What's so special about your favorite book?

9/18/2019

What's so special about your favorite book?

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Answer these questions about your favorite book in a well-written, thoughtful paragraph.

1. Why were you interested in this book in the first place?
2. Why did you keep reading it?
3. What narrative elements does the author use the best? Name the element(s) and give a specific example.
4. End with a "You should read this book if you" sentence.

Alex

9/18/2019 10:21:00

My favorite book is Ollie's Odyssey. This book is about a boy named Billy and his favorite stuffed animal Ollie. Their is this clown named Zozo who has these things made of old stuffed animals and metal called the creeps. The creeps go after favorite stuffed animals. Zozo lost a toy so that is why. The creeps heard that Billy favorited Ollie so they went after Ollie. Billy and Ollie went to a wedding and the creeps took Ollie. This book is about how Ollie escapes and Billy leaves home to find Ollie. This book is really funny and adventurous. The beginning is not exciting but it gets really exciting in like 6 chapters. It is really descriptive. I would recommend this book to people who like comedy and adventure.

Seamus

9/18/2019 10:42:12

I like your story because I like adventure story's I think I mite read that after the book I am reading

Anna

9/18/2019 10:44:22

Alex, this book sounds interesting and adventurous. I really like how said it was really " descriptive" so now I want to read it. I also like how you described everything that happened in the story in a few detailed sentences. After this post I would love to try to read this book.

Albee

9/18/2019 10:47:35

This is a big creep to me but it's so cool and descriptive! :)

kenson Maynor

9/18/2019 10:25:35

My favorite book I ever read was Dog man. It is a really good book. I was interested in this book because its a graphic novel. And graphic novels are my favorite type of books. I kept reading it because the first couple pages were really interesting so I kept reading on and I really liked it. It had a good end of the story. They fought against people and they won. You should read this book if you like graphic novels and if you like fighting.

Albee

9/18/2019 10:46:40

I like graphic novels but I don't like fighting :)

Anna

9/18/2019 10:55:55

Kenson I love your post. I liked how you told me all about the plot and you told me about the action-packed ending. (graphic novels are my favorite types of books too!) I think I will try to read you book because you were interested in it.

Niamh ConnollyOne of my favorite books are “Lucky Little Things” by Janice Erlbaum. I was first interested in this book when I read the summary of it. I really liked this book because it was really exciting and entertaining. For example one of the pa

9/18/2019 10:31:06

One of my favorite books are “Lucky Little Things” by Janice Erlbaum. I was first interested in this book when I read the summary of it. I really liked this book because it was really exciting and entertaining. For example one of the parts I liked was when the main character got a luck note. Also I like the part at the end where the main character finds out all the luck notes had been from her aunt who had written them before she died. You should read this book if you like books that have a slight mystery and are a little sad but mostly happy.

Albee

9/18/2019 10:41:40

Mystery and sad stories are very interesting. I love it when the main character got a luck note if only I got one.

Maebh

9/18/2019 10:46:27

I loved that book! I love how you described how you felt while you were reading different parts of the book, great work!

Anna. R

9/18/2019 10:32:02

My Favorite book is “Wonder” by R.J. Palacio. I was interested in the book because so many kids my age were reading it. Saying that it was sad and happy at the same time, made them cry happily, and they loved it. So I decided to read it. The second I started to read it I fell in love with it. The way it was written, the words fit perfectly in every sentence, and I could picture it in my head by the way the scene was written. As I continued to read the book, I noticed how much I loved the characters, (August, Jack, Summer) I loved the warmth and happiness of certain parts of the book,I loved how even though August had a different face then everyone else, he stood up for himself and he still could live a normal life, and I loved the ending when August won an award and his whole family was bursting with joy. In summary you should definitely read this if you believe in equality, and you don’t judge a book by it’s cover.

Alex

9/18/2019 10:39:07

Yes Anna I agree, that was one of my favorite books too. I like all the detail you put into your summary. Good job!!!!!

Albee

9/18/2019 10:40:10

In 4th grade I remember reading this for a read aloud and we all watched the movie

Niamh Connolly

9/18/2019 10:52:48

Great Job Anna! I love all your descriptive detail! I love the book Wonder!

