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  1. Book Title: The Witches
    Author: Roald Dahl
    Illustrator: Quentin Blake
    Summary: This boy's( name unknown ) parents died in a accident leaving him with his very old grandmother. When his grandmother told him that witches are real the boy does not really believe. But when he met his first witch he becomes a very witch-conscious little boy. That was the boy's first witch but it wasn't his last.

    Setting: Norway, England, and THE HOTEL MAGNIFICENT

    Main Characters: Boy, Grandmother, The Grand High Witch, Mr and Mrs Jenkins, Bruno Jenkins, Mr. Stringer

    I would give this fantastic book a 5 out of 5.

    In my opinion people who likes funny and scary books should really read this book.

    I liked this book because it is very interesting. I also like this book because it has a lot of details and information. The last reason I liked it is because it makes me feel like I am actually there when everything happened.


    Maggie




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    1. I am so glad we get to read about your book recommendation before you moved to another school! - Ms.Ip

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  2. Book tittle:Charlie and the chocolate factory
    Author:Ronald Dahl
    Illustrated:Quentin Blake
    Summary:A little boys parents/ grandparents are poor and can’t afford much but one day the boy went to a store and got a chocolate bar and inside was a golden ticket to go to a man’s factory ( name unknown) the boy does not know what crazy aventure he’s going to have.

    Setting:/ THE MANS CRAZY CHOCOLATE FACTORY.

    Main characters: the boy, the man who owns the factory ,the boys grandpa.

    In my opinion I would give this book 5 out of 5

    People who like funny and weird books should read this book. You would really like it.

    I liked the book because I thought it was very funny and can always give you a little laugh.Once I start reading it I can not stop as it’s a really good book. Quentin Blake who is the illustrator and Roald Dahl who is the author, both did a really great job on it.

    Amelia

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    1. sounds interesting - Hilary

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    2. It`s pretty interesting

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    3. I love Roald Dahl books too. I agree, you can't stop once you start reading! - Ms.Ip

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    4. I watched this movie it was really good and I really enjoyed it. do you think I would like the book to?

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  3. The Christmas Pig By: JK Rowling

    Summary
    The two main characters are Jack and his stuffy called Dur-pig. The book is about Jack finding his lost stuffy in a magical place called, the land of the lost. Every hour in the human world is one day in the land of the lost. They have to get back to the the human world before Christmas or they would be stuck there forever!

    Main characters
    - Jack
    - Dur-pig

    Setting
    - Jacks house
    - Land of the lost (has many different places and cities)

    I rate this book 5/5 stars because its a good read for Christmas.

    In my opinion people who like Christmas and adventure books should read this novel.

    I like this book because of the amount of details and nice pictures. It was also really really heartwarming to read.

    - Lucy

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    1. I loved this book-Amelia

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    2. it very nice-QA




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    3. Very good review!! Mr. J

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    4. You presented it in an intriguing way, I want to read the book now! - Ms.Ip

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    5. I had never heard about this book until you told me do you think I would like this book?-Tz

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  4. James And The Giant peach

    By Roald Dahl

    illustrated by Quentin Blake​

    summary


    Once upon a time, James Trotter's parents went shopping in London, but a hippo escaped the zoo and ran to Jame's parents and ate James parents, and when James got the news he was sobbing in his house next to the beach. James was told he had to go live with his mean grumpy aunts named aunt spiker and aunt sponge, James was sad because they were mean and wouldn't give James any care, so James's aunts would make James their servants. James once found a person that sold some looked magical green seeds James bought the seeds, and James planted the seeds beside the peach tree. The next day James found a peach in the peach tree after a few days the peach grew ginormous so James' aunts took it to the next level his aunts made if you want to see the big peach you must spend money.

    Aunt spiker said, "you must spend more money to be in the camera." After the day James was told he must clean all the paper left outside, but James was so hungry he took some bites off the big peach and James found a door so James went inside then James found giant bugs a spider, a ladybug, silkworm, worm, grasshopper, and a firefly James was shocked because one of the bugs said "we have been waiting for you."one day the peach had grown too big and the peach flew off to the ocean with James and one-day sharks tried to eat the peach so they used silk of the silkworm to grab 300 seagulls so they can escape the sharks so they did and the spider checked the damage and there wasn't that much damage they didn't believe the big spider.

    what I feel about the book

    I am going to stop there because I want you to read this interesting book. I like the book because it feels like it was an adventure because James was traveling through the ocean with seagulls flying the peach to different parts of the ocean it felt like they were going to a mystical island to me.

