Monday, September 21, 2009

Including Alice, By Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

In the book Includign Alice Alice's dad marries her old teacher Silvia Summers. Alice is happy until her dad and Silvia leave on thier honey moon without saying goodbye. Alice is left with her aunt. Wher her dad and Silvia finnaly get home things change, some for the better.

I woudl give this book 4 out of 5 stars and recomend you read it.

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Death By Bikini, by Linda Gerber

Death by bikini is a book about a girl named Aphra who lives on an island with her father. Her father owns a resort so Aphra works there. When some agents and villans started to come to the resort things started to get weird. Aphra strtes to fall in love with the son of a family that has been running from the law. People are injured, including Aphras father and finally things get sorted out and all is well again.

After reading this book I would give it 3 1/2 stars out of 5 and recomnd that you read it to.

Sunday, May 17, 2009

The Sight


Firestar is re-seeing a prophecy he was given even before his daughters had been born that told him “There will be three, kin of your kin, who hold the power of the stars in their paws.” He thinks this may mean that Squirrelflight and Brambleclaw will have three kits who hold the power of the stars. This come true with Hollykit, Jaykit and Lionkit. Hollykit is the only girl and Jaykit is blind and Lionkit is much like his father Brambleclaw. they all want to become apprentices and explore the world outside of the camp. They will soon be six moons old so they can be apprentices but they are starting to be a nuisance in the nursery to Ferncloud and her small kits.
Spiderleg and Thornclaw rushed back from a patrol and announced that there was a dead fox on the thunderclan territory. The kits are jealous of the apprentices that get to look for cubs of the she fox so Lionkit, Hollykit and Jaykit ask their father Brambleclaw if they can help since they are ALMOST apprentices but he said no, not until they ARE apprentices.
Because of the answer they got out of their father Jaykit, Hollykit and Lionkit leave camp by themselves to show they are able to defeat the cubs and are useful to the clan. When they get to the den of the fox they the cubs are bigger than expected and Jaykit is chased out of the den by one of the cubs. From being blind he falls off a ledge and falls on the side of the thunderclan hollow.
While unconscious Jaykit gets a dream like the medicine cats from Spottedleaf. When he wakes Jaykit finds himself in Leafpool’s den. They talk and Leafpool thinks that Jaykit could be her apprentice to become a medicine cat. Leafpool asked Jaykit if he could tell by sent what herbs she had used and Jaykit figured them all out and even knew what Leafpool had used them for.
In the forest Hollykit and Lionkit are found by the patrols looking for the fox clubs. One of the patrol leaders is their father Brambleclaw and he is very disappointed in their behavior. When they are taken back to camp they see Jaykit when he is still unconscious on the side of the hollow and think he is dead. When Brambleclaw, Squirrelflight and Firestar tell Hollykit and Lionkit that Jaykit is ok they also tell them they were VERY bad and will have to stay in the nursery unless they have permission to leave from one of the queens in the nursery. If they misbehave once more their apprenticing ceremony may be help back by Firestar’s command.
Lionkit couldn’t sleep that night without Jaykit who was still in Leafpool’s den recovering from that morning to Lionkit snuck out of the nursery without permission and heard some warriors quarreling about how Firestar had given ShadowClan a piece of land. Lionkit also heard them tell stormfur and brook they were not needed because they were not thunderclan to their faces. While in hiding Lionkit was scared and angry from this fighting. an apprentice sees the kit hiding and asks him what he is doing but tells Lionkit he will not tell if he goes strait back to the nursery with Hollykit.
After Hollykit helps Lionkit get thorns out of his fur from the night before Hollykit gets some herbs from Leafpool to stop infection. When Mothwing and her apprentice Willowpaw come to talk to Leafpool about Willowpaw’s new dream Hollykit asks Willowpaw about being a medicine cat. After that Hollykit decided she wants to be a medicine cat when she gets older.
