The Last Shots and The Winners!

What an exciting March this has been! There were some incredibly major upsets in the NCAA tournament. My brackets are shot to pieces. Not ONE of the teams I predicted for the Final Four made it! Ah, well, that's what makes it so exciting.
The March Madness Free Throw Contest has also been exciting. Super Simran established an early lead and has kept it all month but there has been a lot of competition in the back court between Michael, Ryan, Davidson and Soccer Shawn. Here are the final free throws and the winners:

Super Simran

Junie B., First Grader (at last!) By:Barbara Park

Junie B Jones is finally in first grade. She is nervous because it is a new classroom and new people and she does not have any friends. The worst thing is that all the stuff on the blackboard is blurry. She might have too get glasses. Junie B does not want glasses. Her parents are going to make her get them. I really liked this book because it was also funny for me. Read this book because I know you will like it! :^)

Junie B. Jones Is a Graduation Girl By: Barbara Park

Junie B is graduating from kindergarten. Her teacher gives everyone a white Graduation dress. Her teacher tells everyone to wait till "The Big Day" to open the Graduation gown. You know Junie B so you might know that she opened her gown before "The Big Day". She ruins her gown before the big day too. Will Junie B's Graduation be a complete disaster? I loved this book because it was interesting. Read the book to find out more! :^)

Soccer Shawn

A to Z mysteries The Canery Caper
By: Ron Roy
Book Review By: Shawn An
zzzzzzz. Yawn, welll those three crazy kids are on another crazy crime scene. At least four pets are stolen!! They get returend, but in exchange vauble things are stolen!!! Will the kids find the thief??? THIS BOOK IS AWESOME!

A to Z mysteries the deadly dungeon
by: Ron Roy
book review by: Shawn An
ZZZZZZZZZZZZ... Those three cowards are on another case. Remember the mysterios author? Well her name is Wallis Wallace. She has invited the three kids over. She said that she hears strange noises in her house. the three kids go into a play-house.
Then they hear the noise for themselves! they follow the noise into a dungeon. Will they survive? Or die??? THIS BOOK IS GREAT!!! zzzzzzzz.....

Big Nate In A Class By Himself
By: Lincoln Peirce
Book Review By: Shawn An
Big Nate thinks that he's awesome. A fortune cookie told himself the following message: today you will surpass all others. Will he achive his goals? BOOK IS AWESOME! zzzzzzzzz

Big Nate Strikes Again
By: Lincoln Peirce
Book review by: Shawn An
Nate has to pair up with his rival Gina! They have to study Benjamen Franklin. Then Nate is a flecceball captin and with Gina again. Will his plan to go as he wanted? THIS BOOK IS COOL! zzzzz

Ryan

WAYSIDE SCHOOL IS FALLING DOWN
By: Louis Sachar

Wayside School is getting more funnier than ever! There are stories about socks, pencils and even more! In this third book of wayside school and even more!
I recommend everyone to read this book. It is very exciting and funny!
I liked this book because it was funny.

POKEMON NIGHT IN THE HAUNTED TOWER
By:Tracey West

This book is fantastic! There is a lot of action! Ash and his friends go to get Ashes Marsh Badge. But first, Ash must defeat Sabrina. Only ghost Pokemon can defeat her psychic Pokemon.
Will Ash get his badge, or will he stay there? Read the book to find out.
I liked this book because it had lots of action. I encourage you to read it.

DIARY OF A WIMPY KID THE CHEESE TOUCH
By: Jeff Kinney

this book is about a wimpy kid that goes to a new school a notices something. on the blacktop outside, there is an ugly cheese. someone touched the ugly cheese, so the school started something called the cheese touch.
will the cheese go away? read the book to find out.
i liked this book because it was funny. i recommend you to read the book.

PERCY JACKSON AND THE LIGHTNING THIEF
By: Rick Riodan

this book is great! percy goes to a new camp called called camp half blood. percy discovers that his father is... oops. i can't tell you.people in his camp are telling him that Zeus's lightning bolt is missing! Zeus thinks it is percy, so he accuses him. later on... someone put a lightning bolt in his bookbag.
will percy find the bolt? read the book to find out.

The Boys
Chuck--2 points
Anonymous(I assume this one's a boy)--1
Rick--1
Soccer Shawn--7
Ryan--7
Ninja—3

Michael--7
Davidson--7

The Girls
Arushi--1
LIli--1
liary--1
lexy--1
girl m—1

Ruta-1
oprea--2
Emma--2
Sarah--6
Super Simran--16

WOW!!! SUPER SIMRAN is the undisputed winner!! YAAAAYYYY!!! Super Simran, you can come to the Myers Park library and claim your prize. Or, if you can't, I'll make sure you get it. Same for you, all you second placers. And you too, Sarah! You're our third-place winner.

