A Summer to Die

This book was written in 1977, But it is still fresh, and interesting. I have read this book multiple times before, and every time I read it again, I can always feel the emotions. Meg, Thirteen-years-old, has always envied her sister. Her sisters beauty, her friends, her popularity. But all those emotions do not make it so easy when Molly, Meg' sister, gets sick. This isn't just the flu. This is a life-threatening situation, she just doesn't know it. Meg finds it hard to cope with all these symptoms of the strange illness, and Molly's eventual death. 
Lois Lowry really did a remarkable job with this book. It was heartfelt, and it was something she had dealt with as a child. I would definitely  recommend this book to anybody
4.7 our of 5 stars!!! 

All Shook Up

Im all shook up...   Mm mm oh, oh, yeah, yeah!

WHEN 13-YEAR-OLD JOSH finds out he has to stay with his dad in Chicago for a few months, he’s not too thrilled. But when he arrives at the airport, he’s simply devastated. His father—who used to be a scatterbrained, but pretty normal, shoe salesman—has become a sideburn-wearing, hip-twisting, utterly embarrassing Elvis impersonator. Josh is determined to keep his dad’s ide ...more When Josh Anderson, age 13, finds out he has to go to Chicago to stay with his dad, he’s not exactly happy. But when he arrives at the airport, he’s just devastated. His father-who used to be a scatterbrained, but pretty normal, shoe salesman—has become a sideburn-wearing, hip-twisting, embarrassing Elvis impersonator. Josh is determined to keep his dad’s identity a secret, but on his very first day at his new school, a post-it-note appears on his locker. It’s signed Elvisly Yours, and instead of a name, a sneering purple smiley face. The secret is out. And when his dad is invited to perform at a special 50s concert at his school, Josh is forced to take some major action. This is a funny book, but I know I have read better... But overall, this, from Jellybeans, would get a 7 out of 10 stars. 

 

P.S. I wanted to post my book report, but I couldn't figure out how...

Guess what/ SHUG

HEY GUESS WHAT!?!?!!?!?!??!?!?!!?!?!?! I JUST HAD MY BIRTHDAY SO I AM AWESOME! OK... WELL... THAT WAS ME BEING HAPPY ABOUT MY BIRTHDAY. I HAD A SOCCER GAME! OK I'M DONE BEING AWESOME. 

SHUG

12 year old Annemarie Wilcox, or as her family calls her, Shug, has started to think that nothing is worse then age 12. Annemarie is pretty sure that there is nothing good or exciting about her. And now Annemarie is starting junior high, and the friends she holds dear aren't acting just so dear anymore. Especially Mark, her best friend. One day, Annemarie looks at him, and she actually sees him. Not just the boy down the street, but he is Mark, the friend. Everything is changing so fast, and Annemarie just wants it to be the same as it used to. But it's not. How is Annemarie supposed to prepare for tomorrow when she can't even keep up with today? Annemarie is not ready for all the change about to happen to her. How can middle school be so different and change a person in so many ways?

Jenny Han did a wonderful job writing this book. It is funny, captivating, and realistic. What happens in this book could happen to anyone!


5 STARS!!!!!


Oh ya, I'm doing a book report on this for class, so when I finish it, I'll post it up here!

100TH POST!!!!!

YAY!! THIS IS RICHA READ'S 100TH POST!!!! YIPPEE!!! YAY PRAGZ!!!!

now on to the book part.

Chains by Laurie Halse is about a girl named Isabel and her younger sister Ruth. They're parents have died. They are slaves. When their owner dies, they get sold to a new owner. She is cruel and harsh to both of them. At the new house they meet Becky, another one of their servants. They encounter many difficulties and aren't happy with their owner. At least they are together...or maybe not. One day when Madam (their owner) is in a "good mood" and makes Ruth and Isabel a nice snack of sweet milk (milk with nutmeg, cinnamon and sugar) and gingerbread. Ruth was with Madam at the time. After her snack Isabel fell asleep. While sleeping, Madam sells Ruth to another owner, as Madam knows Isabel would fight for her sister to stay. Isabel wakes and worries so much as Ruth is only 5. Isabel is trying to escape and find Ruth.

The Mother Daughter Book Club

Book 1
The book clubis about to get
a makeover....
Even if Megan would rather be at the mall, Cassidy is late for hockey practice, Emma's already read every book in existence, and Jess is missing her mother too much to care, the new book club is scheduled to meet every month.
But what begins as a mom-imposed ritual of reading Little Women soon helps four unlikely friends navigate the drama of middle school. From stolen journals, to secret crushes, to a fashion-fiasco first dance, the girls are up to their Wellie boots in drama. They can't help but wonder: What would Jo March do?
Acclaimed author Heather Vogel Frederick will girls everywhere in a novel about the fabulousness of fiction, family, and friendship.

BOOK 2

This year the mothers have a big surprise in store for Emma, Jess, Cassidy, and Megan: They've invited snooty Becca Chadwick and her mother to join the book club!

But there are bigger problems when Jess finds out that her family may have to give up Half Moon Farm. In a year filled with skating parties, a disastrous mother-daughter camping trip, and a high-stakes fashion show, the girls realize that it's only through working together -- Becca included -- that they can save Half Moon Farm.

Acclaimed author Heather Vogel Frederick captures the magic of friendship and the scrapes along the way in this sequel to The Mother-Daughter Book Club, which will enchant daughters and mothers alike.

Book 3

Jess has received an anonymous scholarship to a prestigious boarding school, but that means leaving home. And ontop of all the girls homework, they are required to write letters to a pen pal! One more big shock... Mrs. Sloane-Kinkaid (Cassidys mother) is having a baby. Cassidy is not happy about this at ALL. So ontop of letters to a pen pal, she has to write letters to the baby! And, Jess has to deal with some snooty roommate, Savannah. She is really mean, just like Becca Chadwick used to be. Can this year get any worse???

I think you should read these books. Guys, its more of a girlish book. But sure, go ahead, read it.

JELLYBEANS IS OUT------------------------------- I LOVE READING

Secret Series

HEEEY!!! Jellybeans here. I just finished reading the second book of the Secret Series, by Pseudonymous Bosch. CRAZY GOOD BOOK!!!! I have not yet read the third book. BUT I SHALL!!!!! 

The second book, If you're Reading this, It's too late, was a phenomenal book. It was just as exciting as the first book. Here in the sequel, there are different ideas, like a funny thing made inside of horse waste (a polite way to say POOP) that is rather slight (a polite way of saying SHORT) and has vast zest (a polite way to say HUGE APPETITE) for food. This unusual (a polite way of saying STRANGE AND WEIRD) creature is called a homunculus. I know, funny word, right?!?! Well anyway, it is rather aged, ( a polite way of saying OLD) and can only be summoned by this thing, a Sound Prism. YEP!!!!

