Climate Change

Title:Climate Change

Author: John Woodward

ISBN: 9780756637712

Series: DK Eyewitness

Summary

This book will teach readers what is global warming and what can be done to it stop it. It starts with some basic information about the earth and the climate, as such as the greenhouse effect and the carbon cycle. The human is the cause the global warming, such as the fossil fuels. Some of the effects of global warming are heatwaves and droughts, and ices melting. The increase of temperature is causing damage to the eco system. The book gives a prediction of the future climates, and what further problems might be face by human. The last part of the end the most important of the book is what people can do.  It has a timeline, further resources, a glossary, and an index.

Review

Global warming is one of the most important issues people have to face today. Tweens might not feel the climate is changing, but they have to understand the importance of stopping the changes. Climate Change is a great book for tweens to understand the topic. The information is general that it will be a good start for learning the topic, and readers can learn more from the further resources section. The pictures and illustrations are supportive to understand the topic.

Holes*

Title: Holes

Author: Louis Sachar

ISBN: 9780440414803

Genre: Adventure, Survival

Award: Newbery Medal

Summary

Stanley Yelnats was accused of stealing and was sentenced to Camp Green Lake, a detention facility, for 18 months. Camp Green Lake is located in the middle of a desert. In Camp Green Lake, Stanley and other campers were assigned to dig one hole a day. The warden claims that it can build character. After days in the camp, Stanley learned that the warden is searching for some buried treasure of an outlaw Kate Barlow. In a coincidence, this same outlaw had robbed Stanley's great-grandfather. With some incidents, one of the campers, Zero run away from the camp, and Stanley chased after him because he thinks is causing it. Stanley founded Zero.  Stanley thinks he knew where the treasure was buried, so he try to find the treasure and make a deal with the warden.

Review

I was attracted by title in the first place. Why it titled holes? I think the author had done an excellent job on connecting Stanley's story and the onion picker's story. It is marvelous that two stories are connected tightly. Is it destiny? Or is it just coincides? Sometime it is hard to explain why things happen. It may be just the will of god. I dislike about the idea of make the kids digging holes. It just did not make any sense to me. In addition, why no one had questioned it before? It just seems not reasonable to me.

You can do a Graphic Novel

Title: You can do a Graphic Novel

Author: Barbara Slate

ISBN: 9781592579556

Summary

This book is a guide for readers to create a graphic novel. It starts with developing the storyline. It continues with providing tips on drawing, creative, and creative block tips. Creating the characters is the next step. Character information should be written in details, such as height, hairstyle, religion, and how he or she looks in different face expressions. Readers can start plotting the scene, after having the story and the characters. The storyline and the plots should be rewritten from time to time. Reader should plan the layout of the pages, after having a refined plot. At the end of the book, the author provide tips for who are interested in the graphic novel industry. It had a glossary.

Review

This book is targeting teens that are interested in graphic novel. This book is an inspiration for readers that they might find their future career.  At the end of each chapter, there is a quiz. The quiz is to make sure the readers get what they need to get out from the chapter and ready for the next chapter. I think this good for non-fiction. I think this good for non-fiction. The illustrations are not attracted to me, but it does clearly illustrate to the concepts. Recommendable for teens.