Swimmin' with the Mermaids!

Emily Windsnap is a girl who is full of questions. She lives on a house boat but has never been in a bath, ocean, or the pool before! So she tries to take swimming lessons. As she is in the water, she feels strange, so she jumps quickly out on the side of the pool, and is scared to go back in the water. She needs to know what was happening! That night she snuck out of the boat. She needed to know why she felt this way in the water. She jumped in… there was the feeling. She looked down it was unbelievable…SHE WAS A MERMAID!! Will she be able to live in both worlds?

I love this book. In the book The Tail of Emily Windsnap my favorite part is when Emily really finds out that she is a mermaid. For example, that night she finds out that she is a mermaid she swims around and she thinks it is a dream! That makes you want to read on and on.

This series has many books, so you can enjoy many adventures with Emily. When you read this book you feel like you are in the story and you are with Emily the whole time. The whole series is exciting and fun and you will not be able to put the book down. If you love fun and adventurous books than this is the book for you to read! I would give this book 5 stars. 

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The Beacon Street Girls

Have you ever moved a lot but never felt like you were home? Well, for Charlotte in the Beacon Street Girls, this couldn’t be truer.  She has been many places around the world including Africa and France. Now she is moving to Boston where she grew up. Her mom had died there, but they were still moving. Charlotte’s dad is a writer and likes to move where his books take place, but this year he is going to be teaching at a college. Charlotte always has a first day problem. For example, when she went to Africa she went in the boy’s bathroom because she didn’t know what it said. Do you think Charlotte can survive the first day without a disaster?

I really liked this book. The writer really let you know how the characters felt and thought.  For example, she uses a lot of thoughshots that let the reader know what the characters are thinking. She is a really good writer.

One thing I didn’t like about the book is people in the book were really mean to Charlotte in the beginning. For example they thought she was really stuck up, so they ignored her and refused to talk to her.

If you want to read a book that will make you never want to stop reading it you should get The Beacon Street Girls. I would give this book 4 out of 5 paws. 

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A Year Down Yonder

One book I kind of liked was A Year down Yonder. A 16-year-old girl named Mary Alice, the sister of Joey in the previous book, and her mom and dad are having a hard time managing money. Joey, Mary Alice’s brother, moved away and found work in the west. So Mary Alice will have to leave Chicago and live with her grandma for a whole year, and she will have to attend a new school. The kids at the school make fun of her, and she only has a friend or two. Will Mary Alice survive a year with grandma?

One of the reasons I like this book is that it is funny. For example, when Mary Alice was performing in the school play, the adults made the most popular girl in school take off all her make up. Another reason why I like this book is when Joey, Mary Alice’s big brother, comes all the way from the west to see her perform in the play. I think that was nice, generous, and loving, and that is why I liked this part of the book.

The part of the book I didn’t like was that grandma sometimes is mean and cruel. Once she threw a bucket of glue on Augie’s head. I don’t like when Aguie’s had to peel his hair off because no kid deserves that type of punishment. Another reason why I don’t like this part of the book is now Augie has the worst hairdo of his entire life. I just think grandma is just mean and cruel. That is why I don’t like this part of the book. Other than that I would support this book. If you like old style books or books back in the old days, then this is the perfect book for you I give it four paws.

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Weird Times at Grandma's!

Hard times have hit a family very, very HARD. Mary Alice’s brother, Joey, has left home in search of a job. So there is not enough room for the family in their small apartment. Therefore, Mary Alice has to move in with her grandma. Mary Alice is not used to the country, only because she always lived in Chicago. Everyone calls her the city girl. Mary Alice will have to survive this lifestyle for a year. Do you think she will fit in?

I like this book because you feel like you go on many adventures with grandma, and you want to see what sly plan she will do next. For example, grandma stole pecans from an old man’s tree and got away with it. Her grandma is a big woman and gets away with sneaky tricks.

The book makes you feel like you are in the story experiencing what is happening. I recommend this book to you! You will never be able to put this book down, I give this book 5 paws.

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A Long Way From Chicago

Have you ever went to your grandmas and have not fit in? Well Joey and Mary Alice feel the same way. In the book A Long Way From Chicago, Mary Alice and her brother Joey go to visit their grandma. They live in Chicago, and their grandma lives in a small town in the country. Their grandma is not a regular person. Lots of people in town are scared of her. She is a big woman who plays sly tricks, and gets away with it.

My favorite part in this book is when grandma pulls sly tricks. For example, she had sewed MTL on a quilt and then went to a sale and tried to make people believe that the quilt belonged to Mary Todd Lincoln. Do you think that grandma will make money off the quilt?  Another example is she has a stove pipe hat she brought to the sale and said it was Abraham Lincoln’s hat. Do you think the Towns people will fall for grandma’s tricks?

 I like this book and I recommend it. This book also has a sequel which is called A Year Down Yonder so you can keep on reading! I rate this book with 5 paws. What sly tricks will grandma pull next?!?!      

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