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

Summary: H.G. Wells’ story called, ”The Time Machine”, features an inventor who travels into time with his new invention called a Time Machine. The problem is, he gets trapped in the year, 802,701 A.D. because a descendant of Humans called Morlocks steal the machine. Here, he faces a series of challenges as he tries to recover the Time Machine.  Go on a journey to the future in this exciting adventure.

Rating: I would give The Time Machine 5 stars for being the first book ever having the idea to travel through time.

Author: H.G. Wells

125 pages

Summary: The Hobbit is about a Hobbit named Bilbo Baggins, who is the first Hobbit to go on an adventure. The purpose of the adventure is to defeat an evil dragon named Smoug. When they go to the Misty Mountains Bilbo finds something that would help him in the whole adventure. It was the ring! At the ending when he has to face Smoug the dragon he realizes that if he didn’t find the ring then it would be almost impossible to defeat Smoug.

The author used lots of descriptive words to make the story good and exiting.

Rating: I rate this book five stars because the author used lots of describing words for the characters.

By: J.RR. Tolkien

325 pages

Summary – The Last Dragon is about an orphaned elf who finds himself abandoned and alone. Joining a hunter, named Monser, and a woman named Sajra, Yorsh the elf finds out that he is part of an ominous prophecy that states that the last elf must join the last dragon to save the land from the cold rain and darkness. As the years pass, Yorsh finds himself responsible for the last dragon on earth and an imprisoned orphan. Together, will the last dragon and the last elf stop the rain and bring some happiness to Earth? Read this book to find out! You’re in for a thrilling surprise!

Recommendation – I rate this book 3½ stars because it is a very interesting and a good story that shows that the way to understand the world is through just being simple. It also shows in the end that prophecies or predictions about oneself don’t mean anything if you don’t want them to. However, quite a few people died in the story and a death at the end wasn’t needed to make it a good book. I would recommend this book for grades no younger than fourth due to the complex storyline.

Author: Silvana De Mari