Kids Books - Cultures

Who Was Mark Twain?

Who Was Mark Twain?

By April Jones Prince

I rate this book a 3 star because this book talks about how Mark Twain became famous. I made a connection to Mark Twain because he always liked being alone near the Mississippi River and I like being alone for most of my time. Best known as the author of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain, not unlike his protagonist, Huck, has a restless spirit. He found adventure prospecting for silver in Nevada, navigating steamboats down the Mississippi, and making people laugh around the world. There is my summary of this book and my review!

Who Was Rosa Parks?

Who Was Rosa Parks?

By Yona Zeldis McDonough

jaky

this book was inspiring it made me think i should stand up for what i believe and to never give up for ur rights thats why i think this book was inspiring to me.....

Who Was Jackie Robinson?

Who Was Jackie Robinson?

By Gail Herman

Jackie always wanted to be a part of something . But he was black so no one would let him do stuff . Like swimming , and exploring around . But he loved to play sports . He played tons of sports . . It college he played basketball . And met his soon to be wife Rachel . They he played football. Then he got to play on a team for baseball . But Jackie couldn't play the real games . Read the rest of the book to find out what happens next. I recommend to all ages . I rate this book 4/5 stars . Thank you for this review! -Pizzagirl7💘

Long Walk to Freedom

Long Walk to Freedom

By Nelson Mandela

Title: Long walk to freedom. Author: Nelson Mandela. Genre: Autobiography. Long walk to freedom is a great book for older kids like high schoolers as it has some disturbing parts but I reccomend it for anyone who is interested in the struggle against aphartied.

Inside Out and Back Again

Inside Out and Back Again

By Thanhha Lai

Inside out and back again is a book of well written poems. Although I prefer fantasy, this book is very intresting. It's about a Vietnemese girl named Hà who is forced to flee her home due to the Vietnemese war. She runs away on a ship with her mother and three older brothers and thousands of other vietnemese people. Then Hà moves to Arizona with her family and learns english. This book is also unexpectedly humorous. A specific part of the story that gave me a laugh was when Hà plucks the arm-hair of a man with bright golden-red hair out of curiosity. I reccomend Inside out and back again to grades four to seven.

The Forgotten Girl

The Forgotten Girl

By India Hill Brown

This book seems so interesting. I have not read it yet but I saw a video for it for our scholastic book fair. It is so interesting and I really wonder what it will be like. It seems like the coolest mystery. The best ghost story, and don't forget NEW! ~Bye Guys~

Royal Wedding Disaster: From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess

Royal Wedding Disaster: From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess

By Meg Cabot

Welcome to Genovia! When Olivia became a princess, she never signed up to take care of her little brother, dance with The Flexer, meet her annoying cousin, Louisa, and worst of all.... attend the Royal Genovian Academy! She realized that being a princess is way more different than one would expect... According to Nishi, Olivia's best friend, she replied back, "U have everything in the world anyone could ever dream of, including a pony and getting to sit next to a cute prince, and now ur acting princessy." NO! What Nishi said is completely false and the author builds up this relationship with Olivia and Nishi that shows best friends have their "ups and downs." Also Ms. Cabot showed different mediums in this book, for example she had drawings and actual text messages (of course with slang, because us kids are so tech-savvy). I really liked how the readers get to explore the mind of Olivia because we got to understand her a lot. A lot of authors have their background focused on school and usually the protagonist is a student with flaws and the antagonist as the "mean girl/bully" who seems completely flawless. What Ms. Cabot did as well is that she explored the topic about how many people have insecurities and people's physical appearances do not matter, one must have to understand their background history. Because no matter how much one may seem flawless, they really are not. I'm just going to spit the truth out. Everybody is human and because everybody is human, everybody has flaws. And the author really got to brush with this subject such as using Louisa and the Flexer. So who exactly is the Flexer? Well the Flexer is Prince Gunther and he has green hair and he picks his nose and it gets worse... He is Olivia's dance partner and he squeezes her fingers really hard while they are dancing...I'm pretty sure most of us are formulating some sort of judgement right now. But this exact concept is what Meg Cabot explores which makes me want to give her a hug because she explored this topic perfectly to explain towards kids. And this is not all of the story... I'm honestly surprised how Ms. Cabot was able to compact all this story information in this book... So Princess Mia Thermopolis... Remember her??? Gosh, the Princess Diaries is the most hilarious series ever (with a more mature taste)... I read most of the books in the Princess Diaries series and I was so excited when Princess Mia was one of the characters in this book. And the movies are the best... I personally like the second movie the best... but just watch it ore read those series!!! Anyways... Princess Mia needs to finish preparing for her marriage ceremony... but one thing... there's only a couple of days till the wedding (uh oh), many conflicts about the color of the dresses (white vs. purple), and the top part of the cake was eaten (DUN DUN DUNNING... wait by who???)! There are soooooo many problems right now while Olivia is just getting used to being a princess and finding friends. This book is amazing and all of you guys that want to princesses or princes should read this book to learn how to be a proper princess or prince because it's not about what you have. And just a couple more tips before I start rambling... "5 bathing suits is fine to pack.. because after all you can never have to many of anything except enemies," Grandmere is a very smart lady and when you dine with the royal subjects in Genovia, the bread plate on you left is yours and the glasses on your right is yours. This sweet, sentimental story about how a princess is learning about how the world works (also by getting trained by Grandmere), we go on a roller coaster with Olivia reading about the ups and downs... Enjoy!

Fatty Legs

Fatty Legs

By Christy Jordan-Fenton, Margaret Pokiak-Fenton

sky84

my class read this book last year it was good/sad. I feel so bad for her.P.S. I'm a kid writing this.

The Siege of Macindaw (Ranger's Apprentice)

The Siege of Macindaw (Ranger's Apprentice)

By John A. Flanagan

Ranger51

BEST SERIES EVER!! Book 6 was kind of a continuation of Book 5, where it suddenly twists it at the end - like in the movies, where the guy you think is the good guy turns out to be the murderer in the end! Well, it turned out like this kind of in the book (although not with murderers but with taking over kingdoms and castles and locking people up and stuff like that!) Well, Will calls on the help of his friends Halt and Horace to round up an army to retake Castle Macindaw! Except, if they don't have enough men all they can do is use some brilliant genius to make up a big trick!! (Or hire some Skandians to help!... or is it Skandinavians... I forgot... ;P) Or maybe he'll do both! Really, read this book!! (and check out my other reviews on books earlier on in the series!)

The Egypt Game

The Egypt Game

By Zilpha Keatley Snyder

In this book, six sixth-graders form their own secret society devoted to Egypt-related things. In the beginning, April moves from Hollywood to an unspecified Californian city famous for its university–her mother is busy pursuing a career as an esteemed actress. April, considered eccentric by many, makes friends with Melanie, who lives in April's grandmother's apartment; they discover their shared interest for imagining, and they invent the titular Egypt Game. Melanie's younger brother, a girl living in the apartment, and two boys from school all become involved in the Egypt game. But soon, a murder occurs, and the children are all cautioned to stay indoors–and the main suspect is the Professor, the reclusive man, in whose storage yard the Egyptians worship Egyptian Gods. Who is this strange human? And, who is the real criminal? This is a great book, full of good dialogue and realistic characters. It's witty and the writing is good too, but at times it seems a little dated, such as when the characters say "fink" and other weird words (this was written in 1967). I would recommend this book to people who like realistic fiction, as it focuses more on the friendships developing between the Egyptians than the actual mystery, though it is still important to the plot.

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