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Seedfolks

pattersona24_1 — 2024-04-22 23:03:12 UTC

The author is able to create an urban setting with unique characters that students may be able to find at least one to connect with. The reader is able to follow each character and how they become involved with the urban garden, their individuality is shown through the telling of their background and how their dialogue supports their background. This book continues to build its quality by providing unexpected insights through the characters as the reader learns the personal background of each individual and how they find an escape and peace within the garden.

Sarah Plain and Tall

pattersona24_1 — 2024-04-22 23:04:49 UTC

This Newbery award winner takes place over a few months the pacing is slowed down in order to follow along with each individual character as they decide if the new family addition is good enough to support the family. A sense of tension is included as the children are unsure if they are good enough for Sarah to stay and marry their father. The theme is accurate with the story line as it follows a widowed family living in the Midwest during the nineteen hundreds.

Knuffle Bunny

pattersona24_1 — 2024-04-22 23:10:05 UTC

The setting of the story creates the plot as the father and daughter duo are walking to the laundromat in the city. After the duo starts the laundry the main character is unable to tell her father that she left her stuffed toy. This creates an altercation that quickens the pace of the story as all characters become frustrated and confused with one another creating a tension in the book that is quickly resolved after identifying the issue. The reader is able to identify the conflict due to the point of view and understanding that the main character is unable to communicate why she is upset.

Mr. Nogginbody gets a Hammer

pattersona24_1 — 2024-04-22 23:14:58 UTC

This book has notable markers of quality through the use of figurative language by using onomatopoeias to build on the sequence of scenes that visualize the plot. Illustrations in the book help build the setting for readers and provides a different point of view from what the main character thinks he’s doing to what he’s actually doing. Visual awareness through illustrations captures the reader's attention and invites the reader to become involved in identifying the what the problem is in the plot and how to possibly find a solution. Schema is built upon by invoking the reader's prior knowledge when assessing the situation in order to find a solution.

A Pizza the Size of the Sun

pattersona24_1 — 2024-04-23 00:10:33 UTC

The style and language of the poem that include figurative language, similes, and metaphors are used creates a fast paced rhythmic beat throughout the poem. The use of figurative language allows for the reader to visualize the descriptions and make an accurate illustration of what is being read.

Sick by Shel Silverstein

pattersona24_1 — 2024-04-23 00:11:20 UTC

The reader is able to follow a rhythm that resembles a galloping pattern when following along. The use of rhyming allows the reader to understand musical language with the flow and pacing of the piece of literature. It can be understood that the main character does not want to go to school, and is trying to come up with many excuses to get out of it.

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

pattersona24_1 — 2024-04-28 18:09:46 UTC

The main character is determined to find a better fortune for her family. With this the plot takes us to multiple events that prove that the stories that she heard from her father were true, which drove the main character even harder with each addition to the plot. While multiple incidents occur in the story; the plot is not rushed and has a pacing that is easy to follow. The overall tone is optimistic as the protagonist is able to gather the necessary things in order to meet the Man on the Moon.

When you Trap a Tiger

pattersona24_1 — 2024-04-28 19:30:19 UTC

This is a fantasy book about a tiger that no one but the main character can see. In connection to her Korena culture and her grandma's disappearance, there is a disconnection as the plot follows along with the main character and solving the mystery of where her grandmother had gone. It provides unexpected insights for the reader as well as the protagonist to show that there are secrets withheld from the protagonists and that is why she is unable to understand why such an important person has disappeared.

Bridge to Terabithia

pattersona24_1 — 2024-04-28 19:54:35 UTC

Bridge to Terabithia creates a place for children to escape reality and are able to successfully solve the issues that may be happening in their imaginary world compared to the real world. The reader is able to connect with the main characters and learn to cope with a traumatic event that conspired while trying to enter this imaginary realm. The dialogue is able to allow the reader to immerse themselves in the story and connect with the characters by understanding the insight given.

