Kahoa Student Book Reviews
39 Clues, The by Gordan Korman
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Reviewed by: Anthony S. on 10/14/09
Summary: The book is about two kids in competition to save their family and to find out who is in the family. It's also about the kids trying to find something Mozart.
Rating: Excellent
Arthur's Back-To School Surprise by Marc Brown
Genre: Fantasy
Reviewed by: Grace D. on 11/4/09
Summary: Trouble begins when Arthur and D.W. buy the same backpack for the new school year. it is a big problem. Read to see what happens when the backpacks get mixed up.
Rating: Good
Bad Luck Chair, The by Sue Wilkowski
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Reviewed by: Molly H. on 11/10/09
Summary: Rumors have been going around at Brookside Elementary School! Why?! Because once there ws this guy who always got lucky because once he got two green gumballs and got his quarter back. But once when he sat in the chair and once he put his quarter in and no green gmballs and his quarter got stuck. So he studied and studied but he couldn't figure how to reverse the curse. So he gput up this test so that anbody could try to take it and reverse the curse. So Addy takes it. There are questions like; What's the first letter of your first and last name? Addy passes it! There are a bunch of pictures and riddles. You'll have to read the book to see of Addy reverses the curse!
Rating: Excellent
Capture Arawynne by R.L. Stine
Genre: Science Fiction
Reviewed by: Tyler U. on 9/1/09
Summary: It is about a girl named Palla that wants to get away fro Jabba The Hut. Anikan comes to save her. Jabba calls on Dorn the Slave of the republic and Jabba said to go find Palla and then the children slaves and you can be free. But you have to workwith me if you don't.I'll feed you to my pet. At the end, Anikin saved Palla and the children and Dorn.
Rating: Good
Castle Under Siege by Richard Dargie
Genre: Nonfiction
Reviewed by: Dajuor H. on 9/28/09
Summary: Indians did not just have bows and arrows. They had knives and lots of tools to use.
Rating: Very Good
Chicks and Salsa by Aaron Reynolds
Genre: Fantasy
Reviewed by: Sammy N. on 9/15/09
Summary: A farm that was called the Nuthatcher Farm is where the animals live. The animals on that farm got tired of their own food so they went in the garden to pick some veggies to have a good food! See what they decided to make.
Rating: Excellent
Deep and Dark and Dangerous by Mary Downing Hahn
Genre: Fantasy
Reviewed by: Sydnie S. on 9/1/09
Summary: A girl named Ali babysits her cousin Emma. They meet a girl named Sissy and she is trying to drown them because their moms wanted her drown. Sissy is the ghost of the girl who drowned over 30 years ago. Her real names is Tereasa. This is the best book I've ever read.
Rating: Excellent
Defianceby Valerie Hobbs
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Reviewed by: Cole M. on10/5/09
Summary: It's about a boy whos name is Toby and he has cancer and he is trying to fight it. He goes to a cabin every summer and his dad comes to see him every weekend. One day he rode his bike up the road and saw a cow and it was very skinny. When he would pet her, she would want him to keep on petting her. He would come back every morning and one day he stopped to look at a house and he saw someone chasing birds. Her name was Pearl. She owned the cow and its name is Blossom. She gets old and dies. Six years later, Pearl dies. When Toby is seventeen he went to see Pearl when she was dying. Toby grew up to be a doctor.
Rating: Excellent
Dudes, the School Is Haunted by R.L. Stine
Genre: Fantasy
Reviewed by: Margot D. on 10/21/09
Summary: This sort of scary book is called Rotten School. It is an elementary school. They live in the school. They go on a field trip and on the way it started to rain wit the lighting booming and the thunder roaring. Finally they get home and the lights go off. When the lights flicker on the bully's pants are on his ankels.
Rating: Excellent
Dynamic Duos by Tim Polzer
Genre: Nonfiction
Reviewed by: Talon L. on 9/16/09
Summary: This book is about the best pass-catch combinations in the NFL. They look at the best quarterbacks and receivers. The two people who I like are Tom Bradey and Randy Moss.
Rating: Excellent
Escaping the Giant Wave by Peg Kehret
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Reviewed by: Madelyn on 11/4/09
Summary: Two kids stay in a hotel without their parents that went on a business trip. While they are in the hotel, an earthquake and tsunami whits and the kids don't know what do do. They meet some people who tell them where to go so they don't get hit by the tsunami.
Rating: Very Good
Ghost of Lizard Light, The by Elvira Woodruff
Genre: Fantasy
Reviewed by: Olivia D. on 11/12/09
Summary: This story is about a boy who unexpectedly meets a ghost. They go on some pretty cool adventures. One is in the lighthouse, and a different one at sea. If there is more, I'm not telling you about them. If you want to find out what happens, read The Ghost of Lizard Light.
Rating: Excellent
Hannah Montana by Steve Peterman
Genre: Biography
Reviewed by: Abby N. on10/14/09
Summary: This is a book about Hannah Montana and it tells you almost all of the movies in it. She sings on stage a lot of times.
Rating: Excellent
Heine Prize, The by R.L. Stine
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Reviewed by: Brandon. on 8/27/09
Summary: There is this rich kid that says that I'm going to win the Hiene Prize and had already bought a case for it. He comes up with a plan. But then Bernie says that he is going to win and does end up winning the Hiene Prize. What is the Heine Prize?
Rating: Very Good
Homework Machine , The by Dan Gutman
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Reviewed by: Jordyn S. on 10/14/09
Summary: There are kids. One of them is named Berenton. He invents a machine that does your homework for you. They name it Belch. Someone is following them. Who is following Them? Will the FBI catch them? Read The Homework Machine and find out!
