6th Grade Entry - Ark Angel

6th graders at WOMS have been invited to post guest entries on my blog for YA books they’ve recently read. This is Nick’s entry. Thanks, Nick!


Ark Angel
Anthony Horowitz
Philomel Books, 326 p.

Alex Rider, teen spy, got injured by a sniper bullet and wound up in the hospital. While he was in the hospital he met a kid named Paul Drevin in the room next to his. The night before Alex was going to get released from the hospital he snuck out of bed and went downstairs. Alex Rider saw four guys come in the hospital and kill the receptionist. Later on he realized they were a group of criminals called Force Three. He saved Paul’s life from Force Three. Later Alex figures out who Force Three is working for and he or she is planning to go in space and blow up his own hotel in space, Ark Angel. Alex Rider meets a guy named Byrne and he tells him to try to stop Force Three. Along Alex’s journey he is almost injured like when he goes go carting and when Force Three kidnaps him. Do you think he will stop Force Three?
Alex Rider is the main character in Ark Angel. He works for MI6 Special Operations, which is a spy agency. Alex is a very brave teenager and never gives up until he completes his mission. He is a fifteen year old boy that lives with his caretaker Jack Starbright. He lives with Jack Starbright because his uncle and parents are dead. Even if Alex isn’t told to do something he is always winding up following someone that looks up to no good.
What I like best about the book is all of the action. I like all of the action because it makes the book better. Another thing I liked best about the book is all the details. All of the details paint a picture in my mind. I like that Alex Rider is a really good fighter. Since Alex is a good fighter it makes all of the action better. The next thing I liked about the book best was that it’s adventurous. I like that it’s adventurous because he goes to places to that I would want to go (space). Another thing I that I like best about the book Ark Angel is that it’s suspenseful. The suspense in Ark Angel made me addicted to it. I loved how the author wrote the book with almost a different conflict in each chapter. Example one chapter will be about Force Three showing up at a soccer game and the next thing you know someone’s trying to blow up Ark Angel!
I would recommend this book to people that like their book to have a lot of action in it. If people like books with a lot of suspense in them, this book is just right for them. This book makes you imagine like you are Alex Rider, and if you like that you should check this book out or buy it. Another recommendation I have is for people that likes spy books because this book all about a spy (Alex Rider). I recommend this book to people in the age of 9-14 years old.

Submitted by Nick C.

6th Grade Entry - Eagle Strike

6th graders at WOMS have been invited to post guest entries on my blog for YA books they’ve recently read. This is Nate’s entry. Thanks, Nate!

Eagle Strike
Anthony Horowitz
Philomel Books, 257p.

Alex Rider, teen spy, sees Yassen Gregorovich, an enemy from earlier on, and wonders, “What is he doing here”. So Alex knows something is not right. He follows Yassen Gregorovich and finds him talking on his phone to a guy named Damian Cray. While Yassen is talking to Damian on the phone, Alex realizes that from what he has heard on the phone, Damian Cray is a criminal. Alex Rider gets in contact with the MI6 Special Operations, a spy agency that he works for, about Damian Cray. Later, on he realizes that Damian Cray is a former pop idol and a billionaire that everyone adores. Everyone believes Damian Cray is a good person because he donates millions of dollars to charities and does good stuff for people, but Alex Rider and the MI6 Special Operations are the only ones that believe he is a criminal. In fact, Alex’s best friend doesn’t even believe that Damian Cray is a criminal. Alex Rider has to keep in touch with the MI6 Special Operations, about Damian Cray. Alex Rider must survive a bullfight, a high speed chase through Amsterdam on a bicycle, and even being the target in a human video game, Game Slayer. When Alex Rider figures out about Cray’s plan called “Eagle Strike,” he realizes that he has to save a lot of people’s lives. Alex Rider knows he has to face a big problem. Will Alex Rider stop Eagle Strike or will Eagle Strike go on and happen?
Alex Rider is the main character in Eagle Strike. He is a teenage boy and is fourteen years old. Alex Rider is a spy that works for MI6 Special Operations, a spy agency. Alex never gives up until he completes the missions MI6 gives him. Alex lives with his housekeeper, also his best friend, Jack Starbright. I feel bad for Alex because all he’s really got is Jack Starbright. If Alex thinks there is someone up to no good, he will follow them and figure out what their problem is or if they’re criminals. So basically, he sometimes starts his own missions instead of the MI6 giving him one.

