Posted on September 6, 2011 by spencer
Al Capone Shines My Shoes is about a boy named Moose who lives in 1935 on Alcatraz. Alcatraz was a high security prison on an island in San Fransisco bay. It is famous for no criminal escaping and it’s crafty and dangerous inmates. Moose tries to help out people and stay out of trouble.
I thought the book was confusing and the plot was not was not clear. I think this book has no main problem.
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Posted on September 6, 2011 by jmcglinn14
Travel team is about a boy named Danny Walker who lives with his Mom in Middletown, USA. Danny is only four feet seven inches and he is in 7th grade. Even though he is really good at basketball he didn’t make the Vikings travel team because he was so short. Also his dad was the best basketball player and sent his team to the championship and won when he was little. One day his dad got the idea that because Danny didn’t make the travel team he should start his own team. So Danny and his dad got together all the kids that didn’t make the travel team, and they had a few practices together Danny decided they, the Warriors, stunk.
They saw the girls travel team practicing and recruited a girl named Colby Danes who was a really good player. So one day they scrimmaged against the team that the boys tried to get on but didn’t make, and they got crushed, but the team’s best player Ty Ross got hurt. Soon after they played two games. One they lost 47-22; the other they lost 50-20 .The next game they played was against Hanesboro. In the 4th quarter the score was 39 -38 Hanesboro was winning. With five seconds left Danny takes a shot to win the game and missed so Hanesboro won. Soon it was Christmas and Danny got brand new basketball shoes and a computer from his mom and a signed basketball from his dad. At the end of Christmas he measured himself and realized he had grown an inch.
After Christmas break the team played Kirkland and lost by six. Then played Piping Rock and lost by ten. Then they played the Sailors and won 42-22. After the game Danny had to visit the hospital because his dad got in a car crash. Soon after the team wondered who would coach and they voted Danny. He asked his dad why he thought he would be a good coach and he said, “The team is already 1-9 what could happen?”
The next game was against Kirkland. At the end of the quarter the Warriors were down 10-0. At the half Kirkland stretched their lead to 14-0. When Danny’s friend, Ty Ross, came in and said, “Do box-one on their best player Bud Sheedy.” So they tried it and won 34-32 Warriors. Right before the biggest game of the season versus the Vikings, Danny’s mom gave the team the jerseys that his dad’s team wore when they won the championship. Ty told Danny that he was going to play for the Warriors and Danny was so happy. At the game, Danny’s dad showed up on crutches. Half way through the third quarter the Vikings were winning 28-18. With two seconds left in the game the Vikings were winning 39-38 when Danny passed to Ty who made the layup to win the game.
Danny learned that no matter the size of the person, he can do whatever he wants to do with courage and confidence.
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Posted on September 6, 2011 by cgallagher14
Today is the last day of summer 
Although we get netbooks tomorrow! 
The model of netbook we’ll get is the Dell Latitude 2120. It’s got:
-Windows 7 Professional
-Webcam
-Atom N550 Processor
-a really cool case
-Up to 2GB DDR3 SDRAM at 1333Mhz
-10.1″ HD (1366×768) Anti-glare LED-backlit screen OR 10.1″ WSVGA (1024×600) Anti-glare LED-backlit screen
-250GB OR 320GB Hard Drive
-3-Year Limited Warranty
The School programmed these in to all the Netbooks: Firefox, OpenOffice, Sketchpad 5, GIMP, Windows Live Essentials 2011, Noteflight, and Google Earth. That’s a lot, huh? See ya tomorrow!
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Posted on September 6, 2011 by swolfington
Frindle is a book by Andrew Clements and its about a 5th grade boy named Nick Pakers. He goes to Lincoln Elementary School and this year he gets the meanest teacher in school, her name is Mrs. Granger. Nick is one of the troublemakers in the class and he is not a very happy camper that he got Mrs. Granger as an English teacher. One day Mrs. Granger tells her kids that she loves the dictionary and she tells them that people make words in the dictionary. Then Nick thinks that if people make words in the dictionary why can’t he make up a word. So he decided that instead of pen he would call it “frindle”. A little while later kids at school started to use the word frindle then reporters heard about people saying frindle instead of pen and they put it on TV. Then Mrs. Granger got really mad. Then store owners sold pens and on the side it said frindle. A little later the whole world knew about frindle and Nick became wealthy and then they put the word frindle in the dictionary.
I really enjoyed this book and I would recommend this book to grades 3rd-6th. I thought this book was very funny as well and I hope that you all read this some time!
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Posted on September 5, 2011 by ehayes14
Gathering Blue is about a two syllable girl named Kira. Her mother, Katrina dies from a sickness and her father, Christopher was eaten by a beast. She gets taken to a place called the Ruins to seek the Council Edifice to be told whether she should be kept or taken to the beasts she is kept because she has a wonderful way of weaving. With her friend’s help, she moves into the ruins and meets a man named thomas. He also has a special talent which is carving they have to prepare the staff and robe for the singer who sings a song, every year, about the history of the town. She has to repair the robe with colored strings but she dose not know how to create colors so she goes to a four syllable woman named Annabella who says there are no beast. She learns how to make every color except blue.
