Reviews for Youth

A View From Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg

2008-10-29T13:01:00.000-07:00

Title: A View From Saturday

Author: E.L. Konigsburg

Stars: 3 1/2

Description: HOW HAD MRS. OLINSKI CHOSEN her sixth-grade Academic Bowl team? She had a number of answers. But were any of them true? How had she really chosen Noah and Nadia and Ethan and Julian? And why did they make such a good team?It was a surprise to a lot of people when Mrs. Olinski's team won the sixth-grade Academic Bowl contest at Epiphany Middle School. It was an even bigger surprise when they beat the seventh grade and the eighth grade, too. And when they went on to even greater victories, everyone began to ask: How did it happen?It happened at least partly because Noah had been the best man (quite by accident) at the wedding of Ethan's grandmother and Nadia's grandfather. It happened because Nadia discovered that she could not let a lot of baby turtles die. It happened when Ethan could not let Julian face disaster alone. And it happened because Julian valued something important in himself and saw in the other three something he also valued.Mrs. Olinski, returning to teaching after having been injured in an automobile accident, found that her Academic Bowl team became her answer to finding confidence and success. What she did not know, at least at first, was that her team knew more than she did the answer to why they had been chosen.This is a tale about a team, a class, a school, a series of contests and, set in the midst of this, four jewel-like short stories -- one for each of the team members -- that ask questions and demonstrate surprising answers.

This isn't one my my favorite book but it was ok. This book is about all of these students, Noah, Nadia, Ethan, and Julian. It has a story about each of these students. Mrs. Olinski has to pick her students for this competition. And this book shows how she comes to pick her students, and how this changed her life.

Who is Your Favorite Character and Why? I don't really have a favorite character, but I really like Julian. Why? Because he is smart, caring, and he isn't like the other characters in the book.

What is Your Favorite Part and Why? I like the end part when Mrs. Olinski says,"Did I choose you, or did you choose me?" And the students answer saying, "Yes!" Why? Because that is a part where you figure out that the students care just as much for Mrs. Olinski just as much as she cares for them.

Why are you like the Main Character or why aren't you?

I don't really know who the main character is, but I am guessing it is Mrs. Olinski. I am not sure. Maybe in some ways. Why? Because at the beginning she is kind of strict she thinks it is not appropriate to applause and cheer. But at the end, her students change her into someone loving and caring. So I would say yes and no!

I liked this book but I wouldn't say this is one of my favorites. But this book is heart warming!
I don't remember any bad words.

Natalie

ICarly

2008-09-22T09:05:00.001-07:00

Title: ICarly

Nickelodeon

Description: Hey there, people of Earth! It's Carly, Sam, and Freddie coming to you with some of the best episodes from Season 1 of ICarly! Revisit favorite ICarly moments and web features like ICrush It, ISpit takes, random dancing, and more!

ICarly is a TV show by Nickelodeon about a web show that is really famous called ICarly. Her neighbor, Freddie, and her best friend Samantha, otherwise known as Sam, do it with her. They do a show one every week week and they have a lot of viewers.

I favorite episodes are,
IDream of Dance
IScreem on Halloween
IWant a World Record
and
IPromise Not To Tell

Now in this movie there is some bad word such as, Oh my Go*. And it is a little crude in some places but it wasn't to bad.

Natalie

Everything on a Waffle by Polly Horvath

2008-09-22T09:03:00.001-07:00

Title: Everything on a Waffle

Author: Polly Horvath (Author of The Trolls)

Stars: 5 (I love this book! It ends very good!)

Description: Primrose Squarp simply knows her parents did not perish at sea during a terrible storm, but try convincing the other residents of Coal Harbour on that score. For all practical purposes, at least for the time being, Primrose is an orphan, and there's no great clamoring of prospective adopters. After realizing the impracticality of continuing to pay Miss Perfidy (a moth-ball scented elderly lady) an hourly wage to baby-sit her, the town council is able to locate a relative, Uncle Jack, who is reluctantly takes Primrose into his care. Primrose does warm up to living with him and his home, despite the eerie noises resembling a hockey game that haunt her in the night. But true sanctuary can always be found at a restaurant called The Girl on the Red Swing, where everything including lasagna-is served on a waffle, and where the proprietor, Miss Bowzer offers a willing ear, as well as sage advise. Through a mixture of eccentric humor and probing philosophy, author Polly Horvath makes Primrose's search for peace and understanding a most memorable one.

Everything on a Waffle is about a girl who has lost her parents one day when there is a terrible storm and her father is out fishing and her moth decides to go look for him. Well, everybody else thinks that she lost her parents. Primrose Squarp thinks that her parents are still alive just abandoned out in the middle of nowhere.

This book, I love. My mom wanted me to read it and I love it! In this book Primrose looses her sweaters, a toe, and a piece of a finger but for some strange reason, everything turns out just the way it should.

Who is Your Favorite Character and Why? One of my favorite characters is her Uncle Jack. Why? Because he is so nice and kind.
What is Your Favorite Part and Why? (Don't read any of the question if you don't want to find out that happens) I like it when her parents come back on a boat and her uncle faints!! Why? Because that part is funny!
Why are you like the Main Character or why aren't you? I don't know if I am like the main character. I mean in some ways I am not, because I have parents and in my little town there isn't a restaurant where everything you eat comes with a waffle. But in someways I am like her because I have two loving parents. So in some ways I am like her and some ways I am not.

I really liked this book and I advise you to read.

Natalie

P.S. After each chapter there is a recipe.

Bright Shadow by Avi

2008-09-22T09:02:00.000-07:00

Title: Bright Shadow

Author: Avi (He is one of my favorite authors)

Stars: 5 (Though one of the parts didn't end the way I liked it)

Description: In one day, Morwenna has gone from being the lowliest servant in the king's castle to the most powerful person in the land, for she has become the wizard, the bearer of the last five wishes in the kingdom. But with her new gift comes rules: She cannot wish for anymore, she cannot wish for anything for herself, and if she speaks of them to anyone, both she and the wishes will be gone.
Morwenna is just a normal person except for the part that shes works in the king's castle. But everything changes in one day because she becomes the most important person in the kingdom. She is the Wizard. But instead of having hundreds and hundreds of wishes, she only have 5 wishes left.

This book has a lot of wonderful adventures and it is a very exciting book. I did like it all except for one part but I really liked it!

Natalie

102 Dalmatians

2008-09-22T09:01:00.001-07:00

Title: 102 Dalmatians

Disney

Stars: 5

At this place that they do experiments, one of their experiments is to see what happens when they put Cruella with dalmatians. Well, when this happens Cruella has changed, somehow. She is playful with any kind of puppy and isn't mean anymore.

But when she sees a dalmatians she starts being mean again. She then decides to go on with her plan. To make a cloak out of dalmatian fur.

Ok, now this sounds a little weird because in the movies she was playing with dalmatians but then later she sees one and starts being mean again. I don't get that because she would have already been mean because she has been spending all of this time with a dalmatian.

Natalie

101 Dalmatians

2008-09-22T08:59:00.000-07:00

Title: 101 Dalmatians

Disney

Stars: 5

I tried to watch this when I was about 5 with a friend and it was to scary. But now I have watched it and I love it! Cruella is a little creepy but it is still a very good movie.
Anita works for Cruella De Vil by designing clothes. Cruella discovers Anita with her work with a cloak with dalmatian spots on it.

But when Rodger meets Anita and they get married everything changes. Anita doesn't work for Cruella that much anymore. Anita and Rodger's dalmatians having 15 puppies.

