Category Archives: Friendship

Apr
08
2015

Because of Mr. Terupt

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Because of Mr. Terupt is a wonderful book♥. The author’s name is Rob Buyea. There is Jessica, who is very smart, Alexia, who is sometimes nice and sometimes mean, Jeffery, who hates school, Peter, the troublemaker, Luke who is also very smart, Anna who is very shy, and Danielle, who is very friendly. The book is about a class that has all of those characters. There is a teacher named Mr Terupt. Not all of the kids get along. One day the kids all go outside with their teacher Mr. Terupt. Everyone is having fun. Then suddenly something tragic happens. There is an accident. Someone gets horribly hurt.

 

Mr. Terupt is very nice. He helps kids learn, but in a fun way. He is very smart. He always helps kids with their problems. He is also very brave. He was a wrestler when he was young so he has gotten very hurt before. Some parts that I found very interesting, was when the accident happened. It changed the kids life’s. They were different, they thought different, they had different perspectives on life. This book is very sad. It made me cry. But it is very well written.

 

I LOVED this book. It is my favorite book in the whole world. It is so well written! It was so emotional. It was sad, exciting, funny, and extremely well written. I loved reading about what happened. In this book, there are trips to the hospital. It makes you sad. But you should still read the book because it is amazing! It is told from different perspectives. I like that because you can see how all of the characters experienced it. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who can take sadness. But mostly it is great! I think a Mango Shaped Space is a lot like this book. They are both sad but interesting. From one to five stars, I would give this book: FIVE STARS!

 

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Feb
26
2015

Number The Stars By Lois Lowery

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51dKKLBZ1jL._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_The book I read is called Number The Stars by Lois Lowry. The book is mainly about a girl named Annemarie Johansen  who is living during World War II in 1943. It is about how she lives through this and how she helps her best friend Ellen who is Jewish not get found and captured. The main setting of the book is Copenhagen and some other settings are Sweden and Denmark.

Three adjectives to describe Annemarie are fearless, polite, and honest. She’s fearless because when she first meets one of the Nazi guards she does not get scared and she just tries to stay calm. She’s polite because whenever she gets frustrated she does not get very worked up about it like when her little sister Kristi  was about to tell the Nazis that they were helping Jews go to Sweden. She gave Kristi a serious look indicating that she should not say anything. Annemarie is honest because when she talks about her sister Lise who died, she did not try to sugarcoat it, she just said the cold hard truth.

There were many important things I learned when I read this book. One of them is about this thing called the Resistance which is like a secret organization to stop the Nazis. The second thing that I learned was that the Nazis would somehow know if you are helping Jews stay safe and go to Sweden. I think they know Annemarie’s family is helping Jews because her sister was part of the Resistance. A third thing that I found important was that the Nazi guards had guard dogs and people would carry little handkerchiefs  of  a scent and if the dogs smelled it then it would numb their sense of  smell and then they would be unable to smell. Another thing that I found interesting was that during the war no one could eat butter and if they were lucky some people would have butter but very little. The people did not have butter because the Nazis had better privileges then the people living in the war.  The Nazis had taken most of the butter and they would never even eat it. They did not eat it because they just wanted the people living in the war to suffer.

I enjoyed this book very much because I got to learn a little bit more of people living during the times of dictators and why they might have left their homes. This book is not related to any movies I’ve seen, but this book is similar to Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez. It is also an immigration story around the same time period but in a diffrent place in the world.

I give this book a rating of 5 stars because I really liked it. I would be happy to read it again.

 

Feb
26
2015

George Washington’s Socks A Time Travel Adventure By Elvira Woodruff

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imgresI read a book called George Washington’s Socks, by Elvira Woodruff. I don’t know if this is in a series or not but Elvira Woodruff wrote other books. The main character’s name is Matt. There are four other main characters, Q, Tony, Hooter, and Katie. The setting is in Nebraska and  New Jersey. The time is the 20th and 18th centuries. One night on their first club camp out, they were reading a book about George Washington when he crossed the Delaware River. They didn’t really feel that cool so they wanted an adventure. There was a lake near where they were camping so Q, Tony, Hooter, Matt, and Katie all camped out by the lake. When they got to the lake they saw a boat. Now just think of this, the name of the boat is Emit Levart, if you look closely you’ll see it. Read the title.

