Reading+Log+-+Brooke

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= Thank you for a comprehensive reading log,Brooke. I think your responses are perceptive and knowledgeable. I appreciate the effort you have put into this log. LS = ** (Achieved with Excellence) ** Title:Ottoline and the Yellow Cat Author:Chris Riddell Genre:Mystery,Comedy Plot:Lapdogs are missing,jewellery has been stolen,and a new Lapdog Agency has opened up in Big City.But not to fear Ottoline and Mr.Munroe are here to solve the mystery. Response:This is a great book,I have read it four times and will most likely read it again.The author has filled the book with twists and turns(and a bear from Canada).This book is different than most as it has more pictures that words so it is suitable for younger children who would just like to look at the pictures.It is a great bordom buster and can be read in a day.If I were Ottoline in the plan to catch the yellow cat I would of put Smith and Smith pillow plumping and curtain drawing technicians before The Smiling Dragon clothes folding co.Here is a part of the book://Dearest O,There are penguins every where!Emperor penguins,King penguins and Vice-President penguins...The Ship is frozen solid in the ice so we're stuck for a bit.Don't forget to dust the four-spouted teapot collection,My darling,Pa sends his love,Ma.P.S. Well done!A diploma in disguise is a very useful thing to have. // Recommendation:If you are going to look at the pictures,ages 5-7.If you are going to read the book,ages 7-11.Book 1 of 3.

Title:Ottoline goes to School Author:Chris Riddell Genre:Mystery,Comedy Plot:Ottoline and Mr.Munroe are going to the Alice B. Smith School for the Differently Gifted.Ottoline's new friend Cecily has a sleep-over one night and tells all the students that the school is haunted by a horse ghost.That night they hear hooves off a horse though out the school.What is happening? Response:This book is just as quirky and fun as the first.But this one has a few more twists and turns.If I were Cecily I would have told Ottoline how I feel instead of lying and making up a story.I felt empathy with Cecily because every one gets home sick.Like the first book I have read it four time and will read it again.Here is some of the book:...//And Agatha's snake played the piano by slithering over the keys...So Penelope's ugly duckling grew up to be a repulsive duck who smelt of old socks...Hubert had no sense of direction and had been warned never to enter a maze unaccompanied.// Recommendation:If you are going to look at the pictures,ages 5-7.If you are going to read the book,ages 7-11.Book 2 of 3.

Title:Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Author:J.K.Rowling Genre:Fantasy,Action Plot:Harry, Ron and Hermione go off to finish a task that Dumdledore has left then, to find and destroy horcruxes.When they are looking for horcruxes Voldemort takes over the wizarding world. Voldemort has split his soul into 7 pieces and put them into 7 different objects these are horcruxes, but unknowingly he made another, it is Harry. Response:This is the last book in the Harry Potter series. It has the most action, the most drama and the most deaths out of the series. This book has great vocabulary, for example:// And Harry, with the unerring skill of the Seeker, caught the wand in his free hand as Voldemort fell backwards, arms splayed, the slit pupils of scarlet eyes rolling upwards. Tom Riddle hit the floor with a mundane finality, his body feeble and shrunken, the white hands empty, the snake-like face vacant and unknowing. Voldemort was dead, killed by his own rebounding curse, and Harry stood with two wands in his hand, staring down at his enemy's shell. // If I were Ron I would not have run away because it was stupid and hurt Hermione's feelings.I felt empathy with Dobby because he saved everyone but got killed by Bellatrix. At the end of the book they had 19 years later, It was set at platform 9 3/4. Recommendation:This book is great for 10 and up.



Title:Dear Dumb Diary, Year Two, School. Hasn't This Gone on Long Enough? Author:Jim Benton Genre:Diary, Comedy Plot:This is the diary of Jaime Kelly.This diary is about math and how Jamie is falling behind, and she might have to go to summer school!This is not a good year for Jamie. Response:This book is full of laughs and makes you giggle all the way through. This is the first book of the second series and is a great way to start it off. If you are going to read the series it is best to start at the first book or some things will not make sense. Here is some of the book: //Dear Whoever Is Reading My Dumb Diary, If you're smart, you'll stop reading it right now. Seriously, just think this through. You're probably imagining that I'll never know, but believe me, you'll say something or do something, and that little clue will be all it takes. // //And you what to know why that's all it takes?// //Because I'm another year older, and another year wiser. I've been at this whole diary thing since I was just a little kid. Nothing gets past me anymore.// If I were Jamie I would not have been jealous of Angeline because she is my friend. Recommendation:Boys will not like this book but girls will love it. 10-13 years of age.



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Title:The Hardy Boys, The Children of the Lost Author:Franklin W. Dixon Genre:Mystery, Murder, Action Plot:Eight children go missing over twelve and have said to be animal attacks, but what the first missing shows up healthy and with no memory of what had happened questions are getting asked. Response:This is a great book full of mystery, action and a little (well maybe not a little) murder.Frank and Joe Hardy are under cover agents from ATAC(American Teens Against Crime) who are sent to investergate the Misty Falls Lost after one apears twelve years after he had gone missing.If I were Frank or Joe I would of put Detective Cole on the suspect list and wonder why Justin looks like Jacob if he is adopted.Here is some of the book:// That's when I looked down and saw a tall, portly middle-aged guy wearing a cowboy hat watching us.He was smiling,but it didn't look like a "Welcome to Idaho" smile so much as a "You east coast types are heee-larious!" smile. // Recommendation:This is more of a boys book but a good read.11-14.Book 34 of 'The Hardy Boys', book 1 of the 'Lost' trilogy.

Title:Glass Houses Author:Rachel Caine Genre:Fantasy, Romance, Mystery and Action