Wonder Struck
By: Kelly
For the next book on your reading contract, I recommend that you read Wonder Struck, by Brian Selznick (the author of The Invention of Hugo Cabret). It is a complex, realistic fiction novel expressing the adventures of two young characters; Ben and his grandmother Rose. Rose’s story is showed in pictures, and Ben’s story, set fifty years later, is described with words. I think the cool part of the book is how their stories are connected and synchronized.
Ben, a young boy who is deafened by a strike of lightning, is searching for his father, whom he has never met, and after his mom passes away, he feels like he doesn’t belong anywhere, so he runs away from home and, with a few clues, finds himself in New York.
Rose has been deaf from birth, but she can communicate well with sign language. Her mother is a famous actress and doesn’t seem to have time for her, and she feels like she doesn’t fit in.
In part three of the book, we speed up to current time- Ben’s time- and Ben finally meets his grandmother. Will Ben find his father? Can Rose ever feel accepted? It may seem predictable now, but wait until you see the twists and surprises the author hides from you in the pages of this book. Thank you for reading my blog post- please comment on any other book you recommend to your peers.
23 comments:
I would recommend Sea of Suspicion,Anything for Love,False Pretenses,& Squeeze Play! By the way, great post!
A book I reccomend to others is the book Goosebumps: Ghost Camp. It has really exiting parts and funny parts, for example: the end of the book. It is so funny.
Wow! I didn't know that Wonderstruck had two different stories! It will be cool to read.
A good series I would recommend is the Mysterious Benedict Society.It is a suspenseful book full of action, suspense, and a little fighting. Nice Post!
Great post Kelly! I would recommend reading Found by Margret Peterson Haddix. This book is full of suspense. There are so many mysteries to find out in this book. Found also has a reading level of 5.0. All in all, I would surely recommend this book.
- Rohan I.
Great post Kelly!
I really recommend the book "The Mission to Find Max" to everyone. It is so cool! If you read the Jack Stalwart series, you would know that this a brand new book. Everyone has to go read it.
Again great post!
I like the book you got there Kelly! Good idea for a post! Well, if I could give an idea for reading: you should read Rangers Apprentice. This book is full of action. It is a popular book and I recommend to read The Ruins Of Gorlan,(The First One) By John Flanagan.
One book I think is extremely interesting is a book called Book of a Thousand Days. This book is about a poor orphan named Dashti. She looked for a job, and since she knows healing songs that work, she got a job to be a maid for a princes that is getting locked up in a tower for seven years because she refuses to marry the person that her dad wants her to marry. The princess has many secrets, and together they form a bond and go through any adventures together.
I recommend all books by Rick Riordan. All of his books are filled with twists and surprises.
Hey Kelly great post! I recommend people to read Her Evil Twin and Dork Diaries3 but I really want to read Wonder Struck. I checked the library but there was 32 people in line!So I don't know.
Hey Kelly great post! I recommend people to read Her Evil Twin and Dork Diaries3 but I really want to read Wonder Struck. I checked the library but there was 32 people in line!So I don't know.
Hey Kelly great post! I recommend people to read Her Evil Twin and Dork Diaries3 but I really want to read Wonder Struck. I checked the library but there was 32 people in line!So I don't know.
Hi Kelly,
Great post! I recommend this book May Bird. It has a series. May, a girl she finds a note in the woods for her. It it from the Lady. She gets through a portal to the underground world which have dead people,ghosts. She found out that there is a man Bo Cleevil who wants to turn her in to nothing. She needs to escape. Fast.
First of all, great post. Next, I'd recommend the books Dork Diaries 1-3, Her Evil Twin, The Doll People, and The Miraculous Journey of Edward to Lane. Those are all the books I recommend you read. I know there are a lot, but they are all great books.
I strongly recommend reading The Doll People series. In this series, there are three books. My favorite one is "The Runaway Dolls" because the dolls in it have an exciting adventure and even found their long lost sister.
Nice post Kelly! I would recommend Tunnels by Brian Williams and Roderick Gordon. I like it because it shows how a young boy learns his true identity, and how he suffers the wrath of the people called the Styx. If you like this book, I strongly recommend you to read the remaining books in the series: Deeper and Closer, where suspense is in the air.
Dear Kelly,
Great post! I would reccomend Sea of Suspicion, Anything for Love, False Pretenses, & Squeeze Play
Hey Kelly great post! The book I recommend to all my friends is Her Evil Twin and Dork Diaries 3. I really want to read Wonder Struck but when I went to the library they said 32 people were in line! So I guess I won't be reading Wonder Struck for sometime.
I recommend that you read 13 Treasures, the book that I did my speech on. It may be about fairies but it is not about girly stuff it is a really mysterious and dark. I anyone is interested into reading it please ask. Very interesting post Kelly.
I recommend the Akiko series by Mark Crilley. This series is very funny and also interesting at the same time. It is a science fiction series. The main characters are a girl named Akiko, a robot named Gax, a purple-headed without-arms-or-legs person named Poog, and two people who argue a lot with each other named Spuckler and Mr. Beeba. Their mission for the first four books is to rescue a kidnapped prince. Then, they go off for other adventures.
Great post Kelly! I have also read this book; you let me borrow your copy. Yes, this book really does have some nice twist to it. Just when you get to a good part in the picture part of the story, they change to words. The characters also shared some similar experiences. READ THIS BOOK!!!
A book I would recommend most people to read is "Touching Spirit Bear". Though it may not seem interesting, the book is actually very good. Its quite touching and has a lesson to teach about bullying; when someone is bullied, both the bully and the victim has to heal. Whether it is physical or not, it is true. The bully has to get over why he/she did it and the victim has to get over being bullied. Both the bully and the victim need to forgive each other.
I love the Percy Jackson series. I think those are some of the best books that I ever read.
The book I would recommend is Cleopatra VII. It's an autobiography that shows Cleopatra's journal. It is a very good book, about 175 pages long, and is somewhere in the 5.0s. Anyway, great post Kelly!
Great post Kelly! I would recommend The Sight in the Warriors series. It is by Erin Hunter. It is a book about a cat named Jaypaw who is blind and would like to train as a warrior but along the way, he finds a different path for himself. It is a very suspenseful book and I would recommend you reading it.
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