Sam, Joe and Fred use The Book to travel to the 1500s, looking for Leonardo da Vinci. They are excited to meet the man who invented The Book, which has taken them to so many different historical places. Unfortunately, Leonardo didn't invent The Book, and has no idea how to help them return to Brooklyn. Can they create a weapon for the Italian Army? Or will they remain prisoners, cleaning toilets in 16th century Italy? This is book 14 in the series.

Reviewed by: donna

Date read: 9/20/2010

ISBN-10: 0670059269

ISBN-13: 9780670059263

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Hannah is almost thirteen, and she would much rather hang out with her best friend Rosemary at the mall than go to her family's Seder dinner to celebrate Passover. Passover is about remembering, and Hannah is tired of remembering especially when she wasn't even there. But this year it's Hannah's turn to open the door for the prophet Elijah. Instead of the expected empty hallway, Hannah walks through the doorway and finds herself in Poland... in 1942! Everyone here calls her by her Hebrew name, Chaya. Soon the Nazis come and take Hannah away with the rest of the village. Only Hannah knows what awaits them in the concentration camps. In the camps, Hannah discovers the importance of remembering, of friendship... and of sacrifice.

Reviewed by: mkl

Date read: 7/8/2009

ISBN-10: 0140345353

ISBN-13: 9780140345353

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Nathan's not thrilled to be sharing a bedroom with his little brother, Ryan, who litters the floor with dinosaur books and replicas. Ryan even has a terrarium that he's equipped with plants like those from the time of dinosaurs, a perfect dinosaur habitat. When Nathan throws a fossil of a dinosaur egg at Ryan, it lands in the terrarium, and the two are suddenly transported to a time when dinosaurs roamed the planet. Will they survive their encounters with the dinosaurs? How will they ever make it home?

Reviewed by: emc

Date read: 4/23/2010

ISBN-10: 0688153240

ISBN-13: 9780688153243

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Eight-year-old Jack, and his younger sister, Annie, find a magic tree house, which whisks them back to an ancient time. There they find dinosaurs, and volcanoes, and adventure. This is book 1 of The Magic Tree House series. Join Jack and Annie for all their adventures!

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 4/29/2009

ISBN-10: 0679824111

ISBN-13: 9780679824114

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Commenter: Alan, grade 4

Ashley moved into a new house with her mother and then her neighbor said the garden was haunted. And it was!

Reviewed by: St. Charles Reader

Date read: 11/12/2009

ISBN-10: 0899198481

ISBN-13: 9780899198484

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