More Summer Reading Book Reviews!

The Maze of Bones by Rick Riordan

This is the first book in the 39 Clues series. Dan and Amy Cahill must go to extremes to find the 39 clues and be the most powerful, influential human beings on the planet. With nasty relatives, though, and many betrayals, they don’t know what to do. This story will make you want to learn more about history. I would recommend this story to anyone who likes history and mystery. This was a very interesting book. Review by Sylvia

 

 

 

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg

This book is exciting, especially the way Claudia surprises her brother with a trip. She asked her brother to run away with her to the Museum of Fine Arts in New York City. She found that home was “unfair” and that “nobody loved her.” At the museum they solved the mysteries of the exciting new sculpture Angel that everyone wants to see. Before that’s solved, though, Claudia wants to learn everything there is to learn. How will her brother manage? Review by Hallie

 

The Best School Year Ever by Barbara Robinson

Beth is a fifth grader at Woodrow Wilson Elementary. Her teacher assigns her class a project to come up with compliments for all their classmates. They also have to come up with extra compliments for one person and lucky Beth picks Imogine Herdman. Imogine is one of six Herdmans at the Woodrow Wilson School. They claw, spit, bite, steal, and do just about every bad thing you can name. They even stole Beth’s best friend’s little brother, scribbled on his bald head, and charged people to look at him. The Herdmans do many other insane things, but also do a few unnoticed good deeds. Imogine gets a boy named Eugene’s head out when it is stuck in the bike rack. She also gives baby Howard her old blanket when he loses his. This helps Beth come up with couple of nice compliments for Imogine and it makes Imogine very happy. Review by Daniel