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The BFG blows the dream into the Queen’s bedroom. This isn’t just any dream though. It’s a dream that is actually true. The dream explains to the Queen that nine evil bloodthirsty giants gallop of to different countries every night and eat people from their beds. Part of the dream involves a littler girl named Sophie sitting on the Queen’s window-sill, and explaining who the BFG is, what the giants do, and many other things. When the Queen wakes up she finds Sophie sitting on her window-sill just like in the dream. The Queen, Sophie, and the BFG eat breakfast together. During breakfast the Queen is informed more and more horrid details about the giants. The british Air Force and Military set out to Giant Country where they capture the evil giants and throw them into a huge hole with nothing to eat but repulsive vegetables called snozzcumbers.
With the giants in a hole Sophie and the BFG can go on with their lives. Sophie doesn’t have to go back to the orphanage. Instead, she lives in her own little cottage. The BFG lives in his own house that has a room solely for storing his dream collections. The hole where the giants live became a giant tourist attraction. It is impossible for the giants to get out so people can stand by the side of the hole and stare at the awful beasts that used to snatch people from their beds when they were asleep. Sophie decides to teach the BFG how to write correctly and the BFG becomes a famous author. The lives of Sophie and the BFG become better than they could have hoped for.
-AM
Fantastic Mr. Fox is a very good book for Roald Dahl fans. Like his other books such as the BFG and Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, this book is funny and the story of an underdog. The pictures by Quentin Blake are also hilarious and add a lot to the story. I would recommend Fantastic Mr. Fox to fans of wacky stories and drawings.
-GA
I had a great time reading this book. It is fit for grades 3-5. I think this book would be a little challenging for someone younger. This book is very interesting and definitely a good read. I have read this multiple times and never got tired of it. I have a difficult time finding books I like and this book is always a great choice. I would recommend this to kids who love adventure, love animals, and kids who are in for a good read.
-RL
I enjoyed this book a lot. This book is fit for grades 2-4. This book isn’t very difficult. The book is pretty interesting, then the climax hits you and it's a whole different level. You can relate to the book even though it's set in higher grades. I really found this book great. I feel that this book would be good for sports fans, or people who like a good read. This was a good book for the summer.
-RL
When Ella arrives at the giant’s house she finds Lucinda and disappointment. Lucinda refuses to lift the curse, claiming that it is a gift that Ella should appreciate and find joy in. A disappointed Ella heads home to Frell with her father. Sir Peter (Ella’s father) soon marries the mother of Hattie and Olive, Dame Olga. Ella is forced to live with the three of them. Sir Peter is a merchant so he goes on trips all over the country selling things. He is gone for a very long time. While he is gone Dame Olga makes Ella work as a servant. Prince Char and Ella frequently write letters to each other because Char is in another country. In One letter Char pretty much proposes to Ella. This compels Ella fake a letter from Hattie to Char about Ella’s fake elopement. Then word gets out about three balls that Char has set up to find a wife.
Ella finds a way to attend the three balls. She wears a mask to shield her face so that no one knows that it’s her. Char purposefully only dances with Ella, thinking that her name is Lela. To each ball, Ella wears a pair of glass slippers that she and Char had found together. Ella must be home by midnight every night. On the night of the last ball Ella leaves just after midnight without realizing it. She runs down the palace steps and accidentally loses one of her slippers. Char finds it and has every young lady in the land try it on. In the end, Char finds Ella and they get married.
The BFG by Roald Dahl
Sophie is a eight-year-old orphan who, one night, gets plucked from her bed by a giant. Luckily for Sophie, the giant the took her from her bed is a kind giant named the Big Friendly Giant (BFG). If one of the nine evil bloodthirsty giants had plucked her from her bed she would have become dinner on the spot. The BFG hides Sophie in his cave and teaches her about many things, including dream catching, whizzpopping, frobscottle, snozzcumbers, and more. The BFG also tells her about what the other giants do. They go to different countries every night, and eat the people that they kidnap from their bed’s. Sophie decides that she is going to do something about it, so she and the BFG devise a plan. They then set to work mixing a dream for the queen of England. The BFG blows the dream into the Queen’s bedroom. This isn’t just any dream though. It’s a dream that is actually true. The dream explains to the Queen that nine evil bloodthirsty giants gallop of to different countries every night and eat people from their beds. Part of the dream involves a littler girl named Sophie sitting on the Queen’s window-sill, and explaining who the BFG is, what the giants do, and many other things. When the Queen wakes up she finds Sophie sitting on her window-sill just like in the dream. The Queen, Sophie, and the BFG eat breakfast together. During breakfast the Queen is informed more and more horrid details about the giants. The british Air Force and Military set out to Giant Country where they capture the evil giants and throw them into a huge hole with nothing to eat but repulsive vegetables called snozzcumbers.
