Book Review 2-12

I read "TINKERS FARM".

Sam Tinker and his daughter, Jenny are English.
They go to America and start a new life. They work at Jack Crane's farm. Sam works in the fields. Jenny works in the farmhouse. Jack Crane is severe and forces works on them. They have to work very hard. They hate working there. Jenny gets along with Blue Sky who also works at Jack Crane's farm. Blue Sky's family live in Indian village. One day, Jenny saves a boy who is nearly drowned in the river. The boy is Indian village chief's son. The chief gives a farm to the Tinkers as his gratitude. It makes Sam and Jenny happy. They leave Jack Crane's farm and start a new life at TINKERS FARM.

It was a wonderful story. Jack Crane was a bad person. Jenny was brave to save the boy. I think God gave a reward for good behavior. I hope that Sam and Jenny live happy at their farm, TINKERS FARM.

Book Review 2-11

I read "Marcel and the Mona Lisa".

Marcel is a French mouse, and a detective. He has a friend, Celine. She lives at the Louvre museum in Paris. One evening he goes there for dinner. At 11 o'clock, when he leaves there, he sees a man steal a famous painting, the Mona Lisa. Marcel approaches the man and goes into the man's black bag. The thief gets on a train and a gondola to Venice. Then he arrives at his hideout. Marcel sees many cats there. He doesn't like cats! He goes out the bag. He climbs up a curtain and jumps onto a bookcase. After that, he pushes the candles over. The carpet is on fire! While the thief quenches the fire with water, Marcel gets the Mona Lisa and runs out of the room!! Marcel pushes it through the letter-box of a police station. Now the Mona Lisa is smiling at the Louvre museum.

I enjoyed the story. It was interesting. Marcel is smart and courageous! I want to see the Mona Lisa at the Louvre museum in Paris.

Book Review 2-10

I read "THE LONG ROAD".

It's a true story.
Terry Fox has cancer and he has an artificial leg. He thinks that only money can stop pains of children. He decides to run across Canada for money. He begins to run when he is 15 years old in 1979.
He is often in pain from his artificial leg, but he can't stop running. Many people give money to him. When he runs 3,339 miles, he stops running. There is a bad pain in his lungs. An airplane takes him back home. He has cancer again. He dies in 1981.
Money from his marathon brings hope to all people with cancer.
He gets many awards. Today his statue stands in Ottawa.

I didn't know him. I was impressed with him. He is so strong and brave! I can't. I look up to him. I think he is still running on our hearts.

Book Review 2-09

I read "MAISIE AND THE DOLPHIN".

Maisie King is 13 years old. Her parents work at a animal hospital which is next to their house. They don't have enough money to keep the hospital open. Maisie's hobby are swimming underwater and looking at all the beautiful fish.
One day, an American boat hits a dolphin in the sea. She takes the dolphin back to the hospital with her grandfather. Her parents help the dolphin. Every day, she can see the dolphin in a big pool next to the hospital. She calls the dolphin Ben. She loves Ben.
Three weeks later, Ben is strong and well. Maisie and her grandfather take Ben out to sea.
Two minutes later, Ben comes back to them and has a key in his mouth. Maisie follow him. She finds a big box under the water. She opens it with the key. There are many gold coins in it! Her parents build a new hospital with the money from coins.

It was a happy story. Maisie was a kind person. Ben was too. I thought Ben presented coins to Maisie's family in gratitude. I like the story.

Book Review 2-08

I read "The Well".

Lia's grandmother is old and sick. She is sad. Her husband is dead.
She often asks Lia to go to the old well at farm and bring some water. Lia goes to the well with her brother, Jay. The journey to the well is dangerous. The farm is near the volcano. They find the well. They pull a rope. At last, a bucket is out of the well. The water is not good. However they find many gold coins in the bucket. They are Grandfather's coins! Lia and Jay go home and show coins to Grandmother. She becomes fine!

The book was easy to read. It was a good story. I could understand why Grandmother required to bring her some water of the farm's well.

Book Review 2-07

I read "Surfer!".

Nick is 16 years old and he loves a surfing. He wants to go to Australia because there is an important surfing competition in Australia. His parents oppose that.
He tries to win a big surfing competition at his town. He practices the surfing every day.
One day, he meets Australian surfers, Janelle, Mike and Brian. Brian is jealous for Nick who is good surfer. The others are kind for Nick. Janelle suggests that Nick has to get a new surfboard. Nick's surfboard is old, and he cannot win the competition with it. He goes and talks to people in the surf shop in the town. Then he gets a new surfboard for the competition!
The day of the surfing competition, Nick's surfing is very good.
However at the final, Brian comes at Nick on Brian's surfboard and hits Nick! Nick falls from his surfboard. He thinks he loses the competition. However he wins the competition. One of the judges know Brian's act.
He gets the first prize for a thousand pounds. His father knows Nick is good surfer and allows Nick's plan to go to Australia.

