Blueberries and a volcano

“Blueberries for Sal”

Robert McCloskey

Little Sal and her mother go blueberry picking in Blueberry Hill. Sal picks three blueberries and eats two.

Sal wanders off to find more blueberries. As she leans forward to grab another handful of blueberries from her mother’s large tin pail, she discovers it is not her mother holding the pail of blueberries.

Where is Sal’s mother? Who is holding the pail of blueberries? Will Sal find her mother?

Read this story to find out more.

Reviewed by Frankie, 8

St. Finbar School, Burbank

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“Vacation Under the Volcano: Magic Tree House #13”

Mary Pope Osborne

Jack and Annie are on a mission: To save a lost story called “Vir Fortissimus in Mundo.” The wind carries them to Pompeii. When they get there, a lady tells them to go back where they came from, but they don’t.

They go to the library to get the book. But the lady says, “The volcano is going to erupt at noon.” It is true! Everything starts to rumble and the volcano erupts!

I think this book is interesting and amazing. What will happen with Jack and Annie? Read this book and find out.

Reviewed by David, 4th Grade

Miller Elementary, Burbank

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“The Girls’ Revenge”

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

The three Malloy sisters, Caroline, Beth and Eddie, are staying in the Bensons’ house for a year. The Hartford brothers, Wally, Jake and Josh (not counting their baby brother Peter), are determined to make the Malloy girls miserable in payment for living in the house their best friends had left.

Caroline makes a plan to give Wally the worst gift ever. Then an opportunity to embarrass Wally comes up. It’s then that things go horribly wrong. Read this funny book to see what happens.

Reviewed by Talia, 9

Ivanhoe Elementary, Los Angeles