At the apprentice ceremony Lionkit becomes Lionpaw and his mentor will be Ashfur and Hollykit becomes Hollypaw and Leafpool’s apprentice. Jaykit is disappointed. He becomes Jaypaw and Brightheart’s apprentice. Jaypaw is disappointed because the others feel as though he is weak and useless because of being blind and because Brightheart has only one eye. Brightheart has talked to the blind warrior Longtail to help with some of the training. Jaypaw just wants to be treated like his brother and sister and not like a weak blind kit, Jaypaw is an APPRENTICE now and wants to be treated like one.
While Lionpaw and Hollypaw get to head out to the forest Jaypaw has to go with Brightheart and check for ticks and change the bedding in the elders den. Once Jaypaw is done Brightheart takes him to see some of the ThunderClan territory and treats Jaypaw like he has not sense of awareness what so ever. Jaypaw tries to act like he can fend for himself but then slips down a hill. Brightheart was beginning to believe Jaypaw was responsible too. On their way back to camp they run into the fox that Jaypaw had tangled with as a kit. A patrol helps then but the older apprentices start treating Jaypaw like a kit again.
Jaypaw tries to show the clan he can be the same as his brother and sister even without sight so he goes exploring alone. Jaypaw falls into the lake and Crowfeather saves him. When Crowfeather is taking Jaypaw back to camp he meets with Squirrelflight’s patrol who was looking for Jaypaw. When they get to camp Crowfeather takes Jaypaw to Leafpool. Jaypaw can sense a feeling between Leafpool and Crowfeather.
Jaypaw has to stay in camp for a ¼ moon. He cannot go to the gathering with Hollypaw and Lionpaw. At the gathering GRAYSTRIPE appears with a cat named Millie. Firestar is amazed and gratefully happy as is everyone else and surprised. Everyone had thought Graystripe was dead.
After they had checked to make sure Graystripe and Millie did not need anything to help make them stronger and healthier Leafpool took Hollypaw into the forest to do some battle training. When Hollypaw was doing well Cinderpaw and her mentor asked if Hollypaw and Cinderpaw could practice together.
Leafpool went to the moon pool and asked if Firestar should choose Brambleclaw or Graystripe as deputy and they just said that he should fallow his head not his heart no matter how hard it is. Jaypaw had fallowed Leafpool and had actually seen her dream. Leafpool told Jaypaw that she thought Jaypaw should become her apprentice. Jaypaw does not want to be a medicine cat even though he knows in the back of his head that he can’t really be as good a warrior as he can be a medicine cat.
Shadowclan moved the border and then Shadowclan and Thunderclan fought. Jaypaw Hollypaw and Lionpaw fought well.
Jaypaw wants to know if he should be a warrior of medicine cat so he goes to the moon pool to talk to Starclan about it. He wanders around trying to find someone to talk to and finds Tigerstar and Hawkfrost and when they are trying to talk him into training with them in his dreams like Hawkfrost and his father did Spottedleaf comes and takes him to a safer place and tells him that he has a gift. He can see things that Starclan can’t even see. She tells him that he has more power that the sharpest claw. After his dream Jaypaw hears whispers saying “Accept your destiny, Jaypaw”.
Jaypaw told Firestar that he needs to be a medicine cat and Hollypaw told Firestar told Firestar he needed to be a warrior. Firestar agreed and Hollypaw’s new mentor is Brakenfur. Hollypaw went right to training with Lionpaw and she caught a mouse.
Jaykit went with the medicine cats to the moon pool and Jaypaw heard a warning to windclan of dogs being set free by the twolegs to guard sheep when they eat the new grass. Jaypaw heard a few different dreams and wondered if Mothwing had dreams with starclan but when he asked Leafpool she changed the subject. Jaypaw told Firestar about the dogs and he told him not to get into business other than his own.
Windclan was attacked by dogs but thunderclan heard the fighting and came to help . Jaypaw had been right to tell Firestar after the trip to the moon pool when Firestar told Jaypaw not to get into other clans business.
Greencough and whitecough are in the clans. Most of the cats got better by the next gathering. At the gathering the clans decided to have a gathering in 2 sunrises and compete letting apprentices challenge each other and warriors challenge each other during the day peacefully.
Jaypaw had a dream and saw Firestar talking to an older cat and the older cat told Firestar “There will be three, kin of your kin, who hold the power of the stars in their paws.” Jaypaw realizes they are talking about him Hollypaw and Lionpaw.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

