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Alanna: The First Adventure
By Tamora Pierce
It is probably one of my most favorite books of hers. It has everything: the secret that could determine when your
life ends, the struggle that everyone goes through, and the wonderful ending. It is set in medieval times where girls
aren't allowed to be knights. Alanna of Trebond disguises herself as a boy named Alan and starts training to be a knight.
She passes many tests in which her identity might be found out and also learns many new things. I love this book because it
is adventurous, humorous, and interesting to read. Thank you for reading aobut my thoughts on this wonderful book.
Danielle Fox
Miami, FL
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The Zucchini Warriors
By Gordon Korman
The Zucchini Warriors is about a group of kids who start a football team. They start out playing badly and are in need
of a good quarterback. Across the road from their stadium is an all girl's school. Two boys go over to the school and get
one of their female friends, who is really good at football, to help them out. At the games, everyone thinks the quarterback
is a boy, but she is really a girl. She goes on to help the team win the league for the season.
Jeff Bjarnarson
Gladstone, Manitoba
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Howliday Inn
By James Howe
I like this story because it's about two animals: Chester is a cat and Harold is a dog. The owners of these animals
were going on a trip to a big city so they left them at a kennel in Chateau Bow-Wow. Here Chester and Harold meet Louise,
a French poodle in a love triangle with Monsieur Max and Georgette, and Crazy Lyle, who's a cat who swears he's a secret
agent, along with a pair of dachshunds who howl at the moon. Soon after they meet, Louise disappears. This is no longer
Chateau Bow-Wow. Welcome to Howliday Inn.
Kelsey Jarvis
Gladstone, Manitoba
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Jessica and the Earthquake
(Sweet Valley Twins Series)
Jessica wakes up during an earthquake, then finds out she was the only one who felt it. Now she's driving everyone
crazy by saying she can predict earthquakes just because she felt strange the night of the earthquake. Jessica's best friend
Lila thinks Jessica is lying, so she asks her when the next earthquake will be. Jessica tells her it will be Thursday. Lila plans a
huge party on Thursday so if Jessica is wrong, she'll be humiliated. On Thursday a big earthquake hits during the party&endash;but
Jessica sleeps right through it.
Tegan Geisel
Gladstone, Manitoba
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Weekend at the Ritz
by Frank O'Keeffe
Bobby (Spazz) and his best friend Kevin are getting paid to sit in a hotel and occasionally walk in a mall. Billy T.
Banko, a musician, hired them to be body doubles while he went off to do something he didn't want anybody to know about.
Laren sneaks into the hotel to get Billy T's autograph. Was she ever mad when she found out she stole her sister's maid
uniform for nothing! Two masked men break into the hotel to kidnap Billy T. They don't listen to the teen's pleas that
Spazz isn't Billy T. They don't know what to do with Kevin and Laren, so the kidnappers decide to take them along.
Will they escape or will they be hostages forever?
Natalie Fraser
Sydney, Nova Scotia
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Mr. Revere and I
by Robert Lawson
Mr. Revere and I is an interesting and detailed account of Paul Revere's famous ride and the events around it, told by
someone who was there&endash;his horse! Because this book was written from the perspective of a horse, it gave me a new
view of what happened during those days of suspense that led to the Revolutionary War. This is a captivating, exciting,
and very entertaining book.
Matt Hedlund
DePere, Wisconsin
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The Ramsay Scallop
by Francis Temple
This book tells the story of Elenor, a girl betrothed to a young knight who has recently returned from the Crusades.
Together they make a pilgrimage to help keep the plague away from their village. They have many adventures and face many
dangers, including an attack by a wild animal. This book is full of details about the Middle Ages and is filled with
interesting characters and events. I recommend it to everyone.
Kathleen Breeden
Lexington, Kentucky
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James Herriot's Treasury for Children
by James Herriot
This book is a collection of stories about a variety of animals that a rural veterinarian encounters. He takes care of a
stray dog which was hit by a car, a kitten which was found next to a pond in freezing weather, a horse with a limp caused
by a nail in its hoof and many other animals. I like this book because it has great illustrations and neat stories.
Peter Hedlund
DePere, Wisconsin
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Primrose Day
by Carolyn Haywood
Merry Primrose Ramsey must go to live with her aunt during World War II (she can't stay where she normally lives because
of the war.) Her mother always took her to pick primroses on her birthday. Will she find her beloved primroses in America?
Will she finish the scarf she is making for her father before Christmas? To find out the answers to these questions, read
Primrose Day!
Nita Claire Hames
Statesville, North Carolina
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Do-Over
by Rachel Vail
Whitman Levy doesn't understand girls. He participates in a school drama to be around a girl named Sheila. Everything
goes great&endash;he even asks her out and she says yes! But when he makes a mistake, there isn't the choice to call
"do-over" like in basketball. When will he learn? Find out and read Do-Over by Rachel Vail.
Dawn Buchan
Edmonton, Alberta
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