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Ari-5/24/10- I have a lot of books I can recommend for the summer, but here are what I think are the best. The first book is Million Dollar Throw by Mike Lupica. It's a really good book if you like sports and even if you don't like sport, you'll probably still like it because it's very sad. The second series is the Shadow children series by Haddix. I recommend it because it always makes you want to keep reading. The last series( even though mostly everyone has read it) is the Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan. It has a lot of action and a little bit of comedy and Rick Riordan is a really good author. Bye Sherwood!!!!!!!!! Stat- Blue Wolf is signing off.

Ari-5/11/10-This week I'm reading the Percy Jackson and The Olympians series and the Author is Rick Riordan. Here is some information about him: Rick Riordan became an author by becoming a teacher after college then he and his wife moved to San Francisco and he started missing texas(his home state). Then he decide out of nowhere that he would write a novel about San Antonio, his hometown. Then he wrote his first book called Big Red Taquilla. He thought of writing the percy Jackson series because his son Haley was studying greek myths and she asked him if he could tell he the greek myths and then he ran out of greek myths to tell and Haley asked him if he could make something up with the same characters. When he was teaching sixth grade he let his students do this project where you would create your own demigod hero, and it had to be the son or daughter of any god they wanted. So he thought of Percy Jackson and he thought of him recovering Zeus's master bolt in modern day america. Haley said he should write it as a book.

Joey 5/9/10 I'm with Jack I haven't read it either I started it and didn't like it. By the way whats blue wolf. STAT- Red Tiger

Andy 5-9-10 Ari continue reading the series the first book is I think the best or second but don't stop finish the series

Jeremy 5/910 I haven't read that serious, but it sounds o.k. Would you say it was the best book you ever read?

5-9-10 Jack Z. Ari, That book sounds pretty good. I haven't got to read the series yet but I am looking forward to.

5-9-10 Jared I love that series but haven't got a chance to read the second book yet. Hopefully I will be able to over the summer or next year.

5-9-10 Josh Ari, that sounds like a book I would love do you think I would like it.

5/8/10-Ari- Alert! Alert! The new best seller Is just amazing! Lightning Thief in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. It is awesome. Has A LOT of action and a little bit of comedy.It's abut Percy, and his two best friends Grover and Annabeth. Percy is Poseidon's son and someone stole Zeus's master bolt and it wasn't Poseidon,but thinks it is. If Percy doen't get Zeus's master bolt back to him by the Summer Solstice (In June) There will be a huge war. Stat-Blue Wolf

4/28/10-Ari- Right now I'm reading Lighting Thief by Rick Riordan. Right now in the book, Percy, Gorver, and Annabeth are on their quest and they just defeated the three kindly ones on a bus and they are really hungry. They find a store that's called "Aunty Em's Garden Gnomes" and Aunty Em who is working there gives them food for free. The store sells garden gnomes that are life size. Aunty Em says she wants to take a picture of them and she turns out to be Madussa. The three of them are fighting her and then Percy defeats her with his sword. That's about it! Stat-Blue Wolf

Ari-Ben, you just earned yourself two house points!

April 25-Ben-Is it Rick Riordan? 4/25-Ari-I'm reading a book and the main character's name is Percy Jackson. This book is in a series and it is the first book in the series. Percy met two best friends at camp half-blood named Annabeth and Grover. A person named Chiron at the camp tells Percy to go on a quest and Annabeth and Grover go along.The quest is to get Zeus's master bolt back because someone stole it. That should help you figure out what author wrote my book. Who wrote the book I'm reading? Stat- Blue Wolf

Ari-I guess you can call it a nickname for the wiki."Stat" means status

4/19/10 Matthew- Hey Ari! I was just wondering what do you mean the Stat- Ble wolf? Is that like a nick name for you on the wiki?

