The sheer stockings she wore were so À ne they
3. The sheer stockings she wore were so À ne they
were almost transparent.
Activity Find the paragraphs in the review which contain the 5
following information.
1. Mary Higgins Clark’s novel has similarity to M urder
She W rote .
2. W e kno w the fo rm ula o f M u rder She W rot e . Nevertheless, we never get bored watching the show.
3. A ll Through the Night has three plots concerning a stolen chalice, a missing baby and a will which seems to be fraudulent.
4. The main characters of
A ll Through the Night are
Alvirah and Willy Meehan.
5. The way the author tells the story is fast.
6. The review er recommends the readers read the
novel.
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Activity
6 Read the following book review.
Allie's haunting thoughts—feelings she
could not escape even after she became
THE NOTEBOOK
engaged to another man. He asked his
Nicholas Sparks
readers to consider what it might mean
Warner Books
if these relatively happy, middle-aged
Romance
people found their destinies once again overlapped.
ISBN: 0446605239
He presented a question all but
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universal in appeal: What would happen
if tw o peo ple w ere given a seco nd When author Nicholas Sparks sat chance at the love of a lifetime? down to write The Notebook, a tender love
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Sparks deftly answers that question. story inspired by the enduring relationship
But it's the inspiration drawn from his of his w ife Cathy's grandparents, he real life grandparents that makes The wanted his readers to walk away with a Notebook more than just a novel of renewed spirit of hope.
Á ames reignited. The novel opens and "I'll never forget watching those two
closes with an elderly Noah Calhoun people Á irt," he recalls. "I mean, you don't reading aloud from his personal journals see that very often. They’d been married
and "notebooks." And as he shares the
67 years, and yet they still loved each delicate details, the good with the bad, other. I wanted to write a book about that
it's clear he is as enchanted with Allie in kind of love. I wanted people to know that
old age as he was on the day they met. unconditional love does exist."
"A nd that’ s the legacy o f The So Sparks created The Notebook, Notebook," according to Nicholas Sparks. the simple story of Noah Calhoun, a soft
"When love is real, it doesn't matter what spoken North Carolina outdoorsman turns the road takes. When love is real, who carried his love for the willowy the joys and possibilities are endless." Allie Nelson with him long after their
— Reviewed by Kelly Milner Halls y o uthful ro mance had end ed . He
Taken from www.teenreads.com
paralleled Noah's silent passions with
The Book Is Amazing
Find the meaning of some unfamiliar words in the Activity 7 text of the book review. Then, keep them in your vocabulary record.
Example
tender / ’tend ə ||- ə r/ (adj) = lunak, memar, lemah lembut – soft; not hard or tough, sore, painful w hen touched, loving, gentle
e.g. 1. The meat is tender.
2. His injured leg is still tender.
3. She had a tender heart.
Find out the information you get from each paragraph Activity 8 of the review. Copy this chart and complete it with the information.
Paragraph
Information
1 • The theme of the book being reviewed.
2 • The purpose of the author in writing the novel. 3 4 5 6
Activity Read the following praise for Jacqueline Wilson's book 9
aloud.
M iracle's Boys
Coretta Scott King Author Award The LA Times Book Prize An ALA Best Book for Young Adults BCCB Blue Ribbon "As usual, Woodson's characterizations and dialogue are right on ... Powerful and engaging."
— School Library Journal , starred review "Readers will be caught up in this searing and gritty
story; Woodson compose a plot without easy answers
... [An] involving novel about a family struggling to
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remain intact in spite of tremendous obstacles." — Kirkus Reviews
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