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Summer Reading Book Reviews:
New Shoes
by Sara Varon
The book New Shoes by Sara Varon is about a donkey who is a shoemaker in the jungle. His shoes are famous and one day a celebrity asks for shoes made by him. Francis (the donkey) counts on his friend Nigel to get his supplies for his shoes. But when he goes to get his supplies for his shoes Nigel is missing. So Francis and his friend Rhonda set out to find Nigel and Francis's supplies. This book is really fun and educational because the author puts many facts about the jungle in it. I would recommend this book to people who like adventure and animals. I would give this book four and half stars!
Reviewed by Amelia
by Sara Varon
The book New Shoes by Sara Varon is about a donkey who is a shoemaker in the jungle. His shoes are famous and one day a celebrity asks for shoes made by him. Francis (the donkey) counts on his friend Nigel to get his supplies for his shoes. But when he goes to get his supplies for his shoes Nigel is missing. So Francis and his friend Rhonda set out to find Nigel and Francis's supplies. This book is really fun and educational because the author puts many facts about the jungle in it. I would recommend this book to people who like adventure and animals. I would give this book four and half stars!
Reviewed by Amelia
The Puppy Place: Buddy
by Ellen Miles
This is a junior fiction book written by Ellen Miles, an author from Vermont who loves to write about dogs and their personalities.
In this particular book the main character, Lizzy, falls in love with a dog family she finds in the animal shelter. After a long struggle with her mom, Lizzy finally persuades her to foster the puppies and their mother.
The most hilarious scene is when Buddy ends up sleep in his own food. Buddy has to learn how to eat without nursing. They give him some puppy warm food that he does not recognize as food and just sleeps in it!
I recommend this book to anyone who loves puppies and their funny ways.
Reviewed by John.
by Ellen Miles
This is a junior fiction book written by Ellen Miles, an author from Vermont who loves to write about dogs and their personalities.
In this particular book the main character, Lizzy, falls in love with a dog family she finds in the animal shelter. After a long struggle with her mom, Lizzy finally persuades her to foster the puppies and their mother.
The most hilarious scene is when Buddy ends up sleep in his own food. Buddy has to learn how to eat without nursing. They give him some puppy warm food that he does not recognize as food and just sleeps in it!
I recommend this book to anyone who loves puppies and their funny ways.
Reviewed by John.
Word of Mouse
By James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein
Raised in a laboratory science a baby a blue mouse named Isaiah who can talk and laugh and read like me and you wanted to do something amazing, so he set out to find a way to help save his family from the horrible place. But he can only do so by leaving his mischief behind.
He was hard at work unaware of what he may come upon which turned out to be a 12 year old girl Hailey who helped Isaiah save his family, Isaiah started to lose his trust in Hailey thinking she was the daughter of the mad man at the horrible place. So he ran away and found an other mischief of mice.
Isaiah was really good at finding food so he made a deal that if Isaiah got them food they would find and help Isaiah and his family.
In the end Isaiah ends up being the hero by saving his family and they live a life of and less food at the house with the new mischief of mice.
Reviewed By Jennifer
By James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein
Raised in a laboratory science a baby a blue mouse named Isaiah who can talk and laugh and read like me and you wanted to do something amazing, so he set out to find a way to help save his family from the horrible place. But he can only do so by leaving his mischief behind.
He was hard at work unaware of what he may come upon which turned out to be a 12 year old girl Hailey who helped Isaiah save his family, Isaiah started to lose his trust in Hailey thinking she was the daughter of the mad man at the horrible place. So he ran away and found an other mischief of mice.
Isaiah was really good at finding food so he made a deal that if Isaiah got them food they would find and help Isaiah and his family.
In the end Isaiah ends up being the hero by saving his family and they live a life of and less food at the house with the new mischief of mice.
Reviewed By Jennifer
The War That Saved My Life
By Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
They story starts off with a 10 year old girl Ada and her 8 year old little brother Jamie. Ada is forced to stay in her one room apartment because her mum is humiliated by Ada's crippled foot. Ada's Mum ties her a chair and doesn't even let her go to the bathroom. She sleeps on the floor and is fed with cockroaches in a cramped cupboard, she isn't sent to school and has no education or knowledge at all.
In the mean time the Hitler war is going on in their home town. Her brother is sent out of London to escape the war, Ada is not. But Ada will not let her brother be separated, especially in a horrid time like this, so she runs away with him. Ada and Jamie find themselves ended up with an older woman Susan who is only used to taking care of herself and her horse Butter, which Ada falls in love with.
During her time at Susan's house Ada starts to teach herself how to read, ride a pony, and watch for German spies. Ada begins to gain trust in Susan, and Susan us gaining trust in them. Susan is beginning to love Ada and Jamie very uch and she is trying to do everything she can to help Ada's foot but can only be done with their mum's permission which is denied.
