Brother and sister, Marshall and Emiline, discuss and review their favorite books. It is also just a little bit scary because, somewhere out there, a monster is eating people's book reports!
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Welcome to Marvelous Middle-Grade Monday at A Monster Ate My Book Report!
This is a great meme started by Ms. Shannon Messenger, author of her own Middle-Grade Book, Keeper of the Lost Cities. There are lots of fantastic bloggers out their who are excited to tell you all about Middle-Grade Books, so make sure you check out Ms. Shannon's Blog to get all the links.
Daniel has moved to a new town to visit his dying grandmother. After a couple of days of living there, he figures out the town's huge secret--some of the kids possess super powers. The supers accept him as a friend in hopes that he can save them from the result of losing their powers, and all of the memories involved with them, on their thirteenth birthdays. Can he save them?
This was a really good book. I really like super hero books in general but the reason this book shined for me is that it wasn't from the perspective of the super hero. I also thought the villain was very powerful, mysterious, and evil. I give this book FIVE MONSTERS.
Welcome to Marvelous Middle-Grade Monday at A Monster Ate My Book Report!
This is a great meme started by Ms. Shannon Messenger, author of her own Middle-Grade Book, Keeper of the Lost Cities. There are lots of fantastic bloggers out their who are excited to tell you all about Middle-Grade Books, so make sure you check out Ms. Shannon's Blog to get all the links.
Sabrina and Daphne's lives are everything BUT normal. Ever since their thought-to-be-dead grandmother picked them up from the orphanage and taught them about their ancestors--the Brothers Grimm--things have been a little strange. It turns out that all the fairy tales are real! But the fairy tale characters (the Everafters) are trapped in Ferryport Landing due to the Human/Everafter war. They are stuck there until the last Grimm dies. The girls' ancestors have carried on the family business--serving as fairy tale detectives--and now it is their turn.
These books are epic. They changed my idea of fairy tales forever. But now I'm so sleep deprived from staying up all night reading them that I'm having a hard time putting my love for them into words. But I can say that I am in Love with this series. It's absolutely brilliant.
I give it FIVE MONSTERS.
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Welcome to Marvelous Middle-Grade Monday at A Monster Ate My Book Report!
This is a great meme started by Ms. Shannon Messenger, author of her own Middle-Grade Book, Keeper of the Lost Cities. There are lots of fantastic bloggers out their who are excited to tell you all about Middle-Grade Books, so make sure you check out Ms. Shannon's Blog to get all the links.
My Marvelous Middle- Grade Monday pick is Kingdom Keeepers II: Disney at Dawn by Ridley Pearson My Response:
The Disney Host Interactives (DHIs) are back in another epic adventure at the Disney parks. This time around Maleficent has escaped and the DHIs have to recapture her and stop the Overtakers from freeing the evilest of all the Disney Characters--Chernabog. Can they do it?
I thought this was a good book. I liked how Jez (Maleficent's servant from the first book) is not evil in this story. Although this had some really exciting moments in it, I like the first one better. I give this book 4 and 1/2 monsters.
Welcome to Marvelous Middle-Grade Monday at A Monster Ate My Book Report!
This is a great meme started by Ms. Shannon Messenger, author of her own Middle-Grade Book, Keeper of the Lost Cities. There are lots of fantastic bloggers out their who are excited to tell you all about Middle-Grade Books, so make sure you check out Ms. Shannon's Blog to get all the links.
A mystery is brewing. An intriguing bunny has arrived with sharp teeth, red eyes and a mischievous grin. Is he really a vampire?
Bunnicula is a fun book for all ages. I liked how the book is a classic, like Bram Stoker's Dracula with a twist. The characters are great. I really liked Chester. He's very cat-like--sneaky, crazy, and not very nice. This is a great book. I give it 5 monsters.
Welcome to Marvelous Middle-Grade Monday at A Monster Ate My Book Report!
This is a great meme started by Ms. Shannon Messenger, author of her own Middle-Grade Book, Keeper of the Lost Cities. There are lots of fantastic bloggers out their who are excited to tell you all about Middle-Grade Books, so make sure you check out Ms. Shannon's Blog to get all the links.
Nate is good at many things like chess and skateboarding. The one thing he bombs at is school. Then a twist of events happens that puts Nate on top (mentally) of his arch nemesis--straight A student, Gina.
This is a really cool graphic novel. If you've just finished a really long book and you're not ready to commit to another long read then this is a perfect book for you. It is really funny, just like the other books in the Big Nate series. I give it five monsters.
