Quinlan Library Book Blog » Humour Fiction http://aisjblogger.edublogs.org AISJ Middle School students speak out about books! Thu, 01 Feb 2007 14:27:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Matilda by Roald Dahl http://aisjblogger.edublogs.org/2007/01/25/matilda-by-roald-dahl/ http://aisjblogger.edublogs.org/2007/01/25/matilda-by-roald-dahl/#comments Thu, 25 Jan 2007 14:00:34 +0000 aisjblogger http://aisjblogger.edublogs.org/2007/01/25/matilda-by-roald-dahl/ matilda.jpgSummary: Five-year-old genius Matilda finds it esay to get around her horrible parents; however, she meets her match with Miss Trunchbull the headmistress at her school.

Review by Moon-Young: I read this book in a flash. I don’t talk to myself or laugh while I’m reading a book but I laughed aloud as I read this book. I envy Matilda’s(even though she’s a fiction character) intelligence.

]]> http://aisjblogger.edublogs.org/2007/01/25/matilda-by-roald-dahl/feed/ 0 Joey Pigza Loses Control by Jack Gantos http://aisjblogger.edublogs.org/2007/01/25/joey-pigza-loses-control-by-jack-gantos/ http://aisjblogger.edublogs.org/2007/01/25/joey-pigza-loses-control-by-jack-gantos/#comments Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:31:29 +0000 aisjblogger http://aisjblogger.edublogs.org/2007/01/25/joey-pigza-loses-control-by-jack-gantos/ joey-pigza.jpg Summary: Joey, who is still taking medication to keep him from getting too wired, goes to spend summer with the hard-drinking father he has never known and tries to help the baseball team he coaches win the championship.

Review: I liked this book but I didn’t find it as funny as the first in the series, Joey Pigza Swallows the Key.  7/10

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