The Mysterious Benedict Society and The Perilous Journey by Trenton Lee Stewart

For the second time, Kate, Reynie, Sticky, and Constance are joined together by Mr.Benedict. This time, he has prepared them a scavenger hunt to test their talents. But before they start off, Rhonda gives them bad news; Mr.Benedict and Number Two have gone missing and it has to do with the horrible Mr.Curtain! As they follow the clues to try and save Mr.Bendedict and Number Two, they face Mr.Curtain's new helpers; Ten Men who have ten different ways to hurt you. Here's a part in the beginning:

"What if we come across a Ten Man?" Constance asked. "Don't worry about that," said Kate, with a dismissive wave of her hand. "We'll just need to keep an eye out for suits and briefcases-and, you know, be prepared to run for our lives." "Thank you," said Constance with a quaver in her voice. "That's ever so comforting." "A Ten Man probably wouldn't even notice us,"Reynie said. "Four children don't exactly look like a rescue team, you know." "Well, I suppose that's true," Constance said in a somewhat stronger voice, and Reynie smiled encouragely. He didn't quite believe what he'd just said-he suspected at least some of Mr.Curtain's henchmen would have heard about them. But Mr.Curtain, of all people, would hate to admit he'd been outsmarted by children, and it was possible he'd avoided mention of them. At any rate, Reynie thought it best to shore up Constance's courage, for he could tell she intended to come along regardless. Kate cracked her knuckles. "If we're going to do this we need to get started. Four days, the letter said, and we may need every minute." "So, what's the plan?" Sticky asked, putting away his polishing cloth and resetting his spectacles. If we're in agreement," Reynie said, "We'll go wherever these instructions lead us. Secretly, of course. The adults would never let us go now-not even if Rhonda and Milligan came with us." "Of course not," said Kate.
"we'll need to sneak out." "oh boy," said Sticky, who hadn't thought about this yet. "If a Ten Man doesn't kill me, my parents surely will." Reynie grimaced, imagining how Miss Perumal would react when she discovered he'd gone. He quickly forced the image out of his mind. "are we agreed, then" Kate asked. "Agreed" said Constance and Reynie. Sticky let out a breath. "Agreed." Everyone looked at the envelope then, wondering where in the world-and into what unknown dangers-it was to take them.

I loved this book a lot; more than the first one. This book has adventure, bravery, friendship all in one.

The Mysterious Bendedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart

Four smart kids. One very dangerous mission. Reynie Muldoon, Sticky washington, Kate Wetherall, and Constance Contrairie are four of the last children to pass the test that Mr.Benedict tested them on. But now, as they face their enemies, Mr.Benedict's twin brother, Mr.Curtain and his crew, they are scared out of their wits. can Kate, Reynie, Sticky, and Constance stop Mr.Curtain before he does something horrible? Read this book to see how The Mysterious Benedict Sociiety proves that children can do anything.

Rules by Cynthia Lord

I loved this book because Catherine sounds a lot like me.

Catherine just wants to be normal. But that is just too big a wish if you have an eight year old little brother that has a serious case of Autism. When Catherine's new neighbors move in with a twelve year old like herself, she's so happy. But will Kristi like David, Catherine's brother even though he's sometimes wacky? And how will Catherine feel when a disabled kid from David's occupational therapy place asks her to a dance?
Read this FANTASTIC book and have a whole different understanding of families with disabled kids.

The Four Donkeys by Lloyd Alexander

Who likes picture books? I like to read picture books sometimes. Here's one that I really liked.


It's about a carpenter, baker, and a tailor. They all are getting ready to go to the town fair and sell there things. But before they go they make each other late. When they all are on there way to town all of thm end up riding in the fat bakers carriage. Then the donkey puklling about 200 cakes and pies, 3 people, in hot weather, bundles of shoes, got tired and lay down in the middle of the road! So the baker, tailor, and carpenter picked up the hot and tired donkey and put him in the carriage. What do you think they will do next?

Will they get to the fair in time?

What do fish have to do with anything and other stories by Avi

I didn't like this book that much. It was about people who have to live on the sidewalk, and ghosts. You might like the book but I didn't. There was another story in it that was about phone calls. There about 5 stories in the book. I didn't like any of them. I hope you read the book and leave a comment on how you liked it!

Fairy Tales by Benlie Doherty

Do you like fairy tales? I do. I read the popular fairy tales but in different versions. This fairy tales book has Cinderella and those popular fairy tales. But the author changes it a bit. The illustrator drew very pretty pictures too. I really loved this book of fairy tales more than any other I have read. I hope you enjoy reading the book!

LASSIE Come-home by Eric Knight

I really loved this book because it described a lot of things. It was sad though. I wish that Lassie had been my dog! The book had a lot of feeling to it. Sad, adventurous, and excitement.

This book is about a well-trained collie named Lassie. Lassie waits out side of the gate everyday for John to come home from school. And every day they walk home together. But John's dad sells Lassie oneday. John comes home and notices that lassie isn't waiting for him at the gate. He realizes that his father and mother have sold Lassie. One day Lassie is waiting for John and one day she isn't. The man who bought Lassie keeps having to come to John's home and taking Lassie away again or vice versa. Whenever John comes home from school he hopes Lassie is waiting for him. But Lassie isn't waiting for him anymore. Lassie had gotten out of her new master's kennel and run away. But it was harder to find John then she thought so. This is how Lassie's journey started. Lassie was taking a very big risk, she could be shot and killed. THings that bad. But Lassie loved her master so much that she was determined to find John. Lassie goes through lots of pain and has to fight and run a lot. Lassie got hurt a lot too! To find out what happened read the book. I loved it, I hope you will too!