BOOK REVIEWS BY AMANDA!

Amanda, a fourth grader in our Education Program, has written reviews of two children's books! Thanks, Amanda!


Vive La Paris, by Esme Raji Codell

Vive La Paris is about a girl named Paris living in Chicago. Paris is in the 5th grade, and has 4 brothers. She takes piano lessons from a neighbor named Mrs. Rosen. Mrs. Rosen helps her face challenges involving her friends and brothers. What I like best about this book is how brave Paris is, and how much Mrs. Rosen helps her, even though Mrs. Rosen is much older than Paris, is Jewish and has a completely different way of thinking.


Brooklyn Bridge by Karen Hesse

Joseph Michtom is a 14 year old Jewish boy living in Brooklyn, New York in the early 1900s. He works at his parents’ store selling Teddy bears that his mother invented. Joseph does not like working in the store. What he really wants to do is go to Coney Island. This book tells about his adventures trying to get there.

This book has another story, one about orphans and badly treated children. These children live under the Brooklyn Bridge with their pet parrot. These two stories make you want to discover how they connect and eventually they do. I would recommend this book to 3rd grade and up. It is good for girls and boys who like realistic and/or historical fiction.