Daily Archives: December 22, 2009

The White Giraffe by Lauren St. John

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Summary

11 year old Martine goes to live in Africa on a game reserve, a place where many magical things happen. When one lonely night she looks out of her window and sees and young giraffe, one that seems to have a silver tinge to it. As soon as she and that giraffe lock eyes, she knows that she will risk everything for it. But what she doesn’t know is that other people want the giraffe. Will she risk her life for it or is it too late?

Review

This book was entrancing. I read this book about a two years ago and I still remember it. It had suspense, action, sadness, some very big friendships and more. I remember wanting to read this all day. After I had read it I had to read more books by Lauren St. John. There is a series for this book but it is only a series because it is the same type of story line. I absolutely loved this book and it makes you feel so warm inside. I have to say that this was one of my favorite books  two years ago (2008) and I think that you would like it too. This is a weird book in a sense of what place to put it in

Answers to Questions of the Month

 in Loving Language by

Actually there are 6 reasons why avalanches are caused.

They are……..

1. Layers of snow build up and slide down the mountain.

2. A vibration or movement like the voice of a person or a train can star an avalanche.

3. Certain weather conditions like wind and rain.

4. A rock or a piece of ice can shake the snow to slide down the mountain.

5. Water under the snow could make the snow slide.

6. A section of the snow could fall down or break apart and slide down the mountain.

aReader (see comments for their answer) came the closest. They got #2. Very good to you.*

The other question was are snowflakes ever the same shape. No one ever answered that one but it is quite simple.

The answer is no.

*To learn about names in question of the month see the page about ‘Things You Might Need To Know About My Blog” or click here.

The Silent Boy by Lois Lowry

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Summary

Katy always knew she wanted to be a doctor just like her father. She likes the feeling of helping others. But she is interested in Jacob, the boy who does not talk, the silent boy. While Jacob does not really do anything but sit there and imitate sounds, Katy and Jacob seem to have a odd relationship, one that is there but not there.

When Jacob does something he shouldn’t have done, Katy has to try and help him. But will it work?

Review

I hate saying this about books but, I really did not like this book. Lois Lowry is a great author but this was one of her ‘not so good books.’ The writing is really good but the story base line is very depressing. You (readers) might like it if you are a person who likes depressing books but I am not one of those people. I like books that make you cry but when they make you feel really down and upset and depressed, I just cannot handle those books. They seem like nothing can go right in the world, and that is not me. Lois Lowry wrote the story very well but I did not like the story base line. These types of books I can just put my opinion out, you kind of just have to decide for yourself. But personally this is not my type of book. What do you think?