To find out more about the Big Nate books and Lincoln Peirce visit:
Welcome to Marvelous Middle-Grade Monday at A Monster Ate My Book Report!
This is a great meme started by Ms. Shannon Messenger, author of her own Middle-Grade Book, Keeper of the Lost Cities. There are lots of fantastic bloggers out their who are excited to tell you all about Middle-Grade Books, so make sure you check out Ms. Shannon's Blog to get all the links.
My Review of Pandora the Curious: Goddess Girls #9
by Suzanne Williams and Joan Holub:
Pandora is a mortal who lets her curiosity overcome her. When Titans come to MOA, they bring something that is very dangerous--a box of trouble. What lies inside of it is personality changing bubbles, and Pandora opens it. What will happen next!!??
It amazes me how I sometimes grow out of things, but I've been reading these books since I was 7 and I'm still reading them. I don't know exactly what it is about these books but they are just wonderful! Okay, maybe I do know: Their school is awesome. The characters are wonderful. And the illustrations are amazing. The authors must have some great bond because they work really well together and make beautiful books. I give Pandora the Curious 5 monsters.
Thanks Decatur Book Festival! I got to meet Joan Holub and get my book signed. Meeting her was a great experience. (I'm dressed up like Amy Pond from Doctor Who-- I went to the DragonCon Parade)
Welcome to Marvelous Middle-Grade Monday at A Monster Ate My Book Report!
This is a great meme started by Ms. Shannon Messenger, author of her own Middle-Grade Book, Keeper of the Lost Cities. There are lots of fantastic bloggers out their who are excited to tell you all about Middle-Grade Books, so make sure you check out Ms. Shannon's Blog to get all the links.
Emiline's MMGM Pick for this week is WONDERSTRUCK by Brian Selznick
I chose Wonderstruck as my MMGM, because it is by the same author as The Invention of Hugo Cabret. Wonderstruck is not at all related to The Invention of Hugo Cabret, but it is a novel in pictures and words like Hugo.
Ben is a ten-year-old who has no parents. His mother died in a car crash and he never knew his father. One night Ben went into his mother's old room and found a bookmark that may lead him to his father. Ben was born with one sea ear, and when he calls the number on the bookmark lightning strikes and leaves Ben completely deaf.
There is another story in the book, but it is completely in pictures. This story is about a young girl named Rose, who turns out to be Ben's grandmother.That may sound crazy, but the words and pictures are in different time periods. Ben's story is set in 1977 and Rose's story is set in 1927. That is one of my favorite things about this book. I really enjoyed how it turned out that Rose was Ben's grandmother. I thought Wonderstruck was great and also tragic.
To find out more visit the Wonderstruck website. There is information about the author and illustrator, pictures from the book, and even a cool video.
Welcome to Marvelous Middle-Grade Monday at A Monster Ate My Book Report!
This is a great meme started by Ms. Shannon Messenger, author of her own Middle-Grade Book, Keeper of the Lost Cities. There are lots of fantastic bloggers out their who are excited to tell you all about Middle-Grade Books, so make sure you check out Ms. Shannon's Blog to get all the links.
I first found out about The Compound when I was in Literacy Class (a class for READING!) and a few of my friends recommended the book to me. I thought it sounded intriguing, so I checked it out from my teacher. I got really into it, so I read every chance I got at school. When I came home I did my homework and read until late that night. I finished the book in one day! It is definitely a page-turner and it is one of my new favorites!
I give The Compound by S.A. Bodeen 5 Monsters.
I would recommend this book to fans of dystopian.
My Summary of The Compound:
Eli and his two sisters have lived in The Compound for six years. The Compound is a structure their millionaire father had built to keep them safe in the event a nuclear war. Oddly, Eli has been getting strange patches of internet connection. Eli is starting to think his father is keeping something from his family, and that the world outside might not actually have suffered the fallout after a nuclear war.
Find out what happens in The Compound.
Here is the YouTube Trailer for The Compound~
“What is a turducken? An exclusive culinary creation available by special order from some little Cajun town down south. Entirely deboned, a turducken consists of a turkey, stuffed with duck, stuffed with a chicken, like an edible Russian nesting doll. Some were stuffed with alligator, crap, shrimp; my favorite was the traditional cornbread variety.” ― S.A. Bodeen, The Compound
This is a great meme started by Ms. Shannon Messenger, author of her own Middle-Grade Book, Keeper of the Lost Cities. There are lots of fantastic bloggers out their who are excited to tell you all about Middle-Grade Books, so make sure you check out Ms. Shannon's Blog to get all the links.
