A new year of reading for Matthias, keeping track of his books here as with last year.
The Dog on Barkham Street Read Aug '09 Rated (3) (F)
Danny the Champion of the World by Road Dahl Read Aug '09 Rated (2) (F)
The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander Read Aug '09 Rated (3) (F)
The Black Cauldron by Llyod Alexander Read Sept '09 Rated (2) (F)
Castle of Llyr by Llyod Alexander Read Sept '09 Rated (3) (F)
Edmund Campion by Harold C. Gardiner S. J. Read Sept '09 Rated (4) (HF)
Captain Nobody Read Oct. '09 Rated (3) (F)
The Motor Boys Over the Rockies Read Oct. '09 Rated (3) (HF)
Enemy Brothers by Constance Savery Read Nov. '09 Rated (5) (HF)
On the Wings of Heroes by Richard Peck Notes :: This book is about a boy named Davy Bowman in the time of world war II. His brother Bill had just finished flight school and was going to fly a bomber on 25 missions. On one of the bombing raids, Bills plane went down and he was lost in action. His parents, grandparents and Davy were very worried. Davy's grandparents came to live with them and encouraged Davy's mom to get a job so she wouldn't be waiting anxiously for news of Bill. Davy continued his daily activities and going to school. Towards the end of the book, one night while the family slept, Davy's grandfather's root beer cans exploded and woke the family. They came down to find root beer everywhere in the basement and then the doorbell rang and there was news of Bill being found. Rated (3) (HF) Read Dec. '09
The Perilous Road by William O. Steele Read Dec '09
Marlfox by Brian Jacques Rated () (F) Read Dec '09/Jan. '10
Along Came a Dog by Meindert deJong Rated (3) (F) Read Jan '10
The Boy in Striped Pajamas by John Boyne Notes :: This book is about a boy in Berlin who moves to a house near a concentration camp and his father is a "Comandant" in the German Army. The boy (who is named Bruno) decides to go exploring one day when he meets a boy(who is named Shmuel) who is sitting on the other side of the fence of the concentration camp. The two boys become friends but are always on different sides of the fence. When Bruno's mother decides to move back to Berlin, and the other boy's father goes missing, Bruno decides to come on the other side of the fence and help his friend find his missing father. The boys, along with alot of other people, are ordered to go on a 'march'. They are taken to a closed room where they are unsuspectingly gassed to death, and here the story ends. This is NOT a book for kids under the age of 11. Rated (2) (HF) Read Jan '10
Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne Rated (5) (F) Read Jan-March '10
The Magic City by E. Nesbit Rated (2) (F) Read March '10
Any Which Wall by Laurel Rated (4) (F) Read March '10
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle Rated (3) (SF) Read April '10
A New Hope by George Lucas Rated (4) (SF) Read April '10
And Now Miguel by Joseph Krumgold Rated () () currently reading
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