Well then Cruella gets the idea off having Dalmatians killed and skinned to make a cloak out of their fur. But Anita and Rodger won't give away their puppies and so Cruella decides to steal them....

Natalie

William Carey: Obliged to Go

2008-09-19T18:38:00.000-07:00

I have been reading William Carey: Obliged to Go by Janet and Geoff (pronounced Jeff) Benge. It's really good :) Ok, so you know that part :D But, it talks about his life and how he wants to become a Missionary. William wants to become a Missionary in India and it talks about how he gets to India and everything.

I'm not a great reviewer, right? I know. Since i'm not a great reviewer, you better go read it!!!
-Elizabeth

The Penderwicks A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy by Jeanne Birdsall

2008-09-09T18:31:00.001-07:00

Title: The Penderwicks

Author: Jeanne Birdsall

Stars: 5 Because this is the most warm hearted book that I

have ever read!

Description: Meet the Penderwicks, four different sisters with one special bond. There's responsible, practical Rosalind, stubborn, feisty Skye, dreamy, artistic Jane; and shy little sister Batty, who won't go anywhere without her butterfly wings. When the girls and their doting father head off for their summer holiday they are in for a surprise. Instead of the cozy, tumbledown cottage they expected, they find themselves on a beautiful estate called Arundel. Soon the girls are busy discovering the summertime magic of Arundel's sprawling gardens, treasure filled attic, tame rabbits, and the cook who makes the best gingerbread in Massachusetts. But the most wonderful discovery of all is Jeffry Tifton, son of Arundel's owner, who quickly proves to be the perfect companion for their adventures. The icy-hearted Mrs. Tifton is not as pleased with the Penderwicks as Jeffery is, though, warns the new friends to stay our of trouble. Which of course they will-won't they? One thing's for sure: it will be a summer they will never forget.

(Sniff) I love this book. I can not tell you how much this book means to me.
When the Penderwicks go for their summer vacation there whole summer is filled with magic and wonderful excitement. Rosalind 12, Skye 11, Jane 10, and Batty 4. These are all trouble makers.

When they end up at their cottage everything changes. They meet Jeffery, a young rich boy who isn't stuck up like his mother. The Penderwicks have to help Jeffery through is terrible lifetime so he doesn't have to go to Pensey, a Military school for young boys.

This story is a very warm hearted story. Me, my brothers, and my mom loved it. My mom cried in it. I really recommend this book for you if you like these kind of story.

There is a couple of kisses in this book.

Natalie

Pit of Vipers by Carolyn Keene

2008-08-09T20:20:00.000-07:00

Title: Pit of Vipers

Author: Carolyn Keene

Stars: 5 (Because the last part is very funny)

Description: There's been a snake-napping at the River Heights Zoo, and all the clues about the thief seem to point in my good friend Charlie's direction. But why would Charlie want to steal a snake? I'm not convinced he's the perpetrator, but the cops are on the other side of the fence.Speaking of snakes, George's younger brother, Scott, has been slithering around a lot latley, all sneaky-like. He's not acting himself, but his lips are sealed about what's wrong. Do these mysteries have anything to do with each other? Stick around.

Nancy does not believe that her good friend Charlie Adams would steal a snake. But it turns out that she doesn't know him as much as she thought. He collects snakes, lizards, anything that is reptiles. And how did the police suspect his so fast?

And then George's younger brother is also acting very strange. Ditching swim class that he loves, and acting like a snot on top of it. Nancy, George, Bess, and George's parents have no idea why Scott is acting like this.

I really like these Nancy Drew books so I advise you to read a lot of them!

Natalie

Walle (The Movie)

2008-08-01T11:38:00.001-07:00

Title: Walle

Disney

Stars: 5

Walle, one of the many robots people sent to clean up the world, is the only robot left to clean up all of the garbage that the world put on it. But there is one problem, he is very lonely.
After a couple hundred of years on board a ship in outer space, the people and very....happy. I will put it that way, and fat, and very....well....weird. :) Talking on there phones all the time and that kind of stuff.

Well, the people send some more robots down to see if there is anything living on the world. Walle is attracted to her and falls in love with her.

Walle's job is too clean up the trash and he finds a plant that, Eve needs. She shuts down because that is what she is looking for. She is sending a signal so a rocket can come and take her back to space, but Walle goes also.

This movie is a cartoon but is a very good movie! Very good!

Natalie

The Stolen Relic by Carolyn Keene

2008-08-01T11:36:00.000-07:00

Title: The Stolen Relic

Author: Carolyn Keene

Stars: 4 1/2

Description: My friends and I knew before we got to Arches National Park that it's full of red cliffs, arches, and rock formations-plenty of places for hiking, biking, and getting lost. It's a good thing there are park rangers and guides to help tourists like us find our way. Or at least that's what we thought, until one of the guides left for a second to investigate some noise, and never came back.
It seems unlikely that a respected tour guide who knows the area like the back of her hand could just get lost. Some thing's fishy. And you get bet I'm going to get to the bottom of this before I find my way home...

George has set up and vacation for Nancy, Bess and whoever. The vacation is at Arches National Park were there are very many places for bike rides, hikes and for people to get lost. Well, Sasha, a guide that Nancy, George, Bess, and Ned meet, goes missing.

I really liked this book and I would read it if you like it when people go missing!

Natalie

The Wish List by Eion Colfer

2008-07-29T22:31:00.000-07:00

Title: The Wish List

Author: Eoin ColferStars:

5!!!

Description: Meg Finn is in trouble. Cast out of her home by her stepfather after her mom's death, Meg is a wanderer, a troublemaker. But after her last stunt, finding a place to sleep is the least of her worries. Belch, Meg's partner in crime, has gotten her involved in the attempted robber of an elderly man, Lowrie McCall. But things go horrible wrong. After an accidental explosion, Meg's spirit is flung into limbo, and a race begins between the demonic and the devine to win Meg's soul. Meg's really not a bad kid, but she hasn't exactly been an angle either, so the tally of her good and evil is dead even. Her only change on tipping the scales to salvation is to go back to Earth and do good-specifically, to help Lowrie McCall. He's got many regrets in his life to set right-a "Wish List"- and not much time left to do it. But even Meg can persuade Lowrie to get mixed up with her, she's going to have to deal with an even scarier, undead Belch- who's definitely on the side of the devil.

Meg Finn doesn't care were she lives right now or what she does, so as a favor, she helps, Belch (her partner in crime) in a robbery in Lowrie McCall's house. But then when something goes wrong it ends up with Belch in hell and with Meg....neither. All her good and bad deeds are even!The only way to get to heaven is to go back to earth and help Lowrie McCall with his life.He has a lot of regrets in his life so he has made up as,"Wish List". Meg and Lowrie half to do all of the things for both of them to get to Heaven.

I really liked this book and I recommend this book to all of you. But if you are really Biblical, I would have your mom or dad read it first.

Also-there is a little bit of language in her,But I still really liked it!

Natalie

Some Other Review Blogs

2008-07-25T14:53:00.000-07:00

Hey everybody! I have a review blog that I do myself and it is http://www.reviewsbynatalie.blogspot.com/ and then another GREAT review site is http://www.teenlitreview.blogspot.com/!

Check both of them please!

