5th Grade Bookland : Fiction
For this edition of Bookland, BCS 5th graders read a work of fiction and created a book cover, complete with plot summary, author bio and reviews.
Bookland is a year-long independent reading program where 5th graders read across a variety of genres and create projects to share what they've read.
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
Imagine if you had the power to lift characters off the page of your book. If you could read aloud any page from and book & boom! they were right there, so real that you could touch them. It would be magical.
But then, you never knew it would go this terribly wrong.
This is what happens to Meggie, a twelve year old girl who lives with her father, Mo. When a mysterious man is standing at their door Meggie is suddenly whisked off into a journey she never dreamed about. She must find courage, & who she really is. ---S.M.
The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
Sadie and Carter Kane are two siblings that do not live together. One Christmas eve when Carter visits Sadie in London things go completely wrong. Their father destroys the Rosetta Stone and releases Egyptian gods!
Then Carter finds out that he is hosting Horus and Sadie's hosting Isis! They also are born to 2 different ancient pharaoh blood lines! Now they must stop the evil god Set from destroying the world!
Can Carter and Sadie destroy Set? Can they trust magicians or gods? ---I.E.
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
Harriet the Spy is a very good book about a girl with a big imagination. She has a really good friend named sport and they hang out together a lot. She also has a friend named Janie who loves to experiment.
In her own time she always spies on friends, family, and neighbors and takes notes in her notebook all the time. But remember to be careful about what you write in your notebook Harriet! ---M.K.
"I love this book and it made me want to go spy with Harriet" ---M.K.
Found by Margaret Haddix
The book Found is about two boys named Jonah and Chip who are receiving mysterious letters about their adoption. Jonah knew about his adoption since he was very young, but Chip's adoption was a huge surprise.
Both boys are trying to investigate the anonymous letter writer. Jonah's sister Katherine helps in the search. Mr. James Reardon, a FBI agent, believes that Jonah's adoption was illegal.
Will Jonah and Chip figure out who wrote the letters? Were their adoptions illegal? READ FOUND!!! ---J.N.
A Dog's Life: An Autobiography of a Stray by Ann M. Martin
Squirrel is an independent dog, full of courage, who is sometimes treated well and sometimes not. She looses important things in her life like her mother, brother, and even her friend. Squirrel learns to live on her own, surviving by finding reliable sources of food, water, and shelter whether living in a shed, a forest, a barn or best of all a house with a roof and fire. ---J.W.
"A heart-warming tail about a dog named Squirrel who's mother dies when she's young and has to live alone in life" --Terrier Times