ADIOS PEOPLE.

JELLYBEANS IS OUT-----------------------of school!!!

SCHOOL

OK... I REALLY HOPE THAT I SURVIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL!!!!!!

If not, you can have my locker.  Sob, it pains me to say that. BUT I SHALL MAKE IT!!! Maybe... Huh. I dunno... Ya I think I will make it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ADIOS!!!!!!!!!!!

JELLYBEANS IS OUT------------------------- TEHE

hey this is a random post

hey everyone,
this is just a random post!
so what's up?
are you ready for school to start?
i am... oh yeah!!
so just post whatever you are feeling right now.

peaches and pears,
tinydancer

A Song About ... Me

The Song of the Jellicles

Jellicle Cats come out to-night
Jellicle Cats come one come all:
The Jellicle Moon is shining bright -
Jellicles come to the Jellicle Ball.

Jellicle Cats are black and white,
Jellicle Cats are rather small;
Jellicle Cats are merry and bright,
And pleasant to hear when they caterwaul.
Jellicle Cats have cheerful faces,
Jellicle Cats have bright black eyes;
They like to practise their airs and graces
And wait for the Jellicle Moon to rise.

Jellicle Cats develop slowly,
Jellicle Cats are not too big;
Jellicle Cats are roly-poly,
They know how to dance a gavotte and a jig.
Until the Jellicle Moon appears
They make their toilette and take their repose:
Jellicle Cats wash behind their ears,
Jellicle dry between their toes.

Jellicle Cats are white and black,
Jellicle Cats are of moderate size;
Jellicle Cats jump like a jumping-jack,
Jellicle Cats have moonlit eyes.
They're quitet enough in the morning hours,
They're quitet enough in the afternoon,
Reserving their terpsichorean powers
To dance by the light of the Jellicle Moon.

Jellicle Cats are black and white,
Jellicle Cats (as I said) are small;
If it happends to be a stormy night
They will practice a caper or two in the hall.
If it happens the sun is shining bright
You would say they had nothing to do at all:
They are resting and saving themselves to be right
For the Jellicle Moon and the Jellicle Ball.

T. S. Eliot

OMG SCHOOL

Holaz to the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jellybeans here, and THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL IS ALMOST HERE!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAH!!! I am pretty excited about it! First, because this will be my first time with a locker, my first time switching classes, my first time having like, a ton of teachers, and it shall be FULLY AWESOME. i just found the perfect outfit! (i know, i sound like some stuck-up snooty girl who only cares about clothes, but come ON its my first day of MIDDLE SCHOOL!) and i have great after school plans. with one of my friends trix, we are gonna go back to our old school and visit our old teachers and talk about our first day of school with them.GREAT IT WILL BE! I am so excited. I loved all my teachers. I hope I get really good ones this year, and I hope that I have classes with my friends. If not, I will just make new ones! I AM SOOOO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!

jellybeans is out----------------------------------------- duck duck duck!!!

Perfectly Dateless

Daisy Crispin has 242 days to find the right date for the prom. Just one not so little problem--her parents won't let her date or even talk to a guy on the phone. Oh, and she's totally invisible at school, has to wear lame homemade clothes, and has absolutely no social skills. Okay, so maybe there's more than one problem. Can she talk her parents into letting her go to the prom? Or will they succeed at their obvious attempt to completely ruin her life? With hilarious and truthful writing, Kristin Billerbeck uncovers the small--and large--mortifications that teen girls encounter. Readers will fall in love with Daisy's sharp wit and resourcefulness as she navigates the world of boys, fashion, family, and friendship. (less)


This was a pretty good book, but at some points a little boring. But I think I give it 4 stars.
ADIOS AMERICA!!!!!!

Gimme a call

Devi's life isn't turning out at all like she wanted. She wasted the past three years going out with Bryan—cute, adorable, break-your-heart Bryan. Devi let her friendships fade, blew off studying, didn't join any clubs . . . and now that Bryan has broken up with her, she has nothing left.
Not even her stupid cell phone—Devi dropped it in the stupid mall fountain. And when she tries to call her voicemail, someone else picks up. Herself. At age fourteen, three years ago!
Once Devi gets over the shock—and convinces her 14 year old self that she is not some weird stalker person—she realizes that she's been given something great. She can tell herself all the right things to do . . . because she's already done all the wrong ones! Who better to take advice from than your future self?
Except . . .  what if you get everything you think you want, and that just changes everything?

People who read Sarah Mlynowski's Magic in Manhattan series will love this book. It is so funny and a great thing to read!

5 out of 5 stars.

Something

Don't let people tell you that you are stupid. Don't let them push you around. Don't care about what other people think. All that matters is that you like what you think of yourself. 
People have not been to nice to me 


sometimes, but I just tell them off and 


forget them. I don't care! I love myself how I am. 
And another thing........ Try to realize who your real friends are.One of my "friends" was really nice to me this whole school year. Then suddenly on Email, she turned against me and started saying mean things, like that I am really annoying and that I need to shut up. I told her off, saying that she was only nice to me because she wanted me to help her in school. I know I was right. 
Just remember... know who your real friends are.

Something To Blog About

Libby Fawcett decides to start a secret blog so that she can have somewhere private to write down her feelings and frustrations. Writing makes your hand hurt way too much. When Seth Jacobs (her crush since eighth grade) witnesses her tragic (and comic) run-in with a Bunsen burner in chemistry class, or when she finds out that her mother is dating the father of her arch-nemesis, Angel Rivera, she's able to keep a level head and make it through school each day with each blog posting. She posts about everything. Her feelings for Seth, how her cousin is crushing on her BFF, and how evil Angel is. But when her entries get posted all over for the whole world to see, will Libby be able to walk the halls or have any friends left?

You've gotta figure this out for yourself. 
This book was similar to one of my all time favorite books, Click Here, to find out How I Survived Seventh Grade.  
But that was better.
This book is what I have read before, and this is not really an original idea. I have seen it before, and will see it again.
I give this book 2.5 out of 5 stars.


JELLYBEANS IS OUT--------------------------------- They laugh because I'm different, I laugh because they're the same.

13 Little Blue Envelopes

When Ginny receives thirteen little blue envelopes and instructions to buy a plane ticket to London from her dead aunt, she knows something exciting is going to happen. But what she doesn't know is that she will have the adventure of her life and it will change her in more ways than one. Ginny gets to travel all over, in places I would dream of, like Paris, Rome, Italy, and even more places. She makes many friends, and sometimes has to leave them behind. Ginny also meets some not so nice people, who trick her, and go figure, Ginny galls for it.  Life and love are waiting for her across the Atlantic, and the thirteen little blue envelopes are the key to finding them in this funny, romantic novel.

