A ‘Journey’ worth taking

“Journey to the Center of the Earth”

Jules Verne

This wonderful adventure is filled with eye-opening experiences.

A great professor finds a book by an author whose books were supposedly all burned. It takes the professor and his nephew days to decode the ancient writings. The writings state that there is a way to journey to the center of the earth.

The determined professor wants to go there in spite of his nephew’s pleadings not to go. When they are underneath the ground they encounter many dangers.

Will they be able to escape the Earth’s core or will they perish in this lonely world? Read the book to find out the astounding ending.

Reviewed by Amaris, 9

Los Feliz Elementary

Los Angeles

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“The Littles Take a Trip”

John Peterson

This book is about little people. They are as small as an inch. All the way to where they want to go, they have exciting adventures. But it is a long dangerous trip to get there. Do you think that the Littles will make it in time? Read this book and find out.

Reviewed by Athena, 7

Los Feliz Charter School For the Arts

Los Angeles

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“Matilda”

Roald Dahl

I liked this book because there were a lot of magic tricks Matilda did that were fascinating.

I want to be smart like Matilda. She can multiply numbers in her head. Matilda lives with mean parents. Her principal at school is mean, too, so when she goes to school she does certain magic tricks to get rid of her principal, Miss Trunchball. She has a really nice teacher, Miss Honey.

I thought the book was going to be a scary story. Instead it was adventurous because it was full of excitement.

Whoever loves an entertaining, adventurous and laugh-out-loud book, this is for you. I can’t wait to read this book again.

Reviewed by Kelsey, 10

Third Street School

Los Angeles

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“Travels of Thelonious”

Susan Schade

If you like adventure stories about talking animals that take place in the future, then you would love this book. Thelonious is a talking chipmunk who, unlike his friends and family, believes the stories he has read about humans who once lived on Earth. After a big flood washes him to a distant land -- the City of Ruins -- he finds proof that humans were real.

In a quest to return home, he makes friends with a porcupine, a bear and a lizard. Their adventure takes them across the land where they are almost . . .

Well, I don’t want to ruin it for you.

Reviewed by Austin, 9

Ivanhoe Elementary

Los Angeles