Review Materials for: Resources for Holes, by Louis Sachar (Middle School Book Club Week 4)

Review materials for Holes

• Reviews listed on Amazon.com:
• Wikipedia article for Holes
  • Article on the main character:
• Book review for Holes
• Some quotes to think about:
• Biographies of Louis Sachar

Other titles by Louis Sachar

• Small Steps (sequel to Holes)
• Stanley Yelnat’s Survival Guide to Green Lake
• Sixth Grade Secrets
• Kidnapped at Birth?
• There’s a Boy in the Girl’s Bathroom!
• The Boy Who Lost his Face
• Johnny’s in the Basement
• Dogs Don’t Tell Jokes
• Monkey Soup
  
• Someday Angeline
• Sideways Stories from Wayside School
• Wayside School is Falling Down
• Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger
• More Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School
• Sideways School Gets a Little Stranger
• Marvin Redpost
• Why Pick on Me?

Review material for Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (Middle School Book Club week 2)

In case you missed this week’s book club meeting, here is some information on Number the Stars to help you review it and be prepared when September comes again.

Online Materials

• Reader Reviews from Amazon.com
• SparkNotes summary, character descriptions, and review quiz for Number the Stars
• FunTrivia Quiz for Number the Stars

Other books by Lois Lowry @ the library

• The Giver
• Gossamer
•  Messenger
• The Silent Boy
• Attaboy, Sam!

Materials for the Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks (Middle School Book Club Week 1)

Hey,
in case you missed our book club, here are some materials that might help you with your summer reading for school!

• Amazon.com reader reviews for The Indian in the Cupboard
• The movie’s plot summary, cast, & reviews
• Indian in the Cupboard review quiz game
• Review project for the Indian in the Cupboard

Other titles in the Indian in the Cupboard Series

• The Return of the Indian
• The Secret of the Indian
• The Mystery of the Cupboard
• The Key to the Indian

Materials for a Child Called It (Jr./Sr. High Book Club Week 1)

In case you missed the book club last Friday, here are some sources that might help you with your school required summer reading.

Online Reviews and Outlines

• Reader reviews for Pelzer’s book on Amazon.com:
• Monkey Notes Study Guide
• Notes on a Child Called It
  
• NetLibrary online copy (you will need your library card to access this)
• Wikipedia Article on A Child Called It — includes information from the mother’s perspective.

Other book titles by Dave Pelzer and the Pelzer family

• The Lost Boy details Pelzer’s time in the fostercare system.
• A Man Named Dave tells about Pelzer’s life as an adult.
• My Story this single volume contains all three original stories by Pelzer — A child called it, The lost boy, and A man named Dave.
• The Privilege of Youth: a Teenager’s Story fills in Dave’s story during his teenage years.
• A Brother’s Journey: Surviving a Childhood of Abuse This book is written by Dave’s brother, Richard. It describes his own abuse at the hands of his mother after David leaves the home for fostercare.
• Help Yourself: Finding Courage Hope and Happiness a self-help book that draws on Dave Pelzer’s experiences to help you find the strength to make it through your own difficulties.

Free Online Games

These two sites are really good to use for free games, especially if you want ones that work easily on the library computers.

nick.com/games

gamegecko.com 

Manga Online

Tokyo Pop offers Manga series that you can read online(free). You can also read reviews of both Manga and Anime series.

Library Thing

Library Thing is a site that allows people to catalog their own books, write reviews of books, and tag books with different subjects. Even if you don’t want to catalog your own books, it’s a great place to look for books that you think you might want to read.