Book Recommendations

Book Recommendations

In our class we did a Newberry Book-cover project. We had to read a Newberry medal or honor book over the winter break and then we had to design our book cover. We decided to write about some of the books that we read for this that you might consider reading. If you are a parent you can read some of these books to your children. Here are some of the books we would like you and your children to enjoy:

1. Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson.
Feathers is based on the poem
“Hope” by Emily Dickinson – “Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul” is the first line of the poem. It is also about a girl named Frannie whose older brother is dumb, he can not talk. She has a lot of adventures in the book and learns about what she calls her “heart-truth”.

2. Penny from Heaven by Jennifer L. Holme.
Penny from Heaven is about this girl named Penny and she has to take care of her family. Her mom is dating someone Penny does not approve of. Penny feels that her mom spends more time with this man than she does with her. Penny learns that it only matters if her mom is happy, then her mother will like her better.

3. Missing May by Cynthia Rylant. Since Summer was six she was living with her aunt May and uncle Ob. Now that years have past and Summer’s aunt May has died Summer really misses her aunt and has a fear that something will happen to Ob. Sometimes Ob does not want to even get out of bed and move on with his life. Summer has to learn about some of the hard realities of life in a quick way.

By Shaniah, Indiyah and Alicia