January's Book Choice

Next month we will be discussing The Lemonade War  as chosen by Jordyn.

Here is a brief description:

 

For a full hour, he poured lemonade. The world is a thirsty place, he thought as he nearly emptied his fourth pitcher of the day. And I am the Lemonade King.

 

Fourth-grader Evan Treski is people-smart. He’s good at talking with people, even grownups. His younger sister, Jessie, on the other hand, is math-smart, but not especially good with people. So when the siblings’ lemonade stand war begins, there really is no telling who will win—or even if their fight will ever end. Brimming with savvy marketing tips for making money at any business, definitions of business terms, charts, diagrams, and even math problems, this fresh, funny, emotionally charged novel subtly explores how arguments can escalate beyond anyone’s intent.

Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up | Series: The Lemonade War Series

Turtle in Paradise

The story takes place in Key West in 1935. All of the girls in our group have been to Florida but only Cooper has been to Key West.  She told us about the amazing bridge that is super long and super tall bridge that takes you there.
Each girl took a turn giving us one sentence to describe what the story was about... 
We thought it would be scary to move from away from our moms.  We would miss them very much just like Turtle missed her mom. 

The story is about a 11 year old girl named Turtle that moves from New Jersey to the Florida Keys. Turtle's mom would love to get a big house and live together but because they are poor Turtle goes to live with here aunt. She is creative and finds ways to entertain herself in the new place.  This includes hanging out with her 3 boy cousins and their 2 friends.  She discovers things about here family she never knew and surprises herself with her how much she fits in and loves her new life.

What are your favorite parts of the story?

Cooper: I like when they were stranded on the island discussing what they would do with the treasure they found... one of them was going to by ice cream and lots of it.

Ava: On the island they really wanted to give up looking for lost treasure but they didn't.

Jordyn: When a hurricane  blew onto the island I didn't want to put the book down. It was so interesting. I couldn't wait to find out what came next.

Grace: Turtle discovers she has a family member she didn't know about it and then made a special connection with them.  The connection had to do with what they thought about Shirley Temple. 

This is a chapter book and was very easy to read. 

We thought this book could be read by boys and girls. The main character is a girl but there are boys in the book and they go on adventures together.  After talking about it a bit though we think the boys we know in the 4th grade would probably like to read other books more.