Sunday, December 26, 2010

Keeper

Keeper Keeper by Kathi Appelt

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Keeper is 10 and she lives on the Texas coast with Signe, her dog, BD Best Dog) and her seagull, The Captain. She hasn't seen her mom for over 7 years, but after a very bad day, Keeper sets out to find her in order to ask her advice. The problem is, Keeper believes that her mom is a mermaid. This is an amazingly beautiful story.



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Sunday, December 19, 2010

Driven

DrivenDriven by Lee Iacocca

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Another wonderful biography from National Geographic. This one is about Henry Ford. He didn't invent the automobile, but he made it affordable for most people. An amazing thing during the 1920s! He had some amazing ideas for his time, but he also was flawed. I learned a great deal from this book.



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Sunday, December 12, 2010

Gregor the Overlander

Gregor the Overlander (Underland Chronicles, #1)Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


Gregory and his sister "Boots" fall through a duct in their laundry room and end up in "The Underland". The Underland is different from The Overland (what we are used to). There are humans, but they are pale because they have no sunlight. There are also rats, cockroaches and bats, but they are HUGE and they all talk. Ewwwww. This is the first book in the series.



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Sunday, December 5, 2010

Sabotaged

Sabotaged (The Missing, #3)Sabotaged by Margaret Peterson Haddix

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


This is the third book in "The Missing" series, by Margaret Peterson Haddix. This time, Jonah and Katherine are sent to Roanoke Island in order to help, Andrea return to her "real self" - a girl born in 1597. Will they succeed?



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