https://padlet.com/hvolmerding/youchoose en-us 2016-02-05 12:20:28 UTC 2023-05-05 15:21:05 UTC hello@padlet.com hvolmerding https://padlet.com/hvolmerding/youchoose/wish/93441890 Circus Mirandus
by: Cassie Beasley

Circus Mirandus is a heart-warming tale of family, faith, and magic.  

Micah has lived with Grandpa Ephriam for most of his life.  Everything about life with Grandpa is perfect; Micah loves drinking orange soda after school, working together on school projects, and listening to all of grandpa's stories about the magic circus he visited as a child.  But when grandpa becomes ill and Aunt Gertrudis comes to take care of him, all of that changes.  ...until Micah remembers that The Lightbender from Circus Mirandus owes Grandpa a miracle.  

I would give this book four out of five stars.  I loved reading this book.  I never knew what was going to happen next, and I never wanted to stop reading.  The author used lots of great, descriptive words.  I could almost hear the sound of the drums from Circus Mirandus as a read.  ...even though I loved it, I was kind of underwhelemed at the end.  I wanted to know more about what would happen to Micah.

My favorite part of the book is when Micah goes back to the circus to force the Lightbender to give grandpa his miracle.  Even though he doesn't have a ticket to get in, Micah uses a giant gorilla balloon, and his special knot talent, to sneak his way in.  

]]> 2016-02-05 12:21:44 UTC https://padlet.com/hvolmerding/youchoose/wish/93441890 https://padlet.com/hvolmerding/youchoose/wish/93831611 Among the Impostors
Margret Peterson


Among the Importers is a book that takes place in a country where food  is scarce, and to conserve it as much as possible the government was forced to put a population law in place. The population law only allowed two kids per family. In the midst of all of this you meet Luke Garner, an illegal third child who is forced to get a fake ID and go to a boarding school named Hendricks. Mr. Talbot a population police man takes care of Luke and takes him to Hendricks, but right before he leaves he slips Luke a note.

My favorite part was when Mr. Talbot slipped Luke the note. I liked this part because you don't know what the note says and your hoping its something that saves Luke but you have to wait because he has to be alone to read it.

i would give this book 4 1/2 because it kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time and it had great details, but in some parts I think it lacked in details a little.

]]> 2016-02-08 16:12:39 UTC https://padlet.com/hvolmerding/youchoose/wish/93831611 https://padlet.com/hvolmerding/youchoose/wish/93831622 Unwind
by: Neal Shusterman

Kids ages thirteen to eighteen can have all their body parts and organs removed and given to others as a punishment for being a bad kid. This is called Unwinding. There are three main characters in the story. Connor is a boy whose parents don't want him anymore. Risa is a girl born at a State Home that is great at piano. Lev is a tithe, which means he was born to be Unwound. These three kids are going to be Unwound, but escape, and go on a crazy adventure together.

 I'd give Unwind 4 1/2 stars because the book was really exciting, ended in a cliff hanger, and was nearly impossible to put down. The reason it didn't get five stars is because one of the main characters, Risa, got paralyzed in the end.

My favorite part was when Mai and Blaine blew up the Chop Shop, the place where kids get Unwound, by being clappers. Clappers are people who make their blood explosive so that any sudden movement, such as clapping, blows them up.

]]> 2016-02-08 16:12:41 UTC https://padlet.com/hvolmerding/youchoose/wish/93831622 https://padlet.com/hvolmerding/youchoose/wish/93831639 Mockingbird 
by: Kathryn Erskine 

  Mockingbird is a about an 11 year old girl with Asperger's and her brother Devon was shot and killed at a school shooting along with two other people.  Caitlin didn't really believe in colors until the end of the book when she got closure then she began to understand closure and colors, she realized that the world is full of colors messy and beautiful. 
   
    I would give this book a four out of five star rating. I enjoyed reading the book it was very interesting and it made me want to keep on reading even when I got to the end of a section, this really kept me on the edge of my seat and every time something interesting would happen I would get chill's! It really never had a HUGE plot twist like some books, but it did have some plot twists like when Caitlin finally got closure and saw that there are more colors then just black and white in the world and that kinda changed the way the book ended by Caitlin and Dad donating Devon's  Eagle Scout Project, that they finished, to Virginia Dare Middle School. 
   Another  reason I would give this book a four out of five star rating is because it had lots of details that really helped me really relate and understand the book a lot more than many other books that I have read before, which really stood out to me from all the other books that were in the Library, and I really loved this book even more because it is so understandable.
   Last but not least  a reason that I would give my book a four out of five star rating is because the characters were like people I could relate to and I liked them because they were like people in my family some are really caring, some are snobby, some are funny, some are really good drawers, and some do have some  problems or disorders, so it really helped me understand   the book and really be able to keep reading  even at low parts of the book and mostly at  the parts where there were a multitude of high points. 

