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Everyone knows “Diary of a Wimpy Kid”. It’s an international bestseller, right? Well, have you ever heard of “Big Nate”? If the answer is “yes”, then good for you! If the answer is “no, then read this book review... To tell the truth, one of my favorite books is “Diary of a Wimpy Kid”! I have all the diaries... But I was wondering one day: are there any other books just like “Diary of a Wimpy Kid”? I soon found out... Yes, “Big Nate” was my next book to be put on My Top 10 Favorite Books! I know that everyone read “Diary of a Wimpy Kid”. Everyone knows what’s happening in Greg’s life. Well, to tell the truth, Nate’s life is almost similar with Greg’s. Meet Nate Wright, the boy with the biggest head in the world! Nate doesn’t know a lot of things (like which are the seven wonders of the ancient world or something else like that – “When I get out there in the real world, is anybody going to care whether or not I know who was vice president under Warren G. Harding? (And don’t try...

Cred ca anul acesta am avut cea mai frumoasa vacanta de vara de pana acum! Ce a facut-o atat de frumoasa? Calatoria mea lunga... In aceasta vacanta, eu am mers in foarte multe tari straine: Ungaria, Austria, Germania, Spania, Franta si Elvetia. Am stat o luna la Freiburg, inconjurata de Muntii Padurea Neagra. Dar probabil deja ati citit Jurnalul meu de calatorie! :) Peste tot mi-a placut, fiecare loc vizitat a avut ceva interesant si special de descoperit! :) Cel mai frumos a fost la Barcelona! Din aceasta lunga, dar minunata calatorie, m-am intors cu multe amintiri frumoase, poze amuzante si multe suveniruri din fiecare loc pe unde am trecut... :) In ultima luna de vacanta, m-am intalnit cu prietenii mei. Le-am povestit cu mare placere aventurile mele din vacanta! De asemenea, m-am bucurat foarte mult cand Tanti Coca si Unchiul Nicu, unchii mei din Canada, au venit la Iasi! Imi pare rau ca nu am putut petrece mai mult timp cu ei... Acum deja ...

“Being undead sucks... Especially if you’re a kid!” That’s what Ed Bagley says... I want to ask you a (silly) question: would you like to be dead or not? Anyway, one thing is for sure: Ed Bagley hates being dead! At least, that’s what he thought at the first time... Everything started on Ed’s 13th birthday... Imagine this sight: it’s raining outside and a boy (that’s Ed) has his foot stuck in a broken grate... in the middle of the road!!! When I read this paragraph, “If anything, the storm actually helped to kill me: it blocked out the flash of the headlights and the noise from the oncoming truck. Looking back, I guess I did everything I could have done: I shouted out and waved my arms and stuff... but the truck wasn’t stopping.”, I panicked. What was it going to happen? But I think I already knew the answer, but I couldn’t just tell it... When I read this paragraph, “I felt dead. I had been... decapitated. I know: I saw it happen. I saw my own head rolling up the road: I think...

Meet Rebecca Rafferty! She is fourteen. She has two friends named Alice and Cass. (“So, here I am, Rebecca Rafferty, now the wonderful age of fourteen and back in horrible St. Dominic’s again, writing in my diary in the middle of Geography.”) This is the beginning to another story... Rebecca has an older sister named Rachel, a dad and a mom... who writes books! You might think: “Wow, Rebecca has a mom who writes books? That’s cool! She must be proud to have such a cool mom!” Well, you are wrong! Rebecca is not pleased with mom’s books... Not at all! Especially with mom’s latest book... She wrote the book inspired by Rebecca and Rachel’s antics. Everyone had heard about Rebecca’s mom’s new book. They had read it. They think that the strange character from the story is Rebecca! Rebecca is H-O-R-R-I-F-I-E-D! Rachel is horrified, too! But the worse situation is at Rebecca! Rebecca’s enemy, Karen, is annoying her! And Vanessa Finn, Rebecca’s biggest pain from her class, wants to use ...

“Otto’s world is about to change for ever...” This beginning sounded interesting... That’s how I got to read this book... Otto Spinoza is an ordinary boy who lives with his mother. Mrs. Spinoza has a bookshop. She lives there with his son. One day, Mrs. Spinoza is missing. Otto doesn’t know what to do... He looks for some clues in the bookshop. Suddenly, he finds a card on the notice board. It says: “The Magical Detective Agency”. When I read that Otto decided to visit The Magical Detective, I knew that the adventure was about to start... Otto meets a strange man who happens to be a “magical” detective with “magical” powers. Otto tells him about his mom’s disappearance. The magical detective (named Maximillian Hawksmoor) offers to help. But the question is: can Otto trust him? This man seems to be strange... To give an example, read this paragraph: “Otto was about to shake hands with the magical detective when he stopped, noticing that the hand Maximillian had offered him had si...

Mickey Thompson and Purvis are two mice. They are friends with a man called Howard and with an elephant called Ortrud. As you can see, we just met a strange group of friends... Don’t you agree with me? Who could have guessed that two mice can be friends with a man and, especially, an elephant? Not me, that’s for sure! Howard’s evil boss, Mr. Bullerton, prepares a Big Show at work to celebrate Christmas. He wants Howard to sing! Imagine that! Howard is scared and he doesn’t know what to do... He can’t go in front of so many people and sing! His singing is worse than awful, that’s for sure! Guess what happens next... Yes, my dear readers, it looks like Mickey Thompson and Purvis must be in action! Before continuing, let’s present those two cheeky mice... Mickey Thompson has brown fur and he is, well, fat. He loves eating... anything! Purvis has white fur and he is, well, thin! Let’s just say that he is intelligent and knows what to do, much better than Mickey Thompson... Believe ...

If you believe in fairies, then this book is perfect for you! The fun with the fairies starts with the title. That is so unusual... Everyone knows that godmothers appear in stories, not godsisters... It looks like Philippa Fisher is going to meet a young fairy... Who is Philippa Fisher? She is the main character of the story. Her parents are party entertainers. They are very wacky. Philippa loves their tricks and games very much, but sometimes she wishes she could change them a bit... Okay, maybe a lot! They embarrass her (without wanting) in public... Philippa Fisher has a friend called Charlotte. Sadly, she has to move to a farm. Philippa is very sad! Charlotte is her BEST friend! She doesn’t have other true friends like Charlotte... Life from now on might be boring after all... Or not? On their last day of meeting, Philippa and Charlotte went in their tree house to make some daisy chains... Right then, something magical happened... (“As I stared, a breeze blew across the cle...

“Moon Man” is an interesting book! It’s about a boy’s dream... A dream that may come true, only with the help of the Noitanigami ... (A little note: If you are going to read the book, then you will see that the name of each chapter is spelled backwards: “ Na Lausunu Yob ”, “ A Ylpeed Gnipeels Dadnarg ”, “ Eno Gel Retrohs Naht Eht Rehto ”, “ Eno Tnaig Pets ” etc. Strange and cool, at the same time... Don’t you think?) Meet Walter Speazlebud, an unusual boy... Or, should I say, “ Retlaw Dubelzaeps, na lausunu yob ”? He has the power of Noitanigami . He and his grandfather are often wondering: did the moon landing really happen? They want to find out the answer as soon as possible... But how? You might think: what is Noitanigami ? It’s Imagination , spelled backwards. Walter can spell backwards very quickly! And not only that: he can move backwards animals, people or anything else! (“What’s “astronaut” backwards?” somebody asked. “ Tuanortsa .” said Walter. Annie Zuckers closed he...