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Juicy Gossip – Book review by Hadley, age 9
Juicy Gossip is a story about a girl named Jenna who is not to popular. She is the editor of the school news paper. When Jenna’s parents open a juice store at the mall and asks Jenna to help them she gets embarassed. But when the store opens, Jenna realizes she can hear all the secrets of the most popular girl in school! Soon after Jenna finds out that her school is drowning in a budget. Their about to cut the news paper when Jenna has the idea to write a colume that will be called ”Juicy Gossip.” Soon almost every body is going around buzzing about the school news paper. But then Stacy (one of the most popular girls)starts to get suspicious. Will Jenna be able to keep a secret before its to late?
I really liked this story and found it exciting to read!
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix for what age?
After consuming the first three Harry Potter Books in short order, I slowed down when we reached Number 4, The Goblet of Fire. Teachers and parents had warned me that “they get dark” after number three and I wasn’t looking forward to creating any undue trauma in my little seven year old. The Goblet of Fire lived up to its reputation, both creepy and gruesomely violent at the end. My daughter, at nine, though, enjoyed it and begged for Number 5. 
I see little kids who are reading number seven, and other kids who don’t read the stories until age 12? What is the most appropriate age for Number 5?
Now, as the summer hits mid-stride, we’re already talking about The Order of the Phoenix and restarting our evening Harry Potter Ritual. I’m looking forward to spending long stretches reading to her and sharing the experience. And, I’m calculating that if we only read one once a year, I can stretch this ritual out until she’s thirteen.
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The secret of the junkyard shadow
The Secret of the Junkyard Shadow is a very creative mystery story.It is about three cousins who happen to see a man taking stuff from a junkyard. Then some people say some of their stuff has disappeared! It turns out that the junkyard shadow was only trying to do good deeds! I recommend this book for ages 8 to 10. This book is not violent at all, but it is a very intriging story.
Written by Hadley (age 9)
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Buddy Talk
My nine year-old daughter has written a review of the new Buddy Talk, a new conversation starter toy from www.aroundthetablegames.com. She likes books like
Coke Vs. Pepsi , a book that asks people to make choices between two things to get them to talk about what kind of person they are. What seems like silly, surface level questions to an adult, are intriguing to kids. Whether you drink Pepsi or Coke has obviously no real value to understanding who we really are. We adults are smarter, focusing instead on what vodka we drink, car we drive, or shoes we wear.
Buddy Talk, though, looks at loftier things, like kids’ hopes, fears and dreams.
Around the Table Games has other variations on this theme for families and kids needing new topics to talk from.
Her (very short) review:
Buddy Talk is fun to play by yourself or with your friends. If you take buddy talk to a restaurant it’s great to entertain you or your friends. It’s also great to start a conversation. It has a cool clip so it can hang from your backpack.
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11 Birthdays – a good book for 8+ girls
11 Birthdays is one of my favorite books of 2008.It is the story of a girl named Amanda who always has her birthday with a boy named Leo. For their eleventh birthday they don’t have their birthday together. Then, something odd happens: their birthday starts repeating over and over again. Why is this happening? Read this book to find out! This is a great book and a mind-bending mystery.I think this book is for ages nine and up. I think that Wendy Mass is a great writer and I think she should write other books too!
Hadley ( age 8 )
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