Colin

9/18/2019 10:54:02

I love wonder I feel the same way how you should never judge a book by its cover

Madison Paulsen

9/18/2019 10:55:35

Anna I love how you described the book by saying how it was written and I love wonder too

Jayden

9/18/2019 10:56:03

I really liked how you described how you felt when reading it and how you made use out of the descriptive words.

Albee

9/18/2019 10:33:07

My favorite book is Crush by Svetlana Chmakova. The reason why I was interested in the first place was because when I went to the library with my mom I was near the graphic novel area and saw the book Awkward by the same author as Crush and Brave. Now, I kept reading it over and over so I can remember about it when I write a narrative or a summary. In the book crush it’s different than the rest of the series, and out of all of them I picked crush. The reason why I keep reading graphic novels it’s because they always interested me to make my own. You might be asking why I chose Crush it’s because of one specific character. Her name is Jazmine. In the book the main character’s names are Olivia, Garett, James, Jazmine, Zeke, and Jorge. The setting mostly takes place at school and sometimes outside of school. When Jazmine passes by Jorge he gets a little red or if someone talks about her he acts like he has to go do a project or homework. After Jazmine had a huge fight with Zeke Jorge starts to tell her how he feels. Since Olivia is Jazmine’s best friend Jazmine or Olivia tells each other everything. On the other hand Garett wants to be in the popular group. Garett is Jorge other best friend and so is Olivia. You should read this book if you like graphic novels like me.

Natalie

9/18/2019 10:34:23

My favorite book is so special to me because when I read Naruto it makes me feel like it was a real story to me like it actually happened in real life the author makes it so realistic to me. I like the series because it is adventures and it is deathifying and it was also interesting for me I first of all watched the first couple of movies they had then i saw that they had books so I read the first few books even though I already watched it then i started to continue on with the series and then after a while i read the books out of order. The author's name is Masashi kishimoto he is also the illustrator of the books. The books have no color in them but they do have a lot of details in the book. You should read these books if you like action and if you know how to read anime.

Albee

9/18/2019 10:38:51

I really tell you love anime but especially Naruto.

Colin Crosby

9/18/2019 10:34:45

I am interested in the book A Series Of Unfortunate Event because it is a mystery and murder books because the build up suspense to the story and they make me want to keep reading. I like to read this series because their lives are pretty interesting life to. The author described the elements really good my favorite elements are the Baudelaire children who are orphans who lost their parents in a fire in there house while the children were sent to the beach were the parents were going to meet them. You should read this book if you like murder and mystery books and if you like creepy book and series you would love this book.

Brianna

9/18/2019 10:44:31

i agree with you and nice job with writing you paragraph

Seamus

9/18/2019 10:35:06

The book I like is Diary Of The Wimpy Kid The Meltdown. I like it because it is about winter and I like the winter so I thought I might like this book. I did not stop reading this book because I was thinking there was going to be a lot of funny parts. The best narrative elements was when they built a big wall to stop the lower street kids from sliding on their hill, I thought it was cool because they were all fighting with each other in a snowball fight and when they saw that the lower street kids were sledding on their hill they were mad. So they thought that they should be on the same team and stop them they did for a long time until they came after them and took it over and I thought that was cool. You should read this book if you like winter like me.

kenson maynor

9/18/2019 10:38:56

Diary of a wimpy kid is one of my favorite to. I also like the winter.

Julianne Lehane

9/18/2019 10:37:21

One book I really like is The Owl Diary. This book was interesting to me at first because when I got it first thing I did was I read the first chapter of the book and then I really liked it .
I kept reading it because when I read it was a good book and it was funny.
My favorite part of this book was when here pet bat went missing and then she found her pet bat.
Lastly, you should read this book because it is a good book and that there is a lot of parts that you would like and it is a funny book.

Maebh

9/18/2019 10:37:55

One of my favorite books to read last year was Restart by Gordan Korman. This book is about a boy named Chase. One day he falls off his roof, and hits his head. By then he is passed out. He wakes up in a hospital bed, surrounded by strangers. He doesn’t remember anything. He doesn’t know his name, or anything else. Apparently, he was a bully at school and is known for making trouble and getting away with it, but he doesn’t remember this. All he knows is that he has two best friends and he is very athletic, according to his mom. His life went from a football star who everyone knows about, to a point where he doesn't even know his own name.

