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Book Reviews by Plymouth Students Books We Love that We Hope You Love Too! Rating: 1-7 stars (with flexibility)
Rating 2,200 *	Review by Sage The Farthest Away Mountain by Lynne Reid Banks If you like a good fantasy book, then this is the book for you. One day, a young girl named Dakin wakes up and the farthest away mountain calls to her. She goes on a journey to the mountain, and makes friends along the way with Old Croak, Vog, Og, and Zog. They are all rockheads who guard the mountain, or are they really something else? Read this book to find out their secret and the secret of the mountain. I loved this book because I like fantasy books. I recommend this book to anyone who liked the Fairy Rebel which is written by the same author. When I was reading this book in class, I could not put this book down. If you are in 5th grade or older and like fantasy, it will be perfect for you.	Rating Infinity +5	Review by Ryan The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman In this grave bound book, Nobody Owens meets many ghosts and even some people. He was a baby living in a house below the graveyard when the rest of his family was killed by the man Jack. He crawled innocently out of his crib, out the door, and up the hill to the graveyard. The ghosts and creatures of the graveyard adopt him. This ghostly story is definitely fantasy and was this year's Newbery Award winner. In this story Nobody Owens has many adventures. I loved this book, because it's a deathly wild ride for Nobody Owens. I rate this book infiinty +5 stars.
Rating 200,000,000*	Review by: Andrew Tornado by Betsy Byars The book Tornado is very exciting and sad. A little girl lost her dog when a tornado picked the dog up. Then it landed by some people's house and they called the dog Tornado. The main characters in the book are Tornado and the boy who lives in the house. The dog becomes the boy's pet until the little girl sees her lost dog in the back of the boy's truck. My favorite part is when the dog does a card trick! I recommend this book to 3rd-4th graders. I give it 200,000,000 stars. Who do you think will keep the dog, the boy or the girl? Read the story to find out.	Rating 1,095 *	Review by: Andrew, Austin, Emily, Jillian, Julia & Tim The Monster's Ring by Bruce Coville One day a boy named Russell Cranaker is chased down the alley by the town bully Eddie. He find a magic shop he's never seen before. A wrinkly, crinkly old man sells him a monster ring for $1.00, and warns him to use it wisely. This fantasy tells the story of how a boy turns into a monster and learns a scary lesson to always read the directions. We loved the Monster's Ring because it has a lot of action, spookiness, magic, and details. We recommend this book to 3rd through 7th graders who love fantasy and action. On a scale of 100, we give this book 1,095!
Rating* all of the ratings on this page added together and multiplied by 35	Review by Ian Skullduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy Imagine a fire slinging skeleton with a scarf and a pair of shades. Yeah, and he's the good guy! His name is Skullduggery Pleasant. After Stephanie's uncle dies, she is thrown into a world of magic, evil and talking skeletons. Stephanie is determined to help Skullduggery save the world, no matter what it takes. I liked this book because of the magic, randomness, and crude sense of humor. This book is part of a series and I would recommend it to anybody in grades 5 through 9. I rate this book: all of the ratings on this page added together, multiplied by 35. *Ian, I see a good math problem for you here-Mrs. G	Rating 12 *	Review by Logan The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by John Scieszka If you love to laugh so hard that you feel like you're going to explode, read The Stinky Cheese Man! It has all your favorite fairy tales except they are hilarious. The author, Jon Scieszka, is a genius. He wrote some of the best picture books ever, like The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs and Squids Will be Squids. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes to die of laughter. If I had to rate this book from 1-7, I would give it a 12.
Rating 95,892*	Review by: Austin Santa Paws by Nicholas Edwards The book Santa Paws is about a dog who is lost on Xmas! The dog gets lost in the winter. There are a lot of great characters. There is an old lady, a boy named George, and his mother. The dog's name is Santa Paws. My favorite part is when Santa Paws gets lost. I love this book because it is exciting. I would recommend this book to 3rd-4th graders. I give this book 95,892 stars.	Rating 1,000,000	Review by Tim Fair Weather by Richard Peck The book Fair Weather is a historical fiction that takes place in 1893. It is about a girl who goes with her sister and brother to Chicago to see their grandfather and aunt. They get to see Buffalo Bill at the World's Fair in Chicago. This is my favorite part of the book. Granddad knows Buffalo Bill. I like this book, because it has a lot of historical pictures. I recommend this book to 3rd and 4th graders. I give it a 1,000,000 rating. Read this book to find out how Granddad knows Buffalo Bill.
Rating 1,000,000*	Review by: Julia Magic Puppy: Cloudy Capers by Sue Bentley The book I read is Magic Puppy: Cloudy Capers. It is a part of the "Magic Puppy" series. The author is Sue Bentley. Cloudy Capers is a wonderful book for a person who loves dogs and a great fantasy. It takes place in the country. The main characters are Beth and Storm. Storm is a Jack Russell Terrier puppy that Beth finds, but he actually is a magic wolf that can turn into any kind of puppy. Beth adopts Storm. My favorite part is when Storm leaves his magic home to go to our world to hide from Shadow, an evil wolf. I like this book because it is a great fantasy. On a one to ten scale, I would give it 1,000,000 stars. If you want to find out what happens to Storm read the "Magic Puppy" series.	Rating 90,000,000*	Review by Emily Pony Pals: Stolen Ponies by Jeanne Betancourt The book Pony Pals: Stolen Ponies is an exciting book. The genre is a mystery. The story is about three girls and two boys. The girls have a club and the boys have a club. Someone has been making campfires illegally. The girls want to find and stop whoever it is. My favorite part is when the girls make their fort. I like this book because it is about ponies. If you like ponies and a mystery, I recommend this book to you. If you can find the book, read it right away. On a one to ten scale, I give this book a 90,000,000.