    My favorite part in the story was when Caitlin wanted to go to Michael's play so she got Dad and pried  him off the couch made him lunge into the kitchen grab the keys and sprint to the car. Once they were in the car Caitlin urged  Dad to put the keys into the ignition and start the car and pull out of the driveway as fast as  he could, while Caitlin was screaming,  " DAD GO AS FAST AS YOU CAN" and Dad was screaming, " CAITLIN BUCKLE UP" and eventually they got to Michael's play after a very overwhelming  drive!  
    

]]> 2016-02-08 16:12:44 UTC https://padlet.com/hvolmerding/youchoose/wish/93831639 https://padlet.com/hvolmerding/youchoose/wish/93831652 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School
By: Jeff Kiney

Greg's mom is trying to get people to sign a petition to un-plug all electronics for 48 hours because people use them too much. Greg's grandpa moves in his house. Mom's petition got enough signatures and all electricity in the town was un-plugged. Greg's class will visit Hardscrabble Farms next week and Greg is refusing to go because of the horrible experience Rodrick [ Greg's older brother] had when he went there. Greg's dad goes on a business trip and everyone else leaves Greg and Grandpa home alone. Greg drops a toothpaste cap down the drain and he tries to fix it, but that resulted in a big leak in the ceiling. Grandpa said there was a special paint that covers 
water cracks so they go to the hardware store to get it, but Greg's Grandpa is a reckless driver so his car gets droven into a ditch. Greg decides to go to Hardscrabble farms so Dad would be more chill about the accident. Will Greg regret his decision? Read the book to find out.

I would rate this book 5 out of 5 stars because it was relate able and had realistic problems. It was interesting and I kept wanting to read more. The ending wasn't ... meh. It had an unexpected twist at the end.

My favorite part was when Manny was being potty trained and Mom let him run around with no clothes on after supper so when he had to go, he'd go. Mom's plan backfired and Manny pooped under the couch Grandpa was sitting on.


]]> 2016-02-08 16:12:46 UTC https://padlet.com/hvolmerding/youchoose/wish/93831652 https://padlet.com/hvolmerding/youchoose/wish/93831659 Among the Brave
by: Margaret Peterson Haddix

   Among the Brave is a great book. Its a suspense holding, page turning kind of book. Throughout the book I always wanted to continue reading to find out what would happen next.

   Trey wants to be brave, but he can't. The population police are growing more and more powerful by the day. Now that the town had "crashed" , nobody was in it. The town was empty of all living beings. They were all in their homes, hiding. Trey was tired of hiding, he wanted to be brave, he wanted to stop the population police from killing third children. so he went to find Mr. Talbot. He could do something... he can fix this, Trey thought.Trey did find were Mr. Talbot's house was but the second he knocked on the door the police came and took Mr. Talbot away to prison. Trey didn't know why they took him away he just knew he had to find someone to help him understand what was going on. Mark! he could help and he lived just across the street from Mr. Talbot.  So that's were Trey went. When he found Mark he asked him if he knew why Mr. Talbot was taken away. Mark didn't know why, he said that the same thing happened with Lee, and some of his other friends too. They had ALL been taken to jail...but why. Trey didn't know but he knew he had to help get them out. This was his time to be brave but, could he?! Yes. He had to. So for the rest of the book it tells a great story of how he gets back his friends and Mr. Talbot, so that THEN he and them can do something to stop the population police.

   I would give this book four and a half stars because it was an amazing book but there were some parts that I wished were more detailed or wished they turned out differently. In all I thought the book was really good and I highly recommend it.

   My favorite part was when Trey is in a truck driving to the police station to get his friends back from in prison, and a hungry angry mob of people came up to the car and chased it looking for food. When they reached the car they started trying to pry the windows open to try to find food. When they  realize they couldn't get the windows open they  tipped over the truck over to try to break the windshield to get in where they think food is. When they tip the truck over Trey flies out of the truck and lands in the grass.

]]> 2016-02-08 16:12:47 UTC https://padlet.com/hvolmerding/youchoose/wish/93831659 https://padlet.com/hvolmerding/youchoose/wish/93831660 Ungifted 
BY: Gordan Korman

Donovan is not smart. After a mix up that sent a 2 ton ball at the gym that destroyed half of it, he will be punished.But principal Schultz messed up and sent him to a super smart school. The teachers knew he wasn't  smart but he brings life to the school.
        
