Seekers: Smoke Mountain

Seekers: Smoke Mountain

by Erin Hunter

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Summary:

Kallik, Taqqiq, Toklo, Lusa, and Ujurak return in the third book of the Seekers series. They must now face the Great River and Smoke Mountain. Tensions rise and one bear leaves them forever. With hostile flat-faces to blinding soot clouds can the bears make it? Or will they be forced to retreat from which they came?

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Review:

I liked this book because the plot is intense and the dangers are great. Therefore creating a lot more action so you can't stop reading it.

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Rating: 

4 stars ****

Madhattan Mystery

Madhattan Mystery 

by John J. Bonk

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Summary:

When Lexi, her brother Kevin, and Kim Ling, a local New Yorker, discover some clues to the "crime of the century", the recently stolen Cleopatra's jewels, they must find the jewels before they are shipped off to Cartagena. The only problem is the clues: Shoot, Needle, Oval Disk and Park.

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Review:

I liked this book because it was interesting in that it has an ever-changing plot. As one clue leads to another, this is one mystery you'll be asking over and over, "What's next?".

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Rating: 

4 stars ****

Captain Nobody

Captain Nobody 

by Dean Pitchford

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Summary:

Newt Newman is a nobody. He has lived in the shadow of his football champion brother most of his life. Then, when Chris is put into a coma at the Big Game, Newt is about ready to explode. When Halloween comes the following Sunday, his best friends, JJ and Cecil find him in Chris's old clothes. With a trim of a sleeve here, a cut of the socks there, they establish a new hero: Captain Nobody! Readers will beg for more of this story as they follow Captain Nobody through his adventures. Then, the biggest question of all: Can Newt save his brother, even as Captain Nobody? Or is this a job to much to ask for, even for Captain Nobody?

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Review:

I liked this book because it shows how an ordinary kid can still be a true hero even when something is wrong. He doesn't just stand around! If you don't feel like an anybody, then Captain Nobody is the book for you!

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Rating: 

5 stars *****

A Week in the Woods

A Week in the Woods

by Andrew Clements

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Summary:  

When rich kid Mark Chemsley moves to New Hampshire for a couple of months, Mr. Maxwell's  first impression of him is a spoiled, know-it-all slacker. But when Mark attends to the famous Hardy Elementary Week in the Woods, everything goes wrong. Then, when nobody expects it, Mark goes missing, and the outcome might just lead Mr. Maxwell to take a change of heart...

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Review:

I liked this book because it was realistic.  It teaches people what it means to have true loyalty and courage. And, most of all, it shows what it really takes to spend "a Week in the Woods"...

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Rating: 

5 stars