Hillary's Reading Journal

Christmas Sonata

2005-05-20T05:45:00.000-07:00

I just finished reading the Christmas Sonata. This little boy and his mother decided to go to their relatives for the christmas season because their father and husband was in the war. When they got to the Lake with their relatives, he had an older cousin that was very sick. The little boy did not believe in Santa but when Christmas eve came, he saw Santa and started to believe again

A ghost story

2005-05-12T06:01:00.000-07:00

I just finished reading the book called A ghost story. Zoe was sent to live with her grandparents when she was very little. Little did she know the house had a big secret about it. She was very little when she met another little girl named Zoe Louise but for some reason only she could she Zoe Louise because Zoe Louise was a ghost who died in a fire hundreds of years ago. And for Zoe Louise to leave and never see Zoe again, Zoe had to try to figure out how she died go back in time by going through the back stairway and save Zoe Louise from that day.

Blue Heron

2005-05-09T16:25:00.000-07:00

I just finished the book Blue Heron.. Its about a little girl that goes to visit her father over the summer. She thinks everything is fine until she finds out that something is terribly wrong with her father. She can not figure out what it is so she decides to confront her father about it. He yells and screams telling her that she doesnt matter and to get out off the car right away. She gets out and hours later her step mom get a phone call saying that something is very wrong with her father and they should get to the hospital right away.

Blue Heron

2005-05-09T16:13:00.000-07:00

I am reading the book called Blue Heron. Maggie is a 12 year old girl who has parents that are divorced. She lives in Seattle with her mother but has decided to go to visit her father, stepmother, and step sister for the summer. She is very excited thinking that everything is going to be fun and go as planned.

Its not the end of the world

2005-04-22T05:55:00.000-07:00

I am currently reading a book called Its not the end of the world. Karen is in the 6th grade and she has two siblinings. A brother named Jeff and a little sister named Amy. Their two parents have been married for 17 years and now they have decided to file for divorce. Karen doesnt want this to happen so she tries to do anything in her power to get them back together but she can not think of anything good enough. She just doesnt understand that her parents do not love eachother anymore and they can not live in the same house. Her father moves out but they get to see him every wednesday and sunday. Their mother has gone back to school and is barely ever at home which makes Karen think that her mom is sneaking around dating some other man.

Romeo and Juliet

2005-04-14T05:57:00.000-07:00

So far this book is really good. Ed and Pete have been best friends sense they could talk. They do everything together. If Ed isnt home he is at Petes house and if Pete isnt home hes at Eds house. They are both in the 8th grade and have never really been in love until now. Pete is head over heals for a girl named Anabell but what Pete doesn't know is Anabell is in love with him to. They are both to scared to talk to each other. In their english class they are reading Romeo and Juliet and sense Ed knows that Pete is in love but won't talk to Anabell, Ed decides to put on the play Romeo and Juliet to get Ed and Anabell together. But things never go as good as they are suppose to. Pete has to talk Ed into being Romeo and its no easier to talk Anabell into playing Juliet.

Just Call Me Stupid

2005-04-12T05:58:00.000-07:00

The book I just finished reading was called Just Call me Stupid. The book was a pretty good book but it was kinda sad. This boy named Patrick in the 5th grade still didnt know how to read. He never learned how to read because when he would try to go things his father would always call him stupid and tell him that he was a bad kid. That gave Patrick very low confidence and there for he had very hard time learning. The only thing Patrick did like to do was draw and his teachers would get very upset at him for it because he didn't focus on his other school work. He met a girl named Celina and became very good friends with her until she turned one of Patricks stories in to the teacher and Patrick ended up winning a writing contest and had to read the story in front of everyone at the award ceremony. He was so scared because he didn't know how to read it so he stayed up all night and memorized the story by listening to himself on the tape recorder. By the next morning he stood up in front of the whole student body and completly choked. He was not only lying to himself but to everyone else so he told everyone that he wasnt very good at reading but he could explain the story to them all and they all stood up and applaused.

Just call me stupid

2005-04-01T07:05:00.000-08:00

Just call me stupid is a book about a boy that is in the 5th grade and still doesnt know how to read. He doesnt read because his father was always mean to him and always called him bad names that brought him down. His teacher isnt very nice to him either and always yells at him to read but instead he just draws. His mom though is very nice and says that it takes time to learn to read and that he will get it someday it just takes patients.

