The 1-800-Where-R-U Series - By Jenny Carroll                            
Colleen
When Lighting Strikes, Code Name Cassandra, and Safe House are the three books about Jessica Mastroni and her special gift. I extremely liked this series I couldn’t put them down. I wish that Jenny Carroll made more books about Jess. Jenny Carroll really didn’t end with enough to answer all my questions. I couldn’t really relate myself but I would have reacted the same way Jess did. I would have gone nuts. And you will too if you read1-800-Where-R-U series.  

I Have Lived a Thousand Years Book Review

I Have Lived a Thousand Years is a book that I would read over and over again.

It was about a girl, at the age if thirteen, living through the Holocaust. The way they were treated back then was unbelievable.  

I think that young people would like this book. Like people aged from 10-15, but I think that you need some background information first though. Like ask some people that you know or look up on the internet a little information on the holocaust and on Adoulf Hitler. I grantee you it will be different then what actually happened in the book.

 I liked the book one reason because it was historical non fiction. And that it REALLY happened. I thought that the amount of details in it were perfect. Not too little so that your imagination has to do all the work, but not too many, so that the book doesn’t drag on. I think that that is one of the most important qualities of the book.

 I didn’t NOT like anything in the book. I loved all of it and I wouldn’t change anything.

 I learned that life isn’t a piece of pie and that you have to work for something in return. Even though what happened to the Jews back then was completely unjust, it was interesting to see what happened to them and how they got along.

 I loved this book. It is about the hardships of life and family and how lucky we are today. I hope that if you read it then you will love it too.

Indigo
Shaye

The book I read was Indigo. Indigo is a really good book about friend ships between Martha, the girl, Trout and Eil, the two brothers. I liked this book because they show lots of friend ships, courage and kindness. It also took me about 1 day to read and about 89 pages.

This Book is very good for all ages and grades. It is partly about running away to the ocean and they do not make it.

 I liked how an uneven number of friends like 3 people can get along together nicely because usually 3 people can’t get along and that is very rare. I also don’t get how the brother can get along together with out fighting? The boys also saved Martha in the end, the one they call their best friend.

I can’t say I did not like the whole book because I loved it all of it.

I learned that you can’t run away from the ones you love and from the home you were born. Also your parents can get really worried and doesn’t know where u are and can get so worried and call the police to try and find you.

Island Review
Anuj

            In Gordon Korman’s book Island: Shipwreck, six kids are sent off to Guam. For the next month they’d be sailing with CNC, Charting New Courses, on the vast Pacific Ocean. The kids were sent there for their bad behavior, like watching too much television, fighting too much, having a gun there locker and even destroying a priceless work of art with a motorcycle.  It is unlikely to see another boat on their journey, much less another person. Horrible events occur and some of the kids find themselves alone on an island they know nothing about.

            I would recommend this book to people who like action, but it would still be a great read for anybody. However, the reading level may not be good for those past seventh grades or before third.

            In this story, I liked the characters. They ranged from the evil Rat-face Radford who hates kids to the likeable Lyssa who can put together an engine.

            In this story, there were few things I disliked. Examples are in the beginning when things were slower. You’re just learning about the boat and the characters.

            I can relate to many things in this story, such as the constantly quibbling and even violent siblings Lyssa and Will. 

Island: Book 2: Survival 

Gordon Korman’s book Island: Book 2: Survival is the second book in the Island trilogy.  The books are about six kids who are sent on a month-long boat trip in to turn their lives around and learn teamwork.  The only two adults on this trip are the captain Mr. Cascadden and the grouchy mate called Rat-Face.  Every thing goes fine until a violent storm kills the captain and leaves their boat crippled and sinking.  Then the mate takes most of the kid’s supplies and deserts the boat on a life raft.  Finally a fire forces the kid to abandon ship.  Then they drift for days, some on a life-boat and some on a raft.  Then they come onto a deserted tropical island.  The first book,  Island: Book 1: Shipwreck is about the boat trip, the book I am reading, Survival is about life on the island and finally the third book escape supposedly covers their escape from the island.  I am reading Survival.

I liked Survival because there was non-stop action.  The kids are faced with several challenges.  First they had to find food, when that started to become boring for the reader they went exploring, when that was boring they found that their island was a smuggling stop.  Then the smuggler’s dog picked up their scent, then the smugglers left not finding the kids, so the kids went exploring again and then found an atomic bomb on the island near an abandoned military out post!  Then the book ended, leaving me wanting to read the next one.

The only thing I did not like about this book was its length.   The book was only 130 pages with medium-large type.  I think it should have been 50 pages longer at least.  Then I think that the books should have been combined into one book, so there would be less looking around for the books and more reading the books.

I think that Island: Book 2 survival and its counter parts are all great books.  I would recommend this book to kids in grades 4 to 7.  It is an entertaining, exiting quick-read.


In Gordon Korman’s book Island: Shipwreck, six kids are sent off to Guam. For the next month they’d be sailing with CNC, Charting New Courses, on the vast Pacific Ocean. The kids were sent there for their bad behavior, like watching too much television, fighting too much, having a gun there locker and even destroying a priceless work of art with a motorcycle.  It is unlikely to see another boat on their journey, much less another person. Horrible events occur and some of the kids find themselves alone on an island they know nothing about.

 I would recommend this book to people who like action, but it would still be a great read for anybody. However, the reading level may not be good for those past seventh grades or before third.

n this story, I liked the characters. They ranged from the evil Rat-face Radford who hates kids to the likeable Lyssa who can put together an engine.

In this story, there were few things I disliked. Examples are in the beginning when things were slower. You’re just learning about the boat and the characters.

I can relate to many things in this story, such as the constantly quibbling and even violent siblings Lyssa and Will.