4/16/10- I'm reading Lightning Thief and this week I decided to do compare and contrast two characters. So I chose Percy Jackson and Harry Potter. Harry is a wizard and Percy is a god. Percy is the son of peseidon(one of the most powerful gods in the world) and Harry blocked voldemort from killing him. They both had a parent or both parents died from them. They both had fake parents that didn't really care about them. ( at least at the point where I am in my book) they both have two best friends(Harry has Hermione and Ron and Percy as Grover and Annabeth). Stat-Ble Wolf

Jake. YOU ARE CORRECT! You win one milli- 2 house points Stat- Blue Wolf

Jake- By any chance, are you currently reading the book Tiger By Jeff Stone? P.S. The lie is number 3. Stat-Falc

4/7/10- For this week's choose your own entry, I decided to do two truths and a lie. But I decided to go extreme and make it three truths and a lie. Here are my clues.1. This book is in a series 2. Every book in this series is called a different animal. 3. The main character's name is mongoin. 4. It is the first book in the series. Stat-Blue Wolf

Ben............. YOU ARE CORRECT! 3/24/10- Jacob Return of the homework machine by Dan Gutman (I really want to read it) Ben-Is it Return of the Homework Machine? Is the Author Dan Gutman? 3/23/10- Ari- Welcome to Ari's third version of guess that book!!! But this it's going to be unscramble version! Whoever can guess the book first gets two house points. Here are my clues( the author and title are scrambled). 1. The title's name is nteurr fo het owmhrkeo icnmahne 2. The author's name is And Atunmg 3. Two of the four main character's names are Snikwad and Brenton. What book am I reading? It's up to you guys to guess it!! Stat-Blue Wolf

Ben that must be 1 no 2 house points for your house team p.s. it better be purple

3/21-Ben-Ari,Is the book the Lightning Thief? The lie is 2.. 3/21/10-Ari- Welcome to Ari Herzog's version of Two Truths and a Lie/Guess That Book. Here are my clues. (One of them is a lie) 1. It's the first book in the series! 2. The main character's name is Steven Jackson! 3. At the beginning of the book, the main character's pre-algebra teacher named Mrs. Dodds tries to attack him and then he tells everyone and they all say that there was never a teacher named Mrs. Dodds. What book am I reading? Stat-Blue Wolf

You are correct Ben! That is two house points for whatever house team you are on.

3/11-Ben- Are you reading Among The Free? Ari-3/10/10- 1. It's the last book in the shadow children series. 2. The main character is Luke Garner. 3. The author is Margaret Peterson Haddix. 4. The population gets taken down in this book. 5. The setting is mostly at the population police headquarters.

Ari- 3/7/10- I just finished reading Riding Freedom. It was an amazing book. It's about a girl named Charlotte and she lives in an orphanage, but she hates it so she wants to escape from it. At that time, boys had more freedom than girls, so she decides to disguise as a boy an escape. She cuts her hair so she can look like a boy and she escapes. THen she goes on a horse ride to Massachusetts and she meets a guy named Ebeneezer and she gets to drive the horse ride and she gets to be one of the best drivers in her area. I don't want to tell anymore because if anyone else reads it, I don't want to give the ending part away. I really recommend this book to everyone! Ari is out!

Entry1-2/23/10-Ari- Hello Jake! I love the book " Riding Freedom " so far. If I were Charlotte I'd probably leave too. Would you leave too? She's having the worst day of her life. Her best friend is leaving, her favorite horse just died, and now she can't work with the horses. Isn't her plan very clever? I know if I were her, I would have never thought of becoming a boy.It was really nice of Vern to help and give her food,money, and little bit of clothes. I know that the only reason William is mean to her and talked to Mr. Millshark is because she is jealous that Charlotte is winning all the races. That's about it. I'm really excited to find if her plan works and some family lets her sleep in their house for a night. Ari is out!!!!!!!

2/21/10-Ari- Hey everyone! I am reading The London Eye Mystery. It is really good and I want to keep reading because I want to find out what happens to Salim. For people that haven't read this book Salim went up the London Eye one day by himself and then no one has seen him since then. I love how in the book the keep finding clues and they keep on getting closer to finding him. The book is from Salim's cousin named Ted's point of view. Ted comes up with nine theories of why Salim went missing, so he and his sister named Kat test those theories and see if they work. They have done everything they can to try and find Salim, but they still can't find him, they even went on the London Eye themselves. That's what I read up to and if you want to find out what happens next, you have to read the book. Ari is out!!!!!!!

