My Secret Guide to Paris by Lisa Schroeder

If this book were a food/color/song/smell, what would it be and why?


If this book was a food it would probably be chocolate mousse which is a french desert that is fluffy and had the consistency of pudding (it is also very filling and heavy). It would be this book at some parts you want to drop the book because of how thick with emotion the parts are but over all this book is really nice and sweet.


--6th grade

What Else is New?

I leave for Europe today (7-19-16)! I am going to Prague in the Czech Republic, Salzburg in Austria, and Greece!


--Aliki, 7th grade, Vassal Lane Upper School

Listen, Slowly by: Thanhhà Lại

What character(s) in this book would you most and least like to be friends with, and why?
I'd most likely want to be friends with Bà, Mai's grandmother. She has a lot of stories to tell her granddaughter, and she knows almost everyone in the small village.
I'd least likely want to be friends with Montana. Mai is only her friend for the popularity and to be able to have a friend. Montana chooses to get closer to HIM while Mai is gone, which is cruel, HIM being Mai's crush.
But overall, I love all the characters in this book!

--Lucy, 7th grade, Vassal Lane Upper School

Another Day as Emily by Eileen Spinelli

If this book were made into a movie, who should play the main character, and why?

If this book were made into a movie, I think that Jodie Foster should play Emily, because she seems like a sporty kind of girl, who can become girly if she wants to! The only problem is that Jodie Foster is an adult now, but she would have been really good as this character if she was a child!


What else is new?

I go to Europe in two weeks and I'll stay there for five weeks
--Aliki, 7th grade, Vassal Lane

Another Day as Emily by Eileen Spinelli

If this book were made into a movie, who should play the main character, and why?

If this book were made into a movie, I think that Jodie Foster should play Emily, because she seems like a sporty kind of girl, who can become girly if she wants to! The only problem is that Jodie Foster is an adult now, but she would have been really good as this character if she was a child!

What else is new?

I go to Europe in two weeks and I'll stay there for five weeks

--Aliki, 7th grade, Vassal Lane

What else is new?

Nothing much. Just six more days in till I go to Paris!!!!!!!
--Emie, 7th grade, Cambridge Street

sisters Rania Telgemeier

In the book sisters by Rania Telgemeier there are three siblings Rania, Amara, and there little brother Will (Rania is the oldest). The main characters in this book if you were wondering is basically Rania and her sister Amara (Obviously why else is it called Sisters). Also (of course) the fight like every sibling. In the book they are going to Colorado and they are going there to see there cousins. Even worst they are taking it buy a road trip (Rania's family lives all the way in California!) Can they handle a week in a car together? Go READ THE BOOK AND FIND OUT! will the survive or will they give up?  --Betel, 6th, Prospect Hill Academy Charter School

Mirror by Jeanie Baker

Would you recommend this book? If so, who would you recommend it to, and why? If not, why not?In this book, there are two cultures and two stories.
One is about a boy and his daily life in the USA. The other is about another boy's daily life in Morocco.
This book is challenging because it has both English and Arabic words in it.

-Iman, 7th grade, Vassal Lane

What Else is New

I going to Paris on July 7th to go see my aunt there!


-Emie, 7th grade, Cambridge Street

What Else is New

Going to Vermont soon...

-Maya