In this book, Daniel and Will Griffith had to take care of their new cabin they just built while their dad had to go to Pennsylvania to fetch the rest of family and the new baby. While they were here, they faced danger. They met an Indian named Solomon and he taught them how to make traps and tools they needed to survive with. They also got attacked by a bear! Who knows what great danger lies in the woods. As time goes by their dad didn’t come back after 6 weeks. How will they survive the winter? Would their dad ever come back? Are they going to live on their own? Read Cabin on Trouble Creek.

As 13 year old Matt Harrison finally get to go on a 7 day trip across the old Magruder Missile Range, he fell into a blue light that transports him to what Matt thinks is a different planet but later told it was the future. Matt finds some arrow people that looks like Indians and he gets invited to live with them. A few days later, the Tsook captured the arrow people and took them as slaves. Matt was also a slave and escaped. As he was escaping, some Rawhaz were coming to attack the Tsook. Matt didn’t want the village to be destroyed by the Rawhaz. Matt ran back to the village and warned the people about the Rawhaz. After the fight with the Tsook and the Rawhaz, Matt was given his freedom and the Merkon the ruler of the Tsook came to see Matt. There was a big feast the night the Merkon came. Matt asked the Merkon about the blue light and the Merkon told him that the light will strike at any random time. The Merkon asked Matt to visit his palace. When Matt did, the Merkon tried to kill Matt. Would Matt die? Would Matt kill the Merkon? Read The Transall Saga to find out.

blogged by Justin L.

14 year old Donata is the Daughter of a Noble family. In the late 16th Century, there are strict rules for noble daughters. The noble daughters could not go outside of their palazo,house (unless it is for parties), while noble sons get to go outside whenever they please. And when they get older, the sons would get a college education, and the daughters would be sent to a convent. Donata thinks that this is not fair, so as she diguise herself as a boy and sneaks out of her palazo, she sees a whole different world outside her palazo. I enjoyed this book, although it was a little slow. I would rate it 3/5 stars and I think it would appeal to mostly girls.

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In this story a young girl named Elizabeth writes about her life. She talks about her mothers! She had 6 mothers and 1 father who married them all! Elizabeth starts her entries with talking about her 1st mother and how she had got her head cut off. It ,was disgusting! Her sister and her don’t like each other at all! Her father is very chubby and jolly! Her brothers name is Edward and gets sick alot. But he also likes to play. Like the time Edward got Elizabeth a pet monkey! They trained them all day in the tennis courts. That would be so much fun! Any way, she travels alot and feels invisible because no one seems to notice her. Because of that she never is going to be Queen. But thats OK because she doesn’t want to be Queen. If her sister Marty dies than a baby will become Queen! A baby , as a Queen! I can’t tell you anymore than that reader but I can tell you that its an awesome book and that you should read it.

Blogged by Ione Griffin

Historical Fiction

    Soldier X stands for soldier Alexander. In soldier X Alexander goes to war. He meets a couple of people and they become his friends. The main characters in this story are Alexander, Tamara, Jakob, and Dobelmen. In the beginning of the story,  in the war against Russia Alexander gets shot in the arm. Then he is stuck down in this huge ditch and can’t get out. Dead Russian people get killed and fall in the same ditch that Alexander is in.  The only way he can get out a live is to change his clothes with the Russians clothes. He ends up getting out of the ditch and Russian soldiers think that he is from Russia because he is wearing Russian clothes. The Russians then take Alexander to the hospital for help and he ends up recovering well. When he is there at the hospital he meets a girl named Tamara. He has a crush on her. Tamara ends up liking Alexander too. Tamara has always dreamed of living in California. If you want to figure out if they make it to California or if they end up dying or getting hurt, read Soldier X by: Don Wulffson.

