Book Summary

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

By: C. S. Lewis

Pages: 189

This fantasy is about a young girl named Lucy and her two brothers and one sister. Lucy finds a wonderful land called Narnia after entering a wardrobe. Her siblings didn’t believe her, but soon entered Narnia accidently after trying to hide from the maid. Once in Narnia, one of Lucy’s brothers, Edmund, snuck away from the group.  He went to the evil queen (who isn’t really the queen) to tell her that Aslan (the real king) was coming. What happens when Aslan and the evil queen meet? Read for yourself to find out.

 

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What My Mother Doesn’t Know

By: Sonya Sones

Pages: 259

Lexile 900-999

Before I tell you about this book, all I want to say is that I loved this book!  It took me about a day to read but not because it was easy.  It was because I wanted to read it and was addicted to the book. Just a heads up that it has teenage romance***

 

This is a poem story instead of a regular book. The book is a girl named Sophie’s diary of her days. She is a fifteen-year old who has many crushes in different parts of the book. She describes friendships, boyfriends, family, high school, high school dances, and some tough decisions. This book never gets boring; it is interesting, the more you read it the more unexpected roads the book turns. A must read book.

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It’s Not the End of the World

By: Judy Blume

Pages: 169

Lexile 800-999

 This story is about a girl named Karen; her parents are getting a divorce. This is hard for Karen to deal with because she is the middle child. She tries to figure out ways to get them back together, but after her brother ran away she learns that it is best for her parents not to get together. Karen discovers the pain of parents getting a divorce, which is like the end of the world.

 

Art image from the Getty Museum

 Painting of Maria Frederike van Reede-Athlone at Seven

Detail: Maria (the girl)

Maria is a very pale and lovely looking girl. Her head must hurt from staying in that same position until the painter finished painting her. I wonder why she is looking to her left (my right) is she looking at something? Also she is holding a black puppy that looks like it is going to squirm out of her hands. The dog must have been the first thing the painter painted because it would want to run and play instead of sit and stay. Maria is wearing very fancy clothes, the main colors are white, black,  and blue. What do you see?

Memorial Day

here is the project 34,17,26,21

New Favorite song!!!!!

I LOVE this song, its my new favorite

As A Room 14er...

This year as as a room 14er I learned a lot of new ways of doing things.  For example, I learned active learning, how to make things fun and interesting, and much more. In room 14 we do all these cool things that other 6th grade classes don't do.  Other examples are blogs, we BYOD, we make eduacational videos, and we do just plain wierd things (that I love doing). One my of favorite things is just having a class conversation about something.  I wish I could stay in Ms. Ullner's class forever! She is so nice, interesting, unique, and understanding. I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE!!!!!!!!!!!! I must go get a tissue before I cry my eyeballs out, so farewell.

ENCOURAGING VIDEO

For all of us who are different enjoy this ENCOURAGING VIDEO!!! I love this song.

Book Summary

Absolutely Normal Chaos

 

By: Sharon Creech

 

Pages: 230

 

This book can be found on Ms. Ullner’s bookshelf. This story is about Mary Lou Finney’s summer life written in a journal for school. The journal is filled with details about friends, cousins, boyfriends, dead neighbors, and much more.  

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       Among the Impostors (sequel to Among the Hidden)

By: Margaret Peterson Haddix

Pages: 172

Luke is now Lee Grant… Jen’s dad made his fake ID and his new name is Lee Grant. He is now going to go to school for the first time at a private school called Hendricks school for Boys.  Lee (Luke) has no idea about what to do at school and where to go, but there is one place he can easily locate…  a secret door.  This secret door opens to a yard and no one can see Luke outside in the yard because the school has no windows. Luke loves being outside and spends most of his time outside. In the yard, Luke plants fruit and vegetables with the seeds that he takes from the cafeteria food. One day Luke discovers his garden was stepped on and destroyed.  Luke was determined to find who did this. At night, Luke hears some kids so he follows them to the yard and hears them talking about being third children. Luke was now in the third children group and the leader was Jason. Luke soon finds out that Jason is working for the Population Police… What will happen next?  Read to find out. 

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Among the Hidden

By: Margaret Peterson Haddix

Page: 160

This fantastic book is about a place where families are only allowed to have two children. If the population police catch a family with a third child, that child will be killed. There is a boy named Luke who is the third child and the family attempts to hide him. He could go outside, but he has to hide from cars passing by. Once a housing development replaced the woods, Luke had to hide in his house and couldn’t go outside anymore. The new community of people in Luke’s neighborhood was barons (very rich people). One day Luke was looking out of the vent (no one could see him) in the attic (his room) and saw a person pass the window who he believed was a third child. Luke finds even more evidence that this is a third child as days go by. Finally, Luke has the courage to run out side and go in the third child’s home; they could keep themselves from being lonely all day. In the house, Luke finds out the third child is a girl named Jen.  Jen is a brave, smart, and sassy child who Luke always hangs out with.  One day, Jen gets too brave and starts a rally in the city to stop third children and she dies trying. Luke did not know this until he accidently met Jen’s dad in Jen’s house.

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There’s a Girl in My Hammerlock

 By: Jerry Spinelli

 Pages: 199

 This book is about a girl named Maisie who decides to try out for the wrestling team (there are only boys on the team).  Did she try out to be close to Eric Delong (she likes him) or because she was jealous of Liz Lampley (Eric liked Liz)?  Maisie made the wrestling team and she goes through a lot of being picked on in the beginning to being cheered on in a wrestling match.  If you want to read this book, it is in Ms. Ullner’s library.

 

 

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Thief of Hearts

 By: Laurence Yep

 

Pages: 208

 

    Stacy lived a good life until a new family moves to Almaden. The family has a daughter named Hong Ch’un and she is Stacy’s age.  However, Hong lived in China so everything is different to her and she is unfamiliar American ways.  Stacy’s mom wants her to be Hong’s friend at school but they don’t get along.  At school, Hong was accused of stealing and ran away. If Hong didn’t run away, Stacy would have never learned about her Chinese heritage.

 

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The Child of the Owl

     By: Laurence Yep

 

       Pages: 288 

The Child of the Owl is a story about Casey, a twelve year old, independent girl whose father has a gambling problem and her mother died. Because of her father’s gambling problem, Casey moves in with Paw-Paw, her grandmother, in Chinatown. Casey learns not only about her Chinese heritage from living with Paw-Paw, but a lot about herself and her family.