I would give this book five stars because there was nothing wrong about it. It was very funny.

My favorite part was when he chanted at the state basketball tournament "Our fans are great, Our team is nifty, We will get blown out by fifty!        
                  ]]> 2016-02-08 16:12:47 UTC https://padlet.com/hvolmerding/youchoose/wish/93831660 https://padlet.com/hvolmerding/youchoose/wish/93831661 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
By: J.K. Rowling

"It was like as if someone lit a fire in my head, and the dementors couldn't destroy it...It wasn't a happy feeling... it was an obsession... but it gave me strength, it cleared my mind." -Sirius Black 

Harry, a 13 year old boy goes back home with the Dursleys after a preposterous year at Hogwarts. His aunt Marge comes to visit. In order to get his permission slip to Hogsmeade signed, his Uncle Vernon told him he had to pretend to go to a school for troubled boys, and aunt Marge couldn't know that he went to Hogwarts. Harry reluctantly agreed. At dinner on the last day of Marge's visit, she starts calling James Potter, Harry's passed father, a drunk, foolish, and stupid. Harry was enraged, and without him doing a thing, Aunt Marge grew like a balloon and flew out the window. Harry rushed upstairs to pack his bag and run away. He caught a wizard bus called the Knight Bus, and that took him to the Leaky Cauldron in Diagon Alley. 

Harry rents a room at the Leaky Cauldron until its time to go back to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. On the train to Hogwarts, creatures, called Dementors, searched the train for an Azkaban escapee, Sirius Black. It was said in his sleep, Black would say: "He's at Hogwarts... he's at Hogwarts...". When the Dementors looked at Harry, he could hear the screams of his mother when she died, and that made him pass out.  At school, they got a new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Professor Remus Lupin. Then, someone, thought to be Sirius Black, broke into the Gryffindor common room in search for Harry Potter. A few days later, Ron blames Hermione for the "death" of his rat, Scabbers.  Harry, Ron, and Hermione go looking for Rubeus Hagrid, Keeper of Keys and Grims at Hogwarts. They heard his magical pet, a hippogriff named Buckbeak, was going to be executed. After the execution, they are on their way back to the Gryffindor common room, a big black dog appeared and bit Ron's arm and dragged him off into a tunnel under the Whomping Willow.When Harry and Hermione go after Ron, they find Sirius Black there. Read it to find out the ending!

I would rate my book 4 1/2 stars out of 5 because I love how quick paced the action is. My second reason is because the author, J.K. Rowling, used many descriptive words. My final reason is because I love fantasy books.

My favorite part of the book was when Harry fell off his broom during a Quidditch match where there were Dementors on the field that made Harry pass out on his broom and fall. His room was caught in the Whomping Willow and reduced to splinters.


]]> 2016-02-08 16:12:47 UTC https://padlet.com/hvolmerding/youchoose/wish/93831661 https://padlet.com/hvolmerding/youchoose/wish/93831676 Summer According to Humphrey
By:Betty G Birney

Humphrey is a small hamster who loves adventure and is surprised when he hears SCHOOL ENDS!??? Just when he starts to get really worried, Ms.Mac comes and takes him and his best friend Og ,who is a frog, to a strange place called Camp Happy Hollow. At Camp Happy Hollow, the two friends go on many adventures. Scary ones and Fun, exciting ones too! One of the scary adventures is when Humphrey has to go out into the big, scary woods to try to find Og when he goes missing! One of the very fun adventures is when Humphrey escapes his cage at the end of the day and goes to the library to watch TV. Some more things that happen at Camp Happy Hollow are the talent show, the Clash of the Cabins, the release of Lovey and Jake ( who are animals that stay in the garden center), and much more.

For the talent show Humphrey joins one of the camp teams and plays a scary monster going to attack some campers in a skit. The Clash of the Cabins is a battle between all of the camp teams at Camp Happy Hollow to see which cabin gets to stay the night at the very scary sounding Haunted Hollow. Haunted Hollow is a place a few miles away from Camp Happy Hollow that is said to be Haunted by the Howler who is a spirit who Haunted Haunted Hollow. To win the Clash of the Cabins your cabin team has to win in all kinds of sports from swimming to volleyball, and have a very clean cabin during their stay at camp. Lovey and Jake are animals that live in the Garden Center at Camp. Lovey is a dove who some of the staff at Camp Happy Hollow found out in the woods with an injured wing. Jake is a snake whom also is the Camp Happy Hollow mascot. Every night Humphrey and Og get to stay in a different cabin to spend the night there. One night Humphrey heard the same noise he had heard every night he has been there and decided to finally check it out. When he got down to the floor by unlocking the lock that doesn't lock and shimmying down the table leg he saw a tiny mouse named Goldenrod who eventually helps Humphrey find Og when he goes missing. Humphrey meets new friends and reunites with some old friends from room 26 ( his classroom).

