Misty Gordon and the Mystery of the Ghost Pirates by Kim Kennedy

Misty Gordon and the Mystery of the Ghost Pirates by Kim Kennedy, is a very good book. At first when I saw the book cover (and this might happen to you) I got very confused.

The first things you see on the cover of this book are two girls (one in cat-eye glasses), a crystal ball (with a pirate ship in it), little golden statues of the "Big Three" (Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades), a group of (ghost) pirates, and a lighthouse (super high-tech, but it doesn't matter when you're starting the book). As you read the book all of the things on the cover begin to make sense. 

Misty Gordon and the Mystery of the Ghost Pirates is about a girl named Misty Gordon whose dad runs the D.E.A.D. ( Deceased’s Estate and Antique Dealer) business. One day Misty is in the businesses van with her dad to go check out a house. Once they get there Misty' dad tells her that the house used to belong to a recently departed clairvoyant. Soon she finds a a pair of "cat-eye" glasses, that her dad edges her to keep. Misty tries them on and she sees a mysterious woman in the doorway. Misty walks away and after that her life takes a surprising turn...

I think people in 4th-6th grade will like this book (I read it in 5th grade). I think they will like it because it has an interesting plot. Though, younger kids wouldn't like it because they wouldn't be able to follow the plot, as it is a bit confusing. Also, older people might think it is too childish, but if you're like anybody in my family you will have a wonderful time reading this book!

Poll winner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So, a few weeks ago I posted a poll saying that I wanted people to vote on my poll (J.K Rowling vs. Rick Riordan).  Just so I don't spoil the answer for people who are just scrolling through my blog, you will have to highlight under where it says "And the winner is...............".

Also I'm sorry that I didn't publish this post this earlier, for two weeks I was in places that had no internet access (gasp)!

And the winner is...............

Rick Riordan!

Yay!

( 3-7 I may add.)

J.K. Rowling vs. Rick Riordan

I put a poll on my blog that will answer the question that has been haunting my since I read Percy Jackson: Who is the better author, J.K. Rowling or Rick Riordan?
In a week I will see who is the better author (majority rules) and stop that evil question from haunting me my entire life. So (please) vote on your favorite.
The poll is located under my profile on the left side of my blog.

Love That Dog by Sharon Chreech

I apologize for the spacing problems with this post. 

Love That Dog by Sharon Chreech is SUCH a good book, though some parts are sad. I will let an E-mail I sent to my aunt tell you how good Love That Dog is:

I want ... wait no NEED Hate That Cat. Love That Dog is sooo sad, though!

(Key: Hate That Cat = sequel to Love That Dog)

Love That Dog is about a young boy named Jack,who's in school learning about poetry. In the beginning of the book he"mocks"real poems that they read in class by rewriting all the words to explain how he doesn't get poetry at   all. Sometimes, he'll write a poem using the same style and say that he doesn't get why the poem is about that specific topic. Before long the book turns into him writing poems about his dog, Sky. Over the course of the book Jack gets inspired by a poem written by Walter Dean Myers. Soon he writes Walter Dean Myers a letter asking him if he would come to his school.

One of the poems Jack wrote is:

Blue car, blue car, shining bright 

in the darkness of the night:

who could see you speeding by

like a comet in the sky?

I could see you in the night,

blue car, blue car, shining bright.

I could see you speeding by

like a comet in the sky.

 I like the fact that this whole book is written in poems. My favorite poem that she writes is the mocking of Tiger Tiger by William Blake (that I typed earlier in this blog post). I think I like it because my school's chorus sang Tiger Tiger so when I read that poem I heard my school chorus singing those words. I think a very cool thing about this book is that in the back of it is all of the poems that he references in the book. This book is a good book for people of any age, yet some people may cry more that the others (like my aunt and I). For the younger people the fact that it is written in poems helps them because they can stop at the end of each line and process what they just read. I think it is also good for older people because they will (probably) recognize the poems that that she uses in the book. Plus, it's a book that you can read (and finish) when you don't have the book you are currently reading.

I hope you love this book like I did!

Warning: I recommend you keep a box of tissues with you while you read this book.

Also, Hate That Cat (the sequel) is already out.

Wonder Struck by Brian Selznick

The book Wonder Struck is by Brian Selznick, who wrote the Caldecott Award winner The Invention of Hugo Cabret. The Invention of Hugo Cabret is a book that is told in pictures and words (about 50-50). The way he writes his books is in a very special way, the slower, dialogue heavy parts of the book he does in words and the more action-y parts of the book he does in pictures. In Wonder Struck he does it differently, one of the stories is in pictures and the other is done in words. It give the book that sense of wonder when one of them is missing words and the other is missing pictures. Wonder Struck is one of those books where there are two different stories going on at the same time, but close to the end of the book the stories become intertwined.

So be on the look out for this cover in book stores during the month of October (when it comes out)!

                                         

I will make another blog post on this book when this book comes out.

Skullduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy

I made this video for my aunt to put online and I just found it again.

Warning: I did this when I was 8.

If there is a problem watching this video click on this link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzoqFCrgWzk 

If you think you will enjoy this book from the description, you should know a few things about the series. One of them is that there are 5 books in the series. Book 1: Skulduggery Pleasant (The first book might not be called Skulduggery Pleasant any more because the publishing company changed the name and the cover during the process of publishing. I think it's called The Scepter of the Ancients now but, I'm not sure). Book 2: Playing with Fire. Book 3: The Faceless Ones. Book 4: Dark Days. Book 5: Mortal Coil. (The 4th and 5th books might not be available the US for the time being. If you would like to buy the 4th and 5th books you might have to order them from somewhere else.)

Chasing Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson

Chasing Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson, is a young adult version of his book Manhunt. It's a non-fiction book about the 12 day hunt for Abraham Lincoln's killer, John Wilkes Booth. I found this book in the little bookstore in the Lincoln Memorial, I was just looking around the store and BAM there it was. At first I thought it was just some dumb (excuse all of my followers who like these books) books where some kid travels back in time and helps "change history". This book is actually a real, honest to goodness, all facts book that seemed like it was historical fiction, not real history. I normally don't like history books where it's just a bunch of facts listed on a piece of paper that got published and called a book. But, Chasing Lincoln's Killer isn't just a bunch of facts it's actually an interesting story to read.

I think that if you are interested in Lincoln's political life this book doesn't really portray his political life, it tells the story of him being assassinated and the scheme that John Wilkes Booth used for killing Lincoln and getting away with it. I think the most interesting thing I learned is that John Wilkes Booth wasn't working alone, he and two of his friends went out to kill other people, too. He sent someone to kill the Vice President and another person to kill Seward. The reason why I think we don't really know about the other two is because the person who went to kill the Vice President got drunk (I think that is the only time that drunkenness is okay) right before he was going to kill him so he didn't.  Also the person who was trying to kill Seward only severely injured him. I think my favorite (Well, if it weren't in real life) thing is that Booth shot Lincoln during a "laugh line" so some of the people in the theater didn't know that Lincoln was murdered. A lot of people though it was all just part of the show.

I think that if you are a person that likes fantasy or just general fiction, you will like this book because it's told from  a point of view of a fiction book.

I hope you like this book as much as I did!