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Ben-If you like books that make you read for 3 hours a night then you should read The Alex Rider Series. All of the books have many cliffhangers and action that you can't imagine. Stormbreaker is the 1st book in the series and is also a battlebook for 6th grade. I don't want to give anything away in the series because I know a few people are reading it. Alex is very resilient in many of his adventures and works for MI6.(Military Intelligence) He goes places where you would never go.-Stat-Yellow Koala

I am reading Football Hero by Tim Green. Tim Green was a former NFL defensive end on the Atlanta Falcons.I don't know why he wrote the book but maybe he did it to show a football players life? I think Tim Green came to be a writer so he could describe what it is like to be an NFL player. Stat-Blue Panther

Ben-Status! 5-10-10 Eric: Why did you put a dot after stat's letters... you do know what stat means, right? In short it means what you arre at that certain time.... and most importantly, what does stat stand for?

NEWS FLASH! Family with superpowers! Superpowers include electricity, the ability to control hurricanes and much more! Teenagers from the family go with friends onto a bible bus in order to try to get to a hospital. The bus driver notices them 3 hours into the journey away from the hospital. Will the kids make it back? -Savvy by Ingrid Law  Why did you highlight this? S.T.A.T- S.T.A.T

 Julia- Hey Ben can you mabye put a little more details into your clues??? Ben-Sure! Welcome To Name That Author With Your Host Ben Kramer! 1. Calder 2. Petra 3. Alexander Calder 4. One of the books in the series has Vermeer in the title S.T.A.T Alpha Alligator

Welcome To Name That Author With Your Host Ben Kramer! 1. One of her books includes a family with superpowers 2. Mibs 3. Rocket S.T.A.T Shadowed Nighthawk

Welcome To Name That Book With Your Host Ben Kramer! These Are The Clues: 1. Green Fields Laboratory had a break in 2. Final book in series 3. Main character is tortured and kidnapped If you want a hint then un-highlight the 1st highlighted box! Haha got you! The 3rd one means nothing(Ignore It)! If you disobeyed number 2 then you get a hint! Hint: See you in a while "Crocodile"(Quoted Word=Important). Stat. T.a.n.g.e.r.i.n.e. T.a.n.g.o.i.n.g. T.i.g.e.r.  Ben-Correct! That is 2 housepoints for you Stat. S.HA.D.E! 3/29/10 Eric: V.A.M.P. is asleep, so, shade here, Is the book snakehead? Stat. S.H.A.D.E Hi, and welcome to Name That Book with scrambled author and title! Here are the clues! 1. The boy's godfather's name is ASH. 2. ASIS and MI6 are organizations included in the book. 3. The main character is a valuable tool (Not literally) to MI6. Scrambled Author: tonyhan hotorwiz. Scrambled Title: shakedean

3/15/10-Ben Hi, and welcome to 2 TRUTHS AND A LIE, NAME THAT BOOK! 1. It is about a boy who lives in a poor family and gets a bicycle for his twelfth birthday. 2. The boy starts his own business and meets a person who helps him invest money in stocks. 3. If he invested in stocks he invested his money in a coffin company.

3/11 Ben- I think we have a winner! Congratulations STAT V.A.M.P.(ERIC)! 2 house points are awarded to you! The book is Scorpia. 3/11/10 Eric: ben, is the book snakehead? Or Scorpia? Stat. V.A.M.P.

3/11/10 Ben- Eric, good try but you did not get it.(Hint:Eric is close) 3/11/10 Eric: Ben, is the book Eagl strike? Stat, V.A.M.P.

3/11/10-Ben-Good try Kenzie. You have the right series but the wrong book though. 3/11/10 Kenzie- Is the book Storm Breaker? I looked back at your past entrys and one said main characters dad dies, so that was what I guessed!

Ben-Good guess Emily, but that is incorrect! I added some new clues. 3-10-Emily, Just looking at your past entry's are you reading Janitors boy?

3/10/10 Eric: Hi Ben, I was wondering if the book was someting like CIA? Anyway, no offence, the chinese leters you wrote just mean "was". Sorry if that stunned you. Stat. V.A.M.P Ben-3/10-Yes, it does involve the CIA.

3/8-Hi, and welcome to NAME THAT BOOK! These are the clues: 1. The character is not sure whether to go to a suggested place to find his destiny. 2. The name of the book is the name of a criminal organization in the book. 3. The character found out the real job of his dad. 4.The character found out that his dad was an assassin and was killed by a secret agent. 5.Read my past entries for a hint of the series! Good luck guessing this book! 本是("Ben is out" in Chinese)

3/6-Ben-I'm reading The Janitor's Boy by Andrew Clements. So far, a 5th grader (Jack) is the son of the school janitor. Jack gets teased because he wants to be a janitor when he grows up too and he is called dum-dum. He got mad at his dad so he stuck a lot of gum under a desk. The principal found out he did it so as a punishment, Jack is a junior janitor after school for 3 weeks on gum patrol. Ben est dehors ("Ben is out" in French)!

3/5-Ben-I'm reading Eagle Strike in the Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz. Damian Cray's plan (Eagle Strike) is to eliminate all of the major drug spots in the world. How? By duplicating a device (same one that the U.S president has) that sets off up to 2,500 American nuclear missiles. I'm wondering what is going to happen next.