 My favorite part was when Humphrey got out of out of his cage and went to the library and watched a scary documentary on the wild and the animals in it.

I would rate this book 4 out of 5 stars because this book was very funny and interesting but there was not a surprise ending.



]]> 2016-02-08 16:12:49 UTC https://padlet.com/hvolmerding/youchoose/wish/93831676 https://padlet.com/hvolmerding/youchoose/wish/93831677 Narnia The horse and his boy 
 By C.S. Lewis 

The hose and his boy is about a boy named Shasta who was found in the water as a baby.  A fisherman found him and claimed him for himself. Later on when he was about 14 or so a man came to the  fisherman and they were talking. The fisherman told Shasta to go inside the house. Shasta wanted to know what they were talking about so he went to the that was closest wall, where they were talking at and  he over heard the fisherman agreeing  to sell him. So Shasta wanted to know if the man was nice or mean. So he went to his horse and ask her. He remembered that horses couldn`t talk but this one did so Bree { the horses name } told him all about the man and how she could talk. Then they ran away together , but he didn't know how to ride so Bree tought him as they went along to Narnia. On their way their  there they meet someone his name was Aravis. They  told stories why their going to Narnia and some other stuff about them selves. They had to cross a town named Tashbaan that was crowed with people and there gatherings.  They started together but came out by themselves. There was a lot of stuff that happened in Tashbaan  and they told each other there time in Tashbaan. They went on to Narnia faster then ever  because there is going to be attack and when they need to warn the high king. So they went they  warned king Lune, but spit up before they got there. So Shasta went by himself and made it in time. So they gathered their horses and went off to Narnia. Shasta  couldn't keep up with king Lune  so he toke one road so that Rabadash din't  catch him. He didn't know where the road  led to but some way he  got to Narnia to  warned king Edmund, queen Lucy, and queen Susan.  They went to battle and won against the grand vizier and suffered him with a spell. After warded Shasta found his real father and was king. His real name was Cor and he had a twin  brother who's name was Coirn.]]> 2016-02-08 16:12:49 UTC https://padlet.com/hvolmerding/youchoose/wish/93831677 https://padlet.com/hvolmerding/youchoose/wish/93831684 Much ADO about  grubstake
Jean Ferris

much ado about grubstake is a thrilling adventurist story

 Arely had a normal life well as normal as you can get in grubstake anyway her life was normal until MR LOCKWOOD and his accomplice Morgan show up and steal and swindle from mines with precious gold in them Arely will meet friends and enemy's all she knows is that nothing in grubstake Colorado will be the same  

i would give this book five out five stars

 MY favorite part is when orvill and Wilbur the dogs escape everdene and find Morgan and Mr Lockwood and his dogs 



]]> 2016-02-08 16:12:50 UTC https://padlet.com/hvolmerding/youchoose/wish/93831684 https://padlet.com/hvolmerding/youchoose/wish/93831685 Absolutely Almost
BY:Lisa Graff

My summary is there are people that go to the park and play poker with a rich guy.Then they go play soccer and football together then they go home and get ready for bed.Then they watch the television cartoons then they shut of the television.

I would rate the book 5 stars because its funny and is very awesome and it has donuts in it. And it has sports in it also like soccer and football.

My favorite part is the cartoons and the donuts because they really come into my mind when i read about the donuts and cartoons.]]> 2016-02-08 16:12:50 UTC https://padlet.com/hvolmerding/youchoose/wish/93831685 https://padlet.com/hvolmerding/youchoose/wish/93831688 2016-02-08 16:12:51 UTC https://padlet.com/hvolmerding/youchoose/wish/93831688 https://padlet.com/hvolmerding/youchoose/wish/93831689 Pretty Little Liars Flawless
By Sara Shepard

This book is about five girls      Alison Dilerentus, Spencer Hasting, Aria Montgomery, Hanna Marin, and Emily Fields. One day the girls went to Emily's barn and they were talking  then all the girls fell asleep. The girls don't know who is watching them  and i got my eyes on them ~A. 
      
I would rate this book a four out of five because it is very intelligent the way the author tells you the story  before you even read the backside of the book because the picture on the front can kind of give you what is going to happen in the book. the second reason why i would rate this book four because it is hilarious because when the girls are scared or get out of control they would start to cry or say something really silly or  say a bad word. The last and final reason why i would rate this  book a four out of five because it is interesting because when you read each chapter you feel like you are in the book and it takes to where i can't stop reading and at the end of the 
 book you just want to hurry up and read the next one.