twilight warriors


The New Prophecy Warriors Twilight
The clans have arrived at their new home and are settling in well. They have decided the borders and have started to search their new territories but still need to get used to the land.
There was a war between the clans. ThunderClan is trying to help sort things out after the fighting. Squirrelflight is upset with Brambleclaw for trusting his ½ brother Hawkfrost who she thinks is crazy and mean just for being Tigerstars son even thought Brambleclaw is too. a ThunderClan patrol fights off a badger and her three cubs after talking to windclan about their new leader Onestar. WindClan does not want any help from ThunderClan or even to speak with them even after they helped them survive the trek from the forest to their new woodland home. Because of being a medicine cat apprentice Leafpool cannot love any other cats but during the war Crowfeather told her that he loved her and she loves him back but she can’t tell anyone including her sister Squirrelflight. Leafpool does not know what to do now and Cinderpelt and Squirrelflight have both noticed that she isn’t acting normal. At the gathering the clan decided some major rules for their new home. Leafpool has a dream and must tell Mothwing that Riverclan is in trouble from twolegs. Leafpool tells Cinderpelt she is going out for herbs when she is really going to tell her. When the new apprentice Birchpaw becomes apprentice Brambleclaw does not become his mentor. He is upset because to be a deputy you must be a mentor to an apprentice and he wants to be a deputy so very bad. At the half moon the medicine cats went to the moon pool to get a message from starclan. The other cats got a similar dream and Leafpool got a totally different one which she cannot figure out. She has not told anyone. The other cats cannot figure out their massage either. On the way back she saw Crowfeather but they were not able to talk long. They planned to meet again when they are not near others. While a thunderclan patrol is patrolling the border they meet up with Daisy, a cat from the horse barn they found on the way to the now territory. She had 3 tiny little kits who if they had not taken them back to the camp would have probably died. She was taking her kits away from the twolegs who were going to take they away. Will they stay with the clan? When one of the Riverclan warriors comes rushing into thunderclan something must be wrong. They need Leafpool to help. The clan is majorly sick and cats are dying. She goes quickly to help and find out what is happening. When she gets there they find out from a patrol that the twolegs have left a metal thing with silver green liquid coming out. This is what made the clan sick. They find out the Dawnflower’s kits are the ones who found it and they are very sick along with their mother. One of the kits died and a warrior died otherwise the clan is ok thanks to Leafpool and Mothwing. When Squirrelflight meets up with Tawnypelt she find out that kitty pets are hurting the clan because their twolegs are hurting and killing the cats. Thunderclan and Shadowclan defeat them together. During the next gathering Crowfeather and Leafpool sneak away. The windclan leader Onestar does not agree with thunderclan or the other 2 clans. Thunderclan for helping other clans and river and shadow for letting them help. He must understand that thunderclan helped him and his clan when they needed it. Leafpool and the other medicine cats were talking and the weird dreams are continuing. Leafpool had a new dream and it was in a dark forest she does not even think starclan has ever trekked through. In it Brambleclaw and Hawkfrost are looking a listing to their father Tigerstar. she is very worried now. One night Squirrelflight catches Leafpool sneaking out of camp late at night and when she tries to find out why she won’t tell her. After getting caught by Cinderpelt and Leafpool going to the moon pool leafpaw and Crowfeather decide to leave the clans and go to the mountains behind WindClan territory. They left and now windclan and thunderclan are looking for them. First the clans thought that the other clan had stolen their cats but when both of them were missing they followed their scent trails out of the whole territory until they did not think they could have gone any further. Leafpool and Crowfeather found a pool and a few trees where they are sleeping for the night. They awake to find the old badger Midnight who is on her way to warn the clans. The rest of the badgers were pushed out of their homes when the cats moved in. that is why there where so many badger sightings at first. The badgers are planning on killing many cats and running the rest of them out of the forest. Midnight is on her way to warn the clans of this terrible war. The 2 cats try to sleep but Leafpool gets a dream and Cinderpelt dies in her dream from a badger attack. The dreams of the other medicine cats are not coming together. They were being warned about the badgers. When neither of the as could sleep they decide to go and save their clans. The badgers have already started attacking and there has been no sign of Midnight, Leafpool or Crowfeather anywhere. The kits and queens are getting out of the camp and the elders are going to the leaders den for now. Leafpool and Crowfeather sneak in through a path where she left to sneak out of camp to see Crowfeather and they found the kits and queens huddled up there they told them the badgers were already there and they had to go and help. They ran into camp to see badgers and flying cats along with cats dead and dyeing on the ground. Her sister is garding the nursry and she and Crowfeather run over to her. Squirrelflight greets her and tells her there are kits coming in the nursy and she needs to go and help Cinderpelt. Crowfeather stands guard while squrrile flight and another warrior attack a badger heading strait for the nursry. When Leafpool gets inside the nursery she finds Cinderpelt on the ground, she is dead! When Crowfeather comes in to see what is going on he trys to comfort her but it is no use. She is blaming cinderpelts death on herself because she left. Outside another badger comes but does not start attacking instead she goes over to one of the two apprentices they have and strts talking to her to see if she is ok and what is going on. Along with her, Midnight, windclan came with some of their best warriors. She explaind when the rest of the badgers had fleed that the attack happened sooner than she expected so instead of coming alone she got some of the windclan cats to come. Leafpool exits the nursry and anonces that there are four new kits to add to thunderclan. The warrior guarding the entrence then lets out a yowl and everyone thinks there is another badger coming but instead they find Stormfur, the cat who left the clans to join the tribe because of his sisters death and fathers disaperence and Brook , one of the cats from the tribe whome Stormfur was in love with. They are shocked by the sight of the camp.
Will they be able to help all of the injured cats and how many of the cats have died or will die of injury? Is thunderclan going to have enough warriors after today’s attack? Most importantly is stormfur just visiting or here to stay?

