Kid's Book Reviews - January 2002
by
Scott O'Dell
The book, Island of the
Blue Dolphins, takes place on an island that looks like a fish
sunning itself on the sea. On this island lives Karana, an Indian girl
and her tribe. One day a strange ship comes to the island. The white men
have come to take their tribe to another land. Karana and her brother,
Ramo, are left behind. After Ramo is killed by the wild dogs, she swears
she will kill all the wild dogs someday. This is an awesome book. My
favorite part was when she made friends with a girl named Tutok. She had
come to the island with some people called the Aleuts. It was cool that
Karana and Tutok became friends because the Aleuts were enemies of
Karana's tribe. Reviewed
by Princess Toenails - age 11 by Jean
Craighead George Julie of the Wolves is about an
Eskimo girl named Miyax (her English name is Julie) who gets lost in the
Arctic. While she is up there, she finds a pack of wolves. It's cool
because she finds out how to live with the wolves. She even figures out
what they are saying and sometimes she can sort of talk back to them.
When she is with the wolves, sometimes she plays with all the puppies.
Most of the time there is one of all the puppies that she plays with the
most. I think this is a really good book. Reviewed
by Dude Man - Age 9 by Patricia
Rae Wolf and illustrated by Kimberly Bulcken Root This is a funny book about a troll that
won't let a boy cross a bridge to go to school. The troll says,
"You can't cross my bridge unless you give me a penny." But
the boy tricks the troll by telling him a riddle so he can cross. At the
end the troll's mom makes the troll go to school with the boy so the
troll can be smart like the boy. Reviewed
by Peach - Age 6 Even though the reviewers' names are fictitious, they are real live book
hungry children.Island
of the Blue Dolphins
Julie
of the Wolves
The
Toll Bridge Troll