I liked that when I read Eagle Strike, it painted a picture in my head of the setting and characters. That was important because in my head, I saw characters I have never seen before and a place I have never been to. I also, liked how there was a lot of suspense in Eagle Strike because I wanted to keep on reading it and never stopping. In Eagle Strike, I liked how there was a lot of action because I like to watch people fight. I was excited when Alex Rider was trying to survive a bull fight and a high speed chase through Amsterdam on a bicycle. I was especially excited when Alex Rider tried to survive being the target in a human video game because there was a lot of action when those things happened.
I would recommend this to anyone who likes action in a book. I would also, recommend this to anyone that likes a book so much, they never want to stop reading it. If you like other books written by Anthony Horowitz, this is the book for you. If you like James Bond this is also a book for you because Alex and James Bond are both spies. Finally, I would recommend this to anyone who likes a picture painted in their mind while they’re reading.
Submitted by Nate C.

6th grade entry - Charlotte's Web

6th graders at WOMS have been invited to post guest entries on my blog for YA books they’ve recently read. This is Amara’s entry. Thanks, Amara!

Charlotte's Web
E.B. White
HarperCollins Publisher Inc.,
184 pages
 


Wilbur the pig was born a runt when he was little and was to have something awful happen to him, when an eight year old girl named Fern saves the baby pig. Her father allowed her to keep the pig but must be fully responsible for him. As Wilbur grows older he gets to big to be kept at the house any more and is sent away to Fern’s uncle Zuckerman’s farm. Wilbur and Fern are devastated to be apart but have no choice. When Wilbur arrives he is given a pig pen and some slop to hold him over for the day. With Wilbur missing Fern he forgets about his slop and doesn’t even look at it. No one wants to be his friend except for a beautiful voice he keeps hearing from the top corner of the wall where he sees nothing but a spider web. To his surprise the small voice was a small web-spinning spider. But Wilbur is in trouble. He questions that the farmer is thinking of eating him for dinner and Wilbur is terrified. Wilbur and his new friend Charlotte the spider think of a plan to save Wilbur’s life. They find out that there is a county fair coming up and that the farmer would never eat a prize winning pig. When they get to the fair Wilbur is in his pig pen with Charlotte in the corner of the wall once again. Wilbur does tricks and makes strange noises so people will notice him but nobody does because there’s a pig in the pen next to his that is two times his size. Charlotte then has an idea. She starts to weave some words in her web, the words say “Some Pig” everyone is amazed and cannot believe there eyes. Charlotte continues to weave other words to keep everyone’s attention. Such as humble, terrific, and radiant. But are these words enough to save Wilbur from being dinner and make him a prize winning pig? and what surprises comes from Charlotte that Wilbur will protect with his life to repay Charlotte for saving his? Is this the end of Wilber and his new friend Charlotte?

Wilbur has always felt like the outsider from everyone else. All he wants to do is go on an adventure. He is an easily frightened pink pig. All he wants in the world is a friend. But when he is forced away from his human friend Fern where will he find a friend? All of the animals in the barn are not fond of him except for one small aracnid that wants a friend to. Wilbur is on a life threatening adventure that he has been waiting for, now he must save his life and his best friend Charlotte‘s.

I feel bad for Wilbur when he is taken away from his friend Fern, but when he makes a new friend Charlotte, that doesn’t judge him by what size, shape, or color he is it makes me feel good inside because if I was alone and was ignored by everybody the one thing I would want right at that moment is a friend. That is my favorite part in the book because it is positive and heart warming. If anyone was in Wilbur’s position I’m sure they would be feel the same.

I think someone with a bright imagination, colorful personality, and big heart would enjoy this book because it really shows the value of friendship. Also, a person that like fiction stories with some humor. I was one of those people that enjoyed this book because of these traits that the book has. It is one of my favorite books.

 

Submitted by Amara E

6th Grade Entry - Moby Dick

6th graders at WOMS have been invited to post guest entries on my blog for YA books they’ve recently read. This is Casey’s entry. Thanks, Casey!