One day Annabella dies so she cannot continue her lessons but she has still learned much. A few weeks later a tyke named Jo moves to the ruins because her parents had died. She has a beautiful singing voice and has been chosen to be the new singer. Soon after that her friend Matt goes missing. Lots of time pasts and Matt is still not back, it is the time of the gathering with the song and towards the middle of the long lengthy song matt appears and at the end of the song he tells Kira that he has found blue for her to die with he also finds a man who is blind. He says his name is Christopher and that he is Kiras dad. He asks her to come back with him but she refuses. She suggest that Matt walk between towns and everybody agrees.
I thought this was a great book and I would suggest it to anyone who likes mystery’s. I enjoyed the book because it wasn’t that long but there were still many details. Happy reading!!
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Posted on September 1, 2011 by tcosgrave
Posted on August 31, 2011 by knolen
Frindle was about a boy named Nick Packers who is going into 5th Grade at Lincoln Elementary School. Mrs. Granger is the fifth grade language Arts teacher and she is the meanest teacher at Lincoln Elementary School. Nick is a troublemaker so he is not excited for Mrs. Granger. Mrs. Granger loves the dictionary and one day during class she was telling them that people had made up the words in the dictionary.
Then nick had an idea, since Mrs. Granger said that people made up the words he decided to make up his own word, a new word for pen “Frindle”. After awhile all the kids at school were saying frindle instead of pen, and Mrs. Granger got really upset. Later on news reporters heard about the Frindle non-sense and put it on national T.V, and stores started selling pens that said frindle on the side. And eventually the word frindle was put in the dictionary and was used regularly around the world.
I really liked this book and would definitely recommend it because it was an interesting and funny story.
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Posted on August 31, 2011 by dsimmons
This story is about a boy named Roy .One day, on the bus ride home, Roy’s bully Dana shoves his face against the window .As his face is smashed against the window Roy sees a boy running away from the bus .Roy is so interested in the running boy he sat at the front of the bus the next day. When he saw the running boy he sprinted off the bus after him .After a while of chasing the running boy Roy lose track of the running boy.
The next day at school the running boy’s sister told him to leave her brother alone .After school Roy went to the spot he last saw the running boy to try to give him some shoes. while he was waiting there the running boy sister walk to him and asked him why he was there he said ” I wanted to give him some shoes . She said ” OK,’ follow me . When they stopped she took him into a parking lot in the parking lot there was a abandoned ice cream truck. The running boy walked out the ice cream truck and accepted the shoes .The running boy and Roy became friend after talking . The running boy told Roy that he was the one stilling the produce from the new pancake house
. He told him the only reason that I did it was because they build it on a place were the endangered burrowing owls live, Roy said yes I’ll help at the grand opening the running boy gave a moving speech that changed everyone mind . They moved the construction site to across town . I liked this book ,It made me fell good . I would recommended this book to people who like nature and good endings .
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Posted on August 29, 2011 by pkeenan14
This book is about a group of kids who go to the Epiphany Middle School. On the first day of school there is a new kid who’s name is Julian Singh. He has a british accent and kids are making fun of him for this. But there are still three kids who are still nice to him. Those kids are Ethan, Noah, and Nadia. They all become friends and have a tea party every Saturday at Julian’s house. Later in the year there is a 6th grade championship and they are on their way to the state finals. In this competition, the Souls (the team name) must test their brains and try to win the championship for the school. I think this book was slow in the begining but good in the end. I think there were many parts to the book that were not important and should have been leftout. I give this book a 6/10.
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Posted on August 28, 2011 by cmcginn
Turtle in Paradise
By: Jennifer L. Holm
Turtle in Paradise is about an 11 year old girl who’s Mom is a housekeeper. One of the people for whom she keeps house hates children, so Turtle was sent down to Key West, where the rest of her Mother’s family lived. When Turtle was first sent down she was a little uncomfortable. She was stuck with her mom’s sister’s family with a bunch of boys who didn’t like her. After a while she gets more comfortable with the family and everyone in the town. She found a lot about her family that she didn’t know. She found that she had a grandmother who wasn’t dead. Her mother said she was dead because there was an argument between them, but then Turtle and her grandmother became friends. One day, they found a treasure map. They set off to the island that was right next door to their town and started looking for treasure, and they found $22,000 worth in coins! Pork Chop, unfortunately, didn’t put in the Anker so the boat floated away. They were stuck on an island when a hurricane came and were hiding in an unsteady shack. They all thought that they were going to die! After the hurricane was gone, people found them and brought them back to shore. And that is when Turtle’s mom came back. I can’t tell you the rest, you will have to read it t find out.
I loved this book! I thought it was amazing! Everything about it was exciting and I couldn’t put it down. It was such a fun read too! There were so many unexpected surprises. I loved it!
I would recommend this book to fifth, sixth, and seventh graders who like surprises, because it kept you going. If you liked books that didn’t have a lot of surprises, then I wouldn’t recommend this book. So if you like excitement and changes, I would definitely recommend it. It was a great book.
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