The Devil's Arithmetic is a historical novel beautifully written by Jane Yolen. It has 170 pages. It explains how a Jewish girl named Hannahlives in New Rochelle. She is transported back in time to Poland in the 1940's. Hannah is very intellengent and brave.
She is very intellengent and brave for multiple reasons. After being tired of hearing the some Holocaust story over and over, she finds herself in a terribe situation. Later, Nazi soldiers came to take away the villagers and only Hannah knows where they're going. She tells the people" I kno where they're taking us. I am from the future. I recommend this book to everyone who loves to read greatness.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Milkweed
Jerry Spinelli does a marvelous job on the novel, Milkweed. It has 208 pages and it's filled with sadness and greatness. The novel describes Misha, Uri, and Janina. Misha and Janina run the filthy streets to steal food for themselves and the orphans. Misha wants to be a Nazi until one day he changes his mind. Misha is smart and unselfish.
He is very unselfish because he shares with Uri, Janina, and the orphanage when he doesn't have much. He is also very smart. He finds ways to stay alive and eat. He wants to be a Gypsy and a Jackboot until he knows it's smarter to be nobody. I recommend this book to anyone who loves good books.
He is very unselfish because he shares with Uri, Janina, and the orphanage when he doesn't have much. He is also very smart. He finds ways to stay alive and eat. He wants to be a Gypsy and a Jackboot until he knows it's smarter to be nobody. I recommend this book to anyone who loves good books.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Boy Of The Painted Cave
Boy of the Painted Cave by Justin Denzel has 158 pages and is filled with drama. It also has rising action and major conflict. This novel describes Tao, Ram, GrayBeard, and Volt and their endless journey through life, death , and the afterlife.
The Slough is important in the novel Boy of The Painted cave . Tao and Ram, hunt in the Slough to eat food, drink water, get supplies, and most of all, survive. If Tao wouldn't have hunted in the Slough he wouldn't have found GrayBeard.
The Slough is important in the novel Boy of The Painted cave . Tao and Ram, hunt in the Slough to eat food, drink water, get supplies, and most of all, survive. If Tao wouldn't have hunted in the Slough he wouldn't have found GrayBeard.
Monday, October 12, 2009
The True Confessions on Charlotte Doyle
The T rue Confessions of Charlotte Doyle has 248 pages and is filled with drama and adventure.It tells how Charlotte Doyle is on the docks of Liverpool, England to return home to her family in America. Mr. Grummage has been hired by Charlotte's father to see that Charlotte boards Captain Jaggery's ship the Seahawk safety and on time. Mr. Grummage learns that the other passengers on the Seahawk are no longer coming, making Charlotte the only non-crewmember aboard. Grummage refuses to let her take a different ship, insists that he must carry out his order and promptly walks off, leaving Charlotte by herself.Charlotte is taken to her small living quarters. Mr. Barlow, a crewmember, comes by and tries to convince Charlotte to leave the ship while she has the chance. Charlotte refuses. An old African-American sailor named Zachariah visits to offer her some tea. Zachariah tries to befriend Charlotte and gives her a knife so they accuse her of killing one of the other sailors.
THE SLIPPERY SLOPE
The 337 paged literature is entitled The Slippery Slope is filled with drama, action, and adventure. The Slippery Slope is the tenth book in the Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. Violet and Klaus follow Count Olaf into the perilous Mortmain Mountains. They find a group of kids called the "Snow Scouts" who camp out in the caves of the mountains. The siblings also find another person who is one of the missing Quagmire triplets; Quigley.
Together, they set out to find Count Olaf and their missing sister Sunny. They know that they do not have much time left. Violet and Klaus find the V.F.D. headquarters burnt down, and they find a boy who reveals himself to be Quigley Quagmire, who the children believed to be dead. They see Sunny’s Flammable Verdant Device and Violet builds a mountain climbing device to climb the mountain. The Baudelaires and Quigley kidnap Esme` and try to Count Olaf to her to release Sunny. Count Olaf’s associates throw Sunny off the mountain, and Violet, Klaus, and Quigley grab a toboggan and slide down the mountain. By the time they get to the bottom the mountain shatters. Quigley and Violet call desperlatey call for each other but they couldn’t hear over the rushing water.
Together, they set out to find Count Olaf and their missing sister Sunny. They know that they do not have much time left. Violet and Klaus find the V.F.D. headquarters burnt down, and they find a boy who reveals himself to be Quigley Quagmire, who the children believed to be dead. They see Sunny’s Flammable Verdant Device and Violet builds a mountain climbing device to climb the mountain. The Baudelaires and Quigley kidnap Esme` and try to Count Olaf to her to release Sunny. Count Olaf’s associates throw Sunny off the mountain, and Violet, Klaus, and Quigley grab a toboggan and slide down the mountain. By the time they get to the bottom the mountain shatters. Quigley and Violet call desperlatey call for each other but they couldn’t hear over the rushing water.
Monday, September 28, 2009
#33Shooting Stars sid washington
The 258 page biography entitled Shooting Stars by LeBron James and Buzz Bissinger, is filled with drama, adventure and action. This non-fiction biography describes LeBron James, Little Dru, Coach Dru, Keith Dambrot, (also known as Coach Dambrot). It tells how LeBron James becomes an National Basketball Association (NBA) star. The major conflict is when Keith Dambrot uses the Fab Five (LeBron James, Willie, Romeo, Little Dru, and Sian) to get back at Division I basketball coaching. The Fab Five, is a very successful team.
The main conflict is how the Fab Five gets used by Keith Dambrot. He makes them the best team in the state for two years in a row. When he coached college the team he coached was the worst team. He gets fired and decides to coach high school to redeem himself. Since the high school won two straight state championships in a row, Keith Dambrot decided to coach The University of Akron. After he leaves they win a National Championship. My insight about the book is it has a lot of life lessons.
The main conflict is how the Fab Five gets used by Keith Dambrot. He makes them the best team in the state for two years in a row. When he coached college the team he coached was the worst team. He gets fired and decides to coach high school to redeem himself. Since the high school won two straight state championships in a row, Keith Dambrot decided to coach The University of Akron. After he leaves they win a National Championship. My insight about the book is it has a lot of life lessons.
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