My favorite  part was when the girls were at the wine club and they got drunk and started to throw the wine bottles and talking  like they were hippies. then they got to drunk and walked and started to talk about ~A  and then the girls were being  stupid went to the woods and got trapped in ~A's cell.

]]> 2016-02-08 16:12:51 UTC https://padlet.com/hvolmerding/youchoose/wish/93831689 https://padlet.com/hvolmerding/youchoose/wish/93831691 Savvy 
By: Ingrid Law

This book is about a girl named Mibs who's family has a secret. They have powers called savvy's these can be good or bad and if not under control even deadly. Her older brother Rocket can control electricity, her brother Fish can control water, and her grandfather has a ground moving ability. They get these amazing powers on their 13th birthday. Mibs is excited as ever to get hers and show her brothers that boys aren't the only ones to get amazing powers but her excitement quickly fades when she finds out that her father is in the hospital after a car accident happened and he will not wake up. She cannot go see him because the hospital he is in is very far away from there little house. Since its so far away only her mother and older brother rocket are allowed to go. Since her and her siblings cannot but home alone a snobby women and her two kids Bobbi and Will her teenage daughter and 13 year old son come to watch them . When she is there she does the unthinkable she plans Mibs a birthday party. This was unthinkable thing in her family  A 13 BIRTHDAY PARTY this could result in mayhem [ Such as when her brother Rocket caused a power outage that lasted a week by accident and her brother Fish a hurricane all by accident!] But Mibs learned that her power may be able to wake her father up! So she does the smart thing ... She jumps on to a bus with her brothers Fish and Samson and two other kids named Bobbi and Will where they have the adventure of a lifetime!

I would rate this book 5 out of 5. I loved this book it was so exciting and I never wanted to stop reading it. This book had so many twist and turns that I didn't know what was going to happen next. I also loved all the characters they were all well explained and I could easily imagine them in my head. [ Even though my two favorites are a teenage girl named Bobbi and a 14 year old boy named Fish who is also Mibs brother!] 

I loved all the parts in my book but I have to say my favorite part is where Fish makes This gigantic hurricane after Bobbi learned what made Mibs family so special she learned about there savvy's. Then she starred to use Mibs savvy against her. When Fish found out about he got mad and accidentally made a huge storm that almost turned into a hurricane.  


]]> 2016-02-08 16:12:51 UTC https://padlet.com/hvolmerding/youchoose/wish/93831691 https://padlet.com/hvolmerding/youchoose/wish/93831704 A Shiloh Christmas
By: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Marty and his dog, Shiloh, were out in their backyard and then suddenly Marty smells a fire and off in the distance, behind the woods, he sees a glimpse of a fire. Then he thinks of Judd Traver's dogs that are all alone since Judd is at work. He goes over to his house and lets the dogs loose. Towards the middle of the book, Marty and his best friend David go over to Rachael's house to interview her for a school  project. They knock on the door but no one answers it so they walk around to the backyard and hear crying. It sounds like its coming from the shed so they open up the door slowly and find Rachael in there crying. She said that her Dad locked her in there for punishment. Later, Marty finds out that one of Judd's dogs was found since both of his dogs ran away but it was dead. At the end of the book, Rachael's dad turns into a nicer person, especially to his two daughters. 

I would rate this book four out of five stars because this book made me wanting to keep on reading. My second reason I would rate this book four out of five stars is because after each chapter i felt like I was actually inside of the book. My last reason is because  I could almost relate to everything that happened in this book.
 
One of my favorite parts in this book was when the fire started and Marty went over to Judd's house to save his dogs from the fire. I liked this part because it showed the love that Marty had for dogs.


]]> 2016-02-08 16:12:53 UTC https://padlet.com/hvolmerding/youchoose/wish/93831704 https://padlet.com/hvolmerding/youchoose/wish/93831731 The Boxcar Children
by: Gertrude Chandler Warner 

Four kids are on there own because there parents died and they have not found their Grandfather. One day they went to a bakery and asked to sleep there for the night. During the night the baker told his wife about the children and said they were going to have to take Benny to the Children's Home. That night the children ran into the forest and found a boxcar to live in.

 Henry the oldest found a job, for Dr.Moore. The other three kids went to the dump to find dishes. After that there was a dog who came to them with a thorn in his foot. Violet took care of him,so when Henry came home he had a surprise.They named the dog Watch so he could be a watch dog. 

 Henry worked for Dr.Moore everyday to get money to buy food. One day Dr. Moore said that later Henry is going to be cheery picking,so later when he went back to Dr.Moore's his brother and two sisters came along. Dr.Moore said they could eat as many cherries as they wanted and they were aloud to take some home also. 

