The Postcard

The Postcard

By Tony Abbott

This book was published by the Little, Brown and Company company in the year 2008 in New York. I found this book in our school library and it has 357 pages. I chose this book because when I saw the cover and read the back it looked like a very original and interesting book.

This book is titled "The Postcard," because when Jason has to stay in Florida with his dad after his grandma, who he hardly knows, dies, he finds a postcard in one of her old desks. This postcard leads to a mystery about his grandma and a man who is supposedly Jason's grandpa, but nobody knows who or where Jason's grandpa is, and the postcard might lead him to find out. He also finds a magazine that has a story in it that's written by his "grandpa" about him and the girl that he loves, but her father hates him and is determined to keep them apart.

Before Jason has even had time to settle in his grandmas apartment that him and his dad are fixing up to sell, his dad falls off of a ladder ( after drinking a couple of beers) while trying to fix an eaves trough and is rushed to the hospital. Jason then meets the girl who mows his grandmas lawn. Her name is Dia , which means day.

Then, Jason finds a pin hole in the postcard, which is of the Hotel De Soto, in one of the windows. He decides to go check it out and, once inside the hotel, finds that Dia has followed him. So he tells her the whole story and she thinks its interesting and decides to help him. So they go on a big adventure and have people chasing after them and trying to stop them, for some reason unknown to them, but they figure that the story that they are finding is worth something other than the value of finding Jason's grandpa.

Will Jason and Dia get the rest of the story and find out who Jason's grandpa really is? Read the book to find out!

This book was not written from a christian perspective because they do not mention God at all in the book and it could have been written with a lot more Christianity in it. The character Jason, for example says a couple of words that the author blocked out. If Jason would have been written about in a more christian way, the author would just have had him say something he wouldn't have to block out.

I really enjoyed this book because I love mystery and adventure books. I liked that it was somewhat realistic but had a touch of fantasy in it and that it had some mystery in it too. There wasn't really anything that I didn't like about this book.

I would recommend this book to people who like adventure and mystery because this book is full of both of those things.

Demessie's Spelling Word Story

A man named Jacob was misdirected pathetically in ancient punctuation. It was a stupendous waste of time.
He was also misdirected by the U.U.U (Union of Unified Unicorns.) They told him to sign some paper work, so he signed his signature on to it and spectator while the U.U.U got me bankrupt. He went to the I.E.A (International Environment of Antarctica.) The I.E.A got Jacob bankrupt too. He’s ridiculously stupid. He was frozen in Antarctica, but was shot by an antifreeze gun in the future. Jacob thought it was nonsense, even though he had witnessed a union of unified unicorns. He had disagreed that what just happened made sense, what-so-ever. A century later he owed over $100,000 to over 100 companies like the C.I.A, F.B.I, N.F.L,
N.B.A, and even to B.O.B (which isn’t a company.)He spent 4 years running from the companies and people. The message of the poor, individual who doesn’t have a dime was sent to every corporation, and company that existed. Everyone got the signal, because now every Company was hunting him down. He had to get out of his deed with the N.H.L. Sadly Jacob owed his life to over 28 companies. He never seemed to ever solve his problem. The only thing that seemed to changing was the number of companies that he owed his life to. First 28, then 36, then dramatically to 73. So as can see he lived pretty long because of the time he spent in an ice cube(1 century.) Three years later Jacob died at the age of 163.
Jacob
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Spelling Word Story by Josh

Once there was a vulnerable colonel, he loved teriyakisauce. He would all ways sacrifice his children to the terrestrial gods. One time the colonel tried to vacuum his home, but his weird children had a lot of caffeine and their faces turned beige, and the privilege of drinking caffeine was gone. So the colonel and his phenomenon fiscal counsel came up with an idea to discipline his children. So his children became neutral and played asymphony together

The "Colonel" AKA Villian

I’m a weird sophomore that is anxiously exuberant all the time. I never get the chance to tell a synopsis of my hyperbole story to the colonel who actually is villain who eats quesadilla all day while wearing his beige vacuum costume and bouquet of flowers in his hand. The colonel and the accompaniment of his superintendent are beneficial to have in the town because they discipline the unnecessary graffiti by the parliament done by caffeine filled sophomores like me. Everyone in the town should have figured it out by now, if they could disentangle their brains. The colonel is truly the villain, this is no phenomenon. The possessive colonel is making his people into teriyaki quesadilla loving, evil minded. He deceives them into thinking that it’s best to forfeit, to be half conscience and now the whole town is secretly making an allegiance to this weird minded colonel. But what can I do in another caffeine filled, half conscience, teriyaki quesadilla loving! I...I am the weird sophomore that is anxiously exuberant all the time, who am I kidding they won’t listen to me...

