Friday, September 13, 2013

The Bears of Henlock Mountain by Alice Dalgliesh

A young boy with a big family.  His mom had to make a lot of cookies, but she did not have enough cookie mix, so she made stew.  Johnny had to go get the pot, but when he got there, there were bears.  His dad came and brought him home.

Piper K. give it * * * * stars and recommends it to others.

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Millions of Cats - comments by Ashlyn B.

It is about this family who wanted a cat.  The family went to the place where there were millions of cats.  The family found so many cats to choose from - any type.  So they took one but then found another one and ended up with millions of cats.

3 stars

Show Way - comments by Ashlyn B.

Show Way is about a girl who gets sold and then grows up and has a family. Then her daughter gets sold and has a life and a family.  Then her family gets sold and killed.  They make quilts which are showing the way out of slavery.

2 stars

Sarah, Plain and Tall - comments by Brooke M.

Sarah lost her mom but her and her papa sing songs because that is what her mom loved to do.  But her dad is very lonely so he put out a sign that he needs a wife.  He got a response and her name was Sarah, that was plain and tall.

4 stars

Whipping Boy - comments by Paige H.

The book is about a prince who was a trouble maker but instead of the prince getting a spanking he has a whipping boy who gets whipped.  One day the prince runs away with the whipping boy.  While they are traveling two robbers grab them.  They end up escaping and going back to the castle.  But they go back different.  They are friends.

4 stars

Hatchet - comments by Bennett F.

Brian is a 13 year old boy who was flying out to Canada to visit his dad.  Out over the woods, his plane crashes and he needs to survive until help comes.  So he puts in gut instinct and common sense to keep him alive.

4 stars

A Wrikle in Time - comments by Bennett F.

When a girl's father goes missing, she brings a friend and her brother through different worlds searching for him.  They also befriend 3 creatures that guide them.  However, when her brother is possessed by IT, she and her friend must save him, too.

4 stars

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

The One and Only Ivan - comments by Ally L.

The book is about a gorilla who takes care of an elephant.  They live in a mall.  Ivan trys to send a message to people that the mall isn't a good place for the baby elephant to live and that they need to go to the zoo.

4 stars.

The Bears on Hemlock Mountain - comments by Kaleigh M.

Jonathan has lots of aunts, uncles, and cousins that he loves to spend time with.  He has always really wanted to see a bear.  Jonathan went over Hemlock Mountain to get a pot from his aunt.  On his way back he saw bears.

3 stars.

Show Way - comments by Kaleigh M.

Each generation passes on to the next the belief that there is a road to a better place.  The generation is sowing quilts.  Soonie's family makes show ways -- quilts with secret meanings that are maps to freedom

3 stars

Hatchet - by Brooke P.

Brian is flying to see his dad for the summer when all of a sudden his pilot suffers a heart attack, and the plane crashes.  Brian finds himself stranded in the Canadian wilderness for fifty-four days.  When Brian thinks he will never be found he was.  Brian was happy after many days of pain and sorry.  Brian was able to go home still not knowing if the tornado hit the moose.

4 stars.

Missing May - comments by Eden K.

When May dies Summer and Ob are having a hard time.  After May died, Summer thought about what May did to her and Ob missed her the most so he could feel her.  When Ob was really missing May he went everwhere to make her come back but there was no way.  The next day when the Summer woke up she saw Ob cooking like May.  They looked at each other and smiled and they thought that May was with them in their hearts.

3 stars.

Charlotte's Webb - comments by Bennett F.

A runt named Wilbur is saved by his owner and brought to a farm.  He is about to be slaughtered when he is saved by a spider, named Charlotte.  Charolette is able to keep Wilbur alive by spinning words into her web.  By oding this, Wilbur becomes famous and goes to the fair.  Sadly, Charlotte gives birth to 1,000 children and dies.

3 stars.

Afternoon of the Elves -- comments by Carissa H.

Hillary does not like Sara-Kate.  Until Sara-Kate tells her a secret!  Sara-Kate has elves in her back yard.

It is titled this because one afternoon Hillary sees some elf magic.

3 stars

Charlotte's Webb - comments by Carissa H.

Wilbur is a pig who is smaller than the others.  Then he gets shipped to another barn.  Then he meets a spider named Charlotte who saves his life.

3 stars

The Giver -- comments by Carson C.

12 year old Jonas is given the task to become the next Receiver.  Through that he learns pain, love, and other feelings.  In his community they have none of that so Jonas takes a toddler they are going to kill and runs away to Elsewhere.

10 stars - one of the best books I've read.

Show Way - comments by Piper K

This book was about Show Way.  A show way is a patch that the slaves used to communicate with other slaves.  And there are different patches.

4 stars

Bridge to Terabithia - comments by Sarah S.

It is about a boy who meets a girl who just moved into town.  The boys at the school always have running tournaments and for the first time a girl joins.  The boy and the girl become really good friends and make their own world in the woods across a small river.  Sadly the boy leavers for a day and the girl dies trying to cross to get to the world.  The boy gets a great idea to make a bridge so no one else will get hurt.

4 stars.

Hatchet - comments by Sarah S.

It is about a 13 year old boy whose parents are divorced.  He is flying over to visit his dad, but the pilot ends up having a heart attack and dies.  So Brian has to fly the plane and has never done that before.  He ends up crash landing, loses weight, gets beaten up by animals, insects and gets rescued by a fur trader.  And that's how it ends.

4 stars

Dear Mr. Henshaw - comments by Ryan L.

An author, Mr. Henshaw, sends Leigh Botts ten questions about Leigh.  Leigh doesn't want to answer the questions but her T.V. broke and her mom went to get it fixed.  Leigh answers them because she is bored and has nothing else to do.

3 stars

Out of the Dust - comments by Ryan L.

When Billie Joe was born the state she lived in was having a bad drought.  All the families had no fruit or meat or crops.  So all the farmers had to shoot their skin and bone cows.  One day, the rain came!  Everybody was happy and all the crops were better and all the cows that were left were happy.

4 stars

26 Fairmount Avenue - comments by Ryan L.

Tomie was living in New England, until a huge hurricane hit.  Tomie moved with his family to a new part of town.  For the time being they lived in an apartment.  After awhile they lstarted building a house on 26 Fairmount AVenue.  There they lived.

4 stars

My Father's Dragon - comments by Ryan L.

Elmer finds an alley cat and brought the cat to his house.  His mom didn't like cats so she threw the cat out.  Elmer found the cat and took the cat on a walk.  The cat told Elmer about a place called Tangenia and Wild Island.

4 stars.

A visit to William Blake's Inn - comments by Abigail G.

A boy decides to stay at an inn.  The babysitter tells him stories.  The stories are very wild.  They have tigers and rabbits.

1 star.

King of the Wind - comments by Abigail G.

A boy and his horse, Sham, from Morocco, went to many different places.  There would be good things and then bad things happen.  He goes to jail and then he goes back with Sham, and people started giving him respect like he deserved.

3 stars