Author: Mildred D. Taylor
Review writer: Book Girl
This is a really good book! It is placed a little while after slavery had been abolished, but African Americans are still mistreated. It is about the Logans, an African American family who farms cotton. It is narrated by Cassie, the second-to oldest child. This book really talks about how African Americans lived in that time, and I really learned a lot of history from it. And to find out what happens, read the book!
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Saffy's Angel
Author: Hillary McKay
Review Writer: Book Girl
This is a really good book! It is about this girl called Saffron, but people call her Saffy. She is beginning to have suspicions about being adopted because her brothers and sisters are all named after paints (their parents are painters) and she isn't. And to find out what happens, read the book!
Review Writer: Book Girl
This is a really good book! It is about this girl called Saffron, but people call her Saffy. She is beginning to have suspicions about being adopted because her brothers and sisters are all named after paints (their parents are painters) and she isn't. And to find out what happens, read the book!
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Halfway to the Sky
Author: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Reviewer: Cool Aunt Holly
This book (recommended to me by Bookgirl) is about Dani who decides to run away from home and hike the Appalachian Trail (more than 2,000 miles!!) all by herself. Her mother comes after her and finds her, but Dani convinces her mom to hike a little further. They meet lots of interesting people and Dani learns a lot about her mom and herself. If you read this book, you'll want to hike the Appalachian Trail too!
Reviewer: Cool Aunt Holly
This book (recommended to me by Bookgirl) is about Dani who decides to run away from home and hike the Appalachian Trail (more than 2,000 miles!!) all by herself. Her mother comes after her and finds her, but Dani convinces her mom to hike a little further. They meet lots of interesting people and Dani learns a lot about her mom and herself. If you read this book, you'll want to hike the Appalachian Trail too!
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Bridge to America
Author Linda Glaser
Review Writer: Book Girl
This is a really good book. It is about a boy Fivel who is Jewish. He lives in northern Poland in 1920. He has 5 other brothers and sisters. His dad went to America to get money to send to them so they can go too. Fivel lives in fear of Cossacks who kill little Jewish boys for sport. When will he hear of his father? Can he escape the Cossacks? Will he ever get to go to America? And to find out what happens, read the book!
Review Writer: Book Girl
This is a really good book. It is about a boy Fivel who is Jewish. He lives in northern Poland in 1920. He has 5 other brothers and sisters. His dad went to America to get money to send to them so they can go too. Fivel lives in fear of Cossacks who kill little Jewish boys for sport. When will he hear of his father? Can he escape the Cossacks? Will he ever get to go to America? And to find out what happens, read the book!
A Mango Shaped Space
Author: Wendy Mass
Reviewed by: Book Girl’s Mom
As Book Girl would say, this is a really good book! Book Girl herself recommended it to me, so how could it be otherwise? But boy is it sad. Keep your Kleenex handy! The fascinating part of the book is that the main character, Mia, has synesthesia. Sounds, numbers and letters appear in her mind in color. This is Mia’s big secret – she doesn’t want anyone else to know and think she is a “freak.” She doesn’t realize that there are other people like her in the world until one day she happens to meet a little boy who sees in colors too. This meeting, and troubles at school finally force her to tell her family the truth. And to find out what happens next, read the book.
Reviewed by: Book Girl’s Mom
As Book Girl would say, this is a really good book! Book Girl herself recommended it to me, so how could it be otherwise? But boy is it sad. Keep your Kleenex handy! The fascinating part of the book is that the main character, Mia, has synesthesia. Sounds, numbers and letters appear in her mind in color. This is Mia’s big secret – she doesn’t want anyone else to know and think she is a “freak.” She doesn’t realize that there are other people like her in the world until one day she happens to meet a little boy who sees in colors too. This meeting, and troubles at school finally force her to tell her family the truth. And to find out what happens next, read the book.
Saturday, May 24, 2008
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey
Author: Trenton Lee Stewart
Review Writer: Gabe
Kate, Sticky, Reynie, and Constance are back with an unexpected journey to Lisbon in search of
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Benedict, the one who brought them together. It is an awesome journey with
clues, cannons, a cannonball, bullfrogs, Ten Men, and thiefs. In this book anything could happen . The world is your oyster!
