By Jacqueline Davies
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 4 - 8 | Grades 3 - 5 | n/a | 4.8 | 29694 |
Jessie and Evan Treski have waged a lemonade war, sought justice in a class trial, and even unmasked a bell thief. Now they are at opposite ends over the right to keep secrets. Evan believes some things (such as his poetry) are private. Jessie believes scandal makes good news. When anonymously sent candy hearts appear in Class 4-0, self-appointed ace reporter Jessie determines to get the scoop on class crushes.
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I was gifted this book, and fell in love with the characters and plot! Ethan and Jessie are the best! I really felt like eating candy during the book, especially when it has special notes on it! The crime was a typical Lemonade crime and the way that Jessie solved it was so smart! I would highly recommend this book to all of my friends and everyone on DOGO!
This book was good, it wasn't the best book i've ever read but it wasn't the worst. The main problem i had with it was that it was all about love (t as interesting as the other books and was very very predictable. Though on the other hand one aspect that i really liked was the poems, i loe poetry and i loved the way that they showed how you could write your own. i tried it and even though it wasted a lot of paper (sorry ;) i came out with a beautiful poem that i surprised my mother with for a late, late, really late christmas present!
i really wanted to read this book...i've read every other book in the series.
My sister recommended this book to me and even though i had my doubts i found myself hooked onto every page. Unlike the other books in the series this is more revolved around Valentines Day then a crime. It shows you lots of great poems, and ways you can write your own. I would recommend this book to poetry lovers, fans of the series, and mainly girls who are in 5th-8th grade. The book has many twists and turns from writing on the bathroom wall, to mysterious Valentine's Day candy showing up.
When I started reading this book, I wasn't so sure about it. It's about kids that are a couple years younger than I am. (They are in fourth grade) But after the first couple chapters, I really started to enjoy it. The Candy Smash is the 4th book in "The Lemonade War Series", and I haven't yet read the first three books. Though I would recommend reading them, in my opinion, you can still understand The Candy Smash without knowing the previous adventures. Something special about this story that sets it apart from others is its poetry. I have never really been a person for poems, but the ones in this story are amazing! I was very impressed by all the poems used in the story. Some of them were written by famous authors, but others were "written" by the characters. I also appreciated the "poetry terms" in the back of the book, I was not familiar with some that were used in the story such as consonance and slant rhyme, but the definitions given for them were easy to understand. Overall, I would say The Candy Smash is a sweet little Valentine's Day story about love written by a terrific author, Jacqueline Davies.
I can't wait to read the first book and the next! And my last name is Davis so that is cool!!
The Candy Smash by Jacqueline Davis, is the fourth book in a amazing series. Evan and Jessie are a few months into fourth grade and Valentine's Day is coming up. Jessie is still the smartest (and youngest) in the class, and Evan still plays basketball. But a few days before Valentine's Day strange things start happening. The whole class starts receiving candy hearts with special on them. Things get even weirder when Jessie finds initials written on the bathroom wall with a heart around it. Now it's up to Jessie to get to the bottom of it no matter how hurtful the truth is. It's a good book if you like books with a little love. Unlike the others who are all mysteries of wars this one is a love story. My favorite in the series the first because the fresh and fun but I enjoyed this one as well. I hope there is a fifth one because Jacqueline Davis is a great author.
