Kids Books - Science Fiction

This book is so good! It's 1969, and Mamie and her classmates are all given assignments to write letters to astronauts. Only Mamie writes to Michael Collins, the astronaut who will never walk on the moon, because he must stay with the ship, and after this trip NASA will never use him again, because there are so many other astronauts who want to go to space. She tells him about her family--her mom, her dad, her older sister Eleanor, her other sister Bess, her best friend Buster, and her cat. One night, her mom and dad have a fight, and her mom leaves, and soon after her dad tries to go after her. Eleanor, who moved out some years ago, doesn't stay long, and Bess leaves to stay with her boyfriend, and even Campbell the cat runs away. She had tried to throw a "Moonwalk Party", something her mom had wanted to do but her dad had objected, and then Mom left. But with no one there except Buster, is her party a lost cause? Will her parents get a divorce? And will the astronauts get to and from the moon safely?

2 stars--I don't want my review to be long and rambling, so let me just get to the point--I did NOT like this book. I didn't finish it--I read about 1/3 of the story before I got bored OUT OF MY MIND and had to put it down. I've read some of Chris D'Lacey's other works before, including the first five books in the Last Dragon Chronicles, so I really tried to give Fire World a chance--but it wasn't very enjoyable for me. There was almost NO action in the first third of the book. None of the people actually do anything. It's just the main character, David, living in a huge library (called the Librarium) with his friend Rosa and the Librarium's curator, Mr. Henry (who, BTW, is as dull as drying cement and not at all a noteworthy character). David doesn't have much of a personality either, other than having a crush on Rosa. I really wish there was more action and character development--the story would've been interesting if there was. Then there's Aunt Gwyneth. I just HATED her personality and the way she acted, as if she's better than everyone else. In the previous books, she was a villain for some time, but a GOOD one. I enjoyed her snappy comments and wily personality. But in this book, she's just an annoying bully who uses power and brute force to get what she wants. The plot was kind of cliche, too. The characters are living in a different world, where the only inhabitants are humans with special powers and strange creatures called firebirds. As the story progresses, the main characters eventually discover the existence of dragons. Now, where have I seen that before? I'm not saying the story needs to be completely original, but this plotline of people discovering that mythical creatures are real seems overused. The only reason I'm giving the book 2 stars instead of 1 is because D'Lacey describes everything in great detail and the world building is okay. Also, the cover is absolutely AMAZING. Seriously, it looks like a professional artist designed it. So if there are more books in the series after this one, I probably won't be reading them, because Fire World didn't live up to my expectations. This is my honest opinion.

This book shows great drama to the main character and the others. The best thing that was about this book was the funny Balloon goons. It made me laugh.

the book is so funny! i am wondering why the pigs jump of the high cliff, did they do this on purpose? if they did, they might want to die, and if they didn't, they might think it is fun or not dangerous to do that. i LOVE this book.

i have read and watched all of the avatar books and episodes for The Last Airbender, and I have watched Legend of Korra and read some of it's books.

One lesson that Ava learns that will help her life is that knowing the future and answers would never help her life which means, knowing everything can hurt somebody's emotion or feelings. For example, Ava asks some negative questions that is relating with her family to the pencil and the pencil replies her questions, the answers made Ava frustrated and thwart, and she realizes that the pencil is causing a lot of problem. So, this means to Ava is that knowing unrevealed things and answers would not make a victorious life for her, which this made Ava pessimistic at first. And also, she realizes her life is so much better with out her extraordinary blue pencil. Consequently, knowing everything and problems would never make a triumphant life for a person. I'd rate this book an "8 out of 10." I would recommend this book because Ava is truthful and honest how she expresses her true emotions, and since the setting of this story is mostly school themed, it relates with students' life. One question that I'd ask to Ava is "How does a pencil affect and change your afterward life?"

This was a really nice story. I liked reading this one before bed since it calmed me down a lot and made me forget about my worries. During the day though, I wasn't super excited to continue on with the story, and I got into a bit of a reading slump, so this wasn't a super memorable book for me. It's about a rabbit named Kenny who meets a Dragon named Grahame near his home. They actually become close friends, but the townsfolk start spreading rumors about the dragon and plan to kill him! In the end, Kenny teaches the village a great lesson about seeing beyond one's appearance.

This book is really funny Pacey and packer are hilarious if they added a new book to the series I belive I would be the happiest girl in the world either the first happiest person in the world or the second happiest girl in the world I do not know

Nick has always been a troublesome boy. Growing up an orphan in his uncle Jack care in a small new England town wasn't easy everyone was a little scary all The too watchful one day while Nick is walking in the woods a neighbor think she sees him miles from where he actually is soon a series of events reinforcing Nicks hotheadeds reputation untold the incidents become increasingly serious until finally Nick is the scapegoat for a mush more sinister crime on that he wouldn't even think of committing as he uncovers history of the town's influenza epidemic and as there is a strange occurrence in the graveyard he begins to suspect something out of the ordinary and get some answers no could have. Name Linlen his written a haunting story of a boy and his reflecton and what happens when two souls want to inabit the same liveg body love love love love love love love love love love it 1000000/10 :-D :-D :-D ;-) ;-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) O:-) O:-) O:-) O:-) sorry so long but grant book thanks for reading 📚

5 stars--If I could summarize this book with one word, it would be "WOW". In all caps. I just can't get over how amazing this was. I laughed, cried, raged, had deep thoughts, throughout the story--my emotions were all over the place. In a GOOD way. I haven't read such great books in a long time, and diving into the lush world of The Guardian Herd felt like opening a Christmas present. The characters, the world building, the plot--all of it was beyond amazing. I will admit, some of it wasn't exactly the most original (the characters' names, for instance), but that didn't make the book any less awesome. I loved Star, the main character. He's a young pegasus who can't fly, who's bullied and taunted by the other pegasi in his herd. He's also the dreaded black foal--on his first birthday, he will become more powerful than any of them can imagine, and that power will be either good or bad. Star's herd-mates are scared that he'll turn out like Nightwing the Destroyer--a black foal who lived long ago, and who tried to destroy all the herds with his power. So Star's herd wants to execute him on his first birthday. Alvarez makes you feel like you're in the story, experiencing what the characters experience. I felt my heart pounding when Star was in danger, and bursting with happiness whenever something good happened to him. It was so fun to follow him on his journey--he has a caring and kind, yet complex personality that I loved. I could sympathize with almost all the characters, and put myself in their shoes (or I guess I should say hooves). I felt like there was more to every character, even the power-hungry, generic villain types like Rockwing. Another thing was that I haven't really seen many books at the library with pegasi in them--unicorns, sure. But pegasi? Not really. So this was a unique, intriguing read for me. Also, since I'd read the Riders of the Realm series by Alvarez beforehand (It's like a second arc to the Guardian Herd series, except it follows a different pegasus), I found it nice to meet a few familiar characters. So, I did love this book, and it has become one of my all-time favorites. The Guardian Herd is a series I hadn't heard of before it caught my eye at the library. And I feel like I have to put this last part in all caps: I NEED THE NEXT BOOK.