Moby Dick
Herman Melville
Modern Publishing, 185 p.


Ishmael finds an awesome adventure, so he joins the crew of a whaling ship. The ship Captain is Captain Ahab, the revenge of Captain Ahab is unbelievable for a white whale called Moby Dick. Who bit off his leg. Come join Ishmael and his crew mates on an amazing journey at sea. Also, discover how only one mate survives the face-off between a determined hunter and a high-spirited animal.
Queequeg has no hair on his shinny head except for one twisted knot on the top. He had square tattoos on his legs, arms, chest, and some on his face. Queequeg’s face was sort of dark purplish-yellow color.
The thing I liked most about this book is that Ishmael is going on an adventure. I also like that it is his first time going whaling. The last thing I liked was that it was his first time to see the whale Moby Dick, the only whales he has seen the is normal ones.
I would really recommend this book to people that are interested in whaling and fishing. If you’re a first timer in fishing or whaling than you should especially read this book so you are prepared

submitted by Casey F.

6th Grade Entry - Blue Bloods

6th graders at WOMS have been invited to post guest entries on my blog for YA books they’ve recently read. This is Taylor’s entry. Thanks, Taylor!

Blue Bloods
Melissa De La Cruz
Hyperion Paperbacks
302 pages

Blue bloods by Melissa De La Cruz is about this girl named Schuyler Van Alen. She lives with her grandma in her imposing French-style palace on the corner of leafy 101st and riverside drive. She lives with her grandma because right after Schuyler was born her mother slipped into a coma and has been in one since. Her dad died before Schuyler was born. When she turned fifteen her life changed forever. Starting with these blue blood vessels appearing, then next Schuyler receives paperwork to join up and be in The Committee which then she finds out everything. She is a blue blood which is an ancient group of Vampires. She then has to find the monster that is killing them of one by one until they are all dead.
Schuyler looks just like her mother expect for the hair. She has blue-black hair, milky white skin and the most vibrant blue eyes. She is short and eats like crazy and never gains an ounce.

What I like best about the book is that Schuyler is just like me. I hardly never gain an ounce when I eat and that she never fits in at school. I also think that it is nice for a change in what we already know about in this case we think that Vampires can never be killed or that the only way to kill them is to cut off their head or stab them in the heart, but in this book the author brings in a new way to kill them. People worldwide also agree with me.

I would recommend this book to people who love Vampire stories. Or cliff-hangers. Or just a plain good mystery and series.
Submitted by Taylor M.

Poetry Friday - Remora Remora

In honor of my recent trip to the Virgin Islands and my actual seeing of a shark (a Nurse shark) and Remora fish (not on the shark, but on other fish) - I'm posting this great poem by thomas Lux.



Remora, Remora
Thomas Lux

Clinging to the shark
is a sucker shark,
attached to which
and feeding off its crumbs
is one still tinier,
inch or two,
and on top of that one,
one the size of a nick of gauze;
smaller and smaller
(moron, idiot, imbecile, nincompoop)
until on top of that
is the last, a microdot sucker shark,
a filament’s tip – with a heartbeat – sliced off,
and the great sea
all around feeding
his host and thus him.
He’s too small
to be eaten himself
(though some things swim
with open mouths) so
he just rides along in the blue current,
the invisible point of the pyramid,
the top beneath all else.

6th Grade Entry - New Moon

6th graders at WOMS have been invited to post guest entries on my blog for YA books they’ve recently read. This is Katie’s entry. Thanks, Katie!
New Moon
Stephenie Meyer
Little, Brown And Company, 563 p.

During New Moon Edward Cullen leaves Bella Swan because Edward's family is getting revealed.
So they leave the town Forks which is where Bella and Edward met. Bella try's to get over Edward and falls in love with her friend,Jacob Black. While she's doing that her father Charlie thinks Bella is depressed because she's moping around because Edward left her. So he's trying to send her back home to her mom's house in Pheonix. But Bella's refusing to go to her mom's . Because she wants to live with her father and see Jacob more.

