"My favorite book is 'Karen's Witch' by Ann Martin. I like this book because it's scary. Karen thinks her neighbor is a witch, because Morbidda Destiny wears witchy clothes and she has funny hair. The funniest part of the story is when Karen found out that Morbidda was not a witch at all. This book is a real fun book to read and also is scary. A good book to read for Halloween."

-- Bianca Brown

Church Lane Elementary

"Have you ever been outsmarted by your little sister? In 'Beezus & Ramona' by Beverly Cleary, you will see how 4-year-old Ramona outsmarts her sister, 9-year-old Beezus. This is the funniest book I ever read. Ramona tries to annoy Beezus every way she can. My favorite part was when Ramona ate one bite from every apple in the house."

-- Lucie Stahl

Greenmount School

"If you are looking for a spine-tingling ghost mystery, this is definitely the book! Virginia Hamilton won the Edgar award for writing this book, 'House of Dies Drear.' It is mainly about a city family moving into an old creepy house from right back in the 1860s. The ghost is supposed to be a man who lived there before them, a captain on a Civil War slave ship."

-- Mike Novotny

Oakleigh Elementary

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Pub Date: 07/04/99