BR1-12: The Fireboy

" You can go home to your father. But..." "But?" asks Hapu. "But from today, The two of you work only for me. Do you understand?" (p. 15)

This story told me about importance of doing my best. Hapu was poor and his father too. Although they worked very hard to earn money, they couldn't make a lot of money. Their wish was being rich. One day, the bad thing happened. Hapu's father fell on the ground! Without his father, he couldn't work. But he tried his best! He decided to make a beautiful necklace for Queen Cleopatra because he thought rich people gave him a lot of money. After doing his best, he got a lot of money and a job only for Queen Cleopatra, so he and his father became very rich. Doing best gave him happiness! This book is not so long and you can easy to read, please read it!

Stephen, Rabley. (1998). The Fireboy. Harlow: Pearson Education.

BR1- 11: The Wrong Man

I'm going to Micky's concert. Are you coming with me, Sally? (P.15)

I have never read manga written in English so I was really enjoyed reading this book. This story is about a killer in Australia. This story is complicated and it's hard for me to understand but this book style is manga so manga style helps me to read stories. My favorite sentence is the scene after finding the killer. When Steve comes back to his hotel room, he met Sally in his room! He thinks that she is a rude woman because she enters his room without asking him when he met her at the first time. But she just helps him to searching the killer. Thanks for her, He can catch the killer. They seem to love each other end of the story. Please read it!

Anderson, Kris. (2000). The Wrong Man. Harlow: Pearson Education.

BR1-10: Six Sketches

You like cheese? No, I don't like it. (p. 6)

This sentence is in the story named "cheese!" in the book named Six Sketches. As you notice, there are some short stories in this book. The each story is very short so everyone can understand stories very easily. That's a Good point in this book. I will introduce my favorite story in this book now. My favorite story is "Cheese!" because I was very impressed by it. One day, Mr. Smith asked man if he liked cheese- because this man bought cheese everyday- but he said he didn't like it. The reason why he always bought cheese is not to be nervous for everyone. He was a photographer and he wanted everyone to smile. If he showed cheese someone who he wanted to take a picture, he would say "cheese" and smile. I was very interested in this story! If you read this book, I lend it for you.

Leslie, Dunkling. (2000). Six Sketches. Harlow: Pearson Education.

BR1- 09: The big picture

But sometimes the important thing is right there in front of you. (p. 28)

I was very impressed by this sentence because. This story is about the man whose job is taking picture from Japan. I think this story is good but it's different from a  real Japanese situation because the writer of this book is not a Japanese.For example, Japanese bad man rarely use guns and the people in this book looks little strange though I can't tell how to different from real, something is strange. Except for these points, I think this story is very good. Ken is a happy man because he lives in the country with his a wife and a son. He works hard for them and loves them too. This book has a dangerous scene but it's very exciting! Please read it!

Sue, Leather (2001). The Big Picture. Cambridge: Cambridge university press

BR1- 07: The Long Road

Today, there are Terry Fox Runs around the world. (p. 15)

                                   I was very impressed by this book. Although Terry Fox had a cancer and his condition was bad, he ran to get money for poor people. His right leg was an artificial leg.  To run across Canada was very hard for healthy people but he had only left leg. Though his right leg had a pain, he didn't go to a hospital. Although he couldn't finish running acroos Canada, everyone was impressed by him.

Smith, Rod. (2002).The Long Road. Halow: Pearson Education

BR1-06: The Missing Coins

'Give Pete the stamps from South America,' She says. (p. 15)

I chose this sentence as my favorite one because Carla knew that Pete wanted the stamps from South America which is too expensive to buy but he couldn't.  She loves him and he also loves her. She is a very clever girl because she could find a person who stole the coins. This story has some good points but I don't like it because it is a little gloomy story for me. It, however, is easy to read and convenience to study English, I think. There is a man who plays the flute so I remenber the time when I had played the flute. This man in this book is a very important person. If you are interested in this book, try to read!

Escott, John. (2000). The Missing Coins. Harlow: Pearson Education

BR1-05: The Leopard and the Lighthouse

"Tell us the story of the leopard and the lighthouse," say the children. (p. 15)

The reason why I chose this sentence as my favorite is this means happy ending, I think. Thanks for Leopard, Saied could get married with Tanza. Because many men on Sindi are in love with her, all of them wanted to get married with her. Of course, Saied wanted to do so. She is a beautiful daughter of the head man of Sindi. He said to everyone that the man who caught the leopard could marry Tanza. All man except for Saied couldn't catch it but he could! If you want to know how Saied catch the leopard, you should read this book!

Collins, Anne.(1995). The Leopard and the Lighthouse. Harlow: Pearson Educatiom

BR1-04: Hannah and the hurricane

Work together with the two boats. (p. 15)

Hannah was sixteen and lived on an island. She was on holiday from school and was working for Mr. Duval on his glass- bottomed boat. They took people to look at the beautiful fish and the coral reef under the sea. His boat was the only grass-bottomed boat on the island. One day, the new boat was taking people out to look at the coral reef, and there are people waiting for it to come back. Then, Hannah found out the reason why people didn't ride on Mr. Duval's boat. The reason is that riding on the new boat is cheaper than riding his boat. The richest man on the island had the new boat. His name was Max Marker. The two weeks went by. She lost her job because Mr. Duval's boat had no guests. Then, Max said to Mr. Duval that if he sold his boat, Max gave him a good price for it. Of course, he declined. The next morning Mr. Duval went to his boat and saw that it was under the water! It was the Max's work. That day, because the hurricane is coming, she wanted to go his house to fight him but she couldn't. After the hurricane went on, She went to the Max's house to see him. She found the some of his house was gone, and he was inside the house! She helped him. Although he said he paid some money to her but she declined and she said to him to stop his nasty game!

John, Escott. (1995). Hannah and the hurricane. Harlow: Pearson Education

BR1-03: Flying Home

"It's my family!" Then he flies into the sky. (p. 15)

Felix was a blue and yellow bird from Brazil and he lived with the Baxter family in New York. The big cage which he lived was on the fortieth floor of a tall building. He liked the Baxters and they liked him but he was not happy because he wanted to go home to Brazil. One day, he flied out of his cage and out of the window. He traveled for a long time, and crossed the Atlantic Ocean, Peru and Rio. When he got to Rio, he met a bird named Aca and know about the jungle very well. On the way to the jungle, he was caught by a man but Aca helped him. Finally he arrived the jungle and met his family! If you are interested in this book, please read it!

Rabley, Stephen (1989). Flying Home. Harlow: Pearson Education Limited

BR1-02: Troublesome Turtle

I'll be as still as that apple. (p.8)

There are two stories in this book. I will tell you about the first story. The first story is about painting. the sentence on the top is in this story. One day, when Bunny was painting, Jack asked her to paint him but she said no because she thought he couldn't sit still. He persuaded her to paint him. At first, he sat on the chair quietly, gradually, he wanted scratch his nose. When he watched her picture, his face in it is so funny because he managed to put up with scratch. The second story is funny too! please read it if you are interested in!

Cynthia, Rylant. (2001). The case of the Troublesome Turtle. Harper Collins