I think Edward Cullen is one of the main characters in New Moon.
Edward is tall, and a handsom young man. Every girl at Forks High School is in love with Edward Cullen. He's a drop dead beautiful guy! He has brown lushes hair. His eyes are a golden brown color. His skin is pail white, and ice cold. He's super fast and strong. And he's been 17 years old for a very long time cause he's immortal and he is a vampire that only eats animals. He controls his thirst for humans.

One of my favorite parts in New Moon is when Bella and her friend Jessica go to the movies and Bella see's this group of guy's and she starts walking torward them and Jessica starts running towards Bella and try's to pull Bella back away from the group of guys. And all of a sudden Bella hear's a voice out of nowhere saying " Go back to Jessica." In Bellas head she was saying I know that voice, it’s the most beautiful voice, and when Edward left Bella she promissed Edward she wouldn’t do anything stupid. Then the voice said " you promised you wouldn’t do anything stupid." And that’s when Bella knew that was Edwards voice. Bella knew he still cared about her because he reminded her about her promise.
That’s my favorite part because I think it's exciting to know Edward is still watching Bella and I think its sweet that he cares about her still. Also because he doesn't want her to get hurt.


I recomand this book to a girl or a guy that likes exciting, cliff hanging love stories. Or someone who likes bad vampiers or good ones! This book will bring excitement to you and you won't want to put the book down. It’s a page fliping series!


Submitted by Katie A.

6th Grade Entry - The Princess Diaries

6th graders at WOMS have been invited to post guest entries on my blog for YA books they’ve recently read. This is Sydney’s entry. Thanks, Sydney!

The Princess Diaries
By Meg Cabot
HarperCollins Publishers, 228 pages

Mia Thermopolis thinks she is just an average high school girl who no one seems to notice. But then her father gets cancer that makes him unable to have any more children. This forces Mia’s parents to tell her the truth about who she really is… a princess. You think a girl would be happy about being a princess but not Mia. This is her worst nightmare coming true. It seems that all at once everything in her life is going wrong. She is going to have to run her own country, her mom is dating her algebra teacher, her best friend hates her, and that’s just the start of her problems. One of the worst things to being a princess is the princess lessons her grandma gives her. Mia’s grandma is a mean, snotty woman who doesn’t like Mia any more than Mia likes her. For Mia being a princess is only making her life harder.
Mia Thermopolis is sure there is nothing worse than being a five-foot-nine, flat-chested freshman, who is flunking algebra. But then her parents play the princess card and she feels even more overwhelmed. Mia’s plan was to join Greenpeace and move to Iceland, not run a country. When her grandma gives her a complete makeover she doesn’t feel like herself anymore. Then when the news gets out about her being heir to the throne she’s always being harassed by reporters and gets no privacy. People like Lana Weinberger and Josh Richter who use to make fun of her are now acting like her best friend and causes Mia to be confused about who her real friends are. Poor Mia, her life is going out of control and there is nothing she can do about it.
I thought this was a fantastic book written by Meg Cabot. The way the author writes the book is like you are reading Mia’s diary. You truly do feel like you are reading a high school girl’s journal. You get to feel like you truly know Mia. When I read this book you feel like you are really there watching this story happen. As you get farther and farther into the book you feel even more attached to this wonderful book. I can’t wait to read the second book, Princess in the Spotlight.
I would recommend this book mostly to girls. I say this because the book is written from a young girl’s perspective and boys would probably not enjoy this as much as some girls would. I highly recommend this book for someone who wants to read about what becoming a princess might really be like. I think this book would be good for girls in middle school and up.

Sydney T.

6th Grade Entry - Searching for David's Heart

6th graders at WOMS have been invited to post guest entries on my blog for YA books they’ve recently read. This is Isabelle’s entry. Thanks, Isabelle!

Searching for David’s Heart
By Cherie Bennett 220pg
Published by Scholastic Inc.
Darcy is a girl with love and joy and the one she loves the most is her older brother David. Butt that all changes when he gets a new girlfriend. Darcy thinks that he hates her and loves his girlfriend. That’s when the big fight between them begins. She runs away and her brother is chasing after her and gets hit by a car and dies.
She thinks him dieing is all her fault. Her parents decide to donate David’s heart to transplant. That’s when her and her best friend Sam decide to go searching for his heart. Because she believes that if she finds his heart even if it is in someone else’s body she will still have him.
What I like best about this book is the love that everyone has. And the joy that keeps the book going. This book is an amazing book. If you enjoy sad books but happy endings then this is definitely the book for you.
Submitted by Isabelle B

6th Grade Entry - 39 Clues: The Maze of Bones

6th graders at WOMS have been invited to post guest entries on my blog for YA books they’ve recently read. This is King’s entry. Thanks, King!

