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Series of Unfortunate Events
The Bad Beginning By Lemony Snicket
The millionaire Baudelaire children: Violet, a fourteen-year-old inventor, Klaus, a ten-year-old
reader, and Sunny, a baby who enjoys biting, heard that their parents perished in the fire that destroyed their entire home. They
almost immediately went to live with their evil “uncle” Count Olaf. He tried to marry Violet undercover
of a play called "The Marvelous Marriage". Will he succeed in grabbing the Baudelaire fortune? I love this book! Maria Long age 9
The Story of Jonas, (16.00) by Maurine F. Dahlberg tells the story of an eleven-year-old boy who
is enslaved on a plantation in Missouri. He is forced to go on a trip to the goldfields in the Kansas territory with
Master William’s immature 24-year-old son, Percy. On the trip, Jonas learns what it feels like to be treated with respect
when he meets Mr. Quincy and Miss Skye. He also secretly learns to read and write. After overhearing that his friend from
the plantation was killed while trying to escape, Jonas decides to run away from Master Percy and his buffoon friends. Can Jonas survive the dark depths of the desert trail and get to freedom? Readers
from 8 to 108 will enjoy reading about the adventures of Jonas as he travels the harsh trail in hope of freedom, on a trip
that will change his life forever.
Review written by Mrs. Bittner’s
Third Grade Class at Sheridan Elementary School, Williamsport, PA
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