The tale of Despereaux

The tale of Despereaux by Kate Dicamillo is a book about a mouse that is sent to the dungen in a castle for talking to humans. Not just a human, but the princess that lived in the castle with her parents. The mouse council had decided to send him down as a punishment. Through out most of the book, they tell about how Despereaux made out of the dungeon. I feel that the theme of this particular book is that if you want something done, you have to do it yourself. I also feel that this book shows bravery and how a small mouse achieved what he wanted by trying his hardest. I would recommend this book to a friend of mine, heather. I would recommend it to her because I know that she loves animals and enjoy reading any kind of book on them. Just like heather, I would want Despereaux as my friend because if I wanted something but didn’t want to do amazing but was chickening out of it, I know that he would convince me to do it. One of my burning questions was why were every single mouse were in a way racist? Was there a reason for that? Also, Despereaux is mostly like me because I give my friends reasons to do something they want to do but are afraid to. All in all, I would recommend this book to heather and I am mostly like Despereaux.

Choosing up Sides

Choosing up Sides by John H. Ritter, written by one of fifth grade teacher’s husbands, at Explore Elementary Charter School, is fabulous. This book is about a boy named Luke Bledsoe, a preacher’s boy, wanting to play baseball. He also wanted to play using his left hand, but it was against his father and church, and was considered a sin to use your left hand or to play baseball. Luke was under pressure. His mother’s brother uncle Micah and a boy at Luke’s school, Dexter lappman are telling him that he was making a mistake for letting that amazing opportunity go by, and that he should play baseball. In this book, what you will see is luck standing up to his father and going to play baseball. All went well until a terrible thing happened. Some of the burning questions I had were what happened after Luke’s father died? Where did they move next? Did they even move out of their house that they were staying in? Does he get to play baseball, now that his father has passed away? Maybe these questions will be answered. But then again, maybe not.

So B. It

So B. It by Sarah Weeks is about a young girl named Heidi it and her journey to place she wanted to call home. During this 'journey', Heidi learned a lot about herself. She learned who her father was and what soof was, a word both parents used, and many more. Her mother seemed to have a disability with her mind causing her not to remember anything and to remember anything. When Heidi finally finds out who she really is, a tragedy happens causing much grief.
I would recommend this sad but wonderful book to those who can relate or know someone who can relate what happens in this book or enjoys a fiction but seems non fiction book.
A friend I would like to have from this book is Bernadette because she seems to be extremely patient with people and is very optimistic.