Entries Categorized as 'Older Readers'
Posted by Jordan
Categories: Adventure, Fiction, Incredibook!, Mysteries, Older Readers, Review
Tags:Animals, Dogs, Good Read Aloud, Jim Kjelgaard
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Tom Rainse has just returned to Tanner’s Mountain, and things are much different from when he left. New game laws limit how much hunting you can do, and poachers are everywhere. Threatened by a poacher named The Black Elk, Tom becomes a game warden. Along with Smoky, the bloodhound his friend Bill Tolliver gave him, Tom must track down The Black Elk and stop the poaching once and for all.
Here’s a thriller with something for everybody. The mystery has several twists and turns, the ending is unexpected, and the characters are great. For those of you who won’t read A Nose for Trouble unless I say so, this book is far from being about the dog! It’s very much about the people in the mountains, and their choices to obey or disobey the new hunting laws. Sadly, this book is out of print, but your local library may have it.
Posted by Rebekah
Categories: Adventure, Fantasy, Fiction, Older Readers, Review
Tags:Easy Read, Funny, Lloyd Alexander, Prydain, Quick Read
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This is a collection of short stories about Prydain. It’s very helpful for learning a little bit of the “background” history of Prydain, including the story behind Dyrnwyrn and how Orddu, Orgoch and Orwen found Dalben. There’s a fun story with Doli and several others.
I enjoyed this one. It’s a quick read, and there’s not a lot to it, but you could consider it a “nutritional supplement” for the Prydain Chronicles. I would recommend that you read the Chronicles first, then this one, not that it gives anything away, but it might make more sense. It’s a nice mix of six stories, (that’s a tongue-twister!) and it works great for a “quickie” while I’m waiting for something or other. Enjoy!
Posted by Rebekah
Categories: Fiction, Older Readers, Review
Tags:Funny, Good Read Aloud, Louisa May Alcott
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This is the sequel to Eight Cousins. Rose is now a young woman, and learning of a whole new set of temptations and desires. Also, Rose is doing her best to encourage her cousins to be upright young men, and she is finding the job easier with some and harder with others. When what seems to be love finds Rose, will she be able to make the right decision?
Find out next time in the thrilling conclusion of . . . ! Oh, excuse me. Okay, as I was going to say, I didn’t enjoy this one quite as much as Eight Cousins. (Ah-ha! you say, that explains the rating!) However, that was simply my personal opinion. Rose in Bloom is (listen carefully) a very good book. However, if you are considering reading it aloud, you should be prepared to have over nine different voices handy! It has some great parts, some good parts and a lot of just good old well-written parts. Please read it and enjoy. Although I will warn you, yes, someone dies in this story.
Posted by Jordan
Categories: Fantasy, Older Readers, Review
Tags:Funny, George Macdonald
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The king and queen have no children, and this makes the king angry. Then the queen has a lovely daughter, but at the christening, an evil witch casts a spell on the child, making her as light as air. Ever since that day, the princess has no gravity. The king’s advisors have a plan to make the princess become normal: she must get married. But how can they get a prince to fall in love with a floating princess? And how can a princess with no gravity fall into anything?
George MacDonald must have I-Can’t-Think-Of-Names-For-My-Characters Syndrome. The king, queen, princess, and prince don’t have names at all; and the characters that are named have names like Clanrunfort! This makes this book all the more fun, though. Highly recommended. The illustrator, Maurice Sendak, also wrote and illustrated Where the Wild Things Are and Pierre.
Posted by Ruth
Categories: Adventure, Historical Fiction, Incredibook!, Older Readers, Review
Tags:Award Winner, Elizabeth George Speare
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After Daniel’s father is murdered by the Romans, Daniel dedicates his life to one thing: revenge against the Romans. He joins a band of outlaws living in the mountains who are plotting to overthrow the Romans and does everything he possibly can to satisfy his hatred. Meanwhile, in nearby Capernaum, a rabbi is teaching a different lesson: love. Daniel is confused by the words of Jesus of Nazareth, while still wondering if this could be the promised Messiah. The Messiah he had been hoping and waiting for was one who could conquer the Romans and drive them away. Could Jesus really be the Messiah? And how can love conquer over hatred?
This is one of my favorites of Elizabeth George Speare’s. The characters are portrayed with great depth and emotion, making them seem very real, and I found the story to be so extremely interesting that I couldn’t put it down. I definitely recommend this one as a powerful book.
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