Henry ran in the free-for-all  to win twenty-five dollars. When he got the money he met his Grandfather and he did not know. Later Violet got sick and they went to Dr.Moore's to help Violet. Mr.Alden met all the children. Henry found out that Mr.Alden was their Grandfather and told his brother and sisters.The four kids went to live with their Grandfather. But Jessie said it did not feel like home so the Grandfather said he had a surprise and sent them to Dr.Moore's house. When they got back their Grandfather put the boxcar in his back yard so the children could be at home. 

I would rate my book five stars because the book made me want to keep reading also at the end the kids got what they always wanted. My favorite part is when Benny had to act like a bear to get him to wake up and run to the boxcar from the rain.

]]> 2016-02-08 16:12:58 UTC https://padlet.com/hvolmerding/youchoose/wish/93831731 https://padlet.com/hvolmerding/youchoose/wish/93831734 I Survived The San Francisco Earthquake, 1906
by: Lauren Tarshis

This book is about a boy named Leo. Leo is a boy that lives in San Francisco in 1906. One day he was selling morning newspapers with a piece of gold in his pocket that his grand pop gave him. He was walking down an alley and then two boys pound him up against a brick wall. They wanted his gold nugget and Leo had only told one person and that was Morris. Morris must of told people about it. The boys must of found out about it and then they took the gold. Leo and Morris try to find different ways to get the gold back. While trying to get the gold back an earthquake happened. Will Leo and Morris  survive in this earthquake?

I would give this book a five out of five stars. I loved reading this book. I never knew what was going to happen next, and I never wanted to stop reading it. The author used a lot of big words to describe what was happening, and to describe the characters. During the whole story I new what was happening cause the author describe what was happening very well.

My favorite part was when Leo was pretending to be a ghost to scare Fletch and Wilkie saying "give him his gold back" over and overin a spooky voice. Fletch and Wilkie wake up with fear. Morris was outside the whole time. Then Morris comes through the door to see if they were awake yet and messed everything up. Fletch started to laugh because  he now knew who they were. 

]]> 2016-02-08 16:12:58 UTC https://padlet.com/hvolmerding/youchoose/wish/93831734 https://padlet.com/hvolmerding/youchoose/wish/93831777 Dragon a hound of honor
by: Julie Andrews Edwards and Emma Walton Hamilton 

Dragon waited at the battle field with Montidier waiting for a visitor to come for some sort of wedding or celebration after he finely arrived to the field greeting them he came inside the castle to get set up for the celebration.
 Before the celebration and wedding happens for princess Isabelle and Montidier they  step outside  remembering that a servant went missing that was suppose to help out at the wedding he was suppose to be back by now. Montidier went to look for him with dragon and they went out for the search.
After hours past Montidier didn't return with dragon so Macair a friend of Montidier and  small boy named DE Narsac went to search for them on horseback. after hours of not returning its dark outside now and then suddenly   Dragon comes running back to the castle and De Narsac catches a glimpse because he was sitting outside enjoying the warm weather.Dragonranto him and De Narsac saw that he was all bloody and cut up it looked like the cuts were made by a knife they were to smooth of cuts to be by an animal> De Narsac ran inside and helped Dragon he bandaged him up and put him in his bed .After hours De Narsac  was asleep with dragon.The next morning De narsac and Maicair went on a search for Montidier then dragon started running so they followed him and he lead them to the spot it was a  big mighty oak tree looked pretty old so they called knights over to dig the tree up to see if anything was under it and and a big chest got pulled up Macair opened it and then everyone was surprised to see what they saw with there very own eyes it was Montidier all bloody and cut up the cuts were like Dragon they looked like knife cuts.That  day was a bad day for everyone probably one of the worst.

I would give this book four stars because it was a really good book.It was super interesting and really cool. It made me want to just keep reading and reading .

My favorite part was the end because the kingdom had to test dragon against Macaire because that was  who dragon was acting weird around.  Macaire really hurt Dragon.He beat him through him around.Then Dragon snapped out of it he went in full mode then he jumped on Macaire and bit his arm and wouldn't let go it was super bloody.Dragon did prove to them nothing was wrong with him though. 



