Lost in Thought

Lost in Thought

Kid's Thoughts: Review of Eager Eaglets: Birds of Play by Ben and Angela Muse, Illustrated by Ewa Podleś

Difficulty:
★★★★☆ - Hard

Illustrations:
★★★★★











Thoughts:
Like the other The Bee Bully, this book had many words that were too difficult for my cousins to figure out/sound out.  Although it is difficult, it is an enjoyable book, something you could read to your child/children during bed time.  This shows the determination that kids could have, it also teaches them to dream big.  My cousins have enjoyed this book and has taken it out of the shelf a few times to try to read it themselves (although they would just give up and end up looking at the pictures instead).

*books with the label of "Kid's Thoughts" have been read and reviewed by two 7 year olds.  These reviews may not reflect on what your child/children may think about this book.

Kid's Thoughts: Review of The Bee Bully by Angela Muse, Illustrated by Ewa Podleś

Difficulty:
★★★★☆ - Hard

Illustrations:
★★★★★











Thoughts:
This book has been difficult for my cousins to read on their own.  The book contained big words like "exclaimed" and "scowled".  This book is recommended for children who are 8 or 9 years old.  Although there were many difficult words, my cousins and I enjoyed the illustrations.  The colourful drawings brought life to this book.  If this book had easier words, this book would be much more enjoyable.  Although we do not rate the book with posts labeled "Kid's Thoughts", I think that this book deserved a 4.5. 
 
*books with the label of "Kid's Thoughts" have been read and reviewed by two 7 year olds.  These reviews may not reflect on what your child/children may think about this book.

Kid's Thoughts: Review of Chalk by Bill Thomson

Difficulty:
★☆☆☆☆ - Really easy

Illustrations:
★★★★★










Thoughts:
My cousins, who are 7, really enjoyed this book.  Even though it had absolutely no words on it whatsoever, I think that this sparks the creativity in children.  It gives them the time and space to slowly create their own story with their imagination while looking at these colourful pages.  This book is different from other books and would be recommended to children around the age of 5.

*books with the label of "Kid's Thoughts" have been read and reviewed by two 7 year olds.  These reviews may not reflect on what your child/children may think about this book.

Review of What I've Done by Jen Naumann

Synopsis:
Seventeen-year-old Lily Rossow is used to taking care of her burnout mother and 6-year-old sister Rose. But when her mother’s attempt to move the family to California only months before graduation goes horribly wrong, Lily faces the challenges of making a life for her and her sister in a new town while hoping her complicated past doesn’t find her. Things take an unexpected turn when two beautiful and helpful strangers come into Lily and Rose’s life. But nothing is easy for Lily. And when she uncovers a dark secret about these two mysterious men, she must make a life-altering decision-one that threatens to break the balance in an ancient battle between good and evil. (Taken from Goodreads)


Stars Given: ★★★★☆

Overall View:
When I began reading the book, I had thought that it would be the same cliched book all over again.  A book that revolved around a girl who's life is completely falling apart, but then a knight with shining armour comes along to save her out of her own despair.  Guess what.  I was wrong.  There was a huge twist in the middle of the story (I won't say anything else), and that just kept me turning each page.  I'll give everyone a little hint, okay? Let's just say the good and bad are switched.  Don't understand that little hint? Read it.  You won't regret it.  This book contains excitment, a love story and an intense battle.  Who wouldn't want that? 

Characters:
Lily - 
Description of Character: 
Lily had lost her father at a very young age, with only a mother who fools around all night, how could she survive?  When her mother's plan of escaping into California flows down the drain, Lily is expected to take care of not only herself, but her little sister Rose.  They change their identity and uncover a secret that no one would believe.


Review of Character: 
When i began reading the book, I had already loved Lily's character.  Even after Lily had gone through so much, she stayed strong and never fell apart.  Without anyone's help, she transformed both her sister and herself in order to stay under the radar.  Lily's determination also stood out to me.  Although she knew that it was dangerous, she still went after what she needed because she realized that Rose would need it.  If it weren't for Lily's strong and well-developed character, this book would have only gotten a 3.5.

*Supporting characters not listed

Summer has arrived!

With the large amounts of homework, exams, and projects over and done with, we can finally focus on the blog.
So the first thing that needs to be done are the reviews.  There are many reviews that have piled up; so we will be doing our best to finish them ASAP.  For any authors who have asked for reviews and haven't seen it posted on the blog please post a comment below and we will get typing.

Our second thing on the list to get done this summer is.... drum roll... We need one more co-blogger on this blog.  This way when the two of us are busy, we can still count on the third person to post something.  Please email your name, age, and the number of reviews you have written to our email (you can find that on the contact us page).

That's all for now.  I will post more as we get the blog on track again!

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