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This is a story of how one teen consciously choose to make a difference. The story opens with 13 year old Riley and her Dad traveling to Africa for the first time to visit her Aunt and Uncle. She has documents well her first impressions and some of the culture shocks that she found while visiting. She shares too how love for the country of Kenya just took root and took over her heart.
Walk through life with Victor Vollmer III. He’s a boy who hates commas. In his honor you won’t find any in this review either… He loves words. But he has a stutter. It’s hard for him to communicate all the words that he wants to communicate. One day his father brought home a typewriter. Now he has an outlet. He loves to type. Now he can communicate his thoughts this way. The book is written as his summer journal.
The second in "The Twins" series, "Pillow Fights and Missing Cookies" will keep you laughing. A few moments may even make you a bit sad or scared.
Julia is a sheltered young lady. She grew up in a dull house full of dull things run by dull servants. Her father works for England’s foreign affairs, so he’s rarely home. Her mother died when Julia was small. Really, Julia’s existence has been quite dull. She longs for excitement and adventure. She wants to travel with her father on his exciting foreign trips.
I bought this book because it was written by Russell Hoban. Russell Hoban has written the Frances books and a few more children’s books. I enjoy the Frances series as do my students, so I was excited to see a more “young adult” book by Russell Hoban. I was rather disappointed as the book is in my opinion rather dark, dank and despairing.
Rachel lives in the wonderfully wild and mostly white land of Alaska. Her father races in one of the most famous dogsledding races, Iditarod. Rachel likes to watch her dad race, but mostly she wants a dog of her own. One of her dad’s best dogs has a new litter of puppies.
Ayesha is Lebanese; she lives in the capital, Beirut. She lives in a bullet-ridden apartment with no running water and lots of other refuge neighbors. The “Green Line” divides the city because Lebanon is the middle of a terrible civil war. Ayesha’s Grandmother takes care of her and her two younger brothers.
I was searching for some simple first reader chapter books, and I remember reading Olive when I was a child. I decided to see if there were more books in the series. To my delight, I found a few more! Honestly, I’m usually skeptical about this kind of book because they often are boring and have terrible grammar and sentence structure.
I remember distinctly the first book that I read from this author. The book was in the Anna Hibiscus Series, which please read if you have not! I had just come back from a trip to Liberia, Africa. Reading this series definitely takes you back to Africa which out the pricey plan ticket! This book achieves Must-Read status just for its storytelling and cultural education.
I’ve never read a book that so eloquently showcases an Israeli and Arab friendship. This book is the story of how an Israeli girl put a letter in a bottle and asks her brother to throw it in the Gaza Sea. She hopes that an Arab from Gaza will pick up the bottle and contact her.
Change. None of us like it. All of us go through it at some time. There’s been a lot of change in Ariana’s life. Her perfect, amazing cousin Laila and her mom came from Afghanistan to live with her family. To her dismay, Ariana must share her tiny, crowded room with Laila. As school starts, she also learns that she’s gonna have to share her best friend, Mariam.
Born in years of one room schools and progressing America, Hannah loves to learn. But she is blind. Most people do not think that she can learn. They think that she will never amount to much.
There are a plethora of books on the sad subject of slavery. Some are remarkable. Others are just good. Some are outstanding. This an outstanding book! Now, the reason that I say its outstanding is because I have never seen a book that approaching the subject of slavery like this one does.
Honestly, this series excited me since it involved good role models for girls. I first read Betsy’s River Adventure and enjoyed it. I started looking into the series and realized that it was a nice big series. I was so excited!! When I started reading the series however, the books sorely disappointed me.
Extreme Adventures. Yes, that describes this book well. This book highlights several different extreme hikes that Gregg Treinish has accomplished. His first hike was three week summer camp that his Grandmother sent him because Greg had been having trouble at school. The group hike through Garibaldi Park near Vancouver, WA. He credits this summer camp for his love of trekking.
Lillie's great-grandparents were slaves. Her grandparents were sharecroppers. Her parents moved north to find jobs away from sharecropping. Lillie herself found work in a white world, enrolled her children in a white school, and saw her son as the first black valedictorian in that white school.
This is an odd tale. Or as the heroine says unusual! This is the story of Charlotte Doyle. Charlotte was going to school in England. Her family moved back to America during the school year, so Charlotte was left in England to finish her school year. She was to sail home on the ill fate Seahawk.
Jesse Stuart believes in the power of stories to teach children. In this story, children will discover the joys of helping others, caring for nature, giving gifts, and loving family.
How do you catch a traumatized hound dog? And after you catch him, how do you turn him into a friend? And then, if you discover his original owner, how do you honor that when your heart is breaking?
"Old Ben" is based on the author's own experiences of having a black snake for a pet when he was a boy. Go with Shan as he introduces Old Ben to his family and friends and ends up with a wonderful pet.
