Hanna

//**Leepike Ridge, by N. D. Wilson**//
 * Story of me reading:** this as a very interesting book. I felt like i was there myself.

a lot of hope and he never gives up.
 * Character:** The main character in this book is a boy called thomas. I like him because he has

escape together.
 * Summary:** This is a story about a boy who gets stuck in a cave and finds a man and a dog and they all


 * Rating:** I give the book 3/5

// ** Shakespeare's Secret, by Elise Brouch ** // **Connections** ** Text-to-self: This story reminds me of, when I walk past stores with diamonds and I imagine me seeing the diamond and how big it would be. ** **Text-to-world: This Is a really great book and its one of my favorites. I really recommend it for readers who like excitement and mystery ** ** Text-to-text: I don't read much mystery so i don't know any books that are related.** ** How I saw this character: I see Danny as a very easy going person, who would do stuff without asking, but at the same time care about lots of things.** ** I give this 3/5 ** ===
 * [[image:images.jpg width="125" height="193"]]Summary: A girl named Hero, moved to Maryland and was teased at her new school for her name. One day, her mother asks her to hand back some clippers to their neighbor ms.Roth. Thats when her adventure happened, when Ms.Roth told her about the MURPHY DIAMOND! Hero was desperate to find it. it was all a mystery dating back the time of Shakespeare. **
 * Questions I still have: I wonder if Ms.Roth will ever tell Anna and Danny's dad that Ms.Roth is Danny's grandmother. **
 * Important or new vocabulary: Mystery, Diamond, Shakespeare **

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Dear Hanna,
I read this book a while ago so I don't really remember it, but your little summary put a clear picture fresh in my mind! I love it! P.S. I'm I spelled your name wrong on my blog. I like the way you spell Hanna. ~Olivia

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** Summary ** : 2 sisters, Hana and Kimi were once living a wealthy life with their father, mother and their 3 brothers, Moriasu, Harusama and Nobuaki in Japan. For their father was the JITO of their Province. One day their uncle came to visit. Their father, Nobuaki and Harusama had a tea ceremony when Hana and Kimi were going to bed, but out of Kimi`s curiosity they hid behind a screen of paper and watched the tes ceremony. As they father, uncle, Nobuaki, Harusama and the samurai were having a tea ceremony uncle misteriously stood up and stabbed their father and murdered him and their brothers! thats when their journey began, by losing their family, trying to run away from their trecherous uncle with the single piece of hope, that their mother and Moriasu was alive. **Conections:** **Text to self:** This book reminds me of, my late uncle, because these brothers and father are killed and the in the book when Kimi about them I think of him **Questions I still have:** I wonder what will happen later on in their life. ** Important or powerful vocabulary: ** Samurai and Jito ** How I saw this Character: ** I saw Kimi as a brave girl who is very determined and loved her family
 * Text to world: ** This book remind me of temples Iv been to.
 * Text to Text: ** This is a amazing book and i have not read anything like it.

**i give this book the rating of 4/5**

**A Long Walk to Water,** //By Linda Sue Park// **Connections:**
 * Summary:** there are 2 stories. In one there is a boy who lived in a village their village is in the dinka tribe which is in a fight with the other tribe which is called the nuer tribe. their country's government is corrupt and so one day, rebels came their village and attacked them. at the time salva, the main character was at school. when the rebels cam and attacked the teachers ordered them to escape and not to go back to their village to salva had to leave without his family. A few days later, the rebels found him and brought him into their group. When they rested at night and in the morning the people were gone. they had left him. so he walked on alone and found a house. The woman who lived there, was a dinka so he got to stay there. after a while then woman had to leave and so one day a group of dinka people were walking past and they let salva go with them they were walking for days and one day, he saw his uncle in a group with the other men and from then they would be together. one day a group of nuer people came and killed salva's uncle and he became alone again. he went to a refugee came one day and then he fled to another and another and the last one he went to, one day he got to go to america and live there with a new family he started working and trying to help his people from there. The other story is, once, there was a girl named, Nya she is in the tribe called nuer. she is also suffering from the corruption by their government. When they go and get water, he walk miles and miles and the water is not even very clean. one day a group of strange people come to their village and come talking to her father, since he is the chief of the tribe. and after a few days they started digging a huge hole for a well so they didn't have to walk hat long anymore. her and her brother watched the working men. Then her brother tells her, "do you know they are dinka?" that got Nya's attention she thought why were the dinka tribe helping the nuer people? she walked up to the man who seemed to be the boss. she said "hello" he said "hello" the Nya said "my name is Nya" then the man said "my name is salva"
 * text to self:** this doesn't really remind me of anything but this does remind me of the stories i'v heard about when some people have to walk a long way to get water.
 * Connections to world:** well this reminds me of all the suffering stories i'v heard about some people in Africa
 * Text to Text:** I do not read much that is based on true tragic stories so i have no connections for this.
 * Questions i still have:** i wonder how salve us doing now.
 * important or powerful vocabulary:** i think the words dinka tribe and nuer tribe are important since the main characters come from these tribes.
 * How i saw this character:** i saw salva as a very caring person.

//**i give this book the rating of 5/5**//