Thursday, October 15, 2009
The Giver Series!
Don't forget to read the sequel to the Giver, Gathering Blue, and then the ending to the trilogy, The Messenger.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
The Wednesday Wars by Gary D Schmidt (Part 1)
I will post a summary for each third of the book. Warning: The second and third parts may contain spoilers, but I will not highlight them like Catching Fire...
Holling knows Ms. Baker hates his guts. There's no other reason for how she gives him the hardest problems, or makes him read...Shakespere! During Wenesday, while everyone but him is at church, Holling must do pointless chores for her: cleaning chalk-boards, pounding erasers, and many others. Then they move on to one of the most famous authors: Shakespere. It's a good thing that there is a storm, attempted murders, witches, wizards, invisible spirits, revolutions, characters drinking until they're dead drunk, and an angry monster named Caliban! Sadly, the cream puff incident occurs. When some of his classmates overhear Ms. Baker bribe Holling with another cream puff, Meryl Lee, Mai Thi, and Danny Hupfer threaten him to bring them in 3 weeks. So when Holling goes to Mr. Goldman's bakery and finds out he's $2.80 short the baker declares he needs a boy who's read Shakespere, he siezes the oppurtunity and gets the puffs. But with 2 rats on the loose, cream puffs don't last long. Once that's over with, Holling has to worry about the Shakespere show. After the show is the chance to see Mickey Mantle-a pro baseball player. Although dreams are crushed when Holling can't open the dressing room door. So he runs in yellow tights with feathers on the seat of them. After all this, he is found to be rejected by a baseball star. Is all hope lost? Or will some Yankees save the day?
Holling knows Ms. Baker hates his guts. There's no other reason for how she gives him the hardest problems, or makes him read...Shakespere! During Wenesday, while everyone but him is at church, Holling must do pointless chores for her: cleaning chalk-boards, pounding erasers, and many others. Then they move on to one of the most famous authors: Shakespere. It's a good thing that there is a storm, attempted murders, witches, wizards, invisible spirits, revolutions, characters drinking until they're dead drunk, and an angry monster named Caliban! Sadly, the cream puff incident occurs. When some of his classmates overhear Ms. Baker bribe Holling with another cream puff, Meryl Lee, Mai Thi, and Danny Hupfer threaten him to bring them in 3 weeks. So when Holling goes to Mr. Goldman's bakery and finds out he's $2.80 short the baker declares he needs a boy who's read Shakespere, he siezes the oppurtunity and gets the puffs. But with 2 rats on the loose, cream puffs don't last long. Once that's over with, Holling has to worry about the Shakespere show. After the show is the chance to see Mickey Mantle-a pro baseball player. Although dreams are crushed when Holling can't open the dressing room door. So he runs in yellow tights with feathers on the seat of them. After all this, he is found to be rejected by a baseball star. Is all hope lost? Or will some Yankees save the day?
The Giver by Lois Lowry
You can't see color. You don't really know love, but you don't know pain either. No war or peace either. Pointless rules are made. This is what Jonas discovers, when at the age of 12, he is assigned the job of The Receiver. The Receiver collects the memories about the past (a.k.a. where we live now and the past). Some memories are happy, invigorating ones like riding a sled on a fresh, crisp, snowy hill. Other are hard, painful ones like seeing the destruction of war. Over time, Jonas discovers that the "utopia" he is living in is really a dystopia, and one memory can change your life forever.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
I finally read the book and it beat The Hunger Games and Pretty Little Liars by far. I had to stay up till 11:30 to finish it! WARNING: DO NOT READ REVIEW IF WANTING TO READ FIRST BOOK. HIGHLIGHT BELOW TO SEE REVIEW!
After Katniss and Peeta survived The Hunger Games, they now have to go on their wedding/victory tour. It goes well until Katniss hears of the uprisings in several districts. And soon, President Snow devises an evil twist to the Quarter Quell: The victors must fight each other. Can Katniss trust the other victors? Or will they all betray her in the end?
After Katniss and Peeta survived The Hunger Games, they now have to go on their wedding/victory tour. It goes well until Katniss hears of the uprisings in several districts. And soon, President Snow devises an evil twist to the Quarter Quell: The victors must fight each other. Can Katniss trust the other victors? Or will they all betray her in the end?
Thursday, September 10, 2009
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Lyrics to Bohemian Rhapsody:
Mama, ooooh (way the wind blows)I don't wanna die
I sometimes wish I've never been born at all!
