The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

While on my vacation to Yellowstone National Park, I read The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (author of Coraline). This book is about a young boy whose family is killed. He is "taken in" by the graveyard that he wanders into and is raised by the various ghosts and creatures that live there. His new graveyard family protect him and teach him until he becomes a teenager and finally meets his family's killer. Fans of Coraline will enjoy this Newberry award-winning book by Gaiman. This book is sometimes creepy and a little scary and is intended for ages 10 and up.

Found (The Missing, book 1) by Margaret Peterson Haddix

I just returned home from an 11 day road trip to Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming! During the trip, we listened to the book Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix (author of The Shadow Children series). This first book in Haddix's new series starts out with a mysterious plane landing at an airport with only babies on board (36 babies!). The book then fast forwards 14 years to the lives of two teenage boys who are adopted and begin receiving mysterious letters. The boys start to investigate and find out some shocking answers about their past! This is sure to be an interesting new series! Found is on the 2011 Rebecca Caudill list.

Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin

I just finished reading Three Cups of Tea and it was very interesting! This is a true story of an ordinary man, named Greg, who raises money and travels to Pakistan and Afghanistan to build schools in villages that have no schools. It's amazing the difference that one person can have in this world. This story moves quickly and even has some action in it! I found it to be very motivational. This book is on our 5-6th grade BOB list.

Mrs. Anderson's Book Blog

This is Harrison's book blog. Visit this site to read about what I'm reading. Students, with your parent's permission, e-mail me reviews of the books you've read and I might post them here! I'd love to hear from you! danderson@hsd36.org