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The Mysterious Howling
by Maryrose Wood
This book is really good! It is about three children who are raised by wolves. They get a new governess to take care of them and teach them to behave. Miss. Lumley did a very good job of that, although sometimes, the children get a little out of control.

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Reviewer: Sarah, age 11, Plymouth
 
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Gregor the Overlander
by Suzanne Collins
Gregor the Overlander is the first book in the Underland Chronicles series. In this book, Gregor and his little sister Boots fall through a grate in their laundry room. They end up in the Underland, a place where there are giant rats, cockroaches,mice, bats, and spiders. When Gregor finds out that his father is in the rats' prison, he goes to find him and also takes part in a strange prophecy that will change the Underland forever.

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Reviewer: Sarah, age 11, Plymouth
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Walk Two Moons
by Shannon Creech
Usually I'm saying how much I loved a book but this review will not be like that. This book was rather boring and the story was hard to follow and I know it won the Newberry Medal or whatever but I don't care. It was just so weird. I'm definitely not a fan of this author. I wouldn't recommend this book unless you are a fan of books that don't make any sense.

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Reviewer: Mary, age 12, Eden Prairie
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the swiss family robinson
by Johann David Wyss
well i always say "i love this book" but with this one i only like it and have to rate 1 star instead of 5. well i hate it when they shoot everthing that is alive its so horrible i wanted to write a letter about it to johann david wyss but i rememebered that he died almost 200 years ago! ha ha. i can`t write to dead person! well when there was a walrus they killed it and when the father said it wasn`t a walrus it was a sea lion! i know because there pictuers that was a walrus. and they cut of the head of a turtle! and they killed 2 snakes! and they killed 2 buffelo and they killed 2 hyenas and they killed a tiger and the killed and they killed a crab and they killed a lion and they they... took ballen of a bowhead whale oh by the way bowheads don`t grow to 80 feet. well maybye the big ones are almost gone beacuse there are some bowhead whales that grow to 70 feet. well i love whales so much.so that book is a bunch of killing the life of animals!how would we feel if someone killed us? or berfore they killed us because you couldn`t feel if you were dead! well that book makes me fell sad very very sad od the deathes of so many animals. they even shot some sea horses! And they always say after they kill an animal " this will be very usefull its so sad.

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Reviewer: Gus, age 10, Eden Prairie
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The Doll People
by Ann M. Martin and Laura Godwin
This book is very exciting and has a lot of details. When you read it makes you feel amazing! (Sounds kind of babyish but it is not!)

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Reviewer: Elise, age 9, Minnetonka
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The Lightning Thief
by Rick Riordan
This book was one of the best ones I have ever read!! I would totally recommend it! First book in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series.

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Reviewer: Fiona, age 13, Eden Prairie
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Violet Wings
by Victoria Hanley
Love it!!! This book was sooo amazing!! I wish Feyland was actually real! I would love to be a fairy like Zaria! If you are condidering reading this book DEFINITELY do it! And if you aren't condidering reading it I totally recommend it!

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Reviewer: Julia, age 10, Golden Valley
 
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Bridge to Terabithia
by Katherine Paterson
This book has such a great moral and everyone who is 10 or older should read it! This book is one of my favorite books of all times! The ending is rather sad though.

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Reviewer: Ellie, age 11, Minnetonka
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
by Elizabeth George Speare
This book was very good! I would definitely recommend it if you have the same taste in books as me!

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Reviewer: Fiona, age 13, Eden Prairie
 
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Island of the Blue Dolphins
by Scott O'Dell
I know that this book won the Newbery Award but I just thought that it was ssssssssooooooooo boring! It was slowly paced and nothing exciting ever happened. If you are considering reading this book here's my piece of advice for you: DON'T!!!

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Reviewer: Fiona, age 13, Eden Prairie
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