Granny the Pag by Nina
Bawden
6
July 2009
This book is about a twelve year
old girl, Catriona, who lives with her grandmother,
a retired psychiatrist. When her parents want to meet her for
the first time in her life, she is reluctant to leave her
grandmother and friends. Her parents are rich movie stars but
do not know what their daughter wants. Eventually the case
goes to court, and Catriona and her grandmother win the case,
and that means Catriona can stay with her grandmother.
Something goes wrong when they are holidaying in Greece, and
Catriona's grandmother is almost drowning, because she smokes
and her lungs is
bad.
This is a very nice
book.
The Wind in the
Willows by Kenneth Grahame
6
July 2009
This book is about a few
animals. These animals are the main characters, and they are
the Mole, the Water Rat, the Toad, and
the Badger. Most of this book is about Toad's adventures, and only 2 or 3 chapters and
about Mole and the Water Rat.
The book begins with
Mole spring cleaning his house, and then he pops out
of his hole and walks to the water, where he
meets the Water Rat. The Water Rat invites him
onto a boat, and they go to a picnic. When they return, Mole wanted to
row the boat and it capsized.
They
also meet the Toad, and he is a bit
crazy. When the 3 friends go to town, Toad sees
a motor car and is obsessed with it.
Badger pays Mole and Rat a visit, and tells them that Toad has ordered a motor
car at Toad Hall(Toad's house).
Toad tries to drive it, but crashes.
Badger, Mole, and Rat "ground" Toad and keep him locked in his
room, and work in shifts to make sure nothing happens to
Toad. Then, when Mole
and Badger are out, and Rat in on guard,
Toad makes an excuse for Rat to go out, then
dresses up in his clothes and climbs out
of the window, and goes to town. From there, the next few chapters of the
book is about Toad's adventures.
When Toad returns,
Toad Hall is being squatted by weasels and ferrets, and together, the four friends create a
plan to get it back.
This is a good
book, and long as well.
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