With the giants in a hole Sophie and the BFG can go on with their lives. Sophie doesn’t have to go back to the orphanage. Instead, she lives in her own little cottage. The BFG lives in his own house that has a room solely for storing his dream collections. The hole where the giants live became a giant tourist attraction. It is impossible for the giants to get out so people can stand by the side of the hole and stare at the awful beasts that used to snatch people from their beds when they were asleep. Sophie decides to teach the BFG how to write correctly and the BFG becomes a famous author. The lives of Sophie and the BFG become better than they could have hoped for.
-AM
Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl
Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl is a "fantastic" book. In this story Mr. Fox is stealing from three farmers named Boggis, Bean, and Bunce. The farmers do not like the stealing one bit, but Mr. Fox has a wife and four children, and needs food to feed his family. The farmers attempt to shoot and kill Mr. Fox, but they only get his tail. The adventure continues from there with Mr. Fox finding ways to "outfox" the farmers with various different plans.Fantastic Mr. Fox is a very good book for Roald Dahl fans. Like his other books such as the BFG and Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, this book is funny and the story of an underdog. The pictures by Quentin Blake are also hilarious and add a lot to the story. I would recommend Fantastic Mr. Fox to fans of wacky stories and drawings.
-GA
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH By Robert C. O’Brien
This book is very exciting. Miss Frisby and her children have a huge adventure. Her husband died the previous summer. They're mice no smaller than a spool of thread. They lived in a farm. Their house was two cinder blocks buried by dirt. There was a small opening, only fit for a mouse. In the farm there is a group of rats with talents, not like any other normal rat. They were special. This book is about Miss Frisby and her family conquering challenges and uncovering mysteries.
I had a great time reading this book. It is fit for grades 3-5. I think this book would be a little challenging for someone younger. This book is very interesting and definitely a good read. I have read this multiple times and never got tired of it. I have a difficult time finding books I like and this book is always a great choice. I would recommend this to kids who love adventure, love animals, and kids who are in for a good read.
-RL
Crash By Jerry Spinelli
This book is about a boy who changes his traits completely throughout the book. The main character is named John Cogan. His nickname is Crash. Another boy named Penn moved into Crash’s neighborhood. They have completely different personalities. Crash tries to make Penn’s life miserable. Crash is a football player and Penn is the only male cheerleader. In the book something horrible happens in Crash’s life. He realizes that the things he's doing to Penn is wrong. The last words in the book are, “Penn Webb is my best friend.” I enjoyed this book a lot. This book is fit for grades 2-4. This book isn’t very difficult. The book is pretty interesting, then the climax hits you and it's a whole different level. You can relate to the book even though it's set in higher grades. I really found this book great. I feel that this book would be good for sports fans, or people who like a good read. This was a good book for the summer.
-RL
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Ella of Frell was cursed at birth by a fairy who thought she was giving Ella a gift. The fairy’s name was Lucinda. Ella had to obey everything, everything someone commanded her to do. If someone told her to, she would have to chop off her own head! Every time she met someone she was in danger. Then her mother got sick. After a little while Lady Eleanor died. Ella was left to live with her father who knew nothing of the curse. Before she died, Ella’s mother commanded Ella never to tell anyone about the “gift” that Lucinda had given her. Shortly after Lady Eleanor’s death, Ella’s father sends her off to finishing school with the daughters (Hattie and Olive) of the woman he plans to marry. Ella runs away from finishing school, get’s captured by ogres, meets Prince Charmont, tames ogres the ogres that captured her, and travels to a giant village to find Lucinda to lift the curse.When Ella arrives at the giant’s house she finds Lucinda and disappointment. Lucinda refuses to lift the curse, claiming that it is a gift that Ella should appreciate and find joy in. A disappointed Ella heads home to Frell with her father. Sir Peter (Ella’s father) soon marries the mother of Hattie and Olive, Dame Olga. Ella is forced to live with the three of them. Sir Peter is a merchant so he goes on trips all over the country selling things. He is gone for a very long time. While he is gone Dame Olga makes Ella work as a servant. Prince Char and Ella frequently write letters to each other because Char is in another country. In One letter Char pretty much proposes to Ella. This compels Ella fake a letter from Hattie to Char about Ella’s fake elopement. Then word gets out about three balls that Char has set up to find a wife.
Ella finds a way to attend the three balls. She wears a mask to shield her face so that no one knows that it’s her. Char purposefully only dances with Ella, thinking that her name is Lela. To each ball, Ella wears a pair of glass slippers that she and Char had found together. Ella must be home by midnight every night. On the night of the last ball Ella leaves just after midnight without realizing it. She runs down the palace steps and accidentally loses one of her slippers. Char finds it and has every young lady in the land try it on. In the end, Char finds Ella and they get married.
-AM
