Friday, March 16, 2012

Pee-Wee's Tale by Johanna Hurwitz

Book review by Nathan....

Pee-Wee was in a Pet Store.  On Robbie's birthday his uncle bought Pee-Wee.  Pee-Wee knew how to read.  Her mom taught her.  After a few days of Pee-Wee living with Robbie, he started to get used to her.  He held her and told her about all about the park and how he played with his friends.  Once when Robbie was sleeping over at a friend's house, his dad put Pee-Wee in a box and let her go outside because Robbie's mom didn't like Pee-Wee.  So Pee-Wee tried to get back into the apartment but she went the wrong way and ended up in the park.  It was night time so Pee-Wee went to sleep.  In the morning, Pee-Wee woke up and said this is so beautiful I must be in the park that Robbie told me about.  
She made lots of friends and ran as fast as he could which was double time the speed he actually could because he did exercise.  Pee-Wee saw Robbie with a dog but he thought it was Robbie's friend's dog.  Pee-Wee hid behind a bush because she was afraid of dogs.  
Then Pee-Wee read to a lot of creatures at the park. This is the end.  Pee-Wee and Lexi ate an apple.  The end.

Would you tell a friend to read this book?  Yes
Would you like to read another book about Pee-Wee?  Yes
Are you glad that Pee-Wee ended up in the park?  No, because it made no sense because the last chapter was called Robbie. 

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

Setting:
Starts out in an orphanage when Oliver was young.
He moves to a city when he's around 9 years old.  He lives with the people who found him after his mom died.

Characters:
Oliver Twist - Smart, nice
Nancy - She's in Fagin's gang but she is nice.
Fagin - Theif with a gang
Mr. Brownlow - His adoptive father.  He is a kind man.
Bill Sikes - Theif
Monks- Oliver's brother, Oliver didn't know he was his brother

Main Events:
Oliver finds Fagin after running away from the orphanage.  He then runs away from Fagin because he doesn't want to be around a theif.

Problem:
Oliver needs a family.  He needs someone to love him.

Conclusion:
Mr. Brownlow adopts him and loves him.  He teaches him to read and write.  Oliver is very happy in the end.

I liked this book.  I think other people would like reading it, too.  I want Ethan to read it next.