I am changing it up and listened to this book that is in the adventure genre. It is a Battle of the Book book (I always think that's funny, book book Hahahaha). Because it is in the Battle of the Books competition, I am not going to give away too many details. But I can say the book is about 4 jewel thieves that happen to be children. They go on many adventures, using their smarts to figure out clues to break a curse that has befallen them. In the process of breaking the curse, they figure out who they can trust and who is going to double cross them! I enjoyed the book. They adventures and heists they went on seemed believable even though the characters were only teenagers. If you are interested in the Battle of the Books competition, you should read this book (and take notes on all the details)! And speaking of the Battle of the Books competition, I really need to update that page!!
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I hope everyone had a great first week back to school. It was so nice seeing all of you again after a few months off and meeting the new students to our school. I think it is going to be an awesome school year! Right before school started, our school received a TON of new books. Some of the books were to replace falling apart and lost series books and some of the books were to create brand new series! Here's a sneak preview! Which series are you going to read first??
I went to a librarian kick off meeting this week. This is a time when all the librarians in schools around the district come together and talk about librarian stuff (I won't go into alllll the details). Every year they bring in an author for us and this year we got to meet Mac Barnett. If you need a reminder, he wrote some of my favorite books, Chloe and Lion, Extra Yarn, Sam and Dave Dig a Hole, and many more! Mac Barnett is very, very funny! We were laughing the whole time! But he also talked to us about the process he goes through to create a book and the collaboration that takes place when creating a book. He only works with certain illustrators and he often times is surprised with the illustrations that are created for the book. He sends them this... edI realize that's hard to read but you get the idea. It is just words on a page. It looked like a poem when I first saw it. But this is what he sends to the illustrator and then the illustrator takes the words and adds the pictures that they think work the best. I will share this book with you the first week of school so that you can see the details. This is a terrible picture!! But, this is the book the came of those words. I got an autograph and everything! I thought that the talk about collaboration was going to stop there, but he went a little further. These are the four people that make a book have life! I love that he noticed that the performer (that's the person who reads the book, like me) affects the book. They way the person reads the story aloud, changes the story. And then there's YOU! The kid. That's the person that he writes the story for. And you play a big role in the book (actually, I think you are the most important part of the whole thing). Mac Barnett was a really interesting speaker and person. He read some books that are not published yet (so we got a sneak peek) and talked about his life and how he got started choosing children's book author as his career. It was a great way to kick off the school year right!
Jerry Spinelli. I love to read his writing. I tell you, he has the best ending lines in his chapters. The end lines of chapters not only sum up the chapter but make you want to keep reading. And Spinelli's end lines are very clever! This story is about Cammie, a teenager that lives in a women's prison with her father who is the warden of the prison. Cammie is very spunky! She has interesting friends, including one's inside the prison! AS you get to know Cammie, you will learn that she has a lot of healing that she needs to do. The book takes place over on summer and it is definitely a summer of growing up for Cammie. I would describe this books as being for mature readers. There is a murder that takes place (story is about a prison so that makes sense). But it is really about Cammie growing up and healing what needs to be healed. I think you may like Cammie's voice is this story. She tells it like it is!
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This section will be to let you know what I am reading and my thoughts about the book. Remember, everybody is different and likes different things so this is MY opinion of these books. I would love for you to form your own. But this my give you some ideas!
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