Creech, S. (2008). Hate that cat. New York: HarperCollins. Fiction: School StoriesCybil AwardThis is the companion book to Love That Dog, and the main character Jack is back. This story continues in the same way where Jack writes in his journal to his teacher Miss Stretchberry. Unlike the previou...
I don't feel quite as positively about "The Great Unexpected" as my 4/5 star rating suggests. If partial stars were allowed, I'd give it about 3.75/5 stars. I LOVED the book... until the last 50 pages or so. The ending was not what I was anticipating. I don't know what I WAS anticipating but I de...
I don't know guys...I give it four stars because I really really liked it but I am old and I really think this one was written for a much younger age group...at first I thought I was going to hate it...it reminded me to much of that 'The Odd Life of Timothy Green' movie - which I truly did not ca...
People, whole towns, and even angels can fall into lackadaisical ruts that limit their efforts toward good to almost inconsequential levels. This is exactly what has happened in the village around Casa Rosa in the Swiss Alps. The resident angel defends her/himself by claiming that she/he hasn’t b...
Imagine having your family full of chaos and your mom repeating "Aye yie yie! My life is slave and errand girl!", although it would be hilarious it would also be totally stressing. Overall I have fell in love with this book from the heart to heart conversations to the hilarious comments.In the st...
Love That Dog by Sharon Creech was such an adorable book. It was about a boy named Jack who did not want to or believe that he could write poetry. As the book continues Jack starts to write short little poems that he does not want anyone to know are his. Finally, he gets more comfortable writing ...
Sharon Creech's novel, Chasing Redbird I can easily say may be one of my favorite books that I have ever read. Creech's purpose in writing Chasing Redbird is to create two main themes. This first theme is that everyone grieves in their own way. The second theme is that amongst the tragedies and c...
Granny Torrelli is the story of friendship between twelve year old Rosie and the boy next door, Bailey. They have grown up alongside each other, and have shared everything together. Which is why Rosie doesn’t understand why Bailey gets angry at her for learning how to read his books — written ...
That night I kept thinking about Pandora's box. I wondered why someone would put a good thing such as Hope in a box with sickness and kidnapping and murder. It was fortunate that it was there, though. If not, people would have the birds of sadness nesting in their hair all the time, because of nu...