Ginger Pye
by: Eleanor Estes
"He steals the hearts of everyone until someone steals him."
The Pye family buys a fox terrier collie mix puppy for a $1! The family names their adorable puppy Ginger Pye. He is the smartest dog you've ever met, some consider him an "intellectual dog." Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes 306 pages, is perfect for dog-lovers and children about 8 and up.
I would reccomend Ginger Pye to dog-lovers, children, and people who like suspense. It's suspenseful when the Pye's are looking for their dog, but their leads fail. There really isn't anything bad about the book except it can be wordy. Also, It's a long book so it may get boring. I personally found the book captivating. It's in my top 10. I really enjoyed reading it, it was hard to put down.
This realistic fiction novel's theme is pereverance. Jerry and his little sister Rachel never stop trying to find Ginger Pye. Even when all hope is lostfor the town, they continue their search. Months and months passed before they figured out who stole their dog.More months passed before thy could find where their dog was. These perserveering kids never gave up, and they finally found their beloved, stolen dog.
Friday, February 12, 2010
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Child of the Owl
Child of the Owl
Child of the Owl by Luarence Yep is 278 pages. Casey the main character lives with her gambling father. When her dad Barney is jumped, Casey goes to live with her uncle Phil. He sends her to her Paw-Paw's house becuase he can't handler immaturity. There Casey settles into her "new life." Can you guess how Casey will cope with the situation? Read Child of the Owl to find out how Casey deals with her new life in Chinatown, Sanfransisco.
Child of the Owl by Luarence Yep is 278 pages. Casey the main character lives with her gambling father. When her dad Barney is jumped, Casey goes to live with her uncle Phil. He sends her to her Paw-Paw's house becuase he can't handler immaturity. There Casey settles into her "new life." Can you guess how Casey will cope with the situation? Read Child of the Owl to find out how Casey deals with her new life in Chinatown, Sanfransisco.
Monday, January 11, 2010
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Boy In the Striped Pajamas
Boy in the Striped Pajamas, has 240 pages and the author that wrote this sad but great novel is John Boyne. Bruno (the main character), (his sister) Gretel, his mom, dad, and maids and butler suddenly move. They have to leave their nice home in Berlin, Germany. The family moves to Auschwitz, a death camp in Germany. When Bruno was wandering around and exploring he comes across a child in the camp named Shemuel. Bruno wanted to see what it was like in the camp and help Shemuel. Shemuel gave him a pair of striped pajamas so Bruno could enter the camp. Sadly, Bruno didn't make it out.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Monday, December 7, 2009
Yellow Star
Yellow Star
Yellow Star is a fantastic Holocaust novel. It is 241 pages of
adventure, torture, and sadness by Jennifer Roy.Syvia, just a 6 year old is put in a Ghetto for Jews. Syvia is the youngest out of a family of 4. Her sister Dora, her mother, and dad go to work for the Ghetto. Eventually, she finds friends, Hava and Itka. The Lodz Ghetto isn’t your typical neighborhood. Wherever you go you have to watch your back otherwise the Nazis will get it. Plus another thing to worry about: FOOD! You either get it moldy or you don’t get anything! If you didn’t work most likely you weren’t fed. Just as everybody starts to get used to life people start disappearing. Concentration Camps. That’s where everybody’s going. Whether you were tricked into “Volunteering”, were too young, too old, or too sick to work you were sent there. All children were ordered to get on the train and go. Syvia didn’t. She hid in a cemetery with her dad for every night for weeks. Until the Nazis found where they were hiding. Then the Nazi’s sent all on the train. When it was time to get on Syvia’s Papa has to decide.
His family went to the side of death. He went to the side to help clean up the Lodz Ghetto. He refused to leave his family. He chose the side of death. When it was time to get on the train he didn’t. The family stayed to help clean up. The Nazis didn’t care. So Syvia has to stay in a cellar with other children. They’re found! When the Nazis found them they took them outside. The one that grabbed Syvia and kicked her three times. Now the kids stay with the adults because they fought back. Bombs. The Russian are dropping bombs on the Ghetto! They have to get out. When they got out all 800 ran to the flour house. They stayed there until 3 days later the bombing starts again. Syvia is brave.
Syvia is a brave little girl. Syvia saved them! She woke people up and got them out of the flour house. Before they were bombed to death. Another example of her bravery was when she went outside to get a pear. First of there wasn’t supposed to be children in the ghetto. Second of all the fruit was only supposed to be for the Nazis. In my opinion she is very brave.
