Diary of a Wimpy Kid the Third Wheel by Jeff Kinney

In the seventh installment of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, Greg Heffely will have to face more problems of being in high school  Like living with uncle and having him sleep on the couch and eat all of the food. Greg and Rowley have other problems with school like the debate where Greg wants to run in the debate but he because you can't run in the election if you ever had been in detention [SPOILER ALLERT!!!] so Greg gets Rowley to run in the debate, but with the dance coming up Greg and Rowley try to get dates to the dance. will Greg and Rowley get dates to the dance, will Rowley win the debate and will greg get over living with his uncle.

Reviewed by James ~ 6th Grade

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Student Review:

In the seventh book of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid Greg still goes through the tortures of high school. Greg and Rowley both want to run in the debate. Rowley can but Greg can't because you cannot have a single detention or else you can't run in the debate. Greg's year really gets bad when his Uncle Gary stays at the Heffley's and stays on there couch. [SPOILER ALERT!!!!] Some how Greg gets Rowley to run in the debate, the dance is also coming up at there school so Greg gets Rowley to be his wingman... and I don't think Greg is very happy with the way things turned out. How will Greg survive this year?

I really enjoyed this book, I had a lot of reactions to parts in the story but I won't spoil them. When Uncle Gary DID sleep on the couch and also ate the Heffley's food, I liked Mr. Heffely's reaction.  I would recommend this book to either anyone who really enjoys all the books or 5th and 6th grades because they will understand the dance part a little more the other grades.

Reviewed by Kamran ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 1060

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Student Review:

This book is about a boy named Greg Heffley. There is a Valentines Dance coming and he has know one to go with. So all of this crazy things happen and in all of this his Uncle comes for a visit. But he is a pain to everyone. An unexpected twist gets Greg a date, But Someone else has to join them on this date, So is there a Third Wheel? Read the book to find out.

Reviewed by Reyna ~ 3rd Grade

Owen & Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship by Isabella Hatkoff

This book is a really good book.I like it because it has unlikely animals that became friends.This book is about a baby hippo when his pod got pushed down river and on the new lands they have never seen before. The people tried to get the hippos off there land but they couldn’t because they where so strong.Then one day the river flooded and took all the hippos away and left one behind, so the next day the people came out and saw all the hippos gone but one he was stranded at sea. [Spoiler Alert!!!] All the people tried to help him. It was hard for them to catch him with there nets, finally they did and the person that got him was named Owen so that's what they named the hippo Owen. That is when they called a place that takes care of animals and a lady came to pick up Owen, then he got mad and was running away from every body and did not want to get in the truck. Then when he was tired and they carried him in to the truck and went back to the place. When they got there and opened the back of the truck Owen ran and hid behind a turtle called Mzee he was an old turtle. When Owen hid  behind Mzee he hised because he didn't really like other people or animals. But then after a while Mzee got used to Owen and they became best friends forever. If you like a good story then you should read Owen & Mzee.

Reviewed by Nazareth ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 920

The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan

In my opinion the Battle of the Labyrinth is the best book by Rick Riordan.  I think anybody who is reading the series should look forward to book four.

So at camp Percy is predicting that there will be an invasion at camp by Luke’s army.  If you read the books common sense says that's really bad because Half-Blood Hill is the only safe place in the world for demigods.  Half-Blood hill protects them from weather, (which gods can make dangerous) monsters, and Luke’s army.  The camp is protected by the camps boarders(which is produced by a tree, but that's another story).  The fleece makes the camps boarders work.  [SPOILER ALERT!!!] Luke’s army is going to invade from an entrance to the labyrinth.  Annabeth, Grover, Tyson, and Percy all volunteer to go into the labyrinth find Daedalus which is the inventor of the labyrinth.  If Luke’s army gets to it first Daedalus might give them directions or the string to find there way.  On the way there all four friends make a few stops (but that's not important READ the book).  After walking they split up by force Percy and Annabeth are following a spider that Hephaestus gave them.  He said it will lead you straight to the workshop of Daedalus.  Grover and Tyson find a path that they believe is going to lead to the lost god Pan (Grovers life goal).

I think you should read this book because like I said I think it’s the best book ever by Rick Riordan.  I would recommend any other books by Rick Riordan.  This book is an action packed thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat, turning page after page.

Reviewed by Robert ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 590

Captain Underpants and the Revolting Revenge of the Radioactive Robo-Boxers by Dave Pilkey (Series: Book 10)

The story starts out with Tippy Tinkletrousers going back in time to fix the universe (after he destroyed it in the last book). Soon Tippy returns to the seen of the crime and stops his past self from scaring some bullies witch led to the world being destroyed. Also Tippy shrinks his past self to the size of a baseball. Then Tippy goes stop George and Harold from being arrested and chases them but soon George, Harold and there 2 pets lose Tippy. Then George and Harold agree that they have to send one of there pets (which is a pterodactyl) that they have to send him back to his normal time (witch is in the stone age). [SPOILER ALERT!!!] Soon George and Harold are going to there home-made time devise when Mr.Krupp catches them in the act and starts casing them. George and Harold goes back in time to the stone age with Mr.Krupp (who is captain underpants) with Tippy on there trail and right when they arrive the time Devise breaks. Will George, Harold, Captain underpants and there 2 pets ever go back home will they defeat Tippy Tinkletrousers and will they find an old friend. Find out in Captain Underpants and the revolting revenge of the radioactive robo-boxers!

