Sunday, November 28, 2010

The Wanderer (***)


This is two people's diaries from a ocean voyage on a ship called the Wanderer. Read the book to find the contents of these two peoples diaries.

This book is 305 pages long. I'll give it three out of five stars.

The Wanderer by, Sharon Creech

Out of my Mind (*****)


This is definetly one of the best books I've ever read. It is about a girl who is eleven and she has never spoken a single word in her life due to Cerebral Palsy. She is smarter than the average grown educated adult and remembers every little thing that happened in her life. Then she gets a new computer like device so she can communicate with people. Read more to find out what happens.

This book is 295 pages long. I'll give it five out of five stars (*****.)

Out of my Mind by, Sharon M. Draper

Shiver (*****)


This book is about a girl named Grace and a boy named Sam. Sam is a werewolf and is in love with Grace. Read the book to find out more.

This book is 329 pages long. I'll give it four out of five stars (****.)

Shiver by, Maggie Stiefvater

under the Green Hill (****)


This book has just come out for sale. My mom is the assistant director of all 18 KDL library branches, so when she goes to conferences she brings back advanced reader copies (books that are not for sale yet.) This book is mainly about a girl, Meg, and her three siblings, Silly,Rowan, and James. There is a flu spreading in New York so her parents decide to send them to their great aunt and uncle who they have never met. Her great aunt and uncle live in England. A week before they are going to England her parents get a phone call. When her mom and dad come back into the room they have news, the kids greatest "enemy" named Finn will be going with them to England. Then when Meg and her siblings were about to board the plane rich, snobby Finn and his family bring along another boy named Dickie. Dickie is nice, smart and shy. Finn likes to tease him about his asthma and enhaler. When they arrive at the airport they find a man is waiting there for him. He said his name is Bran and piled the older kids in back and had Silly and James come in the front with him. Read the book to find out what happens next.

This book is 308 pages long. I'll give it four out of five stars (****.)


Under the Green Hill by, Laura L. Sullivan

Fever 1793 (***)




This book is about a girl, Mattie Cook, who lives in 1793. There is a fever going around Philadelphia again and her mother catches it. They have to close their coffee shop down and Mattie and her Grandfather flee to her mother's old friend's farm. Her Grandfather dies, so she is on her own in the world with her cat.
Read the book to find out what else happens. (This is a great example of historical fictoin.)

This book is 243 pageslong. I'll give it three out of five stars (***).

Fever 1793 by, Laurie Halse Anderson

Pillage (****)


Pillage is a book about a boy whose mother dies and gets sent to his uncles. His uncle owns a HUGE house that is five stories tall and an attic. His uncle owns a lot of land, most of which Beck cannot go explore. He and his friend Milo go to explore the backyard and gardens which they are forbidden to go into. They find a huge wall and on top says the words conservatory. Read the book to find out what happens next.

This book is 312 pages long. I'll give it four out five stars (****).

Pillage by, Obert Skye