Boy: Tales of Childhood

Boy: Tales of Childhood was a very good book, but I won't go into details. This book is an autobiography of Roald Dahl, and how he got all of his ideas; from his own life! Now, I realize that Roald Dahl had a difficult life. He almost got his nose ripped off in a car accident, got the cane at every school he went to, and got envolved in "The Great Mouse Plot of 1924."

When I was reading this book, I was thinking over and over and over again the same general thought: "Man, were people cruel!" I was also thinking "ewww! and "gross!" and "ouch!"

This is a very gross book, but, on the contrary, it is good. I hope all you Roald Dahl fans enjoy this one.

Ragweed

You may have heard of the book Ragweed, and it is surprisingly good for both genders. It is about a mouse named Ragweed who wants to see the world and goes on a train to the city of (mostly desserted) Amperville. Then he becomes friends with two other mice. Together, Clutch and Blinker, Ragweed's friends, help Ragweed defeat Felines Enraged About Rodents (F.E.A.R.). F.E.A.R. is made up of two cats, Silversides and Graybar.


I think I am alike and different from Blinker because we are both willing to betray our friends to keep them alive, but are brave enough to ventre out alone. We are different because I, personally, love double-crossing people. I don't know why, I guess it's because I get to see their astonished, smug little grins after they realize I have won. Blinker doesn't like it, though, he did it anyway to "keep them alive."

This, overall, is a very good book and I think you should read it, for school or for fun, that is your choice.

Y2K-9

Y2K-9, The Dog Who Saved the World is a book by Todd Strasser. Y2K was the start of the century 2000. Saying Y2K-9 out loud sounds like "Why to Canine." Pun intended, the message to Byte (the dog) was about Y2K. If you want to find out more, you gotta' read it.

Byte reminds me of my teenage cousin, but obviously, he is not a dog. They both go onto chat rooms. Oops! Gave some of the story away, but at least it's not important. They meet interesting people but they don't really know them, because they can't see them. In this story, Byte meets people who become his friends, without them realizing Byte is a dog. It's safe to say that my cousin doesn't meet many golden retrievers in a chat room.

The old lady in this story reminds me of Amanda Young in the book Honus and Me. Young doesn't do the same kind of stuff Foxybabe (the old lady) does, but they are both very old. They both get surprised as their stories develop. Byte also meets a teenager named Richgirl and a guy in his mid-twenties named Buffhunk, who help him on his adventure.

I hope some day I have a chance to solve a crime with a golden retriever!

The Black Circle

The Black Circle is Book 5 in the 39 Clues series. As with many of the posts out there on Maggie's reading blog, this book is in a series. This series is one of those series that you can't read out of order or you will be seriously confused and quit one of the best book series at the time, just because you read Book cinqo first instead of Book uno. Have I made that clear?


The book, along with the series is exceptionally good, or in other words: absolutely fantastic. It's sort of like National Treasure. National Treasure is a movie that is all about U.S. history, except The 39 Clues is more on world culture and history as opposed to American history. And in The 39 Clues there are about 10 people trying to kill them, as in National Treasure there are only about 2 or 3 people.

I think Irina Spasky is very similar to Irina Spalko from Indiana Jones: The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Well, they Are both Russian, they are both KGB agents, and their names are very similar.

The book is hard to put down because it's so good. Something exciting happens every second, whether it's research or Amy and Dan Cahill about to be killed! Dan has a very good memory which helps out. Amy is good at figuring out puzzles. I recommend you read The 39 Clues