Pearl Harbor hits U.S.

Book_♥; Farewell to Manzanar
Author_♥; Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
Pages_♥; 213

In Mrs. Forsberg's 7th Grade Gifted Language Arts class, our class book was Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, a Japanese-American. It is one of the few intricately detailed personal narratives still left in our world today. (Yes, that means it is a true story). What sparked me about reading this book was how Houston wrote the book without making us feel sorry for her. She said the story in a story-telling way. She began her book when she was age seven, the age that she was sent to a concentration camp after the famous Pearl Harbor bombing. The camp was known as Manzanar. During her years at the camp, she struggles with hardships, danger, and discrimination. Rarely did she ever experience any tremendous happenings that she treasured. Jeanne describes her and her family's adventure during their imprisonment and sometime she talks about what happened before the war. Soon, those memories fade, as she lives her life in Manzanar. Read to understand what a big influence the camp has had on Jeanne's life and how it shaped her future.

I am mainly telling the 8th & 6th graders to read this book, but 7th graders may try reading it again?? ;)

-amy !

This Book

There is this other book that I'm reading it's about the life of Hitler and why he made the decision to do what he did. I am on page 400 and there are about 900 pages of actual book. So far I think it's kind of interesting. But this book is something you'd check out for research for a book report than to read.
-Derek

NIGHT

About 120 pages.

I would have to say that it night is one of the best books ever. It really captures your imagination and once you start reading it.... You don't stop. You can always have a mental picture of what is going on the whole time because the author is just so good at telling the story.

-Garrett Jacobson-

So B. It

So I just recently read So B. It by Sarah Weeks, and its only 243 pages. However it is quite an interseting read. The main character Hiedi, or thats who she believes she is, goes on a realld raddicals jourey to uncover her menatlly disabled mothers past. I have to say I had doubts about this book at first, however I realized it got into the conflict pretty quick. Hiedi's mother, who is So B. It [ she has a real name buhht that is unconvered later on in the book] says the word soof when anything good happens. Yet, she also says it when bad things happen. That got to me. As I read more deeper int the book , I couldnt believe the things happening, and then it hit me, the book is fiction. One thing I believe the author could have done better was describe the natural settings around Hiedi on her journey. She travels to New York, from a locatin that i forgot [hehe(;] And the way the author desribes it, it just doesnt fit the strory line at all. She travels between bus station to station, however the reader might get lost.

However, if you want a quick captivating read for the campagn [sp?] you should consider this book. It is not very girlie, and the plot twist was phenomenal. I was very pleased that it did not turn out the way I would have hoped it would, and it is quite odd to think about. Just remember one thing: Just because you may be ill, it doesnt mean you cant accomplish anything!

--> Tracia Banuelos(;

What is your favorite childrens book?

Mine is either if you give a mouse a coookie or the cat in the hat

flipped

i recently went to book-a-holic and traded in a lot of books for extra stpre credit. when i was looking through they're books i found a few that sounded appealing. they are called flipped, sold out, kayla, and hidden child of the holocaust. they also had the boy in the striped pajamas but i thought that was in coleman's library, was that right? but right now i am reading flipped and i is about a girl and a boy. the boy has avoided the girl since second grade, and the girl has tried to get the boy to like her. then when they get to eighth grade, the boy decides he likes the girl and the girl decides to give up on the boy. that is the description on the back, and i have only gotten to the part when the two second graders meet. has anyone read it? if anyone else is interested in reading it, you can borrow it from me in mrs. forsberg's class.

~kenzie~

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-NATHAN