Turtle in Paradise

Turtle In Paradise by Kaia

Turtle in paradise was a really good book,

written by Jennifer Holm. She wrote a book

about a girl named "Turtle"(yes I know it's

a weird name). Turtle is named for her

hard shell and soft underbelly like a 

turtle's. But she doesn't let her name

make her the butt of the joke. When she has

to move to Key West she doesn't complain

or cry. I admire Turtle's courage a lot during

this book when she has to go through a lot

of different circumstances. She stays

calm and carries on as they say.

So, we had a book club.

These are pictures of the cut-up that appears in this book!

A cut-up is a whole bunch of different foods cut up together.

There's avacados,onions,papaya, just to name a few.

We did this book club in April but I just wanted to do

a review on it cause this was a really good book that

if you haven't read it already should totally read. Oh and if you

loved this book like I did there's a sequel "Full of Beans."

Vanished

This month in book club I got to lead.  I got to choose a book for everybody to read and then I asked my own questions about the book.  The book I chose was called Vanished.  It is a mystery book.

The main character in it is a girl named Neela.  The book is about a veena that goes missing (a veena is a type of instrument), and everybody is trying to find it. 

I came up with 8 questions and when we got to book club I asked them to everyone (I forgot to answer my own questions)!  I thought I was going to be really nervous but it was actually really fun to lead the group.  Usually it's the parents who lead but this time it was me so it was really fun.  I think people liked the book I picked.  I really like it, too.  

Now, it's Kaia's turn and she picked The Night Gardener.  

I am glad that instead of answering questions from the book this time, instead one of us kids gets to pick and we get to have our own made-up questions-- and choose our own book!

What makes book club so great is that I get to spend time with my friends and we get to read which I love to do.  And in every book there is a good role model for girls-- or anybody!  Book Club rocks!
-Zoe

The Cursed Veena

I was so excited to read Vanished by Sheela Chari because both my daughter and husband read it last year and they raved about it!    We had basmati rice, potato and pea samosas, potato curry, and ... potato chips which are Neela's favorite food!

I was very impressed by Neela's (the main character) perseverance and passion to find out the mystery of her missing veena. I loved her friend Matt!  What  funny guy!  I liked that he believed in her and helped her as but he could and never tried to take over, he had a lot of faith in her as a smart resourceful person.  I don't want to spoil this book for anyone who hasn't read it yet, but this book was a wonderful adventure in two different countries with so many characters interwoven, you're never totally sure who is innocent!  I hope one day Sheela Chari will write a sequel to this book.  I'd love to read a sequel where Neela is grown up and has a daughter who somehow gets the even sent to HER!
I give this book a solid 5 out of 5 cappuccinos!  (This will be my rating system on this blog.)
Happy reading!

-Emily