How to Ditch Your Fairy by Justine Larbalestier

How to Ditch Your Fairy

Justine Larbalestier

Bloomsbury

2009

I think this book is 5 out of 10 because it was really, really cheesy. This book is about a girl in a world where everyone has fairies that help them out with things.  The girl, Charlie, has a fairy that helps her park or a “parking-fairy” who gives her or the car she’s riding in the best parking spot available. Charlie hates this fairy and spends the whole book trying to get a new one. The book was really predictable. I would read this to a 9 to 10 year old but no older then that because it would just be too easy and not very entertaining. This is a child’s book not a teen book. 

Reviewed by Anna 8^th grade

Hichhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Hichhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams
Harmony Books
1979

A British novel about a man named Author Dent whos best friend is an alien. Author travle with his friend Ford Prefix. Along the way they meet up with Ford's cousin and girlfriend. They end up on the ride of Author's life. This was a deffinent 10/10. A must read British comedy.

Reviewed by Anna 8th Grade

Eldest by Christopher Paolini

Eldest
Christopher Paolini
Alfred A. Knopf
2005

Eldest is the second book in the series “The Inheritance Cycle.”  The book Eldest keeps you turning the pages to find out what happens next as the story switches between Roran and his cousin Eragon.  Eragon learns the way of the elves by a master Dragon Rider.  Eragon is also a Rider, and his dragon’s name is Saphira.  Roran takes leadership as he directs those who survived a terrible battle that destroyed their small village caused them to run away to a faraway land called Surda.

Paolini’s Eldest thrilled me with its constant action.  Because Paolini included his own languages throughout the book, there is a glossary in the back of the book for the three different languages that are spoken!  I highly recommend this book to people who have read the first book, Eragon, and who are either advanced readers and/or are 5th grade and up.

IceFire by Chris D’Lacey

IceFire
Chris D'Lacey
Orchard Books 2006

Icefire by Chris D’Lacey is a about David and his new dragon G’reth that is a wishing dragon. David uses a wish to find the fire tear of the last living dragon. Which someone else wants and will do a lot of things to get it.

The writing style is a hard to understand, but the vocabulary makes the writing interesting.  It also makes the dragons look real in your head.

 Chris D’Lacey is a great author at writing dragon books because of his great    imagination.

I would recommend this book to friends that are 12 years old and up that are good readers with a big imagination.

Reviewed by Trevor 7th Grade

Devoured by Amanda Marrone

Devoured
Amanda Marrone

Megan can see ghosts.  Well, technically she can only see her twin sister, Remy, who died when they were in second grade in a car accident. Her dad was injured in the accident but he never woke up from his coma. For the past 10 years he has been surviving in a nursing home with a feeding tube. Since the accident, Remy started showing up every once in a while, maybe once every two months. However, recently Remy has been showing up a lot with scary words like “she is going to die” and “hurry Meggy!” Remy shows Megan the future, and once Megan pieces all the clues together, will it be too late? Will there be time for a budding new romance? Will taking away her father’s feeding tube help Remy move on? Find out in this paranormal fiction book by Amanda Marrone.  My rating is 9/10 because it was very unpredictable. Amanda takes a Disney fairy tale and turns it into something scary; you never know how things will piece together until the very end.

Review by Marissa 7th Grade

Daughters of the Sea: May by Kathryn Lasky

Daugthers of the Sea:  May
Kathryn Lasky
Scholastic Press 2011

I just finished reading May the second book in the series Daughters of the Sea. I would recommend this book to anyone. The book starts of slow but ends up really good. Kathryn Lansky did an excellent job when it came to May. I love how the romance was developed along with the character. This was just as I would believe would happen to a real person if mermaids were real.  I can’t wait for the next book in the series to see what Kathryn Lansky has up her sleeve next.  This book was a nine out of ten because it starts of slow but ends up being a great read in the end.

Review by Kaysee 8th Grade

The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau

The City of Ember
Jeanne DuPrau

The first book of the series this is the book for you! This book is filled with adventures, mystery, and action. Doon Harrow and Lena Mayfleet live in an underground city called the City Of Ember and they have to save the citizens of Ember from terrible black outs that are getting worse every day. One day Lena finds a box and in this box is what’s left of some paper with what looks like on it.  By this time the black outs are getting worse and the City of Ember is the only light in a dark world. So with the help of Doon Harrow, Lena can save everyone from dwindling supplies, black outs and a traitor, and all this is happening because of a mysterious box with 0-0-0 on the front.

10 out of 10 – full of action and mystery.

Review by Michael 8th Grade

Fablehaven by Brandon Mull

Fablehaven

Brandon Mull

Kendra and Seth Sorenson are two middle school age kids who really don’t want to visit their old fashioned no-TV, you break it you buy it Grandfather in Connecticut. When they arrive, they begin to learn secrets about the old place, such as items hidden in the loft, an old abandoned lake, and the whereabouts of their grandmother who is supposedly off visiting relatives. Magical creatures may soon be unveiled…

            Mull really pulls the reader in with his expert writing skills, with something you don’t expect. His magnificent use of description and dialogue make you feel right with Kendra and Seth as it switches points of view from the two kids.

            The book gets a 10 out of 10 rating. It is the first of a five book series, all of which have come out.

Review by Brigham, 7th Grade