Readers,
As a voracious reader, I love discussing books with other lovers of literature. I have joined book clubs, emailed with friends, and sat down over many meals where the conversation turned to what everyone was reading. Books are a part of my life.
However, I have noticed I have certain friends who never fail to disappoint me with their EXCELLENT recommendations. I finally figured out why they are so great at this life skill ...
When recommending a book to me, they give a concise, precise summary of the book. Their summary consist of the main characters, the setting, and the problem and solution, otherwise known as, the plot. They use LITERARY ELEMENTS to explain what the book is about!
I would like for you to write a short summary about the fiction book you are reading, including characters, setting, and the plot (problem/action). Assume I have not read the book and be sure to edit your work.
Here is an example from Ida B.
Ida B
Ida B is about a young girl, who lives with her mom and dad on a farm and is home schooled after an unpleasant experience at school. She lives a happy life, using her imagination to play on the farm and with her pets. Sadly, her mother gets cancer and Ida B's life is turned upside down and she is heart-broken. She must return to school and she makes a decision to change into a person with a cold, hard heart.I cannot wait to see your understanding of what you are reading!
Your teacher,Ms. Blackmon
The Tail of Emily Windsnap
ReplyDeleteThe Tail of Emily Windsnap is about a girl who lives on a boat, and has never been in the water before. On her first day of seventh grade she goes to swim class and she felt a tingly feeling in her legs. that night she jumped of the boat to see what it was. She figured out she was a mermaid. What will she do with her tail? You should read the book to find out.
This looks like a good book!
Deletethat looks really good!
Deletethat looks good!
DeleteGinger Pye is a little puppy owned by Jerry and Rachel Pye. One day Ginger is stolen. So they search the whole entire town, but they didn't find Ginger anywhere. Jerry and Rachel were heartbroken,and every day wherever they go the search for Ginger.
ReplyDeletethat looks really good
Deletelooks good
DeleteGinger Pye
ReplyDeleteJerry and Rachel are brother and sister. They really want the puppy at Mrs. Speedy's barn. Finally they earn a dollar by dusting the pews for Tall Sam Doody. Jerry goes to get the puppy. As they walk home they hear footsteps following them but they don't really pay attention. They reach home and go straight to bed. A few months pass and Thanksgiving shows up. Mrs. Pye lets Ginger outside in their backyard. After dinner, Jerry goes to get Ginger but he is not there. I hope you enjoy the book if you read it and figure out what happens in the end!
Your classmate, Camilla
That looks good
DeleteThis book looks good
DeleteFire Star
ReplyDeleteFire Star is about an adult named David who is a bestselling author. They went on a mission trip to the Arctic. While they are on the mission trip David writes a new book called White Fire. Suddenly his book comes true, and a clan of polar bears follow the witch Gwillanna to destroy the dragons that David and his friends love.
Hatchet is about a teenager named Brian whose parents are divorced, and he is flying upstate to visit his dad. Brian feels really sorry for himself because of the the situation he is in at the moment. Everything is fine and normal until the pilot of the plane suffers a heart attack. The pilot died and the plane crashes, although Brian somehow survives. At this point Brian realizes this is no time for self pity, and he will need everything he possesses to survive.
ReplyDeleteThe book I am reading is Under Wildwood by Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis. So far it is about a girl named Prue who is doing badly in school because she is dreaming about Wildwood and how she wants to go back. On the other hand, Curtis is a bandit in Wildwood and he encountered a problem; winter has come and dark assassins with mysterous promps, want to settle the scores of a unknown client. To fix the problem, Prue and Curtis have to go to the dark and vicious underground Wildwood!
ReplyDeleteThe Homework Machine is about a group of kids who have different personalities.Two of them are smart and two are dumb.The smart ones are named Brenton and Judy.The two dumb ones names are Sam and Kelsey.When Brenton's dad gets Brenton a new computer he decides to turn it into a homework machine.Then Judy,Kelsey and Sam find out about it they decides to come over to Brenton's house everyday to use it.Soon their teacher stars noticing that Kelsey and Sam are getting really good grades,so she gets suspicious.
ReplyDeleteI have to read that!
DeleteHatchet
ReplyDeleteHatchet is about a boy named Brian who is going on a trip to Chicago. He gets in the plane and takes off. After a while on the plane he crashes in the forest. He has to survive so he makes a shelter ,and catches fish and birds. Then he cuts into a plane and finds a survival pack. He takes it to his shelter and finds a lot of stuff. When he is searching through the bag he finds an emergency transmitter, so he flips it. He thinks the transmitter doesn't work so he throws it aside. Later a drone hovers over him and a plane saves him.
I recommend the book Smile. The book Smile is about a girl. First, she trips and chips her tooth. Then she is forsted to get drases. Her friends at school make fun of her because of her drases. I hope you will read this book.
ReplyDeletePs sorry I am bad at spelling.
Stone Fox.
