The Great Book Blogger Written for and by Nixon's 4th graders

Summary – Just Another Ordinary Day is a very funny book about Amanda, a little girl with special powers who is having a typical day by her standards, but for us regular humans, it is not a completely typical day. Her science teacher is a giant fly and her librarian punishes naughty students. For lunch, Amanda has a fancy meal served by a waiter.  Read this book to find out what happens to Amanda and her class.

Recommendation – On a scale of one to five stars, I would give these book four and a half stars. It’s very good with words and pictures, but it could be funnier.

Author – Rod Clement

31 pages

Summary – When Will is denied of being a battleschool apprentice, he finds out that the mysterious Ranger, Halt, takes him in and shows him his weapons, a throwing knife, a saxe knife, and a bow.  Will sets out on an exciting adventure to save his kingdom and become and become a ranger.

Read this book and hit the bullseye.

Recommendation – I give this book four out of five stars becuase the begining is slow but the rest is exiting and clear.

Author – John Flanagan

249 pages

Summary – The book The Lightning Thief is about a boy named Percy Jackson.  He grows up in New York with his mother.  He soon finds out that his father is the greek god Poseidon, the god of the sea.

He soon sets out on a quest with some of his friends to find Zeus’s master bolt before the summer solstice.  Along the way, he makes a new enemy with a god who is severing a horrible old power.  But will he make it in time?

Recommendation – I would rate this book 5 out of 5 stars.  Riordan makes you feel like you are on the quest too!

Author – Rick Riordan

375 pages

Summary – In this book, The Secret Garden, a stubborn and selfish girl named Mary Lenox discovers a secret garden. When she gets shipped from India to the Yorkshire moors, she makes friends, and slowly transforms her personality. Read this book and enter a world you could have never imagined.

Recommendation – I would rate this book 4 and a half stars because I love this book, (as it is) but at times some parts of the book becomes a bit slow. But over all, this is a great book.

Author – Francis Hodgson Burrnet

341 pages

Summary – Savvy is a fascinating book about a girl Mibs, who is about to turn 13 and discover her magical power her Savvy. But when her dad gets hurt in a terrible accident, right before her 13^th birthday. Mibs, along with her new friends, set off on a magical journey to save her father. Read this book and get caught up in between mind readers, storm causers and much, much more.

Recommendation – I rate this book 5 stars because it has good humor, and great adventure. I think this book is best for 3^rd-5^th graders because it has some challenging words and might be to long for 2^nd graders.

Author – Ingrid Law

342 pages

Summary – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is the seventh and final book of the Harry Potter series, and sequel to Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Harry Potter is a wizard orphan whose parents was killed by Lord Voldemort, but was protected by his parents’ sacrifice. He was sent to live with the Dursleys, who had no experience in magic.

In this book, Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters invade the Ministry of Magic, the Headquarters of the Magical world. Harry Potter and his friends, Hermione and Ron, cleverly dodge Lord Voldemort’s plan… until a battle starts at Hogwarts Magic School!

Read this book and warp to a truly magical adventure!

Recommendation – I rate this book five stars because J.K. Rowling narrates this story so well that you feel like you are Harry Potter, Hermione, or Ron.

Author – J.K. Rowling

759 pages (plus Epilogue)

Halts Peril, the 9^th in the Ranger’s Apprentice series, chronicles the adventures of Will and Horace.  These unlikely friends brought together by saving each other’s lives, continue to travel behind evil to save their country from demise.

Summary – After days of chasing evil, Will and Horace suspect Halt has been poisoned because he is acting strange.  Will must trust his friend to take care of his mentor when he goes away to find a healer.  When Will returns will it be to late?  Read to find out.

Rating – I would rate this book 5 stars because it has lots of adventure and excitement.  I would also recommend read all the other books first.

Author – John Flanagan

440 pages

Summary – The Series of Unfortunate Events is a fascinating yet depressing story about three orphans: Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire. They lose their home and their parents in a devastating fire. The Baudelaire’s are sent to live with their villainous and greedy “uncle” Count Olaf, who throughout the whole series tries to steal their enormous fortune. They get tangled in suspicious mysteries like unexplainable fires, extremely horrid disguises and mysterious abbreviations. Read the series (please don’t!) and enter a world of unfairness and depression. If you do, be ready to enter a true Series of Unfortunate Events.

Recommendation – I rate these series five stars for its magnificent suspense and its excellent plot.

Author – Lemony Snicket

Range of pages between 1st-13th book - 162 p.

Summary – In the book The Sea of Trolls, two human siblings, Jack and Lucy, gets stolen by Northmen. Northmen are trolls who live in the north and usually serve the half-troll, Frith. Jack travels with the northmen and goes on an adventure to Yggdrasil with Thorgil, one of the northmen, (a shield maiden). If he does not make it to Yggdrasil in time, his poor sister will get sacrificed. Jack needs to figure out how to get to home, more importantly, to Yggdrasil, although they are traveling by boat. Jack’s job if to be the captain’s skalds (a skalds is a poet, bard and magician).  Read this book and follow this adventure that will blow your mind!

Recommendation – The book The Sea of Trolls has lots of twists and turns which I find enjoyable. I rate this book 5out of 5 star. 4^th graders would surely love this book. I also recommend you to read D’Aulaires Book of Norse Myths because The Sea of Trolls has Norse myths in it. If you like this book, there are also sequels # 2 and 3. They are called The Land of Silver Apples and The Islands of the Blessed.

Author – Nancy Farmer

480 pages