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Review of **__The Red__** __**Pyramid**__ Rebecca Frankel

In Rick Riordan’s fantasy **__The Red__** __**Pyramid**__ Carter and Sadie Kane must defeat the evil god “Set”, and rescue their father. The problem in the book is that the Kane’s father is encased in a coffin and accidentally releases the evil god Set so the kids have to find their dad and destroy Set.

I think that The Red Pyramid told a good story. I lost myself in the magical worlds of the Egyptian gods so I would say that the plot was believable. The book was never hard to concentrate on - in fact it was anything but. I read this book in a few days.

The setting makes the book exciting because there are many places Carter and Sadie hide and find artifacts. The story takes place in present time in many places like Cairo, Washington D.C., England, and Arizona. Because the cities are commonly known to the reader, it is easy to understand the talk about the places.

I think the book shows you that even if you do not get along with your sibling you still love them. Also, I learned tons about Egyptian mythology. I think that the characters really connected with each other and me the avid reader.

The characters in the Red Pyramid develop; they seem much older at the end of the story. There were so many surprises in the story and so many cliffhangers I lost count! The dialogue in the story is also believable because the kids act like normal kids.

I think that readers ages 10 to 16 will enjoy this book. I loved this book because it was funny and really interesting. I especially liked the chapter names because they were crazy. This book is different from other Rick Riordan books because it is not Greek mythology it is Egyptian but it is just as good as the Percy Jackson series. I give this book 5 stars for humor and spectacular writing.

Review of **__The Wednesday Wars__** Rebecca Frankel

“Mrs. Baker looked at me. She hated my guts.” In Gary D. Schmidt’s realistic fiction book **__The Wednesday Wars__**, Holling Hoodhood has to deal with his own small problems but also has to see the bigger picture of the Vietnam War.

The Wednesday Wars was a wonderful book. It told a good story and the plot was believable. It was also pretty easy to concentrate on and I could picture Holling and all his friends very well in my mind. The Wednesday Wars was easy to follow because it was exciting.

The Wednesday Wars takes place in Long Island during 1976. I personally thought that the setting made no difference to how exiting the story was. However, it does play an important role in the character’s life.

The book is about first impressions. For instance in the beginning Holling thinks that Mrs. Baker hates his guts but later they become close friends. The Wednesday Wars characters do change during the story like how Holling grows to like Shakespeare and his sister becomes more independent. I thought that they developed like you or I would in a year not drastically but a subtle change.

The chapters in the Wednesday wars did not end in cliffhangers but the dialogue was believable. There were some surprises.

All in all I feel the Wednesdays Wars is a book for kids and adults 11-111. I think we can all relate to Holling in some way. Personally I loved the book. Sometimes I get a little mad when I am assigned a book for school but I really liked this one. It was really well written. I give this book 5 stars for good humor and amazing writing.

= **J.K Rowling** = written by Colleen Sexton

Every time I read a biography I look for three things: detail, length, and quality. Let me explain - for me, a good biography includes details such as what the person likes to eat or their hobbies. Then I feel like I know the person being written about. I also like little tidbits of information such as how many copies of their book were sold or how many languages their book was translated into. This book was really lacking in that department. I also like when biographies are lengthy and take you a longer time to read. This book was lacking in length as well. The third thing that I always look for is quality. For me to be interested in a biography (and believe me sometimes that is hard to do, just ask my Mom), it needs to be written well. I want descriptions, not just dates and names. This book was very good in the quality department.

In this book I learned quite a lot about J.K Rowling, like the fact that she was on a train on the way to move in with her boyfriend when she imagined Harry Potter. That was one detail that was in the book that I liked. I also liked that she was quoted on almost every page. I also learned that she based Harry in the first year after herself because she had just lost her mother. She also based Hermione on herself because she said she used to be a know-it-all as well but she became less up tight in College.

I give this book four out of four stars for quality but I think I am being a bit generous for length and detail. This book was truthful about her life and slightly funny and there were some good quotes. After reading this book I want to meet J.K Rowling even more than I already did. She is really awesome!

In conclusion I would like to say that this was a pretty interesting read and I might recommend it for third graders and up who want to learn about the genius behind the brilliant Harry Potter books. Besides wishing it was longer and had more details it was a pretty good book. Now I may gladly yelp with joy because this concludes my final sixth grade book review.