The 39 Clues: The Maze of Bones
Rick Riordan
Scholastic Inc. 220 pages

It was a sad day for Dan and Amy Cahill because their grandmother Grace Cahill died and they were at her funeral. Until the executer William McIntyre, gave them a choice: take a million dollars or give up the million dollars for a chance to become the most powerful being or beings in the world by finding exactly 39 Clues isolated around the world. Amy and Dan reluctantly take the challenge and watch $1,000,000 go in flames.

But they’re not alone on this. Other members of the family are in this too. The Holts. They have massive strength and brawn but not that much brain. The Kabras (or as Dan likes to call them, the Kobras). They have money and people on the inside to help them. Their Uncle Alistair is in the race too. He is old in his age and claims he invented microwave burritos but he has a few tricks up his sleeve. Their cousin Jonah Wizard is also in the contest. He owns his own #1 television show, Who Wants to be a Gangsta? And last but not least, Irina Spasky. She was some kind of agent and had the skills to kill someone. All 6 teams are on a race to find all 39 Clues.

What I liked best about this book is that it has the detail that tells me about what the setting looks like. It’s also my favorite genre, fiction. It also gives me so much information of what all the characters look like and feel like.

I definitely love the character Dan Cahill because he shows a lot of courage and leadership. Dan has a body full of bravery and a lot of guts and shows them by encouraging his sister to keep going and to never give up. He has dreams of becoming a ninja lord and collect rare baseball cards. But he sacrifices his collection for the contest showing a lot of bravery. He has a really cocky attitude especially when he sees some of the competition. Dan had dark blond hair and jade eyes, and he’s 11 years old.

I’d recommend this book and series to people who love action, adventure, suspense and for people who likes to learn about the greatest people of the century before ours.

Submitted by King S.

6th Grade Entry - Tale of Despereaux

6th graders at WOMS have been invited to post guest entries on my blog for YA books they’ve recently read. This is Celeste’s entry. Thanks, Celeste!

The Tale of Despereaux
Kate DiCamillo
Candlewick Press 272 pages

Once upon a time in the faraway Kingdom of Dor, a whole lot of laughter among the many gallons of soup, a mouse popped out of nowhere. He had a name but, no one knew it. At that same moment in time, a small mouse named Despereaux Tilling was born. The mouse that didn't have a name scared the Queen so bad that she died and the mouse fell into the soup. The day after that, the king made it illegal to have a mouse, make soup, or have pots and pans/silverware. The king hired a fat girl name Mig to be his maid. Mig's Uncle was arrested for hurting her. Her ears were so badly abused that they looked like cauliflower.

Despereaux, on the other hand, got sent to the dungeon since he wasn't like the other mice. He liked to read and listen to music. One day he heard the king playing his guitar, so he followed the music. One of the princesses touched him so he was sent to the dungeon and this is where Despereaux talked to her.

Despereaux loved it when he heard the king playing his guitar. In most of his spare time he would go to the library and read fairy tails. Unlike all of the other mice, he wasn't scared of cats. He wouldn't eat food that other mice would normally eat like paperback books, cheese, and garbage. Despereaux Tilling only ate people food. His favorite food was soup.

I was very happy when Despereaux became more encouraged about getting out of his jail cell to go and save the princess from Mig. The thing I loved most about this book is that Despereaux was so in love with music that he followed it. It's just too bad the king hated mice. Another reason I loved this book so much is because it was hard to put down. I also loved how the author made the sights, smells, and sounds as real as she made the characters.

I definitely recommend this book to people who like to read books that keep them on the edge of their seat with suspense wanting more. This book might look thick and long but, once you get past the first chapter, you'll want to stay up all night reading it. This is the best fantasy book I've read all year.

Submitted by Celeste H.

