40 Book Challenge

8/19/2019

When you're done reading a book, write a book review.

Example book review written by Maya, 4th grader: "The War That Saved My Life"

Ada is just a girl that lives in London with a clubfoot. But is it really necessary for her mother to lock her in the sink cabinet with a bunch of bugs? Her mother never lets her out of their flat because of her clubfoot. One day, Jamie comes home and says there is a war and children are heading out to the country until it is safe enough to head back home. Ma would let Jamie but not Ada. How will she get away?

I loved this book because of the adventures and struggles Ada and Jamie had to go through.

50 Comments

Lucy Wecker

9/3/2019 04:51:42 pm

Dareing dreamers club is about 5 girls that have to do a report on what princes they would be. Mila is the main character she has a pig named chocolate chip and two mothers one of her moms are a vet that is why she has a pig it could not be adopted so she took him in it is a grate book you should read it

Archie Biskupski

9/8/2019 12:12:20 pm

Record Breakers by Richard J. Brenner is about four Football quarter backs and their life stories and how they got to the NFL. It is also about how they have all made it to the super bowl. A strength of the book is that it is about people I know. A weakness is it is about some people I do not like or their teams they played on. Another thing I liked about it was you got to read about players that still play and old players. My name was in the book, because one of players dads was named, Archie.

Archie Biskupski

9/8/2019 01:48:28 pm

Continued Record Breakers by Richard J. Brenner.This guy name Peyton Manning wanted to be just like his dad Archie and wanted to go to the NFL his team mates did not like him because he was not a good quarter back. I liked in the end they made it to super bowl and beat the Patriots.One thing I know he was born March 24 1976.he went to Tennessee for college and played football.He has three brothers. I liked that he made it to the NFL. The thing I did not like was his teammates did not like him. I liked that he was a record breaker.

Archie Biskupski

9/8/2019 02:46:32 pm

Continued Record Breakers by Richard J. Brenner Aaron Rodgers was born in December 12 1983 when he grew up he wanted to play on the 49ers he played on cal bears football when he got drafted Brett Favre did not want to play again but then wanted back in but they said no and got traded. he went to the Packers at first he was not playing so well but on the next game they made it to the super bowl they clobbered the bears and and then Colin Kaepernick was better than Aaron. A strength is that Aaron Rodgers is my favorite quarter back and I love that he made it to the super bowl. a thing I liked was that Brett Favre got traded.

Lucy Wecker

9/9/2019 06:39:50 pm

just jaime is a good book it is about a girl named jamie and a girl named maya and she made bad friends at the end they forgive each other and are bffs now.

Ms. Dinh

10/7/2019 09:12:29 am

Thanks for doing book reviews online. Sounds like you're reading a lot of great books. When you do a book review, be sure to check your grammar and punctuation before submitting.

Lucy

9/12/2019 11:52:06 am

Insignificant events in the life of a catis is a good book it is about a sweet girl named aven and twister she has no arms nada she had to move to Arizona and she lived somewhere else her whole life. She made two friends Connor who has ticks so he barks and rapidly blinks he also doesn't like eating in public because he spits when he eats.

Bella Daniels seekers by Erin hunter

9/15/2019 07:54:23 pm

seekers into the wild is about Kalik,Lusa,Tolko they are all cubs but each of their lives were different but some has slimier things. Kalliks life is about trying to get to they never ending ice trying to find her brother. Lusas life is she never got to see the wild shes trying to figure out how. tolko he got lost and trying to get somewhere. some things i did not like about this book was each chapter was about different bear and it was really confusing. The good things were it all really came together at the end and it was amazing. I think this book is fantasy because it has talking bears like when lusa said hi tolko. Another reason i thing it is fantasy is because bears are changing into thing like eagels when tolkos friend got scared and turend into a eagle. The last reason i think it is fantasy because the bears can jump way higher then any other bear could jump like when one bear jumped out of the cage.

Emma C.

