I want to thank you for coming here and visiting the posts for one of my first classes in graduate school... Sadly, my first semester is drawing near and this is my last reading log.
This reading log focuses on chapter books! Some new and some old; some non-fiction and one is fiction.
Like before, they are listed in alphabetical order. I hope you enjoy!
It All Comes Down to This by Karen English
Published by:
Category: Juvenile Fiction, Historical Fiction
Major Awards Won: Kirkus Reviews' Best Books of 2017, Kirkus Prize Finalist, Kirkus Starred Review, Booklist Top 10 Books of 2018, Historical Fiction for Youth, Horn Book Fanfare List 2017
Age Range: 10-12 years
Pages and Spreads: 368 pages, 0 spreads
Taking place during 1965 in California, It All Comes Down to This tells the reader about 13 year old Sophie during the summer before 9th grade. There is a lot going on that summer, Sophie sees for herself just how cruel the world can be at times. English paints the picture of what it was like getting grew as an African-American during that time. How unfair it was, to be prejudiced against based on the color of your skin. How people make awful and baseless assumptions. the riots that were happening at the time in LA- not far from where Sophie and her sister, Lily live. At the beginning of the book, the reader sees that Sophie is somewhat naive but at the end of the story, the reader knows that Sophie has grown up. If you're looking at the age range for this story in terms of Sophie and Lily being older and the growing that Sophie goes through, then I think that it's appropriate. I would say that it's realistic because Sophie ends up learning a lot from Mrs. Baylor and she's witnesses what goes on between her mother and father (how her father is in an extramarital affair) and how Nathan is arrested, even though he's done nothing wrong.
Malala: My Story of Standing Up for Girls' Rights by Malala Yousafzai with Patricia McMormick
Published by: Little, Brown and Company in 2018
Category: Juvenile Autobiography, Juvenile Non-Fiction
Major Awards Won: The Amelia Bloomer Book List Awards in 2019
Age Range: 7-10 years
Pages and Spreads: 166 pages, 0 spreads
At the age of 15, Malala Yousafzai was a victim of gun violence by the Taliban on a bus ride from school. In 2008, Malala's entire world started to change with Fazlullah entering and taking over Pakistan. Backed by the Talbian, Fazlullah decided that having access to an education was not acceptable for girls. Refusing to accept this notion (and speaking out against the Taliban and Fazlullah), Malala stood up for education for girls, women and boys. As an individual wise beyond her years, Malala is strong and inspirational. She allow what happened to define her and continues to advocate for what's right. Malala: My Story of Standing Up for Girls' Rights is the abridged version of I am Malala. This book is a chapter book but it's only 166 pages and while there not spreads of illustrations, there are standalone illustrations. The book also features a glossary at the back and it some chapters highlight specific terms for the give more information on a person mentioned or an organization, a religious holiday, etc. The age range provided by the publisher is appropriate for this book.
World War II on the Home Front: An Interactive History Adventure by Martin Gitlin
Published by: Capstone Press in 2012
Category: Juvenile Non-fiction, World War II
Age Range: 8-11 years
Pages and Spreads: 112 pages, 0 spreads
On December 7, 1941; the world was forever changed when Pearl Harbor was bombed by Japan. For the next 4 years, the United States, England and the Soviet Union would be fighting a war against Germany. World War II on the Home Front is an interactive adventure book. As the reader, you're able to pick 1 of three different characters: a housewife, an African American war veteran or a 12 year old boy. Each character teaches the reader about the different things that they had encountered during this time. The reader is able to choose a proactive direction for the character or a passive direction. At the end of the book, there is the outcome of what happened with the war. While the book lacks spreads, there are several photographs of different people at the time and picture of propaganda and newspaper articles. The age range on this book is appropriate as it was recommended by the publisher.
- Jillian
Published by:
Category: Juvenile Fiction, Historical Fiction
Major Awards Won: Kirkus Reviews' Best Books of 2017, Kirkus Prize Finalist, Kirkus Starred Review, Booklist Top 10 Books of 2018, Historical Fiction for Youth, Horn Book Fanfare List 2017
Age Range: 10-12 years
Pages and Spreads: 368 pages, 0 spreads
Taking place during 1965 in California, It All Comes Down to This tells the reader about 13 year old Sophie during the summer before 9th grade. There is a lot going on that summer, Sophie sees for herself just how cruel the world can be at times. English paints the picture of what it was like getting grew as an African-American during that time. How unfair it was, to be prejudiced against based on the color of your skin. How people make awful and baseless assumptions. the riots that were happening at the time in LA- not far from where Sophie and her sister, Lily live. At the beginning of the book, the reader sees that Sophie is somewhat naive but at the end of the story, the reader knows that Sophie has grown up. If you're looking at the age range for this story in terms of Sophie and Lily being older and the growing that Sophie goes through, then I think that it's appropriate. I would say that it's realistic because Sophie ends up learning a lot from Mrs. Baylor and she's witnesses what goes on between her mother and father (how her father is in an extramarital affair) and how Nathan is arrested, even though he's done nothing wrong.
Malala: My Story of Standing Up for Girls' Rights by Malala Yousafzai with Patricia McMormickPublished by: Little, Brown and Company in 2018
Category: Juvenile Autobiography, Juvenile Non-Fiction
Major Awards Won: The Amelia Bloomer Book List Awards in 2019
Age Range: 7-10 years
Pages and Spreads: 166 pages, 0 spreads
At the age of 15, Malala Yousafzai was a victim of gun violence by the Taliban on a bus ride from school. In 2008, Malala's entire world started to change with Fazlullah entering and taking over Pakistan. Backed by the Talbian, Fazlullah decided that having access to an education was not acceptable for girls. Refusing to accept this notion (and speaking out against the Taliban and Fazlullah), Malala stood up for education for girls, women and boys. As an individual wise beyond her years, Malala is strong and inspirational. She allow what happened to define her and continues to advocate for what's right. Malala: My Story of Standing Up for Girls' Rights is the abridged version of I am Malala. This book is a chapter book but it's only 166 pages and while there not spreads of illustrations, there are standalone illustrations. The book also features a glossary at the back and it some chapters highlight specific terms for the give more information on a person mentioned or an organization, a religious holiday, etc. The age range provided by the publisher is appropriate for this book.
World War II on the Home Front: An Interactive History Adventure by Martin Gitlin Published by: Capstone Press in 2012
Category: Juvenile Non-fiction, World War II
Age Range: 8-11 years
Pages and Spreads: 112 pages, 0 spreads
On December 7, 1941; the world was forever changed when Pearl Harbor was bombed by Japan. For the next 4 years, the United States, England and the Soviet Union would be fighting a war against Germany. World War II on the Home Front is an interactive adventure book. As the reader, you're able to pick 1 of three different characters: a housewife, an African American war veteran or a 12 year old boy. Each character teaches the reader about the different things that they had encountered during this time. The reader is able to choose a proactive direction for the character or a passive direction. At the end of the book, there is the outcome of what happened with the war. While the book lacks spreads, there are several photographs of different people at the time and picture of propaganda and newspaper articles. The age range on this book is appropriate as it was recommended by the publisher.
- Jillian
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