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Clever Jack Takes the Cake by Candace Fleming


A poor boy named Jack struggles to deliver a birthday present worthy of the princess.

114 comments:

  1. Sabra S/4th gradeMay 1, 2012 at 2:08 PM

    i like the part at the end when he explains how the cake was eaten. it was okay. **

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  2. I never knew the Princess liked stories. ***

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  3. katelyn k /mrs.silasAugust 12, 2012 at 5:03 PM

    I thought it was a good book and I liked how he went on a long trip and went from a cake to a story****

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  4. I was so glad that the princess understood, i loved this book!

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  5. I liked how bad things happened to the princess' gift and she wasn't mad she just enjoyed the story!***

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  6. colton L./sra.Zill 11 22 sepetember 6-2012-2013 I like that the princes undrstood.Jack did all that stuf for her.

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  7. Vincent A./Sra. ZillSeptember 6, 2012 at 6:34 PM

    I liked it. I liked the troll. He looked kinda funny. It was funny when the guard took the strawberry right out of the boy's hand and ate it.

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  8. The story was good .I like the challenges that Jack faced like the dark forest,troll and the bear part***

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  9. the story was very good because hes a ver smart boy****

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  10. I thought this book was kind of like the book "The Jack and the Bean Stock." I didnt really like the book, because it was like a little boring! **

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  11. I thought this book was good. I thought it was funny when the bear danced. i give this book **.

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  12. brooke ms hemmingway


    i liked this book beacause it told a story about a kid doesent get he wants but it ends up he gets what he wants.

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  13. jack is a very determind chareter and he does all he can to get a present for someone.****

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  14. I loved this book! I thought the princess was going to kick him out of the party. I was glad she enjoyed the story. Such a cute book! ****

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  15. this story is good and its kind of about how this poor kid get invited to the princesses party and so he trades his own stuff to make her a cake and there are a few problems on the way there!

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  16. I liked how he goes through a adventuer

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  17. it was a very different book. The cake looked really good.***

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  18. i thought that the book had a lot of heart to it. It had a boy trying his best to give her the present.****

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  19. I thought this book was ok im not a big fan of childrens books though **

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  20. i thought this book was fun and funny and really
    awesome

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  21. i liked how this book started by going through trades

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  22. I thought the book was good becuase it had some heart in it and I liked how much the boy tryed to get her a gift***

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  23. it was funny how the cake was gone at the story and he became friends with someone

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  24. I liked the book becuase, i liked how the author made it hard for jack to deliver the cake to the princess.And i thought it was realy funny.****

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  25. I think the book was really interesting because it was funny I the part when he tries to get the cake to the pricess and the people eat it

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  26. I loved this book it was fun and imaginative.But i am not a big fan of childrens books.

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  27. veary good of the prinsess for being his friend

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  28. The book was good but it was also kind of boring and it had some things I did not like.*

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  29. why did jack give the troll half of the cake and not just the strawberry?***

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  30. ****I liked the part when the gaurd ate the strawberry

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  31. I think it was very good, funny and fun to read. ****

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  32. It was a good book. I liked how he tried his hardest to give a gift.***

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  33. the bear was my favorite part.****

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  34. I loved the book. I loved the part where the princess said boring rubys.

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  35. It was a great book I love when the gard ate the strawbery and It was great and funy

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  36. It is a relly grate and funny book***

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  37. I love this book and I think you would to.

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  38. I LIKE IT BECOSE HE HE TRIED TO GIVE THE PRINSES A PRESENT BUT BAD THINGS KEPT HAPENING TO THE CAKE

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  39. i like wen the knight eat the sterallbery ***

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  40. It is a great book. i liked how Jack tried his best to give the princess a gift wicth is a cake but it got eaten by a bear. So explained what happened yhe princess thoght the gift was the story and she liked it.

