September 2009 Archives

BOOK NAME: Transformers - Revenge of the Fallen: The Last Prime
ADAPTED BY: Tracey West

This is a book called Transformers - Revenge of the Fallen: The Last Prime. I wanted to read it because it looked very cool and it's from the second movie of the Transformer movie series.

In the story, Sam's going to college and trying to forget about the Transformers. His girlfriend visits him in college and brings a metal box, and in the box is a little transformer called Wheels. Sam is with a pretty girl and then she wraps her metal tongue around Sams' neck. She's actually a Decepticon, but Sam didn't know that!

In a different part, Megatron comes back alive but he can turn into a different vehicle. He and Optimus Prime get into a battle. Optimus tries to hit Megatron with a missile, but he misses. Megatron hits Optimus Prime with a missile and he gets very damaged.

There's some new Transformers called The Twins. They transform into an ice cream truck.

You can find out the rest of the story if you buy the book.

BOOK NAME: The Book of One Hundred Truths
AUTHOR: Julie Schumacher

 

Thea spends six weeks every year at her Grandma's beach house, but this year is different. She spends most of the time there either babysitting her nosy 7-year-old cousin, or writing in the Book of Truths that her mom gave to her. The thing about Theadora Grumman is that she is a liar. Because she's such a liar, Thea's mom is making her write a book with 100 true things, like the story that when she was at Three-Mile Creek and her friend almost fell through the ice and died, and the truth that she doesn't even have very many friends. 

Thea's cousin is always trying to find out what Thea's writing in her book. She is bugging Thea like crazy, but what is also bugging her is that something is going on with her aunts.  They're acting very secretive and suspicious and they won't tell anyone what they are up to so it's up to Thea to find out why.
       This was definitely a book I would read over again! I like how the author really made it a fictional mystery and exciting all at the same time. I could never put it down!   really hope that the author has other books of hers that I can read. I hope you find it somewhere because you don't want to miss out on a great read.
 

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BOOK NAME: Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute
AUTHOR: Jarret J. Krosoczka

This is a book called Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute. It's about a lunch lady who's a secret fighter and about some kids who are trying to figure what she does. It's book #1 and that means there's going to be more. And I like it so I really want to get #2.

The Lunch Lady is trying to find out the secret of Mr. Pasteur who is a half-human, half-robot substitute teacher.

The Lunch Lady has a secret lab and her helper makes her cool stuff like a cool scooter that can spill sloppy joes that can stop cars. She also made a spatula called the Spatu-Copter that spins around and can make the Lunch Lady fly. She also made her suction cups so she could walk on the ceiling and a secret mole that's a walkie-talkie thing.

The book was really good and really funny and really cool. This style book is like a comic book with lots of fighting and pictures and words.

BOOK NAME: Swindle
AUTHOR: Gordon Korman

Hi, it's Reed again. I'm going to tell you about a book called Swindle.

It started when Griffin and Ben had a sleepover at the old house. Griffin found a Babe Ruth card (by the way, Babe Ruth is one of the all-time best baseball players ever!). The card was worth millions of dollars, but he didn't know that. He knew the card would be worth some money, but didn't realize how much! It would help his family be able to keep their house.

He goes to a card store and a cashier tells him that it's worth $120.00. Griffin says "fine." Griffin never knew that the cashier cheated him.

You have to read the rest to find out if he gets the card back or if he gets millions of dollars or if he doesn't. I'll give you a hint: there's a lot of police, a robbery, and a dog chase.

This book is for 8 and 9 year olds. I hope you read the book because it has a lot of twists and turns. I read it so fast that my brain was full of facts. It's a good action book. If want this book you can go to Barnes and Noble. I hope you read it!