9/16/2019 08:23:16 pm

written by Emma C. 4th grader:"Saving Winslow"

One night Louis' father brought home a baby donkey and Louis wants to save the donkey he named Winslow. He starts to try to take care of Winslow. Every one is telling him Winslows going to die. But he believes in Winslow. Do you belive in Winslow?
Read this book to see what happens!

I like this book because the characters are funny and cute.

Ava hayes

9/17/2019 11:35:03 am

adventures with waffels is a book about a girl named lena and a boy named trille. They are best friends and they do everything together also lena is a little acident prone. Trille has a great aunt who makes the best waffels and they talk about her a lot. all summer they go on daring adventurers together and have lots of fun.

I reccomend this book because it is a lot of fun to read and finish

Solomon Kim

9/17/2019 11:23:44 pm

Book review #4
As Greg enters the new school year, he is eager to put the past three months behind him and one event in particular because he accidentally entered the girls restroom at the mall. However, his older brother, Rodrick knew all about the incident. Greg tried not to let it out, but Rodrick told all of his friends and his friends told their siblings. Unfortunately, Greg’s friends knew all about the incident. At school, some of his friends congratulated him for entering the girls locker room. Greg did not know how the incident had changed, but he did not want to tell that he actually entered the girls restroom.

I like this book because it is funny with the full of action. I think keeping a secret is important because it easily spreads from person to person and often change differently.

Ms. Dinh

10/7/2019 09:19:14 am

Diary of a Wimpy Kid?
Don't forget to include the title of the book so we know what book you're referring to.

Solomon

10/8/2019 08:28:07 pm

Diary of a Whimpy kid #2 by Jeff Kenny

Lucy Wecker

9/20/2019 03:29:58 pm

I just read wish tree it is narrated by the tree named red it tells about a tree that people have been putting wishes on for years now and at the end a person wants to cut it down but she reads a book and remembers how important this tree is to her family so she looks up and sees that it is home to many animals she does not cut it down. Please read wish tree the author of wish tree if any of you have read one and only iven you’ll love this book.

Solomon kim

9/23/2019 08:08:31 pm

Book review #5
Jack and Annie go to find the sword of light for Merlin. Merlin needs to give the sword to king author because he is sick. While they go to find the sword they meet a new girl named Kathleen who will be on the adventures with Jack and Annie all times, but they faced spiders and sea serpents. Jack and Annie must answer to the questions from the sea serpent to get the sword of light. They successfully answered the question for the sword, and the sea serpent let Jack and Annie have it.

There was a good lesson that never give up and don’t be afraid of something.

Solomon

10/8/2019 08:30:53 pm

Magic treehouse #3 summer of the sea serpent by Mary Pope Osborne

Adeline Hinckley

9/24/2019 02:42:00 pm

#1 Cloudy With a Chance of Boys by Megan McDonald

Three sisters and two...BOYS?! First kisses are easy for the wrong girls and hard for the right girls. A story of Joey, Stevie, Alex, wishes, and kisses is all they need to make it happen. There is an amazing story and several great plot twists. I understood the emotions and feelings of the characters.

Ms. Dinh

10/7/2019 09:23:39 am

What a funny title!

Adeline Hinckley

9/24/2019 02:43:49 pm

#2 Every Thing On It by Shel Silverstein

This book book is a mix of crazy and whimsical poetry.
The rhyming is excellent. The word choices and ideas are brilliant. When you read it out-loud it is fun to say.
When you read most of the poems you need to read it several times (which I like) before you understand it.

Adeline Hinckley

9/24/2019 02:45:50 pm

#3 Ramona's World by Beverly Cleary

Ramona is a fourth-grade girl. A new best friend means... FALLING THROUGH THE CELING?! And it’s someone’s birthday. A spelling bonanza and more, it’s sure a ride when Ramona’s around. It is a fantastic book. When something happens, it is down to the last amazing detail. You will never want the book to end when it comes to Beverly Cleary. When I read it, I felt like I was right there, in the middle of all the action. When Ramona fell, I felt like I could feel the scratches on my legs. I could relate to some of the feelings and emotions.

