Title: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Author:Roald Dahl
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, written by a illustrious author Roald Dahl, focuses on a little and unfortunate boy named Charlie Bucket. He may seem young, but he has a big heart. It was just like every other day-CHarlie woke up, got dressed and went to school. But that day, a miracle happened. He found money on the ground. He eventually uses the money to buy Willy Wonka's chocolate bar. He was anxious and eager to open it, as the five LUCKY people who discover golden tickets in their chocolate bars are given a lifetime supply of WIlly Wonka's delicious chocolates. What was more important and exciting was that those five fortunate people get an opportunity to tour around Willy Wonka's chocolate factory. This was a one-time opportunity as no one except Wonka and his employees-"his OOMPA LOOMPAS" has been allowed to see the factory. Four other people have already found the golden tickets and luckily, Charlie was the fifth one.
CHarlie takes his grandpa with him to the factory. Before his arrival at the factory, Willy Wonka's rival asked Charlie to find Wonka's secret in his chocolates and tell him. He had promised money to CHarlie, but to his dismay, Charlie did not respond. Inside the factory, the five winners and their family members experience various emotions. Some had fun and were amazed; some were pleased and others were not. At the end of their trip, everyone except Charlie is offered a lifetime supply of chocolate. When he and his grandpa go to ask why is this, Willy Wonka proudly says that Charlie just won't get a lifetime supply of chocolate. Instead, he'll get the opportunity to be the owner of this factory. Charlie and his grandpa were stunned by his response. Wonka responds to them by reasoning to them about how old he was getting and therefore, is too old to take care of this facotry anymore. He revealed that the main reason he announced this event was because he was looking for a responsible person who can take care of this factory and make it expand more. He reflected on Charlie's character throughout the tour and how he's proud of his morals at a young age. WOnka continues on about his secrets of the factory. Eventually, Charlie, his grandpa Joe and WIlly WOnka go on a trip in a "flying glass lift" after Charlie's inheritance of the factory---the end.
Even though this would have been a book you guys read a long time ago, I have never read this book. Almost all students have read this book. This book is different to the type of books I usually read. It was still an interesting fiction read. I am happy I read this book. There are still a few books I still have to finish reading like Charlotte's Web.
Mina
Miliken Mills
Saturday, August 18, 2007
Black Tuesday
Black Tuesday by Susan Colebank
264 pages
This brand new book came in this week and I just had to read the story.
Black Tuesday is about Jayne. some of it is typical, successful high school student who has it all and was well on her way to Harvard where her mom wanted her to go.
One Tuesday afternoon when she is running around doing the usual many activities, teens do, she is driving with her cell phone taking calls when she has an accident.
This book is different that Driver's Ed by Caroline Cooney because it deals not only with the accident and its' effects but it also focuses on the changes this girl made in her life as a result.
Good read!
Catherine
Teen Services
Angus Glen
264 pages
This brand new book came in this week and I just had to read the story.
Black Tuesday is about Jayne. some of it is typical, successful high school student who has it all and was well on her way to Harvard where her mom wanted her to go.
One Tuesday afternoon when she is running around doing the usual many activities, teens do, she is driving with her cell phone taking calls when she has an accident.
This book is different that Driver's Ed by Caroline Cooney because it deals not only with the accident and its' effects but it also focuses on the changes this girl made in her life as a result.
Good read!
Catherine
Teen Services
Angus Glen
Portrait of a Lady
Title: The Portrait of a Lady
Author:Henry James
Isabel wants to have her independance and freedom at all time. SHe fears that if she gets married she will lose it all. At her home town, Casper Goodwood, someone Isabel like, proposes to her but she says that after travelling with her aunt for one year in Europe, she will answer Casper on marriage. In Europe , her aunt's neigbor Lord Wuburton proposes to her,she rejects it. After some time, Isabel's uncle dies and leaves half his fortune to ISabel. Isbel travel to Florence with her aunt and aunt's friend. There she meets an another man named Gilbert Osmond. He also proposes to her, and she accepts it. Her aunt's friend has planned this so that Osmond has access to Isabel's wealth. Also Osmond has a daughter name Pansy who's mother died. They get married. Soon, Isabel sees Osmond's selfish, inaffecionte character. Isabel plans to visit her cousin Ralph who is dying of a disease, but Osmond opposes. During the the time Isabel learns that Pansy's mother is her aunt's friend, who has a secret relationship with OSmond. Isabel was shocked, and went to England to see Ralph. At there, Casper again begs ISaabel to marry him and forget about her old marriage. But, again Isabel refuses and goes back to Rome.
