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__The Outsiders book review__ By: Kimmie Kelly

“ I only had two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home.” __The Outsiders,__ by S.E. Hilton is a great historical fiction book, about a gang called, the Greasers. Ponyboy is part of the Greasers, and he is the youngest one. Ponyboy ran away from home, with his friend Johny, who is also a Greaser, but many problems happened along the way. For example, Ponyboy and Johny got in a lot of fights with the Socs, a gang that hates the Greasers and the Greasers hate them. They also got into a lot of trouble, because Johny killed a Soc, and set a church on fire. When Pony boy, Johny and another Greaser, named Dally found out the church was on fire, and children were in the church, they all instantly ran to rescue the kids in the burning church. Heart throbbing, body shaking, hard breathing, all three of the Greasers ran into the smokey church looking for the children. Ponyboy, Johny, and Dally rescued all the kids, but they went to the hospital, and were badly injured. __The Outsiders,__ told a great story. The book was believable, and parts were very interesting, and sometimes sad. This book was easy to concentrate, because the author used great detail and description. __The Outsiders,__ kept me interested the whole time and I was very focused. Every chapter had something exciting or unexpected happening.  The characters in this book sometimes connected with me, the reader. They connect with me, because sometimes I don’t get along with my sisters, and Dally and Ponyboy don't get along. The characters develop throughout the book, because Ponyboy and Darry didn’t get along in the beginning of the book, but they got along and cared about each other at the end of the book. Darry and Ponyboy were close by the end of the book. Darry is strong, tough, and likes to get into fights, so he can show off his muscles. Darry wants Ponyboy to be educated and to be a good person.  This book had many surprises and shocking moments, that kept me interested. I was really upset when I found out that a Greaser died from rescuing the children in the church. When the chapters would end with cliff hangers, I had to keep reading because everything was so shocking and I couldn’t wait to find out what was going to happen. I understood the book, and I had a good time reading it, this book is definitely believable. My favorite part of the book was when, Ponyboy and Johny ran away. I like that part of the book, because they had to cut and dye their hair so know one knew they were Greasers. They also had to find places to live, find money and hide from the police.  There were many problems in the book that needed to be solved. Some problems that were solved, were Darry and Ponyboy, because they started to get along, also, the Greasers have a rumble with the Socs, and Ponyboy and Dally also rescued the kids in the church that was on fire. After rescuing the kids in the church Pony boy, Dally and Johny were in the hospital. Sadly only two of them survived, Dally and Ponyboy. The Outsiders, was definitely a sad book, because people die and get injured. A sad quote in the book was when Ponyboy said, //“ Johny....He’s ….dead.”// = = = = = = = = = = = = = __Book Review (Summer Reading) The River__ =

__The River Review__

By: Kimmie Kelly

__The River,__ told a really great story. The author, Gary Paulsen did a great job writing this fiction book. My favorite part of this book was when Derek got struck by lightning. The next morning when Derek got struck by lightning was when all the problems started to happen. The main character Brian, thought, Derek was dead until he heard Derek’s heart slowly beating. A great quote from the book is, “ He felt the bolt come roaring down, the tree burning, splitting and splintering the wood and bark, and seeing it hit Derek.” I liked this quote because it had great descriptive words. The descriptive words made it easy to picture in my head.

__The River,__ takes place in the Canadian woods. This setting makes the story exciting, because Brian and Derek have to find their own food, water, shelter and they had to watch out for any danger. The setting definitely plays an important role for the characters because it made things hard for them. It also plays an important role for the readers to understand how to do things and what to see going on.

A main problem in this book was when Derek got struck by lightning. This was a problem because Brian had to build a raft and bring Derek 100 miles down the river to a trading post. Brian hit many problems along the way like, seeing a waterfall where they were headed, Brian falling asleep, Brian losing the map, Derek falling off the raft, and many more. The book taught me many things like, knowing how to survive in a bad situation, sensing that rain is coming, and knowing if somebody is alive if they don’t look like it.

I think anybody who likes survival books would enjoy this book. This book would be good for the age group of 11-13, because that age group would understand everything better. I liked this book, because I love survival books. This book was so good that I never lost interest while I was reading it. I also read this book so fast, because I wanted to know what would happen next.

= __Book Review: The Wave ( Summer Reading)__ =

__The Wave Review__

By: Kimmie Kelly The Wave, by Todd Strasser was a great fiction book. Most of the school got involved with the wave, but those who didn’t would have gotten bullied. They would have gotten bullied because they were not wave members. “Strength through discipline, strength through community, strength through action” was a powerful quote in the book. This quote was mentioned throughout the book, because it was the wave motto. The wave also had a solute. Whenever you walked by a wave member you would solute them. The wave members felt Mr. Ross needed his own body guard for protection, his body guard was Robert. I think, The Wave told a great story. My favorite part was when David realized that the wave was bad by pushing Laurie to the ground. After he pushed Laurie to the ground, they both went to Mr. Ross’s house and told him the wave needed to stop. While I was reading the book, it kept my interest the whole time. I liked how some of the chapters left cliffhangers so I could keep reading to see what was going to happen next. It was difficult to put the book down when the chapter ended with a cliffhanger because I was interested to see what was going to happen next. The wave took place in Palo Alto, California. This story happened in the year 1969. I was interested throughout most of the book because the setting made the book better and more exciting. The high school was where the problems happened. That played an important role to help understand the story. When Laurie finally realizes that the wave has been causing problems, she instantly knew not to go to the wave rally. Laurie tries to tell her friends that people are getting bullied and the wave is bad, but they won’t believe her. I learned from the book that it is hard to convince your friends that something is wrong after being so involved in it.

