Dear Dumb Diary - Never do anything, ever

6/6

Jim Benton

Dish - Sweet-and-Sour Summer

by Diane Muldrow

6/6

This is a story about 2 twins who love to cook. One day, they got bored of take-aways and tried to make dinner themselves. After that, they went to cooking classes with their friends, Peichi, Shawn, and Natasha, and after that, they made a cooking business. They were once on a TV show! Since the cooking business had started, it's been 1 year, and another summer vacation came. Last summer, they had nothing to do, but this summer, it was different. Peichi went to China, Shawn goes to a cheerleading camp, and Natasha goes to Paris. The twins thought they would be together for this summer but they were wrong. Amanda went to the drama boarding school. Molly, who had nothing to do, planned to babysit 2 young children in the shore. When she was doing this, Amanda's crush, Justin, was also there because of his brother's job. They hung out a lot, and it was for certain that Justin had a crush on Molly. What will happen next? Will Molly tell Amanda what she knows?

I like this book especially among all the other stories, because there's a lot of stories going on - Peichi's, Shawn's, Amanda's, Natasha's, and Molly's. But every book of the dish is very good. I think you should read the first one because although ou can still get it, you don't know the details. I recommend this book to 4th to 6th graders.

Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger

by Louis Sachar
6/6

A Series of Unfortunate Events - The Ersatz Elevator

by Lemony Snicket

5.5/6

Wayside School is Falling Down

by Louis Sachar

6/6

Dish - On the Back Burner

by Diane Muldrow

6/6

Dish - Truth Without the Trimmings

by Diane Muldrow

6/6

Tuck Everlasting

By Natalie Babbitt
6/6

Intro - Why I chose this book
Last summer, I joined a writing program in Summer Camp Programme. We did tons of projects. On one of the projects, we got to choose a book, read it, and make a presentation about the book. I didn't choose Tuck Everlasting because the cover looked boring. But later, when it came to the presentation, I heard the summary and I knew the book was for me, because I am very interested in fantasies. From that time on, I wanted to read that book all summer. I went to the book store, but there were no Tuck Everlasting. So, you might understand how I felt when I saw Tuck Everlasting on the list for Grade 6 fluent readers.

Par 1. Summary

This is about a family of Tuck and a girl called Winnie. There are 4 members in Tucks' family. Angus, whose younger brother is Jesse, Mom, Mae, and Dad, Miles. The Tuck's family accidently drank the water that they never grow old. One day, when Jesse was drinking the water, Winnie Foster saw him and he told Winnie the truth. That's not the end. I want to tell you, but I can't. I don't want to ruin it for you and I want to keep this book mysterious.

Par 2. Reflection

I really, really like this book because this is a fantasy book. And I like it because I really wanted to live without dying, but after reading this book, I learned that it's not always good to live forever. And the story plot's quite amazing too. Also, it has some suspense and mystery in it.

Dish - Into the Mix

by Diane Muldrow

6/6

Frindle

by Andrew Clements

4/6


This is about a boy having changing the word 'pen' to 'frindle'. After he started calling the pen 'frindle', everyone thought it was a cool idea and used the word 'frindle'. But not everyone was happy of the word 'frindle'. Their teachers thought it was a bad idea because the name 'pen' had its own history of being called 'pen', and the students and it's a story about the teachers fighting about the word 'frindle'.
I always wanted to read this book because I read other books that Andrew Clements wrote, which were good. And I also wanted to read this book because everybody read it and recommened it to me. But when I read the book, it was not that interesting. I think I expected too much.

A Series of Unfortunate Events - The Austere Academy

by Lemony Snicket

6/6

Dish - Boiling Point

by Diane Muldrow

6/6

A series of unfortunate events - The Miserable Mill

by Lemony Snicket

5.5/6

A Series of Unfortunate Events - The Wide Window

by Lemony Snicket

5/6

Dish - Turning up the heat

by Diane Muldrow

5.9/6

The Twits

by Roald Dahl
5.8/6

This is a book about one married couple doing terrible (but hilariously funny) things to each other. For example, one day, Mrs Twit, who had a grosteque face, thought of a terrible idea one day. She decided to put worms in Mr. Twit's spaghetti. Angry at what Mrs. Twit had done, Mr. Twit got about fifty balloons and tied each of them to Mrs. Twit's limbs. So she flew away, but she safely came back home again, and Mrs. Twit is working very hard to get back at Mr. Twit for it! If you want to read more of these awful couple, buy it and read it!
I think this book is a really good book because usually in books, they love each other. But in this book, I cannot find single love in it. I also like it because the couple did such horrible and funny things to each other that I never dreamed or thought of before.

Dish - Stirring it up

by Diane Muldrow
6/6
This book's main characters are Amanda and Molly, who are twins. One day, being sick of takeaway food because of her busy mom, they decided to make dinner for themselves. They were very nervous, first because although they cooked simple things like cookies, they never cooked dinner, and, second, because they had to keep it secret from their mom and dad because they planned to surprise them. Starting from that, they go to the cooking club recommended by her mom, and they cook and cook and cook. Everything seemed all right until they realized that Shawn, their enemy, was attending to the cooking lesson... read it to find out what happens next!
This book is really great, first because I was always interested in twins and wanted to read about them and second because I was interested in cooking nowadays. Plus, there's cooking recipes you can make in the back of the book! I recommend this book to anyone who really likes cooking.

A Series of Unfortunate Events - The Reptile Room

by Lemony Snicket

6/6

A Series of Unfortunate Events - The Bad Beginning

by Lemony Snicket

6/6

Spider Boy

by Ralph Fletcher

6/6

The Trumpet of the Swan

by E.B. White
6/6

This is a story about a boy called Sam, and a Trumpeter Swan called Louis. Louis is not a normal Trumpeter Swan. He has a lot of talent, and also, he can't speak. He has no voice. Naturally, he cannot express his feelings. Then, later, because he fell in desperate love, he had to desperately express his feelings. So, with Sam, he learned how to play the trumpet. Then, he met Serena, his love, and, through the trumpet, finally Louis married Serena.
I think this book is great because this book is about animals (I love aninals) and it's about a swan that can't speak. And it's wonderful that a trumpeter swan plays trumpet. This will go into my list of favorite books.

A 2nd Helping of Chicken Soup for the Soul

by Jack Canfield & Mark Victor Hansen & many other Americans

4-5 out of 6

Freak the Mighty

by Rodman Philbrick

5-6/6

This story is about two boys, who have both lost one of their parents. The two boys first met in kindergarten and met again 13 years later. They formed a great friendship called, 'Freak the Mighty'. The big one, Max, carries the small one, Freak, on his shoulders, slaying dragons, turning houses into castles and swimming pools into moats. But they have to face a terrible tragedy after one year of close friendship. Want to know what that terrible tragedy is? Read it for yourself!!
I think this book is great because it has lots of voice in it. I also thinks it's very funny the way Freak talks in his wierd-sort-of way. Sometimes, it's a little scary because of his father breaking out of prison. The plot's really colorful.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

by Jeff Kinney

5/6

This is a book about a boy who writes a diary every day and writes about his daily life. He's like all the other usual boys.