Rating 5,999,999,999 *	Review by Sage The Fairy Rebel by Lynne Reid Banks The Fairy Rebel is about a woman named Jan and her family. Jan and her husband have everything they want but a baby. Jan meets a fairy named Tink who can't fly. Tink tells her she can't fly because Jan doesn't believe in her. Jan says, "I believe what my eyes see." Tink gives Jan a wish and Jan wishes for a baby. Jan has a baby, but the baby has a blue streak of hair! I would recommend this book to somebody who likes fairy tales, but wants to read a chapter book. I rate this book 5,999,999,999	Rating 10 *	Review by Logan High Tide in Hawaii by Mary Pope Osborne High Tide in Hawaii is a great book by Mary Pope Osborne. It is from the "Magic Tree House" series. It is one of my favorite books from the series. Jack and Annie go to Hawaii. How they get to Hawaii is by using their magic tree house, obviously. What they do is they open up a book in the tree house, look at the place they want to go, and BAMOW! Thery're there. They have to do missions every time they go to a different place. The tree house only appears once a month. In Hawaii, they meet a little girl who lives there and then a disaster happens. On a scale of 1-7, I give this fantasy book a 10.
Rating 7 *	Review by Ryan Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket This crazy book begins with a wild fire that starts Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire's adventures. In this book they meet a very sketchy man named Count Olaf who will do anything to get his hands on the Baudelaire fortune. He becomes their new guardian and even threatens to kill Sunny, the baby. To find out if he was successful, read the book. This is the first book in "A Series of Unfortunate Events". I would recommend this book to someone who loves crazy books and has a wicked sense of humor. Mwahaha!	999*	Review by Jillian Geronimo Stilton: A Fabumouse School Adventure I read a "Geronimo Stilton" book. It is an awesome book. All the characters are mice. I want to read it again and again! The book is about Geronimo Stilton who is a mouse and a teacher and wants to go to school. The problem is everyone wants him to do things for them and he can't get to school.. It is kind of a silly book. I recommend it to 3rd and 4th graders.
Rating 5 million +	Review by Ryan The Capture by Kathryn Lasky This fantasy wide eyed book is about an owl realm called the Kingdom of Ga'Hoole. It is split up into smaller kingdoms. There is the forest kingdom Tyato where the star character Soren is from. There's also the desert kingdom Kinare. Those are the two main kingdoms, but there are other territories. I loved this book because it was a fantasy about my favorite animal, the owl. So I would recommend this to everyone who loves animal fantasies. I would give this book a 5 million plus rating if I could. So, read the book to see what trouble Soren gets into. This is the first book in the "Guardians of Ga'Hoole" series	Rating 7 *	Review by Ian The Rifle by Gary Paulsen Bang! another red coat down. The Rifle by Gary Paulsen is a thrilling story about a boy, a sharpshooting rifle, and a whole bunch of redcoats. During colonial times, a gunsmith named Cornish McManus makes the most accurate rifle that he's ever seen. He plans to never ever sell this rifle, but to take care of his new wife, he sells it to a boy named John Byam. Byam, as he is called in the book, uses the rifle almost every day until he dies. Then it's forgotten and lost forever, until... YOU read the book. I would recommend this book to adventure loving 4-6 graders
Rating 7 *	Review by Sage The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and The BIG HUNGRY BEAR by Don & Audrey Wood This book is great, because a mouse tries to hide a big ripe strawberry from a bear. First the mouse tries to bury it, then chain it up, disguise it, and put it under a blanket. Will the bear find the strawberry? The setting for this book is in the woods and in the mouse's house. This book is a picture book, but I like it because the mouse does not know how to hide a big strawberry. Also, the mouse is really cute! I would recommend this book to anybody.		Your Review could be Here
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priceless	Review by Skylar The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan If you are alive and between the ages of 9-6,923, it might be a good idea to read The Battle of the Labyrinth. This is the fourth book in the "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" series. I do recommend reading the other ones first though. The author, Rick Riordan really did a great job with this (these) book(s). This book/series is about a boy named Percy Jackson, a half-blood from New York. Half-blood means that he is half mortal, half Greek god. If you're wondering which god it is, well you'll have to read it, Bwah ha ha ha!! In this book Percy finds the mythical labyrinth and reaches the center to find.... So, read it now., oh, and for a rating I give it to many numbers to fit on pages.	Rating 7 * + + + + + + -	Review by Cedar Hatchet by Gary Paulsen If you think you would like to try being stranded on an island with only a hatchet, you would love the wilderness book Hatchet by the awesome author Gary Paulsen. This is the first book of the Brian series. Brian is stranded and he has to survive. The helicoptor lands...something is wrong!? I like this book because I like survivor books. I recommend this book to anybody who likes to read survivor stories. I give it a 7 + + + + + + - .
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