Review: In the land of Ingary lives Sophie Hatter and her other two sisters who abide by all fairytale rules because of market chipping. as the eldest daughter, she is set for failure and the youngest for success. Their stepmother, Fanny treats them well and their father sent all 3 sisters to school obeying fairytale rules.
Months later a movie castle appears belonging to Wizard Howl who supposedly eats the souls of girls. Sophie's father dies, leaving the shop she works at in debt. Fanny pulls all 3 girls out of school for Sophie to become her apprentice at the hat shop.
Months later a movie castle appears belonging to Wizard Howl who supposedly eats the souls of girls. Sophie's father dies, leaving the shop she works at in debt. Fanny pulls all 3 girls out of school for Sophie to become her apprentice at the hat shop.
Review: Esperanza Rising is a historical fiction written by Pam Munoz Ryan. Esperanza Rising is set in Mexico and California while the Great Depression occurred. At the beginning of the novel, we meet a girl named Esperanza Ortega who currently lives in Mexico as a wealthy family with servants in a mansion. Chaos reeks when Esperanza's father and his men are killed by bandits. But this leaves Esperanza's family with nothing because her fathers stepbrother, Tio Luis receives the property his stepbrother inhabited. Tio Luis was also the one who had ordered bandits to kill Esperanza's father and tries manipulating her mother, Ramona into marrying him. Ramona and Esperanza flee to California, leaving Abuelita because of her injuries. Esperanza, her mother, and her servant try to make a living in a poor Mexican labor camp, waiting to be reunited with Abuelita.
Opinion: Esperanza Rising is an educational, beautiful book remaining inspirational for the decade it was published. Some readers might feel sympathetic at times for Esperanza as she learns must learn to work hard after living life in luxury. But more than that i think the strength she shows as she adjusts to the hardship filled life as a migrant worker is a great example of determination. She begins her own dreams for life living in California. I think this story might make a reader look into their own family's immigration background and hardships they went through.
Opinion: Esperanza Rising is an educational, beautiful book remaining inspirational for the decade it was published. Some readers might feel sympathetic at times for Esperanza as she learns must learn to work hard after living life in luxury. But more than that i think the strength she shows as she adjusts to the hardship filled life as a migrant worker is a great example of determination. She begins her own dreams for life living in California. I think this story might make a reader look into their own family's immigration background and hardships they went through.
Review: "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor is a book that takes place in the Caribbean on a boat that gets raided for merchandise. This story follows the two survivors on one of the lifeboats, Philip and Timothy.
When the Torpedo hits the ship young Philip (Caucasian) wakes up on a lifeboat with Timothy an old African American worker. As Timothy and Philip talk Philip soon notices something is wrong with his eyes and Timothy says it'll go away but when Philip wakes up he can't see a thing confirming he's blind. Timothy soon notices an island or a cay in the distance. They soon make their way to the cay and start working however life on the island gets hard because of Philips's racism and not wanting to help. Before he had no sympathy for Timothy but eventually strike up a friendship. After a big hurricane hits the cay Timothy dies trying to keep Philip safe. Philip builds a grave for Timothy and soon him and stew cat get saved by a navy vessel.
Opinion: The Cay is an emotion pact book about Timothy and his parental relationship with young Philip who must unlearn what he has been taught by others before. In almost any survival book the protagonist comes back to society having learned a new kind of self-reliance that most likely cant be learned by a modern civilized area, and this is shown to be true in this novel. Theodore Taylor makes this easily understandable that Philips's life will never be the same and will change his views after spending time with Timothy. The impression show more of Timothy's character had an even greater impact on Philip than the survival experience its self. show less
When the Torpedo hits the ship young Philip (Caucasian) wakes up on a lifeboat with Timothy an old African American worker. As Timothy and Philip talk Philip soon notices something is wrong with his eyes and Timothy says it'll go away but when Philip wakes up he can't see a thing confirming he's blind. Timothy soon notices an island or a cay in the distance. They soon make their way to the cay and start working however life on the island gets hard because of Philips's racism and not wanting to help. Before he had no sympathy for Timothy but eventually strike up a friendship. After a big hurricane hits the cay Timothy dies trying to keep Philip safe. Philip builds a grave for Timothy and soon him and stew cat get saved by a navy vessel.
