The Ear, The Eye, and The Arm

Tendai, Rita and Kuda are the kids of General Matsika, Zimbabwe's chief of security. Tendai is said to be soft by his father because he hates fighting and others' pain. Kuda is different, he loves fighting. Rita is really good with Math. Another character is the Mellower, whose real name is Anthony. His job is to settle down the General and give praises to the family. Tendai, Rita, and Kuda want to explore the city and get their badges, so the Mellower tricks their parent's by letting them go with a signed form. Their first stop is Mbare Musika, a food market. While they are there, they get kidnapped by two people called, Fist and Knife. They are the helpers of the She Elephant. They are kept as slaves for a long time, but they soon find a way to escape. They escape to a place with the trash man called, Resthaven. Meanwhile, their parents find out, and get detectives, The Ear, The Eye and The Arm, to look for them. The detectives go to the She Elephant's place, but they are not there. They continue trying to look for them. While the kids are at Resthaven, they are accepted and cannot leave. They soon, however, get accused of witchcraft, and are banned from Resthaven. Then, they go to the Mellowers mother's house where she waits to get a reward for them. The She Elephant soon goes there and steals the children to give to the Masks, a bad gang. Will the detectives find them in time?

I like this book because it is about detectives, adventures, and crimes. People who enjoy exciting adventure and detective books will like The Ear, The Eye, and The Arm.

by P-Hawk

Hoot

Roy has just moved from Montana to Florida. He is on the bus. While he was looking out the window, he saw a boy. It looked like just an ordinary boy. A boy that was running to catch the bus. There were just a few things that weren't right though. When he was running, he had no backpack. He also had no shoes. And the oddest thing of all: When the boy Reached the bus, he just went right past it. Roy was very curious. He tries to Chase after him the next day. He couldn't because he was also facing a bully named Dana Matherson. Dana clamped his damp, meaty hands over Roy's throat. Roy was struggling to get air; he blindly swung his fist. Then, Roy felt his hand hit something.... Dana Matherson's nose! Apparently, Roy broke Dana's nose. At the same time, there is a crime done at the new Mother Paula's Pancake House. Roy wonders if the running boy, Dana, and the crime would all tie together somehow.

I liked this book because it was very exciting. From the cover, it seems very boring. It's actually very interesting! I liked it because there are two mysteries that are tied together. I would highly recommend this book

-Sebreena Zalam

Meg's story is about a girl who is 13 years old she has 3 other sisters named Jo,Beth,and Amy.Meg's parents aren't the richest people around in fact they pretty much are really poor.Jo is selfish but Meg has to learn how to live with her.Beth is really caring she loves the outdoors and doesn't like it when people are sad.Amy is the shyest of them all she always wants another doll to play with; she is also the youngest of the group!Meg is my favorite not just because she has the same name as me but because i love how she holds all of her sisters together because without Meg Jo,Beth,and Amy would be fighting all the time!

Meg sometimes feels unappreciated because she feels like its always up to her to do the right thing when she thinks her sisters should amke the right decision for themselves.Jo says Meg is just over reacting but in my opinion i agree with Meg!Beth always trys to do stuff on her own but sometimes it hard because she is still very young and its hard for her to go to her mom for advice because her mom is always busy with something and her dad is always at work!Amy is the youngest and she will always need someone to look up to;and Meg does not want that person to be Jo because she just doesn't think her sister has the responsible side.So Meg has to be in charge but the part that i love about this book is they stick together like glue!!!

So go ahead and read this book i loved and so will you!

By:Megan

Revenge of the Wannabes

This book is part of The Clique series. The author is Lisa Harrison. This is a very good book.I probably recommend this for anyone 8 and older.

This book is about 4 girls who are BFFLs ( Massie, Kirstin , Dylan, and Alicia). When Alicia and Olivia cheat in the costume contest Massie trys to give Alicia every revenge she can think of. It went from bad to WORSE! While Massie is trying to give Alicia revenge, Alicia trys to act like she doesn't care, and she tryed to start her own Clique. When really they both care. On the other hand Claire has a new boyfriend and this problem with Alicia. Sooner or later they will become friends, but it happens in the weirds way. You'll have to read it to find out.