Yellow Star is a fantastic Holocaust novel. It is 241 pages of
adventure, torture, and sadness by Jennifer Roy.Syvia, just a 6 year old is put in a Ghetto for Jews. Syvia is the youngest out of a family of 4. Her sister Dora, her mother, and dad go to work for the Ghetto. Eventually, she finds friends, Hava and Itka. The Lodz Ghetto isn’t your typical neighborhood. Wherever you go you have to watch your back otherwise the Nazis will get it. Plus another thing to worry about: FOOD! You either get it moldy or you don’t get anything! If you didn’t work most likely you weren’t fed. Just as everybody starts to get used to life people start disappearing. Concentration Camps. That’s where everybody’s going. Whether you were tricked into “Volunteering”, were too young, too old, or too sick to work you were sent there. All children were ordered to get on the train and go. Syvia didn’t. She hid in a cemetery with her dad for every night for weeks. Until the Nazis found where they were hiding. Then the Nazi’s sent all on the train. When it was time to get on Syvia’s Papa has to decide.
His family went to the side of death. He went to the side to help clean up the Lodz Ghetto. He refused to leave his family. He chose the side of death. When it was time to get on the train he didn’t. The family stayed to help clean up. The Nazis didn’t care. So Syvia has to stay in a cellar with other children. They’re found! When the Nazis found them they took them outside. The one that grabbed Syvia and kicked her three times. Now the kids stay with the adults because they fought back. Bombs. The Russian are dropping bombs on the Ghetto! They have to get out. When they got out all 800 ran to the flour house. They stayed there until 3 days later the bombing starts again. Syvia is brave.
Syvia is a brave little girl. Syvia saved them! She woke people up and got them out of the flour house. Before they were bombed to death. Another example of her bravery was when she went outside to get a pear. First of there wasn’t supposed to be children in the ghetto. Second of all the fruit was only supposed to be for the Nazis. In my opinion she is very brave.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Princess Academy
Princess Academy 314 pages is a fabulous story written by Shannon Hale. Miri's town, Mount Eskel, is chosen to be the home of the future bride. The future bride will be married to the prince of Danland. The girls are taught to read and write by Tutor Olana. Who is quick as can be to punish for any falls out of place. Miri is a bright student and wants to show she's smart. Miri wants to teach those Danlanders she is just as smart as any of them. But will she impress the prince?
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Holes
Holes
Louis Sachar wrote a captivating novel entitled Holes, 233 pages. Stanley Yelnats is a very unlucky teenager because of his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather!! Stanley supposedly stole a pair of shoes called Sweet Feet. They're Clyde Livingston's the famous baseball players shoes. Clyde donated them to a charity. It was Camp Greenlake or jail. Stanley's family is poor so he's never been to camp before. He was to dig a hole 5 feet wide and 5 feet deep. His shovel was his measuring stick. He had 2 pairs of orange clothes. One for working the other for resting. The next day he switched. The third day clothes were washed. His best friend in his tent is named Zero. Zero wants to learn to read and write, so Stanely teaches him. Zero will dig part of his hole every day so Stanely has enough energy to teach. After ZigZag and him get into a fight the Warden gets called out. Zero is done! He is never digging another hole again!
Stanely goes after him.They travel to God's thumb where they find refuge. When stanley reaches Zero, Zero almost dies fom either Sploosh or dehydration. Sploosh is a peach mixture preserved for more than 100 years. On God's thumb there was water and onions!! They lived there for a week or more. When they returned they found what the Warden was looking for. They weren't just digging to build character. Stanley got to go home with the case the the warden was looking for. It read: STANLEY YELNATS.It belonged to him! As for Zero his records were erased fom camp Greenlake. He got to go with Stanley!!! In the case were stones and documents from the1800s. Also his dad an inventor found the cure for foot odor. Stanley's family is rich. Zero found his mom!! (His mom left him) I highly reccomend this story.
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Sisterhood blog 3
Sisterhood 3 blog
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants #3 is 373 pages of friendship, growing up, and family. Ann Brashares wrote this fabulous novel. One of the main characters is Carmen. Carmen is going to be a big sister! Her mom is having a boy. Carmen isn’t all so thrilled though. She’s afraid that as soon as she leaves for college, her family will forget about her. In the end, she realizes that her family would never forget about her. The author stresses the importance of family.
Family is the most important thing. Carmen’s mom is there for her throughout the story trying to comfort her. She tells Carmen that she would never forget her. Even Al, Christina’s (Carmen's mom) ex-husband, comforts Carmen and the family. When Christina needs Carmen, she helps her get through the rough days. Without family people would be very lonely.
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants #3 is 373 pages of friendship, growing up, and family. Ann Brashares wrote this fabulous novel. One of the main characters is Carmen. Carmen is going to be a big sister! Her mom is having a boy. Carmen isn’t all so thrilled though. She’s afraid that as soon as she leaves for college, her family will forget about her. In the end, she realizes that her family would never forget about her. The author stresses the importance of family.
Family is the most important thing. Carmen’s mom is there for her throughout the story trying to comfort her. She tells Carmen that she would never forget her. Even Al, Christina’s (Carmen's mom) ex-husband, comforts Carmen and the family. When Christina needs Carmen, she helps her get through the rough days. Without family people would be very lonely.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
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