sunset


Thunderclan was attacked by badgers. Just before the attack Leafpool had run away with the WindClan warrior Crowfeather. They came back when the badger Midnight came by and told them that she was going to warn the clans that they had pushed the other badgers out of the forest and they were going to attack and get revenge. Then neither of the cats could sleep and Leafpool got a dream and Cinderpelt died in it so they headed back. When they got there the badgers had already attacked and they were too late to save Cinderpelt.
Thunderclan is trying to sort things out after the badger attack. Only a few cats were killed. Sorreltail’s kits ,who were born during the attack, were named Molekit Honeykit Poppykit and Cinderkit, the kit who looked just like Cinderpelt. Leafpool saw Spottedleaf in her dreams and she told her that she did the right thing and that Cinderpelt’s death was not her fault. She told her that Cinderpelt would reach her soon. On a border patrol some ThunderClan cats found a twoleg thing probably to trap foxes. They will keep an eye out and tell Firestar about it to see if the other clans should know especially ShadowClan where the trap was nearest. Leafpool tells Squirrelflight about a sight that she saw where she and Brambleclaw were walking so closely together that you could not tell the paw prints apart. There are twolegs with boats according to Daisy and they may be a problem for RiverClan and ShadowClan and will be reported at the next gathering and will be watched carefully. Leafpool gets a dream with three cats who know her. At first she thinks she is in the forest where Tigerstar walks but it is not. The cats are Yellowfang, Bluestar and Lionheart. They try to tell her about her future by telling her that other cats will shape her future but know no more than that. The next night she spies on Brambleclaw when he walks out of camp casually late at night. He just sits and stares at the lake. She sees a sign that shows that a prophecy that is “before there is peace blood will spill blood and the lake will run red”. Berrykit goes out exploring and gets into a fox trap they get him out but they need to get him to Leafpool soon. When they get to camp they drop off Berrykit and go over to the main part of camp to find that Stormfur and Brook are leaving to go to RiverClan and hopefully become warriors of RiverClan and they are not going back to the mountains for some reason. The clan is beginning to wonder why they came to the clans. Berrykit has not regained consciousness from the fox trap incident. Part of his tail was taken off and he is feverish. When Leafpool is taking a quick nap she gets a message from the former Riverclan medicine cat to give a message to Mothwing but Leafpool cannot give it to her yet and really needs to fast. During a patrol ThunderClan finds ShadowClan trying to place their scent markers way into the ThunderClan territory and they were fought away by Firestar and some of his warriors. At the gathering it is announced that Mothwing has a new apprentice, Willowpaw. While talking about RiverClan and ShadowClan taking over some of ThunderClan and WindClan’s territory because there are twolegs with water monsters, boats, in their territories a fight begins. Then the sky turns very dark and gloomy and they see this as a bad sign that they were wrong to fight at a gathering and that they angered their ancestors in StarClan. They must now go home but Leafpool needs to talk to Mothwing. At the thunderclan camp Daisy’s kits are chasing a butterfly and kill it making Leafpool wonder if Mothwing’s sign to be a medicine cat was made by Hawkfrost putting a moth’s wing in front of the medicine cats den in RiverClan to make his sister become the medicine cat. Then daisy leaves in the night with her kits and creates an uproar in the camp. Cloudtail and Brambleclaw got to the horse