Altogether Isabel's thought of losing her freedom and independance and reject Lord and Capser, made her to go and get married to a person in where she did lose all her freedom and independance.
Mina
Miliken Mill
Author:Henry James
Isabel wants to have her independance and freedom at all time. SHe fears that if she gets married she will lose it all. At her home town, Casper Goodwood, someone Isabel like, proposes to her but she says that after travelling with her aunt for one year in Europe, she will answer Casper on marriage. In Europe , her aunt's neigbor Lord Wuburton proposes to her,she rejects it. After some time, Isabel's uncle dies and leaves half his fortune to ISabel. Isbel travel to Florence with her aunt and aunt's friend. There she meets an another man named Gilbert Osmond. He also proposes to her, and she accepts it. Her aunt's friend has planned this so that Osmond has access to Isabel's wealth. Also Osmond has a daughter name Pansy who's mother died. They get married. Soon, Isabel sees Osmond's selfish, inaffecionte character. Isabel plans to visit her cousin Ralph who is dying of a disease, but Osmond opposes. During the the time Isabel learns that Pansy's mother is her aunt's friend, who has a secret relationship with OSmond. Isabel was shocked, and went to England to see Ralph. At there, Casper again begs ISaabel to marry him and forget about her old marriage. But, again Isabel refuses and goes back to Rome.
Altogether Isabel's thought of losing her freedom and independance and reject Lord and Capser, made her to go and get married to a person in where she did lose all her freedom and independance.
Mina
Miliken Mill
Friday, August 17, 2007
Some Blog Reviews will be used for teen webpage
We hope to use some of your great reviews for the teen web page. The web page should be driven by you and have content that would be of interest to you and other teens.
If you have any questions about this, let me know.
Thanks.
Catherine
If you have any questions about this, let me know.
Thanks.
Catherine
Book Reviews - on blog and webpage
By the end of September, we are going to have a teen web page. If you would like to submit, further reviews, in the fall, please email them to: teens@markham.library.on.ca.
It will be the same as now. We will use only your screen name. I like to protect your privacy so when you email the review, you can give your real name but know it will not be used.
Keep up the good work and we will look forward to your further reviews, in the fall.
Catherine and Andrea
It will be the same as now. We will use only your screen name. I like to protect your privacy so when you email the review, you can give your real name but know it will not be used.
Keep up the good work and we will look forward to your further reviews, in the fall.
Catherine and Andrea
Wings
Title: Wings
Author: Julie Gonzalez
# of pages: 208
Review:
Ben is determined that one day, he will sprout his wings from his back and fly, despite everyone in his surroundings rejecting this belief and calling it off as naiveness and a wild imagination. He is fascinated with all flying animals, even documenting the wing structures of insects and birds with sketches and diagrams, or studying Leonardo da Vinci's wing design. He jumps off his roof, off the top of his tree, off a railroad track over a roaring river, to see if his wings come out. He insists that others call him Icarus after the character in Greek mythology. He does well in school, but refuses to dedicate the rest of his life to anything other than independent flight. One day, his dream comes true, surprising those who knew him, and he sets off to find people who are just like him, human-like creatures with wings.
Wings portrayed the value of believing in oneself no matter what opposition or consequences there are. I would say that it gives a realistic picture of self-confidence, had human-like creatures sprouting wings been a well-documented event - hence, the novel won't likely serve any purpose as a self-help book.
Otherwise, this novel was mainly dull. It constantly focuses on Ben's dream to fly, and while it shows how strongly he believed in it, many of the small occurrences hardly meant anything in the end.
I would not recommend this novel to anyone, though I strongly advise that those who do read it, fully understand the dangers of jumping off high elevations. In real life, Ben's fate would be forever changed if he had a spinal cord injury and lost his motor skills (therefore having no chance of flight).
Screen Name: WaterfallOfDestiny
Branch: Angus Glen
P.S. I apologize if my sudden review submissions have caused any inconvenience. I had some reviews that were half-completed from the past few weeks and I only recently finished them.