Brian was bad to do such a thing. Nick's efforts paid off. I think efforts are important. Nick was so cool! I have never surfed. I want to try it. Please tell me how to surf.

Book Review 2-06

I read "Mike's Lucky Day".

Mike is an assistant van driver, Bill.
One day, they deliver goods to Mr. Morgan's shop. Then Mike meets Jennifer who is Mr. Morgan's daughter. She has beautiful eyes and beautiful hair. Mike fall in love with her! Bill helps Mike.
Mike asks her to a cinema. However the appointed day, he forget his money and he goes back home. Then he is very late. She is angry. She doesn't want to talk to him. He writes a letter to her. She forgives him. Finally they love each other.

It had a happy ending. I envy them. I think that loving each other is very difficult. I want to beatify them.

Book Review 2-05

I read "The Truth Machine".

Professor Verity invented The Truth Machine.

Nobody who sits on The Truth Machine can tell lies. He loves truth. He hates lies. However, it's a lie. He doesn't hate lies. He invented The Truth Machine to make money!!

The Truth Machine makes many people unhappy. Finally, he is killed and The Truth Machine is destroyed.

I was surprised at the shocking ending of the story. I was mocked by him. I believed he was honest. I wanted him to make amends.

I'm interested in The Truth Machine. I want to try it!

Book Review 2-04

I read "The Umbrella".

Carla bought a new umbrella.
When she went to a shop, she put it near the door. Then, a woman took Carla's umbrella. Carla finished the shopping. Carla was angry because there is no her umbrella. She was obliged to hold a woman's umbrella.
When Carla was walking down the street, she was spoken to a man. He was looking for a woman who took Carla's umbrella. He had the mistaken idea that Carla was a woman who he was looking for, because Carla was holding a woman's umbrella.
After that, he asked Carla for a date! They made friends.

It was a much unexpected ending. I am worried about a whereabouts of a woman which he was looking for. Carla and his meeting was just an accident! I think that nobody knows where there is a meeting.

Book Review 2-03

I read "Picture Puzzle".

Pete was a college student.
In the shopping mall, suddenly a girl ran towards him and gave him a cassette of film. The girl was running away from a man. Pete developed the film. One of the photo was a picture of two men. Pete suspected them. Pete thought the girl was caught up in a incident! He tried to help the girl. He investigated to solve the puzzle. Two men of the picture did a bribe!
In the last of the story, the girl was imprisoned by a man in his house. Pete fought against a man, and finally Pete succeeded in saving the girl!

It was a mystery and a complex story. He was brave to fight a man who was a offender. He was smart to solve the hard puzzle!

Book Review 2-02

I read "Rich Man, Poor Man".

A old man, Minta got a money order from his son. It was worth one hundred pounds. Minta went to the Post Office in Darpur to change his money order into money. However, he could not get money because he didn't have his Identity Card. He tried to make his Identity Card. First, he took a photograph of himself for his Identity Card. He could not get his photograph because of a quackery of a photographer! Minta got angry, and hit the photographer. Finally, Minta could not get his Identity Card. He asked Mr. Sheth who is an important man in Darpur. Mr. Sheth said that this money order was worth nothing because it was not correct and it was out-of-date! Mr. Sheth was sorry for Minta, and Mr. Sheth gave ten pounds to Minta. However Minta was not happy, because one hundred pounds of his money order changed only ten pounds....

I felt pity for Minta. The goodwill of his son was wasted. I thought that he did not have to be disappointed because it was better than nothing! I want him to be happy. I want to be a rich man!!

Book Review 2-01

I read "The Magic Barber".

Everybody in Crossways wears a large hat with black because everybody has long hair. One day, a man comes to Crossways. He is The Magic Barber! He can cut hairs with the magic! He cuts everybody's hair, and everybody throws their hat away. The morning of the next day, everybody is very surprised that everybody has no hair! They want their hats back. Then, a man comes to Crossways again. He sells black hats, and everybody buys it. Everybody is happy.

It was a wonder story. Who was a man? He was a fraud, because he made everybody's hair bald. I thought that he was good at a business, but he was not a good man.

Book Review 1-13

I read Carnival.

Jake is 18 years old. He is in London alone to look at the Notting Hill Carnival. Jake sees a tall beautiful girl at the carnival. Their eyes meet and she smiles at him. He is in love with her. Then, he runs after her desperately!!

It's a funny story!! When I finished reading the book, I laughed in spite of myself.

Book Review 1-12

I read "Let Me Out!"

