This was a pretty good beginning to the Benjamin Pratt & the Keepers of the School mystery series. While the mystery isn't solved it sets the wheels in motion by introducing the characters as they start to uncover clues that will help them save their school from unscrupulous amusement park devel...
I wasn`t terribly impressed with this book. Some of the parts of the story didn`t quite go with the story-line. Like the sailing race. Ben and Jill want to keep their school open, and not have it bulldozed down for an amusement park. When they try to do extra research, it doesn`t go as expected.T...
Whenever the kiddos and I finish a book, we always ask the same question: Okay, now how many stars should Mommy give it on Goodreads? This time we were divided like no other time. I said 3, they said 5! So we are settling on 4 stars, though no party here is leaving satisfied. The kids really lik...
Summary: Clay is always in trouble at school and his folder is growing every day. The only student that had a thicker folder was his older brother Mitch. Mitch comes back from jail a different person and is now determined to make Clay change his ways to so he doesn’t ever end up in jail. Afte...
This deceptively simple book has important messages packed into it, in a quiet, pleasing story. Jordan is in the last few days of her 6th grade classes, aware that next year she will be a middle schooler on her way to adulthood. An extremely pragmatic child, she examines herself and decides tha...
The last day of school is coming closer and Benjamin Pratt is running out of time. Jill and Ben need another Keeper of the School. Janitor Lyman is upping the game with technology and they need to outsmart him. The school and its history needs to survive!With each new addition to Clements series,...
I really enjoyed this one! Maybe more so than the second or third. A story that reminds me why I love reading. It was fun. Suspenseful. Creative. Lyman gets someone to join him as janitor. And the kids are still brave and resourceful.If you haven't started this series, you should! Or I guess wait...
Fifteen year-old Bobby Philips was your average-nobody. He walked through the halls of his preparatory school day in and day out without a single bat of the eye. Until one day, when he didn't even notice himself. He wasn't blind, and he definitely wasn't dead; he was invisible. His parents were f...
When Gwen’s grandfather disappears from their home in New York City, he leaves a message saying not to worry—but it’s hard when Gwen has upcoming violin auditions at Julliard! But then she meets Robert, a fellow musician, and things seem to look up. At the same time, there are other forces in mot...
Realistic FictionI chose this book because one of my favorite books is Frindle by Andrew Clements. I always enjoyed a handful of his books, but this is one I never read and was excited to read. It lived up to my high expectations of the author. This story is about a fifth grade boy who tries to g...
Now, as some of you may know, I love Andrew Clements’ Frindle with all the pieces of my heart. It is magical. It is marvelous. I keep a copy on my "Love You Long Time" shelf at home, next to Redwall and These Old Shades and Daddy Long-Legs. That’s how fantastic it is.A Week in the Woods... is...
I like this book. It may not be the best book I've ever come across but I definitely did love it. Hart Evans, the school 'trouble maker' ends up having to take charge of the last holiday concert. He was goofing off as usual, and shot a rubber band into Mr. Meinert's ear! Mr. Meinert got upset wit...
Sandiwara Sunda - SandekalaSANDEKALA MENUNTUT PERUBAHANGreg Kenton memiliki segudang bakat, padahal umurnya baru belasan tahun. Di bidang olahraga, dia jago bermain bisbol dan sepak bola. Di bidang kesenian, suaranya juga jernih ketika bernyanyi dan bisa bermain piano. Tak hanya itu, membuat s...
After wrongly accusing a boy--an African American boy?of stealing his brother's jacket, Phil--a white boy--has some hard thinking to do. And a tough question for his mom: "How come you never told me I was prejudiced?" This seemingly small school incident turns into a painful, but ultimately satis...
Larson’s class. Cara usually sat by herself on the bus, but today LeeAnn Ennis slipped into the seat beside her. As the bus pulled away LeeAnn looked over her shoulder to watch Mr. Larson stomp back into the school. “He was so mad! I’ve never even heard of him getting mad before. But he was mad t...
They gave a test to some kids at a place called the Oak Elementary School. After the test they said the results showed that a portion of the kids were going to make fantastic progress during the school year. They called those special kids the “bloomers.” Then they gave the teachers lists of all t...