...and More from the Girls (with the latest standings!)

All right, girls, it's your turn!

Super Simran

Abraham Lincoln By: Tanya Lee Stone One book in the series of the Dk Biographies

Wondering how this little boy who was once a farmer became a president. Well this book has all the ansewers. It does not list this in the book but a little girl asked Abraham Lincoln to grow his famous beard. It also shows a picture of the rocking chair Abraham Lincoln was sitting at the Fords theatre when he got shot. After he got shot he was put on a bed for medical treatment whitch he died in. It shows a picture of that bed to. After reading this book summary I hope you want to read this book. Well go and buy it right now because this is a book I like so I know you will like it too. :^)

Times Squared By: Julia DeVillers

This book is about 2 twins who go to New York City. One goes to see a off Broadway show and the other went to attend a math competition. Most people in one twins group are from the drama club but that group is going to see banks and stuff like that. The other twins group are mostly mathaletes but they go to places like the toystore and the candy shop. Will this trip in New York mess up? I really enjoyed this book because it was about twins. I think you should read it! :^)

Junie B., First Grader: Cheater Pants By: Barbara Park

Junie B Jones is copying of peoples homework and everything but she thinks it's not a big deal but will she get out of control. Will she never stop copying? I loved this book and I could not put it down till the end! Ithink you should read it! :^)

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days By: Jeff Kiney

It's summer vacation and Greg is in his house playing video games. His mom thinks he should go outside and "play". Greg does sometimes and in this book Greg gets a dog. I really liked this book because of it's comedy. I think you should read it too! :^)

Emma

Dork Diaries #2- Rachel Renee Russell

I really like Dork Diaries. It's a GREAT BOOK! I like it because it's like Diary of a wimpy kid and I like that.It's about a girl named Nikki Maxwell who goes to a new school. There is a mean girl named Makenzie; the most popular girl in the school. She has to be at three places at once because she promised everyone she would be there. She meets two friends,Chole and Zoe.Find out what happens next.

Wayside school- Louis Sachar

Wayside School is a hilarious book of stories. Mrs. Gorf turns everyone into apples in one of the stories. I like this book because there is lots of stories in one book.

Ruta

Charlotte's Web, by E.B. White is a great book. Wilbur, a pig raised from birth by a girl named Fern, is sold to a farm. When a goose informs him that once Christmas time comes around, he'll be killed, Wilbur turns to a gray spider named Charlotte for help. What she does is amazing and will change your opinion about friends forever.

All right! Thank you, girls! I'm really glad you wrote about Abraham Lincoln and Charlotte's Web. Honest Abe was an incredible person and Charlotte's Web is an incredible book.

And good way to use all 4 things, boys and girls--title, author, brief plot summary, and reasons you liked or didn't like the books!

Now for the moment we've all waited for--the standings!!

The Boys

Chuck--2 points
Anonymous(I assume this one's a boy)--1
Rick--1
Soccer Shawn--2
Ryan--2
Ninja--3

Michael--5 points
Davidson--7

The Girls
Arushi--1 (turns out Arushi is a girl--sorry, Arushi!)
LIli--1
liary--1
lexy--1
girl m—1

Ruta-1
oprea--2
Emma--4
Sarah--6
Super Simran--12

Super Simran still holds the lead with Davidson and Sarah right behind but, wait---what's this??? Michael has just sneaked up behind Emma and may overtake her!! He might even overtake Davidson. Maybe even Super Simran!! Wow, maybe we'll have big upsets, just like the real NCAA tournament. You have GOT to stay tuned!! No telling what will happen in the exciting March Madness Free Throw Contest!!!

Time Out for The Black Book of Buried Secrets

The NCAA tournament (aka March Madness) officially starts today! Woo-hoooo!! This year's tourney promises to be another memorable event. But every game has a few scheduled time outs, so I'm going to take one and tell you about a truly terrific book. It's The Black Book of Buried Secrets, the companion book to the absolutely fan-tastic 39 Clues series. I enjoyed this book a lot! There's excitement, adventure and lots of information about the different branches of the Cahill family. Great reading for fans of the series or even those who haven't---who haven't---oh, no, something's interfering with my posting. This is exactly what happened when I wrote about Into the Gauntlet, the last book in the series----

TOP SECRET MESSAGE TO TOMAS HQ

This is Agent Flexing Bear, reporting form the Tomas stronghold in Charlotte, NC. (Everyone thinks it's only a library, HAHAHAHAHA!) I have just read The Black Book of Buried Secrets and, wow, is it good!! Not only is there a whole ton of info about all the Cahill branches and their spy techniques (useful to know since we're ALL in such great danger from the Vesper family), there are a lot of really exciting stories. Besides, you get to find out all sorts of cool stuff--what happened to Dan and Amy after they got back to the States, Isabel Kabra's trial, stories about the founders of the Cahill branches, biographies of famous Cahill agents, plus a truly great introduction by the one and only Rick Riordan. I couldn't stop reading this book, even when when doing my weight-lifting exercises.


BTW, the newest 39 Clues book comes out on April 5. It's called Vespers Rising and the library has ordered lots of copies so the whole world can see how the brave Tomas agents will keep the world safe!! OK, I guess the other branches will do a little bit too. After all, we'll have to work together against the greatest danger the world will ever know. I will notify agents everywhere when we get copies. I hope a lot of agents go to their libraries, especially the Myers Park "library", and check it out! (Oops, did I just give away the secret location of this Tomas stronghold?)