Through a breif darkness

2005-04-01T06:54:00.000-08:00

I just finished reading a book called Through a Breif Darnkess by Richard Peck. It was a good book although it was very confusing. This girl who lived in New York City with her father was taken in and out of many boarding schools. At least twice a year her father would take her out of her school and move her to another one just so she wouldnt get to comfortable where she was and so they could keep her safe. When she turned 16 her father took her out of her school in New York and made her go to London and stay with her realitives although she always wanted to go to London she was very nervous about her relatives and she knew something was going on that noone would tell her. In the end she finds out that the people she is staying with were not her realitives but people out to get her and her father.

If I asked you....Would you stay?

2005-03-18T06:53:00.000-08:00

I just finished a book called If I asked you would you stay...It was a very good book. It was about a boy who lived on his own and was very happy with his life being all by himself until one night he was watching out the window to the ocean and saw someone swimming out into the sea. He went out and got in the ocean and saved this persons life. The person ended up being a girl with no money and no place to go. So Crow the one who saved her took her in and took care of her until she could get on her feet again. He never knew that he would fall in love with her and ask her to stay.

Gathering Blue

2005-03-09T14:17:00.000-08:00

The book that i just got done reading was called Gathering Blue. It was probably the weirdest books I have ever read. The author must have been crazy when she was writing it. The story doesn't really take plave anywhere its kinda like people just live out in the open with very little food and no place to shower or clean. I do not recommend this book to anyone unless you like far fetch books that take alot to understand and really know where the author is coming from.

Gathering Blue

2005-03-03T05:35:00.000-08:00

I am reading the book called Gathering Blue. It is probably the weirdest book I have ever read in my entire life. I have no idea of where it takes place or what is really even happening. All i know is that Kiras mother has died from illness and now Kira doesn't have a place to live. All the other people in the town want her to go to the fields and be eaten by monsters because there is no point in her being there. But she does not go to the woods, instead she goes to this place to stay only if she works on a robe that is worn for celebrations.

All Around the Town

2005-02-22T05:19:00.000-08:00

I just finished the book All Around the Town. Laurie has been going to a therapist and each time that she goes someone else comes out of her body. Like a split personality. She has four multiple personalities. Leona, Debbie, Lee who is a boy who remembers all of her past and kate who doesn't want anyone to say anything about her past. Her professor was murdered and everyone thinks that it was her who did it but later in the book they find out that it was his wife. Lauries kidnappers from long ago are back in town trying to ruin her life but before they can really get to her, her sister figures out who they are and stops them. This book was really good. It was very long but if you like murder mystery then you would love this book.

All Around the Town

2005-02-15T08:24:00.000-08:00

I am still reading the book All around the Town by Mary Higgins Clark. The part that I am currently at is when Laurie has grown up to be about 20. She is currently in her last year at a college. Things start to go wrong when her parents die from a car accident and one of her professors was murdered in his own house. What Laurie doesn't know is that her kidnappers from long ago are back in the neighborhood. They plan to ruin Lauries life very slowly.

All Around the Town

2005-02-08T07:08:00.000-08:00

I am currently reading the book called All Around the Town by Mary Higgins Clark. It is full of mystery and suspense. Four year old Laurie Kenyon wanted to play in the swimming pool, beth, the babysitter wouldnt let her. Laurie is not allowed to go out to the front of the house but she is so mad at her babysitter that she does. Like no tomorrow two people grab Laurie and kidnap her.
Two years pass and Laurie is still with the Kidnappers. They finally decide to return her because of an incadent that happened at a diner. Laurie's parents are so relieved that she is back but something is terribly wrong with Laurie. She doesn't remember anything about her family...

Remembering The Good Times

2005-02-08T07:03:00.000-08:00

I just got done reading a book called Remembering the good times. It was a really good book about three kids that grow up together. Buck is the main character and he tells all about his life and his two best friends lives. They eventually get into high school and things change dramatically. There is alot of peer pressure going around the school and alot of stress that one of the three friends can't handle it and decides to end their life.

The Wedding

2004-12-13T16:25:00.000-08:00

I have read many books in day. The book that I've just recently read in my free time was The Wedding by Nicholas Sparks. It is a wonderful story about a married couple falling in love all over again. The couple has slowly grown apart, so while planning their daughters wedding he comes up with a wonderful and unthinkable suprise for his wife. His suprise brings not only the family back together but he brings their marriage back togehter and makes it even stronger then before. Its a breath taking book and i would encourage anyone to read it. It is one of the best books he has written yet. You should really put it on your list.