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November 26, 2019
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August 30, 2019
6th Grade Can Be Tough
When the Dudes started middle school, things got a little hairy. You can read about it in my upcoming book: Dudes in the Middle. But, in the meantime, I want to tell you about my last summer reading book for this year: Diary of a 6th Grade Ninja by Marcus Emerson. It's about this guy named Chase who starts a new school and right away gets recruited into a secret organization of ninjas. How cool is that? The only problem is the things he has to do to get in. Don't worry. With the help of his cousin, Zoe, Chase will figure it out.
This book is the first in a series, and each book is really short, so keep it in mind for school book reports too!
On the Dudes Summer Reading Book Bingo card, this book qualifies for: ACTION ADVENTURE, MARTIAL ARTS, GIVES YOU IDEAS, HEIST OR CAPER, or SPIES.
Find the bingo card here: https://emilykayjohnson.com/TheDudesC...
This book is the first in a series, and each book is really short, so keep it in mind for school book reports too!
On the Dudes Summer Reading Book Bingo card, this book qualifies for: ACTION ADVENTURE, MARTIAL ARTS, GIVES YOU IDEAS, HEIST OR CAPER, or SPIES.
Find the bingo card here: https://emilykayjohnson.com/TheDudesC...
August 26, 2019
Adventures of an Awesome Dude
My Dudes Adventure Chronicles are totally inspired by Homer's Odyssey, and I first read the stories for myself in The Adventures of Odysseus by Hugh Lupton, Daniel Morden, and Christina Balit. This book gives you the adventures in sort of the style of Homer, without having to read Greek or poetry. Plus there are really cool pictures in color on every page to help you imagine it.
Odysseus has a brilliant idea for how to win the Trojan war. Then he and his men have to outwit gods and monsters to get home to Ithaca. When he gets there, he's got to fight a bunch of bad guys who are holding his wife captive and then convince her he really is her long-lost husband. The adventures challenge Odysseus's brain as much as his fighting skills. Following the whole thing is like playing a great video game and winning.
On the Dudes Summer Reading Book Bingo card, this book qualifies for: WEAPONS, MAGIC, COOL BATTLE IN IT, ACTION ADVENTURE, GIVES YOU IDEAS, HEIST OR CAPER, CLASSIC, or HISTORICAL.
Find the bingo card here: https://emilykayjohnson.com/TheDudesC...
Odysseus has a brilliant idea for how to win the Trojan war. Then he and his men have to outwit gods and monsters to get home to Ithaca. When he gets there, he's got to fight a bunch of bad guys who are holding his wife captive and then convince her he really is her long-lost husband. The adventures challenge Odysseus's brain as much as his fighting skills. Following the whole thing is like playing a great video game and winning.
On the Dudes Summer Reading Book Bingo card, this book qualifies for: WEAPONS, MAGIC, COOL BATTLE IN IT, ACTION ADVENTURE, GIVES YOU IDEAS, HEIST OR CAPER, CLASSIC, or HISTORICAL.
Find the bingo card here: https://emilykayjohnson.com/TheDudesC...
August 23, 2019
Ever want to dig a hole?
One time, I was in a bookstore, and this kid came up to me and said, "You've got to read Holes! It's my favorite book." So, okay, the kid was a little weird. But, I like a guy who gets jazzed about books. So I checked it out.
Holes by Louis Sachar is a great book. It's got hidden treasure and poison lizards and a prison break.
It's about how this kid, Stanley, is cursed and fated but learns to control what kind of friend he's going to be and what kind of person he's going to be. And I couldn't put it down. So, let me just say: Dude, you've got to read Holes!
On the Dudes Summer Reading Book Bingo Card, this book qualifies for: MOVIE RELATED (there is a movie of the book), ACTION ADVENTURE, MONEY, HEIST OR CAPER, MYSTERY. or HISTORY (there are historical flashbacks).
Find the bingo card here: https://emilykayjohnson.com/TheDudesC...
Holes by Louis Sachar is a great book. It's got hidden treasure and poison lizards and a prison break.
