Hatchet

Author: Gary Paulsen

 

5 Stars

Three time Newbery Honor book

By: Hyrum

When Brian’s pilot gets a heart attack and pulls the plane off course, Brian tries landing it on a lake. Miraculously, he survives and is stranded in the wilderness with only a Hatchet his mother gave him. Hatchet is an exciting story where Brian has to survive in the Canadian woods, with many flashbacks of bad memories. He faces many problems, like getting food, meat, a good fire, and weapons and tools. He has many mistakes and learns from all of them. In the end, he will never be the same again.

            This book has lots of exiting twist and turns to the whole book. It is kind of slow to get to the exiting points, but it is worth the wait. He finds out how to kill fish, and from the fish remains, trap lots of fish. He builds a bow, arrows, and a spear. With only these weapons, he survives 3 summer months all alone in the Canadian woods. Could you do all of that?   

            In the end Hatchet is a book where Brian is stranded in the Canadian woods for three months with only a few basic tools. He survives many hard times and lives for all three months. You might even have to do this too!

Tennis Shoes among the Nephites

 By: Hyrum Davis

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Recommendation: 8+

Summary: Jim Hawkins, Garth Plimpton, and Jim’s annoying sister, Jennifer get sucked back into time to when the Nephites lived. When they get there they find that they can understand every language that is spoken. After an escape for a Laminate army. They join the Nephite army as respected interpreters. The thing is, will they survive the battle between the Nephite and the Laminate army? And after that, how will they get back to the time in which they live?

Why I like this book: I like Tennis Shoes Among the Nephites because it shows that you can make a difference in the world, even if you are from 100s of years later. Jim, before he came to the Nephite land, had a bad attitude, especially about church. After he went to the Nephite lands he loved the gospel. I want to be like Jim and try to love the gospel, even when I don’t really like it.

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Star Wars the Old Republic: Darth Reven

Star Wars the Old Republic: Darth Reven

Author: Drew Karpyshyn

Report author: Alan

My ratings: 3

Summary:

            Reven a hero of the Republic waged war on the Maldorians and won. Then for unknown reasons he left for deep space. When Reven and his apprentice came back they had turned to the dark side and sought to destroy the republic. After being captured by the Jedi the Jedi wiped Reven’s memories and sent him to kill his apprentice Darth Malak. Reven killed Malak and returned as a hero of the republic.  But he has had a disturbing dream of something he saw on his voyage to deep space. Confused he decides to retrace his step through the past.

            He stars with joining his friend on the quest of finding Maldor’s mask which raven hid after the war with the Maldorians. When finding the mask memories come back to him of where he went afterwards. He goes to a planet where the force is gone. He is then attacked by some Sith. He is then a prisoner of the Sith for 3 years. Then his friend a fellow Jedi comes and rescues him, but they get caught up in something that could change the galaxy.

My thoughts:

             I thought this book was all right, but it was mostly a sad depressing book. This book is one that I would only recommend to star wars fanatics. The whole plot was kind of twisted. Many people died and there is a lot of back stabbing. I would recommend this book for 14 year olds. This is not similar to any of the other star wars that I have read. The main character is an outcast among the Jedi. I can relate to that because I have often been an outcast. This was a nice book please leave a comment. 

Fantastic beasts and were to find them By: Newt Scamander

 By: Hyrum

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Recommendation: all ages

Summary: In Fantastic Beasts and Were to Find them it has over 50 beasts in range from wizard killer to boring. It has some quotes from Ron Weasley, which most are funny. It shows some pictures on how the creature looks like. It has 1 story about someone surviving a Lethifold attack. It has monsters from A to Z.

Why I liked the book: I liked this book because it has a lot of cool animals. My favorite animal is the dragon. Did you know that a dragons hide, blood, heart, liver and horn have magical properties? A funny quote from Ron is “pixie M.O.M. classification: xxx but xxxxxxx if you’re Lockhart.

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Quidditch through the Ages By: Kennilworthy Whisp

   

By: Hyrum

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Recommendation: any age

Summary: Quidditch through the Ages has all the history of Quidditch. It has lots of cool stuff. It has where Quidditch came from, fouls, and really anything you need to know about Quidditch. And guess what? It even has Quidditch plays! It also shows some teams and how different countries were introduced to Quidditch.