Now we are nearing the part of the book when Ada and Jamie's Mum comes and takes them back to London. Their house becomes bombed and Mum takes the crutches and shoes away from Ada. Susan finds them in the shelter and brings them back far away from London where they find her house is bombed as well.
But it all turns out swell when Lady Thorton (one of the richest women in London) agrees to lend her little summer cottage in the midle of town. this is where they spend the rest of their time in the book whiles their house is being rebuilt.
Now YOU need to be the reader to find out what happens in the next book, The War I Finally Won!
Reviewed by Jennifer
By Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
They story starts off with a 10 year old girl Ada and her 8 year old little brother Jamie. Ada is forced to stay in her one room apartment because her mum is humiliated by Ada's crippled foot. Ada's Mum ties her a chair and doesn't even let her go to the bathroom. She sleeps on the floor and is fed with cockroaches in a cramped cupboard, she isn't sent to school and has no education or knowledge at all.
In the mean time the Hitler war is going on in their home town. Her brother is sent out of London to escape the war, Ada is not. But Ada will not let her brother be separated, especially in a horrid time like this, so she runs away with him. Ada and Jamie find themselves ended up with an older woman Susan who is only used to taking care of herself and her horse Butter, which Ada falls in love with.
During her time at Susan's house Ada starts to teach herself how to read, ride a pony, and watch for German spies. Ada begins to gain trust in Susan, and Susan us gaining trust in them. Susan is beginning to love Ada and Jamie very uch and she is trying to do everything she can to help Ada's foot but can only be done with their mum's permission which is denied.
Now we are nearing the part of the book when Ada and Jamie's Mum comes and takes them back to London. Their house becomes bombed and Mum takes the crutches and shoes away from Ada. Susan finds them in the shelter and brings them back far away from London where they find her house is bombed as well.
But it all turns out swell when Lady Thorton (one of the richest women in London) agrees to lend her little summer cottage in the midle of town. this is where they spend the rest of their time in the book whiles their house is being rebuilt.
Now YOU need to be the reader to find out what happens in the next book, The War I Finally Won!
Reviewed by Jennifer
Heist Society
By Ally Carter
Heist Society is about a fifteen-year-old girl named Katarina Bishop whose family specializes in robbing some of the world's most priceless objects. However, Kat has left the family business and is more than happy to spend the rest of her year at the exclusive Colgan School. Unfortunately, after an extremely difficult job makes Kat's dad the prime and only suspect, she is forced back into her old life of crime. Now Kat must bargain with the very rich and very deadly Arturo Taccone who believes that her father has what was stolen from him and wants it back. Despite Kat swearing that her father is innocent, Taccone gives her twelve days to give back the goods, or her father becomes his next target. This is an amazing book that you won't want to put down. Ally carter has written a number of books for young adults, including the Gallagher Girls series, and this is a perfect next read for people who have finished that series and are looking for what to read next.
Reviewed by Grace
By Ally Carter
Heist Society is about a fifteen-year-old girl named Katarina Bishop whose family specializes in robbing some of the world's most priceless objects. However, Kat has left the family business and is more than happy to spend the rest of her year at the exclusive Colgan School. Unfortunately, after an extremely difficult job makes Kat's dad the prime and only suspect, she is forced back into her old life of crime. Now Kat must bargain with the very rich and very deadly Arturo Taccone who believes that her father has what was stolen from him and wants it back. Despite Kat swearing that her father is innocent, Taccone gives her twelve days to give back the goods, or her father becomes his next target. This is an amazing book that you won't want to put down. Ally carter has written a number of books for young adults, including the Gallagher Girls series, and this is a perfect next read for people who have finished that series and are looking for what to read next.
Reviewed by Grace
Summer Reading Is Here!
Highlights From This Year's
Young Writers Group
Untitled Short Horror
By Jack Laura
I was on my way to Cape Cod, Massachusetts around 4:00pm, so I need to stay in a hotel. It's now 9:00pm, and I'm at my room at the hotel. I thought to myself that the counter clerk was kinda off, but I didn't mind it.
After an hour I went to sleep, then the phone rang. I answered is and it was the clerk saying, "There's someone in your room!"
I panic!
I saw eyes. They were yellow. I ran, tripping halfway, but I made it to my car and drove the rest of the way to Cape Cod.
I like to believe that that man was caught and got the help he needs.
By Jack Laura
I was on my way to Cape Cod, Massachusetts around 4:00pm, so I need to stay in a hotel. It's now 9:00pm, and I'm at my room at the hotel. I thought to myself that the counter clerk was kinda off, but I didn't mind it.
After an hour I went to sleep, then the phone rang. I answered is and it was the clerk saying, "There's someone in your room!"
I panic!
I saw eyes. They were yellow. I ran, tripping halfway, but I made it to my car and drove the rest of the way to Cape Cod.
