Helen Keller

June 27, 1880-June 1, 1968

Author:  Stewart and Polly Anne Graff

Number of pages:  92

Helen Keller was a blind and deaf girl she could not talk. Helen only new how to get what she wanted by striking out for it.

Annie Sullivan was Helen's teacher she helped Helen to communicate by tracing first letters, then words into Helen's hands.

    

Accomplishments:  Helen was the first blind deaf girl to ever graduate college, and she was the first blind-deaf girl to ever write a book She was the first deaf blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree



Helen Adams Keller was an American author, political, activist, and lecturer. She wrote 16 books in her life time mostly about her life and being in darkness.

1. Anne Sullivan stayed as a companion to Helen Keller long after she taught her. Anne married John Macy in 1905, and her health started failing around 1914. Polly Thomson was hired to keep the house in good shape. She was a young woman from Scotland who had no experience with deaf or blind people.             

   
   

   I liked this book about Helen Keller because She had avery inspiring life to share and to learn lessons from. I think this book would be appropriate for ages 7 and up because it is easy to read and has a fair amount of pages.

Eric Lindros : Fire on Ice

By Randy Starkman                           

 February 28, 1973- present

Pages: 178

Accomplishments
- In 1992, he got a silver medal as part of the Canadian hockey team at the Winter Olympics.
- In 1995, he got the memorial trophy and he was the hockey news player of the year.
- In 2002, he got a gold medal as part of the Canadian hockey team at the Winter Olympics


Family Members
- His dad, Carl played a big part in him being a hockey star. It never bothered him that Eric was better                    
   than he was, they just had fun playing and learning hockey.
- His mom, Bonnie helped him study for school and cheered him on no matter what.
- His brother, Brett helped him practice hockey skills and stay positive.

Information
- By the age of three, he had tremendously large hands and feet.
- He is very confident and will try new things.
- Started skating when he was one and a half.
- Retired in 2007.
- Married to Kina Lamarche in 2012.
- He has gotten 8 major concussions.

I liked  this book because it explained everything so well.If you like hockey you will love this book. I disliked it because it seemed to drag on and get boring at times. Younger kids probably shouldn't read it because of crude language.

As an overall rating I would give this book three out of five stars.

              

        Christopher Columbus           

                   Bennie Rhodes                     
                Anna Harper

                              137 pages

      

         

       Christopher's date of birth was 1451 and his death was May 20 1506

       Accomplishments:
       Christopher Columbus was a man who sailed the Caribbean Sea to search for a place called San Domingo.
        He was one of the first people to discover America.

•         Family Members:
•         His father Domenico
•         His brother Bartholomew
•         His mother Susanna
•         His sister Bianca
•         His brother Giovanni 
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•         Interesting Information:
•         Christopher sailed the Caribbean Sea
•         He sailed to Chios, Greek
•         Chris dreamed to sail the Atlantic Ocean
•         Chris was in a war just off the port of Lagos south of Portugal
•         He discovered America.

   
       I think that other kids would like to read this because it is very inspiring. It has exciting parts to it like when he sets off for an adventure you might not know if he'll make it back or not. It's so nerve racking when he was caught in a pretty big storm that he could of got killed in.

                                            

   Defender Of Faith: The Mike Fisher Story

                                  Kim Washburn                                         

  A defender of faith, a National Hockey League (NHL) player. Mike Fisher was born in Peterborough on June 5, 1980. He was born into a christian family. With two brothers they were always in the basement playing hockey. 

    Mike grew up playing hockey in Peterborough Minor Hockey League Association.He was drafted to the OHL, Sudbury Wolves in the 2nd round, 22nd overall, in the OHL priority draft. 


     Fisher was drafted in the second round, 44th by the Ottawa Senators in the 1998 NHL entry draft.In 1999-2000 season and recorded 9 points in an injury shortened 32-game season. During the lockout year 2004-2005, Mike played overseas for the Ev Zug in the Swiss Nationalliga A. 
  
     On February 10, 2011, Mike was traded to the Nashville Predators. Mike played his first game with the Predators on February 12, 2011. He scored his first goal as a predator on February 17. Mike was the winner of the 2012 NHL Foundation Player Award,awarded to the NHL player who applies the core values of hockey — commitment, perseverance and teamwork .
      
     Mike is married to American country music singer Carrie Underwood. They met backstage after one of Underwood's concerts in 2008 and soon began dating.

This Book had 112 Pages and i will recommend it to any 8-14 Year old because it is a nice and very exciting book. I like this book because it teaches how you can be a christian in the NHL.


 

The Immigrant Diary of Ivy Weatherall

Ivy Weatherall

by Sarah Ellis

185 Pages birth 1915 and death unknown

      

 My name is Ivy D. Weatherall and my Auntie Lou gave me this diary for my eleventh birthday. It is good she gave it to me now because we are immigrating to Canada. I got tired very quickly of travelling it took us a boat and three trains . When we finally arrived I thought it would be completely different than England but not really. Elizabeth is my best friend but me and her get in huge trouble. Same as England .Sigh.We got in the most trouble when we egged Elizabeth's brother's car. It was totally worth it though he called us brats. At school recently we have been making poems for the christmas play we are putting on . For our play I get to wear a knee length crepe paper dress and recite a poem about the star above Mary and Joseph in the sky.This girl in our class is mean to me because I have an accent.  She gets to wear a rainbow dress and sing a solo in our play. Teacher likes her best.

Everything seems to be falling apart. We have to move to town because the harvest isn't getting us enough money and that means getting rid of our horse which is sad.

Today we moved I've never seen a house this empty. Especially our house which is always buzzing with excitement. Although things seem to be falling apart as long as we are together we will be fine.













The person most important to Ivy was her brother Will who she loved so much and had to help comfort because he had no friends because he talked funny



I recommend this book to ages 9-12 because it is a slightly mature book for younger kids and is too little vocabulary for older kids