Ms. Dinh

10/7/2019 09:27:46 am

Great book review Addie! You're very descriptive in your review which is helpful for other readers to decide whether they want to read this book.

Solomon kim

9/30/2019 06:50:34 pm

Book review #6
This book tells about military drones and civilian drones.For example, in the military drones, there are the MQ1 predator
and the MQ9 reaper. In the civilian drones, there are the Scout and the precision hawk. All of these drones have different technics and characteristics.The military drones have missiles and cannons.The civilian drones work for companies like NASA and underwater research teams.
From this book, I learned that drones can be used in many different ways. I liked this book because it has so many facts about drones.

Ms. Dinh

10/7/2019 09:28:16 am

Book title and author?

Solomon

10/8/2019 08:31:47 pm

Drones by Martin J. Dougherty

Adeline Hinckley

10/2/2019 08:20:59 am

#4 Smile by Raina Telgemeier

Smile is about a girl that will get braces soon,
but a fall changes her life... Head gear, a cross-bite, and more.
I could relate to the pain and feelings of braces, the molds on teeth and friends. I loved the details and feeling in the book; the characters talked like real people!

Conor Dobson

10/5/2019 04:47:29 pm

Book 1 - Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

Oliver Twist is a boy whose mother died in birth and the boy goes through a lot of tough stuff. A robber tries to hire him but he refuses. The book was good and well written. A weakness is that it has a ton of violence in the book but it was a good book.

Ms. Dinh

10/7/2019 09:31:02 am

I read this as a kid. It's a classic!

Conor Dobson

10/5/2019 04:59:13 pm

Book 2 - Spy School by Stuart Gibbs

Spy School is about a kid becoming a spy and he meets a girl he likes and they are partners. They fight crime together and completed the mole run. This was a good book but a weakness is so much violence. There is a few bad words too but it was a good book.

Conor Dobson

10/5/2019 05:06:30 pm

Book 3 - Saving Winslow by Sharon Creech

This book is about a kid who had trouble handling small animals that had either got lost, died, or ran away. He finds a donkey, names him Winslow, and he challenges himself to keep it alive. A strength of this book was reading about his friend that was really funny. I thought it was a good book because he really cared about the animals and he wants them to live.

Ms. Dinh

10/7/2019 09:35:14 am

I liked this book too. The donkey, Winslow, was quite pitiful. I loved how hopeful the boy was in his goal to save Winslow. There were a lot of funny moments that I enjoyed.

Conor Dobson

10/5/2019 05:11:49 pm

Book 4 - Supernova - Amulet #8 by by Kazu Kibuishi

This book is about Emily and her brother Naven. Their mother is poisoned and they have to go to a special tree that is in a very far away and dangerous place. They meet a fox and he is friends with the trees and can help them. I think this was a really good book because there's always a fun adventure in it and cool people to meet. There are also very cool robots.

Conor Dobson

10/5/2019 05:16:53 pm

Book 5 - Diary of a Wimpy Kid - The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney

This book is about Greg. It's summer vacation and he just wants to play video games. His mother doesn't want him to play video games all summer so they go to the pool. His dad takes him camping and every single time it turns into a disaster. I liked this book because it's really funny and well written. I think a strength of this book is that you are reading his diary and also get to read a comic.

Solomon Kim

10/8/2019 10:24:20 pm

Book review #7
Watchdog by Will McIntosh

Tara and Vick try to find electronic pieces to create their robotic watchdog named Daisy. When they find an electronic chip to put in Daisy, he gets more powerful and smart. Ms. Alba A.K.A, crime boss said to Tara and Vick to work for her. But they ran away because they didn’t want to work for Ms. Alba. Ms. Alba wanted Tara and Vick to create a lot of watchdogs. When Tara and Vick ran away, they met East and Torch. Ms. Alba’s watchdogs go after Daisy’s chip. Daisy fights with all his effort while East and Torch help him. They finally destroyed all of Ms. Alba’s watchdogs.
I liked this book because it had creative things like robotic watchdogs, and the story was exciting. I learned from this book to never give up and keep trying to do the right thing.

