EllRay Jakes The Recess King!

It is a good book to have some of my new 4th graders read. The characters are believable and likable.......more

In his quest to make a new best friend, EllRay decides to become the recess king, by introducing new games to play. His very first attempt ends in disaster, and as the week progresses the disasters just keep piling up. What EllRay fails to realize is that you can't make people be your friend, you ju......more

I liked that the characters in this book were not totally selfish jerks who didn't care about the consequences of their actions, as seems popular in some current contemporary juvi fiction. However, it almost swung too far the other way. Everyone was so nice and good (even while getting in scrapes),......more

EllRay needs a spare friend, and fast! His little sister's play is coming up, and both of his other best friends are busy, so he has a week to find a spare friend. He comes upon the solution; if he's the Recess King, the third grader with all the fun ideas, no one will be able to resist him! Will it......more

Ellray Jakes recess king is a amazing book, it is a good because it has good theme’s such as “ you don’t need to go looking for a friend because there is one always by your side” you see this theme because he was wanting a certain person to be his friend but turns out he got a different person. I lo......more