]]> 2016-02-08 16:13:03 UTC https://padlet.com/hvolmerding/youchoose/wish/93831777 https://padlet.com/hvolmerding/youchoose/wish/93831780 The Field Guide
by: Tony Diterlizzi and Holly Black

        Jared,Mallory,and Simon moved into a new house and right away they start to hear something in the wall but they just thought it was a squirrel so Mallory and Simon didn't worry about it,but Jared couldn't sleep because of it. Then Mallory came into their room an said she heard it too  downstairs in the kitchen and their mom wasn't home so they checked it and they heard it in the wall so Mallory hit the wall with a broom and made a hole in the wall and found weird stuff. Then they found a secret library with a clue in it. Then they found a book and found out that it wasn't a squirrel, it was something called a household boggart. Then it got mad and started to destroy everything and when they were cleaning up they found all of the boggarts stuff. Then made a new house for it and left a note to see if it would be nicer then. Then when they came back the note was gone and they met a nice boggart who told them to throw away the book. 
        I would rate this book with five stars. One reason I would rate it with five stars is because it leaves me on a cliffhanger after each chapter. nother reason I give it five stars is because it was sometimes funny by the ways they did some things. The last reason is because there were interesting characters and they made the book fun and sometimes more interesting to read. When I was reading one of  the characters was always up to something or making other people mad because of what they were doing.
        The part I enjoyed reading the most was when Mallory put a hole in the wall with a broom so they could maybe see what was making all that noise downstairs. It was just like an awkward moment because I'm not aloud to just randomly put a hole in the wall or I would get in so much trouble and when she did it it is like she didn't even flinch.]]> 2016-02-08 16:13:04 UTC https://padlet.com/hvolmerding/youchoose/wish/93831780 https://padlet.com/hvolmerding/youchoose/wish/93833631 Umbrella summer
by: Lisa Graff
Annie is a girl with a fear that she has a dieise or is sick . Annie's brother  jared died before he was twelve . Ever since the day Jared died Annie has been super carefully on what she does and what she eats. Annie was riding to the store  to pick up some band- aids because she already run out . When she got there Mr. Lippy was there organizing the shelves with the  gummy bears on them. She got the band - aids and meet Mr. Lippy there to ring up the cost of the band -aids. Mr. Lippy said "you just got band-aids  three days ago " Annie replied " i already ran out" !  After Annie got the band-aid she was riding home and Mrs. Harper stopped her and said " do you want to help me with my garage sale "?  Mrs. Harper added on that Annie could pick out one thing from the garage sale for free . So Annie said " yes" and started working  . After about a hour of hard work ,  Annie had to go the the bathroom so she told Mrs. Harper that and went into  the house and went to the restroom . When Annie was done with that she was walking out of the house until she saw ...      a bookshelf full of books and there was one that stood out . A big,thick , green book that wrote on the cover "The everyday guide to preventing illness ". Annie pulled out the book and carried it out of the house to Mrs. Harper and said" i want this as my freebie" . Mrs. Harper said " sorry , it is not for sale dear . After about thirty minutes of work Annie decided to go home. So she told Mrs. Harper and went home but she could not stop thinking about the book.  o Annie went back and ... STOLE THE BOOK !!! Annie raced home and read the book all night . The next day Annie was on her way to Rebecca"s when out of nowhere Tommy jumped out of the bushes and scared me so bad that  I fell and hurt my elbow. The next thing i know i am in a house with a cup of tea in front of me. All of a sudden i see a shadowy figure and i remembered that it was the old lady that Rebecca and I tried to sell old cookies to . She started talking and she said "Oh, your awake , you fainted dear " Then she said "my name is Mrs. Finch .  i said my name and we talked for like three hours straight . Then we started getting in to personal thing like Jared's death and her husbands death. I told her what i likes to do on the weekends when i have no school and she told me what she does on her free days too. Then Mrs Finch said "that i was to protective of myself ". I defended my self and of course said i was not ! Annie Mrs. Finch said you need to remind yourself about your older brother Jared and how great he was and how he loves you, and how you love him! Make a list she said , think about how great he was and what things you too did together. I said "ok" and  and right after i left i made a list and the next day i came back to Mrs. Finches house and talked more and this time we talked about her dead husband and how he had pictures of colorful fish . So i told her that she should at least hang up on and in the house and she said 'ok Annie, i trust you" .  She put one picture up and remembered all of the good times with her husband.  Then i thought i should do the obstacle course with Tommy and Rebecca , so i did and it was so much fun not worrying about getting sick or  hurt !!!]]> 2016-02-08 16:17:38 UTC https://padlet.com/hvolmerding/youchoose/wish/93833631 https://padlet.com/hvolmerding/youchoose/wish/93872561 The Always War
Margarate Peterson Haddix is the author.

