Reading Response for 5/30/08

        The book that I just finished is called Malibu Carmie by Leah Komaiko. This book is about a girl named Carmie who has a mom who always seems to be depressed. Carmie and her best friend Jenny, convince Carmie's mom to take them to Malibu Beach. Once they get there, Carmie realizes something. She realizes that her mom used to be a really good surfer.

Dear Carmie,

 

I have a few questions that I would like to ask you. What were you first thinking when you went to Malibu for the first time? Were you surprised? What did it feel like to get "punched" by your board? I surf but that has never actually happened to me. What was the reason you wanted to go back to Malibu? Was it Coady? Or did you actually want to learn to surf? Do you think that one of those Malibu girls was Coady's girlfriend? You mentioned that you wanted to be a movie maker, why is that? Do you love adventure? Romance? I've also noticed that your play writes are about you and something that you wish happened to you. Why do you do this? Do you wish that was what your life was? Do you think people with "those" types of lives are happier than you? What do you think caused your mom to get so happy when she reunited with her surfer friends? Which do you like better; the happy mom or the depressed sad one?

Thank you,

Samantha

High Tech Middle

 

Reading Response for 5/23/08

Bloomability
By: Sharon Creech


Dear Dinnie,


I have a few questions for you. My first question; Were you scared when your aunts and uncle took you away from your family? I would've. My family is so close to me I would hate to have them taken away. Another question I have for you is; When you heard Lila say that she wasn't coming back, what were you thinking? Did you think that she was kidding or actually never coming back? If one of my friends said that, I would be really sad.



Thanks so much,



Samantha
High Tech Middle



The book, Bloomability by Sharon Creech, is about a girl who gets "kidnapped" by her Aunt and Uncle. Her mom tells them to do this. See, Dinnie's father moves them from place to place and they never stay in one place for more than one year. Dinnie has gotten ALL of her stuff into one box. So you can imagine that she is sort of unsure of herself.

I would recommend this book to anyone that reads books with morals. This book has some older content so I would recommend it for ages 8-100. This is a great book that I hope you get to read someday!

Reading Responce for 5/16/08

Skeleton Key
Anthony Horowitz
5 out of 5
Reviewed by Sam

This book is about a boy named Alex Rider. He is a spy so he is used to being forsed to do things that he doesn't want to do. He has had enough of that and has made it very clear to the CIA, yet they still keep assigning his to cases. When he has to go undercover on Skeleton Key, he relizes what it would be like to have a mom and a dad. Sadly, both of his parents have died and was living with his uncle until his uncle got murdered on a mission. Since then, Alex has not wanted to except any cases. When he gets excepted to Skeleton Key, you can imagine he is not excited. When he gets off to a bad start with his "mom", he relizes that is family that keeps people together.

I would recommend this book to anyone that is interested in great action. This book is page to page action that never stops. This book also has great characters that are well described and thought through. This book has a great plot. I would recommed this to ages of 10-14 and for boys.

If you do end up reading this book and loving it, this author has writen a lot of other very interesting books.
1) Evil Star
2) Eagle Strike
3) Ark Angel
4) The Devil and his Boy
5) Stormbreaker
6) Scorpia
7) Ravens Gate
8) Point Blank
9) The night of the Scorpian

If you have read any of these books, please leave a comment giving me your opinion on the book.