Nathan's Book Recommendation of Sasquatch and the Aliens by Charise Mericle

This book is called Sasquatch And Aliens writtin by:Charise Mericle Harper.the book is fiction.
I chose the book becuse the cover looks like something I'll like.


The book is about two kids named Marcus and Lewis.Lewis and Marcus met each other in the woods.
They climbed up a tree and Lewis got stuck.Marcus helped him down and they became friends.Later
they had picnic in the tree Lewis was stuck in.The saw an alien on the ground.They got scared and
went home and told their parents. They called the police and got a swat team to look for the alien.It
was on the news and someone named Mr.lee heard about it. He gave Marcus and Lewis his address
and the next day Marcus and Lewis went to Mr lee’s house.Mr.lee told them everything.”The alien
is my robot” he said,  and the boys were wrong.They tried to change the subject into something else.
It worked! The new subject was a sasquatch invasion.


Passagd from book: 
“Something eles like what”?asked Mr.Hollerland.”A squirrel,dog, bear?”
”But you said it had three legs!” Cried Red. He had know idea what was going on,and was
totally confused.
“No!” “Two legs,”said Lewis,”I found out what was wrong-”and he stopped.



I like this book because I like aliens and sasquatches.  I will recommend this book to Jack Valentine.
I think he will like thebook.


I rate the book a 10 because it has everything I like to read about.

Please let me know if you have have any question.

Vanessa's Review of One For The Murphy's by Lynda Hunt

Book Review of “One For The Murphy’s”
By: Vanessa

Book Title: One For The Murphys
Author:  Lynda Hunt
Interest Level: Grades 4th – 8th
Reading Level: Grades 4th – 5th 
Genre:  Realistic Fiction

Book Grade: I give this book a 7 because some of the parts of the book are uneventful or boring.  I didn’t like this book as much as her other book, “Fish in A Tree”.

Why I Chose This Book:  I chose this book because I liked one of Lynda Hunt’s other books called, “Fish in A Tree”, so I wanted to read another one of her books.  Also, I have had this book for awhile and have been eager to read it.

What Did You Enjoy Or Dislike About The Book?:  One reason that I enjoyed this book is that the author explained the characters well throughout the book and when they were introduced.  Something else that I liked about this book is Carley’s personality and story.  But there were some things that I disliked about the story.  

Who Would I Recommend This Book To?:  The person that I would recommend this book to is my Mom.   Why I would recommend this book my Mom is that she Lynda Hunt’s, “Fish In A Tree” and really enjoyed it so I think that she would like this book too!

Book Summary:
The book, “One For The Murphys” is about a girl named Carley Connors.  Carley’s mom is in a hospital so Carley ends up in foster care.  The foster family she is with is the Murphys.  The Murphys are Julie Murphy, a stay-at-home mom.  Jack Murphy, a fireman and three boys.   The oldest boy is Daniel who likes to play basketball.  The middle boy, Adam always plays with the youngest boy, Michael Eric.
            In the beginning, Carley doesn’t want to stay with the Murphys she just wants to find a way back to her mom.  Mrs. Murphy tries making Carley feel welcome by giving her her own room and space.  Then she does a “Girls Day” with Carley which consists of lunch, shopping and dinner.  This is quite a different experience than when her and her mom did dumpster diving for clothes at night when the Goodwill was closed. 
            Next, Mrs. Murphy enrolls Carley in the 8th grade at the same school as Daniel.  In her class she meets a really mean girl named Toni.  After they are assigned partners for a project by their teacher, Mr. Ruben, they become good friends even best friends over time.
            In the end, Carley’s mom is out of the hospital and into rehab and is now allowed to take Carley.  However, Carley does not want to leave the Murphys.
            Will she stay with the Murphys or go back to Las Vegas with her mom?  Read “One For The Murphys” to find out.

Passage to Share
Sitting in the back of the social worker’s car, I try to remember how my mother has always said to never show your fear.  She’d be disappointed to see me now.  Shaking.  Just going without a fight.
            The social worker, Mrs. MacAvoy, pulls out of the hospital parking lot while I play with the electric-lock button on her car door.  Lock. Unlock. Lock. Unlock.  She glares at me in the mirror and says, “Please… stop that.  The door needs to stay locked.”
            I love it when people use the word please but they sound like they want to remove your face.  I stop.  But I’m not doing it to bug her like she thinks.  It’s just that I can’t keep still.  And it beats jumping out of a moving car.
            My fingers play with my hospital bracelet.  I stare at my name.  Carley Connors.  Thirteen letters.  How unlucky can one person be?