Solomon Kim

10/13/2019 09:42:23 pm

Book review #8 - Magic tree house Balto of blue dawn

Jack and Annie go on a journey to Alaska. Many people in Alaska are sick and dying because of a disease called diphtheria. A sled do, named Balto is delivering the medicine to cure diphtheria, but there is a big blizzard. Jack and Annie go to help Balto, but they don’t know how to control a sled pulled by dogs. Jack and Annie use the golden dust that Teddy gave them to make them become champion sleders. When Jack and Annie find Balto, they help Balto to deliver the medicine to the town. Then people got saved by diphtheria.
I am so impressed that people and dogs work together to save people’s lives.

Conor Dobson

10/15/2019 04:14:18 pm

Book 6 - Dairy of a Wimpy kid - The Meltdown by Jeff Kinney

This is about Greg and his winter. His neighborhood turns into a snow war! There is so much things going on that Greg and his friend Rowley are trying to stay alive.I liked this book a lot a strength is well written and funny I also like it because its reading and its a comic so that is why I liked it.

Conor Dobson

10/15/2019 04:21:05 pm

Book 7 - Diary of a Wimpy Kid - The Long Haul by Jeff Kinney

This book is about Gregory's family going on a road trip and they are trying to make it fun but it goes all wrong. They try to make it better by doing different fun things but none of them work out so it was a huge disaster. A strength of this book is that it is well written and really funny. I don't think this book has a weakness.

Conor Dobson

10/15/2019 04:28:51 pm

Book 8 - Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Double Down by Jeff Kinney

This book is about Greg and how it's about to be Halloween. All he wants to do is play video games but his mom doesn't want him to. Greg goes to a haunted house and it turns into a disaster. A strength of this book is that you get to read a comic and what's happening in his life and it's always really funny. A weakness of this book is that it wasn't as funny as other books.

Lila Nielsen

10/15/2019 05:37:15 pm

Diary of a wimpy kid the long haul. The long haul is about a kid named Greg, his brother Rodrick, his mom and dad, and his baby brother. They are going on a road trip. Road trips aren't Greg's favorite thing to do. In the car, Greg gets put in the cramped and squishy back, with all of the other suitcases and stuff. Greg hopes it will be fun. What will happen next? Will Greg the good road trip he is hoping for? Read the book " Diary of a wimpy kid long haul".

Solomon Kim

10/21/2019 09:20:14 pm

Book review #9
Rattlers and other snakes by a Scott Fetzer Company

I learned from this book about rattle snakes and other snakes. A rattlesnake is a type of snake that rattles and is poisonous. The rattlesnake has a unique way of rattling. It uses its tail rings to create rattling sound when they shake together. Among the other snakes, there are poisonous and unpoisonous snakes. Poisonous snakes use poison to kill prey as well as protect themselves. The unpoisonous snakes squeeze the prey to kill them, and also play dead to protect themselves. For example, Copperheads and Cobras use their poison to kill prey, but the Anaconda and the Hognose snake squeeze to kill their prey.

I learned about how all snakes have different hunting techniques.

Adeline Hinckley

10/27/2019 12:52:38 pm

Warriors: Into The Wild

By Erin Hunter

A house cat named Rusty explores out of his yard and meets Graypaw and a leader named Bluestar. Rusty gets invited to join ThunderClan and is then named Firepaw.

The detail is amazing. If something happens I can almost feel it. When a cat is stalking in the under-growth, I can't stop reading. I would highly recommend this book!