Hey, wait a minute--we have FOUR boys in second place! That's Michael, Ryan, Soccer Shawn and Davidson. Congratulations, guys! This has never happened before. Well, this is great! It shows that lots of boys enjoy reading and that's what this blog is all about. We have lots of prizes in the box, so there will be plenty for all of you. As I said, come to the Myers Park library and get your prizes or I will find a way to get them to you.

Hey, wait another minute--Super Simran is the first-place winner and that means--

that means---

---a girl is the overall winner at the BOYS Read blog!! This has never happened before either. Fortunately, the Iron Guy is not made of inflexible metal (the iron is only for toughness!) and can enjoy any new situation. I think we can all be happy that kids, boys and girls, enjoy reading. In fact, this just goes to show that girls can enjoy good reads as much as boys. And--celebrating a girl winning the Boys Read contest shows just how good-natured boys really are, giving the world more proof of the awesome greatness of boys!!

Seriously, though, this has been a great contest and I thank all of you for writing in. Now don't think this means you have to stop!! We still want to hear about good reads! So keep sending in those reviews and I'll keep posting them.OK? OK!!

Final Free Throws Due Tomorrow!

Just a reminder, everybody, that tomorrow is the last day to send in reviews for the March Madness Free Throw Contest. You'll have all day to submit them. (Remember, we want title, author, a brief plot summary, and why you did or didn't like the book) I'll post the last set of reviews on Friday and announce the winners in that same post. So come on--step up to the line and shoot those last shots! We're all waiting to see who the winners will be!

The Competition Heats Up Even More!

It seems we have three hot competitors in the game now--Michael, King of Books and Time Travel, Soccer Shawn and Super Simran. (A few other have tried to make shots but they fell short because the reviews were plot summaries. We have to have reasons why you did or didn't like the book in order for it to get through the hoop!) Let's see Michael's review first:


The Phamtom Tollbooth

by Norton Juster

Milo is a boy who doesn't enjoy doing anything. Then one day he mysteriously finds a tollbooth sitting in his room. He goes through the gate, and suddenly he's in another world! Then he meets King Azaz, who gives him his mission. Long ago, two brothers argued over their kingdoms, so they went to their wise sisters for help. When they advised that the two kingdoms should live in peace, both kings got mad and banished them to the Castle in the Sky. Milo must get them back. This book is like Alice in Wonderland for guys! It's so cool! If you're looking for a book for a school book report, this is a classic. It's fun to read, it never gets old or boring, and if you think about alot of the stuff in it that doesn't make sense, it actually does make sense! Check this one out!

Very good. This really is a very funny book and the library has a great audiobook version. (see my review of the audioboook here) Now let's hear from Super Simran:

Junie B., First Grader: Toothless Wonder By: Barbara Park

Junie B's front tooth is lose and Junie B is not exited. She thinks she won't look good after she loses it. She also wants to know who the tooth fairy is. What does the tooth fariy do with all of those teeth? I really liked this book because it relates to me in a way. Except I am always excited about wiggly teeth.

And from Soccer Shawn:

A to Z Mysteries The Bald Bandit
By: Ron Roy
Book Review By: Shawn An
Well remember thoszzzzz... Oh! Sorry, I meant well remembre those three kids? Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose? Well here they go again! they are hired by a strange detective. They need to find a red hed and get a certain viedo. They find the kid and get the viedo. Then they find the kid (and the viedo). They found out that the "detective" was the robber. Then he comes. What will happen now? THIS BOOK IS AWESOME! zzzzz

SWISH!! Good job, both of you! This changes the standings again, I think.

The Boys

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

Michael--7
Davidson--7

The Girls
Arushi--1
LIli--1
liary--1
lexy--1
girl m—1

Ruta-1
oprea--2
Emma--2
Sarah--6
Super Simran--13

Yes, it does!! Michael has moved into a tie for second place with Davidson, while Super Simran maintains a comfortable lead in first place (while Soccer Shawn moves into a tie with Ryan and Ninja). But you never know what will happen in March Madness! Many a team play has come from behind to win with a buzzer beater. But many others have built leads early and dominated the game. Which one will this game be?? You never know until the very end--which is six days from today! So there's still plenty of time to get those reviews in. And don't forget that you have chances to make three and five point shots. See the first post in the contest to see how.
Stay tuned, reading fans!!