Why I liked The book: I liked the book because it shows how Quidditch came to be. It shows pictures here and there to help you understand what the quotes are saying. I also liked the book because I really like Harry Potter. I also like Quidditch. A funny quote is, “A big leather ball landed in my cabbage patch. I hexed the man who came for it. I`d like to see him fly with his knees on back to front.”

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Wonder By: R.J. Palacio

Awards: #1 New York times best seller

By: Hyrum

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Recommendation: 6+

Summary: Wonder is about a boy that was born with a facial difference. He has a big sister named Oliva (Via), a mom, dad, and a dog named Daisy. It has 6 points of view. He has never gone to school. Now he is in 6^th grade. He is going to a school called Beecher Prep. Auggie is going to have some difficulty because some kids are going to be mean to him. 

Why I liked this book: I liked Wonder because it shows how people think of August (Auggie). I liked how Jack became Auggie`s friend. My favorite character is Jack because he was brave to be Auggie`s friend. My favorite part was Jack`s. He is a nice friend and I want to be like him 

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Swiss Family Robinson

Swiss Family Robinson
by Johann David Wyss

By: Alan
3 out of 5 stars 

My thoughts: I was sort of disappointed in the book because in the movie they have a pirate attack and in the book there are no pirate’s but, there was a giant boa attack. The donkey was accidentally let go and was killed by the boa and then they shot it while it’s eating the donkey. This book made me feel like if I was ship wrecked I could save me and my family by what I have read. This sort of compares to another book where 6 kids are ship wrecked and survives on an island. 

A family of 6 is shipwreck on an island and is left to their own devices. Father, Mother, Fritz, Ernest, Jack and little Francis build an aerial tree house, a house in a rock, along with many other things. They use what is on is on the island and left on the ship to survive ten years. They have sugar, a large farm, lots of common animals and exotic birds and animals. They tame a buffalo, an ostrich, an elephant, a hawk; some parrots a jackal, a monkey and some bees. 
           

The Black Cauldron Book: two

3 out of 5 stars.
Awards; Newbery Honnor
By Hyrum

Summary: The Black Cauldron is about Taran and his companions (Who are the kings of the other lands, Doli and Fflewddur) set of to destroy the black cauldron of Anouvin. Everyone had a different task. When the people who went to get the cauldron got there they found out that the cauldron has already been taken! Princess Eilonwy and faith full gurgi snuck away to join the companions. Then the7 of them went out to find the cauldron.

 
Why I liked the book: I liked it but not that much. It has like 5 really good parts and 10 so so. It made me feel like I should not say rude things to people how like Taran did to Eilonwy. I really liked Doli because he can turn invisible. I hope you liked the book. Bye.

The Book of Three #1 in the Prydain Cornicles

By:Hyrum
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Summary: The Book of Three is about a young boy named Taran an assaint pig keeper and his companions. Taran meets up with Prince Gwydion on a quest to destroy the horned king. Well they get captured by an enchantress. They were brought to her home and Taran was thrown into prison. He did not know where Gwydion went.  At her home is where he met two other companions and they all set of to kill the Horned King. His companions names are Elionwy a princess and Fflewddur flam a bard. They also run into two other companions named Gurgi a animal who is trying to be a human and Doli a dwarf. 

How I liked the book: I kind of liked the book though it wasn`t too good. It had a few good parts but not whole lot. It made me feel like I was Eilonwy. I like being at least one of the main charters and she can do magic. Even though she can do magic and I can`t I still like her. 

The Red Pyramid

The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan

Review by Alan

Stars: 4

Summary:Carter and Sadie Kane have been separated since their mom died. One night their dad takes them to a museum and promises to make everything right. Then everything goes wrong. Their father summons a god named Set and then he blows up the museum and there father is entombed in a coffin and sent through the floor.

They then are told by their long lost uncle that magic is real and Egyptian gods are real too. They then spend the next week tracking down the god that captured their father to set their father free. They then realize that they have to stop Set from destroying the North American continent.

My Thoughts:This is an exciting book. It is like the Percy Jackson Series that my brother is reviewing and it is also by the same author. I liked this book and I have read all of his books for kids. This book made me feel nervous at some points because I was thinking  “Are they going to die?” or “What is going to go wrong again?” It made me laugh and my family would be asking “What’s so funny?”

I can sort of relate to the characters like I am away from by brother for a week and when I get back he is changed just like Carter and Sadie have been away from each other for 6 years and they have changed a lot. This is similar to the Percy Jackson books by having gods and magic. It is also like the Mahican another book I hope to review.