Reviewed by A.C. ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 890

The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

This book is about a 16 year old kid named Helmuth. Since he was young Helmuth always wanted to be a soldier for Germany. But that changed after listening to radio, Helmuth was listening the secrets of Germany and wasn't so sure he wanted to be a soldier anymore. Helmuth was beginning to hate Hitler after his actions to the people. Helmuth and his friends write leaflets of the truth. The most powerful man in Germany which was Hitler needs to blame some people for his lost in the war. Helmuth feels that he's the only non-Jewish that is against Hitler. Hitler was good back then but not now, he is now pure evil. Helmuth will not follow Hitler's steps with only a small amount of people Helmuth is against Hitler's rules which can lead them to death. When Helmuth graduated middle school he was forced to join Hitlers Youth. After knowing all the truth and listening to several radio stations Helmuth thinks its time to rebel so he and his friends decide putting the leaflet's all over town. But later on they get arrested and taken to court where they were charged for treason and got each different years in jail for their different actions. After spending an year in prison Helmuth was killed guillotine. I think this book is an amazing book for fourth through seventh grade. I think this an amazing book because it can catch your interest especially if your into the Holocaust this is a great book you should read. I would rate this a five out of five that's how good this book is. I thought this book was great because it showed some foreshadowing and was a really catchy book. My reactions to this book where surprising because i thought to myself this character is so brave.

Reviewed by Stanley ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 760

Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not So Graceful Ice Princess by Rachel Renee Russell

This book was amazing, I loved all the drama in it. It's about this girl Nikki and how her friends  want to skate in Holiday on ice, but Nikki can't skate AT ALL. But she says yes, and her and her friends end up skating for Fuzzy Friends the animal shelter her crush Brandon always helps out at. She thinks about asking her enemy Mackenzie about taking her place and skating for Fuzzy Friends but she already is skating for her aunt's fashion school. Which means Nikki has to skate now, she gets really nervous. Then comes time for the practices with the professional coach for 3 days. [SPOILER ALERT!!!] Somehow she manages to get through all 3 days and the coach think she's actually good. They are getting ready when they discover their costumes are missing. They find a note on the door saying their costumes were found and to go to Storage area C locker 17. So they go there and someone shuts the door and looks them in. They Nikkis cellphone from her friends and her little sister picks up the phone and Brandon and her come save them. They found clown costumes in their dressing room earlier and just put those on. Nikki fell but the crowd hought it was apart of the act since they were dressed as clowns so they went with that and won 10,000 dollars for being the crowd favorite.

Reviewed by a 6th Grader

Lexile 750

Bone: Treasure Hunters by Jeff Smith

If you like adventures and suspense you should read the 7th book in the bones series Bone: Treasure Hunters. It's about a bone named Phone, His two cousins Smiley, Phony, And the queen and the princess Grandma Ben, and Thorn (Phone, Smiley ,and Phony are they only bones.). They have to try to not get noticed by town's people or the soldier's or else they will get turned in to the evil soldiers. Grandma Ben's Crazy evil sister Briar who got taken over by the locust (A evil creature who takes over your body and makes you evil and you have to obey the master but that is if you have a lot of locust like Briar) So Phone, Thorn, And grandma Ben Start searching for a army to defeat her Briar's army of generals and monstrous rat creatures. And while that is going on Phony, and Smiley go around the city to find treasure but for All of them different kinds of conflicts get thrown at them. Will Phone, Thorn, smiley, Phony, and grandma Ben Round up the army before they attack and get the treasure without getting caught. Can they over come their conflicts.

Reviewed by Brett ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 430

Night of the Living Dummy by R. L. Stine

I love mystery books so if you love mystery books, then you'll love this book. Night of the living dummy is about these sisters named Kris and Lindy that find this dummy in the trash by an old abandon house, and try to make money of it. After a while Lindy starts to make money wit her dummy at birthday parties  so her sister Kris gets jellies and gets one to. After a while some strange things started to happen with Kris's  dummy. The dummy says bad things to there guests, he starts to move on his own feet. They started to think that the dummy is really alive. Do you think it's a prank? Or is the dummy really alive? Read and find out if the dummy is alive or not. I recommend this book to sixth and seventh graders, because it's an interesting book, and I thought it was a great book.

Reviewed by Nazar ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 590