This book by Barry Denenberg is a fictional book about a girl named Bess who went to Perkins School for the blind in the year 1932. She was just blinded in an accident, and must find a way to live her life. At Perkins, she learns how to read and write Braille, and get around on her own. A special friend named Amanda gives her survival tips, and helps her adjust to her new life. […] Read more »
The Pig in the Pond, a book review
The Pig in the Pond, by Martin Waddell, is a very funny and entertaining picture book. It’s about a pig that is very hot one summer day, and wants to join the ducks and geese that are in the pond, and are cool. But pigs don’t swim – or do they? This book is very comical, and I love the illustrations. I rate this book “G”, meaning good. It’s good for all ages. I have […] Read more »
Wind Dancer, a book review
In Wind Dancer, Chris Platt introduces Ali and her friend, Cara. Ali used to love horses, but then hers had to be put down after breaking his leg. Ali’s older brother, Danny, has come back from the war in Afghanistan, with less body parts than he left with. When Ali’s parents ask her to care for two abused and neglected horses, she tries not to get attached to them. Can the horses help both Ali […] Read more »
My Book Review Rating System
I read a lot, and I write a lot, so I though to myself, “Why not write about what I read?” That is why I write so many book reviews. In my book reviews, I write about what happens in the book, being careful not to ruin the story. Then I have an ending paragraph, in which I rate the book. I rate good books “G”, which means “Good”. I rate books “LG” when I […] Read more »
Dark Horse, book review, by Dandi Daley Mackall
In the fourth book of the Starlight Animal Rescue series, sixteen-year-old Hank Coolidge meets his cousin’s friend, Winnie the Horse Gentler. I must say, their email relationship is better than their face-to-face relationship. After the barn burns down, Hank is set on finding out who and why the barn burned. While he is working on that, Winnie the Horse Gentler is trying to get through to a horse, Cleopatra, who had been in the burning barn. […] Read more »
Runaway, book review
I really enjoy this book by Dandi Daley Mackall. The book is part of the Starlight Animal Rescue series. It’s about a girl named Dakota Brown. She used to love horses, but then she lost everything; her family, her home, and her hope for a good future. When she gets taken to Starlight Animal Rescue, her new foster home. She plans to run away from the moment she sets foot on the animal rescue. While […] Read more »
Horsefeathers, book review
I really enjoy reading the book by Dandi Daley Mackall called Horsefeathers. It’s about a fourteen-year-old girl named Sarahh Coop (Scoop for short). She was adopted, but then her adoptive parents died. So her aunt comes to live with her and her little brother, B.C.. When the farm her grandfather owns is in danger of being used as land for Dalton Stables, Scoop must find a way to save it, and her beautiful horse, Orphan. […] Read more »
Detectives in Togas, by Henry Winterfeld, Book Review
Seven schoolboys, Caius, Mucius, Flavius, Publius, Julius, Rufus, and Antonius, lead a dull and boring life in ancient Rome, (772 by Roman years, 24 A.D. by American years). That is, until Rufus hangs a wax tablet stating in plain words, CAIUS IS A DUMBBELL, on the wall of the classroom, gets in a fight with Caius, and is expelled from school by their teacher Xantippus. But when the very same words appear on the sacred […] Read more »