 

One thing I think is important to know is when the kids cross the Delaware river  they are wearing 20th century clothes. Think of how strange it would be to be a soldier seeing them. Another thing that I think is important to know is that when they time travelled  they came back at sun rise so the parents didn’t know what had happened. Except when Katie the little sister told her parents what happened the past night. One adjective that I thought goes well with Matt is courage. An example was when Matt was riding Blackjack the horse through the dark woods. Another adjective is bravery. An example was when Matt pick up the muskets to tried to scare the Hessians. He, Hooter, and Tony all failed. The last adjective is confident. The example was when Tony got mad that they could not get home but Matt always said “We will get home, I promise.”

I liked this book because there is always a problem. You can or can’t guess what what the next thing is going to be. I recommend this book to people that like adventures. Also to people that like time travel. This book reminds me of a book we read last year called “The Magic Tunnel.” That book was also about time travelling. But The Magic Tunnel was when the English took over New Amsterdam. I rate this book five stars. *****

Feb
26
2015

Gabriel Finley and the Ravens Riddle by George Hagen

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The book I read was Gabriel Finley and the Raven’s Riddle by George Hagen. The the book takes place in Brooklyn.  The main characters are Gabriel20307079 Finley, Somes Grindle, Abby, and Pamela. A wicked torc, a stubborn writing desk, and a group of valravens (evil flesh eating ravens), are obstacles in young Gabriel’s path to his father. Soon Gabriel befriends a young raven named Paladin, and learns the greatest secrets the world has ever held. He, Paladin and a group of friends travel down to the underground city, Aviopolis, where he finds his father. Soon his friends and his father get captured by valravens . To save them he challenges Corax (his uncle and the lord of the valravens) to a duel of riddles. Does he win? You will have to read to find out.

 

Abby is unique, thoughtful, and smart. Abby is unique because she is confident in wearing one color boot and a different color on the other. Also she does not care what other people think about her. Abby is thoughtful when she snuck caramel candies to Gabriel so he won’t have to eat the terrible food. Abby is smart because she cracked really hard riddles like “The mighty lion runs from me when my legs rise up in fury, yet quietly I serve beneath a judge and all his jury.”

 

One part that I found interesting was when Gabriel and Paladin formed into one, meaning that Gabriel went into Paladin’s body like a ghost. I thought that was interesting because I never knew what it was like in a raven’s body. How neat would it be to fly? A part that I found important was when Gabriel met his dad. That is important because parents take their children under their wing, and teach them important skills .

 

I enjoyed this book because it has a lot of adventures. Also I like friendship and family stories and this is one of them. I would recommend this book to readers who like Harry Potter or Percy Jackson. I say this because Harry Potter and Percy Jackson are very similar because they are both special types of humans and go on special missions. I would rate this book five stars *****.

 

 

 

 

Feb
26
2015

A Bear Called Paddington Michael Bond

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515ohf3YZjL._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_The book I read is called A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond. This book is part of a series. This is the first book, the series is called Paddington. This book is about Paddington and how he finds a home in London and about his new life in London. He came from Darkest Peru and his aunt Lucy sent him to London. The main character of course is Paddington and the Browns which is the family that takes Paddington. They took him because there is a tag on Paddington that says please look after this bear thank you. The setting takes place in a lot of places. Two of the sites are the Browns house and the beach. It does not say when it takes place in time but I think  maybe in the middle of the past and present.

Paddington is very polite because he always wants to help, make things right and he has good manners. He also can get people to do what he wants because he has this hard stare and he does it when people insult him or do something he does not want. Also he is very small because he is that way and adventures very adventurous all he does is go off and have many new adventures. Some things that were very interesting about the book is when he went to the theater he thought the whole play was real and some how he got on stage. Also for his birthday he got a magic set from Mrs. and Mr. Brown and he performed a Magic show and things went a little crazy but you will have to read the book to see what happens. He also comes to London with this red hat from his aunt Lucy who is back in Darkest Peru for the home for retired bears. He takes his red hat with him everywhere. He keeps marmalade sandwiches in it until he got his new green beret. Which he also wears but his red hat is very special. He also came to London with just a little suitcase with a jar of marmalade and a couple coins.

I recommend this book to people that like adventurous books with bears and lots of fun and funny stuff. I really liked this book and it is one of my new favorites.  I think everyone will like it because its so great. There is a movie of Paddington Bear but it is so different from the book and the book is better. Because it has a better story the movie is a whole nother story and it does not have as much action  From a 1-5 I would give this book 5 stars *****.

