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.

Holes Author: Louis Sachar

   By: Hyrum

Awards: Newbery winner

Summary: Holes is about a kid named Stanley Yelnats who was arrested because he stole some shoes (well they think). At court Stanley is given a choice to go to Camp Green Lake or go to jail. Stanley chooses to go to Camp Green Lake. At Camp Green Lake you dig holes to build character. Someone named Zero ran away and Stanley went to go look for him. They would have died if they wouldn`t have found refuge on (What it’s called) God’s thumb.

What I Thought About The Book: I really liked Holes because it is a book of friendship and kindness. It made me feel sad for Zero because he lost his family. I liked Zero because he was kind and a friend.

A good quote is When Mr. Sir says “It aint girl scouts.”

Mrs. Frisbee and the Rats of NHIM

Mrs. Frisbee and the Rats of NHIM

 4 star rating
newbery medal
by alan

Mrs. Frisby is a mouse widow and has 4 kids. One day her youngest son falls ill and she goes to see the mouse healer. He gives her some medicine for her son. On the way home she met a crow that was trapped in some wire. She freed him and they became friends.

            There is this day called moving day and on that day the mice in the garden have to move to somewhere else because, the farmer goes through the garden and crunches everything up with the tractor. Mrs. Frisby’s son that got sick is not allowed to move out of the house or else he will get sick again. So Mrs. Frisby asks the crow for advice and he says to go to the owl. The owl tells her to go to the rats who are very peculiar creatures. She then finds why the rats are peculiar.

            My thoughts: ­­ I really like this book because it has a lot twists. Like at about half way through the book they introduced the rats. There are also a lot of different problems. Where one mouse gets sick and then there’s moving day. It made me feel like there were civilizations that are as advanced as us out there.

             I can relate to Mrs. Frisby not that I have the same problems but, I have had something I have wanted to do and then I have to do something else and then something else. So I never get to do what I wanted to. This compares to other books like in Eragon there was the problem of whose side am I on. And half way through they introduce that real problem.

A Year down Yonder Author: Richard Peck

Awards: Newberry Winner

Rating: 5 – 5 stars

Recommendation: 8+

Summary: Mary Alice went to her Grandmas place (For some unknown reason).She has a hard time making friends. She has new experiences like living with grandma and doing the things Grandma normally does without company. She has a good time at grandmas and will always have a good time at Grandmas.

How I liked the book. I really liked it because it was a book with funny parts and (I bet) everything you would like.  It made me feel sad at some points because Mary Alice had to go away from her family. It was hilarious like When Grandma says funny stuff. My favorite charter was Grandma. She was big ridiculous and everything you need.

A funny quote from the story is “I Just don`t want you to scare him off. ‘Who me’? Said Grandma"

Eargon

Eragon by Christopher Paolini

By Alan

Awards: none

Summary: Eragon a 15 year old boy is hunting in the woods near his farm when suddenly something shoots from the sky. He picks up what fell from the sky and finds out it’s a light blue seamless stone. He returns to his village and tries to sell it to the butcher but he refused to take it because he thinks it’s cursed.

Eragon later finds out that the stone is really an egg and not just any egg a dragon egg! He soon finds out that his uncle will die because of some creatures that are looking for the egg. He then finds himself on this quest to avenge his uncle and to save the land from an evil tyrant.

My thoughts: I really liked this book. I had read it a bit and disliked it but a friend said keep reading so I did. The consequence of that was I stayed up late at night to read the book. It made me feel like I was in the world of Eragon. At some parts it made me feel sad and I just had to put down the book and walk away.

I cannot relate to the character because I have never experienced what he has so I have no way of relating to Eragon. This book can compare to others by having more emotion than others. The writer describe how he felt at certain times in great detail.