Darkness Over Denmark

Darkness Over Denmark by Ellen Levine is 162 pages long. This is a really sad book. It's about some Jewish family's that live during the Holocaust, and some of the challenges they faced rebeling from Hitler and the Nazi's. All of the families mentioned in the book do at least one thing that was brave to survive. They all did something brave. One family risked their own life by hiding Jews overnight in there basement, so they would not get killed. Another family made guns for the Jews to rebel with. That was really brave of them to do that, because they would have been killed for helping the Jews. I would recomend this book to someone of a mature age that can stand with what the Nazi's and Hitler did.

The Lightning Thief

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan is 377 pages long. It's about a boy named Percues Jackson and he is a half-blood. He is sent to camp Half-Blood and he meets a girl named Annabeth. Percy has ADHD and is not the best student so he switches schools yearly! In sixth grade he meets a saytr named Grover and he is a goat boy. Percy and his friends are sent to the underworld to look for Hadys because he is accused of taking Zues's Lightning Bolt.

Hadys is accused of taking the Lightning Bolt. Hadys is Lord of the dead. Percy is the only one who can stop him. It turns out that Percy had the Lightning Bolt the whole time he was on the quest, and it's not that easy to get to the underworld. He had a lot of challenges on the way like the old lady and the colossal poodle, but it turns out that one of the Gods is a traitor. Percy finds out who his father is at the end of the story, it's the God Posieden , the God of the sea. When Posieden dies Percy will take over at Olympus and he will be the God of the sea. I would recommend this book to everyone.

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen is 193 pages long. He does a magnificent job describing Brian's challenges. A plane crashes in a L shaped lake and the pilot dies at impact. Brian survives the crash and manages to swim to land. Later in the story Brian digs out a tree and makes it his home, he makes furniture and a bed made out of leaves. He learns how to hunt and makes a bow and arrow.

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen is 193 pages long. Brian is lost in the wilderness and will be rescued sometime in the next year. It is a magnificent book and would recommend this book to anyone and everyone, children and adults. It's a magnificent classic.

Holes by Louis Sacher

Holes by Louis Sacher is 233 pages long. It is about a kid named Stanley Yelnats that supposedly stole something and got sent to a juvenile camp were they are forced to dig holes under the jagged sun. They are in a danger though, because of the yellow spotted lizards. Stanley meets a kid named Zero that actually stole the thing that Stanley supposedly stole. At the end of the book Stanley and Zero find a huge treasure that said Yelnets on it!



The main conflict is character vs character. Stanley and the camp leader do not get along. The camp leader just wants the treasure. He knows about the treasure. He thinks" how better than a bunch of juveniles to find the treasure", because they can't get out of the camp with out knowing that they have the treasure.

Comeback Kid by Mike Lupica is 166 pages long. It's a story about a kid named Billy and his brother Ben. Billy loves to play basketball aloung side his best friend Lenny. Ben is a skilled piano player. There is a kid named Zeke every body calls him "Zeke the Geek." Zeke hangs out with two twins called the"Ratner Twins" they are his partners in crime. Zeke is always trying to hurt Ben's hand so he can't play the piano. Billy hurts Zeke in school and gets suspended and misses a basketball game. Billys dad is his basketball couch. His mom and dad are divorsed. She has to go to Boston for a lawey's meating, and hires Peg to.

The main conflict is charahter vs self because Billy is always missing stuff and keeping stuff a secret. Billy is a good brother to Ben. Billy missed 3 quarters of his championship game. He goes to Ben's piano recital instead of going to his game. After Ben finished his part in the recital Billy, Peg, and Ben rushed to the game and they were down four points. There was 5 seconds left, it was a tie game and Billy had an open shot he took it and made it.

Boy of the Painted Cave

Boy of the Painted Cave is a story about Tao and his clan. Tao is a kid that has a bad foot, and that stops him from hunting with his clan. Tao's mother was killed when he was a kid. Kala raised him by herself and she took good care of him. The clan's leader is Volt, who turns out to be Tao's father in the end of the book.

Ram is Tao's dog . Tao risked his life at camp by guiding Ram through the camp and escaping. Ram returned the favor by distracting the woolly mammoth long enough for Tao to get up and away. Ram also saved Volt by scaring away the " walking mountains." Tao and Ram are really meant to be together.

Books I've Read (10/7/09)

Today is October 7, 2009. These are the books I've read so far:

"Boy of the Painted Cave" by Justin Denzel is approximatilly 185 pages long.

"Comeback Kid" by Mike Lupica is 170 pages long. (baseball)

"Holes" by Louis Sacher is approximatlly 260 pages long.

"Comeback Kid" by mike Lupica is 165 pages long. (basketball)