The book The Inquisitor’s Tale is a fantastic book by Adam Gidwitz and is illuminated by Hatem Aly. This book is most definitely a must read for 3rd graders +. This historical fiction novel takes place in 1242 in France and is a compelling read about three children and a holy dog. Their names are: Jeanne, who is a determined girl who has visions of the future. Gwenforte, a holy greyhound who was killed and came back to life. William, a young African monk who has supernatural strength. And Jacob, a quiet Jewish boy who can heal any sort of wound. This story is told by butchers and brewers, knights and nobodies and peasants and priests at the Holy Cross-Roads Inn. Many people are at the inn hoping to see King Louis and “the three magical children and their holy dog”. While they are waiting, many different people share little parts of their story and all of those parts are the chapters, which add up to the storyline of the book. Join these 4 characters as they embark on a journey filled with magic and mystery through dangerous forests and crowded streets. One reason why I love this book is because it has a dog! This book is wonderfully written and skillfully crafted, which in my opinion makes for the most captivating, irresistible, entrancing, fascinating, thrilling book you’ve ever read. After you pick it up, you won’t be able to put this book down. Recommended by O.G.
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I recommend I Survived the Great Molasses Flood by Lauren Tarshis. This book takes place in the north end of Boston in 1919. This historical fiction book is my favorite I Survived book. It's about a twelve year old girl named Carmen that moved away from her grandmother in Italy so her dad so can send her to school and make more money. Carmen also made a best friend named Tony and he loves molasses. There is a huge molasses tank and Carmen thinks it's disgusting. She hates molasses. When everything seems good a huge flu breaks into Boston called the Spanish flu. The Spanish flu killed 50 million people because they did not know how to treat it and they did not have the technology we have today and it went a little over a year long. When it ended there were so many dead bodies that it would take forever to bury them. And when you think it can't get worse a tank crashes and millions of gallons of thick molasses starts a flood. This is my favorite I Survived book because there is always something interesting going on and that is why I suggest I Survived the Great Molasses Flood by Lauren Tarshis. Recommended by H.R. I would recommend Blood on the River by Elisa Carbone to mainly 4th, 5th, and 6th graders. It’s about Jamestown 1607 where a bunch of greedy men from England sailed to Virginia to find gold and silver to bring back for riches. The main character, Sam, is a servant for Captain John Smith who was probably their best leader. It talks about how they survived throughout their trip and what happened when and where. This book is historical fiction so it is mostly true, but the main character and his friends are made up. And there are even little quotes in the beginning of each chapter made by the actual people that went on the boat. I think that some of the choices of where to go, what to do and how to do it made by the characters were pretty foolish. But for all the decisions the characters made, I think it is still a really good book. Recommended by Co. L. As a fourth grader, I have read and am reading many memorable books, but a book called “Strawberry Hill” by Mary Ann Hoberman is one of my favorites. It is a historical fiction novel set back in the time period of the Great Depression, in the 1930s. The main character is a girl called Alice (Allie) Sherman who is ten years old. She lives in a two family home with her best friend Ruthie Greenberg and shares a room with her brother Danny in New Haven, Connecticut, but one day her father loses his job and tells the family that they will have to move away to a new town and go to a new school. Although she is told that they will live in their very own house and that she will get her own room, Allie is mad. That is, until she finds out that her street will be called Strawberry Hill. Throughout the book, Allie is on a quest to find a new “best friend,” and faces challenges like taunting, fights, and a new school. Something I like about this book is that it tells the story of a fictional character in a real life situation. It shows that there is always hope lingering around, and that when something bad happens it is not the end of the world or time to give up. I can connect to Strawberry Hill because I, like Allie, had to move to a new place and make friends. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes historical fiction novels that are amazing, impossible to put down, and, in a way, magical. Recommended by E.R. I recommend the book Making Bombs for Hitler by Marsha Forchulc Skrypuch. This book is about a girl named Lida who lived in the time of the Holocaust who gets sent to a work camp. Her parents died when she was younger so she and her sister lived with her grandma. She gets separated from her sister and tries to find her and she makes friends along the way. I agree with what Lida does in the story because I think she made good decisions and I would have done the same thing too. I would recommend this book to people who like history because this is a book that tells you a lot about what happened back then. There is death but not of the main character. If you are not ok with any of this you shouldn’t read this book until you are older. Recommended by L.C. |
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