Author: Julie Gonzalez
# of pages: 208
Review:
Ben is determined that one day, he will sprout his wings from his back and fly, despite everyone in his surroundings rejecting this belief and calling it off as naiveness and a wild imagination. He is fascinated with all flying animals, even documenting the wing structures of insects and birds with sketches and diagrams, or studying Leonardo da Vinci's wing design. He jumps off his roof, off the top of his tree, off a railroad track over a roaring river, to see if his wings come out. He insists that others call him Icarus after the character in Greek mythology. He does well in school, but refuses to dedicate the rest of his life to anything other than independent flight. One day, his dream comes true, surprising those who knew him, and he sets off to find people who are just like him, human-like creatures with wings.
Wings portrayed the value of believing in oneself no matter what opposition or consequences there are. I would say that it gives a realistic picture of self-confidence, had human-like creatures sprouting wings been a well-documented event - hence, the novel won't likely serve any purpose as a self-help book.
Otherwise, this novel was mainly dull. It constantly focuses on Ben's dream to fly, and while it shows how strongly he believed in it, many of the small occurrences hardly meant anything in the end.
I would not recommend this novel to anyone, though I strongly advise that those who do read it, fully understand the dangers of jumping off high elevations. In real life, Ben's fate would be forever changed if he had a spinal cord injury and lost his motor skills (therefore having no chance of flight).
Screen Name: WaterfallOfDestiny
Branch: Angus Glen
P.S. I apologize if my sudden review submissions have caused any inconvenience. I had some reviews that were half-completed from the past few weeks and I only recently finished them.
A swift pure cry
Title: A Swift Pure Cry
Author: Siobhan Dowd
# of pages: 310
Review:
After her mother's death, Michelle "Shell" Talent is struggling to take care of her younger siblings Jimmy and Trix alone, in her small village of Coolbar. Her father has quit his job and his previous life, becoming an angry and often delusional man who claims to dedicate his life to God and preaching the Gospel. Although Shell lost her faith in God after the tragedy in her family, a new curate comes to her parish and renews the faith in all of those who attend Mass.
Meanwhile, Shell Talent's life is further troubled when she realizes that she is pregnant with the child of a boy who has left for the New York. She tries her best to hide it, but when it is born, an entirely new crisis emerges and throws the village out of balance.
Based on a true story, the plot of A Swift Pure Cry seemed to lack originality. Teenage pregnancies are a common issue that has been dealt with in many, if not all, developed countries. Often, teenage mothers resort to abandoning their babies. Therefore, Shell's situation in terms of the baby could have easily been another regular occurrence.
Nevertheless, the concept of faith expressed in the novel was quite interesting. A single priest who arrived in Coolbar completely changed the views of the congregation with his passion, and he is described as a person with a kind heart. Shell immediately fell in love with religion, even having frequent hallucinations of her mother.
Because of the deplorable lack of creativity in the story, however, I would not recommend this novel to anyone.
Screen Name: WaterfallOfDestiny
Branch: Angus Glen
Author: Siobhan Dowd
# of pages: 310
Review:
After her mother's death, Michelle "Shell" Talent is struggling to take care of her younger siblings Jimmy and Trix alone, in her small village of Coolbar. Her father has quit his job and his previous life, becoming an angry and often delusional man who claims to dedicate his life to God and preaching the Gospel. Although Shell lost her faith in God after the tragedy in her family, a new curate comes to her parish and renews the faith in all of those who attend Mass.
Meanwhile, Shell Talent's life is further troubled when she realizes that she is pregnant with the child of a boy who has left for the New York. She tries her best to hide it, but when it is born, an entirely new crisis emerges and throws the village out of balance.
Based on a true story, the plot of A Swift Pure Cry seemed to lack originality. Teenage pregnancies are a common issue that has been dealt with in many, if not all, developed countries. Often, teenage mothers resort to abandoning their babies. Therefore, Shell's situation in terms of the baby could have easily been another regular occurrence.
Nevertheless, the concept of faith expressed in the novel was quite interesting. A single priest who arrived in Coolbar completely changed the views of the congregation with his passion, and he is described as a person with a kind heart. Shell immediately fell in love with religion, even having frequent hallucinations of her mother.
Because of the deplorable lack of creativity in the story, however, I would not recommend this novel to anyone.
Screen Name: WaterfallOfDestiny
Branch: Angus Glen
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