Archive for the ‘Reviews’ Category
Book Review | Marcelo in the Real World
by Francisco X. Stork
Score: 4
© 2009, Arthur A. Levine, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.
Marcelo Sandoval is 18-years-old and making plans for the summer between his junior and senior year at Paterson High School, a special preparatory school for children with autism and Asperger’s Syndrome (AS). Looking forward to working as the stable man at Paterson, in charge of caring [...]
Book Review | Sparrow Girl
by Sara Pennypacker
Score: 4
Illustrated by Yoko Tanaka
© 2009, Disney-Hyperion Books.
In 1958, Mao Tse-Tung declared a war on four pests – rats, flies, mosquitoes and sparrows. SPARROWS? Why, sparrows? Because sparrows ate grain and the population of China was starving. Sparrows were declared enemies of the people and a massive campaign was waged to eliminate them from the countryside [...]
Book Review | This Tree Counts
by Alison Formento
Score: 3.5
Illustrated by Sarah Snow
© 2010, Albert Whitman & Company.
One large oak tree stood at the back of Oak Lane School. Mr. Tate wants his class to plant some more oak trees, but before they do, he asks them to listen to the big tree’s story. As they stop and hug the tree, the class [...]
Book Review | First Rain
by Charlotte Herman
Score: 4
Illustrated by Kathryn Mitter
© 2010, Albert Whitman & Company.
Abby is sad because she and her family are leaving her grandmother in America and making aliyah (literally,going up) to Israel. However, from the start, Abby and her grandma stay in touch by letter, telephone and internet as Abby shares her feelings and describes everything she is [...]