Natalie

Dangerous Plays by Carolyn Keene

2008-07-24T17:52:00.000-07:00

Title: Dangerous Plays
Author: Carolyn Keene
Series: Yes, lots of series
Stars: 5
Description: Dad, Bess, ad I are all set for London when Ned's Shakespeare professor asks us to do a simple favor: to take a look at his townhouse while we're there, since he can't seem yo locate the housekeeper and fears some thing's wrong. Sounds easy enough, so I take the key. Eager to cross the favor off our list, we stop by 53 Banbury Square shortly after we land. And let's just say things in the townhouse aren't quite tip-top. And the key? well, it unlocks a Pandora's box of serious trouble.
Nancy's father, Mr. Drew, decides to take a vacation to London. Nancy is almost ready when Ned calls and asks for her and his professor to eat and talk about something he needs Nancy to do in London. Well, what he wants her to do is to look at his house because he can't contact his housekeeper, Mrs. Elliot.
Shortly after they land they land they go to his first house. They key doesn't unlock it and so they pick the lock or knock, don't remember and Mrs. Elliot and some strange guy is in there and Mrs. Elliot is in there with the Professor's silver candle-sticks in her hands!
And then a little while later Nancy's dad goes missing? Where is he?
I recommend this book to all of you Nancy Drew fans!

Natalie

Secret of the Spa by Carolyn Keene

2008-07-22T12:50:00.000-07:00

Title: Secret of the Spa

Author: Carolyn Keene

Series, Yes, Nancy Drew Girl Detective

Stars: 4 1/2

A new spa is having it's grand opening the next day and of course Bess wants to try it out but it is too much money. Well, Nancy's dad just helped the owner out and she gave him some free passes to it. George is very grumpy about all of this spa talk but Nancy and Bess talk her into to going but she is always in a bad mood and keeps rushing off and everything like that.

The spa is great but is a little weird, the spa is supposed to be NO MEAT, but why when Nancy walks into the kitchen and sees meat in the chili? And then other weird things are happening all over the spa, and one of the things almost makes someone over heat and die.

Read this book to find out who is making all these thing go wrong with this spa and why George is acting SO grumpy all of the sudden.

Natalie

Collage Road Trip

2008-07-19T12:24:00.001-07:00

Title: Collage Road Trip

By: Disney Channel

From way at the beginning when Melany was born, her dad started to plan out were she would go to collage. Her dad is the kind of dad who is really attached to her daughter and then his daughter is not very happy, that sort of thing.

Well, Melany's dad wants her to go to a collage that is only about 20 minutes away. Well, Melany has other plans, she get accepted into George-Town in D.C. She then plans to go with her friends to D.C. but her dad doesn't want to.

So they, well, Melany's dad, plans out a road trip father-daughter thing. So Melany goes along but doesn't like it at all! Her dad needs to realize that she isn't a little girl anymore and that her dad needs to trust her.

This movie has a good moral and a very happy ending! I encourage you all to watch this Disney Channel Movie!

Natalie

The Secret of the Old Clock, Nancy Drew Computer Game

2008-07-12T10:13:00.001-07:00

This game is based on the first classic mystery of Nancy Drew. I got this game for my birthday a couple of years ago and never figured it out. But I got cheats and tips off the Internet. But of course my brother, Noah, helped me figure it out also! :)

So it first starts out that Nancy is driving in her car to Titus-Ville. Where she is staying (and to help solve the mystery) is at the Lilac Inn. Emily Crandle is acting very strange because she wants you to do something for her but you don't know what.

When you get there you talk to Jane, Emily's guardian because her father and mother are dead. When you are done talking to Jane you go up to Emily's room and talk to her. You find out that Emily wants you to put some of her mother's jewelry in her dad's safe.

Then you here a scream from Jane and that Jane is yelling that the kitchen is on fire! And then after that you see that Emily's mother's jewelry was stolen! Then you have to figure out who stole it!

I really, really, really, liked this game and I would advise you all to play it!

Natalie

En Garde (Nancy Drew) by Carolyn Keene

2008-07-12T09:54:00.000-07:00

Title: En Garde

Author: Carolyn Keene

Stars: 5

Back of the book says: If I told you I was worried about George's health because she's taken up fencing, you'd just laugh. Foils today are totally safe, and the gear is padded besides. Right?Well, if so, why did I see blood at George's first meet? Skewering isn't in the legal fencing repertoire-but it soon becomes apparent to me that some one's to fired up to care......

I really liked this book. It has a good moral that if you love to do something, focus on it and block everything out.First of all, George has taken up fencing. She loves it but Nancy doesn't think that she is to safe because at the first meet, when George's friend, Delyn is fencing a girl named Una, Una gets hurt and is bleeding. And then later on, there are more things that cause Una to get hurt, and even more!

Nancy is then determined to figure out this mystery before somebody gets really hurt.

I really liked this book and I recommend it to all of you!

Natalie

Bad Times, Big Crimes, by Carolyn Keene

2008-07-08T13:48:00.001-07:00

Title: Bad Times, Big Crimes

Author: Carolyn Keene

Stars: 5

In this book, Nancy Drew goes go back in time but this was a really good book.Nancy Drew goes back in the times of the Great Depression, in the 1930s. People are begging for money and food out on the streets and people loose their homes. But then she finds out that people are robbing the banks and stealing the money!Nancy then decides she wants to help all of these people but it is a little hard because back then they didn't say, "Cool" or "What's up?" (It's funny what the reactions are to this kind of talk in this book!)

Back of the book says,"So I was sitting with Ned in a lecture, and then BAM, Ned's in a three-piece suit, and I'm in a city hall meeting on how to get through the beginning of the Great Depression. As in THE Depression, in the 1930s."What's more, there's a thief to track down. Some one's robbing local banks of what little money they have. Every one's panicked about their money, so the thief COULD be just about anyone. But after spending just a little time in this odd place, I have a hunch that there's more to it......."

I really liked this book and I recommend this book to everyone! Like all of the people who like good mysteries!

Natalie

The Ultimate Baby-Sitter's Hand Book by Debra Zakarin

2008-07-08T13:47:00.000-07:00

I am going to be 12 years old and so I can baby sit! My brother Noah got this book for me and it gave me a lot of stuff I need to know!
Back of the book says, Eager baby-sitters discover new ideas and tips from how to get started in a profitable baby-sitting business, to how to face the challenging situations that can arise between you and your KTWs (or Kids to Watch).
With The Ultimate Baby-Sitter's Handbook, baby-sitting has never been so much fun-or so profitable!
I recommend this book to all of you baby-sitters! It will give you A LOT of ideas! I have already done what I need to do! How about you?

Natalie

Igraine the Brave by Cornelia Funke

2008-07-08T13:42:00.001-07:00

Title: Igraine the Brave

Author: Cornelia Funke

Stars: 5

Igraine wants to have an adventure! She is turning 12 and she just can't believe that nothing has happened to her because her great grandfather Peallas had a adventure when he was...um.....can't remember! :)

Well, since she is turning 12 and her parents can do magic, they are working on her birthday present. Something goes wrong, and they turn themselves into pigs. And then a little bit after that, Osmund the Greedy wants to have the Books of Magic and so is preparing to battle!
Igraine's parents can't do anything when they are a pig so Igraine has to go get some giant hairs to help them turn back into humans. But then when she comes back, Osmund the Greedy has already set up camp and is ready to battle.

I really liked this book and there is nothing bad in it. I have read a lot of Cornelia Funke's books and they are all really good!

I hope you will give this book a try and that you will like it as much as I did!