John is 30. He lives in an apartment with his dog, Sam. John makes a robot and calls him Nolan. Nolan cleans John's apartment every day. Nolan washes John's clothes in the washing machine and makes John's food. Nolan can do anything John wants.

One day the case happens....

John likes Sam, but he doesn't like Nolan because Nolan is just a robot. Therefore Nolan hates Sam. Nolan fails Sam from a window of the apartment! Sam died....

In the end, Nolan shuts John in to the bathroom. Then, Nolan closes a faucet which stops all the water. John has no food and no water! 5 days later, John died.

It's too tragic!!!!!

Book Review 1-11

I read Shooting Stars.

Lisa and Alice go to an island in Greece on holiday.

The film stars, Matt Lepardi and Claudia Carman also are in there.

They are making a film and are shooting some scenes.

Lisa and Alice are the fan of them.

One day, Lisa finds them in the hotel. Lisa is very frightened because Claudia is shooting Matt!!

However, Matt is not dead! They practiced their scenes of film in their hotel. Lisa felt relieved.

This book was written by Polly Sweetnam.

I like his book because the book which he wrote is interesting all.

Book Review 1-10

I read Photo Finish.

Lisa and Alice work at the same company.
They are going to go abroad on holiday, so they must go to the Post Office and get their passports. They go to there, but Lisa doesn't have her photo for passport. Then, she goes to the photo booth in the bus station. There is nobody there. She takes her photo there. When she is waiting for her photo, some photos are coming out of the slot. However, they are not hers. There is a man in the photos. The four photos show a murder!!!! Somebody is holding the man's scarf tightly!!! There are a snake ring and a bird tattoo on murderer's hands.
Lisa and Alice go to the police station and tell their story to the police. Then, Lisa goes to the photo booth with the police. A man is standing there. Lisa sees the snake ring and the bird tattoo on his hands!! He is the murderer!!! He is caught by the police.

Book Review 1-09

I read HANNAH AND THE HURRICANE.

Hannah is sixteen and lives on island. She is on holiday from school and is working for Mr. Duval on his glass-bottomed boat. They take people to look at the beautiful fish and the coral reef under the sea. Mr. Duval can only pay Hannah a little money, but she likes working for the old man. Mr. Duval's boat is the only glass-bottomed boat on the island, but one day, a new glass-bottomed boat appears on the island. It is Max Marker's boat. He is very rich and has a big house on the island. Tourists don't take Mr. Duval's boat, because a fare of the boat is more expensive than that of Max Marker's. It's a Max Marker's trick!! A few days later, Max Marker sinks Mr. Duval's boat under the water! Hannah and Mr. Duval are very angry!!
One day, a hurricane hit on the island. Max Marker's big house falls down by a work of the hurricane. Max Marker is buried under debris. Hannah helps him. He thanks her very much, and he understands that money isn't everything.

Book Review 1-08

I read In The Frame.

It's the end of Lisa and Alice's holiday. They are on the airport bus. They are leaving Greece and are going home in England. Vera is on the airport bus too. She has two children and a lot of luggage. She is very worried about her husband because he is ill in England. Lisa and Alice feel sorry for Vera, and they want to help her.
Lisa, Alice, Vera and two children are in a cafe of England Airport. Suddenly, customs officers and police officers appear in the cafe. One officer is searching in Vera's pushchair. He finds out a frame. Vera is an art thief! She stole a painting of island's museum!! Actually, Two children are not Vera's. They are her sister's children. Vera is arrested. The customs officers have the stolen painting. They are very pleased. Vera's sister has her children. She is very pleased too.

I was very surprised at the shocking ending of the story.

Book Review 1-07

I read 'The Lost Ship'

The Captain and his men are sailing between Cuba and Florida.
They look at the strange ship. There's no name on the ship. There are no men on deck. Where are the ship's men?
The captain and two men row across to the strange ship to look for the men on the ship. He cannot find them. The captain goes in a cabin. There is nobody there, but a photograph is on the table. He looks at it, and he is very surprised. It is a photograph of himself!! He runs up on deck. He looks around, but he can see nobody. He is alone......

I thought it's a strange story.

Book Review 1-06

I read "BETWEEN TWO WORLDS"
I'm going to introduce the story.

Joanna Jimbuku is a nurse in north Australia, where she works with a Flying Doctor, Bob Mills. He and she go everywhere to help the sick by The Bluebird, Bob's plane. One day, a baby is so ill that Joanna has to take her to hospital in Sydney. A few days later, the baby becomes fine, so she is going to return to her hometown. However, a doctor of the hospital in Sydney asked her, "I want you to work here because one of my girls is leaving next week and we need someone new. You are a nice nurse!" She doesn't accept the offer because she doesn't want to leave her beloved hometown!