A blog for reviewing YA, children's, classics and whatever I feel like.
Also for discussing developments in the the book world, specifically in the St. Paul, Minnesota.

Saturday, May 24, 2008

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey

Author: Trenton Lee Stewart
Review Writer: Gabe
Kate, Sticky, Reynie, and Constance are back with an unexpected journey to Lisbon in search of
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Benedict, the one who brought them together. It is an awesome journey with
clues, cannons, a cannonball, bullfrogs, Ten Men, and thiefs. In this book anything could happen . The world is your oyster!


P.S. The red letters are clues to the blanks!

Saturday, May 17, 2008

Hoot

Author: Carl Hiaasen
Review Writer: Book Girl
This is a really good book. It is about a boy named Roy. While a bully is pushing his face against a bus window, he sees a running boy. The boy does not have any shoes on. Roy runs off the bus the bus to follow the boy. He follows the boy to a golf course and watches him run into the woods. Then he gets hit in the neck with a golf ball. Who was the running boy? What was he doing? And to find out what happens, read the book!

Friday, May 16, 2008

Peter and the Starcatchers

Authors: Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
Review Writer: Book Girl
This is a really good book! It is the prequel to Peter Pan. It is about a boy named Peter who is an orphan and the leader amongst the orphan boys. One day the orphanage master decides to send the boys on a ship to serve a king. Once they get on the ship, Peter realizes that it is going to be horrible, so he tries to escape, but he doesn't make it. Once it is nighttime a sailor shows the boys to their tiny cabin and gives them something horrible to eat. Peter sneaks of to find decent food. While doing so, he comes upon a rat suspended in air, as if by a string. But there was no string. And to find out what happens, read the book!