~JeLlYbEaNs

The Life and Crimes of Bernetta Wallflower

Bernetta Wallflower is having the worst summer on record. After her ex-best friend, Ashley, frames her for running a school-wide cheating ring, Bernetta can't convince anyone that she's innocent. Her parents ground her until her tonsils grow back, and she's not even allowed to go to her father's magic club, Trunk Number Eight, where she performs every Saturday as a magician's assistant. But what's most terrible of all is that Mount Olive, the private school Bernetta has attended since kindergarten, has decided to take away her scholarship for seventh grade. If Bernetta wants to return to school, she'll need to find $9,000 in only three months. It seems hopeless . . . until Bernetta cooks up with a plan that involves a lot of lying, a little bit of trickery, and a mysterious stranger with chocolate-brown eyes.
This is a great story about loosing you footing, but finding your way back up.
Read this... Please!!!

Out of My Mind

Melody is 11 years old, and has never spoken a single word in her life. Melody has a photographic memory. Her head is like a video camera that is always recording. Always. And there's no delete button. She's the smartest kid in her whole school - but no one knows it. Most people - her teachers and doctors included - don't think she's capable of learning, and up until recently her school days consisted of listening to the same preschool-level alphabet lessons again and again.If only she could speak up, if only she could tell people what she thinks and knows... but she can't, because Melody can't talk. She can't walk. She can't write.
Being stuck inside her head is making Melody go out of her mind - that is, until she discovers something that will allow her to speak for the first time ever. At last Melody has a voice... but not everyone around her is ready to hear it. 

Get ready to meet a girl whose voice you'll never, ever forget.

HEY PEOPLE!!! I, JELLYBEANS, HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT FOURTH OF JULY, AND SEE FIREWORKS!!!! Eat ice cream...... never forget the ice cream.

Grown-Ups

Really funny movie but wierd too.
Maybe it shouldn't be rated PG-13...
But i give it 4 stars. :P

Confused? :P

What am i supposed 2 write?
Can some1 help me?
Hello?????

TTYL

Heeey! Jellybeans here, enjoying another summer day.What should I do? Maybe have a water balloon fight? Nah, that was an epic fail last time..... Make a smoothie? I don't think so... I'll end up blowing up the house. OH OH!!! I KNOW!!! I should clean my room! Keep dreaming... Not gonna happen in a million years. HA.

Ok well since it is summer, Jellybeans is reading a lot. I just read TTYL. It is about 3 15 year old girls, and feelings, plans, and day-to-day experiences, taking shape in IM form. This book was really interesting, with all these weird, interesting, unexpected events happening to them as they start the tenth grade. These include wanting to take a road trip, or sweet food emergencies. But that is nowhere near how much happens. This detailed book is a large entertainer. I couldn't put the book down!

Don't foget to read the Sequel, TTFN, and L8r G8r. Also a do it your self book, BFF.

These were really great books, 4.5 out of 5 stars. Jellybeans is out.

Bras and Broomsticks

Oh I have a very messed up life. My YOUNGER sister is a witch, and I am not! She can do spells and everything. With potions even! And a spellbook. But no brooms. apparently a myth? I'm 13 years old, my name is Rachel, and I want to use my 12 year old sister, Miri's powers for my own good. but Miri refused. But one horrible event brings us closer... our divorced father is getting MARRIED! I know we should be happy, but we are not. STB (Soon to be step mom) is horrible. And her little daughter Prissy, cute, yet highly annoying. And Spoiled. But STB acts wonderful around Dad, and turns devil when we are alone. Ugh! After some convincing, Miri and I come up with some ideas, soon to get Dad to hate STB and break off the wedding! But do they work? Nooooo. What now? And, I am kinda obsessive over Raf, this adorable boy! He is in our school fashion show, and I got Miri to put a dancing spell on me to make me fab! I get in the fashion show, easy, and my partner is RAF!!!!!! I am beyond happy now. I do GREAT!

But when right before the show, disaster.

What Happens?

READ THE BOOKS

I loved this book, and all the rest of the series. Perfect!

Umbrella Summer

Well, no one has posted in like 2 weeks so I shall post about a book I read yesterday. Umbrella Summer by Lisa Graff is about 10 year-old Annie Richards, a girl who knows that there are a ton of things to look out for-food poisoning, car crashes, chicken pox, etc. Being careful is something very important to her, even if she has to give up some of the things she used to love like bicycle races, hot dogs, and obsticle courses. Everyone keeps telling her not to be as careful as she is and that she is just fine, but that's what people said about Annie's brother, Jared, before he died. A new neighbor moves in across the street and through ups and downs in Annie's world, she realizes she has to do as her neighbor tells her to-she must "close her umbrella".

~Skittlez

WHOOPEE!

Heeey! Jellybeans here, and SUMMER IS FINALLY HERE!!!

The thing about summer is that you always get so excited, and then bored! what's up with that? Congratulations to all who successfully passed an grade, and even more happiness to all of the 5th graders who are now officially sixth graders!!!

 GREAT JOB GUYS!!

AND A BIG BIG BIG SHOUT OUT TO TEACHERS! LIKE THE AWESOME TEACHER I HAD THIS YEAR!!! SHE WAS GREAT AND IS JUST AS BIG ON BOOKS AS ME.

And for all the readers out there, there is something at Borders  Book Store. The Double Dog Dare. I double dog dare you to do the Double Dog Dare. You have to be 12 years and under, and read ten books this summer. Once you do, you can go in to claim a free book!
HAPPY SUMMER AND HAVE FUN

Heaven looks a lot like the Mall

I have been hit in the head during dodgeball! What fun. Except, now I am in the hospital, and I am in Heaven, or at least that's what the signs in the mall say. Nail head. No really, there is a guy in my heaven with a nail in his head, or Drill Bit as he says. So am I dead or what? I thought all my dead friends and family would meet me. Nope. I go to a lost and found with Nail boy, and he shows me a shopping bag, full of the most important stuff I have ever bought at the mall. 

Now I am reliving everything I ever did that was important of had something to do with the items. But before I was in a coma, I had to write an essay, for college applications. One question. Who are you? I am a girl, I have weight issues, and I have an older brother. That's not the right answer. Who AM I??? 

In this story, 16 year old Tessa had a shocking gym accident, and finds herself in heaven, and she discovers who she is, while in a coma.

