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We got such a great response from last month’s kid-friendly book review post, that we thought we’d make it a regular series. Aren’t you excited?! In case you missed it, Ella (my ten year old daughter) thinks she’d like to start her own blog, so we’re giving it a test run by letting her guest post here occasionally. I’d love to tell you that the book series will occur monthly, but it might be every other month, depending on the number of books she completes each month.
Ella will be using the same Goodreads scale to rank her books each month.
1 star // she did not like it
2 star // she said it was okay
3 star // she liked it
4 star // she really liked it
5 star // she said it was amazing
Hey, this is Ella. My mom invited me to guest post today and I’m going to share some of the books I’ve read since school started in August. I am also participating in a reading competition at school called Battle of the Books. I am on my second BOB book. I have to read six books before we compete. Battle of the Books is when you read six books and you get tested on them and finally compete against readers from other schools. I am excited to compete this year!
1. Class Trip to the Cave of Doom by Kate McMullan // 3 out of 5 stars
I decided to check out two books in the Dragon Slayers Academy series from school. They were super good. I will tell you all about them. Class Trip to the Cave of Doom was about the headmaster wanting gold and they killed a dragon and went to find its gold. They searched in every cave and found no gold, then I man came out of a cave screaming and warning them not to go in. It was getting dark so they set up camp. They also told scary stories. When they woke they found the cave and then they found the gold. They saved their headmaster and lived happily ever after!
I liked this book because: it was full of adventure and it was scary.
2. Beware! It’s Friday the 13th by Kate McMullan // 3 out of 5 stars
This book was about a big dragon who came to the school. Everybody thought he was bad, but he wasn’t. All he wanted was some soup. There were princesses that came to the school to learn how to be dragon slayers. They learned in a short period of time how to sword fight and shield themselves. After they saw the dragon, they realized all he wanted was soup. They didn’t fight him when they realized he was good.
I liked this book because: it was funny and weird.
3. Half a Chance by Cynthia Lord // 5 out of 5 stars
This book was about a girl named Lucy who moved around a lot. She met a boy named Nate that lived at the lake. Nate’s grandmother liked to go loon watching, but was too old to go. Lucy and Nate went for her, since she was getting too old to do things for herself. Lucy and Nate compete in a photo contest that Lucy’s dad judges. They have to enter their photograph without their names, so that Lucy’s dad won’t know it’s theirs.
I liked this book because: it is emotional and interesting.
If you’ll recall, she read a book by Cynthia Lord over the summer that she didn’t love at all, even after I encouraged her to try and finish. Spoiler alert: she didn’t. I was thrilled to see how well she rated this one after having a bad experience. I’ll also add that she checked out How to Eat Fried Worms this month and didn’t like it at all. She did attempt to read it, but couldn’t get into it and didn’t read far enough to give it a fair review.
4. Save Me a Seat by Sara Weeks and Gita Varadarajan // 5 out of 5 stars
This book is about a boy named Ravi who moves from India to New Jersey. Ravi thinks a mean boy is his friend, so he tries to talk to him at school. He then finds out that the mean boy doesn’t want anything to do with him. There is another boy named Joe who needs special help. At first the mean boy blamed everything he does to Ravi, on Joe. By the end, Ravi and Joe become friends.
I liked this book because: it is interesting and you learn a lesson from it. I also love that this story came from both Ravi and Joe’s perspectives.
5. Circus Mirandus by Cassie Beasley // 3 out of 5 stars
This book is about a boy named Micah, grandfather Ephraim, and Circus Mirandus. Circus Mirandus is a magical circus, that only kids who believe in it can see. Ephraim’s parents are away a lot and since he doesn’t go to school he’s down at the beach. He hears the music of the circus and goes towards it. He meets the Lightbender and shows him a magic trick – Ephraim wants to be a magician when he grows up. The Lightbender thinks Ephraim is a special kid, so he gives him a miracle that he never uses.
Now, Ephraim is dying and he has a miracle that he’s never used. Micah is going to find Circus Mirandus. He is going to ask the Lightbender if it could be used to stay alive, but Grandpa Ephraim wishes for something else.
I liked this book because: it was very interesting and was full of adventure. I liked it because it was magical and I like magical books!
I was thrilled with the number of books she’s managed to read since school started and I can’t wait to see how many more she accomplishes before the holidays. I think now that she’s back in a regular routine with school and dance, that her pages will only increase. She visits the school library every Monday and can check out a book or two there, in addition to her Battle of the Books book. Since all students preparing to compete have to read the same six books, she is cycling through them as they become available.
I’m joining Bailey for Blogtember, where we’ll be linking up daily posts throughout September. Visit Love Bailey Jean to see a list of the prompts and join in!