The Current Standings!

Ta ta daaaa!! Here, as promised, are the current standings for the March Madness Free Throw Contest:

The Boys

Chuck--1 point
Michael--1 point
Anonymous(I assume this one's a boy)--1
Arushi--1
Rick--1
Soccer Shawn—1

X. Welinder--1
Ryan—2

Malika--2
Ninja--4
Davidson—8

The Girls

LIli--1
liary--1
lexy--1
girl m--1
oprea--2
Emma--8
Sarah--7
Super Simran--11

That means the first-place leader is are Super Simran. It also means we have a tie for second place between Emma and Davidson, with Sarah close behind in third. Who will break the tie?? Could Davidson read a book on the three point list and catch up with Super Simran?? Or will Emma suddenly shoot a whole bunch of free throws and pull ahead of everyone?? Or will someone come from back in the pack and surprise everyone, just as in the NCAA tournament?? Ah, the excitement builds and builds!! Be sure to stay tuned for more thrilling action!!

More Free Throws From the Boys at MRSA...

Hey everyone, it's your friendly neighborhood Iron Guy Carl with more reviews for the March Madness Free Throw Contest. We have more reviews from the third grade classes of Metrolina Regional Scholars Academy, so we'll get right to them, but first, we interrupt this blog post for an important announcement:

HEY KIDS,
Are some of your reviews not showing up on this blog??

Then you need FOLLOWTHESE4!

That's right! With just one dose of FOLLOWTHESE4, your reviews are sure to show up here! OK, all silliness aside, I've had to cut some reviews because they were either waaayyy too short (only 2 sentences) or because they didn't follow the 4 guidelines I set down at the beginning of the contest.We basically need 4 things--the title of the book, the author, a brief summary of the plot, and why you liked the book. Some of the submissions I've got are only plot summaries. I want you to tell us WHY you liked the book! Most of you have done that and done it very well but some haven't and I just can't publish those. I'll also admit that I've let some of you slide, even with today's post, but I can't do that anymore. (MAN,I'm starting to sound like a grownup!!) I want to be sure that we get the best you can give us, so follow those 4 guidelines and your reviews will be sure to show up here. (BTW, you can put the title and author separately from the review but you don't have to. Look back over the reviews and you can see how kids have done them separately or worked them into the reviews)

All right let's hear from the boys! (We'll hear from the girls in the next post)

Davidson

captain underpants and the invassion of the inredibily nauty cafateria ladeys from outer space and the subsequent assault of the Equally evil lunchroom zomibe nerds. That was just the tital I know it is raelly long just looking at it but try looking at the book. Its even bigger. Well as you noticed this is another one of those captain underpants. why I chose to read this book is because it has romance [just kidding] well it dose have action and lots and lots of laffs. Well as you all should know is that captain underpants wears undaerpants. well captain underpants has a new 3erd book and iit is really cool captain underpants has defated lots of monsters. BUT HERE COME THE EVIL LUNCH LADEY

Malika

Diary of a Wimpy kid
by Jeff Kinney
This book is a about a boy named Greg who is so wimpy . In this book they are a bunch of comics about him and his best friend Rowley .this book is really funny you should get all of the series.

Cat and mouse in a haunted house
by Geronimo Stilton
This is a great book about a mouse driving in a car and then he can't see because of some fog and then it starts raining so he gets out of the car and starts walking away from his car. When he starts walking he finds a castle on the castle there was a bunch of marks that were blood red.This book gets scarier and scarier ever chapter.

Ninja

Pokemon Diamond and Pearl Adventures Volume 2
By: Shigekatsu Ihara
Author :Ethan Ganadara
Pokemon volume 2 is an adventure were Hareta goes to meet the legendary pokemon Dialga. His rival jun keeps him from the Pokemon by battling him to try to take him down. But, his partner Mitsumi is Haretas partner that helps him go along his adventure. Jun apparently has a crush on Mitsumi. Whem ever Mitsumi gets in trouble then Jun comes to save the day(for her.)Wil Hareta meet Dialga or will Jun take him down before he reaches the Spear pillar(were Dialga is called.) And also,Jum ismt the only one to take him down. Also a bad force who love to take Pokemon called Team Galactic. Team Galactic is a team who wants to rule the world with Dialga, Palkia and Giratina. The only problem is that Charon (the leader)has a device that brainwashes pokemon to become Human Weaponry! Can Jun help Hareta or is he part of Team Galactic in disguise?Find out now in the Pokemon Diamond and Pearl series now(hope you enjoy because I really did.:)

X.Welinder

I am in 3rd grade and for my reading genre project I just read DK Biography: Thomas Jefferson. I really like and recommend this book because as well as a regular history book with facts and dates, it is also a photographic story of Jefferson's life. It includes pictures, paintings, maps, quotes, and really interesting bits of information that helps you get an idea of what his life must have really been like. DK Publishing also writes those 'History of US' books which is very similar in style to this book on Thomas Jefferson. You should check it out, I thought it was great!

Thanks, guys!! These books look good and I'm especially glad to see a nonfiction review here because I firmly believe that nonfiction is not boring--and you've just shown us why!

Girls,I'l lpost your reviews tomorrow and then I'll post the current standings.