The Witch of Blackbird Pond (****)

This book is about a girl named Kit who lived in Barbados and when her grandfather died she went on a ship to Conneticut, where her aunt and uncle lived. When she arrived she was taken to a small house where her aunt met her at the door. She found that she had two cousins. When her stern uncle found out that she had been going to the "witch's" house of course Kit tried to convince them that she was not really a witch but her uncle forbade her to go there anyways. Then when a witch trial was put on because of a mysterious sickness and Kit was acussed of witch craft, everything started to go wrong. Read the book to find out what happened.

This book is 205 pages long. I will give it four out of five stars (****.)

The witch of Blackbird Pond by, Elizabeth George Speare

Eleven (****)

Have you ever wondered if you were kidnapped or adopted? Well the protagonist in this great mystery does. It all started when he went looking for his birthday presents in his attic and sees a interesting looking old trunk with a piece of paper sticking out from it. It had a picture of him on it and it said "missing," he went downstairs to his bedroom to think about it. It all very confusing, why would he be missing? Then he wondered if Mack (his grandpa) had kidnapped him but that seemed very unlikely. Then when a new girl arrives at school, Sam starts to make a plan. He will become friends with the new girl and she will help him open the trunk and read to him what is inside. Then when Sam's teacher assigns Caroline to help him with a castle for social studies it all works out even better than what he planned. Read the book to find out all that happens.

This book is 164 pages long. I will give it four out of five stars (****.)


Eleven by, Patricia Reilly Giff

Cabinet of Wonders (*** 1/2)

This book is about a girl named Petra and her pet spider named Astrophil. When Petra's father is brought home with a bandage covering his eyes she knows that he can no longer continue his metal shop so long as he has no eyes. Petra decides to get the eyes back from the prince. In the market place she catches a boy her age trying to steal all of her money from her. She becomes fast friends with him and he tells her that his name is Nel. He brings her to his campsite where his family lives and she plays a dagger shooting game with a metal dagger. It hits bulls eye every time. Read the book to find out if her father gets his eyes back.

This book is 288 pages long. I will give it three and a half stars out of five (*** 1/2.)

Cabinet of Wonders by, Marie Rutkoski

Keeper (***)

Keeper is a book about a girl who thinks that her mom is a mermaid so she sets out on a quest to see if she is right. Signe, who adopted Keeper, tells her that mermaids are not real. Nothing can change Keeper's mind. On the little boat with her dog who's name is BD (which stands for Best Dog) she starts to remember some things about her mother. Like on her third birthday her mother set her in a wooden bowl in the ocean and told her to ride the waves back to shore. It was Signe who rescued her and wrapped her up in a towel.
Read the book to find out if Keeper's mother really was a mermaid.

This book is 399 pages long. I will give it three out o five stars (***.)

Keeper Kathi Appelt

sammy keyes and the cold hard cash (****)

I thought this book was a really great mystery because of all of the suspense. When Sammy walks up the fire escape, as she always does, a man opens the door. Sammy quickly tries to hide from him but he sees her. He was so startled that he fell down and stayed there. He said look in my pocket and Sammy did. What she found inside that pocket is what changed her life. She pulled out three wads of cold, hard, cash. Then right before he died he said to throw them away, and to do it quickly. Sammy did not listen. She bought a ton of food, a bathing suit for herself and a bathing suit for her best friend, Marrissa. Then when a fancy man shows up at her over sized neighbor's door and invites her to play bingo (she called it a date) Sammy realized that something suspicious was going on. Read the book to find out what.

This book is 293 pages long, it was a short read for me. I will give it four out of five stars (****.)

Sammy Keyes and the Cold Hard Cash by, Wendelin Van Draanen