Woods Runner

Woods Runner

      Woods runner is an awesome book by Gary Paulsen about 13-year old Samuel and his 40-caliber Pennsylvania flintlock.

Samuel can hunt and survive in the forest but he has no idea what he’s up against. Samuel lives in the wilderness in Pennsylvania. Samuel’s father receives a mysterious letter from an old friend that triggers something. A week or so later, without warning, Samuel's village gets attacked. The results are  bad with many killed and very few taken, including Samuel's parents. His quest is to find his parents and get revenge while the war rages on.  After a while, Samuel gets closer than ever but then passes out and starts getting strange dreams. When he wakes up he finds a man that has knowledge about where Samuel's parents are. This unforsaken war travels throughout the states with no end in sight.  The quest for his parents is over but Samuel still has many challenges ahead of him.

This ten star book has my name at the top of its #1 fan list!!! Many young readers will adore this war book. I would recommend this book to whomever highly desires any kind of war book; I’m guessing it’s one of the top three, maybe even top two war book in the state. This realistic fiction book will capture the minds of readers, any age, or kind.

Fearless

            FEARLESS

This book is called FEARLESS by Elvira Woodruff lighthouses still guid ships today but have you ever wondered what the first one looked like in 1702?

The book is about a 11 year old boy named Digory, he lives with his aunt who is very poor in his aunt’s very small cottage there is 12 kids in there including Digory and his 9 year old brother Cubby. When they receive news that their father’s ship shipwrecked Digory adventures from the town Mouse Hole where his aunt lives all the way to Plymouth to find his father, his father’s ship was called the flying cloud and it wrecked near Plymouth.

I like how you can just picture what is happening in your head and I also like how it sounds like it is actually happening. I would give it a four and a half star but recommend it to  older kids for how long it is and because it can be hard to understand cause several events can be happening at once so they can’t describe everything.

I really like this book and I think kids should read it to learn about the first lighthouse.

Lost in the Pacific 1942

                                

                                                     Lost in the Pacific 1942

              

Lost in the Pacific 1942 by Tod Olson is a great true story of  WWII. If you start reading, you’ll never ever want to stop for any reason!

This true story is about eight men who are on a mission to take a to take a VIP deep into enemy territory. The pilot Bill Cherry takes off from a navy base in San Francisco.The crew is smoothly flying over the Pacific Ocean and all is well. Next, the crew misses the fuel stop completely. The crew has to make the decision of their lives; they are going to have to land in the deep Pacific Ocean. Will this brave crew survive? If they do it will be tough.

I really liked this book for a few good reasons.  For one it was full of action. For example when all the men landed in the Pacific Ocean, during the night as the men were sleeping, they could feel shark fins bumping the bottom of their rafts. I also liked this book because it's reality and it was a true story. Plus, all the people in the story lived for real life.

I would recommend this book to ages 8-11 or grades 3-5. If you like WWII or true survival stories, you will definitely like this story. I would give this amazing true story 4 and 1/2 stars.

Hank Zipzer

Hank Zipzer

Hank Zipzer is in 4th grade. He lives and goes to school in New York City. Hank doesn’t like school for a number of reasons. First, Hank’s teacher doesn't like him. For example his teacher does not think he is smart, and he does not think he is smart.

Next, Hank does have a music teacher on his side to support him. For example, he got detention so he went to his music teacher, Mr. Rock, and they worked on the essay he needed to finish and listened to music.

                               

I would rank this book five out of five and I would say this is a good book for ages seven to ten. This book is really funny. Why I ranked this book five out of five  is because he goes through a lot of problems and it was fun to read.

You should read this book because it is really funny.

Pax

               

            Pax By Sara Pennypacker

               

                                           

Have you ever heard of a fox as a pet? This book is about a fox and his boy named Peter. They have been inseparable ever since Peter rescued him as a kit. But one day the unimaginable happens: Peter’s dad enlist in the military and makes him return the fox to the wild. At his Grampa’s 300 miles away from home, Peter knows he isn’t where he should be- with Pax. Peter  takes an adventurous journey to find his beloved friend- Pax. Meanwhile, Pax discovers his own challenges and has many adventures of his own.

I like this book because if you were on chapter one it would start with Peter and the next chapter would be Pax. I also like all the challenges they both run into.

I personally think this is a 4 to 5 star book but it can be a little sad. The book says the age group is 10-14 but I think the age group should be 9-13. Maybe not everyone would like this book but I think most people will.

Island of the Blue Dolphins

                                    

             Island  of  the  blue  dolphins

Island of the blue dolphins is a great book. It is about a girl that is in a tribe and her father is the chief. Her father dies and they have to find a new chief. Then she gets stuck all by her self on an island and she learns to survive.

I would recommend this book for 8 to any age. I would not recommend this book for younger kids because it is a little sad.

I like this book because in the story the girl is very creative. She makes her own skirt and she picks her own weeds for food.

Out of the Dust

                      Out Of The Dust

                                              By: Karen Hesse

Do you have a favorite book??

In my opinion my favorite book is called out of the dust i would recommend the age group should  be 9 and up the amazing book was written by Karen Hesse.

The main character  is Billie Jo the book is mainly about Billie Jo”s life it is pretty harsh Billie Jo’s says” I got burned bad bad the flaming oil splashed onto ma's apron…Billie Jo got burned bad  on his right and left hands I really  like this book because it is based on the dust bowls back in the day in out of the dust they had a dust storm similar to a dust bowl Billie Jo says winds came bringing a red prairie dust…. In my last opinIon you should read out of the dust because it has has historical life in it i would rate this book 5 stars..