Sunday, April 25, 2010

Lionboy (***)

This book is about a boy who can speak cat.  His mom writes a note in blood and tells him to take it everywhere he goes.  His parents are kidnapped.  He joins a circus and helps lions escape.  Read the book to find out all that happens.

This book is 275 pages long.  I'll give it three out of five stars (***).


Lionboy  by, Zizou Corder

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Magyk (**)

This book is about a girl named Jenna who is actually a princess, and she does not know it. Read the book to find out who she meets along her way and who is after her.

This book is 564 pages long. I will give it a two out of five stars (**).

Magyk
by, Angie Sage

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

The Pharaoh's Secret (****)

This book is about a girl and her name is Talibah, she has a little brother named Adom, he is 11 years old. Talibah and her Dad, along with Adom, go to visit Egypt, wear their Mom and Dad were born. Her Mom died when she was nine and her brother was five. They have to solve a mystery about Egypt's only woman Pharaoh, Hetshepsut. She loved a man named Senenmut, who was a from a common family, and should not be treated with respect. They could not marry, so Senenmut promised they would be together in the after life. When Senenmut disappears and they have to figure out what happened to him.

This book was 302 pages long. I will give it four out of five stars (****).

The Pharaoh's Secret
by, Marissa Moss

Monday, April 12, 2010

The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate (*****)

This book is about a girl named Calpurnia Virginia Tate. She lives in 1899. In her household she lives with seven brothers, her Mom & Dad, and a very mysterious Grandfather. Her oldest brother, Harry, gave her a little red notebook to write her observations in. When she has a question about grasshoppers she goes to her grandfather as a last resort. He does not give the awnser, only clues. When she finally finds it she makes a close relationship with her Grandpa, who is a naturalist and also is trying to find a way to make pecans into whiskey. Read the book to read Calpurnia's whole story.

I listened to this book and it was nine hours and six minutes total. I will give this book five out of five stars (*****) because it was a good story and interesting to learn about how life was in the 1800's.

The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by, Jacqueline Kelly