Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Sceleton Key
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Thursday, May 13, 2010
The Phantom TollBooth
The Phantom Tollbooth is a 256 paged novel by Norton Juster. Everything is always useless and boring to young Milo. One day, he sees a toy tollbooth. Once he drives past it with his toy car, he ends up in this new world of numbers, sounds, words, and much more! Soon he is told to get past "the demons of ignorance" and return Rhyme and Reason with the help of Tock, a watch dog that ticks and Humbug, a bug in a suit. Will Milo learn the importance of learning along the way?
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Science Night!
Sunday, May 2, 2010
The Titans Curse
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
The battle of the labyrinth
Sunday, April 4, 2010
The Lightning Theif..
Experience a humorous story of a boy and gods in The Lightning Thief!
The Lighting Thief , a 375 paged fictional story by Rick Riordan, weaves a tale of a young boy trying to help the gods save a valuable item! A child name Percy Jackson gets kicked out of school again, but in the process fights a mysterious creature from mythology! If that's enough, another monster attacks his mom, and wins! He even has to bring a great item that was stolen by someone to the great god, Zeus! However his friends and father help him through all kinds of problems on a quest to get the lightning bolt and save Percy's mom. The theme here is importance of friendship. Anyone would be recommended to read this novel.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Friday, February 19, 2010
Dreams do come true in Dragon Wings!
Dragon Wings, a historical fiction novel by Laurence Yep, shows the difficulty in achieving dreams. A young boy named Moon Shadow tries to help his dad, Windrider, in making his dreams come true. Yet, many things get in the way such as thieves and the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. The theme here is importance of family. Kids 9 and up would enjoy this book.
This would be recommended. This book has a great plot. Each chapter has something that excites the reader, such as a story. This also shows how life was for a T’ang man in San Francisco. The only weak point was that little kids could get confused constantly on events like arguments
Dragon Wings is great towards ages 9 and older. It shows how important family is. It also has an event used in many great novels: when dreams come true. It then tells kids a important lesson in life: to never give up. This novel is greatly recommended.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Mountain light
The theme in the novel is importance of friendship. First, without Cassia, Tiny, or Cassia's dad, Squeaky wouldn't have escaped the Manchus. Second, Cassia and Tiny were the only ones, besides Ducky, who Squeaky could have talked about the situation without getting in a serious problem. Thirdly, Cassia taught Squeaky how to stop clowning around and get serious. Finally, they greatly supported him through every problem. Importance of friendship was the main theme in Mountain Light.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Dragon Wings
Dragon Wings, by Laurence Yep, is a 245 paged novel telling the steps of Moon Shadow and Wind Rider creating a machine that can fly. The main characters are: Wind Rider, Moon Shadow, Uncle Bright Star, Black Dog, Miss Whitlaw, Robin, Lefty, White Deer, and Hand Clap. Moon Shadow comes to San Francisco to live with his father, Wind Rider. While living with the company Wind Rider explains he thinks he was a dragon in another life. Black Dog attacked Moon Shadow, which caused Wind Rider to fight him. Sadly, that also led Moon Shadow and Wind Rider having to move. They then met Miss Whitlaw and Robin, making a friendship for a while. Then, the great San Francisco Earthquake occurs, causing few people to help find the survivors. Sadly, every T,ang man was to leave giving Moon Shadow another new home. Wind Rider starts working on a project to fly, and before it’s done, their money is stolen by Black Dog. Everyone comes to help, yet the machine immediately crashed in the air. They accept what happened and feel very lucky. The most important setting is San Francisco.
The most important setting in Dragon Wings is San Francisco. First, it was where almost all the characters lived. Second, this was the area that had the great San Francisco earthquake occurred. Thirdly, this is where Wind Rider learned that the Wright brothers created the first flying machine. Lastly, there was a lot of discrimination over there. San Francisco is the most important setting in the novel.
Dragons Gate
Saturday, January 9, 2010
The Austere Academy
The Austere Academy (The Series of Unfortunate Events), by Lemony Snicket is a 220 paged novel. Not having any guardians, the Baudelaire Orphans are sent to an unfair academy. Living in awful conditions with only 2 friends, the orphans are hoping that Olaf doesn’t come and make them more miserable. How bad could an academy with a “Remember you will die.” sign be? Whoever read the books before this one is recommended to read it!
The Wide Window
The Wide Window (from The Series of Unfortunate Events, by Lemony Snicket is a 214 paged novel. The Baudelaire Orphans head off to there 3rd and paranoid guardian. Despite the weird rules, the orphans feel more safe from Olaf. Are they right this time? If you read the first 2 books, you are recommended to read this book!