Ariel Bradley, Spy for General Washington by Lynda Durrant

Ariel Bradley, Spy for General Washington was a preview copy from NetGalley.

This book is about a boy named Ariel Bradley.  He was asked by General Washington to be a spy and see how many troops and guns the British had and how healthy their horses were.  He pretended to be a country bumpkin and his cover was that he was asking where the mill was when he walked into the British camps.   This way he could help Washington and his army be prepared for their next battle.

I really liked this book because it was short and easy to understand but it still taught you a lot about what happened.  I thought it was cool that Ariel was only 9 when this happened but he was really wanting to help George Washington and his army.  I'd really like to read more books like this one, the shorter but true stories that tell you more about history that people might not even know!

My Grandma's a Ninja by Todd Tarpley

My Grandma's a Ninja is another NetGalley review!  It is a picture book, not a chapter book, but I thought it looked kind of cool and I wanted to read it.

My Grandma's a Ninja is about a kid whose grandma is a ninja.  His grandma ziplines him to school and teaches him karate moves.  But when he is a soccer practice, she deflates the ball and they can't play soccer.  All of his friends don't like his grandma anymore.  He asks his grandma to stop being a ninja, but something special happens at the big soccer game.

This book would be great for kids to read because it was easy to read and it had a funny story.  I think it was a cool idea that the grandma was a ninja and could do all those tricks with ziplines and karate.  I also thought the end was really funny and I didn't guess that it would happen.