ReplyDeleteStone Fox includes Little Willy, The Grandfather, and Stone fox, Stone fox enters in a race but little Willys grandfather who he lives with is basically dying. It is very hard to see what is happening to there family. It takes place at a farm house. But little Willys grandfather is getting better step by step because, Willy and Stone fox is persevering.
that book is so sad
DeleteMrs. Nickoloff's class last year read it and it is dreadful at the end.
DeleteWhy Just Why?????
DeleteThat is the saddest book ever.
DeleteThat book was too sad!!
DeleteI own that book and it's so sad that I still haven't read it.
DeleteMy book is called Smile. Smile is about a girl named Raina, and she had to get braces. But One day Raina and two of her friends were have a race to Raina's house, and then Raina ran and her two front teeth got knocked out. Next her mom took her straight to the dentist. The dentist put a cast on Raina's teeth. Read this book to see what happens next.
ReplyDeleteI love this book and my sister wants to read it!
DeleteAmulet is about a girl named Emily and a boy named Navin who live with their mother and father. They are on their way to pick Navin from a birthday party when their car flies off the road. The father can't get out and the car falls off a ledge.2 years later they move to their grandpa's house. While they are cleaning the house, Emily finds a study and gets an amulet. That night they hear a noise and go into the basement. Their mom gets captured and they fallow her. They find a house in the middle of the lake. Something started to come to them. The run and get cornered. One of them saves them and takes them to the house. They meat their grandpa who is about to die. They go to get their mom back. I would recommend this book to anyone who like fantasy.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Jon Campbell
I might want to read that book Jon Cambell.
DeleteI love that series.
DeleteHatchet is about a young boy named Brian. He goes on a trip to Chicago to see his father after his parent divorce at the mall. He was going there on a plane, and he got to sit shotgun!! But the pilot sufferd from a heart attack about half way there. And the plane crashed!! And Brian was lost in the forest. He was able to survive for 54 days, that about 2 months!!! But one day he goes into the plane that is filled with water, and is was sooo hard, but he got it and look inside it was like a birthday and Christmas combined, and inside was tons of stuff! And then he found a emergency transmitter, and he flicked it on, but it did not work, or did it..... it did work and Brian was finally saved!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI read The One And Only Ivan. It is about a gorilla named Ivan , and he lives at Exhibit 8 Big top Mall and Video arcade .Ivan is a silverback gorilla but he doesn't act like one . The problem is that Ivan lives in a cage that isn't that mutch fun. The only fun thing is his friends Silvia, and Bob ones a elephant and another is a dog . Then one day a new baby elephant named Ruby comes to live at Exhibit 8 , and she is going to live with Silvia But a few days later something bad happens to Sivia. Ivan made a promiss to Silvia before something happens to her to take care of ruby, but the question is will he do it right.
ReplyDeleteI love that book
DeleteMy book is Wildwood by Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis. It is about a girl named Prue, her brother, Mac, and her best friend, Curtis. Prue's family is just a normal family until Mac gets abducted by crows and Prue goes in the Impassable Wilderness to find her brother. Curtis comes along. No one has ever returend from that wood! In there they meet all kinks of mysterous creatures such as talking coyotes, other talking animals, mysticks, and a evil woman named the Dowanger Governess. Can they survive the deep dark woods? Read the book to find out!
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going to read this book
DeleteI really like that book!
DeleteIf you like animals you will like The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me because it is about a boy who finds a candy shop that was sold. He knocked on the door and a giraffe opened it and that's when the story began.
ReplyDeleteI want to read that book!
DeleteI want to read that
DeleteThe witches is a good story the main character is the boy. At the first part of book his mom and dad die. So he goes and lives with his grandmother.She tells him all about witches.
ReplyDeletelookes good
DeleteOne book that is vary good is The Miraculous Journey Of Edward Tulane. The book is about a china doll that has a perfect life but when he gets thrown overboard every thing changes.
ReplyDeleteI love that book
DeletePercy Jackson is a greatly written story about a kid's adventures. when Greek mythology comes to life he has to go to a weird camp for demigods demigods are half god half mortal
ReplyDeletekids and people. It's a long series But it's so intresting and full of action. You should so read it.
read the 1st and 2nd but not the 3rd 4th or 5th.
DeleteI have read a book called Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. It is about a boy named Harry Potter who is a wizard, and doesn't know it. He lives with his non magical aunt and uncle. He lives there because his parents were murdered by Lord Voldemort,aka He who must not be named. When Harry finds out he is a wizard he goes to Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He makes friends with two kids named Ron and Hermione. Will the find the Sorcerer's Stone, and meet Voldemort too?
ReplyDeleteI liked that book.
DeleteIf you like fantasy and mythology, you should read Fablehaven. Kendra and Seth Storton has no idea what they are getting into when she visits her grandfathers house and property in the country while their parents are in a cruise. Seth and Kendra slowly find out that, through clues, the property is a mythical creature sanctuary called Fablehaven. But although Fablehaven looks fun to explore for adventures Seth, and a sightseeing place for careful Kendra, Fablehaven is extremly dangerous. Who knows what things lurk in those woods, hills, and valleys?