P.S. The red letters are clues to the blanks!
Review Writer: Gabe
Kate, Sticky, Reynie, and Constance are back with an unexpected journey to Lisbon in search of
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Benedict, the one who brought them together. It is an awesome journey with
clues, cannons, a cannonball, bullfrogs, Ten Men, and thiefs. In this book anything could happen . The world is your oyster!
P.S. The red letters are clues to the blanks!
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Hoot
Author: Carl Hiaasen
Review Writer: Book Girl
This is a really good book. It is about a boy named Roy. While a bully is pushing his face against a bus window, he sees a running boy. The boy does not have any shoes on. Roy runs off the bus the bus to follow the boy. He follows the boy to a golf course and watches him run into the woods. Then he gets hit in the neck with a golf ball. Who was the running boy? What was he doing? And to find out what happens, read the book!
Review Writer: Book Girl
This is a really good book. It is about a boy named Roy. While a bully is pushing his face against a bus window, he sees a running boy. The boy does not have any shoes on. Roy runs off the bus the bus to follow the boy. He follows the boy to a golf course and watches him run into the woods. Then he gets hit in the neck with a golf ball. Who was the running boy? What was he doing? And to find out what happens, read the book!
Friday, May 16, 2008
Peter and the Starcatchers
Authors: Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
Review Writer: Book Girl
This is a really good book! It is the prequel to Peter Pan. It is about a boy named Peter who is an orphan and the leader amongst the orphan boys. One day the orphanage master decides to send the boys on a ship to serve a king. Once they get on the ship, Peter realizes that it is going to be horrible, so he tries to escape, but he doesn't make it. Once it is nighttime a sailor shows the boys to their tiny cabin and gives them something horrible to eat. Peter sneaks of to find decent food. While doing so, he comes upon a rat suspended in air, as if by a string. But there was no string. And to find out what happens, read the book!
Review Writer: Book Girl
This is a really good book! It is the prequel to Peter Pan. It is about a boy named Peter who is an orphan and the leader amongst the orphan boys. One day the orphanage master decides to send the boys on a ship to serve a king. Once they get on the ship, Peter realizes that it is going to be horrible, so he tries to escape, but he doesn't make it. Once it is nighttime a sailor shows the boys to their tiny cabin and gives them something horrible to eat. Peter sneaks of to find decent food. While doing so, he comes upon a rat suspended in air, as if by a string. But there was no string. And to find out what happens, read the book!
Monday, April 28, 2008
Shredderman: Secret Identity
Author: Wendelin Van Draanen
Review Writer: Book Girl
This is a really good book! It is about a boy named Nolan. In his class there is a really mean bully named Alvin. But anyone who calls him that, has not lived to tell the tale. Nolan really wants to do something about him, but he does not feel like getting punched flat. Then Nolan has a brilliant idea. He makes a really cool website, called shredderman.com. There he shows all the mean things that Alvin has done. But then he gets an email from Alvin telling him that he knows who he is! And to find out what happens, read the book!
Review Writer: Book Girl
This is a really good book! It is about a boy named Nolan. In his class there is a really mean bully named Alvin. But anyone who calls him that, has not lived to tell the tale. Nolan really wants to do something about him, but he does not feel like getting punched flat. Then Nolan has a brilliant idea. He makes a really cool website, called shredderman.com. There he shows all the mean things that Alvin has done. But then he gets an email from Alvin telling him that he knows who he is! And to find out what happens, read the book!
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Ruby Holler
Author: Sharon Creech
Review Writer: Book Girl
This is a really good book! It just won the Maud Hart Lovelace book award. It is about two orphans named Dallas and Florida nicknamed "Trouble Twins". They live in a horrible orphanage and are used to getting adopted and then being sent back. Then one day, Tiller and Sairy decide to adopt them. They live in Ruby Holler. They are each going to go on separate trips, and want Dallas to go with Sairy, and Florida to go with Tiller. Can Dallas and Florida bear to be alone? What are the trips like? And to find out what happens, read the book!