__**My Sisters Keeper:**__ **Book Review** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> By:Kimmie Kelly

<span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">__My Sisters Keeper__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, by Jodi Picoult was an enjoyable but sad book. I liked so many things about the book, and there were so many surprises and cliff hangers. Kate had leukemia and Anna had to give Kate her kidney. Anna said, she didn't want to give Kate her Kidney, so she sued her parents. I was so surprised about Anna suing her parents. Anna kept it a secret for a while, and she has also been secretly seeing a lawyer, named Campbell.

<span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Yes, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">__My Sisters Keeper__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> was a really great book. It tells a really nice story. Although, the storey was so sad especially the ending. The plot was definitely believable. It was so believable that I felt like I had a similar picture of what was going on in the book in my mind. It was easy to concentrate on the book, and I was focused and interested the whole book. My mind didn’t wonder during the book,because I liked it so much. Every chapter was filled with action and excitement, which made the book very interesting.

<span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There were many problems in, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">__My Sisters Keeper,__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">but there was one problem that caused a serious issue. The big issue was, Anna suing her parents, and Anna has been meeting with a lawyer Campbell behind her parents backs. It made things harder for her family and Kate. Anna’s mom was mad at her for suing her, and she didn’t know why she was. Anna finally confessed why she was suing her parents, because Kate asked her to. Kate was tired of living the way she was, and she wanted to die. The book taught me to help other people when they need it, but if not don’t change yourself. I learned this from Jesse. Jesse is Kate’s brother, and he was upset that he couldn’t help Kate with her Leukemia. Jesse made things harder for himself by taking drugs, smoking, and getting into trouble at school. I think the author accomplished what they set out to do, because the story is really well written with great detail.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Yes, there were unexpected surprises in the story. It kept me interested and ready for more surprises. It was hard to stop reading because the chapters would end with cliff hangers. The dialogues were believable for the characters because the things that were happening were very serious.The characters had good reactions to the serious things that happened. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">[] <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">__Sarah’s Key Book Review__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">By: Kimmie Kelly

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">__Sarah’s Key__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, by Tatiana De Rosnay is a great book. The main theme of the book is World War II. This historical fiction book, was very sad but interesting. Sarah locked her brother in the cupboard, so he would be safe from the french police. She put the key to the cupboard in her pocket. Sarah told Micheal, “ I’ll come back for you, I Promise.” <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">__Sarah’s Key__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, tells a great story. The plot is memorable, because Julia tried hard to find out more about Sarah, and her family. When Julia found Sarah’s son, she told him the unforgettable story about Sarah. Sarah’s son and Julia would never forget about Sarah, and her little brother Micheal. I wont forget about what all of the Jews went through, and hard it must have been from being separated from your family. The book was easy to concentrate, and was so interesting. Sarah’s story and Julia’s story was really good, and there were a lot of surprises. My mind did not wonder while reading, but in the beginning of the book, my mind wondered a little bit while reading Julia and Bertrand's story. By the end of the book, Julia and Bertrand's story got really good and surprising. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The main problem in the book was when Sarah promised her brother she would come back for him, but then Sarah realized she was far away from home, and wasn’t sure if she could rescue him. Sarah believed she could still go back home and come back to her brother, so she escaped from the concentration camp. Sarah was hiding behind a house and the owners found her, but they let her live with them. The family wanted to help Sarah find her brother, so they took a train, and found Sarah’s house. When they got to the house, Sarah rushed in, and ran to the cupboard. Anxious, shaking, and nervous Sarah opened the cupboard, and saw her little brother huddled in a ball, dead. It was really sad and disappointing, that Sarah went all the home to find her brother, but she then finds him dead on the cupboard. The book taught me about what it was like at concentration camps, and what they went through. There were no food, water, or comfort at the concentration camps.So many innocent people died in a horrible way. The author accomplish what they set out to do. I learned a lot about what happened during World War II, and how hard it must have been to survive, or to escape like Sarah. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I connected with the Sarah because we both care about our family, and try to keep our promises. I would try to keep my promise, If the same thing happened to me. Sarah tried to keep her promise she made with her brother, but when she came back for him, it was to late. The characters connected with each other because Julia found out about Sarah’s family, her information, and found her story. Julia connected with Sarah, by finding out about her and traveling to learn more and more about Sarah. The characters develop throughout the book, because she became more serious and mature. Going back home and and escaping the concentration camp changed Sarah. Julia changed throughout the book, because she started caring less about Bertrand and more about Sarah. In the beginning of the book, Julia loved Bertrand but at the end of the book, her and Bertrand got divorced, and she was traveling to places behind his back. I can relate to Sarah, because If I made a promise to someone, I would try to keep the promise and try to do the same thing Sarah did. I would try to rescue, and keep a promise. []