Classic Book Reviews
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Little Women
Louisa May Alcott (1947), 656 pages
Illustrated by Louis Jambor
Audience: 4th Grade - 8th Grade
The four March sisters, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy live through many ups and downs during this story set in 1860's Massachusetts. Their father is away at the Civil War, but Marmee keeps everything afloat in the March household. Will Jo be able to tame her headstrong nature? Will Beth survive a critical illness? And how do each of the girls change as they reach adulthood? Read this classic book to find out.
Reviewed by: msp
Date read: 1/20/2011
ISBN-10: 0448060191
ISBN-13: 9780448060194
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Magician's Nephew
C. S. Lewis (1994), 208 pages
Illustrated by Pauline Baynes
Audience: 3rd Grade - 6th Grade
Digory and Polly are tricked by Digory's strange Uncle Andrew to wear magic rings that bring them into the Wood Between the Worlds. They then enter a dying world and encounter the wicked Queen Jadis. Through the magic of the rings, they accidentally bring Jadis to London, and then to a new world that will become Narnia. Will Digory be able to help his sick mother in the midst of all that is occurring? This is book 6 of the Chronicles of Narnia series.
Book Series: Chronicles of Narnia
Reviewed by: msp
Date read: 9/27/2010
ISBN-10: 0060234970
ISBN-13: 9780060234973
Reader Comments
The Start of It AllCommenter: Eve, grade 6
Read this book to start it all
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Robert C. O'Brien (1971), 240 pages
Illustrated by Edward S. Gazi
Audience: 4th Grade - 6th Grade
Mrs. Frisby is a field mouse who runs into a problem when she needs to move her family's home out of the path of the farmer's plow. Normally, this is not a big deal, but this year, one of her children is too sick to be moved. When her situation becomes desperate, she turns to the rats of NIMH: rats, who were imprisoned in a laboratory, which made them wise. This won the Newbery Medal in 1972. Two sequels are: Racso & the Rats of NIMH and R-T, Margaret & the Rats of NIMH, both by Jane Conly.
Awards won: John Newbery Medal
Reviewed by: sc
Date read: 4/12/2009
ISBN-10: 0689206518
ISBN-13: 9780689206511
Travis and Arliss find an old yeller dog. The book is about the adventures that they had.
Awards won: Newbery Honor Book 1957
Reviewed by: St. Charles Reader
Date read: 11/19/2009
ISBN-10: 0060115459
ISBN-13: 9780060115456
Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia
C. S. Lewis (1994), 240 pages
Illustrated by Pauline Baynes
Audience: 3rd Grade - 6th Grade
Peter, Susan, Lucy and Edmund are pulled back to Narnia for another adventure. Prince Caspian needs their help to fight against his evil uncle, King Miraz, before he vanquishes Old Narnia forever. When the lion Aslan returns to Narnia, the battle takes a very different turn. This is book 2 in the Chronicles of Narnia series.
Book Series: Chronicles of Narnia
Reviewed by: msp
Date read: 9/27/2010
ISBN-10: 0060234830
ISBN-13: 9780060234836
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