Reviews for Secret of Tut's Tomb

The average rating for Secret of Tut's Tomb based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-11-16 00:00:00 Ryan Tremblay HELP! I’m trapped in the first day of school Review PERSONAL RESPONSE After I read this book, I realized the children should grow up in one day. The people cannot be children forever. The children in the middle school are the best age to try to grow up, to be a sensible student is the most important thing. In the school, do not be a troublemaker because we are not children anymore. We should try to help the students who need help and make friends with the students who have good behaviors. THE PLOT Jack Sherman is friends with super-cool Alex Silver, they are the troublemakers. They want to be the kings of eighth grade. On the first day of school they bully the new sixth grade students and cheat Ollie. And to make absolutely sure that everyone knows it right away, they have a hilarious prank ready for the first day of school. But just when Jack thinks he’s got it made, he realizes that he has to go back to the beginning---and start the first day of school all over again and again and again! Jack realized the first day of school repeated again but he doesn’t need do the same thing, so in the repeated day he change his behavior, making his behavior better than before. He started to help Ollie to find the bus stop, locker and homeroom, making friends with others, remained Oille turn off the toast to avoid the fire. In the end of story Jack broke out of the endless pattern after he changed all his bad behaviors and now he is a kind and good student now. RECOMMEND In my point of view, this book is for the middle school students. The main character, Jack, is in eighth grade in the middle school and this story is happening in the first day of school. The words that the author uses in the book are not very formal just like what the students said in their daily life, so if the students who are in the middle school read this book, it will be much easier to strike a responsive chord in the hearts. Therefore, I think this book is better for middle school students to read.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-07-02 00:00:00 Valium Pi This book makes its point early with the protagonist waking up from a dream about a groundhog named Bill. For anyone who’s seen Bill Murray’s original comedy about a man trapped in a 24-hour time loop, this unsubtle hint makes the whole book seem almost moot. Of course, the clumsy, overly long title gives away the plot before you even open it. Jake does amend his ways, although I wonder what led him down this path of being a bully in the first place. The book presents it as an ongoing cycle with sixth graders growing up eager to become bullies in their own right after being bullied by eighth-grade children. When some children complain about the horrible treatment, they are assured they can be tormenters in their turn once they get older. However, a teacher makes a short speech to Jake about being a miniature tyrant and his sister is antagonistic towards him for his promised reign of terror. But Jake chooses his new friend Alex and neglects his old ones. Why? What happened? Was it just a consequence of growing older? Why are Jake and Alex the only two eighth graders bent on giving hell to younger kids? With such questions omitted or left unanswered, the whole book focuses on Jake’s slow realization that his newly adopted persona of nastiness is losing him friends, respect and costing him the potential romance with a pretty new girl. As with Mr. Murray’s role, he at first tries to turn the loop to his advantage. When that fails, he resolves to help rather than hurt people with predictably favorable results. This book is a mildly amusing copy of Groundhog Day but from a juvenile point of view. It’s been done many times since the movie was released and to better effect. But as imitations go, this one is a mostly inoffensive entry.