Double Fudge, by Judy Blume
Rating: 4 carrots (out of 5)
Puffin Books, 2002
213 pages
Reading level- 8 and up

Double Fudge is funny! In the book, Fudge is obsessed with money. He wants to be a miser for Halloween. This book is very funny because I didn’t know people could be obsessed with money and birds would be dumb enough to crash into a window.

Ellen M. is a third-grader in Dedham, MA. She loves drawing and fiction books. Her favorite subject is math. Ellen loves soccer and basketball.

 

Eragon, by Chris Paolini
Rating: 4 carrots
Knopf Publishing, 2003
497 pages

How would you like it if you found a dragon egg and it hatched and you went on cool adventures and fought bad guys and stuff? Read Eragon. I liked it because I can picture what’s happening really clearly, like when they go to Fárten Dûr and they see the huge marble mountain called Tronjheim.

David M. is a fourth-grader in Norfolk, MA. He lives in Dedham, MA with his family.

P.S. Longer Letter Later, by Paula Danziger
Rating: 5 carrots
Scholastic Books, 1998
234 pages
Reading level: 10 and up

Dear Reader,

P.S. Longer Letter Later has great humor in it. This book is about two girls sharing their good times and blue times through letters. I think girls who are around 10 years old would like this book!

Staley S. is a fourth-grader in Brookline, MA. She lives in Dedham, MA and loves sports and reading.

 

Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism, by Georgia Byng

When you pick this book up it will hypnotize you to read and to not put it down until you’re finished. The whole book hypnotizes you to feel the adventure as if you are really there. Your mind just soaks into the story. If you read the book carefully then maybe YOU could become a famous, hypnotist.

When you meet Molly Moon she is living in an orphanage in England called Hardwick House. Miss Adderstone runs the orphanage and Edna is the cook. Neither of them liked children and were incredibly mean and nasty. Molly’s best friend at Hardwick House is Rocky. They had been friends since they were little babies. All the older kids and some younger were mean to Molly and teased her because of her blotchy legs, droney voice, her potato nose and her pale skin. School was also a nightmare for Molly, she felt like nothing went her way.

After one particularly bad day, Molly goes to the library to find Rocky. There she finds the secret that changed her life. Molly always had wished to have everything her way. And that is what happened, her dream came true. Soon Edna is an Italian fan and Miss Adderstone loves airplanes. Not after long Molly is in New York City. Molly soon figures out what she has done and her life is changed forever.

Molly Moon is just one of those books that are so great you just have to read it. My book group talked about the lessons we learned and one was, be careful what you wish for because what if it comes true?

Blue Bunny Junior Book Reviewer Julie K. is nine years old and loves to write her own books. She lives in Dedham, MA with her mom, dad, two sisters and two dogs, where she enjoys figure skating and lots of great reading. After many hours of browsing and buying books and gifts at The Blue Bunny, as well as attending Blue Bunny Creativity Workshops, Julie was invited to become a staff book reviewer and share her insightful comments with other book-hungry children.

These Blue Bunny Book Reviews were compiled by Sarah McDonald, Leader of the "Blue Bunny Book Club and Review Writing" Workshop (as well as a host of other creative writing workshop at The Blue Bunny in Dedham Square). Sarah is also a journalist who writes for the Dedham Daily News Transcript. For more information about this workshop and others, click here to go to the Blue Bunny Workshop page.

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