Rating: Very Good
Homework, The by Dan Gutman
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Reviewed by: Olivia K. on 11/10/09
Summary: Kids have a computer, not a normal computer, but a homework machine. They put in their homework sheet and wait. Then out pops the sheet filled with all the right answers!
Rating: Excellent
Hop On Pop by Dr. Seuss
Genre: Fantasy
Reviewed by: Grace on 9/21/09
Summary: It's a rhyme book. It helps you learn to reand and to learn about rhyming words. It doesn't have chapters.
Rating: Excellent
If I Every Built A Car by Chris Van Dusen
Genre: Fantasy
Reviewed by: Hayley P. on 9/10/09
Summary: It is about a boy who believes he can build cool cars. And then he built all of the cars. Some of them were wacky!
Rating: Excellent
Junie B. Jones Is Not a Crook by Barbara Park
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Reviewed by: Cayla W. on 9/15/09
Summary: Junie's grandpa bues her mittens and she loses them at recess. A girl thinks that no one wants them so she takes them. Junie sees her at recess when her teacher is out. What will Junie do?
Rating: Excellent
Junie B. Jones Toothless Wonder by Barbara Park
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Reviewed by: Tyler U. on 9/1/09
Summary: Junie B. is struggling with her tooth and it finally came out and the next day the tooth fairy came and left a shiney coin. Junie B. was really happy.
Rating: Verry Good
Lemonade War, The by Jacqaline Davies
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Reviewed by: Erin V. on11/6/09
Summary: Jess and Even are having a war to see who can sell the most lemonade because Even was mad because Jess skipped a grade and has to be in his class. Find out who winds!
Rating: Excellent
Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Genre: Fantasy
Reviewed by: Aaron H. on 9/9/09
Summary: First this kid finds out he is a half-blood, half human and half god. Next he has to go on a quest to save the world. then he goes to the wrong place. Finally he saves the world by finding zeus's Master Bolt and almost dies from a scorpion sting.
Rating: Excellent
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Genre: Historical Fiction
Reviewed by: Sydney M. on 10/14/09
Summary: The Ingalls family moved from the big woods to the prairie. Pa built the house and at the same time he became friends with the new neighbors. They helped eachother with things you need help with. Indians come and go past the trail that the Ingalls live on. If you want to know what things that were life threatening to Laura and Mary Ingalls, read this book.
Rating: Excellent
Maybe A Bear Ate It! by Robie Harris
Genre: Fantasy
Reviewed by: Michael E. on 9/10/09
Summary: A cat can not find his book and he thinks a bear ate it. He is really sad. He is thinking about what could happen to it. He found it under his bed!
Rating: Good
Rolling In The Aisles by R.L. Stine
Genre: Nonfiction
Reviewed by: John D. on 9/29/09
Summary: It is about funny poems. i like the 30th poem. It was the funniest poem in the book
Rating: Excellent
Rules by Cynthia Lord
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Reviewed by: Cole on 9/1/09
Summary: This book is about a boy who has special needs and he never knows the right things to do. His sister always has to help him. His sister just wants to have a normal life because whe always has to tach him the right things.
Rating: Very Good
Say Cheese and Die by R.L. Stine
Genre: Science Fiction
Reviewed by: Carson on 9/25/09
Summary: Greg thinks there is something wrong with and old camera that sometimes makes the people in the picture look like they are dead. His friends don't believe greg. To find out more, read Say Cheese and Die!
Rating: Fair
Scary Stories 3 by Alvin Schwartz
Genre: Nonfiction
Reviewed by: Bailey H . on 8/27/09
Summary: It is all about scary stories. There is one that a person gets killed when he is stabbed with a knife.
Rating: Good
Scary Stores to Tell In the Dark by Alvin Schwartz
Genre: Fansasy
Reviewed by: Christian R.on 9/15/09
Summary: This book has a variaty of stories. My favorite is "The Walk" because it keeps going on and on about how they are scared of eachother and they scream at the end.
Rating: Excellent
Shake, Rattle, Hurl by R.L. Stine
Genre: Science Fiction
Reviewed by: Jordyn C. on 9/2/09
Summary: It's about this kid who is really good at the sax but the main kid wants to win the talent show against Wes and the Nyce House Band so he tries to ruin the sax. He has to listen to music for a long time then he goes back and hears the kid downstairs who is playing awesome guitar music so he has him go up there and he hurls. he ends up winning but goes with the girl to the Plopps Concert.
Rating: Very Good
Sheep by Valerie Hobbs
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Reviewed by: Sidney on 10/13/09
Summary: This is what happens in the book Sheep. Jack goes out to round up sheep but one day the grass catches on fire and his ranch gets burnt down. Jack and his brothers and sisters get sold and go to a pound. All of Jack's brothers and sisters get sold. Jack gets put into a glass cage when he is sleeping. A kind family gets Jack and takes him home. They chain him up and after a while they let him off the chain and Jack runs away. Jack finds an alley and goes to bed starving. Jack gets back on the road and finds a half eaten hamburger. Soon Jack reaches a highway and smells sheep. When he crosses the highway, he finds out that they are goats instead. Read the book to find out if Jack ever finds a home.
Rating: Excellent
Tigers by Louise Martin
Genre: Nonfiction
Reviewed by: Joel B. on 10/6/09
Summary: the tigers are nice and they hunt for prey like rabbits, fish and deer. They lay down in the water.
Rating: Excellent
Very Brave Witch, A by Alison McGhee
Genre: Fantasy
Reviewed by: Hope W. on 9/3/09
Summary: This is a book about witches on Halloween. Find out if the little witch really is brave.
Rating: Very Good
Winners Never Quit by Mia Hamm
Genre: Nonfiction
Reviewed by: Charley B. on 9/1/09
Summary: Mia finds out the most important thing in sports is jut to have fun. She has brothers and sisters. She plays soccer.
Rating: Excellent