Freaky Monday

And you thought Friday was freaky? Ya, right. Compared to Monday, Friday is completely normal! Whoa. I just got a mega headache! Uh oh, whats happening??? (fall to floor)

My name is Hadley Fox, I'm thirteen years old. I really wish my Eighth Grade English Teacher, Ms. Pitt, would follow the lesson plan. Now I am completely freaking out, because today I need to give an Oral Presentation on To Kill A Mockingbird, and I am unprepared. For the first time in my life, me, with the 4.3 GPA and straight A's. I am unprepared. So this one time, Ms. Pitt decides to stay with the plan? She now knows I forgot, and just hands me the book and tells me good luck. I automatically turn to page 139, and read a quote from the father, Atticus. I am embarrassed now also! Some idiot yelled out that they want me to move and my big sister, Tatum to come up. She has her license, and is awesome. I stutter in the middle of the quote, and Ms. Pitt helps me finish it. " 'Until you climb into his skin and walk around in it' " The lights flicker. I felt a jolt, Ms. Pitt and I just stood there, and suddenly, I say something, but I hear not my own voice, but Ms. Pitt's. I see I am standing NEXT TO MYSELF. I see myself, and I look like Ms. Pitt. I AM IN MY TEACHERS BODY. AND SHE IS IN MINE.  WE HAVE TO FIX THIS BEFORE THE DANCE, SO I CAN FINALLY SEE ZANE HENDERSON, THE LOVE OF MY LIFE!!!
HELP ME!!!

(yawn, that was exhausting) I get up and wipe myself from the floor. "Ah, that was quite a noisy trance. Hadley seems to scream a lot. Oh well, I am well rested, and now I am ready to go possum hunting with my pet olive!!!"

Summer

Sitting in the warm sun

Swimming in the cold water

Playing, or relaxing

You know this is summer

Free from school

Sleeping late

Laughing, enjoying

Your summer day



Wishing you a happy summer!!!



~Skittlez (plus, there's turning 12!!! ^_^)

The Emily Windsnap Series

The Emily Windsnap series consists of four books, The Tail of Emily Windsnap, Emily Windsnap and the Monster of the Deep, Emily Windsnap and the Castle in the Mist, and Emily Windsnap and the Siren's Secret. Me, I'm in the middle of the first book, but plan to read the whole series this summer. Basically, Emily Windsnap is a 12 year-old girl who lives with her mom on a houseboat. Emily has never been totally emersed in water. She's never swam before. When she goes to swim class at school she discovers something astonishing.

~Skittlez

New addition!!!

Based on a suggestion, I,Jellybeans, will be adding a new addition to Richa Reads. Now, authors will be able to post on poetry, write poetry, write short stories that could be random or scary, or other things like that. 

ATTENTION AUTHORS

PLEASE, WHEN YOU MAKE A POST, LABEL IT. THIS MEANS THAT IN THE BOX BELOW YOUR POST, WRITE A LABEL, AS IN IF YOU ARE TELLING US A GREAT SONG, IN THE LABEL BOX, WRITE MUSIC. LABELS INCLUDE: SPORTS, MUSIC, BOOKS, STORIES/POETRY, AND THERE ARE MORE.

THANKS!!!

glitter-graphics.com

Sorry these are just too awesome.

The Alchemyst

Magic, twins, and more magic. Twins Sophie and Josh Newman are sucked into a magical world, when the Alchemyst Nicholas Flamel is in a fight, and they witness it. The ancient book, the Codex, is stolen, by Dr. John Dee, except two pages. Dee will stop at nothing to get those two most important pages. The Codex contains the secrets to eternal life, and the philosophers stone. Sophie and Josh are dragged on an adventure with Flamel and Scathach, a legendary Irish woman warrior, and a vegetarian vampire, to all different places. They meet the goddess Hekate, and she realizes the Sophie and Josh have the rarest aura's seen for a while. Gold and Silver. The Codex refers to them in it, and that means the they will either save the world, or destroy it. Which? Hekate awakens Sophie's powers, but not Josh. Now Sophie must learn how to control her powers. Dee is after them. Will the world end? Not even I know yet. I finished the book, but there is a sequel.

Read them all!

Don't Stop Believin'

Hey! Skittlez here. Last week my school had its last chorus concert of the year. One song we sang was "Don't Stop Believin'" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ffuCVLECpY) Our teacher had hired a choreographer to teach us a dance to do while singing. We last saw her April 15, 2010. The next night, she was killed in a tragic car/train accident. We continued to sing and reherse the dance to the song in her honor. Next time you listen to "Don't Stop Believin'", think of her...R.I.P Katie Lunn.

Behind the Bedroom Wall

Hello! My name is Jellybeans, and something weird is happening to me now!!! whoa!!! *world goes fuzzy*

MY name is Korinna, and my parents are traitors.These Jews. In my own house! And my own mother, helping them?! Who can I trust? Rita, my best friend. No wait, her brother! Nope.  Sophie and her little 5 year old daughter Rachel are behind my wardrobe. Poor them, for the father and older sister are somewhere else. NO!!! What am I doing? Why am I, a loyal German, feeling sorry for these, these, these Jews? Am I supposed to report my parents? I should, but no, they are my parents. I'm in SHOCK here. What should I do? I am happy Hitler is coming, for he is  a wonderful man, but I'm scared, that he will find the Jews and kill us all. I have come to like Rachel, and her drawings. What am I doing? Why do I talk about them this way? What's wrong with me???

WHOA!!! I, Jellybeans, just came out of some weird trance. CREEPISH!!! *the world comes into focus again and I have no idea what just happened*

Savvy

Do you have a Savvy? If, you do not think you do, then WRONG! If you think yes, then... congratulations! You just won a new car with no engine!!! Great job.
Savvy, is a Rebecca Caudill 2011 nominee, and was absolutely amazing. It is easy to remember characters, but at first, the book will be a tad confusing.
Mibs is nearing her 13th birthday, which means discovering her Savvy; her magical power. Her mother's is that she is perfect, Fish(brother) controls weather sometimes, and Rocket is electrical. A few days before Mibs birthday, disaster strikes. Her beloved Poppa has been in a terrible car crash, and has not woken up. Mibs knows she needs to get down there to wake him, pronto. So she, Rocket, Fish, Samson(another brother), Will(boy who has a crush on her) and Bobbi(his sister) tag along on a pink Bible selling bus. Lester, the driver, will help them get to where they need. But obstacles come up. Mibs new savvy (I REFUSE to tell you what it is) helps out, and so do Rockets, Fish's, and Samson's (his Savvy came up early). Does Poppa wake up? What's Mibs new Savvy? Is it awesome? (Ok yeah it is pretty awesome)


You'll have to see for yourself
I literally could not put the book down, and finished it is one night. Hee hee.

Once a Witch

This book is AMAZING!
It's about a girl named Tamsin who's family all has "Talents" or magical powers. Tamsin is the only one who does not have one. One day a man comes in to her family's bookstore and mistakes Tamsin for her powerful sister, Rowena, and asks her to find an item (which is more important than it seems at first) for him; Tamsin accepts the offer. Meanwhile, her cousin Gabriel finally comes home after 10 years ... and they get along very well. Read this book to find out what happens to Tamsin and her family ... they are in grave danger at one point ...