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  41. I like it becues it wos funy.****

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  42. good book one thing i wish is that she could make it more of 3rd grade what i mean is that she could put harder words

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  43. A good adventure book. ****

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  44. I liked it. My favorite part was when the bear was dancing.****

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  45. i like how he sold all of his stuf
    ****

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  46. Jack is trying to bring the cake to the princess and she is alergic to strawberries I rate ***

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  47. I liked this book because jack was so creative and made a cake for the princess practicly out of nothing!I also liked how jack was so detirmend and never gave up
    ****

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  48. one day cleaver jacson got an invite to the princesess 10th birthday. but what wuold he bring? HE MADE the finest cake in all the land. then the most terible things happent then instead of a cake he gave the princess a story.



    Alia/Norris

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  49. it was a really good book it should win a gold medal***

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  50. the book was interesting becase step by step the cake disapered.i liked it becase the princess wasn't mad!

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  51. clever jake takes the kake is funny beacous he gives the kake tothe prensess but shes alerge to shrawberres.****

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  52. **The book ok I thoth that the jacks in my claas might like it more than me.

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  53. it was good but not the beest.wen he got ther i was suprisd that the princes wasit mad.

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  54. **** I thought the book was great because Clever Jack was finding stuff to make a cake for the princess.And Clever Jack had a big adventure to the castle.

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  55. Rayna G. Mrs. Ducan

    funny becuase he lost 1/2 of the cake
    give 3 stars

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  56. I loved the book it was kind of scary when he was in the forest i loved it because it was an adventure book.i love adventure.

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  57. wow!i like this book because it's different than others because other books usually the princesses are really rude. alexus norris

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  58. by the way could`t jack be smart enough to lite the candeles when it`s not windy and think this book brings out your iner royolnes

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  59. but i liked how jack was trying to be romemantic

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  60. Hayden H./Mrs. McKinneySeptember 25, 2012 at 4:18 PM

    *** It was a good adventure. I liked it.

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  61. When it said that he got the walnuts, I thought of when I was at church and i saw the pecan tree in the wooded area. my dad shook the tree really hard and we got about 30 pecans.

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  62. i loved how he gave up all his things to make the cake very cute story. ***

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  63. i love this book the book showes a little boy tried to do some thing nice for the prinnes and when he got to the tower he told her how the cack got eatin

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  64. This book was ok I guess. It was funny at some points, but I'm not a big fan of children books. I give it ** stars

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  65. I didnt really like this book but I think it is weird that the princess is like a diamond that is not new when one of us would be like a DIAMOND I cant believe it i give it ** stars.

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  66. I love this book because this book makes me think of a clasic jack and the bean stalk.**

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  67. I look the book because it is about a boy that is ching to git to prinses

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  68. He makes acake but ends up with nothing

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  69. ***My favrite part is when he gaved up his stuff to get some indrgets and he came to the pay the next day to travel he had to give away stuff he had nothing left he told the ten year old princesss what happend and she loved the gift even though it was a story

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  70. i really like this book! it is great! i give it **** stars.

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  71. stephanie d

    The story Clever Jack was intresting because he had a advanture with a delisous cake but he had nothing left.Clever Jack did not know he did a very smart thing to the princess.I would give this book a good to me.

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  72. I thought it was a good book. My favorite part was when the guard took the strawberry from Jack. I give it **** because it was short.

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  73. I give it 3 stars. I book was OK because I am not that into fairy tales.

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  74. *****I like clever jack takes the cake,because it has cake in it

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    1. Holly/wells
      Clever jack was a very good book because it was funny and i liked the part when he tackes the cake.

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  75. Steohanie d

    The book Clever jack was like a advanture with the cake.I would give this book a great book to me.

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  76. This was a funny book my favorite part was when the guard took the strawberry from him and the princess was happy that he read her a story. I give this book ***.

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  77. the story is like a advanture because Clever jack did a clever thing to the princess.I would give this book a good story.

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  78. all he had left was a strawberry for the pricess ****.