Review Writer: Book Girl
This is a really good book! It just won the Maud Hart Lovelace book award. It is about two orphans named Dallas and Florida nicknamed "Trouble Twins". They live in a horrible orphanage and are used to getting adopted and then being sent back. Then one day, Tiller and Sairy decide to adopt them. They live in Ruby Holler. They are each going to go on separate trips, and want Dallas to go with Sairy, and Florida to go with Tiller. Can Dallas and Florida bear to be alone? What are the trips like? And to find out what happens, read the book!
Saturday, April 26, 2008
What the Witch Left
Author: Ruth Chew
Reviewer: Holly
This is a story about two girls, Katy and Louise, who find a drawer full of things left by Katy's "aunt" Martha. At first the things seem quite usual -- a pair of gloves, a bathrobe, a mirror, a box, some boots -- but when the girls take the items out of the drawer to play, they get a lot more than they bargained for! The items are magical, and maybe Aunt Martha isn't what she seems to be either! This is one of BKL's favorite books -- you should read it too!
Reviewer: Holly
This is a story about two girls, Katy and Louise, who find a drawer full of things left by Katy's "aunt" Martha. At first the things seem quite usual -- a pair of gloves, a bathrobe, a mirror, a box, some boots -- but when the girls take the items out of the drawer to play, they get a lot more than they bargained for! The items are magical, and maybe Aunt Martha isn't what she seems to be either! This is one of BKL's favorite books -- you should read it too!
Friday, April 25, 2008
Family Sabbatical
Author: Carol Ryrie Brink
Review Writer: Book Girl
This is a great book if you are on a sabbatical, or about to go on one, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't read it! It is about a family who is taking a sabbatical in France. They have to survive without hotdogs, ice cream, and all the other American foods. They learn that even though they are away from home, it is still a lot of fun. Such as when it is Thanksgiving, the French consider it just a day, the kids put on a pageant with wild Indians. They have a lot of fun. And to find out what else happens, read the book!
Review Writer: Book Girl
This is a great book if you are on a sabbatical, or about to go on one, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't read it! It is about a family who is taking a sabbatical in France. They have to survive without hotdogs, ice cream, and all the other American foods. They learn that even though they are away from home, it is still a lot of fun. Such as when it is Thanksgiving, the French consider it just a day, the kids put on a pageant with wild Indians. They have a lot of fun. And to find out what else happens, read the book!
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Which Witch?
Author: Eva Ibbotson
Review Writer: Book Girl
This is a really good book! It is about a wizard. He decides that he should get married. He decides to have a contest for all the witches in the town, to see who can perform the darkest piece of magic. Which witch will win? And to find out what happens, read the book!
Review Writer: Book Girl
This is a really good book! It is about a wizard. He decides that he should get married. He decides to have a contest for all the witches in the town, to see who can perform the darkest piece of magic. Which witch will win? And to find out what happens, read the book!
Monday, April 14, 2008
Magyk
Author: Angie Sage
Review Writer: Book Girl
This is a really good book! It is about the Heaps and they have just had a baby boy. The seventh son of a seventh son, which is said to have many Magykal powers. What might happen to a boy this special? And to find out what happens, read the book!!
Review Writer: Book Girl
This is a really good book! It is about the Heaps and they have just had a baby boy. The seventh son of a seventh son, which is said to have many Magykal powers. What might happen to a boy this special? And to find out what happens, read the book!!
Saturday, April 12, 2008
The Willoughbys
Author: Lois Lowry
Review Writer: Book Girl
This is a really good book! It is about a family called the Wiloughbys with four kids. They have mean parents. One day their parents decide to go on a big vacation, leaving the kids behind with a nanny. They hire a really good nanny. The kids and the nanny have a lot of fun together. One day the parents who are on vacation decide to sell their house. Someone decides to buy it, but the real estate person gets the money instead of them. And to find out what happens, read the book!