ReplyDeleteI need to read that!
Deletelooks good!
DeleteIf you like fantasy books you will love The Twits. The main characters in the book are Mr. and Mrs. Twit they love to do pranks on each other. Because they think its funny. Read the book to find what kind of pranks they do they are really funny.
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looks good
DeleteThat book is so funny!
DeleteThat is a really good book.
DeleteThat sounds good is it by Roald Dahl?
DeleteI recommend Wonder. It is about a boy who does not look like other children, his name is August. He has to go to a new school so he needs to befriend some kids. He does they're names are John Will and Summer. They help him fights a bully named Julian in a prank war. At the end they have a graduation ceremony with awards. Will he win one? Read the book! I recommend this book to anyone who likes humor,action, and drama.
ReplyDeleteI really want to read that book!
DeleteHarry Potter is a really great book. It is about a boy named Harry Potter who is the world's most famous wizard in the wizarding world, but for 11 years. and once he finds out he goes to hogwarts school of wizardry, and he make friends with Ron and Hermione and goes on the awesome adventure and has to fight voldemort also called he who must not be named.
ReplyDeleteAmulet is a graph novel you want to read. It's about a girl who's dad died before she was five. Then they go to a house to look for any things they can use. The girl finds something called an amulet. Later in the story she starts to find out how to control the amulets power. I can't tell more or it will spoil the book. You should still read it though.
ReplyDeleteHarry potter book 1 is a great story. It is about a wizard named Harry Potter. He lives with his aunt and uncle because his parents died. He starts getting weird letters from a school called Hogwarts. It turns out his parents went there. He ends up going and meets to new friends named Ron and Hermione. And meets his enemy Malfoy and his two friends Crabe, and Goyle. You will love this book as much as I did
ReplyDeleteTrumpet of the Swan is a great story about a swan named Louis. Louis has a problem..... he can't trumpet! Because of this, Louis' dad is afraid that Louis will never find a mate. One day a boy named Sam Beaver discovers Louis and his family. The story talks about Louis and his adventure for a voice. Read this book to figure out what happens next!
ReplyDeletethe book i'm reading is called The Miraculous Journey Of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo. It's about a rabbit who looks like he's from china. The china rabbit name is Edward Tulane. Once on the Queen Mary some boys through Edward off the ship! Then one day an old man went fishing. Then he caught A rabbit. Do you know who it was? It was Edward Tulane! Than The old man was confused. He didn't know their was a rabbit in the ocean. So he thought it would be fun for Nellie to have. So he took Edward the rabbit to a store to get him fixed. Than after he got him fixed he took edward home and took Edward to Nellie. When Nellie came down she saw Edward and loved it. She loved Edward so much she made him some clothes to wear. Than Edward was gone! So he was taken good care but he had a rough life. That is because he has been passed on and on and on and on to other people. But one day he was walking down on a street. Than he knew what street he was on. he was home.
ReplyDeleteThat rabbit needs to be more grateful!
DeleteWhatever After Fairest of All
ReplyDeleteThis book is about a girl named Abby and her little brother Jonah. When they moved from Naperville to Smithville, they discovered that they have a magical mirror in their basement that takes them to a fairy tail every time they knock on it three times. They were whisked of to a forest and there they met Snow White. Her evil stepmother would always try to get Snow White, but with the help of Abby and Jonah they put her in the dungeon. You can see that they have a lot of ups and downs, but that is not the only problem Abby and Jonah have to get back home before 7:00 when their parents wake them up. But they made it! If you are interested in this books then check it out!
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is about wizards and witches that go to Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. There is a bad guy on the loose in the wizarding world and he is after Harry. What will happen? Read to find out
ReplyDeleteHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is about a boy and his second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. But his aunt and uncle won't let him go because they are really mean. For example they lock him up in his room and can not get out. Then Ron Weasly comes and saves he in his dad's car. Once they try to get to platform 9 three quarters and they can't get through the magic barrier.
ReplyDeleteI loved Molly Moon, Mickey Minus, and the Marvelous Mind Machine. I in this book, Molly, a hypnotist and time traveler, tries to find her twin brother, Mickey, who was kidnapped at birth, however to do that she must: Travel back in time to figure out who took her brother, travel into the future to find her brother, and defeat an evil princess, while convincing her brother, who was a baby when he was kidnapped, to come back to his own time. I loved this book, and I hope you will read and like it to.
ReplyDeleteMy book is Ida B. It is about a girl who lives with her mom and dad. When she was a little girl she went to school and did not like it. She ended up being home schooled,till one day her mom got Cancer. Her dad needed to work on the farm,so they could not teach her,so one day they sended her to school. Ida B decided to not talk,or like her parents anymore,because her new rock heart would not let her. After a little while she started to like school.
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