Ok, those lyrics are appropriate for a book called The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. It's about a girl named Katniss Everdeen who is chosen for an event-you guessed it-The Hunger Games. This story is set in the future, in the ruins of Norht America. They renamed it to Panem and there are 13 districs. Well, there was a 13th distric. Now there's only 12, district 1 being the rich, 12 the poorest. Katniss is from the 12th distric. When Katniss takes her sister's place in The Hunger Games, she is joined by Peeta Mellark. With 12 girls and 12 boys (a girl and boy from each district) they must fight to the death with only their sense, limited presents from their sponsors, what's around them, and each other. If you want to find out who the winner is, you must read The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.
Also, the sequel, Catching Fire came out and you can read the first 2 chapters online. WARNING: SCHOLASTIC DID NOT SHOW THE WHOLE SECOND CHAPTER! Somebody's going to loan me the copy of it so I'm really excited! =^D
TTFN,
Alisha
P.S. This book also beat Twilight, but not Pretty Little Liars. Yet...
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Do Not Open by John Fardon
Hey! Want to sprinkle in some non-fiction? Me neither, but this book is ok. It's called Do Not Open and it's by John Fardon (and I think some other people). It's basically about secret stuff from Hitler's Secret to The Similarity Between Lincoln and Kennedy's Deaths. Or from Spontaneous Combustion to Paris Underground. The book is easy to read, and has lots of funny and cool pictures. The book's got a secret, and it doesn't wanna keep it. Not convinced enough? Here's an excerpt from Who Got Away?:
1651
King Charles II
As a 21-year-old king, Charles II was defeated in Worcester, England by the rebel Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth Army in 1651. With only a few supporters remaining, his plight was desperate, and his only hope - escape to France - seemed impossible, as Cromwell's troops were scouring the countryside. Disguised as a woodsman, Charles made it to Boscobel House in Shropshire, the day after the battle, where he id in an oak tree (later called the Royal Oak) while the troops searched the house and surrounding fields. That night, Charles hid in one of the houses secret priest holes and in the morning, disguised himself as a lady's servant. He made it to the coast and escaped across the English Channel to France. You go, girl... or guy.
Congrats! You now know about King Charles II, and that you should read Do Not Open!
Later!
1651
King Charles II
As a 21-year-old king, Charles II was defeated in Worcester, England by the rebel Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth Army in 1651. With only a few supporters remaining, his plight was desperate, and his only hope - escape to France - seemed impossible, as Cromwell's troops were scouring the countryside. Disguised as a woodsman, Charles made it to Boscobel House in Shropshire, the day after the battle, where he id in an oak tree (later called the Royal Oak) while the troops searched the house and surrounding fields. That night, Charles hid in one of the houses secret priest holes and in the morning, disguised himself as a lady's servant. He made it to the coast and escaped across the English Channel to France. You go, girl... or guy.
Congrats! You now know about King Charles II, and that you should read Do Not Open!
Later!
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
Tuesday, August 11th, 9:45 AM, Vacation Apartment, Living Room
Hola Readers!
Today I will review The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot. It's about a girl named Mia when her life goes topsy-turvy, so she writes about her life in a series of journal entries. It starts when her mom goes on a DATE with her algebra teacher. EW! Then her evil Grandmother (Grandmere) comes into town for tea. Then her father tells her she's the Princess Of Genovia. It doesn't appeal to her as much as it does to me. In fact, it doesn't appeal to her at all. But it's only the beginning. The worst part: Mia must take princess lessons with Grandmere, her scary, evil, eye-liner-tattooed-around-her-eye-lids Grandmere. But life can become even worse for Princess Mia. Read this book and live the (sort of) royal life with Princess Amelia "Mia" Thermopolis Mignonette Grimaldi Ronaldo!
-Alisha
Hola Readers!
Today I will review The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot. It's about a girl named Mia when her life goes topsy-turvy, so she writes about her life in a series of journal entries. It starts when her mom goes on a DATE with her algebra teacher. EW! Then her evil Grandmother (Grandmere) comes into town for tea. Then her father tells her she's the Princess Of Genovia. It doesn't appeal to her as much as it does to me. In fact, it doesn't appeal to her at all. But it's only the beginning. The worst part: Mia must take princess lessons with Grandmere, her scary, evil, eye-liner-tattooed-around-her-eye-lids Grandmere. But life can become even worse for Princess Mia. Read this book and live the (sort of) royal life with Princess Amelia "Mia" Thermopolis Mignonette Grimaldi Ronaldo!
-Alisha
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