Sunday, May 29, 2011
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Bridge to Terabithia
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Petterson 128 pgs is about a girl named Leslie who meets a boy named Jess. With a little imagination, anything is possible, well at least for Jess and Leslie. They find an amazing (imaginative) world that they name Terabithia. One day while Jess goes to a museum with his teacher, something terrible happens to Leslie.
Dragon Road by Laurence Yep
Dragon Road by Laurence Yep 320(320times2=640 pgs.) Cal and Berny who live in Chinatown are trapped by racial prejudice. They both join a basketball team to get money because of the poverty in America in 1939. Soon they're traveling across America and taking on all challenges, from local amateurs to other professional teams like the Harlem Globetrotters.On that long, difficult road, they must beat difficult teams and their even rougher fans on the sidelines. Flash, and the team must also overcome terrible weather, crumbling highways, and their own disintegrating car. As the tour starts to fall apart, the tension between Cal and the team's jealous captain comes to a head. Cal now has to choose between loyalty to his teammates and the fame of his own celebrity.
Charlottes Web
Charlottes Web by E. B White 184 pgs is about a pig named Wilbur who is saved by a spider named Charlottes. He first started at Ferns barn, then had to transfer to Mr. Zuckerman's farm. Charlotte saves Wilbur from being killed and eaten. She saves him by putting character traits of Wilbur in her web.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Book Bag
Charlotte's Web by E.B White 184 pgs is about a pig named Wilbur who is saved by a spider named Charlotte. The main idea of the book is their journey through the rescue of Wilbur.
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