Anyway ... just READ THE BOOK! It's 300 pages ... but it will keep you engrossed the whole time.


**Meena** (also known as candy, meenanator, meenz, and mean meena :D)

sports

blackhawks beat vancover 7-4

good songs

Girl I Got You-lil chuckey and lil twist

my chick bad-Ludacris

rock that body-black eyed peas

all the way turnt up-Roscoe Dash

Schooled

Capricorn Anderson has no idea what television is, or even 911. Cap one day gets arrested, for underage driving (but he knows how) then released because the police felt sympathy or something. Rain (his grandmother) fell out of a tree, and injured her hip, and was in the hospital. So Cap must stay with a different family, and sent to a public school. cap is voted eight grade president, and the eight grade president is the biggest loser, but little do they know that Cap will be the best President ever. Though Cap is teased, he finds friends, and since he is a hippie, learns other ways and teaches other ways. When Rain recovers, Cap supposedly disappeared, and now everyone is out to find him, though it is thought that he is long dead.

What now?

yah

it's me

whats going on

yo to all my peeps

Waiting for Normal

Addie is waiting for normal.But Addie's mom has an all-or-nothing approach to life: a food fiesta or an empty pantry, jubilation or gloom, her way or no way. Addie waits for a normal mother, a normal family, and a normal house, and even a normal instrument. through twists and turns, Addie deals with multiple problems; her mother never being home, her parents divorce, and others. Addie meets new friends, Soula, Elliot, and Rick, and they all bond. Soula is almost always sitting down. Find out why.
Will Addie EVER find normal in this twisted world?

Notes from the Midnight Driver

16 year old Alex cannot deal with his parents divorce because of his fathers cahoot with his third grade teacher. So when his mother moves on by going on her first date, Alex retaliates. He gets drunk, and plans to drive to his fathers house and burst in the house. Not only by drinking a boat load of vodka but also by taking his mother’s station wagon for a spin which lands him in his neighbor’s yard, with a damaged car, and a decapitated gnome. Of course, major consequences come, and they are doing 100 hours of community service, for $5 an hour. Alex is assigned to work in a retirement home, with the meanest, grumpiest of them all... Solomon Lewis. Solomon enjoys practical jokes, and Alex soon discovers, Jazz music. Meanwhile, Alex also may be falling in love with someone who could kill him with her finger, his best friend Laurie. Find out what happens, and if Alex completes his work. 5 out of 5 stars, and this book is a 2011 Rebecca Caudill.

It's Raining Cupcakes

Not literally. That is the name of a fairly good book, and also the name of the soon to open cupcake shop in the book. This entertaining book is about a girl named Isabel. She has always dreamed of getting out of her small hometown, Willow Oregon, and wants to travel the world. She soon sees her chance, in a magazine that is advertising a baking contest. She must come up with a winning recipe and then the finalists get to fly of to NEW YORK!!! Isabel is so happy, until her BFF enters. Everything always seems to go Sophies way. Will Isabel get this big chance to follow her dream? Figure it out your self!

Great songs

Baby-Justin Bieber/Licuchris

If we ever meet again-Timberland/Katey Perry

In my head-Jason Durolo

sports

Blackhawks- advance in playoffs over the Nashville Predators next faceing the Vancover Chnucks LETS GO HAWKS!!!!

White Sox-after an upsetting loss to the rangers they play Tommorrow

Yo

QB?! }:{o

The Bears have just selected Dan Lefouver out of Central Michigan another QB! What does this mean? Is Cutler out or is this just another set up for a trade for a good wide receiver? Or maybe they are waiting for something to happen? Will they switch each other out? Let's wait and see this upcoming season.

The Draft

The draft can be one of the best things of the NFL offseason. The Rams took Sam Bradford from Oklahoma after not playing this season because of a injury to the shoulder (not very good for a QB) after surgery. On other hands one of my favorite college football players Ndamukong Suh out of Nebraska. He was picked by the Detriot Lions second overall. For Notre Dame fans out there Jimmy Clausen went to the Seattle Seahawks. Last but not least Tim Tebow was picked by the Denver Broncos to replace Kyle Orton after the Cutler trade. ONE LAST THING, Bears fans they are improving the offensive line and the wide reciever positions.Hopefully the Bears can make the playoffs this year.

Rebecca Caudill 2011!!

Rebecca Caudill 2011 nominees are out now!! I went to the librairy last week and found a book called, Waiting For Normal, a nominee for 2011. If you're looking for a good book, check out Rebecca Caudill 2011!!

~Skittlez

Sports

Ok good news!!!
My person that I asked to blog on sports has accepted! But since we have a lot of Illinois teams, I have invited another person and those two people have split up teams and have cooperated. One person still needs to accept the invitation to blog, but one person, already did and is posting!
I AM HAPPY NOW!!!
Thanks,
Jellybeans

Upsetting!

The baseball season is underway and for you Cub fans out there I know how you feel. Not Very Excited!!!They have started the season 5-10. They are also second to last in the division. We all know they need to improve. It was a good choice adding Byrd to the mix but I say get rid of Fukedome he's just a waste of money.Try to turn it around Cubs!!

Where the Red Fern Grows

A touching story about two dogs, and a boy named Billy, Where the Red Fern Grows is an amazing book. This novel is a classic, copyright 1961, and is awesomely awesome. I struggled with this book for a little while, because the beginning was not that all interesting. But later in the book, maybe about 30 pages in, I got really interested. I could not put the book down. I was reading during meals, during homework (I get easily distracted) and even under the covers in my bedroom with a flashlight. But I finally finished the book, and it was the first classic I ever read, and a good one at that. You should really give this book a try!

Secret

The Name Of This Book it SECRET is an action packed book. Secret is about a girl and a boy, who slowly uncover the mystery of a death of a magician. The Symphony of Smells... what is that? Turns out it is a collection of scents. Boring right? Not really. Who is the mysterious Ms. Mauvais? Or Dr. L? Figure it out yourself! Anyway, The girl and boy (Cass and Max-Ernest) uncover a secret that they notice, that people are getting kidnapped, but only Synthetic people, and when one day  a kid who goes to their school, Benjamin Blake( synthetic) is kidnapped, Cass is determined to save him, before he meets the horrible fate that is awaiting him. This book about a notebook, a magician, a Symphony of Smells, and a spa, is amazing. 5 out of 5 stars.

Sahara Special

4.5 stars for Sahara Special.

