In The Truth About Forever, Macy McQueen is basically stuck in a life she doesn’t want. After her father died, her and her mom’s lives completely changed. They do almost the same things everyday, and nothing in their lives change much at all. With her father dead, and her sister living on her own,...
Read more »
Posts Tagged ‘ death ’
The Truth About Forever
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
In The Fellowship of the Ring, a group of men from a variety of different races have been broken. Now the surviving members head towards different goals on different paths making new enemies and friends along the way. The story is broken into two parts, each following a different group of the remaining fellowship....
Read more »
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
Do you think math is boring and pointless? Do you think sailing is a waste of time? Read Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, by Jean Lee Latham and you will surely change your mind. This is an exciting, heart-breaking book about the life of Nathaniel (Nat) Bowditch, an intelligent boy living in Salem in 1776,...
Read more »
The Rifle
This is a great book about a very “sweet rifle.” Cornish McManus, a very artistic hard-working man, made a flintlock muzzle-loader as a lifetime rifle, making it as precise and perfect as he could. This item meant the world to Cornish. He later ended up trading it to a man named John Byam, an...
Read more »