Natalie

Nancy Drew The Clue on the Silver Screen by Carolyn Keene

2008-07-04T11:29:00.000-07:00

Title: The Clue on the Silver Screen

Author: Carolyn Keene

Stars: 5

I haven't read a mystery for a while so this is what I read!Nancy Drew came from River Heights to EdgarTown to attend the Martha's Vineyard Film Festival. That night when they go to see the first film, "A Day in the Country," the film is stolen! Who stole it? Nobody knows! And then two other films are stolen a little bit later!

Back of the cover says, "Nancy has come all the way from River Heights to attend the Martha's Vineyard Film Festival honoring the late, great director Joseph Block. Even Velma Ford, the queen of the silent screen , has come out of hiding to take part. But in a scene worthy of one of her movies, Velma's appearance is marked by a sudden and sinister plot twist.

"The festival's opening night is marred by an explosion and the theft of Block's movie masterpiece! Nancy's investigation focuses on the film's last ten minutes- a piece of long-lost footage never seen before. Someone is determined to keep the movie's ending under wraps...even if it means cutting Nancy out of the picture for good!"

I really liked this book and I recommend it!

Natalie

Ghosthunters and the Muddy Monster of Doom!

2008-07-03T18:41:00.000-07:00

Title: Ghost hunters and the Muddy Monster of Doom

Author: Cornelia Funke

Stars: 4 1/2

Out of all the Ghost hunter books this would my favorite besides the first one! This one is the also the most scariest.

Tom is about to get his ghost hunter's diploma and to do that he has to catch a ghost. Well, he gets the ghost but there is also another ghost there. The 12th Messenger, a blood sucking, ripping apart, ghost, and if you look into his eyes you are dead with-in the hour. And Tom looks at him........

This book is very good and I recommend it to all of you!

Natalie

Dreamer (movie and book!)

2008-07-01T10:03:00.000-07:00

The move looks like this;

And..
the book cover looks almost alike to the movie cover. But, Amazon had a different one.

Cale Crane desperately wants a horse. Her parents and her live on a horse farm. Without horses! When Cale goes to work with her father, to a horse race (her father does stuff at horse arenas), and when her father thinks that Sonya cannot race, her father's boss (Everett Palmer) thinks otherwise! Everett thinks that Sonya can race...and she will! When Sonya races...she falls and gets hurt. Everett and Cale's father (Ben) get into a fight. Everett fires Ben from his job. But, Ben wants the $9,000 that Everett owes him! Everett gives him $6,000 but Ben wants the nine thousand! Everett says that he will have to send Ben a check then. Ben will not wait for a check! He wants it NOW! He's been waiting 3 months for it!!!! So, Ben eventually takes the six thousand AND the horse! Cale is sooo happy that her father does that! So, her father takes in the horse and trains him for six months. A little after about 4 months, Cale takes full ownership of Sonya! Cale enters Sonya into the Breeder's Cup, one of the most biggest horse races. But, first, she has to go through a selection process. Only 14 horses will get chosen to race in the Breeder's Cup! So, she goes to the selection...and guess what??? Sonya gets in!!! But, there is on MAJOR problem! Money! How will she get enough? Well, she asks a prince! Cale tells the prince that she needs $12,00!!! The prince says it's fine (the princes brother's horse is racing and he dosen't want his brother's horse to win, that's why he did it!) But, if Sonya loses...Cale will have to pay him back...DOUBLE!!!!!!!!

Horse racing day is here!!!!! GUESS WHO WINS???????????

SONYA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hope you enjoy the book!!
Elizabeth

Kung Fu Panda

2008-06-29T17:41:00.000-07:00

Title: Kung Fu Panda

Stars: 5

This movie is very cute and very funny. My brothers were laughing through it all!

Po, the panda, and his father sell noodles for money. Po likes the action figures of all of the warriors. All the palace where all the warriors live the top warrior sees that a bad person is going to escape from jail. They then have to find the Dragon Warrior. Po of course, is the Dragon Warrior.

Po is fat, weird, and a panda! Every one of the warriors thinks that he will never be able to defeat the bad guy, don't remember his name. But this story or movie has a good moral to it, there is no secret ingredient for you, you just need to be yourself.

This movie is a little crude in parts but it is very cute and funny. I advise you all to see it!

Natalie

Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer

2008-06-25T21:19:00.000-07:00

Title: Eclipse

Author: Stephenie Meyer

Stars: 5!!!!

I LOVE this book! LOVE IT! If you have read these books who do you like more, Jacob or Edward? I LOVE Edward. Who do you think Bella should end up with? I can't really decide because I like both of them! I can't wait until the next book comes out!

Edward feels so bad for what happened in the last book, Bella is looking forward to become a vampire, and of course, Edward can wait because he wants Bella to stay human. In the first book, Twilight, you all know about, James who tried to bite and kill Bella, and his mate, Victoria. Well, in this book, Victoria wants to kill Bella. She makes a whole group of new born vampires!! BAD THING!

When they are new, they are very strong. Victoria and the new vampires attack the Cullens. Well, not JUST the Cullens, the werewolves join up with the Cullens!

At the end of the book Bella finds out that she is in love with both, Jacob and Edward. Who will she pick? And also, Edward asks her to marry him, what does she say?

Read this book to find out!

They said, the "D" word and there is also some kisses.

Natalie

Smallpox Strikes!

2008-06-24T08:28:00.000-07:00

Ages: 8+
Author: Norma Jean Lutz
Stars: 10
Series: The American Adventure Series

Before Robert Allerton was even born, his father, Robert Allerton, went off to fight in Queen Anne's War. Robert was born to Mary Allerton after his father died. When Rob was about 3 or 4 he went to live with his mom (Mary) who married Josiah Foy. (Which is Robert's step dad.)

*But, what I just told you above was from the last book, Danger in the Harbor*

Here's from the book, Smallpox Strikes!

A deathly epidemic sweeps Boston with smallpox. But, Reverend Mather and a Doctor (who is Robert's close friend) finds a cure to it! People think they are CRAZY! The cure is called a inoculation (that's very confusing to explain.) Some people get it and they are sick with the smallpox for a little bit, but then they eventually get better. (You see, the inoculation is like a shot so, once you get the smallpox and you are cured, you never get it again during that epidemic.)

Robert desperately wants to have the inoculation. Meanwhile, Josiah Foy is trying to convince Mary that she needs to leave so that she will not get sick! Josiah said if you leave i'll give you whatever you want. So, she said, I will go if you have Robert inoculated! Oh boy! Josiah is VERY against these!!! But, he was Robert inoculated under Mary's wishes. So, Robert gets the inoculation and he gets better. Soon, Josiah and Thomas (Josiah's son from his first marriage where his wife died). come down with the smallpox. Will Josiah and Thomas ever get better? You'll have to find out!

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THESE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Elizabeth

Book Review: The Ghost of Fossil Glen

2008-06-18T10:09:00.000-07:00

Author: Cynthia Defelice

Stars: 10

Even if you don’t like ghost stories, READ THIS BOOK!!!!!!!!! I thought I hated Ghost stories and now I love because I read this book!!!!!!!!!

Anyway. Here is what the book is about:

Allie is hanging on the side of a cliff (don’t ask) and this voice speaks to her and guides her down the cliff in a way that doesn’t make her go Kaput. who is the voice? All because of this incident Allie is pluged knee-deep into an affair that happened four years before and that everyone thought was an accident but was really MURDER. (OMG I am freaked out because I am in my room and two of the walls lead to my attic) Another reason you should read this book: Her friend Dub is coo-coo and he once says this about a so-called friend of Allie’s: “What’s up with Queen Karen and her faithful companion Whatever-You-Say-Karen?”

