I've been writing about the journeys I have taken this summer through the books I have been reading. I can't wait to tell you all about the journey I took the other day to a magical land.....
Twelve-year-old Rump is used to being made fun by everyone in his kingdom. His name is supposed to be his destiny but he doesn't even know his entire name. In addition, what he does know of his name is pretty embarrassing! Even so, his luck seems to change when he discovers he has a gift for spinning straw into gold. Many warn him that this is not a gift but a curse but Rump doesn't listen and as he weaves, trouble begins to brew. Is this a gift or is it a curse? Will Rump ever find out his entire name?
I could not put this book down and really had fun journeying to this fantasy world. I really liked how I already had background knowledge about the fairy tale Rumpelstiltskin and how this book made me think about the characters and the story in an entirely new way. It went much deeper into why Rumpelstiltskin behaved the way he did and why it was so important for him to learn his name. I also really liked this book because it was full of quests, captures, escapes, mysterious creatures and magic. What more could you want?
I also got to meet a really great girl, superhero in fact, in another journey I took a couple of weeks ago in a book called El Deafo. Don't worry boys, she's is in no way a girly girl. She could definitely hang with the guys...
Cece is a normal kid until one day she gets a mysterious illness that ultimately causes her to go deaf. She now has to wear a large hearing aid strapped to her chest each day as she tries to fit in at school. At first she is horrified and does everything she can to hide it from her classmates, but then she realizes that she can hear things that other kids can't! It is like having super powers! Even with super powers Cece still feels alone. Can she use her super powers to find the one thing she truly wants...a friend?
CALLING ALL LOVERS OF GRAPHIC NOVELS!!! If you loved Diary of a Wimpy Kid you will be sure to love this book. The entire book is one long comic strip. This made it very entertaining and easy to understand. While I was tempted to fly through this book because of the comic strip set-up, there is really a lot to think about so it is useful to take some time and think like a good reader does. That is actually what I liked about this book, it made me think sometimes. Sometimes it had me giggling, other times I was cheering, and still others I was full of sympathy for lonely Cece. I can't wait to share this book with you this year!
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