For my book report I read All the way home by patricia rielly giff. In the beginning, a boy named Brick goes to Brooklyn so that he and his family can help with the WWII effort, but Brick runs away in an effort to escape. He is found by a cop, brought to the nearest house, and meets a girl with a deadly disease, polio, & she just might be his key to getting back his old life…
The book that I read is Eleven by Patricia Reilly Giff. The setting is in three houses: one is a restaurant, another one is a work shop that the main character, Sam, builds in, and the last one is a regular home that Sam, Mack, Onji, and Angela lives in. This book was probably in the 19 hundreds. The problem of the story is that Sam can’t read but he wants to read a clipping in the newspaper when he was younger so when he goes to school he asks a girl named Caroline to come over to read it for him. I think the author wants you to think about how SamM gets help from other people and to not steal from other people. Ii loved this and i recommend it because it is so descriptive.
The book i’m reading is Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff. The story takes place at many homes that Hollis stays at because she’s a foster child, the time is around present day now. The problem of the story is Hollis, she is a trouble maker but wants a family extremely bad, the problem is she runs away from her foster homes because she doesn’t like them but the mustard lady, the foster owner, keeps moving her from place to place. The main idea or theme is that Hollis wants a family, and when she finally finds a family that loves her she makes a big mistake that makes her move away. I would definitely recommend this book to realistic fiction readers because the author throws a twist at every chapter which makes the book fantastic!
This book takes place during World War II in Willow Run. The main character (Meggie) is worried out of her socks for her brother, Eddie and is trying to get him back home so they can return to Rockaway, NY. The theme for this story is family because Meggie talks mostly about her mother, her father, her grandfather and her brother. I think she talks about this the most because she cares for and worries about them the most. I liked this book because in it, it has real T.V. shows like Bugs Bunny. I liked this book and would recommend it fo 4th -5th grade realistic fiction readers.
The Setting of the story Is in Scotland in present day. The problem in the story is that Micheal Scot, the wizard took Molly so they wold give hm the map for her. The theme in the story is family. The author in the story wants you to learn that family is important. I like this book because in the story of all the suspense.
I have read Messenger by Lois Lowry, and this book takes place maybe about roughly 1 hundred or 2 hundred years ago, in a small village near a large forest. There were quite a few problems in the story, such as: 1) The Forest is beginning to become more fiendish, and is starting to grow, making it a challenge to go past it. 2) The Trader’s Mart (A place where you trade your possessions for new items) was accepting items beyond physical items and some people are trading their inner selves. And 3) Matty, the main character, learns he has a special power to heal things, and doesn’t know why he has it and when he would need it. The main theme is Matty trying to become a messenger by proving his bravery, and I think so because from start to end, Matty was really just striving to have the name Messenger. I, personally, don’t find this book something I would read in my free time, mostly because I feel that it wasn’t very exciting. Sure, there were climaxes and pressure, bu not as much as I would have original hoped. I give it a 3 and a half stars.
This book is about people, or creatures, that give dreams to humans and animals. The setting is mostly at the old woman’s house, where the old woman takes care of a boy whose mother is trying to get a job. The creatures that are assigned to their house to give dreams are named Littlest and Thin Elderly. I suspect that it takes place in 1995 to 2002, because the boy asks if he can buy a Gameboy. The problem was that the boy had anger issues, so he had a hard time getting along with the woman. I liked that even though the normal people and the dream givers don’t know about each other, it rotates between them every other chapter.
One day while I was in the living room watching TV, I listened to mother on the phone and she was crying about something. I heard mother say, Uncle Hal had a plane crash this morning. He and his co pilot died in the crash. When I heard that, I burst into tears and mother got off the phone to come and ask me why I was crying. Mother asked me, why are you crying Vicky? Did you stub your toe on something? Did you get a cut? I told her no and that I was upset because I heard that Uncle Hal had died just this morning. Mother told me that we all miss him and that things just happen every once in awhile. That just made me burst into tears for the second time. Mother calmed me down and then she told me that something bad will happen every day all around the world, whether someone passed away, or that we didn’t get what we wanted for our birthday. But I told mother that I didn’t get a single bit of it at all. Then she told me that a funeral for Uncle Hal was going to be held this Sunday and that all of us had to wear nice clothes to go and that if we said no we would be grounded for a week.
Chasing Redbird by Sharon Creech.
This book is the story of Zinnia “Zinny” Taylor, a girl who finds some stones that become a trail to inner peace. This story takes place in the present day, only about 3 years back in 2009. They are in the town of Bybanks, PA. Zinny has a problem. The problem of the story is that Zinny’s uncle is gong a bit crazy and she needs to help him to get well again. Also, her friend keeps bringing presents and that is annoying her. That is a minor problem, though. The theme is individuality because while Zinny is working to clear the trail she learns to be herself. I really liked this book for two reasons. One reason is that on the very first page, you learn a lesson, “Life is like a bowl of spaghetti, every now and then you get a meatball”. Also I like how Zinny learned the importance of self-respect.
The book starts in the U.S. in a small town with our main characters, Meg and Charles Wallace, main characters also found in A Wrinkle in Time. There is an upsetting problem for their family, Charles Wallace is deathly pale and has a terrible disease called mitochrondia. Meg and her friends, some who she just recently met. They face many dangers and they never give up, so I think that the lesson to be learned is that even though you might not always succeed, you should always do your best. I thought that this was a great book and that it should be recommended to any fantasy readers. I enjoyed this book because of its constant action and also its emotional qualities which have been proved because of inspiration to save others.
