Anne Frank

Diary of a Young Girl

Technically By Anne Frank

350 Pages



                      

                   “It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.” Diary of a Young Girl, by Anne Frank, is about a girl, Anne, who tells her side of what going on in her life both before and during the Holocaust. Throughout the book Anne is determined and positive. In the future I will want Diary of a Young Girl be turned into a movie.



Milkweed

By Jerry Spinelli

208 Pages

                      "When you're nothing, you're free to believe in anything.." Milkweed, by Jerry Spinelli, is about a boy who lives on the streets of Warsaw. He is a boy who believes in mothers, angels, and bread. He also wants to be a Nazi some day, until the day he suddenly changes his mind. When the trains came to empty the Jews from the Ghetto, the abused ones, the boy realizes it’s safest to be nobody. Misha is brave and smart throughout the story. I would like to see the role of Misha go to George Clooney.

Night

By Elie Wiesel

120 Pages

              “We we're all going to die here. All limits had been passed. No one had any strength left. And again the night would be long."Night, by Elie Wiesel, is about a young Jewish boy, who is changed by the Nazi death camp horror, into a tortured witness to the death of his family, his innocence, and of his God. Night shows the shocking memory of evil at its greatest and also shows it with the unforgettable message that this horror may both never allow happen again and never be forgotten. Eliezer is shows strength and bravery throughout the story. I would like to see the role of Eliezer be played by Jim Parsons.

Sarah's Key

Sarah's Key

By Tatiana De Rosnay

293 Pages

              “Sarah Starzynski had toiled up that very road. She had walked past where I was standing now, and she had turned left, into the camp.”Sarah’s key, by Tatiana De Rosnay, is about Sarah, a ten year-old, who is arrested with her family by the French police, her 4 year old brother, terrified, climbs into his hiding place in a long cupboard and the girl, thinking she is protecting him, locks him in and puts the key in her pocket, promising she’ll be back for him soon. The rest of the family is taken away as neighbors watch, some mocking them, and a few standing up for them and demanding to know why. Sarah is a determined and brave girl through the story. I would like to see the role of Sarah Starzynski be played by Anne Hathaway in the movie.



Flipped

Flipped

By Wendelin Van Draanen

212 pages

"The first day I met Bryce Loski, I flipped." Flipped, by Wendelin Van Diraanen, is about two kids, Julianna Baker, Juli, and Bryce Loski, who tell both sides of what's happening in their lives. Juli is boy crazy over Bryce, the new kid who just moved in, and wants to be his best friend, maybe even more. On the other hand, Bryce doesn't want to be near her. In fact he has been avoiding her all through school. Later in the book their school has an auction with twenty boys who people can have lunch with. Juli bids, but not on Bryce but on a boy named John. The normal inference would be that Bryce was happy but instead realizes he likes Juli. Throughout the book Juli is determined and smart. I would like to see Victoria Justice play the role of Julianna Baker in the movie.

Magician's Nephew Blog

Dear Diary,
Today was an exciting but yet strange day. I was in the middle of a washing day and suddenly I blinked and appeared in a magical world. I saw my husband and his horse and many other people and animals. At first I thought I was dreaming but then I realized I wasn't when I saw the lion. I then gave him a little half curtsey. Then the lion said to my husband and I that we are to be the first king and queen of Narnia. My husband opened his mouth in astonishment and I turned very red. Next the lion said something but I was to out of it to pay attention to him speaking, and then I heard my husband say something like he wasn't sort of the chap for a job like that. Finally the lion asked my husband many questions and then said he will have done everything like a king. Can you believe my day?

Sincerely, 

Nellie or (in this case Queen Nellie)   

My Life as Pink and Green

My Life as Pink and Green

By Lisa Greenwald

267 pages

Twelve- year- old Lucy Desberg is a natural problem solver. After the local homecoming queen shows up at her family's struggling drugstore with a beauty disaster that tries to fix, she has a long line of makeover customers for every bat mitzvah and school dance. But all her makeup tips in the universe wont save the pharmacy. Only if she could find a way to make the pharmacy the center of town again. Lucy dreams up a solution that could rescue the family business. This book is a funny and sweet debut featuring an unforgettable narrator who knows what she wants, whether it's a killer business plan or great makeup.

Rainy Day Poem

As the rain falls
I hear it call
Speaking very loud
Almost like a crowd

The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden

 By Francis Hodgson Burnett

336 pages in my edition

                 This novel set in England, includes many characters such as Mary Lennox, Colin Craven, and Archibald Craven. This story is about a spoiled girl who goes to live with her rich uncle when her parents die. Things are a definite change for her and slowly she takes interests in the outdoors. She meets manny people like Collin Craven a child who has basically given up the will to live, believing he is doomed to be a hunchback like his father. Mary reprimands him and takes matters into her own hands. She has all kinds of adventures that include strange sounds at night, funny accents, and a locked garden.

My First Blog!!!!!

This is my first blog! I'm so excited that I finally know how to do it.