barn to see if she went there with the kits and she was there. With the help of the kits they get Daisy to go back to the forest mainly because the kits REALLY want to live in the forest and become warriors of ThunderClan, especially Berrykit, they will head off in the morning after a good night’s sleep in the barn. They will leave the kits father and another cat who lives in the horse barn in the horse barn and may allow the kits to visit latter when they are older, probably full grown and trained warriors. Leafpool gets a dream from feathertail and takes her to willowpaw in her dreams wich does not normally happen. They show her where they can find a herb which they may need. While she is speaking with her sister leafpool hears a voice whom she does not know that tells her “before there is peace,blood will spill blood, and the lake will run red. Brambleclaw was sent out to watch riverclan and shadowclan to see what the twolegs were doing to them when they found twoleg nest that were moveable on their border. While brambleclaw was spying on riverclan from in a tree he saw stormfur and brook on a patrol with hawkfrost. At camp stormfur attacked hawkfrost when he made him angry making him and brook have to leave the clan. They will go with brambleclaw back to thunderclan at least for the night. Stormfur and brook have a choice to stay or leave. The other cats mainly dustpelt and mousefur want them gone for being a tribe cat and a cat who they say can’t decide where they belong. They think that Firestar is letting them stay because stormfur is Graystripe’s son. Cats are telling Firestar that he needs to appoint a new deputy and stop belivign that Graystripe is coming and face the unkown fact that Graystripe is dead/ They will sit vigile for the night and decide the deputy in the morning. Leafpool will look out for any sign for Starclan about him or the deputy that Firestar should choose. Leafpool finaly gets a sign and bramble claws are garding the calan and she thinks this is a sight of Brambleclaw becoming deputy and she will go tell Firestar. He agrees he is a good choce and tells her he was also thinking of Brackenfur. He chosses Brambleclaw and tells him he will become Barrykits mentor as soon as he is ready. When he tells the clan Ashfur says that Brambleclaw being Squirrelflights mate and Squirrelflight being Leafpools sister they created a plan to make it so that it looks like Leafpool got a sign for Brambleclaw to become deputy. Brambleclaw meets Hawkfrost and Tigerstar in a dream and tells them of him becoming deputy. He will meet with Hawkfrost in a few days. He is a little overwhelmed and comfused about his duties and Berrykit is very exited about become him apprentice and wants to become apprenticed as soon as possible so he can be the DEPUTY’S apprentice. Willowpaw is going to the moonpool with the medicin cats to see if she will be accepted by starclan. She is and she dreams with Leafpool about a storm cloud. They think this is a sign of danger but will not say anything until there is a clearer sign. While Brambleclaw and Hawkfrost are at there meeting they hear a cat in distress. It is Firestar. He is caght in a fox trap. Ashfur had been with him and he has gone back to camp to tell leafpoola dn squrrileflight. He tells them that Firestar is caught and Brambleclaw and Hawkfrost are there so that they think the ½ brothers are trying to take after there father and get revenge for him by killing Firestar. When they get there tey smell blood and think firestr is dead but find out that Firestar is a live and Brambleclaw saved him. Firestar is proud for Brambleclaw killing his ½ brother and betray his fathers will. Leafpool decides that the propachy ment that brothers would fight and one would spill the others blood making the lake red referign to Brambleclaw and hawfrost and Brambleclaw killing his kin.