Entry 5-2/12/10- Hi Jake! I thought that they were being really stupid by taking the ticket from that stranger. I know I would have definitely not taken it. . I think Aunt Gloria probably can't even talk, she's probably that worried about finding him. I thought it was really smart that they watched the other pods after looking at the one that they thought was Salim's. I also thought it was smart that they alerted someone right after they knew Salim was lost. What would you have done in that situation? I've noticed that there are a lot of similes in this book and I think that they are all cool similes. That's all for now. I'm really excited to find out what happens when they try to find Salim! Ari out!!

Entry 4-2/9/10- Hey Jake! I love the book so far! I love how the author is explaining all the characters and everything in these first few chapters. Do you know what a oesophagus is? I'm excited to hear what happened to Salim. I have know idea what happened to him, anything could have happened to him. Why do you think they call their Aunt Gloria, "Hurricane Gloria"? I'm excited to find out why. For anyone that is not in my group I recommend this book to anyone! Ari out!!!!!!!

Entry 3-2/5/10-Ari- Hey Jake! The book is getting awesome! Who do you think the man is that Hugh saw? It's probably one of the Germans. I hope Sally doesn't have Polio. Do you think she has Polio? I feel really bad for her. Tom is suddenly really into the spook house and Germans and he's becoming Hugh's best friend. I think that Hugh and Tom will run out of the house or stay in the house and hide and listen to the German's conversation. I'm really excited to read what happens next! Ari out!!!!

Entry 2- 2/2/2010- Hey Jake! I loved the part where he went on the boat with Abraham and Abraham told him the story of his friend and the vegetables. Do you think a German did that. I also loved the part where they found the raft, but if i were them i would have kept it and not just left it there. What would you have done. I'm excited to read more and see if he finds more evidence and see if he can spot the periscope again. Do you think he is going to spot the periscope again? That's all, and for anyone who reads this and is not Jake, I really suggest this book to everyone.

Entry 1- 1/30/10- Hi Jake! I really like The Coast Watcher, do you like it? In chapter 1, do you think he really saw a periscope? I think he did. I liked the part where he sees the "POW", if I saw a couple of them I would be really scared, Would you be scared? What do you think is going to happen when they into the spooky house? I think they're going to get scared and run out of it. For everyone besides Jake, I recommend everyone to read it! It's a really good book!

1/20/10- I'm still reading Among the Enemy by Margaret Peterson Haddix. It's about a boy named Mathias who's at school and then the population police comes and takes him and his two friends and all the other students at the school. While Mathias is in the car he easily escapes because they lock him to his seat but he doesn't want to escape without his two friends. So he finds a nail and and puts it in the tire and it made a loud Pop! Mathias thought he only popped the tire, but the tire explode and the car went out of control and hit a tree. The tree fell on the car like a plane crashing into a mountain. If you want to find out what happens to Mathias and his friends you have to read the book.

1/13/10- I'm reading Among the Enemy. The people I'm picking to compare with are my older brother and my younger sister. I'm comparing my older brother with Mathias because Mathias is the oldest out of his friends so he has to take charge just like my brother is the oldest out of my siblings and he takes charge. I'm comparing my younger sister to Alia because Alia is the youngest out of her friends and she goes along with their plan just like my sister is the youngest out of my siblings and she goes along with our plan.

1/5/10- 1. The main character's name is Nate. 2. Nate's best friend's name is Abby. 3.Abby's turning blind. 4. Nate loves football and he's a really good quaterback. 5. Nate wins a contest to throw a football at a target at the Patriot's game on Thanksgiving.

Leah 12/27/09- That sounds really interesting! Keep writing.

12/10/09 jacob This book sound pretty good! I think i might read it. Your doing a great job Ari keep it up!

