Minecraft redstone handbook

This book tells you about the world of Minecraft. The first chapter tells you about Redstone essentials. The second chapter tells you about Redstone challenges and the third chapter tells you about community creations. It gives you step by step instructions on how to do Mindcraft. It has pictures to show you what it would look like in the game (Mindcraft is a game). It gives you tips and tells you the recipes for different things such as a lever, a tripwire hook, or a Redstone torch. This book is part of a whole Mindcraft series. 

German Immigrants in America

This book is a " Choose Your Own Adventure" book. You can be a German immigrant in Texas in the 1840s, a German from Russia homesteading in Dakota Territory in the 1880s or a German immigrant during World War II. This book teaches you about German immigrants. You also get to choose what you want to do in the book, for example to go to the supermarket or to stay home. There are 46 choices and 17 endings. In every story you face challenges, such as staying in America or going back to your homeland. Some of the book was not exciting but I still think it was a good book. 

Wonder

This book is about a deformed boy who is homeschooled. Then he decides to go to school, because his mom and dad convince him. They think he should grow up. His name is August. At first nobody likes him except a few kids, because of his face. Because some kids learned not to judge him by his face, more and more kids started to like him. The book switches between different people in the story, but it's mostly about August. I think this book teaches you not to judge people by there face. Some of the parts are sad like when their dog dies, but others are funny. I would recommend this book to anybody that likes every day life.

Wildwood

Wildwood by Colin Meloy is a fantasy novel that starts off slowly, but it’s well worth the wait. The first 70 pages are about ordinary life rather than anything interesting. The book’s two main characters are Prue and Curtis. They are tweens who live on the edge of the Impassable Wilderness in Portland, Oregon. Both their parents have warned them never to go inside, butPrue’s baby brother is abducted by a murder of crows, who are heading straight for the Impassable Wilderness. So Prue and Curtis set off into the deep, dark forest, where they will encounter the mysterious Dowager Governess, an unusual mailman and the notorious Bandit King, all amid a world of nature and magic. And little do they know, everything is about to change. I liked Wildwood very much despite the slow beginning. I would recommend this book to readers who like the Harry  Potter series.

 

The Lost Children

This book was about Ida Fargus and Josephine. Josephine lives with her father in a land where everybody wears gloves. One day she meets a mysterious boy named Fargus. He disappears and Josephine tries to follow him. He turns out to have gone through a Porthole into a different land. The other land (named Glum) is ruled by a mysterious villain called the master. In glum all the children except a few have been taken by the master. Accompanied by Fargus's friend, Ida, Josephine embarks on a long journey to free all the children of Glum. They encounter many enemies such as the brothers. There were some sad parts but I still thought the book was good.

The Lost Hero

This book is about 3 half bloods name Leo, Piper, Jason. Half bloods are people that are children of a mortal and a God. Piper, Jason and Leo have to go on a quest to save Harrah the queen of the gods. But mythological monsters chase them. This book mixes modern life with ancient Greek mythology. While on their quest they ride a bronze Dragon called Festus. The book first starts out when Jason wakes up on a bus with no idea where he is. I like this book because it mixes modern life with ancient Greek mythology. I'd also like to mention that this book is part of a series, The heroes of Olympus.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

The book is about Harry. He is famous before he can walk because he survived Lord Voldemort. Harry is a wizard but he grows up in a normal family, muggles. At first he does not know he's a wizard, but when he gets a letter from Hogworts (a wizard school) he has to go. On the train he meets two other students, Ron and Hermione, ( they soon become his friends). When they get to Hogworts they find out about the Sorcerers Stone. Someone seems to be trying to steal it. After that they try to save the Sorcerers Stone which causes them to get into a lot of mischief. Though they aren't being mischivious on purpose, they do break some rules. I like how it coincides with the normal world. I thought it was a great book!