6th grade entry - Cryptid Hunters

6th graders at WOMS have been invited to post guest entries on my blog for YA books they’ve recently read. This is Monica’s entry. Thanks, Monica!

Cryptid Hunters
Roland Smith
Hyperion paperbacks for children, 348 p.

In Cryptid Hunters by: Roland Smith Grace and Marty get literally dropped in The Congo but this was not part of the plan. The plan was Wolfe (their Uncle Travis) and his partner, Laurel Lee were going to The Congo to save their friend, Masalito from Butch McCall. Why were Grace and Marty with them? They were supposed to be going back to their boarding school in Switzerland (they were all on Wolfe’s Jet). On Grace and Marty’s journey they end up separated only to be saved by Masalito! Unfortunately, Wolfe comes looking for them with no success and to top it all off Wolfe’s arch enemy Noah Blackwood is after Grace and Marty too!

Grace is a sweet girl with jet black hair and deep blue eyes. She is scared of almost everything and has a nightmare that she can’t even remember! She believes the key to opening the memory of this dream is somewhere in The Congo. So she’s kind of happy when she gets there aside the snakes, bugs, monkeys and bats.

Trying to pick my favorite part will be hard so I’ll just share my favorite parts. This book is great for learning because it tells a lot about myths and cryptozoology (the study of animals such as Sasquatch and others whose existence has not been proven scientifically). Another good part would be when Grace and Marty find the long lost (but dead) sauropod Moklembe (Mo- kee- lee- em- mem-bay). There are so many more awesome parts but Miss. FB said no spoilers so sorry!
I think people interested in myths and cryptids would love this book. As for age group anyone with a 750 Lexile would work. For gender I think both boys and girls can enjoy this book if they enjoy a book filled with nonstop action in a
well-packed jungle adventure.

Submitted by: Monica C.

Find Beauty Challenge - My entry

I did it! I go my video done for Justina Chen Headley's Find Beauty Challenge, part of her North of Beautiful . It's my first time to ever post something on YouTube. It's pretty exciting :) If you'd like to watch it, it's linked below.

You can also find my video and many other entries in the contest HERE and vote for your favorite. Everyone's a winner in this contest, though, because for every entry, Justina's donating $10 to help children in third-world countries born with cleft lips and palates. That's beautiful!

Enjoy!

6th Grade Entry - The Lightning thief

6th graders at WOMS have been invited to post guest entries on my blog for YA books they’ve recently read. This is KC’s entry. Thanks, KC!

The Lightning Thief
Author Rick Riordan
Publisher First Scholastic printing, 375 Pages


Percy Jackson is a kid who has been kicked out of most boarding schools in New York City. Percy feels that gods, goddess and monsters seem to be coming after him, for some unknown reason. Percy has dyslexia and ADHD, but as time goes by he learns these will be his greatest tools. He has angered the king god, whose name is Zeus and this is where the trouble begins. Now Percy and his friends must retrieve Zeus’s Master Bolt, which was used to defeat Kronos, his father. Percy and his friends are trying to stop a war, which would destroy the western civilization. They have ten days to retrieve the Bolt and find the true thief.

Annabeth has a cap that can turn anyone who wears it, invisible. She ran away from home because her stepmother was very rude and mean to her. Annabeth met a satyr and two other kids who were trying to get to Camp Half Blood. Annabeth is rude to Percy because of who their godparents are.

I liked how much fiction was in the book. I also liked how many weird creatures were in the book. Mythology is one of my favorite subjects, and that is why I liked this book so much. The book got more interesting with each chapter. The ending was so good and amazing it totally surprised me.

This book is great for kids who like fantasy. It is also good for people who like mythology, they can learn about creatures and gods. I would recommend this book for kids between the ages of six and fourteen.

Submitted by K.C.S.

6th Grade Entry - Torn to Pieces

6th graders at WOMS have been invited to post guest entries on my blog for YA books they’ve recently read. This is Raquel’s entry. Thanks, Raquel!

