McMelon Elementary

Julie of the Wolves

by Sabrina, Age 12 Do you like beautiful stories that truly capture your heart and make you want to explore the wilderness? Then this is the book for you! Julie, the main character of Jean Craighead George’s novel, Julie of the Wolves, lives on the Alaskan tundra, which inspires her…

McMelon Elementary

The Sorcerer’s Stone

by Brody Sullivan Harry Potter is a series of seven books written by J.K Rowling, and its popularity peaked in the early twenty-first century. The first book of Harry Potter starts off with a boy who lives with his rude aunt and uncle. Then an owl brings an unexpected letter,…

McMelon Elementary

Rattlesnake VS Secretary Bird

Rattlesnake VS Secretary Bird By Jerry Pallotta The book tells us facts about animals in a very cool manner. There is a fight betweenRattleSnake and SecretaryBird and you keep thinking who would win in the end.TheRattleSnake has some advantages and the SecretaryBird also has some advantages. TheRattleSnake has sharp fangs,…

McMelon Elementary

Reviews by Avyaan, Age 7

Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Hard Luck by Jeff Kinney "The book's best part is when Greg dives into a pool of sharks. He uses flippers to hit the shark’s nose, and the shark’s nose starts bleeding. I also loved the section ‘Predict your future.’ It had a lot…

McMelon Elementary

A Wrinkle in Time

Directed by Ava Dvernity "Intense scenes and family moments." The story is about a missing father that travels away from his family and his daughter who tries to find him. Meg, Charles and Calvin go on a trip with three women, then travel to space to find her father. One…

McMelon Elementary

Holes

by Louis Sachar “Happiness is an attitude.” This saying by Francesa Peicler describes the book titled Holes and how people aren’t afraid to show attitude or do or say what they feel. This is demonstrated by Zero listening to everyone calling him stupid. Out of nowhere, he shows attitude and…