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Phillips5th

In this book a girl named Anastasia writes in her diary. I thought it was an interesting book. In this story she writes about the days of her life. That may sound boring but can you imagine riding your bike down the hallway or roller blading  down the stairs in a huge castle in Russia?  Its awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Also during winter getting snow and freezing it to get a frozen snow mountain to sled down ? There’s so much more fun and tragedy. Hope U read this book!!

blogged by : Ione G.

mrs. phillips class

Historical Fiction

This is a fun book I read. Charlotte’s (she’d rather be called Charlie, so that’s what I’ll say) world is being turned upside. Her new teacher is beyond bad,( she calls Charlie Charlotte-GROSS!), she’s forced to sit by the obnoxious teacher’s pet, Jamie, her single mother, who she calls Joe, can’t keep up with their apartment bills, and they’re assinged a victorian times project. Let me slow down. Jo, Charlie’s mom is left without a job, so she starts working for a family, Mark, and his son Robin. She takes care of Robin and brings him to their apartment when his dad, Mark, is busy. Weird though… whenever Jo goes to pick-up Robin Jo dresses up, you know, perfume, heels, skirt, her special sweater. Charlie thinks she kind of likes Mark…ooooh!
At school, Charlie decides to make a diary for her victorian times project. Part of this book is the diary. In the diary there is a girl named Lottie, she work as a maid to make money, for a very strict master I must say!
Later on, Mark invites Jo and Charlie to go with Robin and him to the amusement park. Charlie reluctantly goes with Jo (and Jo is of course very happy). They have a nice time. However Jo and Mark go on some lovey-dovey ride while Jo and Robin just watch. But what was that? Did Jo and Mark just kiss? Charlie wanted to puek. But she started to tell Robin that his father doesn’t love him, and he will get rid of him. This is not true, of course. But Robin is young and shy, and this startled him. Later on in the night, when Mark was going to say goodnight to Robin. He was gone. He ran away. Charlie felt terribly guitly for telling him those bad things, causing him to run away. Everyone was looking for him, including the cops.
What happens to Robin, will he be found? Will Mark and Jo marry? Read this book to find out!

blogged by Sophia R.

The book These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder is a very good book, but only if you are into Historical Fiction. In this book Laura is going to go to “teacher’s examinations” hoping to get a good school to teach. She soon takes the examinations and thinks that they are very hard. In the mail the next day she gets her results and finds out that she got a good school! Laura soon stays with Mrs. Brewster’s because her school is so far away. Pa and Laura are soon on there way to Mrs. Brewster’s. The next day Laura is off to her first day at school teaching. When she gets there she finds out that she as 5 students some good, some bad. She gets through a whole month of teaching, and decides to use her money to get Mary, who is off at college home for the summer. When Laura and Mary come home, the Wilder family brings back a lot of their family traditions- like Pa playing the fiddle while he sings along, and all the girls and young women cleaning the house together. Once Laura was home she was playing with Almonzo a lot more often. I do not want to say anything else because that would give away part of the book, but this is for sure a book that I would recommend for 4th, 5th, and 6th graders!

This book is about a Chinese kung-fu fighting monk from Cangzhen Temple named Fu, which means Tiger in Cantonese. He and his four other brothers escaped Cangzhen Temple during an attack from one of the fallen brothers named Ying, which means Eagle in Cantonese. Fu’s goal is to teach citizens of China the kung-fu of Cangzhen Temple, stop Ying from continuing what he has done, and get back the secret scrolls of the dragon style kung-fu. This book would fit those who like kung-fu and Chinese history.

Blogged,
Enoch T.

This journal is one of the many of the Royal Diaries. You don’t have to read them in order, because each book does not link to another. This story is about a 14-year-old girl named Figchen. She is to become a princess of Russia if the King approves. One obstacle in this royal rollercoaster is that the Queen is very strict. Once, she cut off a women’s tongue and sent her by herself to Siberia. Figchen has to be a perfectly pretty young woman to not have the same thing happens to her. She is not sure this is possible because her mother always has told her she is ugly. If she wants to be princess, she must marry a 15-year-old boy, Peter III. When she meets him, he turns out not to be a dashing prince, but a silly boy-prince. He plays with his plastic soldiers, and he has a pet rat that he dresses up as a soldier. Do you think she can get through this marriage? Will she even get far enough as the wedding with the queen around? These are questions that will not be answered by the book of Stephanie, but by the book Catherine: The Great Journey. This book would appeal to girls more because this is a book about a girl’s inner feeling. Hope you read it!

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Stephanie D.