The Accidental Cheerleader, by Mimi McCoy is about a shy girl named Sophie, and an out-going girl named Kylie’s friendship.  Kylie and Sophie are best friends, but when Kylie signs both of the girls up for cheerleading, something that could ruin their friendship happens!  Sophie ends up being a GREAT cheerleader, because she used to take gymnastics so she knows how to do all of the flips and tricks, but Kylie doen’t know how to even do a cartwheel!  So guess what?  Kylie ends up being the school mascot- a mule!  Will Sophie and Kylie still be friends because Kylie is the mascot and Sophie has other friends from cheering?  Or will they NEVER be friends again?  If you want to find out what happens, read the Accidental Cheerleader, by Mimi McCoy.  It is a quick read and I highly reccomend it for girls the age from 9-12.  Enjoy! 🙂

Jodie C.

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Hi everyone! Did you enjoy the City of Ember? Well if you did you’ll enjoy this book! This next book club is the book Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life by Wendy Mass.

Jeremy Fink is about a 12-year old boy named Jeremy. He loves peanut butter so much he even sweats it!!! He finds a box that needs four keys. It holds the meaning of life, and was from his father who died when Jeremy was 8. He’s supposed to open it on his 13th birthday, but he doesn’t know where the keys are. Lizzy is Jeremy’s best friend and just like Jeremy’s dad, her mom is dead. Jeremy and Lizzy have to go and explore the city to try to find the keys before his birthday.

Once you get the book, ask yourself this question: What do you think the meaning of life is to Jeremy’s father?

Read chapters 1-5 (pg. 1-74). Then, go to Part 2.

What do you think of the book so far? At the beginning of the book, Lizzy forces Jeremy to open the cardboard box sent to his mom. In the cardboard box, there is a very “pretty” box that Jeremy’s dad wanted him to open on his 13th birthday. There is also a letter in the cardboard box talking about the keys to Jeremy’s dad’s box being misplaced. Jeremy and Lizzy go to Larry’s Locks and Clocks and the Flea Market to find the keys in this section. There were lots of keys at the Flea Market, but only one fit, and it still didn’t turn.

Here is the question for this section.

What is the meaning of life to you?

Don’t forget to reply. Please read to the 10th chapter, page 142. After that, go to Part 3.

In this section, Jeremy and Lizzy go into Harold’s office, the office of the person who lost the keys to Jeremy’s box. On the way there Lizzy finds one of the 3 missing cards in her collection. When they get to the office they sneak into the office building and search the office. When they get there, they look really hard but find nothing and end up getting caught. For their punishment they had to do some community service for the whole summer. They end up working for a guy named Oswald. They have to deliver pawned items to their original owners. They end up delivering a Winnie the Pooh book to a woman named Mrs. Billingsly. Mrs. Billingsly is very sad because her husband died and she hasn’t talked to her best friend for 67 years.

Here is our question for this section.

What do you think Mrs. Billingsly was doing with a Winnie the Pooh book?

I hope you will keep on reading this book to find out if Jeremy finds all 4 keys. Read up to the 15th chapter (pg. 216). Don’t forget to respond and answer our question. After you read to pg. 216, go to the next part, Part 4.

In this section Jeremy and Lizzy have to make two more deliveries. The first one is that they have to deliver a lamp to a man named Simon Rudolph. Simon used to be rich but he gave it all away. Then Jeremy and Lizzy ask if he knows the meaning of life. He shows them an example, a flower. Simon says that a painting to him reminds him to enjoy every moment, but to the flower it means nothing. So he says that the meaning of life is different to everyone. The second delivery is to a scientist named Dr. Grady. Dr. Grady is an astronomer. When they get back home Jeremy’s mom invites them to the board walk and they accept.

This is the question for this section.

For boys, do you think it is weird that Jeremy is friends with a girl? For girls, do you think it’s weird Lizzy’s friends with a boy?

Please read the rest of the book, and come back to this page to find the next section. Thanks, and enjoy the ending! (P.S. Did you enjoy this part of the book, or what? I know I did. Be sure to comment to this blog. Have a good time reading!

Hi everyone! Can you believe it’s finally over!? Jeremy Fink is a great book! Well, lets get back to the subject. In this section, Mr. Oswald has to move earlier then expected so Jeremy and Lizzy get to keep something from his old house. Jeremy was eying an old school brief case when Mr. Oswald tells him that there is a lot of loose junk in there, like keys, safety pins, paper clips, and stuff like that. That makes Jeremy really want it so he takes it and Lizzy takes a creepy blue eyed doll. When they get home Jeremy and Lizzy start to test all the keys. They find 3 out of the 4 keys but cannot find the other one. Once they get to Jeremy’s grandmother’s house Jeremy decides to try out the hula hoop, but he ends up being embarrassed by everyone else. Jeremy and Lizzy go and enter the talent show with Lizzy hula hooping and Jeremy assisting.But everything changes when Lizzy doesn’t feel so good and Jeremy has to take her place. Everything goes well and they end up winning 2nd place. The next day is Jeremy’s birthday and Lizzy surprises Jeremy when she gives him the last key to the box!!! They both go to the island in the middle of the lake and open the box. Everyone gets something in the box. Lizzy gets one of the last cards to her collection, Jeremy gets all of his father’s rocks of all the important events, and Jeremy’s mom and grandmother get a hug.

This is the last question so think about it hard.

Do you think that you’re personality is more like Lizzy or Jeremy?

Well everyone, we would like to thank you for joining this book club and hope you have a lot of fun. Thanks for joining our book club!

Hola!J This is the new and improved book club! We’ll be reading The Report Card, by Andrew Clements. Please read chapters 1-6; which are pages 1-50. Once you’re done with these chapters join Part 2.

Before reading try to answer this question…

What do you think this book will be about based on the title and the illustration?

·        Try looking at the title and read the back.

·        Look at the illustrations.

·        Based on this, you can try to answer the question.

Thank you, and enjoy reading these chapters! J

HELLO EVERYBODY!

Welcome back to our book club! We hope all of you guys liked the book so far. Was your answer corret?

Nora Rowly is a new Albert Einstein… but doesn’t want to show her genius. So, there is no other choice but to hide it. Nora acts like an average kid… what we mean by “average” is like getting D’s on her report card. Thus making people think that she’s incompetent. She does this for a reason; she wants to show that grades aren’t important, and it makes people feel like their incapable of reaching high standards, and it makes “smart people” brag about their intelligence.

What do you think about Nora’s plan to hide her true identity?

If you want to continue with our club, start reading to chapter 12, which are pages 51-89. Meet us in our next post!

Aloha!

What is your rating of the book so far?

Now, let’s focus on the summary.

After the meeting, Nora takes an IQ test, missing 3 out of every 10 questions. Nora thinks she will get a C average.

Oh and before I forget, the librarian, Mrs. Bryne, is becoming her friend. It’s a little unbelievable because at the beginning, everyone thinks that she is inept. Mrs. Bryne tells her that her IQ scores were above grade level standards. Tthey think that Dr. Trindler, the guidence counsler, is planning another IQ test, thinking that the first one was a mess up.

Take time to think about these questions.

What do you think will happen next with Dr. Trindler and Nora?

Do you think Nora will…

A. Pass the test

B. Fail the test

C. Not take the test

D. All of the above :]

Thanks for participating in our book club! Now read chapters 13-18, which are pages 90-133. Join us next week for Part 4!