Sunday, December 18, 2011

Daniel's Story

Daniel's Story
                                                   By
                                              Carol Matas 
                                          131 pages
                      
           "We'll go through this together and we'll be strong,"says Daniel.. Daniel's Story by Carol Matas is about a boy named Daniel and his family that is trying to survive the Holocaust.Daniel and his family are taken out of their house and then are taken to Lodz.Then they are put in concentration camps where Daniel's mother dies and Erika nearly gets saved but disappeared one day. Even though some of his family members died, Daniel is courageous and persevering.



Saturday, December 17, 2011

The Reptile Room


The Reptile Room
By 
Lemony Snicket
190 pages
         Stephanio tries to get the Baudelaires by getting them on a boat Peru to get their fortune..........The Reptile Room ,the 2nd book, by Lemony Snicket is about the 3 Baudelaires who just escaped  from  the clutches of Count Olaf,a treacherous, indescribable man. The Baudelaires are dropped off at Mr. Montgomery's  house,their 2nd guardian,where they are merry with their giddy uncle until Stephanio aka Count Olaf bursts in to ruin the Baudelaires 's life. Stephanio is so evil that he even kills their guardian,Mr.Montgomery.In addition to not having any kids,Mr. Montgomery is kind and smart.



     

The Hostile Hospital








The Hostile Hospital
By
Lemony Snicket
 255 pages 

Count Olaf's treacherous plan this time to capture the Baudelaire's fortune was sawing Violet's head........... The Hostile Hospital,the eighth book by Lemony Snicket is about the 3 Baudelaires who just recently ran away from the Vile Village from an angry mob of guardians, who are supposed to take care of them,but want to burn them to death. The Baudelaires get into a  VFD car ,after nearly getting saved from the Last Chance store owners,and then they land up in the hostile hospital where they get into trouble when Olaf takes Violet and is about to saw her head. Even though being a guardian once,Count Olaf is treacherous and selfish.