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Kid's book review by Laura, age 10
Utterly Me Clarice Bean by Lauren Child

Hi my name is Laura and I like to talk about a book I finished reading a couple days ago. It is called Utterly Me Clarice Bean. It was about a girl who goes through a lot of trouble and always ends up getting out of it. She is never paying attention in class. At the end of the book she is a better listener and wins a class prize for improving the most during the year.

Kid's book review by Emily, age 10
Scorpia by Anthony Horowitz

Alex Rider is the world's only teen spy. At the age of 14, he's already working for MI6, a secret service spy agency. Otherwise as Alex puts it: just people going on missions like spies. In the beginning, Alex is on a vacation in Venice, Italy with his friend from Brookland: Tom. They were sitting at a café drinking lemon water ice. It was a sunny day. They were walking toward their hotel when Alex saw a "bag thief" snatch a woman's handbag. In the middle Scorpia (a terrorist organization) has him. He finds out that his father worked for Scorpia. Then, he joins Scorpia. They send him to kill Ms Jones, head of Special Operations. But he never does. He missed on his aim. At the end Alex quits with the whole Scorpia thing and goes back to MI6. When he's getting out of the car on Liverpool Street in London, Alex gets shot in the chest inches away from his heart! Read the book to find out if Alex survives!

Kid's book review by Renata, age 10
My Teacher Is an Alien by Bruce Coville

My favorite character in My Teacher Is an Alien is Susan. Everyone thinks she is joking when she says that Mr. Smith (Broxholm) is an alien. Peter is the smart one in the class. They break into his house and everything is normal there. Mr. Smith says he'll take 5 students - the best, 3 average, and the worst. He hates music so he unmasked himself when Susan was playing in the school band.

Kid's book review by Edwin, age 10
Geronimo Stilton: The Mummy with No Name

Geronimo Stilton is going to the museum. He is in search for a mummy. They do not know its name. There is a paper but it is rip. He tells everybody to go away. He wants his wife.

Kid's book review by Brenda, age 10
Arthur Writes a Story by Marc Brown

Arthur had to write a story he wanted to write how he got Pal his dog bat DW said its boring write something else so he wrote that Perki pels mom was a elephent in outerspace and that she had elephent babies and that one of them was pel then he created that story into a song then he told that to his class then he told them that started by the story how he got peol then mistor ratbern givd hime a sticker and that ends the story.

Staff book review by Susie
Before Green Gables by Budge Wilson

This is a super story of a young girl who faces unbelievable difficulty and survives. This is a quick read and is full of interesting characters.

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