Stories
This is where i will suggest books to read and make up my own stories. At the bottom you can suggest stories for me to write about and for me to read and post. Hope you like them.
Ida B by Katherine Hannigan
This Novel is taken place in Northern Wisconsin. But although the orchard may be secluded, life here for the Applewood family is anything but lonely. 9-year-old Ida B is a youngster with a huge imagination and the blessing of two parents who love one another as genuinely as they love their daughter, their land, and their livelihood. Mr. and Mrs. Applewood further nurture Ida B's keen-edged confidence and creative spirit with home-school. Ida B's world is thus a safe and wonder-rich place, and she prides herself as a master planner, a girl who can out-wit anything that threatens the safety and wonder of this world. Ida B considers the trees and the brook to be her friends, and she believes that the land takes care of her family just as her family takes care of the land.
But when her mother is stricken with cancer, Ida B learns that even the best plan can't cover all the “what if's” of life. Mrs. Applewood's declining health forces the family to sell part of their orchard and enroll their daughter in public school. Ida B's beloved trees are cut down to build a house for the new neighbors. Ida B makes up her mind to hate school, harden her heart against future hurt, throw a cold shoulder to her parents, and drive the new neighbors away—even if such tasks demand that she hurts her neighbors, parents, and classmates in the process.
Ida B sets out to scare the new neighbors away by posting menacing signs on their property that warn of fictitious dangers ranging from typhoons to water rats. But when the new neighbors turn out to be the family of one of Ida B's classmates (Claire), Ida B succeeds only in scaring away a potential friend. At home, Ida B isolates herself emotionally by not disclosing her feelings to her parents.
With the help of her kind-hearted teacher (Miss Washington), Ida B reconsiders her plan. Miss Washington shares her favorite books with Ida B, and encourages her to find a voice in the classroom and open her heart to others by reading aloud. Slowly, Ida B comes to admit that school can be a likeable place—but as this change in attitude begins, Ida B starts to regret her past behaviors. She revises her “Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World.” The new and improved plan is a plan to make amends. Ida B accomplishes this in a series of heartfelt “I'm sorry's.” She forgives herself for not being able to safe-uard the orchard and her family, and then follows-up by apologizing to the remaining trees, the parents she snubbed, Claire, and Claire's family.
Suggested by Julia-"Ida B was a great book too"
But when her mother is stricken with cancer, Ida B learns that even the best plan can't cover all the “what if's” of life. Mrs. Applewood's declining health forces the family to sell part of their orchard and enroll their daughter in public school. Ida B's beloved trees are cut down to build a house for the new neighbors. Ida B makes up her mind to hate school, harden her heart against future hurt, throw a cold shoulder to her parents, and drive the new neighbors away—even if such tasks demand that she hurts her neighbors, parents, and classmates in the process.
Ida B sets out to scare the new neighbors away by posting menacing signs on their property that warn of fictitious dangers ranging from typhoons to water rats. But when the new neighbors turn out to be the family of one of Ida B's classmates (Claire), Ida B succeeds only in scaring away a potential friend. At home, Ida B isolates herself emotionally by not disclosing her feelings to her parents.
With the help of her kind-hearted teacher (Miss Washington), Ida B reconsiders her plan. Miss Washington shares her favorite books with Ida B, and encourages her to find a voice in the classroom and open her heart to others by reading aloud. Slowly, Ida B comes to admit that school can be a likeable place—but as this change in attitude begins, Ida B starts to regret her past behaviors. She revises her “Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World.” The new and improved plan is a plan to make amends. Ida B accomplishes this in a series of heartfelt “I'm sorry's.” She forgives herself for not being able to safe-uard the orchard and her family, and then follows-up by apologizing to the remaining trees, the parents she snubbed, Claire, and Claire's family.
Suggested by Julia-"Ida B was a great book too"
Are You There God? It's Me Margaret.
Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret. is written by Judy Blume. This book is
about a girl named Margaret Simon, who is an only child and just moved from New
York to Farbrook, New Jersey. Margaret is entering to her pre-teen age and she
needs someone to talk to, so she talks to god. Though, Margaret has no religion. Through Margaret’s
journey to becoming a pre-teen, she is also trying to decide on a religion. When
Margaret moves to New Jersey she meets a girl named Nancy Wheeler, who lives down
the street. Margaret also meets Gretchen and Jamie and they form a club called
the PTS, which stands for the pre-teen sensations. In this club they discussed
all types of things which involved talking about boys, and what happens
when you grow up. At the end, Margaret starts to grow up and ends up not
choosing any religion but she still talks to god.
suggested by me (Sabrina)
suggested by me (Sabrina)
Mysterious Benedict Society
The ad in the newspaper says, "Are you a gifted child looking for special opportunities?" Reynie, an orphan, decides that he is, and convinces the orphanage director to let him take the test. Along with three other children who pass, Reynie meets the mysterious Mr. Benedict, a narcoleptic who lives behind a maze, and who has an important mission for the children.They are sent to a boarding school on an island, The Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, to find out all they can about the school's director, Ledroptha Curtain. Posing as students, they discover his plan to take over the world using mind control. But in his carefully controlled island fortress, stopping him seems impossible, even for four very gifted children.
suggested by Julia- "one of the best books i read
suggested by Julia- "one of the best books i read
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Jess Aarons lives in a small town called Lark Creek and has a hard family life. He likes to draw and run, and is kind of lonely. He's about to enter the fifth grade and dreams of being the fastest runner there. This dream is shattered on the first day of school, though, when a new girl named Leslie shows up and runs faster than anyone. At first Jess is crushed, but later he and Leslie end up becoming good friends.
suggested by me (Sabrina)
suggested by me (Sabrina)
Liberty Porter, First Daughter by Julia DeVillers
She's a regular nine-year-old girl with a lot going on. First of all, her dad has just started a new job. And she has to move to a house in a new city. Oh, and the really big thing? Her dad? His new job is president of the United States. That's right. So the house is the White House, and the city is Washington, D.C. That means Liberty Porter is going to be First Daughter and she is super-excited!
suggested by Julia-"another great book"
suggested by Julia-"another great book"
Smile by Raina Telgemeier
Raina just wants to be a normal sixth grader. But one night after Girl Scouts she trips and falls, severely injuring her two front teeth, and what follows is a long and frustrating journey with on-again, off-again braces, surgery, embarrassing headgear, and even a retainer with fake teeth attached. And on top of all that, there's still more to deal with: a major earthquake, boy confusion, and friends who turn out to be not so friendly.
suggested by Julia-"it is a really great book"
suggested by Julia-"it is a really great book"
The Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo
The story takes place in Florida at an old, run down hotel called the “Kentucky Star.’’ The main character’s name is Rob Horton. This twelve year-old doesn’t share how he really feels to anyone, even his father. When Rob packed away his clothes to move from Jacksonville to Lister, Florida, he also packed away his sadness, happiness and heartache. Rob’s mother had just died. Rob needs to lighten his heart. Rob has had itchy, red blisters all over his legs for six months. The principal at the new school said Rob should put medicine on his legs and stay home for a couple days. But Willy May, who works at Kentucky Star, tells Rob he has blisters because he’s keeping all his thoughts inside him. One tries to heal from the outside, and the other from the inside. Rob finds a beautiful tiger at an abandoned gas station that he discovers belongs to Beauchamp, the hotel owner who doesn’t take care of him. Like the tiger, Rob needs to meet someone who will set his thoughts free, much like the tiger wants his freedom.
suggested my Me (Sabrina)
suggested my Me (Sabrina)
The Tail of Emily Windsnap by Liz Kessler
Emily Windsnap has a secret. She discovers it by accident, in seventh grade swim class - her first time ever immersed in water. Her legs feel like they've fused together as soon as she hits the pool, then feel normal when she hauls herself out, and it totally freaks her out. Later that night, she jumps off the pier near her houseboat to see if it happens again. It Does, she sees her legs turn into a sleek purple-and-green tail, then turn back into legs when she's out of the water. After she gets used to the idea, she's thrilled, and starts taking secret swims in the ocean to test out her newly discovered fishy self. For a while, she's the only one who knows her secret. But then she meets a new mermaid friend, Shona, who shows her a whole other world beneath the sea.
suggested by Me (Sabrina)
It is also a series book.