 

Feb
26
2015

The Magician’s Nephew

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The book I read was The Magician’s Nephew written by  C. S. Lewis. The book that the series is  part of is the Chronicles of Narnia. The book is about a girl named Polly. She becomes friends with Digory, a boy who moves in next door to live with his Uncle and his Aunt.He never really gets to talk to his uncle Andrew because he is always up to something. The book takes place in England, the wood between worlds, Narnia, and Charn

Polly is curious because she wants to know where her never ending attic leads to. She is also very gullible because she is persuaded by Uncle Andrew to touch the rings that teleport you to the wood between worlds. She’s also a risk taker because she convinces Digory  to jump into a portal to another world. There were a ton of interesting parts in this book. One interesting part was when Polly first meets Digory, what happens is that they just started telling each other stories about themselves. Another interesting part was when they are in Charn and all of these statues are sitting at the table. They notice that the farther down the table they go, the more stern the faces are. One more interesting part was when Digory goes to the wood between worlds for the first time to rescue Polly. Digory finds Polly and they have a hard time remembering everything. They said it’s a confusing place.

I loved the book so much because it seems like you are actually in the book. It’s also a friendship story and it makes you want to know more about the book.I would recommend the book because it is story about friends who go through a lot together. They also never leave each other behind. This book doesn’t really remind me of any other books because it’s like a lot of different books combined into one.One of them is A Wrinkle in Time because they both travel through different worlds. I would rate the book five stars.

 

Feb
26
2015

The Meaning of Maggie By Megan Jean Sovern

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The name of this book is called The Meaning Of Maggie and it is by Megan Jean Sovern. This book is not part of a series. This book is mainly about a girl named Maggie. Maggie’s Dad’s legs are slowly falling to sleep and everyone in their family is trying to figure out a cure for him. The main characters are the Mom, Dad, two sisters, (Layla,Tiffany) and imgresMaggie. The setting of this book is mostly at their house. This book takes place over two years when Maggie was 11 and 12.

Some ways to explain Maggie is  very lovely because she helped her older sister Layla with her homework. I also think Maggie is very secretive because she sneaks into the kitchen and gets some candy with no one even knowing. Maggie is very smart because she gets really really amazing grades. In the book I really liked when Maggie, her Mom, and her two sisters had to drag her dad all the way down to the beach each of the days they were on vacation. I also really liked it when Maggie tried to come home from school early but failed. She did not want to run 5 laps in gym. Lastly I really liked it when Maggie’s mom distracted her when her dad was getting a shot. It was really funny because her mom was making all of these excuses to get her away from her dad. She did this because she did not want Maggie to get scared that her dad would not be ok.

I really enjoyed this book because I loved how funny it was! I also liked how surprising the book was! I would definitely recommend this book for a friend because I think it was awesome! I would also recommend this book for people that like funny books! This book reminds me of The Little Mermaid [Ariel] because it is about one girl who has a few sisters that fight. This book also reminds me of High School Musical because one of the main characters has a crush. I would rate this book 5 stars!

    

Feb
26
2015

Half Magic by Edward Eager

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The title of the book that I read was Half Magic and it was written by Half_MagicEdward Eager. This book is about Jane is roughly fourteen, Mark is roughly twelve , Katharine is definitely nine and Martha is I think five or six. All four of them are siblings.They find a coin but no ordinary coin, it can grant wishes but only by halves. An example of this is, if you where to wish that you were in China you would only go half the way there! There are so many settings in this book but the kind of main one is the house. I think it takes place in the 19 hundreds because of their cloths. And the vehicles.

I would describe Jane as fierce, kind and scared. I think Jane is fierce because she never gives up and always protects her family. I think Jane is kind because she is always nice to people no matter what. I think Jane is scared in an emotional way not like scared of a monster or something. I think this because she is scared about what is going to happen next in her life. Some parts of the book that I found interesting were when Jane found the coin. I found this interesting  because right then you knew that the adventure would start and you fest exited. Something else that I found interesting was that the mom experienced the magic too. That was interesting because in most books the moms do not experience what the whole book is about. Like in some of the Harry Potters she just hears about what is happening and is not in the whole seen but in some books she is but that is just my opinion.