I started to read this book after it was recommended by one of my friends, I also recognize the author and has read one of his books before. It was interesting and had many twists and turns, once I got into it, it was hard to put it down. You should read this book if you like exciting books that you can relate to.

Calvin

9/18/2019 10:39:43

The series I really like is Diary Of A Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney. I was interested in this series in this series because it is funny and silly . The first time I started reading it, I didn’t like it. Then I tried a different book and it was funny (It’s still diary of a wimpy kid). It’s funny because Greg’s siblings do very silly actions that make me laugh. I was interested in these types of funny chapter books. The first book I ever read was the Novel. (That was the first diary of a wimpy book I have ever read). I read that book and I started to like it so I read this book called Rodrick Rules . The book is really descriptive it tells what the weather is in the book at it tells what the main character is exactly doing. You should read this book if you like funny chapter books.

kenson maynor

9/18/2019 10:52:04

I agree with you I read almost all the books and their all funny.

Brianna Eddins

9/18/2019 10:40:35

I was interested in the book Amulet #2 because in the beginning makes you want to start reading it and you don’t want to stop reading it until it is all done with that book and then you would read the next one. The characters in the book are a girl named Emily, her brother named Navin, Leon Readbeard, their mother, and their robots. You should read this book if you like a little murder and mysterys.

Maebh

9/18/2019 10:53:54

I feel the same way about some of my favorite books. I can't put it down until I read the whole thing. Nice work Brianna!

Jayden

9/18/2019 10:40:52

My favorite book is any of the Dog Man books. I first got interested in Dog Man because I saw who the author was. The author was Dav Pilkey. Dav is one of my favorite authors because I read a book by him when I was 5 and was hooked ever since. I kept reading the dog man books because I read the first one and needed to see what happens next and just need to see what happened after that. Dav Pilkey is really good at thinking of funny details to write in his books. So I think if you like funny graphic novels you should definitely give the dog man series a try.

Colin

9/18/2019 10:47:41

I love those books I have read all of them except for the newest one

Alex

9/18/2019 10:54:12

Yes Jayden I love the dog man books. I also like dav pilkey. Good job!

Madison Paulsen

9/18/2019 10:41:13

My favorite book is Drama by Raina Telgemeier.
I was interested in this book because I flipped threw some pages and I saw it was a picture book, and I love picture books but it still had words so I took it. I kept reading it because I was hooked threw the whole book for example when Callie kissed Greg. My favorite narrative elements are it had an awesome begin, interesting middle, and an amazing ending. You should read this book if you like theatre, gossip, and pictures with speech bubbles.

Albee

9/18/2019 10:44:39

Ooh gossip. I read it before and it was amazing. Have you read smile , ghosts , and sisters? If you didn't it's by the same person.

Brianna

9/18/2019 10:53:05

i also really like that book to. it is my 2nd favorite book but i still really like it too

Shane Driscoll

9/18/2019 10:42:35

Shane Driscoll

A series of books that really like is I Survived by Lauren Tarshis. I like it because it was very eventful and it's based on a true story and it has fake characters to make the story more interesting. It also is most of the time young people surviving tragic times in there life. I also like history It is also a little bit of adventure. If you like history and some adventure I recommend reading the I Survived series by Lauren Tarshis.

Calvin

9/18/2019 10:49:16

I like how you described when it's most of young people surviving tragic times in their lives.

