School Holiday Reading

The Notebook of Doom: Rise of the Balloon Goons

By: Troy Cummings

Over the holidays I read the chapter book called Rise of the Balloon Goon by Troy Cummings.

It is about a boy named Alexander and he had a friend named Rip.

On Alexander’s first day of school he was late because he found the

structure and it had a hole in the wall. Alexander went

in and he found a book The book was called SSMP of Doom and Alexander read the scary

monster book. Alexander and his dad went to breakfast one day and he saw a balloon goon

and it ate the air from Alexander’s dad’s car wheels for breakfast. He found out later that there

were heaps of balloon goons and they combined to make a giant goon snake. The snake

wanted to destroy the kids and it tied Rip up.  Later on Alexander got the snake and tied it into

a knot by making the snake go left, right, up, down, turn around! It became a giant knot, but then

the goon’s fortress turned into a dragon. Alexander’s dad came back to the kids and he popped

the dragon’s tail with a pin from the game Pin the Tail on the Donkey. Alexander read the rest of

the book and on a blank page he wrote all about the balloon goons. He even said to carry a

pin if you think a balloon goon is nearby. They really get the point!

I really liked reading this book because I read it all by myself. It was the first big chapter book

I have ever read. I liked when Alexander found the clown underneath the table because Rip

posed and showed his muscles. Then, Alexander rolled his eyes. It was so funny!