12/9/09- I'm reading Among the Brave by Margaret Peterson Haddix. It's about a boy named Trey who just saved his friend, Luke's life because he pushed him out of the way of a falling chandelier. But at the same time Luke's fake parents died because of the chandelier. So Trey and Luke go to Mr. Talbot's house for help. ( Mr. Talbot is a person who is trying to help them) So Trey rings the doorbell and no one answers, so he rings again and Mr. talbot answers but the way he's talking Trey thinks he doesn't remember him. Then he sees Mr. Talbot getting taken away in hancuffs by the population police. Then he sees Luke getting taken away by the population police. Then Trey goes inside and sees Mr. Talbot's wife and then she thinks he's here to help her but she just leaves. Then Trey hides in a cubbard for a few days and then he walks over to Luke's house and sees Luke's brother, Mark. Mark tells him that the population police shut down all electricity and all phones so they can't make contact with people all over. Trey is an illegal third born and the population police are trying to catch and kill illegal third born kids. mark also tells him that the population is trying even harder to catch illegal third born kids. Mark asks him if he would come to the population police headquarters and try to save and rescue Luke, and Trey says yes. WIll they make it to the headquarters alive without the population police catching them? Will they rescue Luke and go home safely? If you want to find out what happens next you just have to read the book.

12/2/09- I just finished reading __Diary of a wimpy Kid: Dog days by Jeff Kinney .__ It is about a kid named Greg Who is in summer vacation and all he wants to do is stay inside and play video games, but his mom wants him to do other thing so she starts a book club with a few kids Greg's age. After the first day of the book club there's only two people left, then after a few more days there's only one person left and that is Greg. It's also Greg's birthday that summer and he was hoping for a really good present. But all he got was a butterfly cellphone and his cake was half eaten. Those are two of the "fun and exciting" things Greg's mom has planned for him this summer. If you want to find out the rest you have to read the book.

Emily- This sounds like a good book!! It's sad that Lee Grant dies in a skiing accident. I wonder what it would be like to hav a body guard!! I wonder why oscar had a sledge hammer!! Keep up the good Work!!!

Ari this book looks really good, i like how you said "if you want to find out what happeneds next you'll have to read the book". Your doing a great job keep, up the great work, Jacob.

Jake-Ari, your writing is fantastic! It sounds like a great book and now I would like to read it. It is sad that the real Lee Grant died in a skiing accident. Keep up the incredible work!

11/18/09- Ari- I am reading Among the Barons by Margaret Peterson Haddix. I really like it because it is a book where it makes you want to read on and not stop. It is about a boy named Luke Garner who is using a fake I.D. and his fake name is Lee Grant ( he's using Lee Grant's name because the real Lee Grant died in a skiing accident). Luke goes to a school named Hendricks. So one the headmaster comes up to Luke and says that the real Lee's brother named Smits is coming to Hendricks. The headmaster also tells him that Smits knows that he's not really Luke. Lee Grant's dad is one of the most powerful men in the country so they're really rich. So Luke sees Smits get out of his limo and he also sees someone walking out behind him. Later that day he finds out it's Smits's bodyguard named Oscar. But there's one bad thing about Oscar, Luke thinks Oscar doesn't know that he's not really Lee. Every time Smits goes to classes Oscar comes also and brings a sledgehammer with him. One day there's a fire in the school so Luke has to carry most of the students out. Then he doesn't know Smits is and he thinks Smits is still in the building. So Luke runs to the headmaster's hut and he finds out Smits is the one that set the fire off. So the headmaster calls Smits and Lee's mom and she says that she wants Smits and Lee(really Luke) to come home. So Luke doesn't know why she's making him go home. Luke's also sure that they probably have a lot of servants and he's also sure that the servants don't know that he's not really luke. Luke's fretting that the servants will find out that he's not really Lee. If you want to find out what happens next you'll just have to read the book. I reccomend this book to anybody that likes books that make you want to keep reading and anybody who likes mysteries.

Sam-I going to start reading the series thanks for letting me know how good it is!