I TOTALLY ADVISE YOU READ THIS BOOK!!!!!!!!!

Tigger

Ghosthunters and the Totally Moldy Baroness by Cornelia Funke

2008-06-15T21:11:00.000-07:00

Title: Ghost Hunters and the Totally Moldy Baroness
Author: Cornelia Funke
Age: All Ages
Stars: Either 3 and a half or 4

Hetty Hyssop helped Tom in his encounter with a ghost. In this book, the three(Hetty, Tom, and Hugo, one of the ghosts that helps them)ghost hunters go to help Mr. and Mrs. Worm in their castle. They have a GHADAP (GHost with A Dark Past) in side their castle.

It is Hetty, Tom, and Hugo's job to drive out the GHADAP out of the castle walls and to restore the safeness in the castle for Mr. and Mrs. Worm.

Natalie

Review of New Moon by Stephenie Meyer

2008-06-12T20:37:00.000-07:00

Title: New Moon
Author: Stephenie Meyer
Age: Young Adults
Series: Yes, go here to see my first review of the first book.
Stars: 5!!!

I really, really, really, liked this book! If you see my first review, Twilight, you can understand this review better.

I am not sure if in the first review if I mentioned, Jacob. Jacob is the one who told her about werewolves, and vampires. In this book, Jasper (one of the new vampires who joined the Cullen family and used to drink human blood) almost bites Bella. So what Edward has to do is to break her heart. He tells her that he doesn't love her anymore and that he has to leave.

As soon as Edward says this, she falls into a DEEP depression. After almost a year, Jacob is the one who helps her through it, but there is one thing that has changed Jacob big time! He has become a werewolf and their duty is to kill vampires!

In the book they find out that Victoria is hunting her! (She is a vampire who drinks human blood and wants to kill Bella because Edward killed Victoria's mate) This book is very exciting just like the first one!

In this book they say, crap, the "D" word, and h***, there also are a couple of kisses.

I can't wait to start the next book and I CAN'T until the next book comes out! But at least we have the third book! :)

Natalie

Magyk by Angie Sage

2008-06-10T15:05:00.001-07:00

Title: Magyk
Author: Angie Sage
Age: 10 and up
Stars: 5

My mom read this book aloud to my brothers and I. This book is very good!
Septimus Heap was born just that day while is father is going through the woods and finds a baby girl. When Silas, the father, comes home the midwife runs our the door carrying baby Semtimus in her arms, wrapped in bandages, and is screaming, "He is dead, he is dead!"
In the book you find that the queen has been shot?! Yes!

These are the questions, who is this baby? And if Septimus, the 7th son of the 7th son, really dead?

Just to let you know, the 7th son of the 7th son is supposed to be very magical and powerful.

I really liked this book and you should give it a try!

Natalie

The Balled of Lucy Whipple by Karen Cushman

2008-06-07T21:32:00.001-07:00

Title: The Balled of Lucy Whipple

Author: Karen Cushman

Age: 10-14

Pages: 218

Stars: 5

I have read another book by Karen Cushman called," Catherine Called Birdy," and that book was very good. I really like it that the books that I have read so far, the characters practically have the same attitude. They are very funny, sarcastic, and lots of other stuff. Karen Cushman loves history so all the books are based on history!
I really liked this book and all of you should read it!

I didn't really notice anything bad but Butte, her brother, almost said s*** I think. You can tell that me almost did anyway!

Natalie

Review of Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

2008-06-05T21:18:00.001-07:00

Title: Twilight

Author: Stephenie Meyer

Stars: 5

Pages: 498

Recommended:Yes!

This book is a young adult book and is very good! It is about this vampire family who only lives on animal's blood. Then one day, Edward, (one of the vampires) meats Bella Swan. They fall in love with each other!

There is only one scary part in the book. And for me it wasn't really scary! I really liked this book and I would have you read it! I am going to start the next book,"New Moon" probably tomorrow!

Also, they do say the "D" word a couple of times and h** is said once. And there is also a couple of kisses through out the book.

http://www.thetwilightsaga.com/! Also, if you are a fan of these books like I am, they are making a movie!

Natalie

Madison finn-a few books from the series

2008-05-31T05:56:00.000-07:00

Stars:10/5
Author: Laura Dower

Madison Finn is a twelve-year-old girl who has an "Online Diary". The real name of the series is "From The Files Of Madison Finn". Madison is also a computer maniac and loves insta-messaging her BFFs (best friends). But terrible things happen. They are altogether very good.

Tigger

Review of Minute Men the Movie

2008-05-30T09:29:00.000-07:00

Age: All ages
Stars: 5
This movie is made my Disney and is a very good movie. Virgil's first year in high school is really ruff for him. His best friend become a big bully. That same day he meets, Charlie, a young boy who is very smart and passed grades.
Charlie makes a time machine and they, Virgil, Zeke, and Charlie, become the Minute Men. They use the time machine for good. When they see bullies being mean they go back in time and help the people who are getting bullied. At first they are called Snowsuit Guys because they wear snowsuits but soon their name get known.
This movie is a fun for everyone! Get, watch it, love it!

Natalie

Review of The Series of Unfortunate Events Books 1-13 Lemony Snicket

2008-05-28T18:11:00.000-07:00

Author: Lemony Snicket

Stars: 5! I would do A LOT more if I could!

These are my MOST favorite series in the whole wide world! I cried on the last one but they are SO good! I really hope that you will read them all because they will make you so warm inside just like I do.

Violet, Klaus, and Sunny's parent's died when their house got struck on fire. They first get sent to Count Olaf who is the WHOLE problem in all of these books. Through all the books he is trying to kill one of them to get their fortune. They are a fun filled pack of very exciting books that you will love.

I really like these books and I hope you will read them and have the same kind of care for them like I do. My brother Noah is on the first one and LOVES it. I try to get all of my friends to read them. I really hope that a lot of you have already read them and even if you haven't read them I hope that you will!

Natalie

Review of The Voyage of The Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis

2008-05-20T20:55:00.001-07:00

Title: The Voyage of The Dawn Treader

Author: C.S. Lewis

Stars: 4 1/2

I just finished this book along with the one before this today! This book might make you cry at the end. If you have read Prince Caspian then you know that Peter and Susan can't come to Narnia anymore. So in this book only Edmund, Lucy, and Eustace (their cousin) go into Narnia.
The Dawn Treader is the first ship to set sail in I think a hundred years. Caspian is set out to find the seven Lords that his uncle Miraz sent out and they haven't been found by the Narnians since. (I think) Reepacheap is off to find Aslan's country.

Let me tell you that it is sad at the end of this book because...... I am not going to tell you but figure it out for yourselves. I couldn't believe it when Aslan told Edmund and Lucy!

This is what the back of the book says!
NARNIA ... where anything can happen (and most often does)... and where the adventure begins. The Dawn Treader is the first ship Narnia has seen in centuries. King Caspian has built it for his voyage to find the seven lords, good men whom his evil uncle Miraz banished when he usurped the thrown. The journey takes Edmund, Lucy, their cousin Eustace, and Caspian to the Eastern Islands, beyond the Silver Sea, toward Aslan's country at the End of the World.
I really liked this book!

You should really read them all! I advise you to! The next book is I am going to read is called, "Twilight!"