Report by Addie

Adeline Hinckley

10/27/2019 01:24:05 pm

Who was Fidel Castro? by Sarah Fabiny

Fidel Castro was a sports-loving boy who grew up to be a lawyer and the leader of a revolution in Cuba. To me it felt like he had a good cause but becoming the leader of Cuba got the best of him and he had too much power. The book is easy to understand. It also has good text. When something happened in the book, I felt like I was there.

Adeline Hinckley

10/27/2019 01:38:51 pm

Edgar Allan"s Official Crime Investigation Notebook
by Mary Amato
Edger is a regular boy trying to solve a crime spree.
I like how some of the book is the journal and the other is the actual book. The book also has a good format.

Adeline Hinckley

10/27/2019 01:53:24 pm

Who was Stephen Hawking? by Jim Gigliotti
When Stephen Hawking was a teenager his nickname was Einstein, when he grew up he became a physicist. Almost his whole life he had a disease that enabled him to move.
It was a good book that has incredible detail. I thought it was amazing how he was able to become a scientist.

Solomon Kim

11/2/2019 04:38:18 pm

Book Review #10
I survived by Lauren Tarshis

John moved to North Dakota, and he faced a big problem. When John was in school with his friends Rex, Seven, and Peter, they suddenly saw big blackish grey cloud heading straight for their school. John and his friends ran to the school building, but it was no use because the roof came off. Some people came to help by getting their horses to pull sleds to escape from the blizzard, but John’s sled got tipped over. John and his friends tried to go to the rickety farm to stay safe. But then, they went inside a big haystack instead, because rickety farm was destroyed. John tried to stay awake with his friends, but they just all fell asleep. While they were asleep, the blizzard stopped and their mothers came to look for them. John and his friends were finally rescued.
This story is based on an actual event in American history. I enjoyed this book because it was a terrifying event, but they did not fail rather succeeded.

Adeline Hinckley

11/3/2019 11:23:09 am

Who Was Ferdinand Magellan? by Sydelle Kramer

He had a poor family growing up. As an adult he was mistrusted and disliked by most people. He also sailed the seas before Christopher Columbus. I liked how it described
the unknown(but now known) creatures, such as polar bears.

Adeline Hinckley

11/3/2019 11:35:26 am

Who Was Annie Oakley? by Stephanie Spinner

Annie Oakley was a horseback sharpshooting symbol of the west. I liked how it talked about the circuses she was in and how it described her childhood.

Adeline Hinckley

11/3/2019 11:53:41 am

Guts and Glory: the American Revolution by Ben Thompson

The American had many battles with the British but did not stop until they made the United States Of America (the U.S.A). Did you know Gorge Washington's cousin fought in the war
I loved how much detail there was in the book. It was amazing how it was like the book was talking to you.

Adeline Hinckley

11/9/2019 11:20:28 am

Warriors Fire and Ice by Erin Hunter
A cat named Fireheart recently known as Firepaw revived a message from Starclan telling him there is a warrior he can not trust; could it be Graystripe, or maybe it is Tigerclaw. In the battles I felt like I was there. I would highly recommend it.

bella 8 shdow weaver

11/10/2019 11:51:39 am

shadow weaver is about a girl named emmaline and her shadow named dar emmaline has powers to talk to shadows she is the only one who can she touch or understand dar then one day dar did something and the parents blamed it on emmaline so they ran away when they did that they met a boy who knows though is dar who they think she is some things i like about this book is that it explained detail really well and planned a picture in your mind some things i did not like about this book is that it did not say who was talking but other then that i would 100% recommend this book

Bella 8

11/10/2019 08:27:52 pm

this book was about a girl who got struck by lightning and got power. she was home schooled all her life but her nana made her go to a public school and she made a friend but it was weird because she did not have friends before because she had friends online but not in real life she because the girl who got struck by lightnings name is Lucy and her friend is named Windy. what will happen next? some things i liked about this book is that it was funny sort of. the thing i did not like about this book is that actually i liked everything. i would recommend this book. for people who like funny and cute books

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