Recommend a Book
The Warrior series by Erin Hunter
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January 9th, 2008 at 10:07 am
Reading Month is officially here, but our students at ODC make EVERY month Reading Month!!!
It seems that Erin Hunter’s Warrior series is the hot series this school year. Since this series involves cats, I have been introducing the students to another series involving fun-loving cats. Author Phyllis Reynolds Naylor’s cats are members of the Club of Mysteries. Start off with The Grand Escape. After years of being strictly house cats, Marco and Polo escape into the wonderful, but dangerous outside world and are sent on three challenging adventures by a group of cats known as the Club of Mysteries. Follow this book with the sequal The Healing of Texas Jake.
January 15th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
If you’re into thrillers, check out Jonathan Rand’s series called American Chillers.
January 15th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
I recommend the book, The Cat in the Hat and Green Eggs and Ham. They both are a very famous book written by Dr. Seuss. Green Eggs and Ham has a guy who does not like Green Eggs and Ham, but someone tries convinces him to eat it. But I am not going to spoil the story for you, so you should read the story for yourself! The Cat in the Hat is a story about two kids by themselves at home and the rain is pouring and they are bored, but then they find the Cat in the Hat and he makes them have fun. Again I am not going to spoil the whole story for you, so if you want a good read, then read these books for youself! I promise you that it is worth reading them.
January 16th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
Books rule! My favorite series is Phantom Stallion. In these books there is a girl named Sam, and she loves a horse she calls “the Phantom”. In each book there is a captivating adventure for all to enjoy, so check it out!
PS: You’ll love them!
January 16th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
I think a good book to have is THE HOMEWORK MACHINE. This book is so awesome! You can check it out at the libary in The Dan Gutman section. You Know what? It seems like there’s 2 of him!
January 16th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
A great series of books that I read was, “The Lighting Thief”, by Percy Jackson. It is about a young boy that keeps transferring from school to school. One day he finds out that his dad is a greek god, he goes through many adventures.
This book is great for third graders!
January 17th, 2008 at 10:51 am
I say that you should choose Pendragon, the Pilgrims of Rayne. It has action, romance, and space/time travel. It is an awesome book. The whole series is awesome.
January 17th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
I like the Charlie Bone series. It’s sort of like Harry Potter, but no wizard stuff. The series is so good and so far, there are six books in total.
January 17th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
The Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz is awesome!!!:)
January 17th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
This book is totally awsome! Its called Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke. It has this totally cool dragon, a brownie and a kid and they have awsome adventures.
I also advise you to read the series by Emily Rodda called Deltora Quest. They are about kids
who have huge quests to return stones to a belt. They battle a giant snake, a knight, and go acrossed a bridge over a lake……a killer lake. DUH DUH DUH
January 17th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
This series rocks, and it’s AR too. It’s called “The Amazing Days” of Abby Hayes. Some are about crushes and some are about trouble with family and friends. I mostly recommend this series for girls.
January 17th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
In a world,where no one is safe; where thousands of humans are never totally under their own control, J.K.Applegate presents… “The Animorphs!”
Do you believe in aliens? Do you believe in life other than our own? But more importantly, do you enjoy science-fiction? If so, “The Animorphs” is the perfect series for you! It’s about five middle-school kids, Jake, Rachel, Cassie, Marco, and Tobias. They decide to take a shortcut through the old abandoned construction site from the mall. Pretty innocent, don’t you think?
Wrong! I don’t want to spoil it. Don’t forget, “The Animorphs”, ROCKS!!
January 17th, 2008 at 4:50 pm
A great book to read would be Jackie and Me, by Dan Gutman. It is about a kid who can travel back through time. He wants to meet Jackie Robinson for the Famous African Americans project his social studies teacher gave his class. The kid learns about racism in a new twist… What is it? Read this book to find out.
January 18th, 2008 at 9:51 am
The series Percy Jackson and the Olympians is also awesome!!!!!! It is about a boy who is half mortal half god. He has to save the world from the Titans. This series has three books so far.
January 18th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
I really think the book Half Magic is good. It is an adventure about people who grant half-wishes.
January 22nd, 2008 at 3:55 pm
I can’t believe the responses to the Recommend a Book post.
ODC students are awesome!!!!
