New School Year...New Schools...

Hey Everyone!
Today being the last day of August marks the last day of summer for a lot of us. All seven of us have graduated from our previous school in June and we are all heading separate ways this fall. I'm pretty sure that Anne is already at school and Jo might be too... and Alice and Dorothy are at orientation today! Wendy doesn't start until later, and Mary and I start later this  month as well. So I guess I just wanted to let our readers know that we are going to try and keep up the blog! It's a fun way for us to keep in touch.
Keep Reading!
~ Sara C.

Review: Pride and Prejudice

Hi Readers!!
Alice and I were (fairly) recently at camp and I sat down to try and read Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. They are INSANELY classic books - very traditional. Usually it doesn't take me that long to read books...but boy, Pride and Prejudice took very long. Occasionally I was bored and wanted to skip parts of the book...(don't worry, i didn't) but then towards the end it got really fascinating. Pride and Prejudice, for those of you who haven't seen the movie, focuses on Elizabeth Bennett, the second oldest sister.  She watches her older sister and younger sister move out and get married...while she watches and waits. No man, in her opinion is good enough for her. It is very amusing to watch Elizabeth deal with the troubles of family, social life, romance etc...I definitely reccomend it...but if you are thinking of reading it - make sure to not get discouraged by the first few chapters - it is worth it!

- Sara C.

Review: Across the Universe

Hey Everyone!

I haven't been here for a while! After 3 weeks at camp with no computer, i've had a lot of time to read! I read a ton of books, but I think I'll review one i read called "Across the Universe." It doesn't have anything to do with the Beatles musical or anything, don't worry/get excited. But it's an amazing book! If you remember, we all got books from Candlewick press to read before they came out, and one of them was "A Long Long Sleep" (which should have just come out, so now you can read it!). This is a lot like that book. It's basically a girl who gets frozen alive and loaded onto a spaceship with her family so they can wake up 300 years later, when they get to an earth-like planet, and live there. But she gets woken up early, and the civilization formed by the people on the ship is filled with lies and secrets. It's very good, but it's for slightly older people (teens, not preteens) because of certain things in the plot, and the beginning is a little slow. All i have to say is keep reading, because it gets so much better AND it grabs you and pulls you in after a while. Happy Reading!
-Alice

"The Secret Life of Bees" Picture

Sorry everyone!
I forgot to put a picture of "The Secret Life of Bees" in my post...
So, here it is!

There is also a movie based on the book "The Secret Life of Bees." To the right is the movie poster!

~Anne S.

Review: The Secret Life of Bees

Hey everyone!!
Sorry I haven't posted in such a long time... I have been very busy over this summer! I hope that you all are enjoying the heat... I know I am!!

Anyway, I recently read "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd and I loved it!!
It is a book about a girl, Lily, whose mother ran away when she was a baby and later died and whose father abused her. She leads a very hard life in South Carolina during the time of the Civil Rights Act, until her housekeeper, an outspoken African American named Rosaleen, insults three white racists in town. Before Rosaleen can be killed, Lily runs away with her to the only town she thinks of as refuge- Tiburon, South Carolina. This was the location on a picture that was her mother's, and Lily and Rosaleen are soon taken on a journey together in which they learn of the Black Madonna and find refuge in the home of three African American beekeeping sisters.

"The Secret Life of Bees" is a story of love, friendship, race, religion, adventure, etc. It is a fantastic book that leaves you feeling so happy in the end that you want to read it over and over. Although it is hard at times because the main character's life is so hard, it gets much better as the story progresses and important lessons come from the hardships.

I would highly recommend it!
Thanks for reading!!

~Anne S.