The Mystery at the Dog Show.

In this book, the boxcar kids are having company who are entering the dog show.Their names are the Teagues, and the daughter, named Carya, will show the dog. They have a dog named Sunny. She is a Golden Retriever and has won many times.

When the first day of the dog show starts things go from good to bad. A poodle named curly is shaved so her hair is in stripes! Then a man is trying to steal a dog! Lastly a CAT is let loose in a ring! The kids are worried that something is going to happen to Sunny!

Who is in on this? Will Sunny be safe?

Read "The Mystery at the Dog Show" By Gertrude Chandler Warner

I give this book 4 bananas!

Paws off Cheddar Face!

In this book Geronimo is going to work on a normal day.Then an old mouse sees him and stares! She did not want an autograph, instead she yelled at him about stepping on her paw at the bus stop last week! To Geronimo's surprise he had not gone to the bus stop last week and then she started hitting him!

Later he saw one of his friends and he said that last night at a restaurant he had teased him! Geronimo had no clue what he was talking about! He was highly confused! He finally got to his office thinking he was safe. He was sooooo wrong!

He got a call that said he had ordered a lot of fancy chocolates! He was sure he did not! But he was forced by the mouse on the phone he had to pay him! He got a HUGE bill! He got a lot of other calls that day. He was so confused!

Then he found out on a sign that a mouse that looks just like him, who works for a toilet company, must be the one doing all the things under Geronimo's name! He is very surprised!

Who is in on this? What do they want? And most of all, can Geronimo stop this?

Read Geronimo Stilton "Paws off Cheddar Face!" By Geronimo Stilton!
I give this book 8 bananas!

Road to Paris

The main character's name is Paris and she is a foster child. She goes to foster home to foster home. Her real mom is named Viola and she started to drink when her husband left the house.
Paris and her brother got left home alone so the mom could go to the local bar!

When the grandma found out she called to have the kids taken to a foster home! The first one they went to was the Boons. The mom hit Paris and blamed them on what her daughter did!

One day they ran away from the Boons house so they could live with the Grandma. The next day the brother got taken away to a foster school! All because he stole money from Mrs.Boone! The next one who left was Paris! She was leaving far away from where she lives. She was very worried.....

How nice will the family be? Will she get to see her brother again?

Read Road to Paris by Nikki Grimes.

I give this book 8 bananas.

Mrs.Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

In this story, Mrs.Frisby wants to start to move to the summer house as soon as possible. They live in the ground on a farm. The farmer plows through where they live so the family has to move to the summer house before the ground defrosts!

This year they have a problem! Timothy lies very sick and cannot get up till he is well. Mrs.Frisby is very worried about this because they might be killed by the time Timothy gets well! She does not dare to tell the kids about this problem because she dreads that they would get very worried!

She finds out by a friendly crow that she should go to the owl for some advice. So she went, but she was very worried because owls don't do well with mice. When she got inside the owls home he told her that she should go to the rats to ask them to move her house behind a bolder! Mrs.Frisby thought about that and went. She told the rats what her problem was and what the owl said and they agreed.

But she had a very important question. She had heard of the plan, she over heard it by some rats while she was coming. She really wants to know.....

What is the plan? Will Timothy get well? Will their house get moved?

Read Mrs.Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien to find out!

I give this book 10 bananas!