BETHEL

All for the Cause of Caffeine

Once upon a time there lived an old American colonel. Now you see,this colonel was very, "attracted" shall we say, to caffeine. Every morning at breakfast he felt very possessive of his coffee mug. And his wife said that he simply had no discipline when it came to obsessions. Any way the old colonel decided that he would go to parliament. The only obstacle was that there was no coffee allowed in the building. He did not want to interfere with the fiscal law, but he must have his coffee with him at all times, he was, after all the colonel. He anxiously sat in waiting room. Many members of the council looked at him a second longer than necessary, but he considered it a complement. He knew it was unnecessary to to feel nervous, however he did feel slightly nauseous. Finally the door to the Prime minister's office opened and out walked the Prime minister himself. "Sir" said the colonel, "it is a privilege to see you". " As of you Colonel Jack. And what brings you here on such a fine Monday morning?" " Well said the colonel, actually I would like to inaugurate the first coffee store in America." " Really" said the Prime minister, " I wonder why?"

Elena

Annie’s Spelling Word Story

Once upon a time in America, there was a chancellor named Ben. Ben was weird and seemed like he had conscience. It was noticeable but he did not care. He lived in a beige house covered in graffiti. His favourite meal was a quesadilla with teriyaki sauce, which makes me nauseous when I think about it. He enjoyed making ceramics. He owned an heirloom, but he did not know what to do with it. He had much debt and tried to put a lien on it, also hoping to sell it. What he wanted to do with it was an odyssey. The heirloom was nice and many people wanted to monopolize it. The people were a nuisance. They formed an allegiance and wanted to disentangle the situation. The people were reluctant and thought it was necessary to precede and interfere, hoping to incriminate the chancellor with no formidable defense. Ben tried to be mediocre and neutral, despite his unwieldy lifestyle. Finally, he decided that he has had enough. It was definite. He needed and army. He called the colonel. Ben asked for his accompaniment. The colonel immediately tried to recede from the invitation but his lack of discipline turned him into an accidental villain. The colonel left behind his memorabilia of miniature galleon’s. It was a beneficial phenomenon that the colonel left it behind, because he was strangely attracted to it. Not even something centrifugal could part him from it. Anyways, the colonel and chancellor met up at his house. They immediately got to work making a plan. Unfortunately the allegiance wanted the heirloom now and broke into the house. Ben and the colonel ran into the basement. They had nothing to block the door and thought that they might have to forfeit. Then, Ben had an idea. He went to the closet, opened it, and a ton of things fell out. Ben had a cache of unnecessary miscellaneous things. They took out a vacuum and stuck it under the doorknob. Now, none of this would have happened if Ben had gone to the counsel but he thought he was too vulnerable. Ever since Ben was a sophomore he had been getting in trouble, sent to counsel too many times. Anyways, Ben had a 100 year old painting that the colonel wanted to use as a barricade. It was important to him but he was courteous and gave it to the colonel to use. After the two of them had made every obstacle possible they anxiously tried to sort out this fiscal. Their connection with the government was deficient. They could not do anything so they left the basement and tried to create an allusion to lead the mob away. Ben and the colonel tried to disguise themselves so they could watch the news outside. They noticed that the parliament was in a time of distress and the mob became cynical. It distracted them from the situation with the heirloom. Now that the mob was distracted, Ben and the colonel had a chance to run. They went to different places. The colonel stayed in hiding and Ben decided to emigrate to Australia.

The End

Julia's spelling word story

Once upon a time there was an unwieldy gentleman. He lived in Japan. He worked at a food parliament. He had to disguise himself because he liked individuality. One day he saw a customer who was anxiously waiting for his food. So he asked the customer what food he was ordering. The customer didn't tell him, because he thought the waiter was a weird extra-terrestrial. After his noticeable laugh, the waiter turned around so that he wouldn't embarrass himself. The customer said he wasn't hungry anymore, so he decided to leave the parliament. The next day, the same customer came, and he told the waiter to make the best food in the parliament. The waiter thought he would make his favourite sauce, teriyaki. When he was bringing the food, he accidently spilt the sauce on the customer, and the customer got very mad, so he told the waiter to vacuum the floor. The waiter got very mad, so decided to write "YOU'RE STUPID" with italics font with beige graffiti on the customer's front yard. His conscience told that he shouldn't do it, but he decided to do it anyway. After the waiter got fired from the parliament, the waiter decided to work at a caffeine factory.