 I, Jellybeans read this book under a request.This wonderful book is about a fifth grade girl, who's secret ambition is to become a writer. She keeps a journal type binder in the library, and is constantly adding new additions to it. Sahara's father left her and her mother, and now Sahara is writing letters to him, but has no idea where to mail them, so just keeps them in her desk. One day, they come tumbling out, and Sahara is entitled to special needs classes in the hallways. Her new perky teacher, Ms. Pointy, is told about Sahara's writing dreams, and gives out free tips about writing. Ms. Pointy also tells the class many stories, and asks them to figure out the moral. 

Sahara Special gets you thinking, as it did for me, and has many unexpected twists in it. READ IT IF YOU WANT TO LIVE! (Ok so you will live if you do not read it, but I just HAD to say that. ) :)

Circle of Magic Series by Tamora Pierce

Awesome books! There are 4 books in the first series and 4 in the next series. Read them all! They are easy reads, but they are really good.

This series is a collection of fantasy books about four children: Sandry, Briar, Daja, and Tris, with lots of magic. Teachers from Winding Circle, a phenomenal magic insitution, find all of them and the four children are taken there. They each specialize in a certain kind of magic: Daja in metalcraft, Briar in plants, Tris in weather, and Sandry in weaving. Soon after they arrive, disaster strikes Winding Circle, and Sandry must use her skills to save them. Read this series to find out about her adventures!!!

By the way, I read these a while ago ... but I still remember them!!! They're really really good.


♥candy♥

Jellicoe Road

omg! Jellicoe Road is the most awesome book! I just finished it - it took me 2 days to read. I read 300 pages yesterday.
Anyways, it's about a girl named Taylor who ends up leading her school in this territorial wars thing. Her mom abandoned her at 7-Eleven when she was a little kid. Hannah (a lady who helps at the school) came and picked her up and took her to her school. When Taylor was 14, she ran away from the school in search of her mother, but a young boy from the rival school in the wars followed her. They got to be friends, but later he called up the school and a person came and picked them up when she was very close to her mother. This boy is now the leader of the other school in the wars. Read this book to find out about Taylor's experiences. It's a book with everything --- excitement, adventure, friendship, romance ....



♥candy♥

Firmly Planted

Here is a digital story that I made recently. I hope that you enjoy it. Thank you for the invitation to join your blog! I am just starting mine! I'll let you know when I am up and running.

Mrs. N.

Models Don't Eat Chocolate Cookies

How do they survive? This book is about an 8th grade girl, Celeste, who's Aunt entered her into a Husky Peach fashion modeling show contest thingy. Husky Peach store sells clothing for larger girls. The twist in this book? Celeste would not like to do this. At all. So she drops her chocolate cookie obsession and exercised in order to shrink out of the competition. Will the plan work? Figure it out! 5 out of 5 stars.

Luv Ya Bunches

Jellybeans here. I have just finished reading a book called Luv Ya Bunches, by Lauren Myracle. Luv Ya Bunches is about 4 "flowers" working together to help themselves, and others. A spectacular tumble made by Milla makes her lose her precious contents of her bag, and Tally the Turtle (which was not retrieved), a lucky bobblehead, suddenly is in the middle of a scheme to ruin Milla. But with the help of her other flower friend, will Milla be able to get Tally back and teach a lesson? Check this book out for the exciting answers. 4.5 out of 5 stars.

Songs/Books

Too lazy to make 2 posts ... so i just put it into one

SONGS
Baby by Justin Beiber
Imma be
(i'll post more when i think of them)

BOOKS
Maximum Ride. Anz is right. It's the best book ever. Especially the newer ones ... they're really good.
Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover. Really good book. More of a girl book though. So yeah. About spies. I think there's two in the series.


NOTE: I AM *NOT* JELLYBEAN'S TEACHER! idk y u all think that .... im just a boring old middle schooler.

Hola... With a Book on the side

Hello! I will be your waitress, er reviewer, my name is Anna.

Our special today is maximum ride, prepared by our chef, um author, James Patterson.

I'll leave you to look at the menus, *cough, cough* I mean book reviews.

Yes, yes, maximum ride is an exciting, action packed novel about a group of kids who are 98%... Some people might say normal, but the other 2% play a big deal, they, um have wings. I feel that more people can relate to this series because each character from the flock (what they call themselves) is different.

Some may be like Max, the leader.

Or maybe you sorta keep to yourself like Fang.

Are you blind? So is Iggy.

Nudge likes to talk... The nudge channel: all nudge, all the time.

Like to blow stuff up, and you're... Gassy? Gasman

Are you, well, an angel? You're like Angel.

There are six books in the series and being a bird kid may seem to be fly, but you never know when an "Eraser" will pop up...

You'd like this book? Well here you go.

AWESOME SONG

Heeeey people lovers,
Jellybeans here, and I have an AWESOME song that you should listen to.


BLAME IT ON THE POP-DJ Earworm
This is a mix of lots of songs, and sounds amazing! Here is the link....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_xIVIgLtLI
It is SOOOOOO COOL
It has favorites, like I Gotta Feeling, Poker Face, You Belong With Me, Down, and The Climb, yet with more.
CHECK IT OUT!!!

The Slightly True Story of Cedar B. Hartley (Who Planned to Live an Unusual Life)

Book  Cover

Hello America, my name is Jellybeans, reporting to you from um... well, my kitchen table, and I have important news!

CEDAR B. HARTLEY IS A STRANGE GIRL, WITH AN UNUSUAL LIFE!

Cedar B. Hartley, is almost 12 years old, has a runaway brother, a dead father, a working (for a while) mother, a dog, and has plans to become an acrobat someday. With the help of a new friend, Kite, she comes close. Cedar, her best friend Carmella, her crush Kite, Kite's dad Ruben, and Kite's best friend Oscar, a live black and white circus comes into the picture. There is mystery in this entrancing book by Martine Murray, and I would like to give this book 3.5 out of 5 stars.

Kate Voegele-A Singer Who Should Be Noticed

Hi! Skittlez again. This time I'm talking about music ♪♫. Kate Voegele. She's a singer that not as many people know as, for example, Taylor Swift. That doesn't mean she isn't good. Kate Voegele, I think, is amazing. Her voice, her songs, everything. Please give her a chance and check out some of her music.

99 Times: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2vqLi4b13o
Inside Out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A4aAIRAhi0
Only Fooling Myself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY9hFX39cM0

Her fans keep climbing higher, but she deserves to be known.

-Skittlez

Kaleidoscope Eyes by: Jen Bryant

Hey there, it's me, Skittlez. Kaleidoscope Eyes by Jen Bryant is about a girl named Lyza, who, while helping her dad clean out her grandfather's house, finds three maps and a letter with it saying, "For Lyza ONLY." With help from her two best friends, Malcolm and Carolann, Lyza discovers that an old pirate treasure may be hidden under New Jersy, the place she calls home. After careful planning, they start to dig at where they think the treasure may be hidden. How will they manage digging for treasure with chores, curfew, and sneaking off behind their parents' back?



