Review: To Kill a Mockingbird

Hey Everyone!
So we just finished reading TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD in school and i just had to write about it!
I found it to be the most amazing book i've ever read. How much thought Harper Lee must have put into all of those characters....how much time must have been spent deliberating about plot twists and themes... To Kill a Mockingbird was simply a work of art....it was impossible to get bored! If you haven't read it, it is a story about two children, Scout and Jem Finch and it follows their childhood and their adventures. What is so amazing about this story is that all the sub plot lines come together at the end. When you turn the last page and read the last sentence you are left wondering how on earth Harper Lee was able to do that!
it was so good.
and i very much recommend it.
-Sara C.

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Review: The Abundance of Katherines

Hey Readers!

So Bookfair was this week at our school and both Alice and I bought "The Abundance of Katherines" by John Green. At first I was a little creeped out by the cover..but I liked the author and so I gave it a try! It ended up being REALLY good! It's much more of a realistic story then I usually read - I tend to be into historical fiction/fantasy...This story is fiction and kind of reminded me of Carl Hiaasan's books. Anyways - so it's about a boy named Colin who has been dumped by 19 girls. and ALL of them were named Katherine...Not Catherine...or Kathryn...or Katie..or Cate....it was K-A-T-H-E-R-I-N-E. and Every single one of those girls with the same nine letter name had dumped him. The book kinda follows his life as he tries to get over Katherine the 19th and he explores other names along the way. Colin also happens to be a genius...and throughout the book is working on an equation for the theory of relationships (time, dumpee v. dumper, attractiveness, etc). Anyways, the book is very entertaining...a little peculiar at times...but overall it was very good and i would definitely recomend it :)

Thanks!
- Sara

Review: The Grimm Legacy

Hey!

So last week our school had a book-related fundraising event. Polly Shulman, along with other authors, were there to sign books. I bought her book, the Grimm Legacy, and I was lucky enough to get it signed. It is a really good book and I highly recommend it. It is sort of like a fantasy version of the Mysterious Benedict Society. The cover shows it as very fantasy, but it can really be enjoyed by lovers of any reading style. The book is about a girl who's teacher recommends her for a job at a respiratory, which is just like a library only it lends out items, especially old ones. She has to undergo certain tests to unlock privleges to certain rooms or take out certain items, and there is a secret room called the Grimm Collection, with items from the real Grimm fairy tales- that really  work. There's some solid romantic plotlines as well as a really imaginative story. I highly recommend this book. If you enjoy this book, try the Sisters Grimm series and the Mysterious Benedict Society (or if you like those, try reading this).

-Alice

Declamation!

Hey Everyone!
So we have this thing called declamation at our school where everyone has to memorize a poem and perform it... it's a competition. There are three rounds: classroom, semifinals, and finals...The finals round is in front of the entire school and it is quite a big event. Two of our library club members: Dorothy Gale and Anne Shirley were in the finals! I thought  you might like to see their poems, which are both fascinating..and they were performed amazingly!

Dorothy's Poem: Yellow Glove by Naomi Shihab Nye
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/178322

Anne's Poem: Inspiration by James Tate
http://www.aprweb.org/poem/inspiration

Thanks!
- Sara Crewe

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