Jeanette

**J**e**a****n****e****t****t****e****'s** **Reading........**

**11/8/10 The Hostile Hospital by Lemony Snicket is a story about the orphans Violet, Klaus, and Sonny Baudelaire on a mission to find any information on their dead parents. They go on an adventure in the Hostile Hospital while they are being chased by Count Olaf's minions who tried to kill Violet. They must escape with Violet and make sure not to be caught by anyone! They are very smart and find and think their way out of this problem.**

**11/15/10 The Wide Window by Lemony Snicket is a book about Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire with their Aunt Josephine. The are being adopted by Count Olaf who has pushed their and out of the boat they were rescued from and into the swarm of the horrible leeches. They are saved at the end by theirfoster helper Mr.Poe and are looking forward to a new home.**

**11/19/10 The Bad Beginning by Lemoney Snicket is the first book that Sonny, Klaus, and Violet have to face the fact that their parents have died in a terrible fire. It also is the first time they meet Count Olaf. He is the one who chases them around and tries to get hold of the Baudelaire fortune. At the end they all must go to a new owner and hope to like and feel good alone.**

**11/26/10 __The Miserable Mill__ by Lemoney Snicket is about the characters Violet, Klaus, and Sonny who are at their new caretakers home. They are in a little town that the place they have to stay at is called Lucky Smells Lumber Mill. Sir, (their new caretaker) gives them a deal witch they think is impossible to keep, to keep Count Olaf away from them. They stay with the other workers in a room that does not have windows. They also have a five minute lunch break where you have to eat gum and eat casarole for dinner. They know that Count Olaf was ther because of his foolish disquise. They know Mr. Poe will do nothing either. Now they really need to think.** **I really recomend this book to who ever likes a series of mysteries. : D**

Jeanette - I am so glad you like to read! How many books are left in the series that you have not read yet? ~Mrs. Given

**12/3/10 I am reading** __**The Vile Village**__ **by Lemony Snicket. I am on page 193 out of 256. It is a 6.7 and is very mysterious. So far it is about Violet, Klaus, and Sunny in a new place. They are with the towns handy man. He and the kids are in the town of V.F.D. They are looking for their friends the Quagmires who are triplets but are now twins. They seem to closer and closer in everything they do.**

 **12/10/10 The Carnivorous Carnival by Lemony Snicket is about the three Baudelaires still looking for the Snicket File. They have to go to a carnival dressed as "freaks." They also meet a** **fortune teller by ends up getting eaten by lions. Still where could the last pages of the Snicket File be?**

**12/14/10 We have had three weeks to read two books. I finished reading both books and got a 100% and a 90%. Now I have** __**The Grim Grotto**__ **and** __**The Slippery Slope**__ **both by Lemony Snicket. Their AR levels are 6.5 and 7.1.**

 **01/03/11 We had a three week winter break to read two library books from 12/14/10. I finished The Grim Grotto and The Slippery Slope both by Lemony Snicket. I got a** **90% and a 70%. I read a lot to finish these books during the break. I recommend these books a lot because it is a series that is fun to read. You'll be reading and won't be able to stop and keep thinking what is going to happen next, especially the Snicket File. (: I would give my self a S+ for my effort**

**1/13/11** __**The Penultimate Peril**__ **by Lemony Snicket is about the Baudelaire orphans at a hotel dressed as concierges and find out that most of their previous caretakers are there because of one of Count Olaf's evil schemes.**

1/25/11 The End by Lemony Snicket is the last book of the Series of Unfortunate Events. It is the rest of the Baudelaire's adventures with Olaf. They are stranded on an island with islanders who are odd. The children leave this island and no one knows if they will make it back to Mr.Poe.

2/14/11 Emily's Runaway Imagination by Beverly Cleary is a story about a girl who finds herself "running away" with her imagination. She is a person that wants to show she has good stuff. She is also a person that knows what she wants.

3/28/11 __Camille McPhee Fell Under the Bus__ by Kristen Tracy is a story about a girl named Camille who isn't having a good fourth grade year. She has recently has lost her best friend that moved to China.

===﻿4-18-11 __The Road to Oz__ by L. Frank Baum is a story of a girl named Dorothy who is asked the way to Butterfield by a shaggy man. Soon she finds herself in a new land. She meets a young boy named Button Bright and the rainbow's daughter Polychrome. I really recommend this story. ===

===<span style="background-color: #c27ae1; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font: normal normal normal 14px/21px Chalkboard; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">4-26-11 __Rissa Bartholomew's Declaration of Independence__ by Comerford Lynda B. is a story about a girl named Clarissa B., also known as Rissa, who has a best friend named Bethany which is also known as Beth. They had been friends since they were babies. As middle school got closer they began breaking apart. Beth was in to different things than Rissa, like boys, highlights, and styles, and to top it of her sister is off to collage. Rissa didn't know where it came from. But when Beth and Rissa break away Rissa finds a new friend, Violet. At the end it's all put together like nothing ever happened. I really recommend this story.(: ===

===<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">5-10-11 __Mable Riley__ by Marthe Joceln is a story about a young girl that leaves home with her sister that is a teacher. She meets new people. One of those people were Mrs.Rattle. Mable becomes very fond of her. See has good and bad trouble along the way. ===

===<span style="background-color: #f03d67; color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">﻿5/26/11 __Mitch and Amy__ by Beverly Cleary is a story about two twins who have ===

===<span style="background-color: #f03d67; color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">trouble at school. They both fight, but at the end, they realize "why". ===

===<span style="background-color: #f03e74; color: #fff75e; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">6/13/11 __The Westing Game__ by Ellen Raskin is a a story about a happy man named Mr. Sam Westing who has died. When his 16 so called heirs all come to live in this place called Sunset Towers. Each with their own job in life like mothers, fathers, children, a dressmaker, a secretary, an inventor, a doctor, and a judge. One was a bookie, one was a burglar, one was a bomber, and one was a mistake. Each was interesting. No one knows who the bomber is until the end.??? ===