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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

The 39 Clues: Maze of Bones


This book is good for 4th - 7th graders. 


This story follows two kids named Amy and Dan Cahill.  After one of their relatives die, they have to choose their inheritance.  They either take one million dollars or the first clue to a race around the world.  Amy and Dan take the clue.  The other contestants, who are also relatives, want to win and they will do anything to win... even kill.  There are 39 clues hidden all over the world.  The winner gets a huge treasure.   Will two kids beat out everyone else?  


This book has no bad language, no romance and minor violence.  The book mentions some nose piercings and tattoos.  


This is a good book and I hope you enjoy it!  It is the first book in a series.  


My favorite character is Amy.  She is protective and loving.  


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author: Rick Riordan 
Hardcover: 224 pages

Friday, September 7, 2012

Savvy

This is a good book for fourth to eighth grade readers.


This book is about a whole family and all of their relatives who have a savvy, which is a special talent that you get when you turn thirteen.  Mibbs' is about to turn thirteen and is excited to see what her savvy is.  Her oldest brother Rocket can control electricity.  Fish, her other brother, can control the weather.  A day before Mibbs' thirteenth birthday, her dad gets in a terrible car accident. They find him unconscious and he has to be transported to a hospital in Selena.  Rocket and Mibbs' mom has to go to Salina.  She and Fish are left to take care of their younger siblings, Samson and Gypsy.  On the day of Mibbs' thirteenth birthday, she thinks her savvy is waking people or animals up from sleep.  She convinces Fish to come along with her to Salina so she can try to wake her dad up from his coma.   Their friend Will and his older sister, Bobbi, make the journey also.  They hitchhike a ride on a bus going to Salina, and become great friends with the bus driver.  When they finally make it to Salina, Mibbs' realizes her savvy might not be what she thought it was.  Did they make this trip for nothing?


This book has no violence, and no bad language. It also has minor romance.


I hope you enjoy this book, because I really loved it.


My favorite character is Fish. He is very protective and kind.


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Author: Ingrid Law

Pages: Paperback 368 pages