Public Affairs Story “Hannah and Charlie” By: Kelsey Nau There once was a rich family that lived in New York. They are known as the Westmoreland’s. They have a son who is 13 and a daughter that is 17. The Westmoreland’s have a lot of money and are investing smartly. They know how to pay Read More…
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Student Writing #2 Qtr. 3-Kelsey
Hiding and Righteous Gentiles Notes The Holocaust claimed the lives of approximately 6 million Jewish men, women, and children. There were about 1.6 million Jewish children, ranging from infants to teens, living in Europe at the start of World War II. Of these, only about 11 percent survived the war, and mostly by hiding. Some Read More…
Reading Letter #6 Qtr. 3- Kelsey
The Naming By: Alison Croggon Pages: 528/528 Sixteen-year-old Maerad’s life has been a difficult one ever since she saw her family and their home of Pellinor shattered by war. Maerad and her mother, Milana, were taken as prisoners and forced to work as slaves in a desolate place called Gilman’s Cot. Years have passed, and Read More…
Reading Letter #5 Qtr. 3-Kelsey
I’m Not Who You Think I Am By Peg Kehret Pages: 154/154 I’m Not Who You Think I Am, is a suspense novel in which a strange woman who claims to be a thirteen-year-old girls biological mother stalks her. Ginger Shaw, whose parents have always entertained her with stories of her birth, had never before Read More…
Reading Letter #4 Qtr. 3-Kelsey
Amazing Grace By Megan Shull Pages: 247/247 The book Amazing Grace, by Megan Shull is one of the best books I have read. It is more of a “girly” romantic love story kind of thing but it was really good. The book starts out with Grace “Ace” Kincaid, a teenage-tennis-sensation. She had been traveling for Read More…
Student Writing #1 Qtr. 3-Kelsey
Kelsey Nau January 28, 2010 Book Reflection: Kindertransport By Olga Levy Drucker Kindertransport is the rescue mission that took place 9 months before the outbreak of World War 2. There were approximately 10,000 Jewish kids who were saved and put into foster homes, hotels and sent to work on farms. It was a huge success, Read More…
Reading Letter #3 Qtr.3-Kelsey
This Lullaby By Sarah Dessen Over Winter Break, I read This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen. It was so good. I read it in two days! It was about a girl named Remy who is 18 and is almost going off to college. Her father wrote a famous song for her, but he left before she Read More…
Reading Letter #2 Qtr.3-Kelsey
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants By Ann Brashares This book is about four friends, Lena, Tibby, Bridget, and Carmen. They don’t have much in common except their birthdays are all around the same time, in the end of the summer. Their moms all took an aerobics class together right before they were born. Since Read More…
Reading Letter #1 Qtr.3-Kelsey
Sand Dollar Summer By Kimberly K. Jones This book is about a girl named Lise whose perfect world soon falls apart. After her mom got injured in a car accident, Lise and her brother, Free, travel to an island in Maine, where her mom grew up. They will be spending their summer there while her mother recovers. Read More…
Student Writing #4 Qtr. 2-Kelsey
CHRISTMAS By Kelsey Christmas time is the best of all When family comes from near and far. Parties, songs, lots of gifts, Silver bells that tinkle, Christmas trees and ornaments, Colorful lights that twinkle; Relatives waiting with open arms To smile and hug and kiss us; These are some of the special joys That comes Read More…