the yellow star

the yellow star by Jennifer Roy is a great book.it is set in the holocaust and is about a
girl named Sylvia Perlmutter. it's about by the end of the second world war only 12
children survivors.

 by rosie

Goodnight Mister Tom

Willie Beech is evacuated to the countryside as the second world war breaks out.

A sad, deprived child, he slowly begins to flourish under the care of old Tom oakley.

But then his mother summons him back to war-torn London.... Will he ever see mister tom again?

This is the blurb from the book 'Goodnight Mister Tom' It is relly well written & I highly recomend it.

Review By: Felix The Penguin

   

Recommendations for 2012 by Hayzie

Recommendations for 2012 by..... HAYZIE!!!!!
1. Trash by Andy Mulligan
2. Once by Morris Gleitzman
3. Then by Morris Gleitzman
4. Now by Morris Gleitzman
5. Bathsheba Clarice de Trop: Chips, Beans and Limousines by Leila Rasheed
6. Bathsheba Clarice de Trop: Socks, Shocks and Secrets by Leila Rasheed
7. Bathsheba Clarice de Trop: Doughnuts, Dreams and Drama Queens by Leila Rasheed
8. Peak by Roland Smith
9. Theodore Boone by John Grisham
10. Hetty Feather by Jacqueline Wilson


WHY???
1. Trash is a great book that has been one of my favorites of this year. I truly loved it because of the format of the story. It was written from different people's perspectives. The adventures that Raphael, Gardo and Rat went on was just gripping and I couldn't put the book down.

2, 3, 4. Once, Then and Now is a great series that I couldn't put down because it was full of thrilling adventure and excitement. The cover on the books doesn't give the book away. Once has a picture of books burning. But from the actual story it is not the main idea. These books are great reads and I would recommend it to others any day.


5, 6, 7. Bathsheba Clarice de Trop is a great series of book that made me laugh so hard I nearly cried. Bathsheba Clarice de Trop goes through a whole lot of drama and she thinks she is a heroine and she also thinks she saved the president.

Tomorrow When The War Began Series By John Marsden

This is a AMAZING book series. It has won several coveted awards including the CBCA & YABBA Awards more info at
http://www.johnmarsden.com.au/home.html

Review By: Felix The Penguin

TheGiver

the giver by LoisLowry is a very good book. it is about a boy called Jonas when Jonas turns 12 he is assigned the job of the giver.the keeper of memories.
and here are some more books
* Max remy super spy series by DeborahAbela
*Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
* and any thing by Tamora Pierce.
by rosie room 4

Review-Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer

This is an AMAZING Book, it is the first in a series of books called 'Theodore Boone'. This is truly the best book I have ever read. The second book in the series is called 'The Abduction' & is about Theodore's friend being kidnapped.

Review By: Felix The Penguin

Don't judge a book by it's cover...

This is a pursuasive sppech I wrote on 'Don't Judge a Book by it's Cover'

Have you ever heard the saying: ‘Don’t Judge a book by its cover’? I definitely have and I am positive most of you have heard it as well.

Today I am going to persuade you that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover.

I’ll start nice and easy with the literal meaning. So basically the saying tells us just because the cover of the book is boring it doesn’t mean that the book itself is boring, for all you know it could be quite exciting. On the other hand the cover might be all sparkly, bright and eye catching, but the content of the book could be dull, lifeless and boring.

Personally this has happened to me a lot of times and I am sure that it has happened to you quite a few times right?

If we dig deep into the core of this saying we could find it also means other things…

Do you realise that people just pick up stuff off shelves in supermarkets based on the packaging without seeing the content.

A good example of this is when people don’t buy homebrand products and go for the flashier packaging instead when the content is the same and homebrand costs less.

I don’t know about you, but I have noticed that we judge people by their looks, how wrong is that? I think that it is extremely wrong and wish that it didn’t happen, because just because people look good doesn’t mean that they are the nicest person in the world, which is the same theory as don’t judge a book by its cover.

Think of your favourite singers, generally speaking their appearance and style is nice or it stands out and their voice, well it isn’t too bad but lets face it there are probably better singers out there but no one even knows that they exist, why does no one know they exist? Well maybe they aren’t very well off but it is more likely that they don’t have the looks to be famous and live in the world of glitz.

Take for example Susan Boyle, she has a great powerful voice but her appearance and style, it’s not too great, she only really became famous because of UK Idol.

So my point is, people who have a better appearance often get better advantages than others, this happens in all aspects of life not just music.

I want you just to think about what we are missing out on by not giving these people a chance.

Unfortunately this is not all we do, but we also judge whole groups of people by their appearance, this is called stereotyping.

Some common things we stereotype are that all blondes are dumb. Actually some are smart, just like everyone else.

Worse than that is racial stereotyping, just think back, how many blacks were used as slaves around 150 years ago and why? Well the reason was plainly that their skin was black.

By Valeria