Natalie

Review of The Devil's Arithmectic

2008-05-20T14:10:00.001-07:00

Title: The Devil's Arithmetic
Age: Young Adult
Author: Jane Yolen
Stars: 5
This book is a very sad, happy, and heart-warming story! This book is taken place in the time of World War II. Hannah Stern gets taken back in time of the time of World War II. They are going to celebrate her so called told," Uncle's" wedding. When they get there people are going to take them to the concentration camps. I really liked this book. It is very heart-warming and I really advice you to read this!
This is what the back of the book says:
Hannah dreads going to her family's Passover Seder. Her relatives always tell the same stories, and Hannah's tired of hearing them talk about the past. But when she opens the front door to symbolically welcome the prophet Elijah, she's transported to a Polish village-and the year 1942. Why is she there, and who is "Chaya" that everyone seems to think she is? Just as she begins to unravel the mystery, Nazi soldiers come and talk everyone in the village away. And the only Hannah knows what unspeakable horrors that await.
I really liked this book!

Natalie

Reiew of Prince Caspian the Movie

2008-05-19T19:40:00.000-07:00

Age: probably 5 and up

Stars: 4

My mom took us to this movie tonight and I liked it. They changed some things but it was still a good movie. King Miraz has a son and he wants to kill Prince Caspian because he is the one who should get the thrown after him. So Caspian runs away and meets the badger and a dwarf! He also blows Queen Susan's horn which is tutor found.

When he blows the horn Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy come into Narnia. In this movie they go through a whole bunch of battles but of course, they win them! :) Aslan is shown twice in this whole movie. Reepacheap is a very funny mouse in this movie. He says a lot of lines in the movie that are just plane funny!

Aslan and Reepacheap are my favourite characters in this movie! What are yours?

I really recommend this movie! I think that little children under 5 or even up shouldn't be able to see this movie because some parts are a little scary. But older children and grown-ups would be fine!

Natalie

Review on The CD Taylor Swift

2008-05-11T18:00:00.000-07:00

Taylor Swift is a very good singer! This is her first CD and she is very good at singing! She is a country girl and some of you might not like country but she is very good at it!

1. Tim McGraw

2. Picture to Burn

3. Teardrops on my Guitar

4. A Place in This World

5. Cold as You

6. The Outside

7. Tied Together

8. Stay Beautiful

9. Should've Said No

10. Mary's Song

11. Our Song

I really like this CD!

Natalie

P.S. In the song Cold as You she does say the "D" word.

Review on The CD Jump5

2008-05-11T17:52:00.001-07:00

This CD if very cool! I think the group of Jump5 are Christains! They sing a lot of songs that people have already wrote like, Celebration, We Are Family, Walking on Sunshine, and more! They are the singers of the song Beauty and The Beast! I really like that song! The name of the CD is Shining Star!

1. We Are Family

2. Walking on Sunshine

3. Beauty and the Beast

4. Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride

5.Freeze Frame

6. I've Got The Music in Me

7. Welcome

8. God Bless The U.S.A.

9. Celebration

10. Shining Star

11. Friends

12. Wonderful Christmas

I advise you all to listen to this CD!

Natalie

Movies: Miss Marple series

2008-05-07T07:56:00.000-07:00

These movies are recommended!
Warning: These movies are murder mysteries!

These are very tense and scary movies based on Miss Marple books by Agatha Christie. Yes, they are all murder. Yes, all of them show the murder(s) being done. Yes, there is more than one murder in each one. Yes, they are extremely good.

Tigger

Review on Nancy Drew (the movie)

2008-05-05T13:59:00.000-07:00

Age: 8+
Stars: 4 (I would give it 5 but, Nancy's friends' clothes were a little immodest, but I thought Nancy's were BEAUTIFUL!!!!)

It's about the all-known detective Nancy Drew!!! It is kinda scary in some part where you hold your breath wondering what will happen next, then you let it all out because that part is over. I hope you really enjoy it!!

Elizabeth

Also, I would like to thank Joy who took me to see it at the library AND bought it for my birthday!!! Thanks soo much Joy!!! Cause, without you...this post would never be here :)

Protector of the Small: Squire

2008-05-05T12:51:00.000-07:00

Author:Tamora Pierce
Age range:11/12 +
Recomended:Yes!

Keladry of Mindelan is a squire in this third book about her. She must endure strange, metal giants, unfair laws, a baby griffin, and much more. It is a very enthralling book and I couldn't put it down. I totally advise you read it. If you have already read it, read it again!

Tigger

And The Winner Is...

2008-05-02T12:57:00.000-07:00

The winner of Chosen has not responded, I've given it 5 days, so I will pick a new winner!! And that winner is...WindyCindy!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!

WindyCindy, you will be e-mail shortly. Thank you for participating!

Review on Women in Medieval Times by Fiona Macdonald

2008-04-29T10:51:00.000-07:00

Age: All Ages as long as U think they can understand ;)

Chapters: If you don't include the Glossary and stuff like that then 6 chapters

Pages: 48 pages includong rhe Index and Glossary

I had to read this book because of what we are studying in history and my mom wants me to write a report about it for school! I liked this book! It told you almost everything that you need to know about Women in Medieval Times!

You learn that they are not very important and that it didn't matter who they married. Their parents picked her husband and it didn't matter about, good looks and if they LIKED each other! All that the parents cared about was how rich they were and the land and things like that!

When a rich women had a baby she hardly saw it! She had it taken care of, but a peasant women ( poor women) they had to take care of their children every second!

When they became widows (because their husband died) it was easy for a peasant women because she didn't have all this land to take care of! But it was hard for a rich women because her husband would leave her ALL this land and she would have to take care of it.

I learned that their husbands could beat them if they were lazy and didn't obey. They could beat them but not really, really, really badly. And they hardly got punished at all.

Some women kind of were married to God. They would lock themselves up in a small dark room and be there a lot of their lives! I think they would have people come and give them food but they never came out.

I would have anyone to read this book if they wanted to learn about women back then!

Natalie

Stars Come Out Within

2008-04-28T12:45:00.000-07:00

Author:Jean Little
Age Range: 10/11 + (If you can't deal with slight depression, wait till you are older)
Recommended:Yes!

This is one of the best books I have ever read. A sequel to Little By Little, this book continues the story of her life from when she published her first book, at 17, to when she was over fifty years old. It tells what she felt when she lost her eye to glaucoma. It tells her joy at her seeing eye dog, Zephyr. It describes her relief at discovering a talking computer. Altogether, it tells the story of this wonderful author's extraordinary life.

Tigger

Review on Because of Winn Dixie

2008-04-27T17:04:00.000-07:00

Stars: 5
Book, Movie or CD: Movie
Ages: ALL!!!

I really like Because of Winn Dixie. It was a powerful movie. It's about a girl who finds a dog. Her dad is the preacher of the church. Her mom ran away when she was young. Overall, this movie if just fantastic! It's a Christian movie, will lots of reference to God.

Have fun watching it!
Elizabeth

P.S. I STILL can't get a picture of it...so go here.

AND THE WINNER IS.....

2008-04-26T18:30:00.000-07:00

The winner of Ted Dekker's book, Chosen, is...number 51 ~ Megret!!! Megrets's favorite author is "Louisa May Alcott".

CONGRATULATIONS MEGRET!!

Megret, you will recieve an e-mail by Monday, or you can contact me here. Thank you for entering!!

Review on Half Magic

2008-04-25T08:01:00.001-07:00

Title: Half Magic
Stars: 41/2
Author: Edward Eager
Age: Anybody who loves magic, and can read!

I couldn't get an image of it, so go here to look at it!

