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