I like to believe that that man was caught and got the help he needs.
A Feeling in My Veins: The Story of the Cold Blooded Killer
By Jack Laura
I was in some guys car. I waited for him to stop but I got my knife ready, but then he was gone. I realized I was heading towards a tree! I had to jump out, but I crashed. I was still alive. What could have happen? Then I get a feeling in my veins. I turned pale, I cut my face into a smile. So go on a rampage after the fall. I was never seen again.
By Jack Laura
I was in some guys car. I waited for him to stop but I got my knife ready, but then he was gone. I realized I was heading towards a tree! I had to jump out, but I crashed. I was still alive. What could have happen? Then I get a feeling in my veins. I turned pale, I cut my face into a smile. So go on a rampage after the fall. I was never seen again.
The Ghost That Lived in My Closet
By Jack Laura
Something in my closet was making a strange noise so I open the door and there was nothing. What was I worried about? 2 hours later it came again, I open my closet door and there were eyes. But it disappeared so I go back to sleep. 1 Hour later I hear a creak on my floor board. It was a black figure, and it started to charge so I run outside to call the cops. Then the cops come and talk to me saying…
There was no one there.
By Jack Laura
Something in my closet was making a strange noise so I open the door and there was nothing. What was I worried about? 2 hours later it came again, I open my closet door and there were eyes. But it disappeared so I go back to sleep. 1 Hour later I hear a creak on my floor board. It was a black figure, and it started to charge so I run outside to call the cops. Then the cops come and talk to me saying…
There was no one there.
The Figure That Lives in My House
By Jack Laura
As I carefully enter my house the door shut behind me. It was weird, this was my home, who could be doing this? I don’t worry so I watch TV. 1 hour later I go up to my room to go to sleep. An hour after that I wake up and I hear breathing to my right. I thought it was just my cat so I go back to sleep 30 minutes later. I don’t know what woke me, but there was a black figure standing there! I make a break for it, tripping halfway there I call the cops, and they say it was a homeless man who had been living under my bed for weeks!
By Jack Laura
As I carefully enter my house the door shut behind me. It was weird, this was my home, who could be doing this? I don’t worry so I watch TV. 1 hour later I go up to my room to go to sleep. An hour after that I wake up and I hear breathing to my right. I thought it was just my cat so I go back to sleep 30 minutes later. I don’t know what woke me, but there was a black figure standing there! I make a break for it, tripping halfway there I call the cops, and they say it was a homeless man who had been living under my bed for weeks!
Summer Sense Exercise
by Clara Bates
Dappled light swims over long grass and weeds, alive with bugs that crawl, and bugs that hover. The see-saw song of crickets and cicadas mingles with the chatter of birds, gradually overpowering as the shadows grow longer and the sun bruises with the coming of the night.
by Clara Bates
Dappled light swims over long grass and weeds, alive with bugs that crawl, and bugs that hover. The see-saw song of crickets and cicadas mingles with the chatter of birds, gradually overpowering as the shadows grow longer and the sun bruises with the coming of the night.
50 Best YA Books of All Time (Booklist.com)
Bleach: Can't Fear Your Own World" Follow-Up Novel Prepares To Kick-Off (Crunchyroll.com)
21 Books to read Before They Become 2017s Biggest Movies (Goodreads.com)
The Best YA Sci-fi/Fantasy of 2016 (Tor.com)
19 of the Best YA Books of 2016 (Buzzfeed.com)
Women of Harry Potter: Evil in Authority (Tor.com)
29 YA Books About Mental Illness That Actually Nail It (Buzzfeed)
15 Best YA Books of February (Bustle.com) - Should we add these at the library?
Bleach: Can't Fear Your Own World" Follow-Up Novel Prepares To Kick-Off (Crunchyroll.com)
21 Books to read Before They Become 2017s Biggest Movies (Goodreads.com)
The Best YA Sci-fi/Fantasy of 2016 (Tor.com)
19 of the Best YA Books of 2016 (Buzzfeed.com)
Women of Harry Potter: Evil in Authority (Tor.com)
29 YA Books About Mental Illness That Actually Nail It (Buzzfeed)
15 Best YA Books of February (Bustle.com) - Should we add these at the library?
Pics!
Wildlife Encounters 2018
Chalk Art Summer 2018
YA Fiction "Employees of the Month" for 2017
Pumpkin Carving 2017
Cardboard Cosplay
Sidewalk Chalk Art
Summer Reading Kickoff Party 2017!
End of Summer Party and Mr. John Gets Pied in the Face!
Cartoonist Eric Fulford Visits the MPL:
End of Summer Party 2015!
Robots That Draw Summer 2015
Wildlife Encounters 2015
Sidewalk Chalk 2014
Lego Building Blast!
Merry Christmas from the Teen Advisory Board!