Review Writer: Book Girl
This is a really good book! It is about a family called the Wiloughbys with four kids. They have mean parents. One day their parents decide to go on a big vacation, leaving the kids behind with a nanny. They hire a really good nanny. The kids and the nanny have a lot of fun together. One day the parents who are on vacation decide to sell their house. Someone decides to buy it, but the real estate person gets the money instead of them. And to find out what happens, read the book!
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
No Flying in the House
Author: Betty Brock
Reviewer: Holly
This is a great book for anyone who wants to fly! A girl named Annabelle has a very strange life. Her best friend is a dog named Gloria. Gloria is only 3 inches long and can talk and do tricks. Then Annabelle meets a cat who tells her that she is a fairy and teaches her to fly. But what Annabelle wants more than anything else is to have parents of her very own. I won't tell you what happens next... read the book!
Reviewer: Holly
This is a great book for anyone who wants to fly! A girl named Annabelle has a very strange life. Her best friend is a dog named Gloria. Gloria is only 3 inches long and can talk and do tricks. Then Annabelle meets a cat who tells her that she is a fairy and teaches her to fly. But what Annabelle wants more than anything else is to have parents of her very own. I won't tell you what happens next... read the book!
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Kathleen: The Celtic Knot
Author: Siobhan Parkinson
Book reviewer: Siena
This book is excellent. It’s about a twelve year old girl named Kathleen who lives in Ireland with her family. They are so poor that sometimes they don’t have enough food to eat all their meals. One day Kathleen is late for school and gets in trouble so her mom has to come to the school to talk with the head Nun – it is a Catholic school. Kathleen is surprised that she doesn’t get into trouble, but the head Nun tells her mother that she has talent – and should try Irish dancing. But how could her poor family possibly pay for lessons and costumes she needs? To find out, read Kathleen: The Celtic Knot! This book makes you feel like you are actually in Ireland during the 1930s. It helps to try to read it with an Irish accent.
Book reviewer: Siena
This book is excellent. It’s about a twelve year old girl named Kathleen who lives in Ireland with her family. They are so poor that sometimes they don’t have enough food to eat all their meals. One day Kathleen is late for school and gets in trouble so her mom has to come to the school to talk with the head Nun – it is a Catholic school. Kathleen is surprised that she doesn’t get into trouble, but the head Nun tells her mother that she has talent – and should try Irish dancing. But how could her poor family possibly pay for lessons and costumes she needs? To find out, read Kathleen: The Celtic Knot! This book makes you feel like you are actually in Ireland during the 1930s. It helps to try to read it with an Irish accent.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Travels of Thelonious
Authors: Susan Schade and Jon Buller
Review Writer: Book Girl
This is a really good book! The cool thing about it is that it is part Graphic Novel, which means that part of it is like a comic book. It is about this chipmunk named Thelonious who can talk. He lives in a time after the humans were on earth. During a flood he gets whisked away to the City of Ruins where he meets a porcupine named Fitzgerald who teaches him to read. They meet a bear called Olive who is making a flying machine so that she can return to her home, a place called Fog Mound. Soon her machine is done and Thelonious and Fitzgerald want to go with her. Can they make it to Fog Mound even though all around it there are dangerous gases? To find out what happens, read the book.
Review Writer: Book Girl
This is a really good book! The cool thing about it is that it is part Graphic Novel, which means that part of it is like a comic book. It is about this chipmunk named Thelonious who can talk. He lives in a time after the humans were on earth. During a flood he gets whisked away to the City of Ruins where he meets a porcupine named Fitzgerald who teaches him to read. They meet a bear called Olive who is making a flying machine so that she can return to her home, a place called Fog Mound. Soon her machine is done and Thelonious and Fitzgerald want to go with her. Can they make it to Fog Mound even though all around it there are dangerous gases? To find out what happens, read the book.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Author: J. K. Rowling
Review Writer: Book Girl
This is a really good book! It is about a boy called Harry Potter who lives with his mean aunt and uncle and their son. He seems to be making strange things happen such as setting a humongous snake free and making his hair grow back overnight. Then one day he finds out that he is a wizard and has been accepted to the Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry! He goes to the school, meets some friends and starts to learn magic. Harry then learns that something precious is about to be stolen from Hogwarts! To find out what happens, read the book.
