Review By: Sasha
This book is about a boy who is of two different nationalities. The problem is that both of those countries are at war, That means that no matter which country his family goes too, they get kicked out. So his dad took him to englad and left him there. And stuff happens.
Its an okay book.lots of people cry. some people die. blah blah. read it or dont. Its not like a must read or anything.
Review By: Shelby
I bought Jahanara at a library sale and I've been reading it since then. I think the sale was before this summer. anyway, it's been an on and off book and I finished it yesterday.
Jahanara: Princess of Princesses Is one of The Royal Diaries books, i.e., it's about a real princess... this is historical fiction in the form of a diary. Jahanara, Begum Sahib, was the daughter of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal (Shah Jahan had the Taj Mahal built for this favorite wife of his).
I kinda forget the whole book, but her diary is about life in the Harem, and being a princess that has to be constantly protected, and she kinda feels like a prisoner. I don't know why she feels this way, really. Ok, so people aren't allowed to touch her, and she doesn't have much um... well. I don't know, there's this one entry about her bathroom, which has all these jewels in the walls, and another about julabmost (...the rose kind kinda sounds gross). Because she is the Begum Sahib, she can never get married and have kids, so she feels very different from everyone else. About this time in India, though, the British were getting involved. She had a necklace of Queen Elizabeth I, whom she admired, and she keeps thinking about this english dude with blue eyes.
I wish I could give a better review (I don't remember everthing), but it's a pretty good book. It has a really sad ending though. Like... really sad. And it's a true story. Ish. I guess. I like these kind of books: The Royal Diaries, and the Dear America books, because they have all these historical stuffs in the back.
Review By: Shelby
The Crucible is a play set in the 16th (or it may be the 17th, who knows.... spark it) about the Salem Witch Hunts. There's this girl called Abby, who basically wants to get revenge on John Proctor's wife, because Goody Proctor fired her because she found out they were having an affair. (I so did not give it away).
Abby's cousin is sick, and they think it's because all the girls were out in the forest practicing witchcraft. They accuse Abby at first, but then she starts naming names and so begins the witch hunt.
Abby and these other girls go around testifying with "Spectral evidence", i.e., going into fits before the "witches". Meanwhile, John Proctor and others are trying to bring real justice into the system.
We read this in class, and apparently, it's called The Crucible because each character is put through a test (like in chemistry, a crucible is a container in which you heat things to purify them. or something.). This play was written during the Red Scare, which was like the witch hunt of the 20th century. The playwright, Arthur Miller, was accused of being a communist. So this play really says a lot about America in the time it was written.
Review By: Sasha
An abhorsen novella!!!!! I love the abhorsen trillogy and was sad when i had finished reading it. Then, online, i found that there was another addition called the creature in the case. I had to have it but it had onlu been realeased in England. Then at the library many months later i saw a garth nix book called Across the wall, as soon as i saw it i knew it was about Abhorsen. So I got it. The book was a collection of Garth Nix short stories plus The Creature In the Case. So....You might want to look for across the wall if you want to read it. I only read Creature In the Case because the other stories were......not about abhorsen.
I loved it! it was a great novella and i didnt want it to end! It was a quick read and i enjoyed every second of it. But of course, it is Garth Nix we're talking about.
Review By: Sasha
It's about a girl who dies and wakes up on a ship to Elsewhere. I found this book the be very well thought out and a captivating novel. At first i was content to just reading it before school started but one evening i began to read and couldnt stop untill i was done. The autor does well to show the emotional roller coasters that being dead can cause. :) And the authors view of afterlife, Elsewhere, is very nice and im suprised no one has ever thought of it before.
I reccomend this book. Its nice, funny, and because it's so good, its a fast read. And i read it so fast, i am now out of books. Well..I have one left to read but...pfft.
