Wallace Wallace, accidental star of the football team, won't tell even the smallest lie. When he refuses to pretend to like his English teacher's favorite book, Old Shep, My Pal, his teacher sentences him to detention until he rewrites his book report. Since Wallace won't give in to write the kind of report his teacher wants, he's banned from football practice and stuck in rehearsals for the school's play. The play is Old Shep, My Pal, adapted from the book and directed by none other than his teacher, Mr. Fogelman. Wallace's truth-telling mouth just can't keep quiet, though, and soon the play takes a turn no one could have predicted.

Reviewed by: emc

Date read: 3/30/2010

ISBN-10: 078682462X

ISBN-13: 9780786824625

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Chris' family insists that there is no such thing as magic, but Chris is convinced there is and that his bike disappeared on Halloween night because magic was at play. Chris and his friend, Muffin, set out to find his missing bike and prove to his skeptical parents that magic is indeed real.

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 3/27/2009

ISBN-10: 0394850017

ISBN-13: 9780394850016

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Princess Emma's adventures continue when she journeys to Upper Montevista to meet Eadric's parents. From the very beginning, there is trouble. Bradston, Eadric's brother, has been kidnapped by trolls, and Eadric's mother won't let Emma use magic. Trolls prove to be terrifying foes, and put both Emma, and Eadric's, strengths to the test. This is book four in the Tales of the Frog Princess series.

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 3/27/2009

ISBN-10: 1599902184

ISBN-13: 9781599902180

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This is about a girl who is very into a horse. You have to read the book to find out what happens.

Reviewed by: St. Charles Reader

Date read: 11/19/2009

ISBN-10: 0763624225

ISBN-13: 9780763624224

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Laketon Elementary has a nickname for their 5th grade kids, it 'The Unshushables'. But that all changes when Dave Packer reads about how the Mahatma Gandhi practiced complete silence for 1 day a week to bring order to his mind. Though Dave is known to talk nonstop, he is determined to give the idea a try. During school the next day, Dave runs into Lynsey, another chatterbox, and they end up challenging the boys against the girls in a no-talking contest for 48 hours. The only time they can talk is when an adult asks them a direct question at which time they can only answer in 3 word sentences. Can 'The Unshushables' really keep their months shut for the 48 hour contest? Will the parents and teachers figure out what is behind the changes in the kids' behavior? Read this entertaining book and find out.

Similar books: Frindle; Week in the Woods

Awards nominated: Bluestem 2011

Reviewed by: bklyczek

Date read: 5/10/2010

ISBN-10: 1416909834

ISBN-13: 9781416909835

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Commenter: Hap, grade 8