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  79. I liked the part when Jake had no gift for the princess and gave his story to the princess and the princess loved it

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  80. I like this book. My favorite part is when he gives all of his things for the cake. ****

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  81. i bet that cake was good because every one wanted that cake. THE BEAR wanted the cake and the toll.

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  82. i loved this book beacause he was trying to give the cake to the princess but things kept happening to the cake. i also liked the part where the gaurd ate the strawberry. i thought this book was silly and funny!

    i give this book 3 stars!!! * * *

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  83. I like this book beacause it is like a mixed up fairy tale.Also I liked the part where the guard ate the strawberry since the princess was allergic.I would give this book 4 stars.

    skylar C/Duncan

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  84. I loved this book because the detail was good and clear also the way the ilestrater the color.

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  85. I like this book cause he makes a cake for nothing and the princess already has one ****

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  86. *** ILIKECLEVER JAKE TAKES THE CAKE BECAUSE HE
    TRIES HIS BEST TOO TAKE A CAKE TOO THE
    PRINCES BUT ALL HE HAD LEFT WAS A
    STRAWBERRY

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  87. i liked how he shared the cake.you should shaer all of the time.*****

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  88. i love how jack gave up his stuff for the birthday cake he made for the princess ****

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  89. I liked this book because this poor little named Jack traded some of his belongings to get ingredence for a cake.He walk and he would lose pieces of the cake.When he told the princess what happen she thought the storie was her present.she also let him cut the cake.
    *****

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  90. I like this book becouse it has probblems he has to face and he meats a lot of differint creatchers I give it ***

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  91. I think it was so sweet that he did for the girl nice a good this might have my vote ****

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  92. I liked the book. I liked how Jack was clever. The pictures looked fake, but it could really happen because somebody could really bake a cake for somebody but it could get destroyed when they were walking to wherever they live. Clever Jack was a good cake maker. clever Jack was poor, but he was very smart. The princess liked his present, his present was a story and she liked it. Clever jack did not know the princess was allergic to strawberries. I loved this book. I give it ****

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  93. the book was ** i liked how he was bringing the cake to the party but jack had trouble on the way.

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  94. jake is sweet and kind and tries hard for the prices he makes a cake but not good at birnging it the prices has laugh and they become friends

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  95. Stephanie D duncan

    I like this book because it was like sharing the cake to cake to everybody that he meet.But when he meet the princess there was nothing left.Suddenly jack light bulb went on he thought of something clever but he was not sure he told the story about what happen to the cake then the princess liked it he is lucky.I will give this book three stars.

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  96. I thought the book was ok but the cake looked so good****

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  97. it was realy nice that a pesent would tri to make a cake for the princess *****

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  98. Justin Pierce - Mrs. Boenings classJanuary 7, 2013 at 2:06 PM

    I never knew the princess liked stories irate this 3 stars.

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  99. At first I thought he would steel the cake but he diddent.**

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  100. how nice of a king to invite a little boy

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  101. This is a good book, because it shows you don't always have to have a gift for a present.The story he told will probably last longer.****

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  102. i like this book because the princess is so used to geting gold and those kinds of things she would rather have a story than gold.

    Alia/Norris

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  103. duncan/I liked the book because he was trying to give the cake to the princess i give this book ***

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  104. Clever Jack was a luckey storey and he had to share the cake when he goes through the places.Also I want to give this book 5 stars.

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  105. I liked this book because it was adventurous. My favorite part was when Jack told the story to the Princess and she said it was the best gift she ever got. Jack got to cut the cake.

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  106. Jack was very clever when it comes to doing something like helping people.

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  107. Mikayla D/Ms. BishopJanuary 27, 2013 at 12:56 PM

    Jack kept trying until he succeeded.

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  108. Did Jack know all those obstacles were in the way?

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  109. i would read it again

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  110. I THINK IT IS A GREAT BOOK BUT WHY DID THAY HAVE TO CHOISE A PRINSESS WHY NOT JUST A NORMAL PERSON SO I SAY IT IS O.K I GEESS

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  111. i loved that book and the princess was so pretty

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