So Far From Home


Mary is a girl who lives in Skibbereen county Cork Ireland with her parents and used to be taught by her aunt. Her aunt was teaching her English. When her aunt goes to America she sends Mary a ticket to come too. Mary’s sisters are already there Kate for 2 years and Nora for 6 years. Her father does not agree with America. Her aunt continues to send letters she wants Mary to write what boat she will arrive on when coming to America. Mary will be going to work in America probably in the mill owned by Mr. Abbott and his wife where her sister Kate works. The letters say it is a place where girls can work and be rewarded.
In Ireland landlords are tearing down cottages. Mary’s mother is afraid they will be next then they will have to go to the poor house. It is said who ever goes in never comes out alive.
Her mother does not want to say goodbye but Mary will be leaving in the morning. Once on the ship Mary meets the O’Donnell’s and some children who have become fond of her and Mary is staying with them during the ride to America. On the ship there is a fever going around and Mary got it. She got over the fever but was still weak when they finally reached land. For the last few days on the ship Mary meet a boy named Sean. He is going to Boston to be with his uncle.
Once off the ship Mary goes with Sean to his uncle’s until she can get a hold of her sister or aunt. On the ship the O’Donnell’s had both died of the fever and they had mentioned there daughter who was in Boston so Mary decided to go with Sean and find their daughter. She did and found the O’Donnell girl was blind. She was in poor condition so they got her to a better place and informed her of her parents. Mary then gets word that Kate is coming to get her at Sean’s uncle’s tavern.
Mary gets a job at the mill first as a bobbin girl and a girl named Annie Clark is helping her to learn. Annie is becoming her friend. After Mary gets her first pay she gives it to her aunt to save up for tickets for her parents to go to America. The next Sunday Annie comes to Mary and her aunts homes to meet her aunt and it will also be Mary’s 15th birthday. They listen to one of Annie’s poems and then talk about how they miss their parents.
One day after work Mary comes home and her aunt is crying. A letter had been sent from the priest from Mary’s home town informing them that her parents had both died. A few weeks latter Sean’s uncle sends note that Sean has been put in jail for a crime he did not do.
Annie and Mary go to Boston and free Sean.
At the age of 17 Mary died. Mary and the other girls that lived with her all stopped working in the mill and went to meet men and marry as they had planned to when they were friends with Mary.

So Far From Home


Mary is a girl who lives in Skibbereen county Cork Ireland with her parents and used to be taught by her aunt. Her aunt was teaching her English. When her aunt goes to America she sends Mary a ticket to come too. Mary’s sisters are already there Kate for 2 years and Nora for 6 years. Her father does not agree with America. Her aunt continues to send letters she wants Mary to write what boat she will arrive on when coming to America. Mary will be going to work in America probably in the mill owned by Mr. Abbott and his wife where her sister Kate works. The letters say it is a place where girls can work and be rewarded.
In Ireland landlords are tearing down cottages. Mary’s mother is afraid they will be next then they will have to go to the poor house. It is said who ever goes in never comes out alive.
Her mother does not want to say goodbye but Mary will be leaving in the morning. Once on the ship Mary meets the O’Donnell’s and some children who have become fond of her and Mary is staying with them during the ride to America. On the ship there is a fever going around and Mary got it. She got over the fever but was still weak when they finally reached land. For the last few days on the ship Mary meet a boy named Sean. He is going to Boston to be with his uncle.
Once off the ship Mary goes with Sean to his uncle’s until she can get a hold of her sister or aunt. On the ship the O’Donnell’s had both died of the fever and they had mentioned there daughter who was in Boston so Mary decided to go with Sean and find their daughter. She did and found the O’Donnell girl was blind. She was in poor condition so they got her to a better place and informed her of her parents. Mary then gets word that Kate is coming to get her at Sean’s uncle’s tavern.
Mary gets a job at the mill first as a bobbin girl and a girl named Annie Clark is helping her to learn. Annie is becoming her friend. After Mary gets her first pay she gives it to her aunt to save up for tickets for her parents to go to America. The next Sunday Annie comes to Mary and her aunts homes to meet her aunt and it will also be Mary’s 15th birthday. They listen to one of Annie’s poems and then talk about how they miss their parents.
One day after work Mary comes home and her aunt is crying. A letter had been sent from the priest from Mary’s home town informing them that her parents had both died. A few weeks latter Sean’s uncle sends note that Sean has been put in jail for a crime he did not do.
Annie and Mary go to Boston and free Sean.
At the age of 17 Mary died. Mary and the other girls that lived with her all stopped working in the mill and went to meet men and marry as they had planned to when they were friends with Mary.

