Hey Bloggers,
It's been awhile since I've posted. Being a teacher, it is report card time and that has been my primary source of reading material. :-) Now that report cards are finished, it's time for a new book to read! I think it would be fun if we were all to read the same book over Spring Break. Then we could discuss it without spoiling things for each other. So, any suggestions???
I'm looking forward to hearing from you!
Mrs. H
Just googled these!! Hope these would be good for all of us to read together... At least I found them interesting.
ReplyDelete*"Ghost at the Window" by Margaret McAllister*
"Ghost at the Window" by Margaret McAllister is a story set in Scotland. Ewan Dart lives in an unstable world. His mother travels around the countryside as a photographer; his father is an artist living in a fantasy world. Ewan Dart's home is just as unstable as his life, if not more so: The house actually acts as a time machine, jumping between eras. One day, Ewan finds a young girl, Elspeth, in his room. Elspeth is a ghost who needs Ewan's help to "cross over." Throughout the book, Ewan attempts to figure out exactly who Elspeth is and why she is trapped in time.
"The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau
"The City of Ember" is the first book in a series written by Jeanne DuPrau. The story takes place in post-apocalyptic times in an underground city. Lina Mayfleet and Doon Harrow are best friends, worried about their city's survival because supplies are becoming scarce. Lina and Doon discover a coded message left by the previous inhabitants of the city; they set out to figure out the meaning and find a way to the outside world. The series continues with "The People of Sparks," "The Prophet of Yonwood" and "The Diamond of Darkhold."
Oooh! "Ghost at the Window" sounds good. I haven't heard of that one before. I like stories with time travel. "The City of Ember" is one that I've had on my list to read too. My daughter says that "The City of Ember" is good, but wierd. :-) She's more a realistic genre person. I like wierd though :-) I'll look and see if I can get a copy of either of them. Any other suggestions?
ReplyDeleteWell I am reading The Mysterious Benedict Society. But I am pretty far through it... Kinda. I will google some more.
ReplyDelete*A Tree Grows in Brooklyn*
ReplyDeleteThe novel is split into five "books," each covering a different period in the characters' lives. Book One opens in 1912 and introduces 11-year-old Francie Nolan, who lives in the Williamsburg tenement neighborhood of Brooklyn with her 10-year-old brother Cornelius ("Neeley" for short) and their parents, Johnny and Katie. The family subsists on Katie's wages from cleaning apartment buildings, pennies from the children's junk-selling and odd jobs, and Johnny's irregular earnings as a singing waiter. His alcoholism has made it impossible for him to hold a steady job, and he sees himself as a disappointment to his family as a result. The only antidote to alcohol Johnny accepts is coffee, which enables him to come out of and sometimes stay out of his alcoholic stupors but gives his behavior a manic quality nearly as closely associated with his alcoholism as the barbiturate itself. Francie admires him, however, and relies on her imagination and her love of reading to provide a temporary escape from the poverty in which she lives. By, Betty Smith
*Mockingbird*
In Caitlin’s world, everything is black or white. Things are good or bad. Anything in between is confusing. That’s the stuff Caitlin’s older brother, Devon, has always explained. But now Devon’s dead and Dad is no help at all. Caitlin wants to get over it, but as an eleven-year-old girl with Asperger’s, she doesn’t know how. When she reads the definition of closure, she realizes that is what she needs. In her search for it, Caitlin discovers that not everything is black and white—the world is full of colors—messy and beautiful. By, Kathryn Erskine
* Tangerine *
The story centers around an 13 year old boy named Paul Fisher, who is scared of his brother, Erik Fisher, and is dealing with the new environment after moving to Tangerine, Florida. Throughout the story, it is mentioned that he is legally blind. His parents' explaination of his blindness is that he stared at a solar eclipse when he was five years old, which caused his blindness. Throughout this novel, Paul deals with living in a new state, new schools, and ultimately learns secrets about his family. In addition, he learns that people are different on the outside than they are on the inside. By, Edward Bloor
Hope these helped again. These all sound very interesting!
You've found some great sounding stories! I was able to get "The Ghost at the Window" at the library. I'll be reading that first and then I'll see what else I can get. There are more copies available for this story also. I'll post on the first few chapters tomorrow. Happy Reading!!
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