It's about how this kid, Stanley, is cursed and fated but learns to control what kind of friend he's going to be and what kind of person he's going to be. And I couldn't put it down. So, let me just say: Dude, you've got to read Holes!
On the Dudes Summer Reading Book Bingo Card, this book qualifies for: MOVIE RELATED (there is a movie of the book), ACTION ADVENTURE, MONEY, HEIST OR CAPER, MYSTERY. or HISTORY (there are historical flashbacks).
Find the bingo card here: https://emilykayjohnson.com/TheDudesC...
August 19, 2019
On Their Own in Europe
Kathleen Karr's The 7th Knot is the exciting story of two brothers who accidentally uncover a secret cache of valuable art, a fleet of unbeatable weapons, and a secret plot by fanatical Germans to take over the world! Not only that, but a lot of it takes place in castles and dungeons. What's not to like?
Even though the story is set in 1896, Miles and his brother Wick are totally like-able. They shirk homework and get into scrapes just like some other guys I know. But they do the right thing when the chips are down. I only wish this was a series, because I could definitely read another one.
On the Dudes Summer Reading Book Bingo card, this book qualifies for: WRITTEN BY A GIRL, WEAPONS, ACTION ADVENTURE, GIVES YOU IDEAS, HEIST OR CAPER, SPIES, MYSTERY, and HISTORICAL.
Find the bingo card here: https://emilykayjohnson.com/TheDudesC...
Even though the story is set in 1896, Miles and his brother Wick are totally like-able. They shirk homework and get into scrapes just like some other guys I know. But they do the right thing when the chips are down. I only wish this was a series, because I could definitely read another one.
On the Dudes Summer Reading Book Bingo card, this book qualifies for: WRITTEN BY A GIRL, WEAPONS, ACTION ADVENTURE, GIVES YOU IDEAS, HEIST OR CAPER, SPIES, MYSTERY, and HISTORICAL.
Find the bingo card here: https://emilykayjohnson.com/TheDudesC...
August 16, 2019
Weird But Good!
This book starts in a dimestore with the purchase of a fake mustache that turns an ordinary kid into an evil mastermind intent on stealing the presidential election. So, yeah, weird.
Having written a political thriller myself, I know just how hard it is to get the right level of ridiculousness with impossible hilarity. And Tom Angleberger has done it with Fake Mustache. This book has got two points of view (nerdy kid, and TV cowgirl), and really short chapters, so you feel like you're flying through it. It's also got brainwashing and an assassin and sticky hands and snot guns (Deven will love it). There's even some light romance--if you're into that sort of thing.
On the Dudes Summer Reading Book Bingo Card, this book qualifies for: WEAPONS, COOL BATTLE, MONEY, ACTION ADVENTURE, GIVES YOU IDEAS, MAKES YOU LAUGH OUT LOUD, and HEIST OR CAPER.
Find the bingo card here: https://emilykayjohnson.com/TheDudesC...
Having written a political thriller myself, I know just how hard it is to get the right level of ridiculousness with impossible hilarity. And Tom Angleberger has done it with Fake Mustache. This book has got two points of view (nerdy kid, and TV cowgirl), and really short chapters, so you feel like you're flying through it. It's also got brainwashing and an assassin and sticky hands and snot guns (Deven will love it). There's even some light romance--if you're into that sort of thing.
On the Dudes Summer Reading Book Bingo Card, this book qualifies for: WEAPONS, COOL BATTLE, MONEY, ACTION ADVENTURE, GIVES YOU IDEAS, MAKES YOU LAUGH OUT LOUD, and HEIST OR CAPER.
Find the bingo card here: https://emilykayjohnson.com/TheDudesC...
August 12, 2019
Medieval Adventure
The Title of Marguerite de Angeli's book: The Door in the Wall, doesn't sound all that exciting. But the main character, Robin (a boy), lives through all kinds of excitement. His parents are off serving the king and queen, and Robin can't wait to become a knight and serve in battle. But, instead, he gets sick and loses the use of his legs. Then the whole city of London gets the plague and all the servants die. Luckily, this monk takes Robin to the monastery where he learns to swim and to carve stuff out of wood--Ryan would totally be into that. Then he gets to ride a horse to a castle where he learns to shoot with a bow and arrow and to climb ladders without using his legs (try it!). Then the castle gets attacked, and it is up to Robin to escape and bring in reinforcements!