Torn to Pieces – Margot McDonnell
Harper Collins, 258 pages

In Torn to Pieces by Margot McDonnell, Annie is hoping that she won’t have to move again. Her mom has dragged her around with her grandparents since she was a little kid, and she really wants to settle down. She’s just made a friend when two mysterious boys arrive at her school. Although she doesn’t know it, as Annie gets closer and closer to the boys, she’s also getting closer to her mother’s past. Led by a phone message left by her mother Annie finds a bunch of thousand dollar bills in a hollow book. Soon after, her mother disappears. Annie knows that her mom must have been dealing with drugs. What happened to her? Is her employer after her? Is she dead? Read the book to find out.
Annie has bright orange hair, the color of maple tree leaves in the fall. Boys are a mystery to her since the only person who dated her was using her. The only person who like-likes Annie is a how-low-can-you-go pants kid named Junior who has baggy, pink, eyelids. She plays a saxophone called Beastie Boy and has a cat named Zorro. I wish I had hair like Annie’s.

I liked that this was a mystery without the detective as the main character. Usually the whole story is about the detective. The book was more interesting that way. Detectives don’t get into a lot of fights, they just solve the crimes. Torn to Pieces was very suspenseful. Also, Annie was an interesting character.

I think that mystery-lovers should read this book. Also, people who like romance with action. People who like suspenseful books would like this book. Finally, people who don’t mind blood, hair loss (not because of old age), and broken bones should read this book.

Submitted by Raquel G.

6th Grade entry - Twilight

6th graders at WOMS have been invited to post guest entries on my blog for YA books they’ve recently read. This is Bailey’s entry. Thanks, Bailey!

Twilight
Stephenie Meyer
Little, Brown and Company, 498 pgs.

Isabella (Bella) Swan has just moved to the small town of Forks, Washington, to spend some time with her dad Charlie since she didn’t want to go out on the road and travel a lot with her crazy but loving mother and her new step-father Phil. Bella was so used the hot weather of Phoenix, Arizona, that she just wanted to go back home because Forks, Washington is one of the wettest places on earth. That’s what she thought until she met the beautiful Edward Cullen. He’s hiding something from Bella and she can’t figure out what it is. So Bella decided to do some researching on what she knew about the mysterious Edward Cullen. She knew he was incredibly fast, strong, and cold-skinned. Will Bella find out Edward’s secret and will she be able to resist his beauty?


Bella Swan is a seventeen year old girl in her year of being a junior in high-school. She has a crazy and loving mother who just got married to a minor league baseball player named Phil. She lived in Phoenix, Arizona until she didn’t want to go traveling the road with her mom and Phil, so she moved to Forks, Washington to stay with her dad.

I loved how Stephenie Meyer made everything so real to me. She did a really good job at choosing her word choice too. I recommend this book for people who love mystery and excitement. People who love that kind of stuff will love this book, I know I did.


Submitted by Bailey A.

6th Grade Entry - The Lightning Thief

6th graders at WOMS have been invited to post guest entries on my blog for YA books they’ve recently read. This is Sergio’s entry. Thanks, Sergio!

The Lightning Thief
Rick Riordan
Hyperion Paperbacks, 375 pages

Percy Jackson always gets kicked out of school. Percy lives in a small apartment in New York with his mom and stepdad. His real dad left to a sea voyage before Percy was born. Percy thinks he is dead. Eventually, he has to go to a camp his dad wanted him to go. It is called Half-Blood Camp. There, he is granted a quest to find Zues's stolen lightning bolt.

Percy has ADHD and dyslexia. Before the quest, Percy didn't even believe in gods. The quest turned him into a different person.

Percy is a great character to put in a mythological book. This book makes mythology fun, easy, and funny. Humor is perfectly placed in the right spots to give this book a two thumbs up.

I'd recommend this book to readers that like mythology or know a lot about it. If you like humor, pick this book up and read it.

Submmitted by Sergio S.

6th Grade Entry - Peter and the Starcatchers

6th graders at WOMS have been invited to post guest entries on my blog for YA books they’ve recently read. This is Sage’s entry. Thanks, Sage!

Peter and the Starcatchers Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson Hyperion Books for Children/ New York

Peter and his five friends, who are orphans, aboard a boat called the Never Land with a strange trunk on it. The whole crew is talking about how it’s the greatest treasure in the Seven Seas. Peter meets a new friend aboard the Never land. Her name is Molly. When Molly reveals a secret to Peter the mystery of the strange trunk begins to unravel. When Molly, Peter, and the trunk wash up on an unknown island they meet savages, a huge crocodile named Mister Grin, beautiful, but ferocious mermaids, and ravage pirates. They also discover the true powers of the trunk, and Peter’s powers. Everyone is after the trunk. Who gets the trunks? You’ll have to find out.