2/27-Ben-I'm reading Eagle Strike in the Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz. Alex finally gets a break. But not for long, he meets(again)an assassin. He then finds out that the famous and loved pop star Damian Cray, is trying to murder Alex's friend's dad. The problem is if he told someone that Damian Cray was evil they would just deny that. Tune in for more next week!

2/20-Ben-I'm reading The Skeleton Key in the Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz. Former Russian army general Alexei Sarov is gaining Russia's power back. His plan is to blow up a nuclear bomb in Russia and then let the wind spread the poisonous gas all over the world. (I think that this plan is ludicrous). Guess who tries to stop him? Well, if you guessed Alex Rider, then you are correct. Sarov is going to make the world a monarchy and he is the king and Alex is the Boy Queen. The only reason Sarov didn't kill Alex is because Alex was being loyal to his country, and because Sarov's son died in the army and he wanted Alex to be his son. Tune in for more next week!

2/14-Ben-I'm still reading Coastwatcher by Elise Weston. Do you think the spooky house will have anything important to do with the plot that happens later in the book? Why do you think Tom is upset and won't talk? What do you think the POW was looking at on/in the spooky house?

2/13-Ben-I'm reading Coastwatcher by Elise Weston. Sam, I think that you are right that someone should believe him. I also wonder if what Hugh saw was a mirage or an actual U.F.O, and if it is a U.F.O then what is it? What do you think, Jack?

2/2/10-Ben-I'm reading Night of the New Magicians in the Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne. (Questions and comments for Jack and Sam) Who do you think the people who gave up their bike to Annie and Jack were? Do you think it could have possibly been their wizard friends? I pretty much knew that the 4th magician was the guy who made the Eiffel tower because they mentioned it so much in the story, and when they did they added a lot of extra detail. I also think that Merlin did the right thing to lie to Jack and Annie, because it made them believe that it was true that an evil sorcerer tried to take the magicians' secrets for himself. If Merlin didn't make them believe that there really was an evil sorcerer, then they wouldn't have persevered.

1/29/10-Ben-I'm reading Night of the New Magicians in the Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne. (Question for Jack and Sam) Were you surprised when you found out that the magician of light was Thomas Edison, the magician of invisibility was Louis Pasteur and that the magician of sound is Alexander Graham Bell? Who do you think the magician of iron will be? I think it will be the guy who made the Eiffel tower.

1/22/10-Ben - I'm reading Point Blank in The Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz. Alex is a chip off the old block (his uncle (technically his dad) was a spy. Alex is assigned to attend to a private school for rich children in France and pretend he is Mr. Friend's (very wealthy business man) son to see if there's a coincidence about when two wealthy people's dads got killed on the same day, and their children go to the same school for rich people. That's as awkward as a dog eating cat food. I don't know what will happen next, but you can read the book to find out.

1/14/10-Ben-Comparisons-I'm reading Alex Rider, Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz. Alex is brave and persistent just like my Grandpa and Dad. Alex has a combat trainer(I have no clue what his name is but he goes by the name Sir) who teaches just like Mrs. Hansen.

1/7/10-Ben-Clues- 1. The main characters dad gets killed. 2. The main character almost gets killed at a junkyard by getting sliced by a car grinding machine. 3. __**His**__ dad/uncle was a spy. 4. The main characters name is Alex. The book is(Now Revealed) Alex Rider, Stormbreaker.

Leah 12/27/09- Ben, I've never read that series. But you described it GREAT!

12/13/09-Ben- I'm reading Artemis Fowl and The Lost Colony. For the few times in his life Artemis isn't creating mischief. Instead he is trying to save demons from being exposed to the world and dying. He already saved one from a hostage trade. N-1(a demon) was saved by releasing silver(what anchors him to the Earth) and disintegrating higher into the air and re-materializes at a pole of silver. Will the Hybras(the demon world) be saved?

12/10/09 Jacob- Ben you are doing a great job! Keep it up! This book also sounds pretty good.

Jonny- Ben that looks like a awesome book. Artemis Fowl looks like a genius, but hopefully he does not go to the bomb instead of avoiding it. I also liked how you explained all of the characters. I also wonder whats going to happen next.

December 2-Ben- I'm reading Artemis Fowl and The Opal Deception. This book is about a 14 year old criminal mastermind named Artemis Fowl. He is mind wiped and has no memories of the people of Haven. It has been triggered many times but he doesn't realize that until he avoids a deadly bomb and then sees Opal Koboi(a genius pixie criminal). I wonder what's going to happen myself?

November 19- Ben-I'm reading Artemis Fowl and The Eternity Code. This book is about a 13 year old criminal mastermind. He invented this cube computer that can hack into anything,see if anything is tracking you and much more. It is called the C Cube. In attempt to ask a rich business man(John Spiros) to negotiate the deal to sell the cube out in a restaurant. Artemis was effortlessly, without knowing, lured into a trap. Everyone in the restaurant was undercover and revealed guns. Spiros then took the C Cube and ditched the restaurant. It was 2 against who knows how many people there were? But that didn't matter. The odds were too low.

Read the book to find out what happens next!

Sam-12/9/09 Sounds like a great book even with the part about the crimmnal I'll try to get my hands on a copy.