What Are You Reading Good? (6/16/08)

It's the beginning of another week...what are you reading good this week?  REMEMBER..tell me the title, the author, what the book is about right now.  Try to really be more specific than just saying it is interesting or it is fun.  Make me want to read the book!  Or...really support why I shouldn't read the book, if you don't like it.  

I am still reading The Green Glass Sea by Ellen Klages.  I'm really getting interested in the story because the two main characters live on an army base where there are a lot of secrets.  I can't wait to figure out the secrets!

I'm also reading the second book in the Fablehaven series: Rise of the Evening Star, by Brandon Mull.  I am really enjoying this series.  It's a must for fantasy lovers!

What Are You Reading Good? (6/9/08)

What are you reading good this week??  Please share what you are reading, who the author is, what you are reading about so far, and what you think of what you are reading.  

I am reading The Green Glass Sea by Ellen Klages.  So far, this book is about a girl named Dewey.  Her father works for the Army but has been gone for a while.  Her grandmother was just put into a nursing home and she doesn't have anywhere to stay when a woman from the Army comes to get her and sends her off on a train to New Mexico where her dad is.  It seems like it is going to be a long trip and she's kind of scared all on her own.  I don't think I would like being on such a long trip all by myself.  I wonder what awaits her in New Mexico! 

S.E. Hinton

Today a went to a huge book fair in downtown Chicago.  There were lots of booths to buy books and lots of fun free stuff.  They had presentations going on all day.     

I went to go see S.E. Hinton.  She is a famous author and she wrote The Outsiders.  She wrote The Outsiders when she was a teenager.  The Outsiders is about two different cliques: the socs and the greasers.  Cliques are groups of people who are friends.  Sometimes, if you are part of one clique then you cannot be friends with someone from another clique.  It can be sad because everyone should be able to get along and we should get to know people for who they are not who they hang out with.  S.E. Hinton wrote this book about 40 years ago, but the social problems she wrote about then are still going on today.  I think this is a great book for teenage readers.  I was able to get my copy of The Outsiders signed by S.E. Hinton and to take a picture with her.  

Here is her website if you want to learn more about her and other book she has written: www.sehinton.com.    

What Are You Reading Good? (6/2/08)

What are you reading good this week?  Please share what you are reading.  Tell me the name of the book, the author, what the book is about so far, and if you like it!

 

I just finished Fablehaven By Brandon Mull.  I am now a fan of this series!!!!  I can't wait to read the books that come after this first one.  Fablehaven is the story of a brother and sister, Seth and Kendra, who are sent to spend a few weeks with their grandfather while their parents are away on a cruise.  Seth and Kendra learn that their grandfather lives in Fablehaven which is one of many special preserves for magical beings.  They meet fairies and a witch and lots of other cool fantastical creatures.  They also get themselves into some exciting and scary adventures.  This was a great book!