This book had an interesting format and excellent story. I'd give it 4.5 out of 5 stars.

New subjects

Heyyy!

Jellybeans here, reporting to you from, well, my living room, and I have BIG NEWS!!!

Richa Reads, acting on some requests, is finally going to be able to post on sports!

Really, what sports? I have no idea. But I am going to ask somebody if they would like to be my official sportsperson. If they say yes, then yippee. If they say no, then boo hoo. I really have no idea what I will do if my person denies. 

Wish me luck!!!

Kids Choice Awards!!!

The 2010 Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Awards have come, and gone, but the results will always stay the same! Here are all of the results...

Favorite Cutest Couple- Jacob and Bella from Twilight

Favorite TV Show-iCarly

Favorite TV actor- Dylan Sprouse

Favorite TV actress- Selena Gomez

Favorite Music Group- Black Eyed Peas

Favorite female singer- Taylor Swift

Favorite male singer- Jay-Z

Favorite song- You Belong With Me (Taylor Swift)

Favorite movie- Alvin and the Chipmunks:the Squeakuel

Favorite Movie Actor- Taylor Lautner

Favorite Movie Actress- Miley Cyrus

Favorite Cartoon- SpongeBob SquarePants

Favorite Reality Show- American Idol

Favorite Female Athlete- Misty May Treanor

Favorite Male Athlete- Ryan Sheckler

Favorite Video Game- Mario Kart

Favorite book- Diary of a Wimpy Kid series

Favorite Animated Movie- Up

Favorite voice from an animated movie- Jim Carrey

Ultimate Dance Smackdown- Hip Hop

The Big Green Help- Michelle Obama

And the host was... KEVIN JAMES

And I know that I am only supposed to to post on Music and Books, but I just HAD to post the results of the 2010 Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Awards.

These were fun to watch, as many people got slimed!!!

Everything on a Waffle

Everything on a Waffle was a really good book, but still not making my top ten. 

Book cover

Everything on a Waffle is about a young girl, named Primrose, whose parents are missing at sea. Everybody is saying that they are dead, but Primrose refuses to believe that. She thinks that one day, her parents will get off of their island in the middle of the sea and then will come riding back to her on a whale. Primrose is actually accident prone, and had rather rotten luck. Being shuffled from home to home, Primrose realizes some very important things. The Girl on the Red Swing is her favorite restaurant and had become one of her favorite places, where anything that you order, gets served on a waffle. You get a steak, you get it on a waffle. You get a waffle, you get it on top of a waffle.
This was a good book, and I give it 8 out of 10 stars.

Songs

Also listen to
Bed Rock
Fifteen
Blah Blah Blah

(when I think of more I'll post.)

Behind the Rebel Lines

Again, I do not usually enjoy historical fiction. But this was one of the BEST books I have EVER read, and I read a lot. This was about Emma Edmonds, a lady, who would like to be able to help her own country. Emma pretends to be a man and enters the army, not knowing that she will become one of the best Civil War spies ever. Emma has a number of disguises, and uses different ones every time she has to get into a Confederate Camp, to learn their battle strategy.
Emma faces many, many challenges, and this is a very entertaining book. I give it 11 out of 10 stars.

Ashes of Roses

WOW this was an AWESOME BOOK!!! I, Jellybeans, do not usually enjoy reading historical fiction, but this was different. This was one of the best books I have ever read.

Ashes of Roses, by Mary Jane Auch, is about a girl named Rose and her family, from Ireland, trying to immigrate to America. While on Ellis Island, Rose's little brother Joseph and her father must go back to Ireland. Rose, her mother, and 2 sisters must go to stay at their Uncle Patrick's house, with his snooty wife and children. When things are not going very well, Rose's family decides to go back to where they came from. Rose does not want to though, so she convinces her mother to let her stay, with her little sister Maureen, and they meet headstrong Gussie, who works at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory, and helps Maureen and Rose get jobs. But when a fire takes over the building, Rose and her friends must fight for their lives.

So will they live?

P.S. If you say that the main characters never die, you might want to rethink that.

=)

Physik

Septimus Heap book number three was AWESOME!!!

I just finished reading this and it was suspenseful, funny, and a tad confusing.

Silas Heap, Septimus's father, UNSEALS a room, with an enchanted portrait of a queen and her pet 500 years ago. The Portrait is enchanted with the ghost of a horrible Queen 500 years ago.
QUEEN ETHELDREDDA is out to get Jenna, and kill her!
Her horrible pet, has been going around and spreading the Sickness, that keeps on killing people.
Etheldredda is also out to kill Septimus, or at least make him disappear.
And that happens all right. Septimus fell through a looking glass, and now is trapped in time 500 YEARS AGO!
Will Jenna, Alther the ghost, Marcia the ExtraOrdinary Wizard and Spit Fyre the dragon ever rescue Septimus, or will Septimus just be stuck forever?
And what about the dreadful Etheldredda? What happens to her?
FIGURE IT OUT!!!

GUESS WHAT

GUESS WHAT?!

richareads is expanding to music now

so you will not only see books, but songs and artists.

check us out!!!

Songs

These are some of my FAVORITE songs...


Replay by Iyaz- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XY2nhHNGNCc

Tik Tok by Keisha- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ3f9UfTcVQ

Down by Jay Sean- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=em69NBcGy64

All Star by Smash Mouth- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b13NWy1OoIc

Behind these Hazel Eyes by Kelly Clarkson- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I8RhHjdbRU&feature=related

When did your heart go Missing by Rooney- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxqBX8zn75g

Flyte

Flyte is the sequel to Magyk. I think that if was better than Magyk, but I did not think that that was possible! This book is about a kidnapped Princess, (kidnapped by her own brother) *gasp* and her other two borthers Septimus and Nicko trying to rescue her. Her brother had turned evil... and I am talking I-am-now-a-dark-wizard-I-can-blow-up-whatever-I-want evil. He is EVIL. Will the young Princess, Jenna, ever be rescued? Check this amazing book out.

MAGYK

WOW this was like the BEST book EVER!!! I read it because the title and cover caught my eye. This WONDERFUL book is about a family of nine, Mother, Father, 6 boys, and an adopted girl named Jenna. Only the mother and father know her true identity... a Princess. Jenna had been searched for for years, and know, on her 10th birthday, she is found. Hunters try to kill her, only is necessary, and try to capture her. She escapes, but is separated from her mother, and 5 of her brothers. Silas(father), Marcia, an Extraordinary Wizard, Nicko, and Jenna try to escape and pick up a mysterious boy on the way, from the Young Army. His name is Boy 412, but who is he really? You want answers? Read it then! There are 5 books in the series. The first is Magyk, second Flyte, third Physik, fourth Queste, fifth Syren. I hope these will all be just as great as Magyk.

