Thursday, April 17, 2008

The Girls Get Even

The girls want to get even with the boys. Caroline is excited to be the Goblin queen in the school play, espically because Wally Hatford has to be her footman. The two families are also competing in the Halloween costume parade. The Hatfords make a plan to pull a trick on the girls on Halloween. Will it work, or not? The war continues, with this second book in the series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.

The Boys Start the War

This book by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, is about the Hatford brothers, Josh, Jake, Wally, and Peter, and the Malloy sisters, Edith (Eddie), Beth, and Caroline. The Hatford brothers were expecting boys to move into the across the river, where their best friends used to live. When the Malloy girls arrive instead, they decide to annoy the girls so much they will want to go back to Ohio. But the girls won't be going away that easily! Find out what silly tricks they pull on each other by reading this book. The war has begun!

Sunday, April 13, 2008

Chasing the Falconers

This is a very good book by Gordon Korman. It is about Aiden and Meg Falconer. Aiden and Meg are stuck in a juvenile detention center because their parents are framed for something they didn't do. Their parents are sent to jail and no one else in their family wants care for the kids. When they escape from the juvenile center, they are on the run from authorities and a sinister attacker who has his own reason to stop them. Their only hope is their "Uncle" Frank, who has disappeared off the planet! The Falconers must use their brains to help save their parents and stay away from the authorities at the same time. This is just the beginning to a very exiting series. Read this book to find out what happens to Aiden and Meg.