Saturday, February 26, 2011

Chains (*****)


Isabel's master has just died of a illness, where will she and Ruth go? When her mistress's only living relation, a man called Mr. Robert came to see her burial, he took her and her youger sister Ruth with him, planning to sell them at a slave auction. When stoping at a tavern to eat, a kind African American cook gave them a meal and drink for free and told them she had knew their mother, who had died of illness, and wondered who the were with. When Mr. Robert called the two girls over they saw and man and his wife standing with him. They were going to be bought, the cook rushed over to offer to buy the girls, but the deal was done. Read the book to find out about their new life.

This book is 313 pages long. This book definatly earns a five out of five stars! (*****)

Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson

Thursday, February 3, 2011

My Life in Pink and Green (***)


When Lucy recieves the letter saying that the mortages have not been payed for several months, Lucy knows that something is wrong. She wants to find a way to help so she starts to do make up. Read the book to find if Lucy really does save the store.

This book is 267 pages long.It is three out of five stars(***).

Gathering Blue (****)


Kira wants to find blue. So she can finish the singing robe, so she can make them think she was worth saving. She wonders what happened to her father. They all say he was eaten by the beasts, but when the old women told her there was no beasts and nor would there ever be Kira coulden't help but wonder. When she watched mother die from a sudden sickness Kira is left with little food and possesiens to call her own. When Vandara acuses her and says that she is weak and can do nothing she says that she can weave, she shows them the tiny scrap of cloth. Read more to find out what happens to Kira.

This book is 215 pages long. I'll give it four out of five stars (****.)

Gathering Blue
by, Lois Lowry

Also Known As Harper (***)


When Harper lee's mother loses her job everything spins out of control. They lose their house, and many of their things. so Harper's mom brings her and her little brother, Hemingway to stay at the Knotty In deluxe Moter Hotel, and trust me it is not as nice there as it seems. Then Harper meets Lorraine who lives in tent and is just as poor as Harper. Lorraine does not speak, it is not that she can't it is that she will not speak. Her brother said ever since the fire that burned her house down she would not speak. She refuses to use the color orange and her mother puts name tags on everything, hoping that Lorraine will get her words back. Read the book to find out more.

This book is 243 pages long. I'll give it four out of five stars (***.)




Also Known as Harper writen by, Ann Haywood Leal

Thursday, January 20, 2011

A Wrinkle in Time (***)


When the odd visitor introduced herself as Mrs. Whatsit Meg and her mother did not know what to think. So they did the polite thing to do, they got her some tea and made her a sandwich. After that night it all changed. Meg and Charles took Fortinbras (the dog) out for a walk and came across Calvin (whom Meg didn't think very much of.) Together they went on a dangerous journey, meet strange creatures, and tryed to rescue Meg and Charles's father in the middle of it.

This book is 211 pages long. I gave it three out of for stars (***.)


A Wrinkle in Time by, Madeleine L'engle

Shiva's Fire (***)


This book is about a girl named Parvati who has a gift to dance. Right when she was born a terrible storm broke out and the sky turned green. Then it turned into a cyclone and roused the elephants who broke free from their chains and trampled Parvati's father killing him. the cyclone ruined their house and many many others. It killed people, chickens, water buffalo, dogs, elephants, monkeys, birds and many other innocent creatures. When she was eight she went to the river with a basket of laundry and was found surrounded by many, many types of animals, fish, and birds. when she was ten she danced in fire until her mother saw, her and pulled her out. To her mother's surprise she wasn't bunt at all. She could talk to animals.
and she remembered her whole life, since the day she was born. This book takes place in India.

This book was 270 pages long. I gave this book three out of five stars (***.)


Shiva's Fire by, Suzanne Fisher Staples

The Giver (*****)


This book is about a boy named jonas. He is assigned to a job called the reciever of memories. His trainer is an elder who wants him to call him the Giver, and so he begins to give him good memories and terrible painful grusome ones. Read the book to find out what they were.

This book is 179 pages long. I'll give it five out of five stars (*****.)

The Giver by, Lois Lowry