Edmund and Sis's aunty promised to only be out for a couple of minutes; but, instead, she stayed gone for days. The children began to starve. Sis's stomach gets so empty that Edmund steps out to get something for them to eat. When he gets back, Sis is gone. A fine man by the name of Auguste Dupin agrees to help him find his sister. Will they find her? Read The Man Who Was Poe, coming July 2013.
I thought everything in this book was wonderful. Every part intrigued me. The Poe connections were great. I loved how Avi presented Edgar's character--brilliant.
To find out more about AVI and his books, please visit:
Welcome to Marvelous Middle-Grade Monday at A Monster Ate My Book Report!
This is a great meme started by Ms. Shannon Messenger, author of her own Middle-Grade Book, Keeper of the Lost Cities. There are lots of fantastic bloggers out their who are excited to tell you all about Middle-Grade Books, so make sure you check out Ms. Shannon's Blog to get all the links.
In The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by Brian Selznick, there is a boy named hugo whose father died in a fire in a museum. In the ruins sat an automaton. Hugo believes it might save his life if he can fix it. He things that it is a machine that can draw or write. Eventually, Hugo succeeds at fixing it and makes a new friend, too.
The automaton drew a picture that had his new friend's godfather's signature at the bottom , so Hugo and his friend, Isabelle, try to figure out why it is there. Will they succeed in their quest? Find out in The Invention of Hugo Cabret.
Selznick tells this story with beautiful pictures and words. They pictures are kind of like a flipbook. They use motion to show what's going on in the story. The words are also a big part of the story. They show the dialogue and give great descriptions.
I liked Hugo's natural talent with tinkering and I liked seeing him do it in the pictures. I think you should read Hugo if you have a big imagination or think you would make a good engineer.
~Emiline
Visit this website to find out more about this amazing book:
Welcome to Marvelous Middle-Grade Monday at A Monster Ate My Book Report!
This is a great meme started by Ms. Shannon Messenger, author of her own Middle-Grade Book, Keeper of the Lost Cities. There are lots of fantastic bloggers out their who are excited to tell you all about Middle-Grade Books, so make sure you check out Ms. Shannon's Blog to get all the links.
Marsh's MMGM Pick is Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel
by Jeff Kinney
The Valentine's Day Dance is coming up and Greg is desperately trying to find a date. Even the biggest losers in school have made connections to meet up with girls on the big night. Good thing Greg's best friend, Rowley, is the social chairperson on student council and there just happens to be a girl who doesn't have a date either that is on the student council. Will Greg get a date in time for the dance?
This was a very humorous book like all the others in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. I enjoy how all of the main characters stay the same but Jeff Kinney always incorporates new characters into every new book. What I loved most about this book was the ending, but I can't tell you what happens so you will just have to read the book to find out.
To find out more about Jeff Kinney and the Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series please visit:
Welcome to Marvelous Middle-Grade Monday at A Monster Ate My Book Report!
This is a great meme started by Ms. Shannon Messenger, author of her own Middle-Grade Book, Keeper of the Lost Cities. There are lots of fantastic bloggers out their who are excited to tell you all about Middle-Grade Books, so make sure you check out Ms. Shannon's Blog to get all the links.
My Marvelous Middle-Grade Monday pick is Goddess Girls: The Girl Games by Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams.
In the last Goddess Girls book Artemis starts a Girls' Olympics. Everyone from different places around the world comes to compete.
While Aphrodite searches for a Running Chiton (a special kind of toga), she stumbles upon a kitten and the goddess girls struggle to keep him secret from the rest of MOA. Aphrodite worries that the kitten will like Persephone more than her.
Meanwhile, Aphrodite meets a boy who wants to ride Pegasus and Artemis hears that Zeus might cancel the games!
As you can see, there is ALOT of drama taking place. Will the best friends be able to make it through?
I've really enjoyed this series of books. If you aren't quite ready for Percy Jackson or just want a shorter, but awesome series you should check out these books. I LOVE mythology and this series has really been inspiring.
Welcome to Marvelous Middle-Grade Monday at A Monster Ate My Book Report!
This is a great meme started by Ms. Shannon Messenger, author of her own Middle-Grade Book, Keeper of the Lost Cities. There are lots of fantastic bloggers out their who are excited to tell you all about Middle-Grade Books, so make sure you check out Ms. Shannon's Blog to get all the links.
