The Invention Of Hugo Cabret

Hugo lives in the walls of a Paris train station, where his survival depends on being anonymous. But when his life suddenly collides with an eccentric girl and the owner of a small toy booth in the train station, Hugo’s secret live, and his most precious secret, are put in danger. A strange drawing, a treasured notebook, a stolen key, a mechanical man, and a hidden message all come together.
I liked a lot this book because it was a little bit of mystery but addictive at the same time. It’s easy to read and easy to understand, there’s not much difficult vocabulary and you have lovely illustrations to help you understand. These lovely illustrations take about half of the book so even if you find it really thick, it will take just two or three afternoons to read.


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Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech

The "trouble twins", Dallas and Florida, are living in The Boxton Creek Home, an orphanage run by Mr. and Mrs. Trepid. The Trepids are strict and “putrid”, and Dallas and Florida are punished more than any other children for breaking the rules of the house. They are thirteen years old and in all of this time the twins have been adopted many times, invariably by incomprehensive and abusive adults who return them to the orphanage. One day, an old couple adopts the twins for a summer, they live in Ruby Holler. Their names are Tiller and Sairy. They want them as companions for their separate vacations: Florida for Tiller's boat trip down the Rutabago River; Dallas for Sairy's bird expedition to the island of Kangadoon. This will be the first time either of the couples have been separated.
I liked this book because it was strange the way the author tells the story, I think this book is not made for people who like fantasy or realistics books because, in my opinion, this book was made for everyone. It is an enjoyable and pleasant book to read whenever you have time.

Click here to see the author's page: Sharon Creech

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"Looking after my horse" by Toni Webber

I think this book is for people who doesn’t like reading or for young people because it has a lot of illustration and short pieces of writing. It has a section called “My pony diaries” in which a girl writes about the days she spent with her pony. All that happened to them.

Contents

Introduction
Choosing a pony
The stable
Keeping a pony at grass
Fencing
Dual system
Grooming
Tack
Feeding
Tack and feed rooms
Feet and shoes
Health check
Protective clothing
Moving on
Quiz time
Glossary
Index

This book would be very useful for a boy or a girl who starts to have a horse for first time in their lives and needs information.
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The Lulu Baker Trilogy by Fiona Dunbar

BOOK ONE: THE TRUTH COOKIES
BOOK TWO: CUPID CAKES
BOOK THREE: CHOCOLATE WISHES
Fiona Dunbar's webpage

THE TRUTH COOKIE: (book 1)


Lulu is a girl who doesn’t have a mother. She has always lived with her father, until now, when the stupid of Varaminta, Lulu’s father’s bride appears to live with them with her son, horrible Torquil.

The day of her birthday, Lulu finds a special book that can help her find all the answers to her questions and problems.
Lulu’s secret book is only known by her best find, Frenchy, but she has to be careful so that her secret isn’t discovered...


CUPID CAKES: (book 2)

At last! Varaminta has left! But Lulu feels that his father is alone.
So she tries a new recipe so that her father and Frenchy’s mom get in love
and probably marry.
But her recipe doesn’t go well at all as the two girls wished…

CHOCOLATE WISHES:
(book 3)
Lulu is each time getting better at magic recipes. This time, she has experienced a new recipe: chocolate wishes, which will help Lulu solve the only problem she has: the bulling at her school!
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Concurso de lectura en público

Hoy día 2 de Abril hemos ido al Concurso de Lectura en Público organizado por la Asociación de Editores. Teníamos que hacer una lectura obligatoria de "Kafka y la muñeca viajera" de Jordi Sierra i Fabra y una optativa de "El Principito" de Saint Exupery. Fuimos en autobús a la Biblioteca Joaquín Leguina y allí nos dijeron que teníamos que esperar para pasar, nos contaron un poco cuales eran los premios y entramos. Cuando subimos al escenario nos teníamos que poner en grupos de tres. Estabamos muy nerviosos pero empezamos a leer. Nuestro colegio era el único que hacía un diálogo para "Kafka y la muñeca viajera" y quedó muy bien. Cuando leímos "El principito", la lectura la optativa, fue muy divertido porque llevábamos diversos objetos relacionados con el texto. Al final nos dieron una bolsa para cada uno que contenía un libro, un lápiz y una camiseta. En conjunto el día fue muy divertido, escuchamos a algún que otro más colegio y volvimos en autobús dispuestos a volver otra vez a la rutina escolar.

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