Josh Mazenkas

9/18/2019 10:49:21

My Favorite Book Is…

I was interested in Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows. because I had read all the other books in the series I also really liked the series itself, I kept reading it because I was excited for the ending I knew it would be exciting and it was, at the end there's a lot of action, wonder, and happiness, Harry was brave and went into the forest where Voldemort (the villain of the story) was because he knew he had to die harry did not fight he walked into the clearing where Voldemort and his Death Eaters (His followers/Supporters) were and Voldemort “killed” Harry, but after a few minutes Harry came back to life but did not move he knew death eaters were nearby so he stayed as still as possible he was brought back to the castle and Voldemort told everyone Harry was dead and obviously everyone was angry and sad so the started screaming so Voldemort used a spell to silence them but Harry's bravery was stopping the spell from working as this was happening, Harry got up and started to duel Voldemort Harry killed Voldemort by shooting the Expelliarmus spell (it is a spell that disarms the victim) at Voldemort who was using the Avada Kedavra (the killing curse Harry survived being hit with this curse twice) they both shot there curses at the same time at the same place so the spells collided with each other and it sent Voldemorts’ curse back at him, His own curse caused his death. You should read this book or series if you like long and action packed books!

-Josh

Mia Alvarez

9/18/2019 10:50:20

One book I really liked was Ghost by Raina Telgemeier. I was interested in it in the first place because, when I got to the end of the first chapter it was about when ghost came and it was funny and it got my attention. After that, I kept reading it because I wanted to see if there was going to be ghosts.The best part of the book was at the end were all of the problems are solved. You should read ghost because it is funny and a little bit of a mystery.

Calvin W.

9/18/2019 10:52:14

I like how you described young people surviving tragic times.

Wynter

9/18/2019 10:52:26

Amulet book 1 .

Im am interested in this book because this young girl gets into a car actstudent on the way to go pick up her brother and her dad dies so they start a new life . They move in to there died grandfather's house . When her and her brother start cleaning and looking around they find an amulet and puts it on . I keep reading because there mom gets eaten by a monster then they start running up the stairs and the stairs and the walls start to collapse so when they make it up the wall is closed and there are no stairs and the door is gone and it's just a wall I was so confused . I think that the best narrite emelet is when they necklace she got starts talking to her that was so exciting and scary . You should read this book if you like action because it is thrilling.

Emily McDonough

9/18/2019 10:53:25

My favorite book is “Smile” by Raina Telgemeier because the smile on the front had braces on her teeth and I have braces so thought maybe I could relate to the book. Most of the things that happened in the book where to xerem for me to relate to.
I Keeped on reading “Smile” because I was hock on the whole time. For example, when Raina feel and lost her two adult teeth in the front or when there was an earthquake.
My favorite narrative elements were the bold beginning and the excellent ending. I also liked that the authour made it a graphic novel.
You should read this book if you like graphic novels or have “Dental Drama”!

Niamh Connolly

9/18/2019 10:55:41

Great job Emily! I love that book too! I love the way summarized it!

Lilianna Cheng

9/18/2019 10:56:31

My favorite book series are called “Whatever After” by Sarah Mlynowski. It is a book about a girl named Abby and her brother Jonah. They just moved into their new house. In their house they have a basement with a mirror bolted to the wall. Their mirror was not a normal one. At midnight if you knock on it 3 times the mirror will start swirling with a purple mist and color. Then it’ll suck you in and it will bring you into fairy tales. There ia also a fairy living inside of the mirror. Abby and Jonah even got a puppy named Prince in a fairytale before!
Abby and Jonah get to fix fairytales if they mess it up or help. At first I wasn’t really interested but as I kept reading it got very exciting and fun to read. It even felt like I was inside of the book. It made me see what was happening and I got to use my imagination a lot. The author goes into detail and and makes it funny. Ex: “ A woman is standing in the door way. She’s about my mom’s age maybe a little younger and has pretty blonde hair in loose waves to her shoulders. Her eyes are blue and almost the same color as her dress, which has a white lace hem. She has a big smile on her freckled face and a basket in her arms. She looks like she’s selling something.”
You should read this book if you like fairytales.

Suxi Chen

9/18/2019 10:57:10

One of my favorite books is called “Best Friends” by Shannon Hale and Leuyen Pham. I am interested in this book because first, I already read the first book which is called “Real Friends” and she got bullied a lot. On the cover, it has a picture of a lot of friends on a roller coaster. I just wanted to keep reading it because it started off with a girl named Shannon and her friends going to sixth grade. A new year will be fun to read right? The author didn't really have a narrator in the story but there is a lot of different feelings and the people talk a lot. You should read this book if you like realistic fiction or comics.

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