It all starts when Pilot Gideon Thrall turns down a medal of honor which he earned by killing 1,632 people.Tessa tries to figure out what happened to him. First Tessa visits his house and asks him some things and all he tells her is that he needs a computer. Tessa gets him a computer and Gideon uses it to see what happened when he killed all those people. Later Gideon gets a plane from the black market and uses it to fly into enemy territory so he can apologize for what he did. What he didn't know was that Tessa was in the back of the plane and that a person from the black market was in a closet so that she could take the plane back to the black market when Gideon was done with it. Gideon also found out that the two were in the plane and that the person from the black market was named Dek. while the three were in the war zone they found out that the war zone was empty. The three were caught when they tried to fly back to their territory. They were caught by the general of their army. The three broke out and broke into the super computer. Where they found out that no one has died in war in 75 years and that Gideon hasn't killed anyone. The three use a mini computer to tell the whole country that the war's been fake and that they could focus on different things  now.

My favorite part was when the General was talking to the three and smoking a really expensive cigar. When Dek came over smashed the glass jar of cigars on his head and threw the one he was smoking on his lap.

I would rate this book 5 out of 5 stars because it was action packed and full of comedy. This book also had great wording.]]> 2016-02-08 18:16:34 UTC https://padlet.com/hvolmerding/youchoose/wish/93872561 https://padlet.com/hvolmerding/youchoose/wish/93873291 The Giver
Lois Lowery
      My summary is that Jonas is turning twelve in December and he will receive his assignment. Jonas is nervous about if he will get the assignment that he wants. His mother and father try to cheer him up by telling him that everybody usually gets an assignment that they enjoy. Jonas lives in a world where there is no color or feelings. Everybody sees in black and white... except for Jonas. One day when him and his friend Asher were tossing an apple back and fourth, Jonas saw that the apple had changed. The apple changed from a black and white color, to red. Finally the day of the ceremonies came, and Jonas rode his bike and his mother and father rode their bikes to the ceremony. On the first day, the ceremonies one through nine go. Then on the next day of ceremonies, the rest of the groups go. When they are twelve, they receive their assignment, or as what we would call , a job. Only they are assigned a job based on where they spent their volunteer hours, that start when they are eight. Also, everybody has a "birthday" on the same day. In other words, every year a group of children are born on the same day and they all become a one on the same day. Jonas watched all his friends get assigned to their dream position, but the elder then skips Jonas. Jonas waited until the elder was done assigning all of the children, then the elder said that Jonas has not been assigned, that he had been selected. Jonas had been selected for the assignment of the Receiver. The next day, Jonas made his way to his first day of training. He met a man who was named The Giver. He held hands with Jonas. Jonas was seeing what the real world was like. With different weather, cars, houses, different people. Jonas was the only one in the world, along with the Giver, who could see all of this. 
      I would rate this book three out of five stars. My three reasons for this rating are the following, the writer uses the same words over and over again, the book is rather boring, and the book is a little bit detailed.
           First, the author uses the same words over and over again. For an example, "bewildered" is the only more challenging word in the book, and this word is probably only a fourth grade level word. "Bewildered" is also used a plethora of times. Along with the only one-hundred words that this author uses in the whole entire book.
             Second, this book is somewhat boring. the book is very slow with very few action parts. There was a whole five chapters before Jonas even went to the ceremony.
               Third, I gave this book three out of five stars because it is detailed. This book is so detailed, that it makes the book kind of boring and slow.
         In conclusion, I would rate this book three out of five stars because the author uses the same words over and over again, the book is boring, and the book is very detailed.
            My favorite part of The Giver was when Jonas saw the Giver and the Giver held hands with Jonas and that showed Jonas the real world.]]> 2016-02-08 18:18:27 UTC https://padlet.com/hvolmerding/youchoose/wish/93873291 https://padlet.com/hvolmerding/youchoose/wish/93873991 Catching Fire 
By:Susan Collins

Katniss and Peeta just got back from the Hunger games. When you win the Hunger games you get to live in the victor villages. Then you get to tour all the districts one through twelve, and each one there is a feast after each one that the district sets up. When Katniss and Peeta got to district eight there was an uprising because a man whistled Rue's safety signal, so the peacekeepers shot him in the head. Later in the book Katniss and Peeta gets engage, and president Snow plans their wedding. Later in the book president Snow announces the Quarter Quell which means that two victors from each district has to fight in the Quarter Quell. Later in the book when Katniss gets in the  games she becomes allies with Finnick because he has a watch that Haymitch has worn so she thought it was a sign. Later in the games Katniss and Finnick Gets five more people in their allies. Later in the games at the end Katniss gets stabbed by one of her allies. After that the game was over. Haymitch told Katniss after the games that it was part of his plan to keep her alive. ]]> 2016-02-08 18:20:10 UTC https://padlet.com/hvolmerding/youchoose/wish/93873991