Committee Day!

Today was a very special day. Today was the day of the committee for the Birbery competition. We got to ride in a limo. We picked up the people from Derby (Berkshire was already there) and we were off to the Baldwin Public Library. Once we got there, we played a nice game of Headbands. The people on our headbands were characters from these 6 books: Circus Mirandus, The War That Saved my Life, Echo, Roller Girl, Mark of the Thief, and Fuzzy Mud. Out of the 10 Birbery books and 15 committee members, no one got a character in the game of headbands form Masterminds, Stella by Starlight, Fish in a Tree, and The Boys Who Challenged Hitler. After headbands, we met former Newbery committee member, Karen Lemmons, who walked us through the process of the Newbery selection and that how at the end of this year, a picture book won the Newbery medal. After lunch, we got right into discussing the books. After the first 5 which were (in the order we discussed them) The War That Saved my Life, Circus Mirandus, Stella by Starlight, The Boys Who Challenged Hitler, and Fish in a Tree, we took a break. After the break we discussed the remaining books in this order; Roller Girl, Masterminds, Mark of the Thief, Echo, and Fuzzy Mud. In the end, we did a ballot. Because the top 5 (Fish in a Tree, Masterminds, Mark of the Thief, Circus Mirandus, and The War That Saved my Life) (If you want spoilers on who wins, look at the pictures or below) were so close, we had to retake the ballot. Twice. Overall, here were the final standings:

1st Place: Masterminds by Gordon Korman

2nd Place: The War That Saved my Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

3rd Place: Fish in a Tree by Linda Mually Hunt

Tied for 4th/5th Place:Circus Mirandus by Cassie Beasley/Mark of the Thief by Jennifer A. Nielson. 

Back on the limo, they gave us Sparkling Juice. I had Sparkling White Grape Juice. The 5 BCS committee members got back to school at around 3:00.

The winner of the 2016 Birbery Awards, Masterminds by Gordon Korman

Digimon Review

Last year, my friend Jaylen introduced me to the TV show called Digimon. It's about monsters like Pokémon in a separate dimension. There are different branches of the series. The best series in my opinion is Digimon Fusion, where the Digimon fuse together with the help of humans. I recommend this series to anyone who likes fantasy books.

70's and 80's Music

A while ago, my dad introduced me to the music period of the 70's and the 80's. Some of the greatest artists of this period are Michael Jackson (70's and 80's), Queen (70's), Survivor (80's) (they wrote Eye of the Tiger), and Aerosmith (70's). Their music had a powerful impact on the world. Queen's songs We will Rock You" and "We are the Champions" became songs that my generation still sings (sometimes). These singers/songwriters (Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury wrote their songs before he passed away) have a powerful impact on me too. Asrosmith's "Dream On" inspired me to keep dreaming until my dreams come true.

Star Wars

What do you think it would be like if Star Wars was real? Then, people would fly off  onto other inhabited planets, battle your opponents, and maybe even blow up 2 space stations that are evil. Which gives me a question. If you could be any Star Wars character, who would it be? I would pick Darth Vader because he's amazingly powerful. He can choke his enemies without laying a finger on them.

Monthly Idea Generator - April (I know it's not April yet)

I don't know what to write about. Whoopee. I used to do these on my old blog so I figured, "Why not do an idea generator for 2016?" Please leave ideas in the comment section below or send me an email at cobracrane11@gmail.com

Crazy Test

Today I took a math test. Sounds boring, right? But pretty much nobody could finish the thing. It was on statistics. It had things like the Mean Absolute Deviation, or MAD, the Inter-Quartile Range or IQR. Unit 9 is difficult and very tiring. Luckily, Mr. Burdick said that from Unit 8 to unit 15 (unit 5 of 7th grade) we could use calculators. Since there's a half day tomorrow, I only have LA and Math. Yippee! I can finish my test!

The Adventures of Frosty: Book 4: Terror in Frosting Prolouge

At the entrance to the cupcake castle, the 6 friends were questioning Pop of his fear of ALMOST everything.


"Here it is. Pop, are you sure you don't want to go back to the yacht?" Doughy declared. It turned out that he and Shocker were very kind. Pop stated, "Despite my phobia of everything else, I don't have a fear of bats, werewolves, vampires, and ghosts. In we go!"