Book Review- A Year Without Autumn

A Year Without Autumn-

A girl named Jenni lives with a pregnant mother, a younger brother, Craig, and her dad. Her family takes the same vacation every year. They go to a village of houses. Her best friend Autumn, and her little brother Mickey and her family come along also. This year, when Jenni takes the old elevator up to see her friend, she jumps a year in time. Autumn's brother Mickey has himself in a coma, that he is not likely to come out of, Her parents have lost jobs, and their expensive lodge they used to rent. Jenni is horrified to find that her mother has had her baby sister, Thea, and that she is more stingy and picky than ever before. Not to mention that the used-to-be spotless cabin is now trashed. Jenni comes back to the present and then jumps two and three years into the future. She finds that Mickey's coma is her fault, and is given the lucky chance to come back to the present a day earlier, and is able to fix everything.

Book Review- The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games-

The Hunger Games is a complicating story to tell about. It is confusing to hear about. You really just have to read to book to understand. It is about a girl, Katniss Everdeen. This story takes place times after now. In Panem. There are 12 districts, and the Capitol. Every year, for the fun of the rich people and the game makers, is the Hunger Games. A boy and a girl from each district are chosen. They are chosen for a battle to kill each other. 24 kids from 12 to 18 are thrown into an arena, very large, and have to survive. All is being videoed. The winning tribute's district is given food and abundance until the next year. The losing tribute's districts are sure to starve. Katniss and Peeta of district 12 are chosen.

 

Book Review- Flygirl

Flygirl

This book is about a black girl who looks white. Ida Mae Jones loves to fly, and ever since her daddy died under a tractor, she's been wanting to fly again. Her brother Thomas went off as a military doctor. World War II is raging. Ida Mae scrubs floors as a maid with her best-friend Jolene to earn money to go to Chicago to learn to fly. When food stamps are new, Ida knows she has to do something to get Thomas home. Her younger brother Abel shows her a newspaper clipping of the W.A.S.P. It states that women are now eligible to fly a plane for the military. Ida Mae has a thrill. The program is only for whites. She looks white. 

Jolene dresses her up like a white and Ida Mae signs herself up for the interview. She is accepted. Her mother hates the whole idea and slaps Ida for the first time when she arrives home.

Ida is sent to Sweetwater Texas for training. So far, everyone accepts her as white. She meets Patsy and Lily, who become her friends. Join Ida as she learns how to fly, and how to be white.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I really liked this story.

Rachel

 

D.I.Y- Book Labeling

Book Labeling

rachel

Today I am going to show you a very easy D.I.Y

If you like books this is definitely going to apply to you.

Okay.

What You Need:

• 1 centimeter diameter multicolored stickers.
• A pencil
• Library Pockets (if wanted)

What I Did:

I started out deciding which colors would represent what. Here's what I came up with.

My Label

 Mystery
 Animals
 Hard Times
 Romance
 Non-Fiction 
 Fantasy
 God
 Adventure  

2.   Unstick your stickers and place them on the spines of your books.

3. (if you want to) Paste a library pocket on the inside cover of your books.

Ta-da!

Thanks!

this D.I.Y was written and designed by Rachel.

Reproduction of this D.I.Y is highly unacceptable.

Please do not copy this information.

Securely, The 99 Stepz

 

Okay...just an update

Okay...just an update. Here are MY REVIEW of a book  I've read recently.


Once Upon a Marigold-

This story is a very interesting fantasy. A troll named Ed lives in a cave

where all the rooms have colored crystals in the roofs. He stumbles

across a boy one day who is lost and running away from home. This

boy's name is Christian, and he is seven. Ed brings up the lad,

but he didn't want to at first. Ed would have returned him to his folks, 

but they were no where to be found. When Chrsistian grows up he

notices a black-haired princess. He p-mails her and they become bosom

friends. Their friendship is sealed with an oath. Ed sends Chris to work

at the castle, and her finds himself living close to his love.

There are family battles, a defiant tricky queen, loyal, apologetic sisters,

and a very sick king. There is also a wedding.

Books & Authors

Hello! It's Haley and Rachel! We wanted to tell you what some of our favorite books and authors are.

 Rachel's Favorites:


This is E.D. Baker. She has written some of my favorite books. All in all she has written:

• The Frog Princess
• Dragon's Breath
• Once Upon a Curse
• No Place for Magic
• The Salamader Spell
• The Dragon Princess
• A Dragon Kiss
• A Prince Among Frogs
• The Wide Awake Princess
• Unlocking the Spell
• Fairy Wings
• Fairy Lies

Haley's Favorites:

I have tons of favorite authors but here are just a few...

 
 
This is Carrie Vaughn. My favorite book by her is called Steel.














This is Gordon Korman. He has written several trilogy's such as:

• Island
• Titanic
• Griffin & Co. Adventures
• On the Run
• Kidnapped

Gordon Korman has written many more trilogy's and books but those are just to name a few.


Another one of my favorite authors is Henry Winterfield. I'm sorry I dont have a picture of him but here is a list of several of the books he has written:

• Castaways in Lilliput
• Detectives in Togas
• Mystery of the Roman Ransom
• Trouble at Timpetill

My favorite out of these 4 books is Detectives in Togas.



WE HOPE YOU GOT SOME GREAT IDEAS ON BOOKS TO READ!!

A post is a post

Today I will share with you  lot of random things. Below is a trivia I answered.

Fashion

polka dots or stripes?
both!

skirt or dress?
dress

necklace or bracelet?
necklace


Hair

long or short?
long 

Curly or straight?
curly

Braid or fishtail braid?
braid


Food

spicy or not?
Not!

Taco or chalupa?
taco

Tea or punch?
Hmmm.....tea.         

Okay, now that is taken care of...onto the movie I watched recently!

 

In Summary:

Theodore (Don Knotts) and Amos (Tim Conway) are

two goofballs who, in the last movie, were living with

Donovan and Dusty, and married couple. Now they set 

off to get some money. They plan to steal some of it.

When they go to the Bank to deposit money they run into 

a Bank robbery and become associated with it.

The famous marshal is defeated by them and swears

not to sleep until he has them put the death. Throught this

thrilling movie he gets crazy and keeps trying over and over to kill them.

Finally they end up saving the day.

The most recent book I've read.

 

In Summary:

Princess Emeralda, otherwise known as Emma,

sets off for Upper Montevista. She plans to use magic,

but her mother insists that she take a caravan of carriages instead.

So Emma sets out with her beloved Eadric to win his parents 

blessing for their marriage. She meets toils along the way, and

is forced to use magic. She finds out Eadric's  annoying brother 

Bradston has been kidnapped by the troll queen and sets out

to find him. She meets vampires, cockatrices, and sees roc remains.

All this to win her soon to be in laws blessing.