Kit’s Wilderness by David Almond is a fantasy adventure story. Kit and his friends play a game called Death, where they take turns, pretending they are dead and have left their bodies. After playing the game, Kit feels something supernatural and he starts seeing the ghosts of his ancestors who died in the mines.
Friday, February 29, 2008
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Into the Wild
Into the Wild by Sarah Beth Durst is a fantasy adventure book with a clever concept. I love fairy tales. The protagonist is 12 year old Julie who lives in a world where fairy tale creatures exist. Her mother is Rapunzel, her grandmother is a witch, and her cat is Puss in Boots. Her father is a prince who was killed helping Rapunzel escape the forest. They have the seven dwarfs over to her house for dinner a lot. The fairy tale creatures who have escaped the Wild, have to repeat their stories over and over because of a supernatural object. Julie has to go rescue her family out of the Wild.
Friday, February 22, 2008
The Clique Series
The Clique by Lisi Harrison is similar to its young adult predecessors such as Gossip Girl and The A-List. All three series deal with mean girls. This one doesn’t have the graphic language and sex the other two do. This one is for middle school girls and how hard junior high is. I was picked on a lot in junior high because this is the development stage between the maturity of a kid and the maturity of an adult.
The Chocolate War
The Chocolate War by Robert Comier definitely measures up to his other books, After the First Death and Tenderness. Cormier has an interesting writing style and writes about problems other authors don’t dare to write about. What starts out as a hazing ritual after refusing to sell fundraiser chocolates ends in a brutal beating. I had to sell chocolates while I was in junior high and they weren’t very good so I doubt people would buy them if it wasn’t to support the school. I liked how Jerry was able to stand his ground surrounded by peer pressure. It made it seem like all the teachers at the school were menacing.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Shooter
Shooter by Walter Dean Myers is a very sad book about because of similar events that have happened at Columbine, Virginia Tech and even as close to us at Trolley Square in Salt Lake. The book is very relatable and the characters are believable. The ending shows us we need to help people overcome obstacles.