    Eugene

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    1. James and the Giant peach is one of my favourite books. I watched a theatre version of it recently! - Ms.Ip

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    2. I read this book to! it took me 2 month to finish reading this book because I read it when I was only 7 years old-Tz

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  5. Book title : The BFG

    Author: Roald Dahl​

    Illustrator: Quentin Blake

    In the middle of the night Sophie was snatched by a giant ​but luckily for her he is a Big Friendly Giant (BFG) while the other nine giant goes to gobble some humans from around the world ( but not Greece) Sophie hates them and wants to get rid of them but the BFG said "NO " Un till he agrees to the plan can they stop those giants or will Sophie become supper?

    Setting : Giant country and England

    Main Characters Sophie ,BFG, the Queen of England and the nine giants.

    In my opinion I rate

    I think people who like funny books will like this book .

    ​this book a 5\ 5 because it was very interesting.

    I like this book because it was very interesting ​​​ because when it was past my bedtime I continued reading it.

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    1. You spoke confidently and clearly!

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    2. You spoke confidently and clearly to the class! - Ms.Ip

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    3. did you know this book is one of Roald Dhals most famous books? I loved this book to I read this book in Ms. Tangs class and watched the movie in Ms. Chans class? idk it could've also been in Ms. Tangs class. I don't remember but I do remember that I did watch the movie and read the book.-Tz

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  6. Book Title: THE MIDNIGHT GANG Author: David Walliams Illustrator: Tony Ross Main Characters: Tom (Thomas) , Amber, Robin, George, Sally and the Porter (Thomas Senior) Setting: LORD FUNT HOSPITAL Summary: It all starts when Tom Gets hit by a cricket ball on the head and is sent to the Children's ward in the LORD FUNT HOSPITAL . In the children's ward he meets the midnight gang witch includes Amber, Robin and George, what epic adventures will Tom have with the midnight gang -Hilary

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    1. -Book title: Diary of an 8-bit warrior
      -Author: unknown.
      and illustrator: Saboten last name unknown

      -Summary: This Minecraft villager wants to be a warrior and his arch enemy Max also wants to be a warrior and basically there's this school that teaches you combat crafting building and stuff like that the top 5 students that ace every subject will become a warrior and it's the main character's dream to be a warrior so they start training and the main characters arch enemy comes and bully's him then some random stuff happen that I'm not going to say because that going
      to spoil the story and stuff like that anyways there's this other kid called Pebble at first I personally didn't really care about Pebble and before I go any further into this summary there are a lot of books of this series even I haven't finished it yet and I'm talking about the first book only so I just wanted to put it in there just in case of any confusion now back on topic.
      the main character see's Pebble. (the kid I didn't care about at first) BULLYING HIS ARCH ENEMY and then that the end DUN DUN DUNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!


      -Setting: Minecraftia / Minecraft
      -Main Characters: Runt the main character, Max is EX arch enemy, Pebble the very very very bad bully that is supposedly worse then Max because he was bulling Max and 2 other main character that shall not be named because they are in book 2 3 and 4.

      I would give this book a 4.5/5 because I did NOT really like the first book but I thought it would make more sense because if I was to talk about the 4th book you would all just be confused

      I think readers that like a bit of humor in there books would enjoy this SERIES of books.

      I don't OUT OF THE WORLD like it so yeah it's because I don't really like the first book of like... anything and in my opinion the first books are all intro's to the BIGGER and BETTER books that will still not be named because you know... spoilers.

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    2. Hilary gave is 5 stars and says people who like plot twists will like this book.

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    3. For Hilary - I was instantly intrigued when you said "If you like plot twists you will like this book." - Ms.Ip

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    4. Minecraft was by TZ

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    5. For Tylor - Very thorough review. Thanks for being considerate with the summary and your presentation. You didn't spoil any important plot points. I've always been curious about those books, now I have a better idea of what they are about! - Ms.Ip

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  7. Title:WAYSIDE SCHOOL IS FALLING DOWN
    Author:Louis Sachar
    summary:Miss Mush is known to be a terrible chef, and that is why she is so famous. everyone talks about her everywere, at school,at home, and just everywere

    Her speciatie dish is called mushroom suprise. The mushroom suprise contains mushrooms and a bunch of unknown ingredients. it is basically a glowing, green dish served on a plate. A lot of people has ordered it in the past but for some reason no one orders it any more.

