BULLYING in the real world

One of the major themes in our upcoming novel study is BULLYING and ACCEPTANCE. After the great discussion we had this week about bullying, I realized that not everyone sees this as a major problem at our school, or in the world. So I wanted to share with you some stories of bullying across Canada, stories that were serious enough to make the news.

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8 Charged in bullying case

5 year old disable boy bullied

Facts about Bullying in Canada

RCMP- bullying information

Newfoundland boy faces severe bullying

Student Book Review - "I Survived" by Lauren Trashis

BOOK REVIEW

"I SURVIVED" BY: LAUREN TRASHIS

Have you ever got into a big disaster, something like a TSUNAMI ? Yes, you heard right, if I liked this book I think you would love it too.  “I Survived” is written by Lauren Tarshis and is a story of a boy and his family who go through a natural disaster.

After four months after Ben’s father’s death Ben goes to his hometown with his brother and mom which is in Japan in an old village where they live with their uncle (Ojisan). One morning Ben wakes up and there is a massive horrifying earthquake and tsunami. What will happen next, will Ben and his family survive?                       

This reminds me of a movie I watched, it was a tsunami too and there was a family that got into some trouble. This also reminds me of a uncle who told me a story similar to this book. I would rate this 5 out 5 because it is a great book so many adventures and ups and downs you never know what is going to happen next there is are so many thrills!

                                                                                             

                                                                                                                                                        

         

Student Book Review - "The Crossroads"

The Crossroads
By: Chris Grabenstien
Illustrated by Tim Boowop.

Do you like a exciting mysteries with ghosts with some weirdo kid who can see them, if so this book is the best of the best for you. This book is about a ordinary boy with problems, like a dead mother and new mother to replace his old mother who claims to hate her son the main character called Zack Jeggings. What he does not know his whole life is about to change. At his new home right in his backyard is the place where an accident happened. There was a murderer and now ghosts are back to take revenge. Now the question is who will succeed, Zach or the ghost???

This story has 3 other books that I know of, they're called The Hanging Hill, The Smoky Corridor , and The Black Heart Crypt. I read the first 2 books that I named but I have yet to read The Black Heart Crypt. I would rate this book 5 out of 5 because once I started reading it I was hooked to it and once I finished I needed more. Also this book contains 2 genres that I absolutely adore, supernatural and mystery .

 

Student book review - "The Book of Bad Things"

The Book Of Bad Things. This book is a good book I read it and I liked it. The author of this book is Dan Poblocki, who also wrote the books The Stone Child, The Nightmares, The Mysterious Four series, The Ghost Of Graylock and The Haunting Of Gabriel Ashe.  

This book is about a girl named Cassidy Bean who is on the bus to go somewhere……. Her view was good but then it started to get worse and worse until she arrived to a place and she had to go to a parking lot to meet Mrs.Tremont and Joey so that they can show her the path to go to her house. She spent two summers in there. They believe that there are demons in the house. The people went in and then came out something was following them, it was a beast. WILL THE PEOPLE TRY TO SOLVE THE CURSE AND LET THE BEAST GO BACK TO WHERE IT CAME FROM AND SURVIVE READ THE BOOK TO FIND OUT.

This connects to my life because I have been lost in a lot of places and Cassidy also can’t find her house so she needs someone to help her. My favorite part of this book is when the group of people go into the house and find a map and Cassidy is going to follow the map then a beast was following them around the place. I think there is no movie version of this book. This book is different from the other books in the series because this book is a mystery and not that scary because there was a zombie in the house which is interesting and when a beast followed them they were suspicious of why it is following them.

I would rate this book because this book was not too scary so I would rate this a three and a half out of five stars. I rate this book that because this book is also not that mysterious and I love scary and mystery books and this book has both scary and mysteries. If you bought the book I hope you enjoyed it.

Student Book Review - "Percy Jackson"

Percy Jackson

By: Rick Riordan

I liked this book because this book is mainly about Ancient Greek, and Ancient Civilizations, which is my favourite topic. This book is about a kid named Percy Jackson who has dyslexia and ADHD. Percy gets attack on a school trip by monsters. His teacher and, friend later deny that there is such a thing as monsters, because his friend hesitated when he asked. Later in that day, Percy went to his room to study for his test, and then he went to ask for help from his teacher, but he heard his friend and teacher talk about the monster incident. Then he asked his friend why he lied and, he said “The less you knew, the fewer monsters you attract”. Percy then leaves his friend and goes to his room to pack up because he got expelled from the academy. When he reaches his house, his friend followed him and told him monsters were coming and, then his mom sends him to a special camp for people like him. He later found out that he was a son of Poseidon. My favourite part is when everyone found out that he was a son of because everyone knelt down to him. The book and movie are pretty much the same except the movie changed some stuff. The other books are still about fighting monsters. I gave this book a rating of 5/5 because Ancient Civilizations was my favourite topic.

student book review - DORK DIARIES

Student Book Review Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl by Rachel Renee Russell

    Have you ever had an enemy that is always behind you? Well that’s exactly what happened to Nikki Maxwell in this novel.

“Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl” was a very interesting book that caught my eye and I loved it. This story started when Nikki Maxwell was hoping her crush Brandon Robert, will ask her to the Halloween dance. But she was heartbroken when she overheard her biggest enemy, Mackenzie Hollister, bragging that she and Brandon are going to the dance together. But Nikki was shocked when Brandon asked her to the dance and realized that Mackenzie was lying. Nikki agreed to go with him and ended up having the best time of her life.

This story was very interesting. My favourite part of the story was when Brandon asked Nikki out and she found out Mackenzie was lying. If I was Nikki I would never think that Mackenzie was telling the truth. This is my favourite book from the series because this one was the one I thought flowed more smoothly than the others.

I would rate this book 5 star out of 5. What made this book so great was how the story was well written, and the story was very enjoyable to read and very interesting.