Mr.Popper's Penguins

Mr.Popper is a big fan of the Antarctic. He always listens to a radio with Admiral Drake talking about Antarctica. Although Mr.Popper is a house painter, he wrote once to Admiral Drake. To thank him for writing, Admiral Drake sent Mr.Popper a penguin. Mr.Popper has a wife and two kids that are about ten years old. They all loved the penguin. The family is poor though. They named the penguin Captain Cook. Of course, it costs a lot of money to take care of a penguin. Later, Captain Cook was feeling sick. Then, Admiral Drake sent Greta (another penguin) to keep Captain Cook company. Later on, Greta started laying eggs. It was very surprising because penguins are only supposed to lay two eggs at a time. Instead, She layed ten. Altogether, Mr.Popper had twelve penguins. This was very hard to keep them alive because they were not very wealthy. Will they be able to pay their money back?
I like the book Mr.Popper's Penguins because it is funny, exciting, and interesting. You just want to keep on reading! It's also very sad at times. I would still highly recommend this book.
-Sebreena Zalam

Mr. Popper's penguins

Mr.Popper always has wanted to go to Anartica and see penguins,and the polar bears.One day he has the chance to meet a penguin.Adminiral Drake,Mr. Popers friend,sent Mr.Popper a box,with a penguin inside.They decided to name the penguin captain Cook because he says cook, cook ,cook.One day,Mr.popper bought another penguin because captain Cook was very sick.The penguin they bought was a she and her name was loretta.One day Mr.Popper got a deal to go to the circuis and perform his penguins, because he taught the penguins tons of stunts and tricks.So now Mr.Popper's penguins compete in circuis's.I loved this book because it was funny,silly,but a little sad.But I would reccomend it to people who love adventures.I loved the book and you will too.

By;Caroline

Trickster's Choice

Aly is sixteen and wants to be a spy for her father, but just because she wants it doesn't mean she'll get it. She tries to get her mother to side with her only to have her explode in anger, so she decides to take her ship, The Cub, to a friend's house by the coast. Unfortunately, she never gets there because she is kidnapped by pirates and sold as a slave. She is lucky because she is sold to the Balitang family who is nicer towards their slaves. The family is sent into exile by their crazed king, King Oron, and Aly makes a deal. The trickster Kyprioth is a raka god and was thrown from his throne as the ruler of the Copper Isles by his sibling gods. He tells Aly if she can keep this family safe for the summer he will send her home, she is but a pawn in his greatest trick ever.

I think this book was one of the books I just am always eager to read. I really liked the type of book with all the things that made it different. It was suspenseful at parts, but it changed very quickly. The plot was complicated and at times confusing, but very well thought out. All in all this book was wonderful and very interesting to read.

By Gretchen

New Moon

New Moon is another love story that is in the same series as Twilight.There are 3 people in this story who have a major secret their names are Bella,Jacob,and Edward.Edward's secret is that he is a vampire and when you are a vampire you stay the same age your whole life so you never get older nor younger.And Edward's dad (also a vampire) can't pass by as 32 much longer so they have to move and Edward feels bad about cause he has feelings for Bella as does she.Jacob's secret is that he is a werewolf and werewolfs only have 1 enemy and that is the vampire and since he is good friends with Bella he can't stand to be with her when Edward is.Bella's secret is that she is in love with Edward but she can't tell anybody who he really is or he could be in danger but its to late cause Jacob and Edward already are!!!

Since Edward had to tell Bella the bad news she has been heart broken and keeps hearing his voice in her mind.But ever since Edward has left Bella has been going out with Jacob.When Jacob and Bella get in a fight she starts thinking that he is not acting like the Jacob she knew and she didn't like the new Jacob he had become.She started to think he was he was getting bigger every time she saw him and she thought he was in a gang with a boy named Sam Uley who she doesn't like at all. But it turns out he wasn't in a gang he was in a pack!

Bella couldn't understand why he was acting so weird so she was finally brave enough to ask him herself .When she did he blew up on her he said i'm not even supposed to be near you Bella.She didn't understand.He was screaming saying i just want to be regular but I won't be ever again i used to be a regular kid just like you but it doesn't matter anymore cause its all over!Bella could hardly understand what he was talking about she wanted to know but Edward's voice was in her head telling her to just let Jacob cool down before you ask him that question.But Bella didn't listen and said you are being ridiculous!

she couldn't stand what he was saying but then that night she had a dream of him telling her he was a werewolf and then she sees Edward saying run Bella RUN! Bella couldn't cause she had gone into shock as she saw Jacob transforming into a creature!She woke up screaming that night not knowing what hit her.But she asked Jacob if he was the next day and it turns out he was.Now she knows he can run fast and she thought that werewolfs were bad but there not they try to save inisent people from vampire bites and more.

She learns that she has to trust Sam now cause he is a werewolf too plus she cannot get mad at Jacob cause when Jacob gets mad he transforms.She meets all of his werewolf friends and she has a fun time but Jacob has now just told her that they are trying to get this one vampire dead her name is Victoria and she is after Bella after Edward killed James in Twilight she is going after Bella now.Jacob has to protect Bella cause he loves her and doesn't want to see her get hurt.One day she realizes she can't stand the fact she might not ever see Edward again but she knows she is going to have to live with it.

When Bella starts heading home after a long day with Jacob she notices sounds coming from inside her house (LOUD noises)she wonders if its her dad inside but he never really has ever made that much noise before and so she starts running up the drive way and sees a little peice of hair on her front porch it was red hair and then the fact popped up in her head Victoria is in her house.Do you want to see if Bella survives through this.Well then read the book yourself but read the first book before otherwise you won't get the book at all!

By:Megan

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Rebecca was a little girl ten years old. She is a slender little girl with dark hair. Rebecca was lively girl who was going to live with her Aunt Marandy and Aunt Jane Sawyer. She is sent there are many kids on the farm and not enough money. Rebecca grows up at her aunts house and she also goes to school there. She also has many adventures at the big brick house. Rebecca is a very bright student so that will pave her through her "path of life".

I absolutely love this book! It's a book about friendship, loving and caring. It's also about trust. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm is a wonderful book. It's a classic book. I hope you will read it!

Alex Rider is at it again. He wants no part of being a spy for M16. This time he is invited to the Wimbledon Tennis tournament. He is really going to spy on this one guy who is hacking into the tournament. The bad guy finds out who Alex is! Now the bad person wants to kill him. Alex now must get away from Edinburgh,England. When he gets away he must now work for the C.I.A. on a special mission. They are going to Cayo Equeleto[Skeleton Key] to spy on a Russian General. C.I.A thinks he has a nuclear weapon. Read the book to find out what happens? I liked this book because it was cool. Also, it was very fun to read. Finally, the characters were realistic. Justin

Cover Up

Cover Up is a book about these two kids who are reporters. Their names are Steve Thoms and Susan Carol. They get picked by USTV to be their broad casters but Steve gets fired just after two weeks. Susan wants to quit too, but she stays with USTV. Steve gets to be a writer and gets to go to a Super Bowl in Indianapolis. There he meets with the director of CBS and they want Steve to be one of their broad casters. Susan gets to go to the Super Bowl too. Susan goes out to a party and a drunk Doctor goes up to her and says that there are 5 football players who are taking a drug called GHG( human growth hormone). The teams owner Don Meeker is covering the drugs up the drugs! They have to tell the commissioner that there is a cover up!

I would recommend this book to people who like mysteries. This is the only book in the series. The author of this book is John Feinstein.

By: Ryan