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This memoir by author Gary Paulsen vividly describes his sailing adventures. What would you do if you came face to face with a huge shark or had to sail a boat during a big storm? Read this book and you will find out what Gary did. It is filled with action from start to finish!
Reviewed by: jb
Date read: 2/1/2012
ISBN-10: 0786241608
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God loves us, and always understands our feelings. Different feelings, from being scared to silly to grumpy, are featured in full-page photographs of children. And, even though our feelings change, Jesus is always with us.
Reviewed by: sc
Date read: 4/13/2009
ISBN-10: 0570070937
ISBN-13: 9780570070931
In April 1865, the country was struggling to get back on its feet. The Civil War had ended, and as they began the slow process of rebuilding the Union, a confederate sympathizer named John Wilkes Booth plotted. Booth was a famous actor, and he hated Lincoln, calling him a tyrant and worse. After several failed plots, he shot Lincoln in the head. Then he ran, and was pursued by the law for 12 heart-stopping days before he was captured. Chasing Lincoln's Killer is an exciting historical thriller that describes the days leading up to Lincoln's assassination and follows Booth's desperate attempt to escape justice. Most of the dialogue was taken from original sources, which makes the book especially gripping. This book reads like fiction, and even those who are not fans of nonfiction will enjoy it.
Reviewed by: lauraf
Date read: 10/20/2012
ISBN-10: 0439903548
ISBN-13: 9780545204705
Do you enjoy the rich creamy satisfying flavor of a chocolate bar? Find out how it is made in this beautifully photographed book. They begin in a Ghana cocoa farm and end the journey in the factory. It also briefly discusses the practice of fair trade and includes facts about chocolate's cultural history in Central America and Europe. To finish the experience, the author has included a glossary. This is a great book to use for a report!
Book Series: How It's Made
Reviewed by: rn
Date read: 10/21/2010
ISBN-10: 0836862937
ISBN-13: 9780836862935
Christmas Menorahs: How a Town Fought Hate
Janice Cohn (2000), 39 pages
Illustrated by Bill Farnsworth
Audience: 2nd Grade - 3rd Grade
Category: Nonfiction
In 1993, Billings, Montana was a town whose peace was broken by hate clubs, who victimized those in the community who were not members of the majority: particularly, Native Americans, blacks, and Jews. During the 1993 holiday season, a rock was hurled through a boy's bedroom window, where a menorah was displayed. In response, the community banded together and showed their support for their Jewish neighbors by displaying menorahs in all windows. As a result, school children learned more about the Jewish faith and how the people had been persecuted in previous times. Slowly, the acts of hatred came to a stop.
Reviewed by: sc
Date read: 4/13/2009
ISBN-10: 0807511536
ISBN-13: 9780807511534
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