Thursday, January 29, 2009

Jimmy's Stars


Ellie doesn't like Adolf Hitler or Victoria Gandeck. Victoria lives just across the ally from her. Ellie and her brother Jimmy are best friends. Jimmy calls her movie star, because He's the only one who thinks she looks like Lana Turner (a movie star). Her best friends are Stan and Jelly Neck (his nickname).Ellie is a Tomboy. Her brother Jimmy likes to sing the Hut-Sut song to embarrass Ellie and it does. Ellie likes to meet her brother at the street car #10 and they go over to the Green's Ice Cream Shop. The next day at school, Ellie gets into a fight with her worst enemy Victoria Gandeck, because Victoria called Jimmy a 'slacker'. Victoria and Ellie have to shake hands and apologize. The principle tells Ellie to enjoy her time with her brother because he might get called to the war soon. Ellie finds and official letter for her brother. He has been called to the war. Ellie and Jimmy end up writing letters to each other.... Find out more about Ellie and her brother, does he come home? What about Ellie, will she be okay without her brother?

This book earned: 5 book worms!


Thursday, January 8, 2009



Geronimo Stilton is a mouse. One day he goes to get a cup of coffee. Instead he gets coffee spilled on him by the most beautiful mouse he has ever seen, in his opinion. He wants to impress her. So he decides to buy her a box of chocolates. When he has bought the box of chocolates and is about to walk out of the store his mean-teasing cousin Trap comes in. He starts to grab the box of chocolates and then Geronimo catches him and notices that he ate his box of chocolates and Trap says "...well it's my birthday in July, this could be my birthday present?!" Geronimo buys another box of chocolates and some roses. He writes a card that it is from Geronimo Stilton, but she has no idea who he is! To find out if this beautiful mouse figures out who Geronimo Stilton is...read..."All Because of a Cup of Coffee"


This book earned: 5 bookworms!



Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Araminta Spookie's parents went Vampire hunting and didn't come back, so she lives with her Aunt and Uncle. Her uncle works at night and he has bats all over in his room, it's disgusting. He has to sleep all day. Her aunt, Tabby is crabby. She hates the boiler, because every time she tries to clean it out, she gets soot all over herself. Her aunt wants to sell the house because of the boiler. She puts up a sign without asking anyone about it. Araminta changes the sign to say "This house is NOT for sale". Her Aunt crosses out the 'NOT'. The real estate people are coming, so Araminta takes out her dead fish and her fish bowl and all the yucky water and dumps it down the drain pipe and it lands on the real esate agent. Aunt Tabby wonders why the real estate people are not coming...find out what happens in "Araminta Spookie; My Haunted House".


This book earned: 5 book worms!