Emma's Review of Keeper of The Lost Cities

Emma
Keeper of the Lost Cities


For my book talk I read the book Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon
Messenger. The book is fantasy fiction. On a scale of 1-10 I would rate
this book a ten because the author used a lot of description in his writing.
If I were to give a plot about this book, it would be very long since most
of the details that the author gave were very important to understand the
book. I would recommend this book to people that like fantasy and
adventure books. 
Keeper of the Lost Cities is about a girl named Sophie Foster. At the age
of 5 Sophie found out that she is a Telepath. A Telepath is someone that
can read other peoples minds. Sophie is now 12 years old.
 Sophie was living the average teenage life, but of course, being a
Telepath is not normal. Sophie kept her secret from everybody, even
her family. She had no friends, so Sophie always felt like an oddball.
Later Sophie found out that she was an elf. Probably not the kind of
elf that you are thinking. The elf that you are probably thinking has
pointy ears and are Santa’s helpers. But Sophie was a regular looking
human that could do magic and disappear mid-air. Elves can’t die for
thousands of years, but once they turn 70 they stop ageing. Sophie’s
life changed forever when she met an elf named Fitz at a museum.
Kids were screaming and both Fitz and Sophie were trying to cover
their ears to block out the noise. Fitz asked Sophie if she was a telepath,
and one thing led to another. Fitz takes Sophie to a place called the
Lost Cities, in another universe, where humans can not get to it. After
a day spent in the Lost City, the council gives Sophie a place to live
there. Sophie is required to live with two older elves named Grandy
and Edaline. You may be thinking, “so Sophie leaves her whole life
on Earth behind?” Sophie leaves without a hesitation, since she never
really felt like she fit in. 
After days and days of getting to know the Lost City, Sophie is ready to
go to school. Sophie didn’t start out too well in school either though,
because eventually Sophie gets on the teacher's bad sides. Sophie
is not a bad kid just a misunderstood kid , she used to have a hard
time fighting in with all the other humans , so she thinks that if she
changes her personality she would be likeable. Sophie has a big
midterm test which puts a lot of pressure on her and her friends to
see if they get to stay in the academy. They all get just the right
amount to be able to stay there. After she finally starts fitting in,
she starts being able to do things that no other elf can do like locait
stars that are forbidden to all. Sophie did not know it was illegal to
locate that star, She gets caught . So she goes to the council and
is found not guilty.She realizes that someone set her up finding the
stars. After digging through information she finds out something that
is so life changing she finds out that she is part moon lark and bad
elves  planted information in her brain, everyone wants this information
some might ever kill for ……..
Is Sophie really an elf or is she one with moonlark? 

Find out in Keeper of the Lost Cities.

Foster's Book Talk and Recommendation

I survived the Destruction of pompeii.

By:Lauren Tarshis

8-10

HISTORICAL FICTION



In the book I survived the destruction of Pompeii.It's about a boy named Marcus(who is a slave
to festus julius).  Marcus figures out that his dad is a gladiator and is going to get killed by reigning
champ, Cyclops. Marcus thinks of a plan to sneak into the arena by disguising himself as his master
on the way he steals a man's king cobra to threaten the guards finally he manages to make it
inside, but when he does the lanista( who is basically the emperor) recognizes him as  a slave.
But Marcus is too fast he chucks the snake at the lanista. While that's happening Marcus takes
his father Tata from the guards and then they steal a horse who as egre to get out as they are.The
horse whose ear looks like it has been bitten off. Then they BURST out of the gate!!! Heading right
out of the town of pompeii, and not stopping until they were at a safe distance(which in their case is
mount vesuvius),Marcus and his dad finally made it at mount vesuvius. They kept going up the
mountain because they knew that the slave hunters would not go up there. By then it was night they
settled, Marcus had a nightmare about a himself and hercules battling hydra the poisonous gas was
affecting him,”MARCUS” Tata yelled wake up.”What is it papa”,”Sulfur gas its highly unusual above
ground” said Tata “we should keep moving and we will learn more”said tata that's why there were no
insectes,and that's why the sheep died.” I’ve seen enuagh we have to leave now” says Tata Marcus
remmbers a beggar saying the world will burn we must warn the people of pompeii.And they were
off...Wil the people of pompii believe some dirty slaves? Will Tta and his son Marcus survive the
destuction of pompeii?!!

Book Talk Update

Hi GRE Students,

I have received a few emails asking about the Book Talks now that we have moved to remote learning.
I know many of you have finished your book and are ready to share it.
Please share your written Book Talk with me through Google docs or email a copy to ggolish@dcsdk12.org.
I will be featuring the Book Talks on the Rockin' Gold Rush Library blog and Mrs. Brown will be choosing a few to share on the GRE announcements.
I can't wait to celebrate you and hear your thoughts about your book!
Ms. G

Book Fair is Just Around the Corner... March 9-13




Reminder: How To Access Digital Books Online

Hello GRE,

I miss seeing all of your smiling faces. I can't wait to get back to school and hear all about your remote learning adventures.

I thought it would be a good idea to remind students how to access our online books.

There is an online access catalog called SORA that offers eBooks, and audiobooks.I love SORA. It can be used anywhere and has a lot to offer.


You also have access to our school library catalog
If you select Gold Rush and login --there are eBooks, audiobooks, and Lightbox books to use online. These are fantastic!
Sample Login:
Student's Username: last name, first initial, middle initial    golishgz
password: Dcsd and their lunch number ( no space between)       Dcsd123456
I hope this is helpful.
Let me know if I can do anything to assist you by emailing me at ggolish@dcsdk12.org.