Number the Stars

            

     Ellen is hiding. But at her friend’s house? Number the Stars by Luis Lowry is about the Holocaust, and Annemarie was not a Jew. But her friend Ellen was. Ellen comes to hide with Annemarie’s family as Annemarie’s sister, Lise, who died from a car accident. The Germans come to Annemarie’s house and ask why Ellen has brown dark hair. Her “pretend” father tears out some pages of their family album. The real Lise had dark curls when she was a baby. After the soldiers leave, Mama takes Annemarie, Ellen, and Kirsti to her brother's house. There Ellen goes with her family to Sweden, one of the free countries left in the world. 

Annmarie character traits are bravery and her loyalty to her friends and family.  I really like this book because friendship prevails over ethnic differences and the war.

Pages: 137

Lily's Crossing

    

Lily is in for the surprise of her life. A boy from Hungary! Lily’s Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff, is the story about Lily, a 5^th grade girl during the summer, meeting a boy named Albert, from Hungary. They go on many adventures with each other; including saving a few week old kitten that was tossed into the ocean on the Eastern beach of America, called Rockaway. That moment when Lily dove in to save the kitten was the moment they became friends. But lies set the two friends apart, especially one that Lily tells: Someday Albert, you and I are going to row out into the night and get close to the ships going to Europe. Then we’ll swim the last couple feet onto the boat. And you can get Ruth, your sister and I can get Poppy. At the end Albert tries to see the ships and almost gets killed. Lily saves him and they part for the end of summer. They meet back together at the end of the book. Lily’s character traits are brave and naughty because she saved Albert.

I liked the book because it is a young American girl's perspective of the war and its effect on her personal friendship with Albert.

Pages: 180

Veteren's Day!

Make sure to watch the Fresno Veteren's Day parade! I'm in it! Honor the veterens too though. The're the ones that keep us free. Say thanks to them.

The Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankwieler

                "Jamie, I want to know if Michealangelo did it. I can't explain why exactly. But I feel that I've got to know. For sure. One way or another. A real discovery is going to help me," Claudia says in the book. The Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankwieler, by E.L. Konigsburg, is about two children, Claudia and Jamie, who runaway to the Metropolitan Mueseum of Art. There the plot leads the two stowaways into a mystery about a statue in the mueseum. In the end, the children find out about the statue by a lady named Mrs. Basil E. Frankwieler. Claudia is very persistent and smart because she was able to survive on her own.

The Reptile Room

The Reptile Room by Lemony Snicket is about the Baudelaire Orphans on their way to their new "home", where they thoroughly enjoy it. The guardian for them dies though, because of the venom from a snake. They later encounter themselves face to face with an old rival of theirs, Count Olaf.  The book is truly terrorizing because of Count Olaf's and the snake's actions against the orphans.

Genre: Fiction

191 pages.

Nancey Drew: The Secret of the Old Clock

     The Secret of the Old Clock by: Carolyn Keene is about a young girl, named Nancy whose father is a lawyer and she became caught up in one of his cases.  The case of Mr. Crowley, is about his estate after his death and his presumed gift to poor people.  She goes on a mad chase to find a clock that holds the secret to the Crowley case.  She solves the case by finding the clock in the back of a truck.  So the poor people get their money!  This book is a really exciting book that got my blood pumping.

Genre: Mystery
Pages: 180

The Magician's Nephew

                   I think that the little boy is just a selfish boy who won't even taste the fruit! It's just his loss that he didn't, because I have endless power! I felt a lot stronger when I ate that fruit, oh it was so good, but his crazy lion friend is saying that he wants it! Foolish boy! If I see him again he is going to get hurt!

           Your Queen of the world,
                     Jadis

Mr. Popper's Penguins

         Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater is about a man who gets a special present from an admiral and is surprised that the present is a penguin.  He soon gets another penguin and the two of them mate with each other.  Then he ended up doing shows with his penguins. The book is truly a laugh out loud! Genre: fiction 139 pages

Charlotte's Web

         Charlotte's Web by E.B. White is a story about ayoung pig who has a friend named Charlotte, who's a spider. she tries to get him to not be killed by the farmer, Mr. Zuckerman, for Christmas dinner. She succeeds, but dies at the fair when the people were packing up. It is truly a heart warming book.Genre: fiction 184 pages.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

           Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is about a young boy who is very poor and wins a contest to get a tour of Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory. He goes over to the factory with three other children, who get lost in the factory. In the end Charlie wins the Chocolate factory from Wonka. I think it is a great book for anyone who needs to laugh! Genre: fiction 155 pages.

The Clue in the Crossword Cipher

    The Clue in the Crossward Cipher by Carolyn Keene is about Nancy Drew on another mission to solve a case. This time the mystery leads them to Peru whereshe tries to find treasure of her freind's ancesters. At the end she finds something that is a lot more valuable than gold or treasure. Genre: Mystery 192 pages.

The Cronicles of Narnia:The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

              The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis is about the world of Narnia where a little girl named Lucy walks in and lands there in the woods where she meets a Faun named Mr. Tumnus. she then gets her brothers and sister to come in with her and they all become mad at the Witch who makesit always winter there. In the end the four children become Kings and Queens. Genre: fiction Pages:206

A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning

               The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket is about three young orphans that are trying to find a place to live since their parents died in a fire that burned down the entire house. They find a place where their uncle lives and have to stay there with him. He tries to marry the oldest of the orphans, but his plan backfires.162 pages     Genre: fiction     

Hoot

                  Hoot by Carl Hiaasen is about a kid named Roy who was new to Coconut Cove,Florida,is bullied by other kids on the bus to school. He is intrigued by a running boy running past one of the bus stops. One day he decides to follow him down the sidewalk. The boy leads him to a golf course where Roy gets knocked out by a golf ball. Later that week, Roy goes to the golf course to see if he can find the running boy. He goes through many pepper trees to find him but only finds three bags: one held trash, another held clean clothes, and the last held nine cottonmouth moccasins;which are highly poisonous. The boy then told Roy, later on in the book, that he was trying to save some burrowing owls that were in danger of getting buried.To learn more read Hoot. 292 pages.

Rain

I think that my poem is reall dumb! But...I have to post it on my blog. = 0
   Little dashes against the sky,
   Split-splat Split-splat,
   as water dances on the roof,
   Singing like corn kernals popping into popcorn,
   When rain hits the ground.
It's pretty bad isn't it.  

Parades! =D

I am going to a parade this Saturday! Last Saturday we won 1st place1 Even when my baton team messed up big time!=) This time I am going to the Caruthers parade. It's so cool that I get to be in parades even though I've been in them since I was 5! I also just caught my first blind catch today too! It's where you toss the baton and catch it behind your head. I was really surprised that I caught it!

The land of Nothing! =D

In the land of nothing Polly and Digory loved hearing the voice until they knew who the singer was!Please comment!

Why don't people blog?

Please blog on my blog!I only got 1 real blog post! Everything else was posted by me! Please respond!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Reading!

Magician's Nephew is so good! I couldn't put it down!

Hi!

I am so happy that I actually made a blog! It's just so crazy! Isn't it...

This my first blog - Hello bloggers

Hello - I like reading books, just completed another Nancy Drew Mystery. Now on to another new book!