Each week throughout the summer, the Juneau Public Libraries, in collaboration with the Friends of the Juneau Public Libraries and local businesses, award young readers various prizes for writing book reviews about their favorite summer reads. During the sixth week of Summer Reading Program activity, the Juneau Public Libraries received 61 different book reviews from 31 different young readers under the age of 18. Here is a summary of the top book reviews from this week’s winners:
From the Downtown Library:
“Life of Pi” by Yann Martel: “My favorite parts were all the back stories in the beginning of the novel and I thought they were very fascinating” — Sahil Bathija, age 15.
“Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury: “One fascinating part of this book is when Montag accidentally kills Beatty and has to run away from the spot to protect himself.” — Viren Punjabi, age 14.
“ Up and Down the Scratchy Mountains” by Laurel Snyder: “One fascinating part of this book is that one side of a river went up the mountain and the other side went down and that a huge man got stuck in a huge soup pot.” — Maisy Messing, age 9.
“The Hidden Kingdom” by Tui T. Sutherland: “One fascinating part of this book is when Glory becomes queen of the Rainwings.” — Krishna Bathija, age 11.
From the Douglas Library:
“The Fantastic Mr. Fox” by Roald Dahl: “One fascinating part of this book is when Mr. Fox gets his tail shot off.” — Emily Norris, age 11
“Summer” by Bobby Lynn Maslen: “One fascinating part of this book is when they swim in the pond naked.” — Odin Kirby, age 7
“Lilliput” by Sam Gayton: “One fascinating part of this book is that the author creates a believable fantasy of an island of tiny people, and that it matches our world, so they can make things with spider’s silk.” — Annika Schwartz, age 12
“Warren the 13th and the All Seeing Eye” by Tavia Del Rio: “My favorite part of the book is when Warren the 13th defeats his evil Aunt Annaconda because it’s very exciting.” — Minta Schwartz, age 10.
From the Mendenhall Valley Library:
“Martin’s Big Words” by Doreen Rappaport: “One fascinating part of this book is it teaches you a lot of quotes of Martin Luther King.” — Mateo Carrasco.
“New Shoes” by Susan Lynn Meyer: “One fascinating part of this book is the girls make their own shoes” — Adalyn Williams, age 5.
“Dr. DeSoto” by William Steig: “One fascinating part of this book is when they trick the fox into believing super glue would give him no pain at all in his mouth again.” — Bradana Gillman, age 9.
“Sunny Side Up” by Jennifer Home: “I loved the way that two parts of the book completely tied together, even though they were different parts!” — Viviana Perez.
“Jane Goodall: 40 Years at Gombe” by Jennifer Lindsey: “One fascinating part of this book is that when Jane was young she was missing for hours. Somebody saw her come out of a hen house. She said she had to see how a hen laid an egg.” — Addy Lanz, age 8.
“Sonic and Mega Man Worlds Collide” by Ian Flynn: “One fascinating part of this book is Sonic was fighting with Mega Man then when they figured out they were both good they became friends.” — Norvin Perez.
Bradana Gillman revieweed “Dr. DeSoto.”
Minta Schwartz reviewed “Warren the 13th and the All Seeing Eye.”