Peter is a sneaky and tricky boy. When all the boys and Molly are in danger, he shows affection. Peter is incredibly brave and almost gets killed several times to save the lives of the boys, Molly (who seems to be in the most danger) and a fellow sailor whose name is Alf. He also saves the chief of the savages (Fighting Prawn), and Molly’s father. Peter is courageous, but has a soft side.

Poor Peter. He’s already an orphan and has to take care of five boys, because he’s their leader, and on top of that he has to be brave and act like he’s not scared when he feels like he’s so scared he could pee in his pants. Now on top of this he’s responsible for nine lives. I question if this responsibility helps Peter by knowing that he is the one who is in control and gets himself and the others through this stressful time. The reason that I loved this book so much is mostly because of the suspense. I loved how the writers wrote the chapters. They would write about what was happening in one part in the story and then the next chapter would be about what was happening in another part of the story. For example: The writers would write about what was happening with Peter and Molly and the boys. Then the next would be what was happening with Black Stache. This way the chapters where always left at a cliff hanger.

I greatly recommend this book to people who like suspense and to those who like (or love) Peter Pan. Whoever enjoys a good book, I highly recommend this book. This is a great book if you’re bored or have nothing to do. Once someone who likes the things I said above picks up this book, I’m sure that they’ll get lost in it.

Submitted by Sage D.

6th Grade Entry - Fire on the Wind

6th graders at WOMS have been invited to post guest entries on my blog for YA books they’ve recently read. This is Kendra’s entry. Thanks, Kendra!

Fire on the Wind
By Linda Crew
Delacorte Press, 198 Pgs.

It is the year of 1933 and the driest season of the year. There are so many trees everywhere that could start on fire any minute. Storie is a young girl who is a logger’s daughter. Storie’s father and the other loggers have discovered a fire in Gales Creek which is pretty close to Blue Star Camp which is where Storie and her family live. The fire is spreading uncontrollably through the forest. There is no moisture in the air from the fire and a lot of the streams and lakes have evaporated from the ground. The loggers try to stop the fire but it is too much to handle.

Storie is a logger’s daughter and is fairly young. She has long brownish-blonde hair that is wavy. The girl is very courageous, not very lady-like, and she thinks she knows everything when she hasn’t ever been to school. Storie is a lot like her father because she wears overalls and she gets dirty all of the time and doesn’t really care about it.

I liked Fire on the Wind because it was adventurous and there was a little bit of a love story too. It also reeled me in and I wanted to keep on reading it. I couldn’t suspect what was coming up next until I read what happened. This was one of my favorite books. I didn’t ever get tired of reading Fire on the Wind because there was always another problem or new happening.

I would recommend Fire on the Wind to people who are interested in historical fiction, people who like a little bit of a love story mixed in, and people who would like to see and feel what it is like to be living deep in the woods and to have a logger as a father.

Submitted by Kendra T.

6th Grade posting - A Great and Terrible Beauty

6th graders at WOMS have been invited to post guest entries on my blog for YA books they’ve recently read. This is Rosita’s entry. Thanks, Rosita!

A Great and Terrible Beauty

Libba Bray

Delacorte Press 403p.

The plot in this book is that Gemma Doyle has special powers. Her powers are that she attracts the supernatural. She becomes entangled with the school’s (Spence Academy)most powerful girls. She also discovers her mother’s connection to a shadowy group called the Order. It’s there that her destiny waits .. if only she could believe it.

Gemma Doyle is a very proper young lady is very elegant. She has a dream of that she will overlook her father that she will go to Spence Academy.

Poor Gemma: I feel sad for her because she just had lost her mother, Virginia Doyle two months ago. The way the book was so mysterious it just kept on getting better this made me keep on reading the book until I finish it. And how it was old fashion in the 1895 how it describes the setting.

To me as reader I was interested in mysterious books some people I think would like this book are people who I ghosts and mysterious books or just like old fashion books.

Submitted by Rosita S.