Also, this book is short. So I read the whole thing in one day. But it's a Newbery Award winner, so you'll get points with parents and teachers for reading it!
On the Dudes Summer Book Bingo card, this book qualifies for: WRITTEN BY A GIRL, COOL BATTLE, ACTION ADVENTURE, CLASSIC, and HISTORICAL.
Find the bingo card here: https://emilykayjohnson.com/TheDudesC...
Also, this book is short. So I read the whole thing in one day. But it's a Newbery Award winner, so you'll get points with parents and teachers for reading it!
On the Dudes Summer Book Bingo card, this book qualifies for: WRITTEN BY A GIRL, COOL BATTLE, ACTION ADVENTURE, CLASSIC, and HISTORICAL.
Find the bingo card here: https://emilykayjohnson.com/TheDudesC...
August 9, 2019
Musketeers!
In Oliver Potzsch's Book of the Night: The Black Musketeers, Lukas's family is attacked by a witch hunter. His parents are killed, and Lukas goes on the run. But why does the evil Waldemar von Schonborn kidnap Lukas's sister, and what secret does he pursue? Luckily, Lukas finds friends to help him overcome the odds.
This novel is about magic, but it covers real-life history from the 1600's like battles in Germany during the Thirty Years War. Also, there is tons of sword-fighting and rescues and creeping around secret libraries and dungeons--all the good stuff. Besides, "All for one and one for all!" could totally be the motto of the Dudes!
This is the first book in The Black Musketeers series.
On the Dudes Summer Book Bingo Card, this book qualifies for: WEAPONS, MAGIC, COOL BATTLE IN IT, ACTION ADVENTURE, and HISTORICAL.
Find the bingo card here: https://emilykayjohnson.com/TheDudesC...
This novel is about magic, but it covers real-life history from the 1600's like battles in Germany during the Thirty Years War. Also, there is tons of sword-fighting and rescues and creeping around secret libraries and dungeons--all the good stuff. Besides, "All for one and one for all!" could totally be the motto of the Dudes!
This is the first book in The Black Musketeers series.
On the Dudes Summer Book Bingo Card, this book qualifies for: WEAPONS, MAGIC, COOL BATTLE IN IT, ACTION ADVENTURE, and HISTORICAL.
Find the bingo card here: https://emilykayjohnson.com/TheDudesC...
August 5, 2019
Ancient prophecies and cow racing?
If you haven't read the Bone series of graphic novels by Jeff Smith, you've gotta start. Each of the 9 volumes in the series continues the story of the Bone cousins: Fone Bone, Phoney Bone, and Smiley Bone as they leave their home and make their way into a totally different land--one of beautiful sorceresses, wise dragons and horrific monsters. And, speaking of monsters, the rat creatures are somehow terrifying menace and adorable comic relief at the same time. Remember, this is a graphic novel, so you get to see it all instead of having to imagine how it looks. So, despite the fact that the story is pretty deep, it won't take you long to read each volume. In fact, each time you finish, you'll be reaching for the next one.
The first book is: Bone Vol. 1: Out From Boneville
On the Dudes Summer Book Bingo Card, this book qualifies for: GRAPHIC NOVEL, WEAPONS, MAGIC, COOL BATTLE, ACTION ADVENTURE, and MAKES YOU LAUGH OUT LOUD.
Find the bingo card here:
https://emilykayjohnson.com/TheDudesC...
The first book is: Bone Vol. 1: Out From Boneville
On the Dudes Summer Book Bingo Card, this book qualifies for: GRAPHIC NOVEL, WEAPONS, MAGIC, COOL BATTLE, ACTION ADVENTURE, and MAKES YOU LAUGH OUT LOUD.
Find the bingo card here:
https://emilykayjohnson.com/TheDudesC...
