Book worm reviews: Every Soul a Star

Every Soul a Star
By Wendy Mass

      A large group of people watch silently as the moon slowly covers the sun. It's getting darker and darker, making it seem more like nighttime than daytime. A group of newly made friends stand together, the performance that brought them together standing in the sky.              

        Ally stares up at the sky, taking in the beauty of it all. Bree stands still, looking up, up into the sky. Jack smiles as the solar eclipse takes place. It's so beautiful.
   
       Every Soul a Star is an attention-grabbing, heart-warming story about a group of friends who experience one of the greatest things in life. They all have different personalities, interests, and hobbies, but they manage to form a strong bond of friendship.
      Ally loves astronomy. Growing up on the Moon Shadow Campground helped her with that. She lives on the Moon Shadow Campground, which her family owns, with the rest of her family. Her parents moved there when she was four, knowing what would occur there in a handful of years.
      Bree, however, lives in a town. She hopes to be a model. Her parents, however, don't see what she sees in fashion. Her younger sister, Melanie, doesn't see it either. While Bree tries her best to look her best, her sister is getting straight A's. Bree plans on many things for the approaching summer, but when her parents tell her about their plans, her life seems to be thrown away.
     Jack is fatherless. He loves to draw aliens. Oh, and he can fly. Now let me give you some explanations to clarify the last sentences. His father left before he was born. All the evidence of his father are some pictures from the neck down. He draws the aliens and is good at it. Not everyone can draw. The flying, well, I shouldn't give it away! ;) ;) ;)

     These three kids, along with siblings and friends, witness something amazing. Through it all they learn a lot about friendship and themselves.

By Julia

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    Out of My Mind

Or check out  Phenomenal Reads with Emily!

The School for Good and Evil

Stuck to the Screen: Great iPod and iPhone Apps: Part 1

Hello! Em here! Today we explore the world of apps! Here are a few of my favorites that I hope you enjoy too!! P.S They are in order of how much I like them, 1 is the best, but all of these apps I adore!


1. The Sims Freeplay (BEST. GAME. EVER.)
2. Minecraft!!!
3. Virtual Families 2
4. Home Design Story
5. My Talking Tom
6. High school Story
7. My Boo
8. Toca Boca Hair Salon 2
9. Toca Town (I know, it's a little kid game but I love it. :p)
10. Sky burger

Enjoy!! Write in the comments on this post to share your favorites!!

Phenomenal Reads with Emily: The School For Good And Evil

Hello! I am writing you this from the nerd side! I'm here to tell you about books that I really enjoyed! Here's my first book that I'm reviewing, The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani. This book takes you through the fantasy word of Sophie and Agatha, two BFFs in their town of Gavaldon. In this fast paced adventure, the girls learn that it's the inside that really counts. Here you learn about both girls and watch as their personality change throughout the story. They become who you might not think they were in the beginning. Even though I am only on page 213, (there 488 pages), I can tell this book is going to be AMAZING!!!


                                                                                             Until next time,
                                                                                                    Emily

Also, write who your FAVORITE character is in the comments 4 this post! Go Team Leo Valdez,  from the Heroes of Olympus series!!

Book worm reviews: Out of my Mind

"Words. I'm surrounded by thousands of words. Maybe millions. Cathedral. Mayonnaise. Pomegranate. Mississippi. Neapolitan. Hippopotamus. Silky. Terrifying. Iridescent. Tickle. Sneeze. Wish. Worry." -First few sentences of Out of my Mind

 Out of my Mind by Sharon M. Draper is a delightful book. I had a fun time reading it. Out of my Mind is about a girl named Melody. She has a photographic memory and is the smartest kid in her school…but no one knows. Melody can't walk, she can't talk, she doesn't have much control of her body. She wants so badly to talk and when she finally finds a way she gets really excited. Join Melody as she takes on the world-one step at a time.

Out of my Mind
By Sharon M Draper

By Julia

Check out another Bookworm Review:

Every Soul a Star

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The School for Good and Evil

Little-known Holidays: for the Week (January 6th-10th 2014)

                      Are you sad that school is coming? Did you celebrate Trivia and Bird Day and had fun? Do you want to have some fun after school? Well, you can! I have more fun little-known holidays to cheer you up! But wait, there's more (by the way, why does every commercial say that?)! All of the holidays I am going to mention always are on these dates! You can put these on your calendar!
                      Monday, January 6, 2014 (and every other January 6) This is the day to cuddle! That's right, January 6th is Cuddle Up Day! Cuddle with your mom, dad, aunt, uncle, grandpa, grandma-- even your stuffed animals! On Cuddle Up Day, make sure you get under a warm blanket and cuddle!
                      Tuesday, January 7, 2014 (and every other January 7) Get ready! It's the day before Bubble Bath Day! Get anything you might need: bubble bath, peaceful music, bath toys, etc. Plan out your special bath and start counting the hours!
                      Wednesday, January 8, 2014 (and every other January 8) It's bubble bath time! It's time to hop into the tub! After a long day, make sure you don't forget to celebrate this holiday! This is a holiday you don't want to miss! Make sure to have fun with the bubbles, they're there for a reason! I also only used exclamation marks for a reason!
                      Thursday, January 9, 2014 (and every other January 9) It's Balloon Ascension Day! On January 9th a long time ago, Jean Pierre Blanchard made the first balloon flight in the Americas in a yellow hot air balloon. To celebrate, you can find out more about Blanchard and you can draw pictures of his balloon!
                       Friday, January 10, 2014 (and every other January 10) Guess what this day's little-known holiday is: Houseplant Appreciation Day! It might sound boring, but it can be fun! You can help your mom or dad water the houseplants and learn about them! Or you could draw your house plants! Just look at them. Aren't they beautiful? Maybe, you could ask your parents if you could take care of a houseplant! Then, you can take care of it and watch it grow!
                   That's it for the week. But check back again on Friday for little-known holidays that you can celebrate over the coming weekend! Remember to celebrate all these fun little holidays and share them with family and friends!

Thank-you to these websites that helped me find the holidays mentioned in this post.
http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/january.htm
http://www.brownielocks.com/january.htm

Little-known Holidays: for the Weekend (January 4th and 5th 2014)

                Do you want to celebrate a holiday but have nothing to celebrate? Do you want to have some fun? Do you have nothing to do but still want to do something? Well, I have a solution to that! This weekend, you can have fun with family, friends or just yourself with these little-known but fun holidays!
                On January 4th (which by the way is Saturday) it is Trivia Day! You can get together with family and friends to have a fun trivia night! Ask each other all sorts of trivia, and if you want to, you could play Trivial Pursuit! Ask each other silly, funny, hard or what-ever-you-want questions!
                On January 5th (which is Sunday) it is Bird Day! To all of you bird-lovers out there, this is your holiday! On this day, make sure you watch the birds! Now, you could go outside in the cold, or you could watch from your window (I suggest watching from your window). That's if you can find any birds. If not, that's okay! You could draw birds, dress up like birds, research birds-- basically anything that is related to birds (it is called Bird Day, not Watch Birds Day).
                 Now, do you know what you are going to do this weekend now? I hope you do! After reading this post, I hope you are excited to celebrate these holidays, and maybe some other little-known holidays, too! Have fun!



Thanks to these websites, I was able to find little-known holidays.


http://www.brownielocks.com/january.htm
http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/january.htm