Meredith's Spelling Word Story

A maestro found it necessary to discipline his symphony members because of their mediocre playing. The musicians were reluctant to practice, and their lack of precision was becoming a nuisance. They were so deficient it made him nauseous. This common occurrence would embarrass him, as their mistakes were very noticeable. The maestro was becoming quite cynical because he thought failure was inevitable if things didn’t change. It was a privilege for them to be performing at the pavilion to inaugurate the new superintendent. He decided it would be beneficial to practice more, which meant they would have to sacrifice some of their free time for extra rehearsals. He hated to monopolize their time, but scheduled extra practices anyway. When the time came for them to perform, he waited anxiously. The band started playing and the crowd was exuberant. The extra time and hard work had paid off!

Olivia's Spelling Word Story

"I think the feasibility of putting teriyaki sauce on a quesadilla while driving a Honda Odyssey to a Hacienda is low." Said Sarah "Well, I think we should exhilarate our creativity!" Said Bill. "Whatever, I think it would be more likely to have a super villain riding a vacuum covered in graffiti, while a vigilante, who is all hiped up on caffeine, is chasing him through an obstacle course" said Sarah. "That is so weird it's making me nauseous!" said Bill. Just then, a colonel ran up to them holding a bouquet of flowers with pieces of shrapnel in it. "You have to help me!" He cried . "I am on my way to a symphony but i need a disguise!" Puzzled, Bill and Sarah looked at each other, and then back at the colonel. "Well, I have a terrestrial disguise I used for Halloween last year, but why do you need it?" Asked Sarah. "Well I'm not eligible to attend because people say I am way to possessive and so i was reluctant to go, but i promised my mother I would take her and I wouldn't want to embarrass her by not being there." "Works for us!" They both said happily. "Well will help you, then you can go to the symphony on time." Bill said. "Thank you so much!" said the colonel.

Nava's Creative Spelling Story

Tiffany, a girl who loved her popular individuality, was in disguise from her good friend, Sam. She felt it was necessary to hide from her because she liked teriyaki chicken, Sam preferred to have a quesadilla. Was this acceptable and going to interfere with their friendship? While she was in low profile walking in the hallway with her beige outfit, she was courteous to people who passed by her, which was unecessary because she didn't care to socialize with other people. All of a sudden, her conscience told her that she shouldn't continue her weird behavior. Did she really want to lose her best friend because of her individuality? She decided to disentangle this situation. She was going to discipline herself, try not to be a nuisance, and get over this obstacle. Later, she went up to Sam and said, "Will you forgive me for my reluctant behaviour Sam!" As Tiffany waited anxiously for her answer, hoping not to embarrass herself, she was hoping to be forgiven. "I forgive you Tiffany, you will always be my best friend!" This definite moment for the girls was a phenomenon. The next day Tiffany showed up at school with a bouquet of flowers to show how much she appreciated Sam's kindness. Although she was very possessive with the flowers, that made her nauseous, she gave them to Sam. Later, at their after school symphony class, Sam needed to tell Tiffany something. "Tiffany! I am an extra terrestrial who has come to earth to take a glacier from your planet. As chancellor, it has been a privilege meeting you, as a memorabilia from your planet, I shall take a vacuum. Thank you so much for being nice and for the complement yesterday. Your real friend is at Hawaii right now and will be back by Tuesday. It's O-K!! I have to get back to my home planet. Later. Hey! I call shotgun on deck!" As the extra terrestrial left,Tiffany was thinking, what was the occurrence of this happening?Oh well...

Demiana's Spelling Words Story

Emily's Symphony And The Queen
There it was. The day was coming. It was to be a phenomenon made to interfere in Emily’s life! In London, England, on October 3rd, 2011, Emily was given the privilege to forfeit her old life and be the accompaniment of St . James Choir to perform a symphony in the Queen’s banquet. Emily was exuberant and was ready to take on her odyssey anxiously! As she left her hacienda and got in to the car, she was thinking, “ What if the others in the choir do not appreciate my work and treat me like villains,” because that has happened to her before with other people. However, this thought was not what made her privilege an ambiguity although she thought it was inevitable. She had to make a very necessary sacrifice! One of her relatives died in a landmine zone and bits of shrapnel were found in him! Her cache of dreams were crushed because her relative died, she had to miss the banquet, and her family had to inaugurate the funeral. But when one of the members of parliament knew about his death, he told the Queen. The Queen decided to host the funeral in the palace and that the symphony played would be one to honor his death since he was adjacent to her. This was all like an allusion to a sophomore like Emily! She couldn't believe her coming was back on and that she could be the maestro again.