    For picture day you have to wear the crazyiest outfits. And if you do then you will fit right in between Maurecia in her striped bikini and calvin, who is wearing his birthday tattoo.

    setting: Wayside School
    Main characters: Mrs jewls, Mrs gorf, Sharie, Paul, Todd, Sammy and Rondi
    I would rate this book a 4.9 out of 5 stars because the was very good and I could not put it down BUT it did get me in trouble because I would stay up past my bedtime and read it. But that was a HUGE mistake because while my parents were tring to go to sleep every 2 seconds they would hear me laugh because the book was tooooooo funny.
    I would recommend this book to people that love funny books AND LOVE getting in trouble because after you pick the book up and start reading you put it down.

    -Bill


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    1. I want to read the book now! It sounds like a very funny book. When you were speaking you were looking at the audience and you spoke loudly and clearly - Ms.Ip

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  8. Draike



    Book: George's Marvelous Medicine.

    Author: Roald Dahl.

    Illustrator: Quentin Blake​.

    The main characters:

    George : 8 years old boy, creative, not very good at cooking and doesn't like his grandma very much.

    Georges grandma: Kranky, mean, rude, Kinda gross and stays inside a lot. ( and doesn't touch grass ;)

    side characters: Mr. Kranky and Mrs. Kranky.

    The setting: ​George's family house and the barn

    Summary:

    George is getting tired from his crazy Grandma with her stories and complains. After George was thinking in his head...

    " I AM WAY TO TIERD OF THIS MADDNESS."

    he decides to make a medicine for her grandma which will make the evil ghosts in her jump like never before, touch grass maybe and make the old girls sing like a bird. George searches for ingredient which are not actually food like: paint, shoe polish and shaving cream.​ He looks in every room in his house and also in the barn. George throws in everything or squeezes everything in there then starts boil and stir. George forgot 1 thing... He needs brown paint for the colour because his grandma normal medicine is brown! George puts it in and stirs longer. His grandma says:

    " Where is my medicine?!?!"

    George replies " almost done." while pouring the slop in the bottle. She drinks it...



    THE STAR RATING: I would honestly give it 3.222222222222 becuase it was very funny when George starts getting the ingredients\ random stuff. I was gonna give it a 3.3333333333 but its a bit gross at the start of the book.



    People who should read this book: people that aren't good at cooking... just joking but people who like books with grannies and medicine and Roald Dahl books.


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  9. Title: Shaken

    Author of the book: Eric Walter

    Settings: Port-au, Prince and Haiti



    The start of the book: His father continuing his sermon..... his prayer. He knows everything about the bible, and he could throw out a good sermon, prayer, and service. His father had an impressive repertoire as well rehearsed ad libs, set pieces, and quotes that all sounded completely spontaneous, As his father continued his prayer, he couldn't help it and he's thinking what happened if all Muslims had gathered to praise Allah and say prayers before they got on a plane.



    What happened: Philippe trudged forward, a bag of cement on his shoulder. He was bent under it's weight, but he still moving faster and faster than his thought he had any right of it. Philippe was reed-thin and the bag is very very incredibly heavy than he thought. They knew how heavy the bag it is because they'd heaved a few of their self, and he was a lot of bigger than him, not just taller but bigger. He had to outweighed him by thirty pounds, and the weight of that bag had staggered than his legs. At the start, he's moving pretty faster than Philippe, but now four hours into their work. He'd slowed down, while Philippe kept working as exactly the same pace. He guess in part was because of the heat which is he wasn't used to or the jet lag, or the fact that he'd easily slept all that night before. Philippe dropped the bag to the ground and then took a machete and cut on the top, and rest a bit because Philippe got tired because of his running.



    At the end: They made their way through the streets, surrounded by the twelve men. He had his arm around to Naomi, not just a shelter her but to help keep her on her feet. She was now stunned that she wasn't even reacting to what was happening around her. It was as if she wasn't even aware there was anything that could go wrong about it.



    Characters: Philippe, Josh, Sarah, Josh's father, Naomi.



