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Any Which Wall

Any Which Wall

Any Which Wall

Susan, Roy, Henry & Emma live in Iowa. It’s summer, it’s hot and they’re bored. They do have bikes though, so they take off exploring. They really don’t expect to have much happen, but riding bikes is at least more interesting than sitting on the porch bored and hot. Imagine their surprise when they find a mysterious brick wall rising up out of the middle of a cornfield.

The kids try to think of all the different reasons the wall might be there. Thinking about this is at least interesting and something to do, but the sun is still hot. The kids are hot. The kids are thirsty. One of them wishes for a root beer float and suddenly the kids find themselves transported to a diner…serving root beer floats! Now this is a discovery!

Through trial and error the kids figure out the rules that make the wishing wall work. They find that they can wish their way through time or space. Each friend takes a turn making a wish and crazy adventures follow. Whenever magic is concerned, it’s always important to keep in mind, “be careful what you wish for!” I thought it was a nice change of pace to read a magical story where the fate of mankind doesn’t hang in the balance…a kind of magic that makes a root beer float appear when you really need one!

In the story, the kids like the Edward Eager Half Magic series of books. These are real books that you can read too. In the Hal f Magic books, bored kids find a magic coin. The problem with the coin is you only get half your wish, so lots of crazy adventures happen. Author: Laurel Snyder

If you like this one, you also might like The Penderwicks. There isn’t any magic in the Penderwick books but the kids have fun adventures anyway riding their bikes, exploring and doing the things kids do when there aren’t adults around…because if you aren’t out on your bike exploring with your friends, you’ll never find a magic coin or a magic brick wall!
Half Magic The Penderwicks The Penderwicks of Gardham Street
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Kid Review: Guardians of Ga’Hoole, The First Collier

Kid Review: Guardians of Ga’Hoole, The First Collier

The First Collier

The ninth book in a series of fifteen books/the first book in a mid-series trilogy, and a great book with a clever plot. Author: Kathryn Lasky Reveiwer: Keithen

I have read several books by Kathryn Lasky but had never heard of this series until Keithen turned in this review. (I guess librarians just don’t know everything!) If there are fifteen books in the series kids must like these books! The main characters are owls. Interesting! Here is a description of the series from the publisher:

“Out of the darkness, heroes will rise…Soren, Gylfie, Twilight, and Digger are an unlikely band of heroes. They have come together from different kingdoms to fight a fiecrce, mysterious enemy. Together, the four friends have traveled to the Grat Ga’Hoole Tree to train with a mythic community of owls who rise nightly to perform noble deeds. Soon they will have the wisdom and bravery required to destroy the evil that lurks in their midst.”

Friends, danger, heroes, destroying evil…sounds really, good, I’m going to put this one on hold.

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Kid Review: Bridge to Terabithia

Kid Review: Bridge to Terabithia

Bridge to TerabithiaSPOILER ALERT: If you don’t want to know a MAJOR thing that happens in this book, don’t read the next sentence!……i hated the part when lesley died it was so horrible but the book was great. Author: Katherine Paterson Reviewer: Joy’e

Joy’e is right, this book is great. She’s also right about that little part she gives away. This book is about a really special friendship between a boy and a girl growing up in rural Virginia. They both have really good imaginations and have a special hideaway they call Terabithia in the woods where they play. This book won the Newbery Medal in 1978. As they say, it’s an oldie but a goodie.

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Kid Review: Locomotion

Kid Review: Locomotion

Locomotion

I simply could not put this book down! The narrator is an 11 year old (I think) that lost his parents in a fire and his little sister was sent to a different set of foster parents from Lonnie (the main character and narrator). It is written different than most chapter books.  it is more like his personal journal- except that each page is a different poem. Alot of what he thinks and feels is what alot of other 11 year olds have to think about and deal with.  Only Lonnie (his nickname is Locomotion) causes you to think deeply about serious subjects.  But don’t be afraid because it sounds to serious. You can feel like crying after one page, and be laughing out loud on the next page.  I told alot of my friends about this book and they all loved it!  My teacher even bought it on cd so we could listen to it.  Author: Jacqueline Woodson Reviewer: Billy

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Kid Review: Suddenly Supernatural Unhappy Medium

Kid Review: Suddenly Supernatural Unhappy Medium

Suddenly Supernatural Unhappy Medium

Spirit-seeing Kat has pretty much overcome her fear of communicating with ghosts. Author: Elizabeth Cody Kimmel Series: Suddenly Supernatural Reviewer: Bra-Lynn

I haven’t read this one but after I watched the author’s video below – I thought it looked pretty good. I love Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator, so I’m thinking I’ll like this series too. Creepy and fun when characters can communicate with the dead! Besides, Bra-Lynn says it’s good!

Summary from the Online Catalog: “Kat accompanies her best friend Jac to a musicians’ conference at the Whispering Pines Mountain House, where she works to free the spirit of a dead medium and helps Jac resolve a serious conflict.”

  • Amazon Look Inside Unhappy Medium
  • Play the Suddenly Supernatural Crystal Ball

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