This book will help children put themselves into Sami's war ravaged world. They will feel the angst of civil war and worry about Sami's safety in a book that makes readers feel as if they could reach out and touch the rubble in the streets of Lebanon. The book portrays the intermittent bombing and roller coaster of emotions faced by those who lived through the civil war. A wonderful mix of history and fiction which must be read.

Book: Treehorn Times Three Author: Florence Parry Heide In the book,"Treehorn Times Three," a boy named Treehorn stars in three short stories. In "The Shrinking of Treehorn," Treehorn discovers that he appears to be shrinking. He tells his parents and his parents don't know what to do. Then one day before school Treehorn finds a game he didn't finish. It's called," The Big Game For Kids To Grow On." He plays the game and the more he advances on the game the more he grows. He plays the game until he is full size. In "Treehorn's Treasure," Treehorn finds that on the tree in his front yard, all the leaves are turning into dollar bills. He picks them and buys lots of candy bars, soda, gum and comic books. In "Treehorn's Wish," it's Treehorn's birthday but his parents don't have a cake for him or presents. Treehorn goes outside and finds a jug. When he cleans it a genie comes out and he gets three wishes. I liked this book because I wanted to keep on reading.

The book Banana Blitz was quite funny in places (especially the relationship between Jonah and Goober), but the plot set up was unrealistic. It's not believable that parents could send their son off to boarding school without knowing what actually went on there regarding junk food, television, etc. Without giving away the ending, I'll just say that it was also not very believable. However, this book is a children's story, so that can be forgiven. Overall, this book was well written and very funny.

Okay so i'm 26 so what... The first time I read this book I was in the 5th grade and I still roll on the floor laughing. If you want a great book to share with your kids this is it. Our hero, Jonah D. Krock meets his arch nemisis "Goober Grube". A typical adolescent who thinks Jonah has a banana fixation. Jonah spends the whole book trying to avoid "Goober" and fill out his application for Fairlee, a boarding school. Not this homelife is that bad. With parents who believe junk food is of satan, and television is even worse... You'll love this one. Don't forget to pick up the sequel Banana Blitz.

My 8th Grade students say this book is "Alright". They were to do a book report on a mystery of their choice. They would reccomend this book to other students.

This is the most depressing book ever created. It traumatized me