries to catch up with the van and save Meg but [...]

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

Bone 5 Rock Jaw by Jeff Smith

The Bone series is the best series I have ever read in my life, because it’s a type of book that makes you want to read the next one. I know this because I have read every single one that has come out so far and I love every single one.
Here is a little peek [...]

Wednesday, May 9th, 2007

A Handful of Time by Kit Pearson

If you like adventure, mystery and lots of fun, this book is the right book for you.
Patricia’s life is already going crazy, and the fact that her parents are splitting up isn’t helping. Besides that, her mom, Ruth, is the host of CBC Newswatch and people are always comparing Patricia to her. Patricia’s parents [...]

Wednesday, May 9th, 2007

Screech Owl Series by Roy McGregor

For all hockey players, Roy McGregor’s incredibly detailed stories of mysteries (and hockey) are a must-read. The Screech Owls are a Pee Wee hockey team that plays everywhere, including Sweden, Japan, China, Russia, Canada (their country). Almost everyone who likes a good story will like these books with their unexpected turns and [...]

Wednesday, May 9th, 2007

Walking with the Dead by L.M Falcone

Walking with the Dead is about a 12-year-old boy named Alex whose father is just about to reopen his museum, called Oddities, and has gotten a real-life mummy.  But a couple days before the museum opens, Alex realizes that the mummy is alive!  He learns that the mummy is Greek and did not completely die.  [...]