Sunday, February 22, 2009

the sisterhood of the traveling pants


Four girls Tibby, Carmen, Lena and Bridget are best friends and have been together since before they were born. This is going to be the first summer they are apart. The year before Carman gets some old jeans from a second hand store and puts them in the back of the closet. This is the first summer she has gotten them out. When they find that all of the girls, who have totally different build, fit into the pants, they decide that the pants are magic and want to pass them between each other over the summer. Lena is going to Greece to see her grandparents; Tibby is the only one staying home and has to go through a summer of working at Wallmans; Carman is going to South Carolina to see her dad; and Bridget is going to Mexico for a soccer camp. The girls made ten rules for the pants. The pants will go from Lena to Tibby to Bridget to Carmen then they will go back to the others in the reverse order. The girls must keep them traveling unless they feel that they need the pants.
When Lena gets to Greece with her sister, she thinks that Greece is beautiful. Lena is upset with her grandmother for trying to hook her up with a boy name Kostos and is mad at Kostos for following her. Lena must tell her grandparents and Kostos the truth. In Greece Lena told her grandmother the real story about Kostos and found out that his parents and baby brother died in a crash when he was young so he came to his grandparents to live and grow up as a Greek boy. On the last day that she would be in Greece Lena went to Kostos and apologized for what happened and they kissed. Lena left her sister to go home and tell her parents where she was and she went to Mexico to help Bridget because she found the letter that had been dropped and lost when she received the pants and read the letter.
. Tibby meet a 12 year old girl with leukemia and she will not stop following her. She also wants to help with a documentary Tibby is making that she is calling a suckumentary. Tibby has agreed to let her. When Tibby gets the pants Bailey wants to wear them and then tape a section for the suckumentary. Tibby finds out that Bailey has been rushed to the hospital because of an infection that she may not be able to overcome because of all of the leukemia treatments. Tibby is upset because her guinea pig Mimi, that she has had since she was little, has died. When she got a call from Bailey she didn’t even answer and she won’t eat.
At soccer camp Bridget has fallen for one of the coaches. Bridget’s coach wants her to back off during scrimmage and bring on her energy during the championships but she doesn’t want to do that. In Mexico Bridget let the other team win the tournament because her coach made her hold in her energy during the other games and then when she didn’t have the energy to give, her coach wanted her to use it so she just let the other team win. She has no energy because of something Eric, the coach she likes, said to her when she was sneaking around at night.
Carmen’s dad surprises her with a woman, who he will be marrying, and her two kids. Carmen is upset and is surprised by the house he was living in and calling his own. She hates it and feels like a guest in her own fathers home. Carmen ran away from her dad and his future family’s home and went back home. The day of her father’s wedding Carmen got the pants from Tibby and went to the wedding. She is not noticed until the wedding was over.
When the girls all got back home they told each other about their summers. Lena told about Kostos and Bridget about Eric. Carmen told about her father and they were careful with Tibby who lost her little friend Bailey towards the end of the summer.

I give this book five stars and you wont be able to put it down oce you get your hands on it.

