Warriors Don’t Cry-Eliza

Warriors Don’t Cry This excerpt doesn’t add to my understanding of what we were watching in Eyes on the Prize.  I knew that the white people were against the African Americans attending the white school. I think that the white peoples’ reaction to integrating Central High School was unacceptable. I do however understand that was Read More…

Reading Letter 5 QURTER 2- eliza

This week I continued reading Closed for the Season by Mary Downing Han.This book is about two boys who try and solve a murder in one of their houses. In the part I read the two boys get very far with their investigation, they think where all the money is. Everyone thinks that is why Read More…

Reading letter-2 Amy

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets page 1 to page 65 The  section I read is about how Harry is stuck with the Dursleys for the summer but then lives with the Weasleys for the last month of summer. Harry is amazed by how much fun summer can be when your not stuck in Read More…

Reading Letter #4-Qtr. 2-Kelsey

Water For Elephants By Sara Gruen This book is set around the time period of the Great Depression and Jacob, a young man leaves his life as a veterinary student after losing his parents in a car accident. He jumps aboard a train that houses the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. Since Jacob Read More…

Reading Letter #1-Qtr 2-Kelsey

The Impossible Journey By Gloria Whelan Pages: 248/248 In “The Impossible Journey”, Russia is where the communist government rules. Anyone who opposes the government is executed or sent to exile in the Siberian wilderness. Despite these consequences, Misha and Katya speak out against the government, and are arrested, leaving Georgi and Marya, their children, alone Read More…

Reading Letter #7-Qtr. 1-Kelsey

The Wright 3 By Blue Balliett Pages: 314/314 This is the sequel to Chasing Vermeer. I have read it before but I wanted to read it again because I remembered it being one of my favorite mystery books and I was in the mood for a mystery. This book is about how the famous Robbie Read More…