Knights of the Lunch Table #2

Author/illustrator: Frank Cammuso

Publisher: Scholastic, Inc.

This time, The Knights have to build a dragon to fight against The Horde to win $300 to fix Principal Dagger's windshield.  The bowling ball was on the see-saw, The Horde jumped on the other end, and it went flying. So now they have to fix her windshield.  They build a dragon robot to fight The Horde's dragon. 

My favorite part was when they had the robot battle.  I liked the first book better because it was more fascinating and had more adventure.  If the author writes another one, I will read it, though. 

Stonehenge

Into the Volcano

Author/illustrator: Don Wood

Publisher: The Blue Sky Press

Two little boys go to visit their aunt on an island where there is a volcano.  It is very strange there because they are in a jungle with spiders and stuff.  They go with their cousins and some other friends to the volcano.  They go into the volcano, and they find a little village.  They find out their mom, who was a scientist, used to live in that village and she had found some special crystals.  The brothers had a lot of adventures, like falling into cracks and swimming in blue lagoons.  One of the brothers gets hurt and their mom helps heal him with the crystals. And then they all escape from the volcano in a boat. 

I liked that they were in a volcano because it was kind of an adventure.  My favorite part was when they found out the island they were visiting was special, because it had NO SCHOOLS! That would be awesome.  My least favorite part was when one of the brothers got hurt because it was kind of sad.  I would recommend this book to anyone who likes adventure because it is exciting.

Kit Feeny #1 and #2

Author/illustrator: Michael Townsend

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf

Kit Feeny moved away from his best friend and he tried to take his best friend with him but it didn't work because his best friend needed to go to the bathroom.  He met a guy on the bus on the way to his new school but a bully was there, too.  He struggles in school and has trouble with the bully.  He misses his best friend but then he comes up with jokes for the bully and the bully becomes his friend.

I liked the part where Kit became friends with the bully.  It was a funny story. I didn't like that his sisters were mean to him because I have trouble with my brothers, too.  I would recommend this book to anyone who has to move to a new school.

Author/illustrator: Michael Townsend

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf

This one was about Kit trying to make a birthday present for his mom.  He was treasure-hunting with his friend to see if he could find treasure to give to his mom, but then he got more friends to help.  They tried to help him buy a necklace for her, but they don't have enough money.  Then Kit tries to make a necklace out of rope, chains and some "gizmos" (that's what Kit says).  He makes a big necklace and when he gives it to his mom, she likes it.

I didn't like that his sisters bragged about getting a better present. His sisters are annoying.  I liked that he was creative by making his own necklace out of stuff he already had.  I would recommend this book to anyone who likes to laugh, and I hope the author writes more stories about Kit Feeny. 

Artemis Fowl

Author/illustrator: Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin/ Giovanni Rigano

Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children

Source: public library

This is a hard story to explain because it didn't seem like it had a big problem for the characters to solve.  Artemis Fowl is a rich teenager who is a super-genius.  He meets fairies and gets a copy of one of their books, and he tries to figure out their language.  But the fairies come hunting for the book and they come to his mansion. To make them go away, he gives them gold which is their favorite thing.

I thought this book was boring.  It wasn't really exciting and not much happened. I didn't have a favorite part.  I wouldn't really recommend this to anyone.

Knights of the Lunch Table

Author/illustrator: Frank Cammuso

Publisher: Scholastic, Inc.

Source: public library

This is about a boy named Arthur King.  He moves to a new school and meets some buddies.  There is a mean group of bullies called The Horde, and there is a mean principal named Mrs. Dagger.  Arthur opened a locker that no one else could open, so he became the king of the school. Then they had a big dodgeball fight against The Horde.  If The Horde won, then a favorite science teacher would quit.  If Arthur and his buddies (the Knights) won, Principal Dagger would have to wear a monkey suit to school.

I figured out that if you switch Arthur's name backwards, you get King Arthur, and the story is like the one about King Arthur and Camelot because how he opens the locker that no one else can open is like King Arthur taking the sword out of the stone.  My favorite thing about this graphic novel was when he gets a dog at the end.  I would recommend it to ages 7 and up, and to anyone who likes funny stories.

Crazy Days

"I'm feeling a little seasick."

"Yee-haw!"

"Swimming in the pool.....is really cool."

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

"BOOM! BANG! ZAP!"

"Sweet ride, man."

Graphic Novels Challenge

I am going to do this Graphic Novel Challenge. I have to read more than 10 of them this year (that is the Expert level). I will write the reviews here after I read them. If I do this, I get $20 to spend on books.