Books, Books, and More Books

This is a wonderful book, and a few months ago I read it with my class. Winifred Foster (Winnie) gets horribly angry with her family. She decides into run away to the woods. Though the Fosters own this land, they never go into the woods. When she runs away, she met an interesting family- the Tucks. The Tucks and Winnie started to bond closely. For instance, they told her their biggest secret and she started to fall in love with one of their sons. Their names were: Angus, Ma

I am constantly reading books. I am still reading Harry Potter, but one thing you may not know is that every night before bedtime, my mom reads me a chapter (or a few!) of a book. Usually we read chapter books, but occasionally, she reads me picture books. Currently, she is reading me The One and Only Ivan. So far, the book is sad. It is about a silverback-an adult male gorilla- that lives in a mall for a circus. In the book the gorilla- Ivan- expresses himself. He talks a

It all started when Granny woke her up in the middle of the night. Louisiana was not suspicious of anything. Why should have she been suspicious? Granny had middle-of-the-night ideas all the time. Granny told her that they needed to leave. Did she mean leave all her friends? Yes. Could she bring her pets? No. What was this all about? Then it came to Louisiana . . . They were not going to come back. Lost. Hopeless. Who is Louisiana Elefante? All her life she had thought her

I am still reading Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire but I finished a class read-aloud at school. I figured this would be a great book to share. It is a classic. It is fictional. My class would complain every time we had to stop reading. The book is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G ! The story starts by a game of hide and seek. Lucy steps into a wardrobe to hide. She goes further into the wardrobe... and further... and further. Soon she finds herself in a magical place. She was in a pl

I know I posted about Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling last week. This week I will focus on specifically the fourth book. I will tell you though, the book is long so I am not that far into it. The start of the book is a bit spooky. That is where I originally stopped. Once you get further into the book, it stops being spooky and becomes interesting. In the very beginning, Harry gets to go to the Quidditch ( a game played on brooms) World Cup. It is a once in a lifetime experienc

This week I am reading a book by Andrew Clements. He is the author of bestseller Friendle. My teacher read Friendle to my whole class and I've been meaning to read another book by Andrew Clements. I am only to chapter four so the book might change. However, I know the following. Greg is a young boy that has a talent for almost everything. He is most skilled with money though. He loves to stack his coins and count his money. Greg soon found ways to start making money around t

I just started reading this book. My friend suggested that I read it. It is her absolute favorite book! There are a lot of different versions of this book. The version I am reading is by Frances Hodgson Burnett. This famous story is written in a nice way. This story is about a young girl, Mary Lennox. Mary was brought to a huge house and has to adjust to a new life. This house is big but so many doors are shut. There are plenty of secrets hiding in this house and Mary is det

Kiki's Delivery Service by Eiko Kadono is a book that was also turned into a Japanese animated fantasy film. Kiki is a young witch in search of a place to live but instead ends up searching for her purpose in life; helping others. See in Kiki's world as a young witch is "Coming of Age" they would have to leave their parents house and go to another town. Not only does Kiki have to stop relying on her parents but she has to find a way to make it in the world. She does this by

Hello! This will be the last time I will talk about The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More. I just wanted to cover what The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar was about because it is what the book is named after. This short story is about a man, Henry Sugar, that reads a book and gets inspired. He wants to see with his eyes closed. He works with the power of yoga. As you may have already noticed (because I put the words in bold) I think that story is amazing! It is

The first thing I want to do is to tell you "Hello," but the second thing I want to say is that what I said last time (about me not giving you a summary of six books) is partially false. You see, the book is divided into seven sections. Each part contains a different story. One of the little stories is "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar." Each of them are short stories. I do not think any of the stories connect, but maybe they do and it will be pointed out at the end. If I

The first thing I would like to clear up is that I am not giving you a summary of Henry Sugar and multiple summaries of six other books. It's title is really The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More. Now that we are all clear on that, let us jump into this miraculous book. I am still unsure on where this book is going but often times you can look on the back of the book and it gives you a summary. Before I read it, I looked on the back of the book to make sure it woul

Hello! Happy New Year! I got more into this book (like about 100 pages into it) and I realized that it was a mystery book too. It is beautifully written and contains exquisite vocabulary. Even though those are all good things in a book, they make the suspenseful parts of the books more suspenseful. This is just my opinion though. You should keep in mind that you have a different opinion than me. I generally do not like mystery books. I am going to keep reading it, though. I

DANNY THE CHAMPION OF THE WORLD Hello! Let us just hop right back into books. Last week we discussed Danny the Champion of the World. Danny learns a secret from his dad, as you learned last week. This secret pulls him into a crazy adventure. The adventure comes with the creative process and changing the way of doing the secret. Danny does it. It scares him. His dad says "That is the fun of it!" In my opinion, with all the books I have read, I am not sure Danny feels comf

Hello. I hope you are having a good day. I just want all of you to know that this book is not that religious. Also, if it makes you feel better to know that I don't leave out key details I am telling you: in GoogIe it says that this book does qualify as a young adult book, probably because of the talk of puberty. Actually, have only read half of it. Well, a bit more than half. So far it is about this girl named Margaret who wants to find her religion because everyone she know

DANNY THE CHAMPION OF THE WORLD I have not gotten very far into this book. Danny's father has a secret that he has been hiding for years. One night Danny wakes up and his dad is not home. He looks all around, but his dad is nowhere to be found. He waits on the steps of the caravan that they live in. Who knows how long he was there? When Danny's dad gets home, Danny has tons of questions. His father respects that he has questions. His father reveals his deep dark secret and a

Good morning! Last week, I blogged about Gold Medal Winter. This book was divided up into three sections: 1,2, and, obviously, 3! I liked it. A big plot that got my attention was when Esperanza fell. Esperanza, as you may recall, is the main character. Her nickname is Espi. I used her nickname last week. Although, the title could use improvement, it is a good book. Really! This part of the book is really where drama gets Esperanza. Her mom's visa is not coming through so she

I am currently reading a book about an ice skater, Espi, who always dreamed of going to the Olympics but never thought of it as a reality. Suddenly Jennifer, who was another figure skater chosen for the Olympics, gets injured and the Olympics chose Espi. She is famous now! Another character is Danny. Danny is another Olympian from Rhode Island just like her. He is also on ice but not figure skating; he does hockey. The news is setting her up like she is going to marry Danny.

I will start by saying the end is not the expected. It's sweet though. Gabe is saved and the people get to experience life. What is life anyways? They talk about this in Tuck Everlasting, too. (that is recommended, too) Is it living then dying? Is it enjoying it? Is it being present? Remembering past times? Hearing music and seeing color? In The Giver my mom commented she thought it was music, color, and love. They have no love either. Can you imagine? All that given to one

Do you know the phrase "cannot put a book down?" That is what happens to me with The Giver. Literally. I like this book so much that I could read it for hours. I have so much to say about this book. One thing I'd like to say is that you really feel like you are in the book when you read it. I know these are things a lot of people say about books, but it is true. I personally love books by Lois Lowery. Again, I said this at the beginning of my blog, but I want you to remember

Sorry I have not posted; I will talk about 2 books in 1 post. Then I will be able to catch up with my reading. The 2 books will be: Nancy Drew and the Quest of the Missing Map and Who was Ruth Bader Ginsberg. NANCY DREW and the QUEST of the MISSING MAP I was writing a book report about a mystery book of my choice for school. I picked a Nancy Drew book. Mystery books are not really my style, but I liked this book. Sometimes I get nightmares about mysteries, but I did not ge