Review Writer: Book Girl
This is a really good book! It is about a boy called Harry Potter who lives with his mean aunt and uncle and their son. He seems to be making strange things happen such as setting a humongous snake free and making his hair grow back overnight. Then one day he finds out that he is a wizard and has been accepted to the Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry! He goes to the school, meets some friends and starts to learn magic. Harry then learns that something precious is about to be stolen from Hogwarts! To find out what happens, read the book.
Monday, March 24, 2008
Castle Corona
Book: Castle Corona
Author: Sharon Creech
Review Writer: Book Girl
This is a really good book! It is about a peasant girl and boy with a mean master who dream of being princes and princesses. And it is about king Guido, who wishes for a nap, queen Gabriella, who longs for solitude, prince Gianni, who loves poetry, princess Fabrizia , who loves herself, and a spare prince Vito , who loves his sword. And how all their tales come together to make Castle Corona!
Author: Sharon Creech
Review Writer: Book Girl
This is a really good book! It is about a peasant girl and boy with a mean master who dream of being princes and princesses. And it is about king Guido, who wishes for a nap, queen Gabriella, who longs for solitude, prince Gianni, who loves poetry, princess Fabrizia , who loves herself, and a spare prince Vito , who loves his sword. And how all their tales come together to make Castle Corona!
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Matilda
Book: Matilda
Author: Roald Dahl
Review Writer: Book Girl
This is a really good book! It is about this girl named Matilda who is a genius but has really crazy parents and brother. She loves to read but her dad does not like it when she reads. When she finally gets to go to school she gets a wonderful teacher but a horrible headmistress (principal). Her teacher realizes that she is a genius and wants to move her up a lot of grades but the headmistress will not allow it. Matilda realizes that she can move things with her eyes. Can she defeat her headmistress? Can she get rid of her crazy parents? And to find out what happens, read the book!
Author: Roald Dahl
Review Writer: Book Girl
This is a really good book! It is about this girl named Matilda who is a genius but has really crazy parents and brother. She loves to read but her dad does not like it when she reads. When she finally gets to go to school she gets a wonderful teacher but a horrible headmistress (principal). Her teacher realizes that she is a genius and wants to move her up a lot of grades but the headmistress will not allow it. Matilda realizes that she can move things with her eyes. Can she defeat her headmistress? Can she get rid of her crazy parents? And to find out what happens, read the book!
Saturday, March 22, 2008
The Mysterious Benedict Society
Book: The Mysterious Benedict Society
Author: Trenton Lee Stewart
Writer: Book Girl
This is a great book! It is about an orphan who takes a really hard test and passes. Then he and the other kids that pass meet Mr. Benedict and he has them go on a secret mission to save the world!!!!!!!!! They need to go to an advanced school where the owner is broadcasting hidden messages into hundreds of minds. At the school there are no rules: you can stay up all night as long as all the lights are turned off at 10:00, you can go anywhere in the building as long as you keep to the yellow tiles, and you can go anywhere outside as long as you stay on the path. Anything could happen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And to find out what happens read the book!
Author: Trenton Lee Stewart
Writer: Book Girl
This is a great book! It is about an orphan who takes a really hard test and passes. Then he and the other kids that pass meet Mr. Benedict and he has them go on a secret mission to save the world!!!!!!!!! They need to go to an advanced school where the owner is broadcasting hidden messages into hundreds of minds. At the school there are no rules: you can stay up all night as long as all the lights are turned off at 10:00, you can go anywhere in the building as long as you keep to the yellow tiles, and you can go anywhere outside as long as you stay on the path. Anything could happen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And to find out what happens read the book!
Introduction to Book Girl
This will be a blog that has a ton of book reviews about really good books that I like and hope my friends will like too. If you would like to post a book review that you wrote, or comment on a review already posted, let me know.
"How can you be lonely if you have a good book?"
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