The Levitical Readings and Reactions

Title- The Sweetest Fig Author/Retold- Chris Van Allsburg Illustrator- Chris Van Allsburg Genre- Blue Bonnet Book Grade level- kinder-3rd grade The story begins with Monsieur Bibot and he was a dentist. He was a very fussy man and he was very mean to his dog Marcel. One morning an old lady came with a tooth ache with no appointment. Bibot begrudgingly took out the messed up tooth because he wanted to make some extra money. When it was time to pay, the lady pulled out two figs and said that they were figs that would make Bibots dreams come true. He didn’t believe her and shoved the lady out the office without giving her the pain medicine for her tooth. When he went home, he ate one fig as a snack before bed. When he woke up the next day, he took Marcel on a walk and he forced Marcel to walk down the stairs, he didn’t want his fur on his nice blue suit. When he went outside, they were looking at him funny and he thought they were admiring his suit, but it was because he was in his underw...

Title- The Adventures of A Girl Named Bicycle Author/Retold- Christina Uss Illustrator- NA Genre- Blue Bonnett Grade level- 4th-8th The story begins with a young lady named Bicycle. She lives in a monastery called Mostly Silent Monastery. She has lived there most of her life and living there is quite silent. She has no friends because she isn’t used to being around loud children. Her guardian, Sister Wanda, wants to send her to a camp in Nevada called the Friendship Factory. The camp in Nevada says that she will make at least 3 friends. Bicycle decides she doesn’t want go, so she instead hatches her own plan. She gets on her bike named Klunk and she travels across the United States to meet a famous bicyclist to become her very first friend. One the way there though she meets lots of other people and befriends them as well. She also came across a ghost, a burglar, 838 pigs and many more crazy situations. Half way through the trip Klunk falls apart and Fortune is Bicycles new bike. Durin...

Title- Shiloh   Author/Retold- Phyliss Reynolds Naylor Illustrator- NA Genre- BlueBonnet Grade level- 4th-8th Awards- Newbery Medal  One of the main characters of the story, Marty, find a stray dog. The dog follows him home and the family names the dog Shiloh after the school in the town. They find out that the dog belongs to Judd, a hunter and he has several hunting dogs. The father says that he should give the dog back to Judd. Shiloh returns back to the family and Marty hides him. Shiloh gets attacked by a German shepherd and the family finds out that Marty has been hiding Shiloh. They take Shiloh to the vet and they have till Sunday to return Shiloh to Judd. Marty tried to blackmail Judd and strike up a deal with him, but he goes back on the deal and Marty still works for him even though Judd pulled out. During the time of Marty working for Judd, Judd opens up to Marty about his dad abusing him. Judd then repents for his transgressions and let’s Marty keep Shiloh.  Th...