Because Of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
The summer Opal and her father, the preacher, move to Naomi, Florida, Opal goes into the Winn-Dixie supermarket and comes out with a dog. A big, ugly, suffering dog with a sterling sense of humor whom she calls Winn-Dixie. Because of Winn-Dixie, the preacher tells Opal ten things about her absent mother, one for each year Opal has been alive. Winn-Dixie is better at making friends than anyone Opal has ever known, and together they meet the local librarian, Miss Franny Block, who once fought off a bear with a copy of War and Peace. They meet Gloria Dump, who is nearly blind but sees with her heart, and Otis, an ex-con who sets the animals in his pet shop loose after hours, then lulls them with his guitar. Opal spends all that sweet summer collecting stories about her new friends and thinking about her mother. But because of Winn-Dixie or perhaps because she has grown, Opal learns to let go, just a little, and that friendship--and forgiveness--can sneak up on you like a sudden summer storm.
suggested by Me (Sabrina)
suggested by Me (Sabrina)
The Candy shop war by Brandon Mull
Nate's new in the neighborhood, who have just moved, and the friends who is in the early days in the truest way we can hope for. They come to each other in a way that would never suggest. Children begin to do after school, the tasks for the owner of a candy store again in exchange for treats. The alarm which has never candy from people who do not know. The tasks left in tasks that are in turn be really dangerous and progressive wrong. The temptation may be sweet, but Nate and his friend Trevor has decided to hang for other reasons. It is a mystery to solve, and you find that there is a competitor candy seller, an interest he has discovered. A great legend comes into play, and when it comes to dogs and horses are very cool, what is happening is always terribly wrong. It's up to Nate and his friends do not end when eaten by a giant black widows, or turned to bones and dust first.
suggested by Julia-"an amazing book"
suggested by Julia-"an amazing book"
MR. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater
Mr. Popper is a house painter who dreams of traveling the world, except he doesn’t have the money. Instead, he reads magazines about famous people and distant lands. One day, the Popper family tunes in to a radio broadcast by an Admiral Drake, who is exploring Antarctica, and they are surprised. The admiral has actually answered a letter from Mr. Popper! He promises Mr. Popper a surprise in the mail.
Savvy by Ingrid Law
The Beaumonts are an unusual family. On their 13th birthdays (and sometimes before then) each family member gets their savvy, an unpredictable special ability that runs in their family. One of Mibs's brothers causes storms and another generates electricity, and neither is able to control his savvy too well yet. Now Mibs is about to turn thirteen, and they all wonder what her savvy will be. But just before her birthday, her father is in a car accident, and now lies in a coma in the hospital. And Mibs just hopes that whatever her savvy is, it will be something that can save him.
suggested by Nikki
suggested by Nikki
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Secret Garden starts by introducing us to Mary Lennox, a sickly, foul-tempered, unsightly little girl who loves no one and whom no one loves. At the outset of the story, she is living in India with her parents but is rarely permitted to see them. They have placed her under the constant care of a number of native servants, as they find her too hideous and tiresome to look after. Mary's circumstances are cast into complete upheaval when an outbreak of cholera devastates the Lennox household, leaving no one alive but herself.
suggested by Julia-"it was an amazing book full of surprises"
suggested by Julia-"it was an amazing book full of surprises"
The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling
The Chocolate Touch is about a boy named John Midas who loves chocolate. One day while he is walking, he finds a coin with his initials and a boy on it. The initials are "J.M.". He picks up the coin and goes into a chocolate store. The owner of the store says he will trade John a box of chocolate for the coin. The book is mainly about John eating the box of chocolate, which makes everything taste like chocolate.
suggested by Julia-"pretty bad book but the end is amazing. i almost cried"
suggested by Julia-"pretty bad book but the end is amazing. i almost cried"
A Little Princesses by Frances Hodgson Burnett
A privileged young girl tries to adapt to life in a strict boarding school in this charming children's fantasy. Adapting a novel byFrances_Hodgson_Burnett, the film shifts the story's setting to World War I. 10 year-old Sara Crewe has been left in a respected New York City boarding school while her British father heads overseas to fight. Filled with wild stories and a playful attitude Sara becomes popular amongst her classmates but quickly comes into conflict with the harsh headmistress, Miss Minchin, who attempts to quash the child's individuality. The young girl's situation takes a serious turn for the worse when she unexpectedly receives word of her father's death, and, suddenly impoverished, is forced into life as a servant.
suggested by Julia-"another very good book"
suggested by Julia-"another very good book"
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
In a house on Egypt Street there lived a china rabbit named Edward Tulane. The rabbit was very pleased with himself, and for good reason he was owned by a girl named Abilene who treated him with the best care and loved him completely.
Then one day he was lost.
suggested by Nikki-"i really like this book"
Then one day he was lost.
suggested by Nikki-"i really like this book"
Fableheaven by Brandon Mull
My aunt really likes this book, also a lot of my friends talk about this book. It is a series book.