    I rate this book infinity out of 5, because all of the paragraphs are really really detailed and I can feel the imagined ​if this is happened with my real story and it's also interesting too.




    By Khim

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  10. MATILDA​

    ROALD DAHL Illustrated by Quentin Blake
    MATILDA is about a kid how is in a school with a mean principle how would bully kids if they did something bad and the main character Matilda was really smart . The setting is in a school and a house .

    Matilda is ,really smart ,has powers ,kind ,helpful Miss Trunchbull mean, strong, scary miss honey kind , helpful , smart, cool mr and ms Wormwood mean , rood , unhelpful

    i give the book 5 stars rating the type of read how would like this is people how like funny books.

    3 thing i like about the book 1. its funny and joyful to read for me 2. i like the book because of the details of the writing they put in the book 3. the book tells you a splendid store to read.

    Jaden

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  11. HUNGER GAMES

    Book title: hunger games

    Author: Suzanne Collins

    Summary: There is a girl called Katniss and her sister prim. There are 12 districts. They will have to pick a boy and a girl from each district to compete in the hunger game. It's called the repeing. They have to compete in a arena there are 24 players in total in each game, until there is 1 player left.

    Setting: the seam, the arena

    Main characters: Katniss Everdeen. A 16 year old girl she is brave, tough, good at hunting and with a bow.

    Rating: I rate it a 5/5 stars because it was very interesting because it feels like you are in the book when you are reading it. And it had a lot of good parts in the book!

    A reader that loves action genres and also loves to read all night!
    I liked it because it's very detailed and there were a lot of great characters in the book!

    - Olivia



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    1. I am so happy you chose this book! It is one of my favourites. I agree with you, the book was better than the movie :)! - Ms.Ip

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  12. Title: RESTART

    Author: Gordon Korman

    Summary: There is a boy names Chase who got a Concusion/Amnesia by falling of his housees roof and can't remember himself anymore. He wants to remember who he was before he got a concusion. He can only remember a girl in a blue dress with a white lace that is standing in a garden. he use to be a mean bully in school but now he is way nicer. He's best friends that are not his friends anymore are mad at him because he is not mean anymore. He makes new friends.

    Setting: At school, outside, or at home

    Main characters: Chase(the person who gets Amnesia), Bear and Aaron (the mean friends), Brendan (Chase's friend), Shoshanna (also Chase's friend),Joel (Shoshanna's twin brother)

    Rating: I rate this book 5/5 because it is very interesting and because it feels like a movie when i'm reading it and i like how each chapter is about a person, i like reading Shoshanna's parts the best!

    This book is for people who like reading about going to school. I like the charecters in the book.

    - Sara

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  13. Book Title: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

    Author: J.K. Rowling

    Summary: Harry spent his childhood life in the cupboard of the Dursley's house. Hagrid gave a cake to Harry for his 11 birthday and asked to come with him to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. They bought all the things that he needed for school at Diagon Alley. Harry met Ron and Weasley family at platform 9 3/4, the way to Hogwarts. Inside the train he also met Hermione. During that night, all the student were gathered at the hall with all the professors of Hogwarts. Everybody knew Harry because of what had happened to his family, he was a famous kid. He was placed to Gryffindor house with his friends Ron and Hermione. At the school they developed their talent at magics, potions, charms and learned the defence against the dark arts, and astronomy.

    Setting: House, School, Field and Forest, Shop, Train

    Main Characters: Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Rubeus Hagrid, Professor Albus Dumbledore, Professor Severus Snape, Professor McGonagall, Professor Quirrell, Draco Malfoy

    Rating: I rate this book a 5/5 because it is interesting, magical and adventurous. Every chapter in the book has a cool part, great character and it's exciting to read.

    This book is for people who like reading fantasy and long chapters book. And also a fan of Harry Potter.

    - Mattan



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  14. Book title: Creeper family vacation

    Author: Greyson Mann illustrated by Amanda Brack

    Summary: The creeper family is planning a month long summer vacation but they did not know where to go. Gerald and his sisters can’t agree. Cammy is excited and Cate is depressed because she couldn’t pack her wigs. Chloe is determined to stir up trouble. Gerald is going to have to get creative and come up with a survival plan.

    Main characters: Gerald and his family

    Setting:house

    Rating: I rate this book a 4/5 because it is very adventurous and interesting. This book is for people who like adventurous and fun books.


    -Darren


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