Hachiko Waits - Leslea Newman

Get out a box of tissues or two, you might need them. Hachiko Waits is a sad story that is Japanese themed. Did you know that Hachi means eight in Japanese? My classmate was really excited when he saw the Japanese writing on one of the pages. You see, he's from Japan and he could read every bit of it, even though to me it all looked like a bunch of lines. Anyway, this book is about a faithful dog that is extremely intelligent and very friendly. One day his kind master, a professor, gets on a train and goes to work, same as usual. Hachi comes back exactly five minutes before his master's train gets back, and is rewarded with a smile from the station master, same as usual. The professor's train pulls into the station, but he does not come out. Hachiko waits. It has been years and years since The professor stepped off the train. Hachi still comes back about five minutes before the train. The sad thing is, Hachi does not know his master will never return.
This book is based on a true story. Some of the characters may not be real, but Hachiko and the professor are. Try to find the lesson in this, and if you can, I would appreciate if you send in your answer as a comment.

Inkspell - Cornelia Funke

Well, what did I tell you? I told I was going to post another book by Cornelia Funke, didn't I? And here I am posting it. Ok, down to business. This is may be one of the longest books I have ever read. (635 pages!) I am not going to tell you one bit of the story. No matter how hard you beg, I won't tell you a single thing. So don't bother to ask. The reason is that some people will already have read Inkheart and are absolutley dying to know what happens next. I've had that feeling many, many, many times, so I know what it's like. For those of you that haven't read Inkheart, but you want to read this book, I suggest you start at Inkheart. It isn't like Harry Potter, where you get a brief explanation of what's happened in the other books as youre reading. This book took me, bookworm of my class, six weeks to finish! That's pretty long if you're me. Also, I would probably only recommend this to you if you are nine years old or over. You'll see what I mean when you start getting towards the middle.

Warning! This book is highly addictive. Do not read unless you have good quality nothing to do time. Do not read at night. This book could be the reason you miss your bus.

Have fun!