the sisterhood of the traveling pants


Four girls Tibby, Carmen, Lena and Bridget are best friends and have been together since before they were born. This is going to be the first summer they are apart. The year before Carman gets some old jeans from a second hand store and puts them in the back of the closet. This is the first summer she has gotten them out. When they find that all of the girls, who have totally different build, fit into the pants, they decide that the pants are magic and want to pass them between each other over the summer. Lena is going to Greece to see her grandparents; Tibby is the only one staying home and has to go through a summer of working at Wallmans; Carman is going to South Carolina to see her dad; and Bridget is going to Mexico for a soccer camp. The girls made ten rules for the pants. The pants will go from Lena to Tibby to Bridget to Carmen then they will go back to the others in the reverse order. The girls must keep them traveling unless they feel that they need the pants.
When Lena gets to Greece with her sister, she thinks that Greece is beautiful. Lena is upset with her grandmother for trying to hook her up with a boy name Kostos and is mad at Kostos for following her. Lena must tell her grandparents and Kostos the truth. In Greece Lena told her grandmother the real story about Kostos and found out that his parents and baby brother died in a crash when he was young so he came to his grandparents to live and grow up as a Greek boy. On the last day that she would be in Greece Lena went to Kostos and apologized for what happened and they kissed. Lena left her sister to go home and tell her parents where she was and she went to Mexico to help Bridget because she found the letter that had been dropped and lost when she received the pants and read the letter.
. Tibby meet a 12 year old girl with leukemia and she will not stop following her. She also wants to help with a documentary Tibby is making that she is calling a suckumentary. Tibby has agreed to let her. When Tibby gets the pants Bailey wants to wear them and then tape a section for the suckumentary. Tibby finds out that Bailey has been rushed to the hospital because of an infection that she may not be able to overcome because of all of the leukemia treatments. Tibby is upset because her guinea pig Mimi, that she has had since she was little, has died. When she got a call from Bailey she didn’t even answer and she won’t eat.
At soccer camp Bridget has fallen for one of the coaches. Bridget’s coach wants her to back off during scrimmage and bring on her energy during the championships but she doesn’t want to do that. In Mexico Bridget let the other team win the tournament because her coach made her hold in her energy during the other games and then when she didn’t have the energy to give, her coach wanted her to use it so she just let the other team win. She has no energy because of something Eric, the coach she likes, said to her when she was sneaking around at night.
Carmen’s dad surprises her with a woman, who he will be marrying, and her two kids. Carmen is upset and is surprised by the house he was living in and calling his own. She hates it and feels like a guest in her own fathers home. Carmen ran away from her dad and his future family’s home and went back home. The day of her father’s wedding Carmen got the pants from Tibby and went to the wedding. She is not noticed until the wedding was over.
When the girls all got back home they told each other about their summers. Lena told about Kostos and Bridget about Eric. Carmen told about her father and they were careful with Tibby who lost her little friend Bailey towards the end of the summer.

I give this book five stars and if you get your hands on the book you wont want to put it down for anything.

Thursday, January 22, 2009

The Royal Diaries Isabel jewel Of Castilla Spain 1466-1467



Isabel is the princess of Castilla. Her elder brother Enrique is the king. He banished her and her younger brother Alfonso to Segovia to be cared for by his queen Juana and her daughter princess Juana, princes of Asturias. Alfonso left and become a king against Enrique to defeat him and become the king of Castilla. Enrique is in court in Madrid. Enrique wishes that Isabel marries queen Juana’s elder brother who she calls El Escorpión, meaning scorpion. A letter from Enrique said that Isabel would not marry king Afonso , El Escorpión. She will marry Pedro Giŕon. The wedding is to be in one week and Isabel is to go to Madrid immediately. Pedro Giŕon is even more old and ugly compared to king Afonso. Giŕon has still not arrived in Madrid. Isabel will not eat until the wedding is canceled. A messenger said that Giŕon saw what he and his men thought an ill omen. Only hours after Giŕon fell queasy and died. Isabel felt ill. She had chills and a fever. The physician diagnosed her with ague. Isabel is visiting her mother and Alfonso just arrived. Alfonso has left to go to Toledo. BeatrÍz is expecting a child in spring. She had her child a baby boy and named him Rodrigo. His godmother is Isabel. Alfonso and Catalina both died. Isabel is to meet with Enrique. Enrique swore Isabel as his heir and then broke all of his promises. She has made a plan to make it so that she will not marry king Afonso. While Enrique is gone Isabel is leaving and has made marriage plans without Enrique’s OK. She will marry Fernando. They had 5 children named Isabel, Juan, Catalina, Maria and Juana. The only lucky of her children was Maria. Isabel died in child birth, Juan died at 19 Juana went mad Catalina married Henry VIII. Isabel died at the age of 53 just 9 years before Fernando.
I would give this book five stars and think that you should read it too.