Svetlana's Reads and Views

Name of Book: Savage Ecstasy Author: Janelle Taylor ISBN: 9780821754535 Publisher: Zebra books Part of a Series: Gray Eagle series Type of book: 1776, inaccurate, cliffhanger, Native American male/English female, way of life, stereotypical, ultimate alpha male, romance, adult, savage, missing right and left hemispheres of the brain, animalistic Year it was published: 1981 Summary: It was like lightning striking, the first time they looked into each other's eyes: Gray Eagle, the captured Indian brave, and Alisha, the beautiful young settler. As the proud Oglala warrior was being tortured by his white captors, only Alisha seemed to notice that he was a human being-handsome and strong, and one who took her breath away. Characters: The only character that I did like for some odd reason was the half Native American-half white one. I personally wanted to kill both Alisha and Gray Eagle for their ridiculousness. Alisa is the epitome of being ridiculous; she's...

Name of Book: Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade Author: Barthe DeClements ISBN: 0-14-034443-8 Publisher: Puffin Books Type of book: kid to young adult, fifth grade, overweight,  friendship, growing up, working mothers, 1980s Year it was published: 1981 Summary: Your teacher is too strict, fractions are too hard, nd the most disgusting girl in school has the seat next to yours...Nothing's fair! Jenny knows one thing fore sure-Elsie Edwards is fat thief who steals people's lunch money to buy candy. So when the book club money disappears, why is the whole class punished? Nothing's fair! But soon Jenny realizes some things aren't fair for Elsie, either. Elsie is on a strict diet, but when she starts losing weight, her mother wont' buy her new clothes. Instead, she plans to send Elsie to boarding school. Suddenly everyone wants to help Elsie. Nothing's fair in fifth grade-but sometimes things get better! Characters: The characters strike m...