Summer Reading List 2013

So I know not that long ago I told you some good summer reading books. Then I decided that I would just give you the ones that I have on my list. I will put a check mark on them if I have read them already this summer!

• Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfield 
• Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
• Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson/ I read this early summer
• Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
• Shakespeare's Secret by Elise Broach
• Turtle in Paradise/  just finished this summer
• Rules by Cynthia Lord
• Mocking Jay by Suzanne Collins
• Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool
• The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine
• The Magicians Elephant by Kate Dicamillo
• In Honor by Jessi Kirby
• The Fever by Laurie Halse Anderson
• All-of-a-kind Family by Sydney Taylor
• Dead End by Jack Gantos
• Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
• The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
• The Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff/ read this early summer
• The Journey Back by Johanna Reis/2nd book of the Upstairs Room
• Mick Harte was Here by Barbara Park
• The Secret Ingredient by Laura Shaeffer/read a week ago
• So. B. It by Sarah Weeks
• Forge by Laurie Halse
• The Secret of Laurel Oaks by Lois Ruby
• Umbrella Summer by Lisa Graff

I am not sure if you have a summer reading list, but you might be interested in starting one they really get you pumped to read this summer! I hope that you will add the books that you find interesting on the my list! Please look them up if you are interested in the same kind of books I am because most of the books on there are said to be terrific books!

Keep Tuned and Reading

-Savannah-

Summer!

I got out of school two weeks ago for summer! It was both sad, but exciting! So now I am in the sun and having fun! (that rhymed) Not only am I dancing in the sun and drinking my cold iced tea while eating a popsicles I am also reading! You may say, "Reading oh that is a waste of summer!" When I say, "Reading that sound perfect in the sun!" So for school next year I have to read 20 hours over the summer. Which is a total of about 17 minutes a day! EASY!! I love reading so much, especially when your sitting in the sun!So I am going to give you some good summer reads that I am going to read or have already read.

One that I just read- Pictures of Hollis Wood by Patricia R. Giff.  It has been my favorite book of this summer that I have read so far.

Another I recently read- Chains (Seeds of America) by Laurie Halse Anderson.I didn't enjoy this one as much as the one above, but it still was a good read.
After you read Chains (Seeds of America) you can read the sequel to it Forge (Seeds of America) also by Laurie Halse Anderson (haven't read this yet but plan to.)

One that I read a year or so ago that I loved was The Teashop Girls by Laura Shaefer which would be a great book
After you finish The Teashop Girls you can then read Laura Shaefer's sequel, The Secret Ingredient which I am reading right now! I am enjoying it very much!

I hope that the books that I have recommended will help you decide what books to read this summer. Comment if you would like some more! I am so glad that it is finally summer. Please comment if you liked these books and if it is summer time where you live! Talk to next time.

Keep tuned and reading!

-Savannah-

The Upstairs Room

Today I finished a book called The Upstairs Room by Johanna Riess. Johanna tells of parts of her childhood as an eleven year old Jewish girl in World War II. Although she doesn't use the real names of the people in her childhood. Annie, Johanna's name in the story is the main character. Annie had two older sisters, Sini and Rachel. She also had a father and an ill mother. When being Jewish in the time of World War II German soldiers, Nazis, were told to kill Jews for the Germans were against Jews. This made Jews go into hiding in kind, and brave nieghbor's houses. Annie's whole family got pulled apart exept for Sini and her, who hid together. Not only was hiding dangerous for the Jewish people, but also for the people who were hiding the Jewish for those people would be killed if discovered. Annie's story explains World War II in a whole different way. I think this book is great for ages ten and older. You will have to read this book to understand the real experiences of a hiding Jewish girl.