The Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankwieler

                "Jamie, I want to know if Michealangelo did it. I can't explain why exactly. But I feel that I've got to know. For sure. One way or another. A real discovery is going to help me," Claudia says in the book. The Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankwieler, by E.L. Konigsburg, is about two children, Claudia and Jamie, who runaway to the Metropolitan Mueseum of Art. There the plot leads the two stowaways into a mystery about a statue in the mueseum. In the end, the children find out about the statue by a lady named Mrs. Basil E. Frankwieler. Claudia is very persistent and smart because she was able to survive on her own.

The Reptile Room

The Reptile Room by Lemony Snicket is about the Baudelaire Orphans on their way to their new "home", where they thoroughly enjoy it. The guardian for them dies though, because of the venom from a snake. They later encounter themselves face to face with an old rival of theirs, Count Olaf.  The book is truly terrorizing because of Count Olaf's and the snake's actions against the orphans.

Genre: Fiction

191 pages.

Nancey Drew: The Secret of the Old Clock

     The Secret of the Old Clock by: Carolyn Keene is about a young girl, named Nancy whose father is a lawyer and she became caught up in one of his cases.  The case of Mr. Crowley, is about his estate after his death and his presumed gift to poor people.  She goes on a mad chase to find a clock that holds the secret to the Crowley case.  She solves the case by finding the clock in the back of a truck.  So the poor people get their money!  This book is a really exciting book that got my blood pumping.

Genre: Mystery
Pages: 180

The Magician's Nephew

                   I think that the little boy is just a selfish boy who won't even taste the fruit! It's just his loss that he didn't, because I have endless power! I felt a lot stronger when I ate that fruit, oh it was so good, but his crazy lion friend is saying that he wants it! Foolish boy! If I see him again he is going to get hurt!

           Your Queen of the world,
                     Jadis

Mr. Popper's Penguins

         Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater is about a man who gets a special present from an admiral and is surprised that the present is a penguin.  He soon gets another penguin and the two of them mate with each other.  Then he ended up doing shows with his penguins. The book is truly a laugh out loud! Genre: fiction 139 pages

Charlotte's Web

         Charlotte's Web by E.B. White is a story about ayoung pig who has a friend named Charlotte, who's a spider. she tries to get him to not be killed by the farmer, Mr. Zuckerman, for Christmas dinner. She succeeds, but dies at the fair when the people were packing up. It is truly a heart warming book.Genre: fiction 184 pages.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

           Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is about a young boy who is very poor and wins a contest to get a tour of Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory. He goes over to the factory with three other children, who get lost in the factory. In the end Charlie wins the Chocolate factory from Wonka. I think it is a great book for anyone who needs to laugh! Genre: fiction 155 pages.

The Clue in the Crossword Cipher

    The Clue in the Crossward Cipher by Carolyn Keene is about Nancy Drew on another mission to solve a case. This time the mystery leads them to Peru whereshe tries to find treasure of her freind's ancesters. At the end she finds something that is a lot more valuable than gold or treasure. Genre: Mystery 192 pages.

The Cronicles of Narnia:The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

              The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis is about the world of Narnia where a little girl named Lucy walks in and lands there in the woods where she meets a Faun named Mr. Tumnus. she then gets her brothers and sister to come in with her and they all become mad at the Witch who makesit always winter there. In the end the four children become Kings and Queens. Genre: fiction Pages:206

A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning

               The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket is about three young orphans that are trying to find a place to live since their parents died in a fire that burned down the entire house. They find a place where their uncle lives and have to stay there with him. He tries to marry the oldest of the orphans, but his plan backfires.162 pages     Genre: fiction     

Hoot

                  Hoot by Carl Hiaasen is about a kid named Roy who was new to Coconut Cove,Florida,is bullied by other kids on the bus to school. He is intrigued by a running boy running past one of the bus stops. One day he decides to follow him down the sidewalk. The boy leads him to a golf course where Roy gets knocked out by a golf ball. Later that week, Roy goes to the golf course to see if he can find the running boy. He goes through many pepper trees to find him but only finds three bags: one held trash, another held clean clothes, and the last held nine cottonmouth moccasins;which are highly poisonous. The boy then told Roy, later on in the book, that he was trying to save some burrowing owls that were in danger of getting buried.To learn more read Hoot. 292 pages.

Rain

I think that my poem is reall dumb! But...I have to post it on my blog. = 0
   Little dashes against the sky,
   Split-splat Split-splat,
   as water dances on the roof,
   Singing like corn kernals popping into popcorn,
   When rain hits the ground.
It's pretty bad isn't it.