Dolphin Song

I just finished reading Dolphin Song, the sequel to White Giraffe. The White Giraffe was one of the BEST book I have ever read, and Dolphin Song was not as good as that. Dolphin Song is about Martine having to go on a Sardine Run trip with her class and have to go into the water. She does not like going into water because of dreams. During a horrible storm, Martine and some other classmates get thrown overboard, but are rescued by dolphins. They dolphins take them to a small island, where Martine and the others must find wayts to live off of the land... And Martine's survival kit.
If you want to know if they get rescued, read this!!!

11 Birthdays

I, Jellybeans, just thought that this was a fabulous book. It had some odd twists to it, and was very interesting. I literally did not put the book down until I finished it. This is about two best friends, who had been friends since birth really, and after Amanda overhears Leo (the two best friends) saying some really mean things about her on their 10th birthday, things change forever.
Now it is their 11th birthday, and both of them are stuck in an endless loop of that day. This book is by Wendy Mass, also the author of the Twice Upon a Time series. READ IT PLEASE!!!

And the Winners are..

Ok... As you probably know, I set up a poll on which you could vote on your favorite Rebeca Caudill books. And the winners are...
The Thing About Georgie
The White Giraffe
Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of A Tree

We had a 3 way tie between those books. I liked The White Giraffe and Emma Jean best out of those though.

Twice Upon a Time

I have read Twice Upon A Time : Rapunzel the One with All the Hair and it was one of the best fantasy books I have EVER read! This is another version of Rapunzel, I mean, who said it DIDN'T happen this way!? Anyway, this is about Rapunzel being rudely taken away from her home on her birthday and being trapped in a tower, and about Prince Benjamin wanting to have a song written about him and being trapped in a castle. But when their two paths cross, everything changes, and Rapunzel gets hope of being rescued. This is a charming book, and anybody could enjoy it! I have read it at least 5 times. I always want to keep reading.

Nancy Drew

Have you seen the Nancy Drew movie? If not, I think that I would recommend it to somebody. This movie is filled with adventure, as well of mystery of course. The movie is about a small town girl named Nancy Drew, going to an old house for a stay, and having some strange stories be uncovered .This was a really good movie, in my opinion, but I think that the only reason I liked it was because it was mystery, adventure, and had a little ghost parts in there. I am a fan of all of those.
To me, this movie would be a 5 out of 5 rating.

Chicken Soup

CHICKEN SOUP FOR A CAT LOVER'S SOUL IS COOOOOL!
Even though I have not finished this book yet, it is pretty good. It has lots of stories from cat owners about cat experiences they have had. Some of these stories are sad, with cats dying, but some are really funny and interesting to read. I thought that this is a good read, with many short stories. This may seem like a weird book, but is a very interesting book. So far, 4.5 out of 5 stars!

Jade Green

Jade Green was a FABULOUS book, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.

This book is the story of a knife, a picture frame, a hand, and a girl. Not to mention the color Green. This is a ghost story and I could not put the book down the whole time I was reading it. There were some mysterious twists to the book, and to me, it freaked me out in some parts. This book was scary, and had as much mystery to the book as the title.

I think I would rank this book a 5 out of 5. This was probably the best ghost story I have ever read, and I have read a lot of ghost stories. READ THIS NOOOOW!!!

Percy Jackson and the Olympians The Lightning Thief movie

OK. Here is what I thought about this movie.

I thought that this movie had absolutely nothing to do with the book except for the characters and some of the events. Many of my favorite scenes were not there in the movie, and tons were added, and some changes were made in this movie from the book. Annabeth looked nothing like she was described in the books. And Annabeth fought with a sword in some scenes and in the book she never fought with a sword, period. She always had a knife.

The graphics were pretty good and in some parts it was an exciting movie, but in my honest opinion, this movie was BAD.
I think that this is a 2 out of a 5 stars, but that is just my opinion.

Someone Named Eva

Read Someone Named Eva! This book was recommended to me by the same person many times. It is fabulous Rebecca Caudill 2010 book and was about a Czech girl named Milada, who is suddenly whisked away from her home in the dead of night, along with her grandmother, mother, father, big brother, and baby sister. She is separated from her family, being sent to a center that trains girls like Milada with blonde hair and light colored eyes. At the center, she is renamed Eva, and trains there for about 2 years. She is soon adopted by a Nazi family, with a new sister, mother, brother, father, ans mother. Read this book to find out if Milada, also know as Eva, will ever be reunited with her family. I thought that this was a rally good book and was a 6 star out of 5.

Home of the Brave

I am trying to read most of the Rebeca Caudill books, and I just read Home of the Brave. It was a pretty good book in my opinion, and I think that I would recommend it to somebody. It is written in form of a poem on each page. Not with rhyming and all but like this...
Home Of the Brave
was a very good book
for somebody who likes
to learn about
troubles of other
people during war.
The whole book is written like that. This book will keep you reading so you may never want to put Home of the Brave down until you are finished!

Julius Caesar

I know all of you are sighing about how boring Shakespeare's plays are. Even though many schools read this in class, it is not boring like other stuff you read in school. This play is about the death of Julius Caesar, an ambitious man who wants to be leader. The conspirators, the anti-Caesar folks, are plotting to kill Caesar. This tragedy made me laugh at times :), but it also was very depressing at times. Read this Shakespearan play!

Crossing the Wire

For those of you who are not fantasy lovers, this book will be perfect for you. It is a "historical/realistic" fiction book about a boy who is trying to "cross the wire" and enter the States from Mexico. It highlights a controversial issue today about Mexicans coming illegally to the US. Read this book to hear about this from a different point of view!

Not right

Ya wanna know what's scary? No? Well that's to bad.
This CAT may be more dedicated to books that YOU, a human (At least I think you are a human anyway...). DO NOT LET THIS HAPPEN

Rebecca Caudill books for 2009-10

All the Lovely Bad Ones by Mary Downing Hahn

A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban

Crossing the Wire by Will Hobbs

Dragon Slippers by Jessica Day George

Elephant Run by Roland Smith

Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree by Lauren Tarshis

First Light by Rebecca Stead

Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott by Russell
Freedman

Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life by Wendy Mass

Kimchi & Calamari by Rose Kent

The Mozart Question by Michael Morpurgo

The Naked Mole-Rat Letters by Mary Amato

Shark Girl by Kelly L. Bingham

Shooting the Moon by Frances O'Roark Dowell

A Small White Scar by K. A. Nuzum

Someone Named Eva by Joan M. Wolf

The Thing About Georgie by Lisa Graff

The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt

The White Giraffe by Lauren St. John


Some of these are REALLY good books like Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of life.