January 23rd, 2008 at 2:35 pm
I recommend the book Ribsy. It is about the adventures of a dog that is stray, but then finds a home and then another one. It just keeps throwing interesting things at you over and over again. To check it out go to the fiction section and go to the Beverly Clearys books. You will find it next to the other great books that she have written like Ramona’s World. So check it out today!!!!!
January 24th, 2008 at 10:52 am
I recommend a book called Doll in the Garden. It is a great book that is a mystery and is kinda spooky.
It’s about a girl who rents an apartment and it has a garden in it. At night she can hear the crying of a young girl and sees a white cat. One day she finds a doll in the garden and wants to keep it, but a person tells her that the doll’s owner clearly wants it back. The spooky part is the owner, who died seventy years ago.
January 24th, 2008 at 11:03 am
GIRLS ONLY! This isn’t at the school library, but at any public library. Check out the Emily Windsnap series, I forgot the author. sry! It’s really cool, I can’t wait until the new book comes out!
January 27th, 2008 at 6:48 pm
I would recomend the Little House Series. Those books are written by Laura Ingalls Wilder. If you want to learn a little bit about her just go to the 4th grade biographies section. There is a comment posted by me (Elizabeth H.). There are nine books and I’ve read them all. They are excellent!!!:)
January 29th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
I suggest The Warriors series by Erin Hunter AND the Inheritance trilogy by Christopher Paolini.
January 30th, 2008 at 10:39 am
I highly recommend the Warriors series. It has become extremely popular. When I started the series, it was almost unheard of. Now, however it is the kind of thing that people think “What? How can you have not heard of that series?” These books are special- they have three authors! Charith Baldry and Kate Cary take turns to write the books, and Victoria Holmes thinks up the plots. There are many of these books. Currently, there are 14 books, 1 super edition, 1 guide book, and 2 manga books. Eventually (as far as I know) there will be 24 books, 3 field guides, 4 manga books, and 4 super editions. This is a wonderful series, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
January 30th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
I don’t know if the school library has it, but a really good series to read would be The Children of the Red King by Jenny Nimo. They are all about a boy named Charlie Bone who goes to Bloor’s Academy, a school for “endowed” people, or people with magic talents. I think it is awesome, and just like the Spiderwick Chronicles, it might in the future be made a movie. I hope you like it.
February 1st, 2008 at 2:32 pm
The pendragon series is a book about Bobby Pendragon, who found out that he has special powers and battles against the evil Saint Dane. Its big, but its chock full of points!!!
February 1st, 2008 at 2:34 pm
I recommend the Divide series. It is about Felix Sanders and his friends from a magical world over the Continental Divide. They keep both worlds safe… or at least try.
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:11 pm
I will recommend the series “The Zach Files” I’ve only read the first book but man was it great!!!!
March 3rd, 2008 at 7:46 pm
I would recomend the WARRIORS series. It can easily get you points and it is FULL of nonstop action to buildup.
March 10th, 2008 at 8:15 am
Read the REDWALL series. They may be long but they pile on the points!!!!!!!
P.S Thank you for donating your time to read this.
March 11th, 2008 at 8:17 am
You should definately read the Harry Potter series. It is huge Accelerated Reader points Order of the Phoenix is 44 points!!! That is the most in our school. I read it:] They are awesome books with tons of detail. But beware the thickest book is eight-hundred-seventy pages!
P.S. I read them all in one month!:}
March 11th, 2008 at 8:20 am
I recommend the book Nim’s Island because if you like adventures YOU WOULD LOVE NIM’S ISLAND!! You will feel like you reallly meet the charecters Nim, lex Russo, Jack, Selkie, and Chica.
P.S. Selkie, Fred and Chica are not dogs.
March 11th, 2008 at 8:23 am
If you want a book that is easy to read and is funny try the Bailey School Kids series.
P.S[if you have reading for homework].
March 11th, 2008 at 8:23 am
Do you like adventure, mystery, unseen surprises, and sea monsters?
Then Drift House is the book for you.
Beware a mermaid dies for a friend.
March 14th, 2008 at 9:18 am
If you want facts and adventure? Well, Its’s your lucky day! Because, The Time Warp Trio is the perfect series to learn about King Arthur, BlackBeard, and much, much, more!
