Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Mudshark by Gary Paulsen



Mudshark is cool. He's fast-thinking and fast-moving, and with his photographic memory, he's the go-to guy with the answers. Lost your shoe? Your dad's car? Can't find your homework? Ask Mudshark. At least, until the Psychic Parrot takes up residence in the school library.


The word in school is that the parrot can out-think Mudshark. And right now, the school needs someone who's good at solving problems. There's an escaped gerbil running the halls, a near-nuclear emergency in the faculty restroom, and an unexplained phenomenon involving disappearing erasers. Once Mudshark solves the mystery of the erasers, he plans to investigate the Psychic Parrot. . . .

27 comments:

  1. Taylor/Mrs.HemingwayOctober 3, 2010 at 8:28 AM

    ***
    i loved this book because even though it was short it had so much descriptive writng and i would love to be mudshark because when he lost something he already knew where it was. mudshark was so helpful with his custodian

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  2. I liked how he could get all his sisters to calm down. I liked how they described the custodians room.

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  3. Makayla Hemingway5thNovember 3, 2010 at 4:50 PM

    ** This book was interesting. Mudshark was a smart guy. If something got lost, he would already know where it was cause of his memory. He was very popular. So he has to figure out who's stealing allthe erasers.

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  4. It was a very intresting book.

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  5. I like this book because Mr. Patterson is afraid of the gerbil.I like how he knew where everthing was. I would like to be Mudshark

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  6. Lauren B / hemingwayNovember 8, 2010 at 1:21 PM

    I like this book because it was verry creative and funny!!! I would love to be mudshark

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  7. a custodian stole erasers and Mudshark got them back that is why i like this book

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  8. When I read that the janitor took the earasers I was so shoked.And the electric black boards sound awesome.

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  9. Elizabeth G./HemingwayNovember 10, 2010 at 8:42 AM

    *** This is an okay book, it did'nt quite make my favorites,but it is recomended by me. He had so many adventures at once: stolen erasers, a missing hamster and a big parrot problem! You should really read this book!

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  10. ****
    I liked this book because it was really funny and I liked how he got his nickname.

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  11. *****
    I thought the book was great. I loved the way that the faculty restroom problem kept increasing. Has Mudshark met his match with this psychic parrot. To find out more read this great novel by Gary Paulsen.

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  12. ****
    I like this book becuase how the teacher restroom problem was going higher and higher
    and also I would recomend this to other people

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  13. ****
    i like this book he gets called to the ofice becouse all the earasers get stolen.


    ps i like the gerble

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  14. I like this book although there is alot going on. Whatever happened to Mr. Patterson and wheres the gerbil?

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  15. I loved the characters in this book. How can a parrot throw everyone for a loop? I liked the way everyone looked up to Mudshark because he was smart, observant and helpful.

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  16. ***
    This was a good book and I liked how they have a different sport that I have never heard of.

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  17. *** This book was pretty good for me, but I felt like there could have been more to the story. The principal's announcements were funny, and I like both the custodian's view and Mudshark's view of black boards.

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  18. ****
    I liked this book, even though I don't really like mysteries. Every chapter that I had to stop reading left me hanging over the edge!

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  19. i love this book becase i love mysteries

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  20. *****
    this was a really good book it was very descriptive i would like to mudshark because he remembered were everything was

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  21. i liked how he was so fast and i like that plot of the book

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  22. I didnt really understand this book but i enjoyed reading it

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  23. Mudshark was a cool book about mysteries and how a boy named Mudshark solved all the troubles at school. I rate this book "great".

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  24. I loved this book.

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  25. Ellen S. / DominguezJanuary 28, 2011 at 6:21 PM

    I'd give this book a thumb up! I would love to be Mudshark the detective!
    ****

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  26. this is a great book i rate it***** mud shark is awesome he gets sent to the office a lot.

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  27. ****
    i loved this book, it was a very intresting short reader. I liked all the humorous problems Mudshark encounters. i now know what it feels like to have younger siblings. I hope Gary Paulsen writes a sequel.

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