Thursday, September 13, 2012

Theodore Boone, Kid Lawyer, By John Grisham

Theo Boone was 13 years old, and his parents were both lawyers.  Theo wanted to be a lawyer too.  A criminal lawyer, to be exact.  Theo knew more about law than some lawyers. 

One day a man was caught and blamed for murdering his wife.  It was the biggest trial in the history of Theo's city, and Theo knows the truth about it.  One of his friends witnessed the murder, and has proof of it too.  But his friend is an illegal immagrant.  Theo doesn't want his friend to get sent to jail.  But he can't let an innocent man walk free!  Theo has to find a way to reveal the truth to the public!

Monday, April 23, 2012

White Fang, by Jack London

White Fang was a wolf born in the wild.  Indians found him when he was a puppy and made him into a sled dog.  White Fang was loyal to his owner, Grey Beaver, but he did not love him.  One day, Grey Beaver took White Fang with him while he sold furs.  While Grey Beaver was selling furs, he met a man who wanted to buy White Fang.  So he sold White Fang to the man.  White Fang hated the man. (His name was Beauty Smith.)  Beauty Smith made White Fang fight other dogs.  This made White Fang hate all humans.  Then, a man came.  His name was Scott.  Scott bought White Fang from Beauty Smith.  Scott won over White Fangs trust, and White Fang loved Scott.  White Fang was happy.

Saturday, March 31, 2012

Legend of Luke by Brian Jacques

Once there was a place called Redwall. It was an abbey with mice, hedgehogs, moles, and badgers.

One mouse in particular was a warrior. His name was Martin. All the creatures at Redwall looked up to him. But Martin had troubles. He wanted to know about his father, Luke, who had left Martin when he was very young.

So Martin went on a journey with his friends, Gonff the mouse, Trimp the hedgehog, and Dinny the mole. They met some of Lukes old friends, Vurg and Beau. Vurg and Beau told Martin about Luke.They told him how Luke was captured by vermin and made a slave. They told him how Luke sacrificed his life to kill the vermin...

Martin was sad, but he was also happy because he knew about his dad.

Monday, March 26, 2012

The Magic Bicycle by John Bibee

John Kramar's parents died in a tornado. John had to go live with his aunt and uncle. While there, he finds an old bicycle that can do strange things. It can even fly! But his aunt and uncle don't believe him, even after he rescued a bunch of stolen bicycles with it! John Kramar finds out that there is a deeper world, with evil things in it. He has to rescue his family from the deeper world, before it's to late!

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit

Tuck Everlasting is about a family who's last name was Tuck. They found a spring of water that made them live forever. They couldn't be killed by anything. One day, a girl named Winny Foster found the spring. But a boy from the Tuck family stopped her from drinking it, and took her to his house. The Tuck family explained to her about the spring, and told her that they regretted it. They told her that she should never drink it. Winny became very good friends with the Tucks, and helped them in a time of need.

Thursday, February 23, 2012

The Fairy Tale Detectives By Michael Buckley

Sabrina and Daphne Grimm had been in an orphanage for about six months. One day, someone told them that their grandmother had been found, and they went to live with her. When they went to live with their Granny,they thought she was crazy because she told them fairy tales were real. But they have no choice but to believe her when she gets captured by a giant. Sabrina and Daphne try to come up with a plan to save their grandma. Along the way, they meet a boy named Puck. He was a fairy tale character from A Midsummers Night Dream. He tries to help Sabrina and Daphne find their grandma. Their's only one way to stop the giant, so Sabrina, Daphne and Puck get Jack the Giant Killer. Jack agrees to help them, but he just wants to do it for fame. Once the grandma is saved, Jack unleashed a lot of giants, so he could kill them and be famous. But the giants end up taking him to the giant kingdom. Sabrina, Daphne and their granny go home. But that is only the beggining of their adventures.

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Hans Brinker by Mary Mapes Dodge

Hans Brinker lived in holland with his sister, Gretel, and his mother. His father had fallen off the dikes and become mad. Hans's mother took care of Hans's father, but couldn't do it very well because their family was poor. They were so poor that Hans and Gretel had to wear wooden skates. Holland was covered with ice, so skating was like walking there. One day, someone anounced that there was to be a great skating race.

Hans and Gretel were very good skaters, but the wooden skates slowed them down. They couldn't join the race. But then a girl felt sorry for them, and gave Hans and Gretel money to pay for skates. Gretel bought her skates. Hans met a doctor on his way to buy skates. He wanted to pay the doctor his money, so that the doctor would help his father. But the doctor said he would do it for free. So Hans got his skates. When the doctor came he healed Hans's father. Hans's mother got him to tell her where he buried a lot of money. They found it and became rich. Hans and Gretel joined the race and Gretel won the silver skates which was the prize.