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To the Editor of the New York Times,
Our teacher read to us a bit of the book, The Higher Power of Lucky, (”One Troublesome Word,” February 21, 2007) and when she asked us what was wrong only one person knew it was about the word scrotum and the rest of us had ideas that had nothing to do with the word. We were appalled to hear that some librarians had banned the book from their libraries just because of some old word. Our teacher only read us a little bit of the book, but we thought it sounded very good and do not agree with people who banned the book.

Sincerely Yours

A report that my third grade buddy wrote.

This summer my teacher went to New Orleans, Louisiana and met another teacher at the Lusher school. Now the students at the Lusher school and the students in my class are buddies. We write letters like pen pals but we are still more than that. I now know lots about my buddy. We have a lot of similarities and differences. Our buddies have been trading food like king cakes, bagels and beignets. We have been trying to raise money for NOLA. The way we know what they need is by getting to know them. We really want everyone to help so during an assembly we shared about our buddies. For example, we told them about the flood and about our relationship. In a letter they wrote us “I am from poems.” We wrote, “I am from poems” back. “I am from poems” explain where we are from. I find my relationship with my buddy very special because I have a friend that is very different from most of my friends because they are so far away but we still stay in touch.

The book Holes is about this kid named Stanley Yelnats (because Stanley spelt backwards is yelnats) who had this great, great, great pig stealing of a grandpa. Not a grandpa but a great, great, great grandpa. All of his grandparents were named Stanley Yelnats and it was a tradition that if anyone in the family was a boy that would be there name. So anyway he stole a pair of sneakers that belonged to this guy named Clyde who was a basketball player and a center that was auctioning them off to make some more money. So anyway he was taken to court and he decided to go to a place called Camp Green Lake, so he obviously thought that it was going to be fun. He was wrong. It was all dry and full of sand. Everyday they had to dig a hole that was exactly 5 feet wide and 5 feet deep. It was hard work.

            I think that Holes is a good book because it is interesting and that I thought the book Holes would be bad and that it was only for boys. So I decided to read it because there is book contest and what you have to do is you read books on the list and then you will be asked questions about the books and it could be any book on the list. This book is really short and so I would read it sooner than later. This book is a fast read so most people can read it in one single day. I love this book and I definitely recommend it.

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“Half a Sixpence” is about a guy named Arthur Kipps who is really poor and he works at this shop. The owner is really mean and she sends him to an art class and he really likes the girl who runs it. He asked her to marry her but did she say yes or no? Did they end up getting married if she said yes? You have to see it to find out.
I thought that the play was really good. If I saw it again I know that I would learn more about it. “Half a Sixpence” had really good actors and actresses. That play made me want to see other people does it and compare them. To bad I can’t. I would definitely recommend it.

The book Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls by Ann M. Martin is about four girls named Claudia, Kristy, Stacey and Mary Anne. They meet each other at school and they want to baby-sit so the make a babysitters club. They think of ways to make people want to have them as there babysitter. They become a group and do it for a really long time and for what I have read in each book there together and they meet other people to be in the club. The only problem about that is that some people leave. ¼ So in this book they hear about this Phantom Phone Caller and what the phantom phone caller does is he calls and he sees if anybody is home and he calls and hangs up. If anyone does not answer he will come and rob the house. If anyone does answer he will still rob the house. They hear all about it and they hear that he is there city. Only Claudia and Kristy get the phone calls. Who could it be?

I think that Claudia and the Phantom phone Calls is a great book that if you like short stories and you do not want to put your book down I definitely recommend it.

Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan is a historical fiction book about a Mexican girl who immigrates to California. This book is a good example of historical fiction because the author uses actual facts such as dates and places. It takes place in 1924 in the first chapter but then it all moves over to 1930. (1)
“We are from Agualientes,” said Mama, stepping forward. (82) The place called Agualientes is in Mexico meaning that the book takes place in Mexico and she immigrates to California.
Another example of historical fiction is that Esperanza started working to raise money to bring her grandma (Abuelita) to California. Interesting enough when Esperanza comes to California, straight away you think that a kid would go to school but she said that she was at a high level at school and she can go back to work when she wanted to work. I think that that is one example of historical fiction because this book Esperanza Rising is a historical fiction book and also a Cinderella.
It is also a Cinderella because her father dies right before she goes to California. Her father has a mean brother Tio Luis who Mama is going to marry. Esperanza keeps trying to convince Mama not to but Mama always stops her.
Pam Munoz Ryan has a lot of descriptive writing such as “if I lay on the land, and was very still and quiet, she could here the heartbeat of the valley.”(91) She also says “eating mangoes on a stick, carved to look like exotic flowers.”
The reason I think this is a good historical book from all of the examples of descriptive writing and historical facts but I still feel it is more of a Cinderella.

The book Molly Moon and the Incredible book of Hypnotism is a great book if you like adventure. This book is about a girl named Molly Moon and she finds a book about Hypnotism! She does not check it out but does the librarian catch her? I wonder. She looks in the book every day and she pretends she is sick. In the beginning she gets in trouble for having her bath water too high. I thought that was weird. It still is one of my favorite books. Molly has a few friends in the beginning but she does not make a lot of friends but she has enemies. I thought that she would make so many friends but I guess I was wrong.

If you like books that have parts that you don’t want to put down, you would love this book but if that is not your thing you are better off going to read ten books while some one really enjoys Molly Moon series. This book is for ages 9-12 but I think you are O.K. if you read it older than 12 years old or 8 years old but no younger. I think you would LOVE it.

This book is about my babysitter. My babysitter emigrated from The Parish of Saint John in Barbados and immigrated to New York in America. My story is non-fiction story but not fiction. She has been doing babysitting for a long time now and she was babysitting since I was nine months old. I am very proud of her.