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The Mysterious Benedict Society = My first book review is on a book called “The Mysterious Benedict Society” by Trenton Lee Stewart. The Mysterious Benedict Society is a book about a group of four kids who pass a series of mind-bending tests and enter a strange house where they meet a strange old man who gives them a very important and dangerous mission. This thrilling mystery asks the question, “With time running out will they be able to save the world from the thing to come?” = The story mainly takes place at a school called “//The Learning Institute For the Very Enlightened”// The Learning Institute is a strange school who’s goal is not to teach children but to use them to broadcast messages to people’s minds that make them go crazy. Only somebody with a powerful love for the truth can resist the messages. Reynie Muldoon is an orphan who is the leader of the four children. He uses his smarts to figure out most of the children’s problems. George Washington a.k.a Sticky is a runaway who can read or see or hear something and just have it stick in his brain. Sticky’s memory helps the children a great amount during their struggles. Kate Weatherall is a daredevil girl who carries a bucket around with all of her “necessities”. She is very brave, strong, and daring and also helps the children along their mission. Constance Contraire is a cranky little girl who won’t stop blabbering until she gets what she wants. Despite her grouchiness, she helps the children during a very dangerous part of their mission. I would suggest it to an eleven to thirteen-year-old kid. The reason I like this book so much is because it catches your attention and once you start reading you can’t stop. It is a mixture of mystery and adventure, my two favorite book genres. Overall it’s a great book and I would rate it five out of five stars.

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The Wednesday Wars My second book review is on a book called “The Wednesday Wars” by Gary D. Schmidt. The Wednesday Wars is about a boy named Holling Hoodhood. Holling lives smack in the middle of town so he has to stay an hour and a half later than the other kids at Camillo Junior High, which of course, his teacher, Mrs. Baker does not appreciate. Mrs. Baker hates Holling’s guts. Why else would she make him read Shakespeare? Will Holling survive Seventh Grade? The Wednesday Wars takes place at Camillo Junior High in New York. The book takes place in 1967 during the Vietnam War. Everybody is worrying about the war but Holling is worrying about Mrs. Baker. Holling Hoodhood is a thirteen-year-old boy who gets bullied often and his teacher really does not like him… not a good combination. He is NOT having a very good experience in the seventh grade. Mrs. Baker is a seventh grade teacher who’s a stickler when it comes to diagramming sentences. Mrs. Baker doesn’t exactly like the idea that Holling will have to stay after school with her for an extra hour and a half so she makes that hour and a half pretty tough for Holling. I would recommend this book to children from eleven to thirteen-years-old. I liked it because it had some interesting parts where you didn’t want to put the book down. My favorite part was when Mrs. Baker’s rats escaped and Holling and the janitor had to try and catch them. Overall it was a pretty decent book. I would give it four out of five stars. [] Crash

For my book review I read the book “Crash” by Jerry Spinelli. Crash is about a boy named John “Crash” Coogan. Ever since Crash was 3 years old, people could tell he was going to be a football star. At 3 years old, Crash got a helmet for Christmas and ended up knocking his cousin right into the snow! Crash is in seventh grade at Springfield Middle School and him and his best friend Mike love to bully the scrawny nerd, Webb. When Crash finds His friendship at stake, who will he choose, the bully, or the nerd? //Crash// takes place at Springfield Middle School, and Crash’s house. The book takes place in the late 1900’s. Crash’s best buddy is Mike, and they liked playing pranks on Webb who lives in a poor family but, is thankful for everything he has, even though his house is no bigger than a garage. Mike decides to do the ultimate prank on Webb, stealing his turtle and telling him if he ever wanted to see it again, he would have to eat meat, even though he’s a vegetarian. Crash is a thirteen-year old who’s a football star. Crash is 5 feet and 7 inches tall and 154 pounds. He can pretty much plow through anybody, anybody that’s willing to face him anyways. Crash is the star football player for his school, he scored 6 touchdowns in his first game. Everybody knows Crash as the roughest, toughest, fastest kid around. Mike and Crash are best friends because they have a lot in common. They both play on the football team, and they are both rough and tough. But in the end there find out that they don’t have as much in common as they think. I would recommend this book to somebody from 10 to 13 years old. I really enjoyed this book, and I couldn’t stop reading it. I loved this book so much that I read it in one sitting. I would give this book a 5 out of 5. []

Thomas Jefferson; Architect of Freedom
 On April 13, 1743, Thomas Jefferson was born in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, to Peter and Jane Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson came to love music, and learned to play the violin as a boy. Young Tom played for many hours as his sister Jane sang. His family could often hear him humming or softly singing to himself as he worked or rode his horse. When Tom’s family home burnt to the ground, servants saved his beloved “fiddle"

 Thomas Jefferson was mainly known for being the primary writer of the Decleration of Independence. People also know him for being a president, inventor and architect. He was much more than that. He was a politician, a lawyer, a farmer, and one time, he was even a secret agent.

 Thomas Jefferson graduated from William and Mary college in Virginia. He than moved on to be a president. This book talks about Thomas Jefferson's life as well as his accomplishments. He had many accomplishments such as becoming president. He also wrote the Deceleration of Independence.

=I would give this book a 4 out of 5. The book taught me a whole lot about Thomas Jefferson, but I am not a big fan of biographies. I would definitely recommend this book to anybody who wants to learn about Thomas Jefferson. I think that the age range for this book is 10-13.=