February's Pick

This month we will be reading The Lemonade Crime chosen by Ava. This is a follow up book to The Lemonade War  which the girls really liked last month. 

Here is a brief description from Amazon.com:

Just as The Lemonade War, which sold more than 260,000 copies, put business into the
hands of Evan and his younger sister, Jessie, this equally exciting follow-up puts the
law into their hands. Using the rules of our legal system as a guide, they turn the playground
into a courtroom and put Scott Spencer, alleged thief, on trial, with fourthgraders
serving as judge and jury.

Release date: April 3, 2012 | Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up | Series: The Lemonade War Series (Book 2)

The Lemonade War Book Review

This month we read The Lemonade War written by Jacqueline Davies.

Jordyn was really glad she picked this book. She had never heard about this book before she stumbled upon it on the library shelves at our last meeting. 

The book is about a brother and sister named Evan and Jesse. They got along really well. Evan is going into fourth grade. Jesse is supposed to be going into third grade but skipped a grade and is now going into fourth grade too. Evan is disappointed that Jesse is going to be in his class.  Jesse wonders what's wrong... why is Evan being so mean to her all of a sudden? And now Evan isn't interested in doing a lemonade stand with her anymore either.

The trouble started when Evan had a lemonade stand with Scott Spencer and didn't include Jesse. The boys were doing really well and then they realized that the customers stopped coming. When they went around the corner they saw Jesse having a lemonade stand with a fourth grade girl named Meghan. He told Jesse that by the end of the week he would have enough money to buy an iPod. Still upset that Evan wasn't playing with her Jesse said she would have one hundred dollars by the end of the week too. That stared the Lemonade War. 

The rest of the book tells us about their crazy competition.

What is your favorite part?

Ava:  My favorite part is when Jesse tried to sabotage Evan's lemonade by adding a few surprises to it...

Jordyn: I don't really have a favorite part, I liked the whole book.

Cooper: I liked when the girls were doing their best to sell their lemonade by giving away free stuff. It didn't worked out the way they planned and the boys sold more.

Grace: I liked the part when the Lemonade War got started. It sounds like an friendly competition but it becomes more than that. 

Who do you think will like this book?

We think that both boys and girls would like this. It's the perfect age for us because we are in fourth grade.