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10/14/2020 0 Comments The babysitters ClubHave you heard of the Baby-Sitters Club series by Ann M. Martin? This series of 131 books, not even counting the mystery and Super Special spin-off series, is geared toward readers ages 8 to 12 and was originally published throughout the 1980s and ‘90s. The books are being reprinted and have been made into graphic novels. There is also a new show on Netflix based on the series.
It all started when a girl named Kristy Thomas had a great idea—the Baby-Sitters Club. The club has many clients, and their baby-sitting jobs are fun to read about. The BSC has gained and lost many members. Each book has one main plot and one sub-plot. The main characters are Kristy, Mary Anne Spier, Claudia Kishi, Stacey McGill, Dawn Schafer, Abby Stevenson, Mallory Pike, and Jessi Ramsey. Almost all of them are 13 years old, and they are all in middle school. Each one faces her own challenges, such as divorced parents and diabetes. My favorite character is Kristy because she came up with the club. Each BSC book is told from a different character’s point of view. The books are set in Stoneybrook, a fictional town in Connecticut. The series’ theme is friendship, and there are individual themes in each book, such as mysteries. Every time I finish one book, I want to read the next one. Readers around 10 years old would enjoy the series. I like the point of view of the books and seeing how the characters think about the situation, and the books always end well. I rate the BSC series a 5 on a scale of 1 to 5.
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10/7/2020 0 Comments UngiftedHave you ever read the book Ungifted? Ungifted is a children's book published in 2012 by the well-known author Gordon Korman. Every chapter is alternately told by a different character’s viewpoint. The book is about a boy who is the ultimate prankster named Donovan, who gets tangled up in a prank gone wrong.
The prank ended up in an accident that included Donovan hitting a statue with a stick and destroying the Hardcastle gym. After the superintendent accidentally wrote Donovan's name on the wrong piece of paper, Donovan gets sent to The Academy of Scholastic Distinction, which is a school for gifted students. As the superintendent is searching for the boy responsible for the gym accident, Donovan hides out in the Academy, so the superintendent won’t find him, and at the same time his teachers and classmates start to question if he’s actually gifted. Donovan also gets put in a class called Robotics, which is taught by his homeroom teacher Mr. Osborne. All in just one day, Donovan named their class robot, got the most intelligent person there named Noah addicted to Youtube, and showed his class the power he has with a joystick. Soon enough, he finds out his classmates have to take a class called Human Growth and Development and decides to help them out by asking and convincing his 7-month pregnant sister Katie to teach them. The book is upbeat and lighthearted. The book won a good deal of awards and also has a sequel called Supergifted. I think the appropriate age for this book would be 10 years old because of it’s hard and long words and crude humor. It's my favorite book, and I rate it a 5/5. I hope you liked this review and enjoy the book as much as I did! |
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