P.S. It’s COOL WHEN THE TEACHERS READ BOOKS AND TELL LESSONS!
March 14th, 2008 at 9:22 am
i recommend Animorphs #23 the pretender because it is a great book!
March 17th, 2008 at 8:28 am
If you want lots of A.R. points read the Harry Potter series. (:
March 17th, 2008 at 8:29 am
If you love stories that hook you from the beginning, I reccomend The Ear, the Eye, and the arm
March 17th, 2008 at 8:30 am
Have you ever read A Wrinkle in Time? It gets realy good near the end of the book and it has three sequles!
March 17th, 2008 at 7:22 pm
If you want a really good book to read check out the Junie B. series!!!:)
March 18th, 2008 at 10:08 am
You should read a to z mysterys!! My favorite is the Invisible Island!! They are good mysterys and very interesting. If you like the first, you should read the whole series!!!
March 19th, 2008 at 8:22 am
I LOVE it when teachers read the books to us! I also love A.R.!!! But I most definetly love library lessons!!!!!
March 19th, 2008 at 8:26 am
I like the franny k. stein series.summary:its about a little girl named franny whos a mad sceintest.so i would pick the franny k. stein series.
March 19th, 2008 at 11:22 am
Guest what! If you can’t find a book your in luck because I have a series for you! It’s called Junie B. Jones and she’ll make you crack up! My favorite is Junie B. Jones is a flower girl. But I think you should read all of the books in order like I do!
March 19th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Have you ever wanted to feel like you were in the past? Try Little house in the big woods.
March 20th, 2008 at 6:52 am
If you like funny books then check out the Junie B. Jones books. They’re about a girl named Junie B. who gets herself in to a lot of situations. Go and get them!
March 20th, 2008 at 7:01 am
2,4,6,8 who do we appreciate? HARRY POTTER , HARRY POTTER, GO HARRY POTTER ! If you like thrillers, go and get the Harry Potter series.
April 1st, 2008 at 11:43 am
If you like fighting then this is the book for you. Try the Warrior Series. They’re the best!
April 1st, 2008 at 11:50 am
If you like scary fantasy books Goosebumps are for you. If you pick up one of the books you won’t be able to put it down.
April 4th, 2008 at 11:17 am
You wouldn’t want to be a Egyptain mummy. This is a great book for readers because it
tells you facts of Egypt and silly stuff put together. You would love this book.
April 4th, 2008 at 11:19 am
Junie B. Jones series are great books. If you start to read one you can’t stop. You will love these books.
April 7th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Just a heads up on Nims Island if you have read the book or would like to read it then you would definitely want to see the movie. The movie is kind of like the book but it has some parts that the book doesn’t have and the book has some parts that the movie dosn’t have.
April 23rd, 2008 at 8:24 am
Are you the kind of person who likes books with daring kids and NO happy endings? Then you should try “A series of unfortunate events”. I just read one of their books and fell in love! Try them out! they are located in the fiction section and written by Lemonny Snicket.
April 25th, 2008 at 5:49 pm
If you are in to books that have mysterys then A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS books are the ones for you.
May 2nd, 2008 at 9:49 am
I think you should read Inkheart and Inkspell by Cornelia Funke. One reason you should check these books out is because it could get you 53 AR points! It is about someone who can read people out of books and bring them into earth. One day he reads a book called Inkheart and releases two villians, Capricorn and Basta, and a fire-eater, Dustfinger. How will he defeat these foes? Read the book!
May 4th, 2008 at 11:35 am
If you like historical fiction then these series are for you. The American Girl reries are fantastic! There’s 8 girls and each one has her own series. There’s Julie, Kaya, Samantha, Kirsten, Molly, Kit, Josifinia, and Felicity. Each girl has 6 books in thier series. Their all in different time periods which makes it really interesting. All of them even have special books to go with their series. So if you like historical fiction then check these books out today!
May 7th, 2008 at 8:04 am
If you like books that surprise you? Do you like books with mysteries? If you said yes to any of these questions, then The Series Of Unfortunate Events is for YOU!!!
May 9th, 2008 at 9:55 am
I really liked the book Deep Doo Doo! It’s where these really smart kids interrupted a politician’s speech on local television! How cool is that!(: - -
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