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st night I finished Ridley Pearson's Kingdom Keepers, a perfect book for summer reading because it takes place in Disney World, Florida. Five young people chosen to be hologram hosts at the park now find themselves crossing over when they go to sleep and roaming the park as their holograms chased by evil characters come to life like pirates and Maleficent. Together they must solve the mystery code left by Walt Disney which will stop the evil characters from taking over the park. You rmay ecognize Ridley Pearson as the co-author of the Peter and the Starcatchers series. Kingdom Keepers is equally exciting and adventurous. I can't wait to start the sequel.
st night I finished Ridley Pearson's Kingdom Keepers, a perfect book for summer reading because it takes place in Disney World, Florida. Five young people chosen to be hologram hosts at the park now find themselves crossing over when they go to sleep and roaming the park as their holograms chased by evil characters come to life like pirates and Maleficent. Together they must solve the mystery code left by Walt Disney which will stop the evil characters from taking over the park. You rmay ecognize Ridley Pearson as the co-author of the Peter and the Starcatchers series. Kingdom Keepers is equally exciting and adventurous. I can't wait to start the sequel.Caroline B. Cooney's book Enter Three Witches is also exciting and adventurous but in a 
completely different way. This is the story from the Shakespeare play Macbeth spotlighting a side character Lady Mary who does not appear in the play. All the main characters are there -- Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, Banquo, Macduff, the three witches, and more. All the action of the play happens as well as play quotes to start each chapter and snatches of dialogue directly from the play. Even though I knew what has to happen, I found myself caught up in the lives of all these characters and breathless awaiting their fates.
completely different way. This is the story from the Shakespeare play Macbeth spotlighting a side character Lady Mary who does not appear in the play. All the main characters are there -- Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, Banquo, Macduff, the three witches, and more. All the action of the play happens as well as play quotes to start each chapter and snatches of dialogue directly from the play. Even though I knew what has to happen, I found myself caught up in the lives of all these characters and breathless awaiting their fates.Finally
I read a new book by Andrew Clements called Extra Credit. Sixth grader Abby learns that she will have to repeat 6th grade. Desperate to move to 7th grade, she pleads for a chance to improve her grades. Besides promising to do her homework every night till the end of the year, she gets an extra credit project to start a pen pal in another country, make a bulletin board display of her correspondence, and give an speech about what she has learned. Since she loves rock climbing, she chooses a pen pal in a small village north of Kabul, Afghanistan. What really makes this story come alive is that we meet the pen pal as well and hear his/her side of the story. In this small village it is a point of honor for the best English student to write the letters but that is Sadeed and the village elders consider it improper for a boy to write to a girl of the same age. Since Sadeed has a younger sister, he ends up writing the letters for her, sort of. This is a story which brings home to us the differences with people who live half way around the world.
I read a new book by Andrew Clements called Extra Credit. Sixth grader Abby learns that she will have to repeat 6th grade. Desperate to move to 7th grade, she pleads for a chance to improve her grades. Besides promising to do her homework every night till the end of the year, she gets an extra credit project to start a pen pal in another country, make a bulletin board display of her correspondence, and give an speech about what she has learned. Since she loves rock climbing, she chooses a pen pal in a small village north of Kabul, Afghanistan. What really makes this story come alive is that we meet the pen pal as well and hear his/her side of the story. In this small village it is a point of honor for the best English student to write the letters but that is Sadeed and the village elders consider it improper for a boy to write to a girl of the same age. Since Sadeed has a younger sister, he ends up writing the letters for her, sort of. This is a story which brings home to us the differences with people who live half way around the world.I hope you have found some great reads for this summer too. Please send me your comments about these books or whatever books you are diving into this summer. I plan to be back next week with a new update on the books I've read.
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