I enjoyed this book a lot because it is very exciting and you never know what the next disaster will be. I will recommend this book to people who likes fantasy. I also recommend this book to people who like history and knowing what is going to happen in the future. It’s kind of like seeing the future and maybe predicting it. Some other books and authors that write like Edward Eager is an author named Roald Dahl. I think this because he kind of writes like Edward Eager. I think this because there style and stories are alike and their pictures are a little alike. I would rate this book five stars and it is an awesome book!

 

Feb
26
2015

Boys Are dog

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I read a book called Boys Are Dogs by Leslie Margolis. There is a seqboys-are-dogs-1uel called Girls Acting Catty, it’s really good too. Boys are Dogs is about a girl named Annabelle that has to move from Westlake, California because her mom wants to move in with her boyfriend. So she also has to move away from her girls only school to a boys and girls school called Birchwood Middle School. At first Annabelle is annoyed about the whole move and she just wants to go back to the fun hot days at summer camp. She expects a basketball hoop that her mom might have gotten her to sweeten the move but instead she gets a dog. Once she gets a little settled in she starts training her dog and she make a little progress but school is the thing thats on her mind most of the time. On the first day of school her dog chews up the clothes, and she became late. At school she was confused and turned every which way trying to get to the right room.to make things worse, in her classes she met this boy named Tobias that was mean to her called her spaz or spazabelle and she didn’t have enough courage to stand up for herself and he teased her for that too. But then she realizes that dogs are like boys and she used her dog training book to get boys to stop teasing her. But her biggest problem is her best friend, Rachel’s brother Jackson and she has to stand up to him but that takes a lot of courage but she doesn’t have all of it yet. It take place at Birchwood Middle School and Annabelle’s house.

Some parts of the book I really liked were how training her dog helped find inner courage and and a stronger personality. Also her dog was trained much faster than the boys she was trying to train. When she started speaking her mind in a stronger tone people started listening to her more and respecting her when all her friends were too scared to talk to boys the way she did. Three adjectives I would use to describe her are nice creative and brave. I would use nice because she tried to be  nice to her mom’s boyfriend even though she didn’t like him. Creative because not everyone would think of using a dog training book to deal with boys at their school. Also she was pretty creative about what costumes her and her friend should wear for Halloween. Last brave because moving and going to a new school is scary sometimes and she held together.

Also standing up to her bully is really scary but she did it in an authoritative tone.

I enjoyed this book and the reason is I agree that some boys act like dogs sometimes but Annabelle was very enthusiastic about getting boys to treat her fairly. Also I’m moving to a different school in sixth grade and this might be kind of what school might be like. Some people made a movie on disney channel called Zapped which was about a girl thats trying to train her dog with an app on her phone but she drops it in dog poo and now it could control boys. And this movie was inspired buy this book so if you liked the movie zapped than you will probably like this book. I give this book four stars!

 

Feb
26
2015

Miss Emily by Burleigh Muten

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I read Miss Emily by Burleigh Muten. It is about Emily Dickinson, who was a real person but the book is historical fiction. The characters in the book call her Miss Emily (or just Emily). Emily is the aunt of two children: Mattie,and Ned. Across the street are their friends, Mac and Sally. Even though Emily is a grown-up, she likes to play with children. One day, she announces that the circus is going to come to town and she wants to sneak out at night and see the circus train arriving, so they can be the first to see the circus. The book takes place in Amherst, in Massachusetts.

 

Two parts I liked about the book were first, when Emily assigned characters to each child. Ned was “Senor Ranchero,” the ringmaster, Sally was “Sal the Gal”, Mattie was “Miss Swiftly”, half girl half bird, and Mac was King Boaz the Brave. I think this idea connects to our immigrant personas because it is a character we are pretending to be. My second favorite part was when the kids put on a show for Miss Emily and their other aunt, Vinnie, in the barn. I think this is interesting because it is the children’s way of making their own version of the circus. Three words to describe Emily are courageous, respectful and creative. Courageous because she is sneaking out at night and if she got caught the whole town would know and they would be in trouble. Respectful because she is always thinking about including all ages and people. Creative because she makes up stories and characters to go with them, like the circus characters she made for the kids.

 

I enjoyed this book because it is about an adventure – the adventure is that they are running through the woods to see the circus. It is pretty short, so if you like short books I would recommend it. I learned Emily Dickinson was a very interesting person, she wrote nearly 1,800 poems even though only ten were published. I would give this book four stars.

 

I also went to the Emily Dickinson museum in Amherst and I learned a lot of facts about her, like some of the poems she wrote. The museum is in the house she lived in. That’s where I got this book!