By: Kaleigh

The Great Sockathon

The Great Sockathon is about four girls Sabrina, Megan, Connie, and Daisy. They all are looking foreword to carefree summer before sixth grade. To relax and do what ever they want. Then Sabrina thinks she hears a ghost girl talking to her. this girl died a long time ago. This ghost girl is desperate for help. The town is going to cut down a famous tree. It's dying, but very special to her...... actually she haunts it! The girls think of how to save the tree and they make up a sockathon. This fundraiser is when people donate socks to link around the town. They also donate money. Do you think this fundraiser will be a success?
The Great Sockathon is a really good book. This book is told in four different pionts of view, Sabrina's, Megan's, Connie's, and Daisy's. This book is different then most books. It's a book about sticking together, trust, and sticking to what you have begun. I really loved this book.

By: Hannah

THE END

The End is the last book of the Series of Unfotunate Events. It is the thirteenth book in the series. This book is about three orphans named Sunny,Klaus, and Violet. After they burn down the last safe place of V.F.D. they take a boat from the pool up on the roof and make a chut from the hotel roof and the ocean. Count Olaf their ex guardin (after their mother and father die in a terrible fire caused by Count Olaf) Count Olaf also wants the orpahns fortune that their parents left behind when they died. While out at sea with the orphans and meany Count Olaf, a bad storm comes. It wrecks their boat. When the storm was over all four of them ended up on a island, but it wasnt like any other island it was a coastal shelf. A coastal shelf is where some point in time everything will end up on this island. Then a little girl came named Friday. She asked the orphans to come with her, but not Count Olaf because Count Olaf was saying, "Welcome to Olaf land! Bow down to your rightful king ME or else i will shoot you with this harpoon gun!' Friday did nothing, but walk away with the three orphans.Friday told Ishamel ( the head leader) about Count Olaf. Later on, the islanders went storm scavenging, wich means to look for useful items. When they came back to Ishamel what they found he kept saying, " you can keep it , but it might make people scared or you might rock the boat, but if it were me i would through it in the abtroueum. Later ib, another storm comes, so they go storm scavenging. Klaus, Sunny, and Violet all see a big cube of books and a foot in pain. It was Kit Snicket. Kit Snicket is pregnat right now. Count Olaf came out looking like Kit Snicket by putting on a sun dress, using seaweed, and a diving helment that has a very deadly fungus in it to look pregnat. No one was fooled because they all knew it was Count Olaf with another one of his unsuccessful shichisms. The islanders lock him up in a bird cage, but Count Olaf to Ishamel that sunny had a wisk, and Violet had a ribbon in her pocket, and Klaus had his common place notebook. Ishamel said if you want to stay with us you have to give up those belongings, but they refused. Ishamel also refused to let Kit Snicket join the islanders. Later on in the night two islanders made a promise that they would bring them cordial and food every night and morning if they helped them make a weapon for a upcoming munity. When they go to the abtroueum....... I can't tell what happens next becuase this is when it starts to get really exciting you'll just have to find out for yourself! Their is more than just going to the abtroueum, rember the fungus, Count Olad, Kit Snicket, Ishamel, and the islanders. Their is even a little true love in it!

I recomend this book 100 %. I love the series and so will you, but you will have to read the first book to get the last book and all the books before this one. Their is also a movie on it about the first three books that can give you an idea on what you might be reading. The author is so mysterious and a good writer to! I hope you read this book and the whole series too!

By: Brooke

Lost and Found

This book is about twin brothers, Jay and Ray. They moved from Colorado to Ohio and they start going to a new school called Taft Elementary School. The first day Ray is sick so he doesn't go to school. When Jay is in class he notices that they don't say Ray's name off the attendance list. Jay figures that it's just a mix up. Then he looks at the list and there is no Ray Grayson the list. So he goes home to Ray with a plan. The plan is that they switch off being Jay. That means one guy goes to school and the other stays home. Will this plan work or blow up in their face?

I liked this book a lot. It's by one of my favorite authors Andrew Clements. It's a great story it was so much fun to read. I think everyone should read it. It was AWESOME!
By: Tori