Opinion: The Cay is an emotion pact book about Timothy and his parental relationship with young Philip who must unlearn what he has been taught by others before. In almost any survival book the protagonist comes back to society having learned a new kind of self-reliance that most likely cant be learned by a modern civilized area, and this is shown to be true in this novel. Theodore Taylor makes this easily understandable that Philips's life will never be the same and will change his views after spending time with Timothy. The impression show more of Timothy's character had an even greater impact on Philip than the survival experience its self. show less
Summary:The book "snakes!" is a book that talks about the lifestyles of snakes what they eat their habitat and how to identify them.
Snakes are cold blooded carnivores that consume prey by either using venom or swallowing it whole. Flexibility in a snakes jaw gives it the ability to swallow prey bigger than its head because they cant bite or chew prey. Snakes can be found almost anywhere in the world except for Antarctica and there are more than 3000 species. Snakes have interesting body structures including no internal or external ears, although snakes have nostrils to breath they use their tongues to smell and snakes have about 200-400 vertebrae and ribs.
Opinion:I think snakes are amazing creatures for many reasons as they populations in balance and are kinda freaky in amazing ways. I don't think they get enough appreciation for helping the ecosystem and reducing humans chances of Lyme disease by reducing the population of rodents.
Snakes are cold blooded carnivores that consume prey by either using venom or swallowing it whole. Flexibility in a snakes jaw gives it the ability to swallow prey bigger than its head because they cant bite or chew prey. Snakes can be found almost anywhere in the world except for Antarctica and there are more than 3000 species. Snakes have interesting body structures including no internal or external ears, although snakes have nostrils to breath they use their tongues to smell and snakes have about 200-400 vertebrae and ribs.
Opinion:I think snakes are amazing creatures for many reasons as they populations in balance and are kinda freaky in amazing ways. I don't think they get enough appreciation for helping the ecosystem and reducing humans chances of Lyme disease by reducing the population of rodents.
Review: "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson is a book about a boy named Travis and a stray dog who the Travis at first doesn't want but a little over time warms up to him and decides to keep him. Travis and Old yeller is put in charge of hunting the family's food. Old Yeller in each occurrence in the story saves each family member at some point in the story and at one point as he does he gets bite by a wolf and becomes infected with rabies. Travises family and especially Travis had a close bond with Old Yeller and having to shoot the rabid dog was the most painful for Travis. At the end of the story, Old Yeller has puppies with Travis's friend dog and the puppy helps Travis get over Old Yellers death overtime.
Opinion: "Old Yeller" is a very emotion filling book for me. I did not expect Old Yeller to die and I was quite disappointed that he did because the bond they had was very important to me as a reader. I do wish for a second book because of the new puppy that Travis gets at the end of the book that helps him to get over Old yeller but the book overall is amazing and made me feel how Travis could possibly felt.
Opinion: "Old Yeller" is a very emotion filling book for me. I did not expect Old Yeller to die and I was quite disappointed that he did because the bond they had was very important to me as a reader. I do wish for a second book because of the new puppy that Travis gets at the end of the book that helps him to get over Old yeller but the book overall is amazing and made me feel how Travis could possibly felt.
Summary: "Bud, Not Buddy" is a book about a 10-year-old orphan boy on a journey to search for his unknown father after his mom had passed. The story takes place during the great depression in Flint Michigan making it hard for orphans to find homes and the overall population to survive but bud keeps a positive outlook on life with his "Bud Caldwell's rules and things for having a funner life and making a better liar out of yourself." Throughout the book, he goes the peculiar times dealing with his new orphan family from living in Hoovervilles.
Opinion: I find "Bud, Not Buddy" to be an interesting book talking about the hardships of being an orphan in the Great Depression and talking about all the hardships he had at just 10 years old. it could be helpful for people going through the same thing cause although bud did get sad he had all over a positive outlook on life but also took into account of harsh reality.
Opinion: I find "Bud, Not Buddy" to be an interesting book talking about the hardships of being an orphan in the Great Depression and talking about all the hardships he had at just 10 years old. it could be helpful for people going through the same thing cause although bud did get sad he had all over a positive outlook on life but also took into account of harsh reality.