Thursday, March 5, 2009

Penny From Heaven



Penny is in sixth grade and is out for the summer. Her best friend is her cousin Frankie. He has a talent for getting into trouble. He won't read anything except for comics. Penny's dad died when she was a baby. Her dads family tells her that he died of pneumonia but her mom won't tell her anything about her dad. Penny has a lot of uncles and they give her a lot of gifts because her father died. her favorite Uncle is Uncle Dominique. He lives in a car. Find out what happens in Penny From Heaven.



This book earned: 5 bookworms!

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Ida B


Ida B is about 10 years old. She likes to make plans. She lives with her Mom, Dad, cat Lulu, and her dog Rufus who Ida calls the king of Slobberville and other names because when he sleeps he drools all over. She is taught at home by her mom and dad because She absolutely did NOT like her first day of kindergarten. "It was to boring." she would say. The next day her mom came to school with her, by the end of the day they both came out heads drooping and all. They didn't say a word to each other the whole way home. Then her mom and dad decided that she would be home schooled. Ida B thought that life was perfect until her Mom got cancer and she had to go back to school.


Find out what happens next in Ida B.
This book earned: 5 bookworms!

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!




Tuesday, December 30, 2008



Beth Malloy is in love with Josh Hatford, or so her sisters think. She even painted her nails purple with silver J's on them. Caroline wants to be an actress when she grows up. She has never experienced true love in her boring life! At least she thinks it's boring. She wants to be the center of attention, because she thinks if she is going to be an actress she should be the center of attention. So she will fall in love with Wally Hatford. Meanwhile Eddie Malloy (Beth's sister) is trying to think of a science project. There is also an Abagunchie in their neighborhood. One night the Hatfords see two red eyes. See what happens in A Spy Among the Girls.


This book earned: 5 bookworms!

Monday, December 29, 2008

Caroline, Beth and Eddie (Edith Ann) are the Malloys. Jake, Josh(twins), Wally and Peter are the Hatfords. They don't like each other at all. At school their teachers tell them that their will be a strawberry festival as their tradition. Whoever raises $20.00 will either get to eat all the strawberry treats they can eat or they get to ride on of the one of the floats. Caroline wants to either be the strawberry queen or be on the float with the strawberry queen. Peter wants to eat all of the strawberry treats that he can eat. The others don't know what choice they will make yet. To earn the money Josh decides he's going to sell some of his paintings. Caroline is going to act out fairy tales. These are just a few of the things they are going to do to earn money. It isn't going so well. So they decide to get together and wash cars for $4.00 each car. Find out what funny things happen in this book!


This book earned: 4 book worms!