Half Magic is about a family of kids, the kids find a magic coin. What they don't know is that, it's a coin in which you can't just wish once, you have to wish double. So, they wish and one time they wished that their mother would come home! But, they didn't know it was 'half' and so she ended up half home! Once you get into this good book, you'll NEVER want to stop! You might just get so hooked that you read it at any chance you get! This book is good for all ages and I encourage you to read it, if you already haven't!! I was actually bored in the beginning, then I got hooked and I didn't want to put it down!!!

Have fun reading!
Elizabeth

Pure NRG reveiw

2008-04-24T14:59:00.000-07:00

Rating:5 star!

Age: Any and all!

Pure NRG is a band with three 13-14 year old kids. There's 1 boy and 2 girls. The CD has lots of great songs including: Someday, 360, Live my Life for You, and What if. They are a great, up-beat Christian band that helps you stay in a good mood! You will definitely enjoy this group! Here is a song by them called Pray!

Review on The Invention of Hugo Cabret

2008-04-24T14:40:00.000-07:00

My mom and I read a book together like I read a chapter and then she reads the chapter I just read and we read The Invention of Hugo Carbret! (I would do a picture of the book but I am on a different computer! You can see the book here!)

Age: All Ages
Stars: 4 1/2
Rated: 5
Author: Brian Selznick

Natalie's Review~ I really liked the book. Hugo steels because he doesn't have any money. But then his life gets turned around with his Invention! I think his invention was very interesting and I would advise you all to read this book!
Not only is the invention cool but the whole book is cool and I think anyone would like it!

Natalie's Mom's Review~ I liked the history that was involved. I liked that the mystery that kept you guessing until the very end of the book. I like that it was a combination of picture book and novel!

I hope that our reviews will have you read this book!

Natalie

Reveiw on The Jesus Storybook Bible

2008-04-23T12:28:00.000-07:00

Age: All Ages

Good book: YES!

Stars: 5!

You might think this book is for younger children but it isn't! Every storys whispers Jesus's name! I love this book! It is sad and happy! I would have a lot of people read this book because it is so good!

This book can make you sad and happy because of the things Jesus did for us! I really like this book!

I would have everyone read it! YES!

Natalie

P.S. Below Kait is doing a give-away! It's a free book!

Wanna Win A Free Book??

2008-04-21T16:16:00.000-07:00

Hi, Kait here. I've decided to have a giveaway and join the carnival! I will be giving away one of my favorite books - Chosen - by Ted Dekker. This is a Christian, juvenile book. My mom read it to me and my brothers and we really enjoyed it! This is a great book for kids 10 & up. Thank you for participating!

Now, for the rules... US and Canada residence are welcome to enter per the rules below. Pay special attention to the closing date! You can enter twice by following the directions here by 4/25/08:
Entry #1: If you run across this blog and you want to win this item leave a comment naming your favorite author!
Entry #2: Link to this entry from your blog where you wrote about this giveaway and then leave a second comment with the link where you passed on this giveaway info. This entry should be SEPARATE from your first entry.

A winner will be chosen on 4/26/08. We will announce it on the blog as well as TRY to email the winner. Please make sure you check back to see if you are the winner!

This giveaway is being sponsored by Our Blessed Arrows.

Review on the Push Cart War

2008-04-21T13:26:00.000-07:00

Title: The Pushcart War

Author: Jean Merrill

Illustrated By: Ronni Solbert

In this book, the pushcart and their owners are being over run by all the truck drivers that are starting the get a little bit pushy. The pushcart peddlers come up with plan to get rid of the trucks without getting noticed. The truck drivers and the push peddlers fight out a long war. Who will win?

I love this book, and I have read it 2 to 3 time in the last couple years. This is a fun to read book, and great for all ages. It also would be a great book to read aloud for younger children.

NOTE from the editor: This post was written by Ellen.

Enjoy!
Katie Rose

Little by Little, a fictional memoir

2008-04-20T13:14:00.000-07:00

Age range:10+
Author: Jean Little
Recommended: Yes!

Jean Little is a young girl who is practically blind. This memoir is the story of her struggle for friends, and, most importantly, a place in our world-the world of the seeing people. It also tells of how she discovered that she was an Author. Over time Jean Little has become one of the most renowned Canadian Authors of our time.

There is a sequel called The Stars Come Out Within which I am going to read.
Tigger

Cards on the Table

2008-04-19T12:27:00.000-07:00

Age range: 10/11 +
Author: Agatha Christie
Suspense level:6/10
Recommended:Yes! Definetly!

Shaitana is a fun-loving man and has some interesting hobbies. One night he invites a group of people for a party. The are eight people, not counting him, and he asks them to play bridge. When the games are finished, the members of the party find that Shaitana is dead. There are only four possible suspects and no evidence whatsoever that any of them did it. Can the infamous Hercule Poirot figure this case out? Can even he be outwitted? You'll have to read it to find out.

I loved this book and I hope you will read and enjoy it. Currently I am reading Death on The Nile, also by Agatha Christie, and I will review it when I am finished.

Tigger

Catherine Called Birdy by Karen Cushan

2008-04-18T21:54:00.000-07:00

Age: You will prabably want to be at least 11 or 12

Author: Karen Cushman

Rated: About 4 or 3

Stars: 5

Recomended: Yes!

Now this book is taken back long before you were born! Catherine doesn't exactly enjoy her life right now because her father is trying to get her to marry anyone with land, money, etc! Back then in wasn't about love and good looks!

She goes through a lot to have her father not try and make her marry this awful man who goes by the name Shaggy Beard but he calls him the Pig!

He eats weird and gets drunk all the time! She does everything she can to not have to marry her. Then finally she runs away but then comes back because she realizes that she is always going to be Catherine! and wherever she is she is just going to be herself!

I really like this book!

Natalie

P.S. I am now going to start the 5th book in the Narnia series and a book called The Devil's Arithmetic!

Heaven For Kids by Randy Alcorn

2008-04-17T20:43:00.000-07:00

Age: All ages as long as they understand it
Stars: 5
Author: Randy Alcorn
Recommended: YES!

Heaven for Kids is a great book by Randy Alcorn! He also wrote a book called Heaven for grown-ups! I got this book for my 11th birthday and I really liked it! They ask a LOT of questions and then he answers them one by one! The questions are like, "Are there going to be dinosaurs on Heaven?" and "What will traveling be like?" It is a great book for everyone!
This book can get anyone closer to God and Jesus! I love this book!

Natalie

P.S. I am almost done with another book and I will write a review on it soon! The book is called," Catherine Calls Birdy!!!"

A Review on "Nim's Island"

2008-04-17T14:08:00.000-07:00

Movie: Nim's Island
Age: 4 & up
Rating:PG

Nim's Island was a very cute movie. It has one of my favorite actresses in it, Jodie Foster. Here is my review.

Nim's Island

Nim's Island is about a 11 year old girl named Nim who lives on a hidden island with her dad, Jack Rusoe. Her father, a widower, is a Marine Biologist, studying the life of plankton. When he leaves her on the island for 2 days to go discover a new species, she gets a e-mail from her favorite writer, Alex Rover, asking about the local, dormant volcano. Nim is thrilled and amazed that the arabian adventurer Alex Rover s writing her.
During one of her adventures, she gets a 5 inch long cut down her leg. She writes to Alex, telling him of her cut that is swelling rapidly. It been 4 days, her father has still not returned. To make matters worse someone has discovered her island and is trying to make it a vacation site. With her dad missing, vacationers taking over the beach, and a gash that is not healing, Nim tries desperately to keep things in order. Luckily to her delight adventurous and heroic Alex Rover is coming to help, but is she ready to find out who the real Alex Rover is? Find out in Nim's Island.

