Monster by Walter Dean Myers
ShannaThomp08's review: "Monster written by Walter Dean Myers is a fiction novel that takes place in downtown modern New York City with "people going about the business of their lives...men collecting...
View ArticleAthletic Shorts: Six Short Stories by Chris Crutcher
ShannaThomp08's review: "In Chris Crutcher and Sherma Alexie's short story collection there is a story called "A Brief Moment in the Life of Angus Bethune." This story's setting is in the mind of a...
View ArticleRoll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
ShannaThomp08's review: "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry is a fiction book written by Mildred D. Taylor and published by The Dial Press of New York. The story takes place in the South during the 1930s...
View ArticlePink and Say by Patricia Polacco
ShannaThomp08's review: "Memories are events, situations, and experiences that we not only cherish in our minds, but also in our hearts. In the nonfiction, picture book Pink and Say written by...
View ArticleThe Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
ShannaThomp08's review: "The Invention of Hugo Cabret is a fictional story written by Brian Selznick and published by the Scholastic Press of New York. This story "takes place in 1931, under the roofs...
View ArticlePedro and Me: Friendship, Loss, and What I Learned by Judd Winick
ShannaThomp08's review: "Pedro and Me is a graphic, nonfiction novel written by Judd Winick and published by Henry Holt and Company out of New York. This story centers around the early to late 90's in...
View ArticleThe Dark is Rising (The Dark is Rising Sequence) by Susan Cooper
ShannaThomp08's review: "The Dark Is Rising is the second book of a series of other books. In this story readers are introduced to a 11 year old boy by the name of Will who soon finds out that he is...
View ArticleCreature of the Night by Kate Thompson
ShannaThomp08's review: "In the fantasy novel Creature of the Night by Kate Thompson it is a story about a single parent family consisting of a mom and her two sons who move to a rural area so, that...
View ArticleA Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
ShannaThomp08's review: "A Long Way Gone is a novel that takes a reader into the life for a child solider by the name of Ishmael Beah. In this novel we read about the hardhips and terrible experiences...
View ArticleSpeak by Laurie Halse Anderson
ShannaThomp08's review: "I recommend the book Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson because its a book that talks about a real issue that gives readers a look inside the possible true events of someone that...
View ArticleThe Freedom Writers Diary : How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to...
ShannaThomp08's review: "This book is about how one teacher made a difference to her students that she taught by providing them with things such as encouragement, freedom, and a willingness to learn...
View ArticleMe I Am! by Jack Prelutsky
ShannaThomp08's review: "Me I Am is a great book for preschool students or even older students as well. This book presents readers with the knowledge of how being them is fine because noone can be a...
View ArticleDo You Want to Be My Friend? by Eric Carle
ShannaThomp08's review: "Do You Want to Be My Friend by Eric Carle is a cute wordless picture book that will make you wonder what tail the little mouse is following next to find a friend. As you use...
View ArticleBook of Opposites (Duck & Goose) by Tad Hills
ShannaThomp08's review: "Having trouble figuring out words that are opposites? Tad Hill's What's up Duck? Book of Opposites is the book for you. Each page not only gives you words that are opposites...
View ArticleBad Kitty (Book & CD) by Nick Bruel
ShannaThomp08's review: "Are you tired of all those boring A is for apple alphabet books? Well Bad Kitty by Nick Bruel is a funny alphabet book that tells a story about a spoil,bad kitty that teaches...
View ArticleThe Boy Who Invented TV: The Story of Philo Farnsworth by Kathleen Krull
ShannaThomp08's review: "Reading about history can sometimes be boring, but not this book. The Boy Who Invented TV: The Story of Philo Fransworth takes you into a time when there was NO TV! can you...
View ArticleThe Lion & the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney
ShannaThomp08's review: "With its beautiful pictures and a valuable lesson taught in the end the Lion and the Mouse is a great book to use your imagination to find out that having faith and trusting...
View ArticleThe Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo
HarperCollins (1992), Edition: Reprint, Paperback, 32 pages
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