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The Journey is by Kathryn Lasky and it is fantasy.This book is about four owls named Soren, Gylfie, Twilight, and Digger. They are trying to find their families so they can reunite.  But first they are trying to find out where the great Ga’Hoole tree is so they can find they great owls who perform good and noble deeds at night. They will go a long way.  Will one of them get hurt?  Who will they meet?  When will they get there?

On a scale from 1-10, I would rate it a 8 because I like this kind of fantasy book. The author gets me interested in how the book goes so I read them and they are good.

Back To Paul Revere by Beatrice Gromley is from the midnight ride of Paul Revere.  This is traditional literature.  This book is about three kids names Matt, Emily, and Jonathan.  They are trying to see what happened at Paul Revere’s ride for their book report.  Then they got caught and spread out alone.  How will they survive?  Read the book to find out what happens.

On a scale from 1-10, I would rate this a 7.  I rated this a 7 because it is a interesting story from back in history.

Among The Hidden by Margaret Peterson is fantasy about a boy named Luke. He lives where the government only allows two children. Luke is a third child so he hides in the house all day and every day. Then new neighbors move in and they have a third child too named Jen. He wants to meet her but how does he meet her?  Read the book to find out what happens.

on a scale from 1-10, I would rate this a 9 because it is an interesting book of adventure and I like adventure.

Miami Heat by John Nichols is an informational book published by Creative Education made in 1998. This book is about the basketball team Miami Heat.  It talks about how the team is a new team and how they are learning to get better players and grow to be one of the best teams in the NBA.

In 1986, the Miami Heat was a new expansion team created to bring basketball to Florida.  The three best players were Tim Hardaway, Alonzo Mourning, and Glen Rice.  It took Miami Heat 6 years to go to their first playoff game.

On a scale from 1-10, I would rate this a 9 because my favorite sport is basketball and Miami Heat is my favorite team.  I would recommend this book to anyone who loves basketball and wants to learn about Miami Heat.

The Homework Machine is by Dan Gutman and the genre is fantasy.  It is about four kids named Brenton, Judy, Sam, and Kelsey in one team at school.  Half of them do not love doing homework.  The smarter ones try to help them.  They try to but it does not work . So they make a homework machine that does the homework for them.  Find out what happens next when you read it.

On a scale from 1-10,  I would rate this a 9 because it was interesting.  I would recommend this book to anyone who does not like doing their homework and would like to read about a way to make it interesting.