Summary of I am The Ice Worm

Easley, MaryAnn. (1998). I am the Ice Worm. America. Highlights Press.

Allison, a 14 year old girl. Allison's parents are divorced. She's been living with her father in southern California, but she's tired for her status and decides to go to Alaska to see her mom who's teaching in a small village in Alaska. On the way a lot happens. Her pilot dies when their plane crashes. She is stranded until an Indian rescues her and takes her to his village where she learns to survive. Allison is far from ready for the intense culture shock. A true child of the ease and comfort of southern California, she can't get used to the smelly, dirty dwelling and the smelly, dirty people. They don't even have a bathroom or running water.

In the village she meets a boy named Matu. He is 13 years olds and she convinces him to take her to the coast. So they saddle the dogs up and head out. When they make a stop at another village, Allison meets a girl named Oolik who can't hear or speak. She meets a woman name Siki who has a baby. When disaster falls upon the village, Oolik and Allison wake everyone up to help. -RahmaTalifta-

Summary of Morning Girl

Dorris, Michael. (1992). Morning Girl. America. UOP.

Morning Girl is a young Taino girl who 'dreams too hard' at night, and therefore wakes early every morning. This early waking is why her family calls her Morning Girl; and she loves the beginning of the day, she said, 'If the day starts before you do, you never catch up.' One of the lovely things about this young girl is what she says about her approach to treading on the world: 'I try to step lightly on the path so the sounds I make will blend into the rustle of the world.' She also goes on to say, 'You'll see more if you're quiet.' Her interests are apparently in complete opposition to those of her younger brother, Star Boy, who lives for the black of night and loves to look at stars. Their rivalry and opposition play out as the pleasant and common sibling friction that so many children endure the world over.

Star Boy is different than his sister: he likes the night. His sister says he see's everything so upside down. He says,"The first night I woke up and noticed that everyone was invisible, I held still and disappeared.' When he finds out his mother is pregnant with what she believes will be a girl, Star Boy is distraught, miserable, hoping instead for a brother or, at the very least, a parrot. But his mother insists that it's to be a girl, to Star Boy deep chagrin. He concludes,If it's another sister, she will leave and go someplace else. They show how siblings can have rivals but still get along. It has unique character. -RahmaTalifta-

Summary of Hello my name is SCRAMBLED EGGS

Jamie, Gilson. (1982). Hello my name is SCRAMBLED EGGS. America. Aladdin.

This story takes place in 1985 at Zito`s house. Quint was his best friend. He always ate breakfast over there. He always carried a marble with him and they go to school and when they come home he had to eat dinner over Zito`s house. So they go and have fun eating stuff. One day a family from Vietnam and Harvey Trumble's. The Vietnamese family comes to America because they are trying to stay away from the Vietnam War. There is a kid Harvey's age in the family and his name is Tuan Nguyen. Harvey was so happy to have someone of his own age living with him. When Tuan Nguyen and his family move from Vietnam to America, Harvey Trumble knows that him and Tuan will be best friend.

Some things in America are new to Tuan, like a hair dryer, Tuan thinks it's a gun. He also thinks that hot dogs are really made out of dogs. Harvey Trumble's family is trying to help them figure their way around America to see how they pay their bills. Harvey is trying to help the family's son, Tuan Nguyen. When Tuan is going to school with Harvey, Harvey is trying to help Tuan to find his way through it. Harvey teaches Tuan english, and Tuan write a letter in English. Harvey shows him how to eat at lunch. Harvey tell to Tuan how to use a fork. Tuan becomes a good friend with Harvey. And things are going great.

One day  Harvey makes a choice for the worse. They get caught TPing the pig statue by the police. And Tuan has to figure out if he still wants to be friends with Harvey or not. Tuan starts to think that maybe being Harvey's friend isn't a very good idea. Tuan is now able to do all that things that Harvey can do. Therefore, whatever Harvey does or wherever he goes Tuan is always behind Harvey. -RahmaTalifta-

Summary of Oliver and Company

Walt, Disney. (1988). Oliver and Company. America. Buena Vista Pictures.

         This novel tells the story about a dog that would not go in the adoption by people passing in a corner of the big city, new york. oliver was wandering alone in the streets looking for someone to adopt him, he met a dog named Dodger who assist him in stealing food from the hot dog vendor named Louie, but when Dodger stole the sausage he didn’t want to divide the sausage with Oliver. And then Oliver followed Dodger to the edge of the city. There, on the riverfront was an old, rickety pier. Next to it was an abandoned barge. This wasn’t the fancy part of the town. The barge was filled with old, beaten-up furniture and broken-down appliances. Dodger live there with a pack of other dogs. They called it home.

          Oliver sneaks inside, located below the docks, and is discovered by the dogs. After a moment of confusion, he is then received with a warm welcome. Fagin comes in and explains that he is running out of time to repay the money he borrowed from Bill Sykes, a nefarious shipyard agent and loan shark. Sykes said Fagin it must pay the money within three days, Fagin was sorry because he only has 3 days to return the money. The dog consoling, and introduces Fagin to Oliver. Remember that they all need help, they receive oliver into the gangs.

          The next day Fagin and the dogs included Oliver went to the streets to steal money. Oliver and Tito tried to sabotage a limousine but failed, because the owner of a limousine (Jenny) adopts Oliver. Georgette, her pompous and pampered poodle, is enraged and jealous of his presence and wants him removed from the household. Dodger and the others manage to steal him from the Foxworth family and bring him back to the barge. He explains that he was treated kindly and did not want to leave, much to the shock of Dodger who feels that he is being ungrateful, but allows him the opportunity to leave. However, Fagin arrives, concocts a plan to ransom him, and sends Jenny a ransom note. although, jenny and oliver was separated, finally Oliver and Jenny could live together again. Oliver still choose to stay with Jenny and keep in touch with the Dodger and the other dogs. -RahmaTalifta-

Summary of Sarah, Plain and Tall

MacLachlan, Patricia. (1985). Sarah, Plain and Tall. America. HarperCollins.

            Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia Maclachlan is a short and sweet novel about family and loneliness. The language simple but strong. She shows her characters’ emotions in every story in the novel. From this novel we will know how the family feels lonely without a mother, because home it’s not home without mom.

            This novel tells a story of one family's miss their mother who had died a few years earlier. Then the father of the family decided to place an ad in the newspaper, looking for a wife. Sarah Wheaton, of Maine, respond the letter and decided to come. The children very excited about writing a letter to Sarah, and she responded separately. Sarah try to come for a month. When she arrives in their home, Caleb and Anna was nervous and excited. They had nervous because they feel worried Sarah would feel lonely.

 When Sarah came, she brought things from the sea, for children and she always talked about the sea. She always painting a sea, but she lost one thing, the colour of the sea. Caleb and anna feel afraid she will leave them and never come anymore. Sarah was in agreement with the family.  She learned a lot of things on the farm and help as a mother. The children were very happy and hope that she will live forever with them. -RahmaTalifta-