Ray Bradbury

If you haven't read Ray Bradbury--you need to! Some of his more famous short stories are:
"A Sound of Thunder"--about hunters who travel back in time to hunt dinosaurs. . .with devastating consequences!
"All Summer in a Day"--about civilization on Venus where it rains for seven years, and the sun only appears for an hour. . .and a tale of a childish prank gone wrong.
"There Will Come Soft Rains"--a chilling tale of 'life' after nuclear devastation. Watch an animated version here:



There Will Come Soft Rains from Peter Cotter on Vimeo.

And, of course, check out the novel Fahrenheit 451 and learn what happens to society when we all stop reading. . .

The Titans (by J. Raya-Lara)

the titans on Prezi

The Hamster of the Baskervilles (J. Garcia-Pallares)

The HAMSTER of the BASKERVILLES

Bruce Hale

          Some thing I like about this wonderful comedy book is that it has animals that can talk and there’s a werewolf-type creator in this story. There are some funny parts in this book. Chet Gecko is a young boy who gets in trouble but also a detective. His teacher makes a deal with this young boy to solve a problem? The problem is who trashed Mr. Ratnose’s classroom. Later on there is more vandalism in Baskerville. Chet finds his friend Natalie to help him solve this mystery. Soon after they have some hypotheses about a group of kid name the Dirty Rotten Stinkers. This group is a group of bullies in his school. Later on there comes a point that they have to choose to be good students or join the Dirty Rotten Stinker group. So they join to solve the vandalism in the school.

One thing I didn’t like about this book was when the Gecko and his friend Natalie had to join a group of bullies to solve a problem in their school. They could have solved it by being themselves not someone who they are not.

Some things I like about the book are that a young student gets in trouble and he is a detective in school. Also how he can make a deal with his teachers. Like the saying: “You scratch my back and I’ll scratch your back”.

Meowomorphosis

The Meowmorphosis: Book Trailer from Quirk Books on Vimeo.