The Boy in the Stripped Pajamas

pattersona24_1 — 2024-04-28 19:57:54 UTC

Irish Book Award Children’s Book of the Year, Irish Book Award People’s Choice Book of the Year, Bisto Book of the Year, Que Leer Award Best International Novel of the Year (Spain), Orange Prize Readers Group Book of the Year. The reader is provided with an unexpected insight of what it was like for children to live through the Holocaust as two boys are given the different perspectives of the events conspiring on the side of the antagonists. The setting clarifies the conflict as one of the young boys are imprisoned in a concentration camp and the other is a son of one of those whom control it. The reader is able to form a connection with both characters as they meets a tragic end.

The Serpent Secrets

pattersona24_1 — 2024-04-28 20:13:01 UTC

The 12 year old main character soon finds out that she is not in the correct dimension after her human parents vanish and demons come for the young girl. There is an unfolding of complex characters, not only for the main character and who she really is, but for those who help her on her quest. As the characters continue on their journey they are required to solve riddles in order to continue onto the next task. The story unfolds as it provides unexpected insights in who the characters are related to, and why it's so important to their history unveiling friendship, true identity, courage, and self-acceptance.

The Girl who Drank the Moon

pattersona24_1 — 2024-04-28 21:15:01 UTC

This novel uses deception and fear to control the townspeople and force them to sacrifice the youngest baby to a witch in the woods every year. A tension is created between the townspeople and the elders that are convincing the people to sacrifice a baby every year, but just as the elders deceive the townspeople, the witch is also deceived by the people in trying to understand the reason these babies are being left in the woods every year. The story highlights who the true villain is and what kind of power is being used.

The Witches

pattersona24_1 — 2024-04-28 21:26:47 UTC

Receiving the Whitbread Book Award the story follows a grandma and her grandson that happen upon an annual witch meeting that soon quickens the pace of the plot as the child is being hunted by the witches and witness the evil of women who are trying to rid England of all children. The vocabulary invites uncommon words to the reader, such as: chambermaid, squelch, pheasant, and vile.

The Things They Carried

pattersona24_1 — 2024-04-28 21:45:27 UTC

With many awards including a National Book award, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and two National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, as well as being a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Books Critics Circle Award. A group of soldiers during the Vietnam War are being followed in the third person point of view as the reader understands each individual and what personal items they carry in order to find solace in the war. The mood of the book is often found to be sad as not only the past is being understood, but so is the present as the tragedies of war unfold.

Under the Hawthorne Tree

pattersona24_1 — 2024-04-28 21:58:19 UTC

Providing insight into the lives of three children during the Irish famine a connection through the characters are formed. While the reader may not understand the history with the Irish famine, they are able to follow the plot and understand the conflict while forming a bond with characters they are able to relate to. The style and language transports the reader into an uncertain time by following the way of living as well as forms of speech between the economical classes.

The Chronicles of Narnia

pattersona24_1 — 2024-04-28 22:07:12 UTC

Able to follow the four complex stories of four siblings as they escape the reality of their orphaned reality; the reader is able to comprehend the character's goals, and what traits drive them and what they do in Narnia. The depiction of the illustrations throughout the book create a fantasy world that is filled with land, kingdoms, and other characters that desire their own achievements including the antagonist. A highlighted them that continues throughout the series is faith, trust, and redemption, but not without the false qualities of deception.

Percy Jackson's Greek Gods

pattersona24_1 — 2024-04-28 22:25:03 UTC

While easy to read the reader is able to understand the complex backgrounds of each character and what drives them to complete the task of proving that Percy Jackson is not the lightening thief. With redemption and heroism following throughout the book, the plot is able to keep the reader hooked on what happens next. The book allows for a pacing that is slow enough for the reader to follow, but keeps the pace fast enough to where the reader is engaged.

Life in the Ocean: The Story of Oceanographer Sylvia Earle

pattersona24_1 — 2024-04-29 23:06:24 UTC

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

pattersona24_1 — 2024-04-29 23:15:04 UTC

The Magnificent Migration: On Safari with Africa's Last Great Herds

pattersona24_1 — 2024-04-29 23:16:41 UTC

Can an Aardvark Bark?

pattersona24_1 — 2024-04-29 23:18:04 UTC