Cardboard by Doug TenNapel

Cardboard by Doug TenNapel
Published August 1, 2012 by GRAPHIX
288 pages
I got my copy from my hometown library. 
This book is a graphic novel.
A Maine Student Book Award book for 2013-14


Cardboard is a great graphic novel.   Cam's dad gave him cardboard for his birthday because they don't have much money and Cam's dad is out of work.  What they didn't know was that the cardboard was magical. Cam and his dad built a cardboard boxer.  The next day the boxer came to life.  Cam named him Bill. Marcus is Cam's enemy and did not understand Bill and how he came to life.  He hated how Bill was so cool and was jealous. The cardboard was almost gone until Cam's dad made a magic cardboard maker and it worked.  
Marcus stole the cardboard maker and put his drawings into it.  Since Marcus is mean his drawings were mean.  Cam and his dad and Bill were going to get the maker back. Cam got kidnapped and so was Marcus. Bill and the dad were going to save them.  Cam and Marcus were trying to find a way out.  Can they make it back?  Will they be enemies forever? 

This book is about friendship and courage.  You will love how loving and nice Bill and Cam are. The dad is also very kind.   You will have different feelings throughout the book.  I was happy, sad, and curious.  I hope you have a chance to read this book, it's a good one.












 

A Review of Always October

Always October is by Bruce Coville
Published August 28, 2012 by Harper Collins
384 pages 
My rating: 5 out of 5 stars







I read this book because it is on our Maine Student Book Award list this year.  This book has many genres.  It is a little bit fantasy and realistic fiction. It is about this boy named Jack who found a baby on his doorstep.  His mom said to keep the baby until the owner comes to get him.  That night when the moon comes up, the baby turns into a monster. It is a baby during the day and a monster by night. Jack was freaked out at first, but realized that the baby was friendly.

One night, two monsters came in and tried to capture the baby.  One of them was bad, the other one was good. So Jack hopped on the good monster and went into the monster world called Always October.  Lily is Jack's friend and she joined them inside Always October.  Inside, there was a lot of weird stuff.  There are spiders trying to eat people, chases, tunnels, monsters and more. At the end the bad monsters try to kill the baby monster.  Jack and Lily's goal is to keep the baby safe in order to keep the monster world and the human world from being torn apart.  I don't want to tell the rest, you would have to find that out yourself. 

Go get it right now you won't regret it.