Friday, February 29, 2008

THE HOMEWORK MACHINE by Dan Gutman

Four students bond together over a secret. The secret is the homework machine that they call Belch. The four students are known as the D squad. Brenton the genius created Belch. Sam the cool kid, Judy the worrywart, and Kelsey the slacker all spent a lot of time using the machine and attracting attention. This leads to people being suspicious, such as Ronnie a nosy classmate, Miss. Rasmussen their fifth grade teacher, and Milner the stalker. Belch eventually takes a life of its own. The kids are faced with a decision to make, either keep Belch or destroy it. This leads to a test of their friendship. I had three favorite parts of the book. My first favorite part was when they destroyed Belch. I liked this part because it was unexpected. I also liked when Milner’s identity was finally revealed because it took away the mystery behind him. Finally I enjoyed the part when Judy and Brenton, and Kelsey and Sam became closer friends. This shows that different types of people can get along with each other. Together their friendship could survive any obstacle, can yours?

Miguel

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