Framed by Gordon Korman
Gordon Korman’s Framed is about a boy named Griffin Bing who in the past had been in a lot of trouble. Now he’s accused of stealing the Super Bowl ring that Art Blakenship won in the third Super Bowl. The person accusing Griffin of this is the new principal, Dr. Egan. Griffin calls him Dr. Evil because he pretty much turned the morning homeroom class into a training session for football players, and he’s accusing Griffin of the crime. Will Griffin find justice, or will he be framed forever? This book is fiction. The theme is to never lose hope and stand up for what is right.
There are two other books in the series of which this book is in. This one is the last one. It might make it just a tiny bit easier to read them in order, but that doesn’t realy matter. You could just get this book for a good read. There’s nothing fancy to it, but it’s still a nice book. There are some strengths and some weaknesses in this book. Some strengths are that there are no very dull parts, but there aren’t many very exciting parts either. I think that it’s an overall well-written book.
I would recommend this book to people who enjoy mysteries. Three resons for this are that you can sort of be the detective, it will keep you reading most of the time, and there are well-developed characters.
This novel, The Pilgrim’s Progress in Today’s English Part 1 by John Bunyan: retold by James H. Thomas, is about a man named Christian who comes from the City of Destruction seeking everlating life in the Celestial City. He leaves his hometown with a burden on his back representing his sins. On his pilgramage, he goes through many tough choices. He has to chose the right ones to make it to the Celestial Ciy for him to live forever. The genre of this book is an allegory, and the theme of the book is to trust in the Lord and and don’t be afraid.
I read A Whole Nother Story, a novel written be Dr. Cuthbert Soup. This book is about a dad with three kids named Ethan Cheeseman. His wife, Olivia, had died earlier. Mr. Cheesman used much of his time trying to invent a new invetion called the LVR. This machine would be used to bring back the life of Olivia, but if it ended up in the worng hands, something very bad could happen. Now Mr. Cheeseman and his three kids are being tracked down by super secret agents. They will go through many strange and unusual places and even meet an agent monkey! This book is fiction, and the theme of it is family and fun.
I just finished reading this book. It turned out that the book didn’t get much more interesting to me. There was a minor character in this book that ended up being the hero at the end. His name was Jamie Whitsitt, and he was tall and handsome.. Since Stevie Thomas got fired from USTV, a television network, Jamie got to work with Susan Carol. This made Stevie jealous, even though Stevie was already Susan Carol’s boyfriend. The reason why Jamie was the hero in this book is because he had a tape recorder to remind himself of events. One day, he left it sitting in a room on the table. The next morning when he went in, it was still sitting there. Since Meeker, the person who was covering up the positive test results for HGH, was going to be in a meeting with Mike Shupe, he decided to turn it on and leave it sitting on a chair. This recorded the conversation of Meeker and Mike Shupe, and in this conversation Meeker admits to Mike Shupe about the cover-up, and proved that Meeker was the one doing the cover-up. This is how Jamie Whitsitt made a huge difference in this book.
I am currently reading Cover-Up by John Feinstein. This novel is about a mystery at the Super Bowl. I haven’t gotten very far in it, but I just got to the point where Stevie and Susan Carol, the main characters, know something is wrong. They figured out that some players in the Super Bowl tested positive for HGH, a steroid to make you bigger and stronger, and someone or something is covering it up. There haven’t been any clues yet about who or what is to blame for this. This book was very slow at the beginning, but it has been getting a little more interesting. I plan on finishing it in about five to ten days.
Change-Up is a mystery novel written by John Feinstein. It is about a baseball player, Norbert Doyle who is playing in the World Series for the Washington Nationals, whose wife, Analise Doyle, died in a car crash twelve years before. Norbert said that there were two cars in the accident, and the one that killed Analise was a drunk driver. Stevie and Susan Carol, kid sports reporters and writers, figure out that Norbert Doyle is lying about this. They talked with him and his son and daughter, along with other people that could have been involved with this crime. Many of them are not telling the truth, but which people are they, and who is the person responsible for the crime? The theme of this book is that it is important to be honest and protecting people’s reputation.
This novel by Gordan Korman, No More Dead Dogs, is a realistic fiction book. It is about a boy named Wallace Wallace who never lies. One day in his English class, his teacher Mr. Fogleman said that they were to write a summary of the book Old Shep, My Pal. Old Shep, which is the dog, dies in the book. Wallace hated the book and said that it was the worst book he ever read. He said to Mr. Fogleman that he knew the dog was going to die before he got to page one. Then Wallace and his classmates kept naming books about dogs that die at the end of the book. Mr. Fogleman then told Wallace that he would have to write a proper review of the book during detention. The problem with that was that Wallace had football practices when he was supposed to have detention, and during Wallace’s detention, there was a rehearsal for the play, which of matter of fact was Old Shep, My Pal. The theme of this book is to be honest and do what’s right despite the consequences.
John Feinstein’s Vanishing Act is a mystery novel. Stevie Thomas and his friend Stevie are thirteen year old sports reporters and writers. Stevie was the assisstant of someone nameed Bobby Kelleher. They went to the U.S. Open for tennis, and soon they would get one of the most miraculous stories in tennis history. Nadia Symanova, a Russian tennis player, is Stevie’s favorite girl player. When he, Susan Carol, Bobby Kelleher, and some other people were at the match waiting for Symanova to come out, they didn’t see her. They were wondering what was taking so long, and soon they saw security gaurds surrounding the person who was supposed to be the one playing Symanova. What was going on? Later they found out that Nadia Symanova had been kidnapped. Now Stevie’s time and all of his friends’ time at the U.S. Open bacame a place to solve one of the greatest mysteries in tennis. This book’s theme is bravery.
The Big Field by Mike Lupica is a realistic fiction novel about baseball. Keith “Hutch” Hutchinson loves baseball. His dad, whose nickname also used to be Hutch, loved baseball, too, but it ended up breaking his heart. This is because he was a great shortstop, but he never made it to the major leagues. Before, when Hutch was young, his dad would teach him how to play baseball. Since then, Hutch’s dad had never really spent much time with him. Hutch played for the American Legion team, and his favorite position is shortstop. Soemone named Darryl Williams, one of the top best shortstops in Florida, took his position and moved him to second base. Darryl and Hutch argued many times and were never friends. Hutch’s team was good and had a chance at winning the American Legion tournament for the state of Florida. The finals would be played on television and on “the big field” which was Roger Dean Stadium where the St. Louis Cardinals played. Will Hutch and his dad get alongtogether? Will he and Darryl become friends? Will Hutch’s team win the tournament? This novel’s theme is to have determination and to never give up.