The positive - Even though Nim's father does leave her on the island alone, he has pure, loving intentions toward his daughter, and is always thinking of her.
Nim is very devoted to her island and to her father.

The negative - Nim's father leaves his 11 year old daughter on the island alone, Nim does some pretty bad thing to the tourist on the island, such as knocking boulders off a cliff and throwing lizards at them.
There are a few words that might be "bad" words, but are not swear words.
Along with the vacationers come some Hula dancers, they are on a beach and a few of them are wearing inappropriate clothing, though it is not shown excessively.

The Pepins and their problems

2008-04-16T06:13:00.000-07:00

Age range: 7 to 707

Hilariousness level: 10/10

#of pages: 179 pages (minus 4 blank pages in the middle)

#of chapters: 13

The Pepins always have problems. From getting stuck on the roof and being forced to bunji-jump down to Grilled Lemonade Sandwiches. Luckily for them, their author has (as she says) has antennae and can hear readers from all over Canada giving their suggestions. Listen and learn as the Pepins solve their problems, one by one, with the help of their readers.

WARNING Must know a little Canadian Geography to read, though it is advisable to read it anyway.

Video of Natalie

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Here is a little video about me! Hope you like it!

Natalie

P.S. I really hope you like it because it took FOREVER to load! :)

Book Review: Murder on the Orient Express

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Author: Agatha Christie
Age Range: 10/11 +
Book type: Murder Mystery

Agatha Christie's most famous book, Murder on the Orient Express is set on the Orient express, a train that goes from Istanboul to London. On the way, the train gets stuck in a snowbank and is delayed for several days. The morning after the train gets stuck, the people on the train wake up to discover that one of them is murdered. Can Hercule Poirot, the great detective, figure it out? You'll have to read the book to find out.

The Water Horse

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Age: All ages

How long: About a hour and 15 minutes

Stars: 4 1/2

This movie is filled with, adventure, loves, laughter, sadness, but most of all, friendship!!!

Angus, has a couple problems, he doesn't know how to swim, his mom is all proper like, and a Water Horse!

He is looking for shells by the ocean and comes upon this HUGE rock, or is it? He takes it home and gets out his knife and chops into. Strangle there is a blue shell with blue gew. That night he hears noises where he left the rock and he go's to see what is wrong. He soon finds out that he has some kind of creature on his hands.Then he starts taking care of it at the same time as missing his dad who is in the war.

This movie is very good! I would advise you all to watch it if you like fantasy and water! ;)

Natalie

A Review on Eragon

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Eragon is my favorite book. For ages 12 & up. Here is my review.

Eragon by Christopher Paolini.

Eragon is about a 16 year old boy, named Eragon, who finds a dragon egg in the Spine, the large, some say haunted, woods while hunting. The legacy of Dragon Riders is being restored as Eragon and Saphira, his dragon, go on a dangerous journey to avenge Eragon's uncle's death with an old man named Brom. Eragon is constantly being chased by servants of the evil king, Galbatorix, who is boiling with rage, and feels threatened with coming of the new Dragon Rider. Eragon ends up meeting an elf named Arya, a strange young man named Murtagh, and dreadful secrets that change Eragons life. Join Eragon in this great and adventurous book as he tries to restore hope of a better life in Alagasiea.

In this book I feel like I'm in the book with Eragon. I have always loved fantasy and Christopher Paolini's best selling book bring fantasy to the extreme. I recommend this to all who love read.

The positive - Their is as mention of a higher power, there is great loyalty. Although in the Negative I stated that there was a wanting for revenge, in the end he used his gift for good, instead of evil.

The negative - a few mild swear words can be read. Mentions witches and magic is a present theme, but nothing to realistic, it's all very imaginary. There is also a want for revenge that stays throughout the book.

This a great book.

Heidi

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Heidi is a great book for all readers!Even grown ups would like this book! My mom and I read this book and is a great book for everyone!
Heidi's aunt gets a job and needs someone to take care of Heidi. She drops Heidi off at her grandfather's house. Her grandfather isn't exactly pleased to have Heidi with him but he takes care of Heidi. Heidi has some friends up on the Alm, the goats, the goat herder, Peter, and the grandmother. The grandmother is the grandmother of Peter and is very old and is blind. Heidi feels so bad for the grandmother and weeps. But this is a very good book and if full of adventures!
Age: Any ageHow many parts: 2How many chapters: 24 chaptersPages: 284Stars: 3 1/2Recommended: Yes!

Natalie

3 Pigs and a Baby

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You all know the story "The Three Little Pigs" right? If you don't know the story well, 3 little pigs build houses. One made one out of sticks, another made one out of hay, and the last one made one out of bricks. A wolf comes around and blew down 2 of the 3 houses, the stick one, and the hay one. Then the 2 pigs ran to the 3th pigs house but then the wolf comes and trys to blow down the house but he couldn't because it was made of brick....so in the end the pigs won!
Now this movie is kind of the same but they changed it a lot! Wolves, notice I didn't say wolf, want to eat the 3 little pigs. And they know nothing will work because they can't blow the brick house down. So one of the wolves thinks of a plan....to send out a baby wolf and the pigs will be all happy and then when the wolf in all grown-up they talk to him and tell him to put the house key under the Welcome mat and then all of the wolves come in and eat the 3 little pigs.
As years go by, the little baby is turned into a rebellious teenager and leaves for a while and of coarse meets all the wolves. Not knowing that he is a wolf, thinking he's a pig, they tell him he is one and tell them the plan. But they lie to him about what they are going to do to the 3 little pigs. And....
I am not going to tell you anymore but it is very good!
Age: Any age
Bad words or anything: The only crude word is fart and the wolf when he is a teenager is rebellious.
Different from the regular story?: Very different but funny!

Natalie

Review about a CD Chosen Girls

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I love this CD! It has songs about being Strong and not falling into pieces! They are a Christian group and they are soooo cool! I love to listen to them!

The songs are... (The ones I skip are the ones I don't know the names too)

1. Chosen

3. Let my Heart Grow

4. The Girl I want To Be

5. Once Voice

6. Stronger

7. Where You Are

8. You Take Me to The Top Of the World

9. Trust the Lord

10. Rock for God

I really like these girls because they made me relize how much I really love Jesus! If you girls listen to these girls I hope they will change the way you feel about Jesus!

Natalie

About Elizabeth

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I'm 11 and will be 12 on May 3rd. I love the Lord! I enjoy swimming, blogging, reading, soccer, shopping with friends and family, eating ice cream, talking on the phone, playing my flute, piano lessons ,and doing EVERYTHING with my best friend, Joy. You can see my other blog here

Elizabeth

About Natalie

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Hey there! My name is Natalie! My middle name is Shannon! I have 3 brothers! Noah age 9, Jonathan age 8, and Josiah age 6! I am a Christian girl who loves the one and only God very much!
I hope you like this blog and will find each and every one of our reviews interesting!

I want to thank Kaitlyn for doing the template and everything! Thanks! On the post below you can learn about Kaitlyn who made this blog!

The other people that are doing this blog are, Katie and Elizabeth, Tigger, Kaitlin, and my friend Naomi! Thank you so much!

Natalie Shannon

P.S.My other blog is here.

About Tigger

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I am a homeschool blogger who loves books. I am not very keen on movies so you won't get many reviews on them from me. Nothing more to say really.

Tigger

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