Riffles for Watie

     I had to read this book for school. At first I really didn't like it. I felt like the book was 'scatter-brained'. like it went from one topic to the next to quickly. When I got about half way through I started enjoying the book more. And now I see the author made it like that to get the story going, though I do think that he could have done it better.
    The book it about a boy named  Jeff who is fighting in the Civil War. Some where in the story he's given a mission to get information on the enemy and ends up having to fight for the enemy in order to not be caught.
     I think it was a pretty interesting book and I would recommend it. I feel it's good for learning what the war was like, and how the soldiers had to live - on both sides of the war.

Lyddie / Katherine Paterson

Lyddie, A book about a girl working at a factory in 1846. It's an odd book, I had trouble following the story line. It seems like the life that could be most girls during that time... trying to supplie for her family, many siblings, a house, no mother, no father. Lyddie lives a hard life. I think girls older than me would enjoy this book more, I think if you had an interest in the time or the factories you'd enjoy this book, though it wasn't for me.

a PONY book / Winter Of The Crystal Dances/ Angela Dorsey

This is such a cool book! It came in a box from the PONY club. It's about a girl who can feel what Horses are thinking. she uses her "Power" to save a herd of wild mustangs. Evy's a home schooled girl in the middle of no where, who's life is ful of mystery..... And horses, the book is writen as though she's saying it. I'm not positive there are more than this one but I realy hope there are because I can't wait to read them. Her power some times scares her and ofter over whelms her, but it fills her life with streagth as well. If you like mystery, horses and Enchanted feelings this book is perfect for you. I'd say all ages would enjoy this book. The back reads

"Evy can understand horses, but she's not sure if it's a blessing or a curse. Her secret "gift" certainly seems to get her in a lot of trouble. When the starving mustangs wander close to the wilderness cabin she shares with her mom, she knows she must help them - an act of kindness that snowballs into a series of events that change her life forever!"

Mary queen of scots

I just finished the Royal Diaries book, Mary Queen of Scots, The Queen without a Country.
I didn't feel I had to write on this book because I wrote on the whole series, but have you ever got to a point in a book where you have to go back up and read one part again and again because you liked it so much? That happened to me, and if the book were mine I would have under lined it. Here it is:

"It is my view that such tellers of the

future and seers kill hope,

and without hope it is nearly impossible to live.

Hope is the air that our spirits breath,

and without it our spirits suffocate."

Royal Diaries

I love this series. Each book is different but they're all either princesses or queens that at one point actually lived. They create a journal for the character using what they know of her. Each book is a fictional journal of a non-fictional character.
I tried reading one to my 10 year old sister she didn't quite get it. I think these are great for girls ages 13 and up. I think adults would like them as well but I can't say for sure because I'm not an adult.
They are Dear America Books. they are not write by just one person, though the people do have similar writing styles.