Thursday, March 21, 2013

Tucket's Ride

Title: Tuckets Ride
Author:Gary Paulsen
Book level:4.8
Points:3
Stars 4


Tuckets Ride is a good book to read. I liked it because it was a adventurous book. It took place back in the 1800s. If you want a good book to read this book.I would recommend this book to a couple people. I liked when he saved a Mexican being attacked in there house.

Title;  Duck Hunting
Author;  Blake Pound
Genre;  Non Fiction
Book level;  4.3
AR points;  .5
Rating; 5 Stars

This book tells you about Duck hunting. If you don't duck hunt and you want to know i would Prefer this book. It is about strategies on good types of hunting spots, the right dogs and also tells you about were the duck capital is. If you read this book you can find were the capitol is and you can find out when and were to attend this and the parade.

Title;  Duck Hunting
Author;  Blake Pound
Genre;  Non Fiction
Book level;  4.3
AR points;  .5
Rating; 5 Stars

This book tells you about Duck hunting. If you don't duck hunt and you want to know i would Prefer this book. It is about strategies on good types of hunting spots, the right dogs and also tells you about were the duck capital is. If you read this book you can find were the capitol is and you can find out when and were to attend this and the parade.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Clementine

Clementine
Sara Pennypacker
Goal: 4.5
Points: 2.0
Rate: *****
Clementine is a great book for kids, it is a very funny book about a series of unfortunate problems. The main characters are Clementine, her parents, brother, and Margret. Margret ends up hairless when she gets home Clementine ends up trying to fix her mistake by drawing on Margrest's head with Margret's. Then Clementine feels bad and cuts her hair for more information read the book.

The Breadwinner

Title:  The Breadwinner
Author:  Deborah Ellis
Genre:  Realistic Fiction
Reading Level:  4.5
AR Points: 4

The Breadwinner is a realistic fiction novel set in Afghanistan. The book is about a girl named Parvana and the hard times she and her family face while living in Afghanistan while the Taliban are in power. The Taliban's weird rules cause her father to get arrested just for having a foreign education. After her father was arrested she is forced to become her family's breadwinner by pretending to be a boy and going to the Kabul market to read letters for money. She is forced to take drastic measures to get food for her family of six, not including herself! These drastic measures can be as wild as digging up people's bones and selling them for money! The Breadwinner is a really great book. Read it for yourself to find out what other things Parvana does to help her family survive.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Esperanza Rising

Title: Esperanza Rising
Author: Pam Munoz Ryan
Level:5.3
AR points: 6 points
rating: 5 stars

This realistic fiction takes place in Mexico where an 11 year old girl lives on Rancho de las Rosas with her wealthy parents, grandmother and servants. Her life is turned upside down when bandits kills her father and  her uncle sets their house on fire when Esperanza's mother doesn't want to marry him. Along with the fire the grapes are ruined and Alfonso, Hortensia and their son Miguel plan to go to California to meet up with Alfonso's brother and his family. At the last moment mother and Esperanza decide to go to California with them to escape Esperanza's uncle. They leave Abuelita behind until she is strong enough to get to California. Once they make it to California Esperanza has to learn the basics to house cleaning and other everyday things that were done for her back at the ranch.she has a difficult time fitting in since shes gone from being rich to poor when all these people at the work houses have known were being poor Her mother gets sick and they dont have money to pay for the doctors bills. Esperanza steps up to make money to pay for the bills. Will Esperanza's mother get better? Will Abuelita ever make it to California? Will Esperanza find a life she can accept as being her own?

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Slob

Title: Slob
Author: Ellen Potter
Level: 5.0
AR points: 7 points
Rating: 4 stars

Slob is about a 12 year old boy that is overweight. His parents were killed at their shop. Him and his sister were adopted together. Owen is an inventer and he tries to make a invention that would let him see who killed his parents. He gets made fun of in gym and hears rumors about this new kid. Then at lunch his oreo's go missing and he tries to get to the bottom of it and find out who has been stealing his students.