This week's MMGM is Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz. Alex's Uncle has died. Alex always thought his uncle worked at a bank, but it turds out he was really a spy. When he goes to the funeral, the agency (called M16) that hired Alex's uncle is there. They want Alex to finish his Uncle's last mission.
I think this is a good MMGM pick because the Alex Rider series is very popular with middle grade students and because everyone loves a good ole spy novel. I loved the settings in this book, especially the museum where Britain's Prime Minister activates the Storm Breakers. (Read the book to find out what this mysterious object is.) This book had some of the most sinister villains I ever encountered through my journey as a reader. If you know someone who doesn't like to read, some one who thinks all books are slow-paced, try suggesting this book to them. They are sure to love it.
Marsh
Here is a link to find out more about the author, Anthony Horowitz, and the Alex Rider Series.
Welcome to Marvelous Middle-Grade Monday at A Monster Ate My Book Report!
This is a great meme started by Ms. Shannon Messenger, author of her own Middle-Grade Book, Keeper of the Lost Cities. There are lots of fantastic bloggers out their who are excited to tell you all about Middle-Grade Books, so make sure you check out Ms. Shannon's Blog to get all the links.
Even the smallest of doors can
unlock big mysteries and grave danger…
Coraline finally has
something exciting happen in her dull life, but not necessarily a good exciting. She opens a doorway to
the other world where her “other mother” is.Her “other mother” is a gruesome creature who tries to keep her in the
other world.She is so malicious that
she locks Coraline’s parents up where Coraline can not find them.
Will Coraline escape the other world?
MY THOUGHTS…
First of all, I
would recommend Neil Gaiman’s Coraline
to readers who seek spooky books.Coraline’s adventure are full of scary twists and creepy creatures.I liked how one of the creatures told
Coraline that she could have everything she wanted when she was in the other
world.But Coraline replied, “I don’t
want everything I want.” I love the way she reacts to people.
Welcome to Marvelous Middle-Grade Monday at A Monster Ate My Book Report!
This is a great meme started by Ms. Shannon Messenger, author of her own Middle-Grade Book, Keeper of the Lost Cities. There are lots of fantastic bloggers out their who are excited to tell you all about Middle-Grade Books, so make sure you check out Ms. Shannon's Blog to get all the links.
I was delighted to meet Adam Gidwitz when he came to Little Shop of Stories in Decatur, Georgia. I have emailed him a few times but never met him face to face.
I had a wonderful time hanging out with my favorite author. We talked about our favorite books and we laughed about Adam Rex's Frankenstein Takes the Cake. We discussed the Harry Potter Series and even talked about comic books! Mr. Adam told me about his acting experience. He was hilarious. His talk at Little Shop of Stories was totally extreme. I was very proud of him--a ton of people showed up.
I am really looking forward to his next book.
--Emiline
Look! It's Adam Gidwitz at Little Shop of Stories!
Here we are pretending to be totally normal,
but we're not.
My Review of In a Glass Grimmly by Adam Gidwitz
Adam
Gidwitz has done it again!Did you know
that Jack and Jill are royalty, too?Well, of course they’re not brother and sister, but they are cousins
who go on a marvelous adventure.Wait,
am I forgetting something?Oh yes, I
will tell you about that in the summary.
Summary:Do you ever think you have the best
mother?Because Jill really did.Not only was she great, she was queen of märchen
and she was beautiful.Jack is an
imaginative young boy who has a father who wants one thing for Jack: he wants
him to be a man and to break his imaginative side.But Jack’s dreams wander farther.
Jack and
Jill’s paths cross and they come upon an old woman who says she can grant their
wishes—if they can find the seeing glass.(Jill’s wish is to be beautiful, Jack’s to be admired by the boys.)So they set out on a quest with their three
legged frog friend.You can learn more
about him when you read A Glass Grimmly.
I love this
book.I love Adam Gidwitz’s writing
because of his grim details and his hilarious narrating skills.You can be in the worst of moods and his
books will make you happier—at least that’s how it works for me.I also like the way reading his books makes
you feel like you’ve visited another country.You really get the chance to explore.And if you ever go to that country you’ll know something about it!
To find out more about Adam Gidwitz and his wonderful GRIMM tales visit:
http://www.adamgidwitz.com/
Also, A Tale Dark and Grimm is Al Roker's Book Club pick for October! I'm so excited that more people will find out about this great author.
This is the book trailer for In a Glass Grimmly-
And, in case you missed A Tale Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz you can check out my review here:
