Title: Nancy Drew: Where's Nancy
Author: Carolyn Keene
Genre: Mystery
Reviewer: Marisa
This book is about Nancy going missing. Nancy was about to work on
a big mystery at the museum,but she disappeared. So her friends Bess,
Ned, and Georgia set out to find the missing detective. They have never
tried to solve a case without Nancy. So they start looking for clues in
Nancy's bedroom. They come across a calendar hanging on the wall.
The calendar contains her tasks for the week. They try to track her down
according to what is written on the calendar. They have no luck. Her own
Dad hasen't seen her in 3 days. Will they ever find Nancy Drew?
I would recommend this book to mystery lovers. When I was reading it
I could actually visualize what was going on. I would have never guessed
the ending. It was exciting to read what was going to happen next. I really
liked this book and I hope you do to.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
Title: When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
Author: Judith Kerr
Genre: Historical Fiction
Reviewer: Sidd
First of all, this book has nothing to do with a pink rabbit. Actually, this story is mainly about a 10 –year old girl named Anna and her older brother named Max. They are Jewish, and they lived at the time when the Nazis first took power. Their father is a writer, and the Nazis won’t let him publish his works anymore. Even so, they still went on with their normal lives. Then, one day, Anna’s father escaped and relocated to Switzerland. Soon afterwards, their mother told them that they also had to escape to Switzerland. Will Anna’s family be able to stay one step ahead of Hitler?
This is a historical fiction piece. This book had thrills and comedy on every page. Just imagine, the effect of being Jewish in that time period, even I would be scared. I just couldn’t put this book down. I recommend this book to anyone with a passion for history or anyone yearning for a touching book. I can honestly say that this book will leave a lot of memories for me.
Author: Judith Kerr
Genre: Historical Fiction
Reviewer: Sidd
First of all, this book has nothing to do with a pink rabbit. Actually, this story is mainly about a 10 –year old girl named Anna and her older brother named Max. They are Jewish, and they lived at the time when the Nazis first took power. Their father is a writer, and the Nazis won’t let him publish his works anymore. Even so, they still went on with their normal lives. Then, one day, Anna’s father escaped and relocated to Switzerland. Soon afterwards, their mother told them that they also had to escape to Switzerland. Will Anna’s family be able to stay one step ahead of Hitler?
This is a historical fiction piece. This book had thrills and comedy on every page. Just imagine, the effect of being Jewish in that time period, even I would be scared. I just couldn’t put this book down. I recommend this book to anyone with a passion for history or anyone yearning for a touching book. I can honestly say that this book will leave a lot of memories for me.
Claws
Book Title: Claws
Author: Dan Greenburg
Genre: Realistic Fiction/Suspense
Reviewer: Chelsea
This book Claws is about a fifteen year old named Cody. In the beginning of the story he decides to run away from his mother, due to mental abuse. His mother had been abusing him from a very young age when she first threatened his love for her with his beloved teddy bear, almost competing with the bear for his affection. As she threatened “do you love me more than the bear?”, and was not satisfied with his answer, she persisted and then proceeded with cutting off the bear’s head. The abuse endures for several years until he finally makes his decision to run away.
He goes across almost the whole country, from New York to Texas, to try to escape his mother who is constantly trying to track him down. He previously worked at a fast-food restaurant for some time, but he likes to keep moving to ensure that his mother will not find him. As he moves on, he finds a job that interests him. It was a job at the Sam Houston Tiger Ranch. Cody begins his job thinking that he would not be able to physically meet the tigers, but he was very wrong.
Right when he thought he met all the tigers, they introduced him to Brutus. Brutus was the biggest and most aggressive tiger they had at the ranch. Cody often tried to avoid Brutus. Cody does the regular chores, cleaning up after the tigers, feeding them, and taking his assigned tiger for walks around the ranch.
While working at the ranch he meets Sunny, the owner. He also meets the co-owner and his three new cabin mates. During his experience he has some rough spots. He finds out from his cabin mates that they heard a rumor that Sunny may have possibly murdered her brother Wayland. As he tries to figure this out, the police come and tell Sunny that they think she killed Wayland a few years back. Cody helps her unravel this mystery by asking some people in town about the whereabouts of Wayland.
A few days after Sunny was proved innocent, a tornado came through the area. Cody and the staff try to find all the tigers that have escaped from their cages during the storm. After all the chaos, his mother finds him and wants to bring him back home. During an intense argument Cody and the staff manage to stall his mother until tomorrow. They ended up calling the police. The next afternoon, his mother returned again only to be confronted by Cody, the staff, and the police. Since Cody was fifteen, the police stated that if he did not want to go back home with his mother he didn’t have to. After another heated argument, his mother finally gave up. Cody decided to stay at the ranch. Now Sunny and the rest of the staff were his family, since he had nowhere else to go.
I would recommend this book because, it has suspense and a very interesting plot. It is an intriguing subject matter to read about, including the topic of tigers, Cody’s wild abuse experienced from his mother, and the independence and determination of Cody to find happiness through freedom. Every time I read one chapter I just had to read the next, and the next, and so on. I couldn’t put this book down.
Author: Dan Greenburg
Genre: Realistic Fiction/Suspense
Reviewer: Chelsea
This book Claws is about a fifteen year old named Cody. In the beginning of the story he decides to run away from his mother, due to mental abuse. His mother had been abusing him from a very young age when she first threatened his love for her with his beloved teddy bear, almost competing with the bear for his affection. As she threatened “do you love me more than the bear?”, and was not satisfied with his answer, she persisted and then proceeded with cutting off the bear’s head. The abuse endures for several years until he finally makes his decision to run away.
He goes across almost the whole country, from New York to Texas, to try to escape his mother who is constantly trying to track him down. He previously worked at a fast-food restaurant for some time, but he likes to keep moving to ensure that his mother will not find him. As he moves on, he finds a job that interests him. It was a job at the Sam Houston Tiger Ranch. Cody begins his job thinking that he would not be able to physically meet the tigers, but he was very wrong.
Right when he thought he met all the tigers, they introduced him to Brutus. Brutus was the biggest and most aggressive tiger they had at the ranch. Cody often tried to avoid Brutus. Cody does the regular chores, cleaning up after the tigers, feeding them, and taking his assigned tiger for walks around the ranch.
While working at the ranch he meets Sunny, the owner. He also meets the co-owner and his three new cabin mates. During his experience he has some rough spots. He finds out from his cabin mates that they heard a rumor that Sunny may have possibly murdered her brother Wayland. As he tries to figure this out, the police come and tell Sunny that they think she killed Wayland a few years back. Cody helps her unravel this mystery by asking some people in town about the whereabouts of Wayland.
A few days after Sunny was proved innocent, a tornado came through the area. Cody and the staff try to find all the tigers that have escaped from their cages during the storm. After all the chaos, his mother finds him and wants to bring him back home. During an intense argument Cody and the staff manage to stall his mother until tomorrow. They ended up calling the police. The next afternoon, his mother returned again only to be confronted by Cody, the staff, and the police. Since Cody was fifteen, the police stated that if he did not want to go back home with his mother he didn’t have to. After another heated argument, his mother finally gave up. Cody decided to stay at the ranch. Now Sunny and the rest of the staff were his family, since he had nowhere else to go.
I would recommend this book because, it has suspense and a very interesting plot. It is an intriguing subject matter to read about, including the topic of tigers, Cody’s wild abuse experienced from his mother, and the independence and determination of Cody to find happiness through freedom. Every time I read one chapter I just had to read the next, and the next, and so on. I couldn’t put this book down.
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