Paris' Spelling Word Story

Spelling Word Story

By Paris

A symphony player became possessive of her teriyaki quesadilla. The maestro was getting a synopsis on a book when this happened. When the maestro got back he told the symphony player to cite the graffiti on the wall. She asked how it would be beneficial to her, when she said that the maestro told her to clean the ceramics too. When she asked why she was receiving discipline, the maestro said “no teriyaki quesadillas allowed!” so the maestro told her to clean the ceramic hacienda. She was reluctant to, so she drove a galleon to a terrestrial land. There she had caffeine drinks and lots of teriyaki quesadillas. On that land she found out her family heirloom was a vacuum frozen in a glacier. She drove the galleon back to the pavilion in her home town with her family heirloom. She then got arrested by the colonel for driving a galleon without a licence. Now she is in jail. The moral of the story is: never get possessive over your teriyaki quesadilla.

The Officer James

There once was a very weird and retired colonel named James. He love to wake up and drink a cup of coffee that had lots of caffeine and teriyaki flavoured beef jerky. James would anxiously wait until his wife would make him teriyaki beef place on a awesome looking ceramic plate. James was in his 40's and he became a cop to keep order in the city and keep it clean from discipline. When the city was in need he thought of it as an epidemic so he would save the day from villians, He was so famous that he was noticeable. He loved wearing his beige uniform hen he was on duty and he also loved eating quesadilla . He had two boys in high school and he loved to embarrass them. James would barricade there room with pillows and mess up the room and make them clean it with a vacuum. The point was they city couldn't function with out him but his sons could.

Beige Teriyaki - A Spelling Story

The colonel is an unnecessary villain. He created a nauseous symphony epidemic and put the germ in the towns water supply. It was not definite what would stop this weird obstacle. They decided to put teriyaki, coloured beige, on a piece of shrapnel and put it on the hacienda that had graffiti on it. They had to make sure that parliament wouldn't interfere, so they got a sophomore to get a galleon full of caffeine memorabilia and disguise it as a ceramics workshop to distract them. Meanwhile, anxiously waiting for the colonel while hiding in some trees by the hacienda, they heard a scream. It was the crazy colonel! He had gotten caught in the beige teriyaki and, since they were filming it, they had to censor out some of his words , but he was mostly shouting out random word and it sounded something like this.

"Allegiance to the unwieldy beige teriyaki! Counsel the weird bureau cache and lien a fudgeevacuum. Embarrass the unwieldy cache and separate or disentangle the beige vigilante"

Though unnecessary, Bob stepped out and started to vacuum a squirrel. The colonel, who was still vulnerable in the beige teriyaki, suddenly shouted "APOSTROPHE" . "That was random"said Bob. And then he called the police, who took the colonel to a beneficial ceramics class. The End

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

Author Kate di Camillo
Candlewick Press
Published 2006
Number of pages 198
Christian Heritage School library

Once there was a china rabbit and his ears were made out of real fur.The china rabbit was once loved by a little girl. He went on a ocean journey and fell overboard. He was rescued by a fisherman. The fisherman wife fixed him and their daughter threw him in the garbage. He traveled along time with the hobos and worked for a short time as scarecrows. A boy took Edward to his little sister but she was sick The rabbit loved the little girl and watched her die. The rabbit went with the boy and danced on the street of Memhis. He was broken in a diner and was later put together by a doll mender. The rabbit says he would never make the mistake of loving again. He stays on the shelf a long time. The old doll tells him he must open his heart and someone will come for you.

My thoughts: I like how Edward has lots of adventures. Edward meets new people . Edward goes to different places. I like how the story ended. I would tell somebody else to read the book.

Christian perspective: Edward is loved by many people in the story. He decides not to love anymore because it hurts . He learns that he needs to hope and love and someone will come. God loves us and He wants us to love others

Hachiko

the boy is 6 years old kentero he want to meet has dad in the train station. ha see the dog he looked heaithy and strong. has older was "Dr,ueno works wats kenteras dad he asks Dr ueno the dog's neme. this is Hachoko. Hachoko wats for Dr ueno at the train station every afternoon. he went to the train staion every afternoon and brought tiachoiko a snack in his pockeea one day kentara asks his dad, "whare is Dr ueno ? he see that his father is alone. Dr, ueno had died that marning kentero asks what will happen to Hachoiko Dr, uno's family take him in. Hachiko is taken sereralmiles away to live with Dr, ueo's family. A few days later Hachoiko is dack at the train station comes everydoy and kontaro feeds him other people liked Hachiko too. Mr , kobayashi. was or ueno's gardener. he talked to kentaro and he thought hachiko came everyday to remember Dr, ueno's years went by a Hachiko got old people collected money and made a statue of Hachiko. Hachiko died when kentaro was seventeen years old. todoy the statue of Hachiko is a famous meeting place for people.