My Favorite book, by Maddie L., 5th grade

Do you have a favorite book? I do. It's called The Great Good Thing by Roderick Townley. I love the part when Claire reads the book. Sylvie is the princess in the book. Claire and Sylvie became best friends.

You couldn't stop reading this book. I don't know how my mom got me to stop reading. This book is a page turner. It makes you feel like the characters are alive.

When Claire starts to dream about Sylvie and her friends they crossover into Claire's head. I really love when Claire got old and died. But Lilly, Claire's daughter, started dreaming about them.

I also like when Sylvie and everyone else crossover to Lilly's mind. Lilly rewrites the book, The Great Good Thing. The weird part is no one ever knew who originally wrote The Great good Thing. Claire's grandmother wrote it.

I would recommend this book to everyone, because it is such a fun book about two girls' lives. I hope you read it. I also hope you enjoy it too. I loved this book and you will too.

Review by Maddie L., fifth grade student, Fort Myers Christian School
Accelerated Reader: YES!
Reading Level: 4.4
Quiz Number: 51863
Points: 4.0

My Favorite Book, by Lauren H., 5th grade

This book is from a series and it's just really cool! My favorite book sis Brian's Return by Gary Paulsen. Brian goes back to the wild. Why? Picture this: A bully hurts your friends, and you try to defend them, but the bully goes to the hospital and you get blamed. 

This book was awesome and kept me reading because Brian goes on an adventure. The author did an excellent and phenomenal job at writing this book. The part that made me read the fastest was when a deer jumped in Brian's canoe. Brian was really confused when all of the sudden a deer jumped out and flipped his canoe. Then Brian was soaked and startled. 

This book was very adventurous. Brian meets with a bear while he's on the shore. The bear starts threatening Brian, but nothing bad happens. Another time, Brian's sleeping and a tornado sneaks up on him. He gets and arrow stuck in his leg! That would feel awful!

I like this book's characters too! The characters are Kaleb, Brian, Brian's mom, Brian's friends, and the bully. The bully is as mean as a bull! Kaleb is Brian's counselor and he's really nice to Brian. At their lessons, Brian tells Kaleb what's it like in the wild.

My Favorite book is Brian's Return. It's great like chocolate is great! My favorite book as about Brian and his trip on the chain of lakes to visit his friends. I love this book because of the adventure in it. It is a page turner and it has great characters!

by Lauren H., 5th grade student, Fort Myers Christian School

Accelerated Reader: YES!
Reading Level: 5.7
Quiz Number: 953
Points: 4.0