Readability: 5 Not terribly difficult.
Teachability: 5 This is more of a independent reading book. It has it's merits for action writing, suspense, a little romance and plot development, but other than that it really lies in the realm of leisure reading. (Suggested grade level: 9-12)
Did I Like It?: Yes. It was a pretty good fit for me. Zombies, evil nuns, a little romance, mystery, and a lot of adventure.
Summary: Mary has always wondered what lay beyond the forest of hands and teeth. The Sisterhood says that there is nothing, that their community is all that's left of the world. Mary wonders if they are hiding something. The forest of hands and teeth is filled with the unrelenting unconsecrated. They have to come from somewhere... Don't they?
Recommended for: Anyone over the age of 13. There is some pretty suggestive stuff in there so I wouldn't want anyone younger than that to be reading it. But as far as gender interest, I think there is plenty of things in this book for both the guys and the gals.
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Saturday, October 15, 2011
House of the Scorpion by: Nancy Farmer
Readability: 3 It was an easy read because the language was on the level. It might be a little difficult at first because there is some Spanish peppered in there but over all, the book was a page turner.
Teachability: 4 I'm not sure how this book could be taught as a central text to a unit/lesson but it would be good as a supporting text for a utopian/dystopian literature unit/lesson. (9-12)
Did I like it?: Did I like it? Like isn't a strong enough word. I loved this book. There are so many good things about this book I can't even begin to list them here. The characters were great, the themes were really well supported and it was well written. It pulls at the emotions. I was sad, happy, angry, appalled, sentimental, and otherwise in all the right places of the book.
Summary: Matt is a clone. He has a reasonably normal happy childhood until he goes to the mansion. When his creator dies Matt is forced to run away.
Recommended for: Everyone! Boys, girls, women, men. This book has something that anyone could be interested in.
Teachability: 4 I'm not sure how this book could be taught as a central text to a unit/lesson but it would be good as a supporting text for a utopian/dystopian literature unit/lesson. (9-12)
Did I like it?: Did I like it? Like isn't a strong enough word. I loved this book. There are so many good things about this book I can't even begin to list them here. The characters were great, the themes were really well supported and it was well written. It pulls at the emotions. I was sad, happy, angry, appalled, sentimental, and otherwise in all the right places of the book.
Summary: Matt is a clone. He has a reasonably normal happy childhood until he goes to the mansion. When his creator dies Matt is forced to run away.
Recommended for: Everyone! Boys, girls, women, men. This book has something that anyone could be interested in.
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