Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Annie and the Old One

Newbery Honor

Annie is a Navajo Indian. The pumpkins were yellow in the cornfield. Her granmother is also a Navajo Indian. When her grandmother and Annie are weaving, her grandmother tells her she is going to die.

It is given this title because their house is most likely an old one.

2 stars

by Alexis M., 6th grade

Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes

Newbery Medal

A boy named Jerry buys a puppy and Jerry loved him very much but one day when the puppy, named Ginger Pye, goes into the backyard he gets stolen. Jerry spends all year looking for him. Then one day a dog appears in the park and it was Ginger! So, Jerry finally found Ginger and they were a happy family again.

It is given this title because the book is mostly about a dog named Ginger Pye.

3 stars

by Joshua H., 5th grade