Hero Netherfield doesn’t like when her family moves. She hardly unpacks anymore, just taking out the bare essentials: her books and collection of unique bottles. Her parents are extremely Shakespeare obsessed, especially her dad. He actually needs to be such for his very nerdy job. It doesn’t matter to Hero so much, except for the fact the play “Much Ado about Nothing” is where her parents got her name from, choosing a crucial character, so Hero has some pretty big shoes to fill.
But what happens when she discovers her house is rumored to hold one of the largest diamonds in existence, one that might have belonged to the real Shakespeare?
A well put, suspenseful book for intermediate readers. I loved it so much at a book club I was in in 4th grade, I could not read only a chapter a night which was reccomended. It was just so hard to stop!
Friday, August 13, 2010
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Book Review: Schooled, by Gordan Forman
I loved this book, but I did not really get the full enjoyment possible from it until I had read it two or three times. This was because I did not realize until halfway through that the beginnning of each chapter said who's perspective said chapter was from, so that is one thing you need to know before reading.
Anyway, the totally amazing book itself is about a boy without a clue... literally. Capricorn Anderson was raised by his grandmother, in another wise empty hippie community by the name of Garland Farm. Cap has never touched a dollar bill, let alone made a friend his age. He is fine living with Rain, the previously mentioned grandmother. She teaches him, they farm their own food, and the extra crops pay for duct tape, an essential at the community.
So what happens when Rain falls out of the tree while picking plums and Cap is thrust into the outside world, and is enrolled in public school? It seems to him that the outside world is everything he and Rain stand against... And then some pranksters manage to get him elected for student council president. As if the world was not a confusing enough place.
Anyway, the totally amazing book itself is about a boy without a clue... literally. Capricorn Anderson was raised by his grandmother, in another wise empty hippie community by the name of Garland Farm. Cap has never touched a dollar bill, let alone made a friend his age. He is fine living with Rain, the previously mentioned grandmother. She teaches him, they farm their own food, and the extra crops pay for duct tape, an essential at the community.
So what happens when Rain falls out of the tree while picking plums and Cap is thrust into the outside world, and is enrolled in public school? It seems to him that the outside world is everything he and Rain stand against... And then some pranksters manage to get him elected for student council president. As if the world was not a confusing enough place.
I am just starting, so please cut me a break.
This is going to be a pastime of mine, I think. I am not sure at this point. Oh well.
TITLES COMING UP
1. Schooled
2. Shakespeare's Secret
3. Coffeehouse Angel
4. Oh My Goth
5. The Clique
TITLES COMING UP
1. Schooled
2. Shakespeare's Secret
3. Coffeehouse Angel
4. Oh My Goth
5. The Clique
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