Entries Categorized as 'Older Readers'
Posted by Ruth
Categories: Fiction, Older Readers, Review
Tags:Anne of Green Gables, Funny, L. M. Montgomery
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The Meredith family has come to live at St. Glen’s Point, but as Mrs. Meredith died long ago, and Mr. Meredith is busy with his duty as the new minister, the Meredith children, Jerry, Una, Faith, and Carl have to look after themselves. As a result, they’re almost always getting into trouble, although half the time it’s more of an accident than anything else. They do their best to raise themselves (even forming a Good Conduct club), but most people think things would be better for everyone if Mr. Meredith were to marry again…
The seventh in the Anne of Green Gables series, Rainbow Valley focuses more on the Merediths, than the Ingleside children. The many escapades of the Meredith children can be quite funny, along with the part where a young couple comes to the manse to be married, and Mr. Meredith, who can be rather absent-minded at times, begins the ceremony and gets to “Ashes to ashes and dust to dust,” before he vaguely realizes that he’s performing a funeral, not a wedding.
Posted by Becca
Categories: Fiction, Older Readers, Review
Tags:Funny, Out of Print, The Younguns, Thomas L. Tedrow
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Michael Sutherland has been jailed for life, but he claims that he hasn’t done anything wrong. The townspeople of Mansfield, however, believe the young man is guilty, all because his father was a barn-burner. When the jail catches on fire, Michael escapes to go back to Mansfield so he can prove that he was jailed unjustly. Frankie Frank, a mentally retarded man who is one of Michael’s only friends, knows the truth about Michael’s alleged crime. Unfortunately, he was told that it was a secret, and “Frankie don’t tell secrets.” Frankie can’t decide on what to do. Should he tell his secret? Or should he keep quiet?
Quite a book. The characters are realistic and the plot gets very exciting, especially at the end. There are some sad parts and some tense moments. The Younguns are, of course, the comic relief. I enjoyed this book very much, despite the fact that there is some language.
Posted by Rebekah
Categories: Fiction, Older Readers, Review
Tags:Animals, Dogs, Jim Kjelgaard, Moose, Out of Print
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Gasp! A furious moose! Actually, the moose is only a side plot. The real story is about Pete Gant the trapper and Casimir Zluski’s daughter, Helen. Pete and Helen barely have time to discover that they love each other, when Pete, believing that Helen doesn’t care about him, leaves — causing Helen to wonder whether he’ll ever come back.
Don’t panic. It ends well. The moose gets shot, Pete and Helen love each other and the story ends abruptly. Again. I suppose it’s good because it leaves you with the option of continuing the story on your own. I really appreciate how Jim Kjelgaard doesn’t “humanize” animals in his books.
Posted by Jordan
Categories: Fiction, Older Readers, Review
Tags:Anne of Green Gables, Funny, Good Read Aloud, L. M. Montgomery, Long Read
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While waiting for Gilbert Blythe to finish school, Anne moves to Summerside, where she takes a job as principal of the high school. She boards with Aunt Kate and Aunt Chatty (they aren’t her aunts), and their housekeeper, Rebecca Dew. However, the Pringles, who control Summerside, don’t want Anne to be the principal, and make sure she knows it. Of course, Anne being who she is, she tries to get over the barrier.
Anne is just as Anne-ish as she is in the first three books. You’ll laugh through this. And L. M. Montgomery loves to make fun of love letters. (You’ll know what I’m talking about once you read it.)
Posted by Jordan
Categories: Adventure, Fiction, Incredibook!, Older Readers, Review
Tags:Good Read Aloud, pirates, Robert Louis Stevenson, Scary, Seafaring
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At the inn Admiral Benbow, an old sea dog appears with a large treasure chest. He stays as a permanent guest, terrorizing everybody, running up large bills, and growing sick. One day, he dies, and Jim Hawkins and his mother (who run the inn) open the chest to take the money the man owed them. However, the old man’s friends from his pirate days have the same idea, and to make up for what his mother hasn’t time to take, Jim grabs a small oilskin bag from the man’s neck. When they open the bag later, it’s found to be a map to Treasure Island!
And that’s just a summary of the first few chapters! It gets even better in the middle. Want a sample? Here you go: pirates, a dangerous sea voyage, mutiny, battles, sneaking, spying, the dreaded Black Spot, a marooned man, treasure… To name a few. I should mention that a some parts get a little intense. It’s great to read Treasure Island out loud, so the whole family can enjoy it.
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