This is San Francisco

Title: This is San Francisco

Author: Betsy Pennink

Publishers: Heinemann

Summary: San Francisco is an important city in the United States of America. Around 679,000 people live in San Francisco. Three and a half million people visit San Francisco every year.

Spanish soldiers built San Francisco in 1776, it was a military post. In the same year the United States of America became a free country. At this time, about 800 people were living in San Francisco. In 1848 gold appeared near San Francisco. Men came to San Francisco to get gold. In 1906 an earthquake shook San Francisco, and soon large fires burned the city for three days. Hundreds of people died.

San Francisco is built on many hills. In San Francisco the climate is very good, around 11º in December and 15º in July. There are two bridges in San Francisco: the Golden Gate Bridge and the Bay Bridge. There are a lot of transports in San Francisco: buses, streetcars, trains, taxis and cable cars. San Francisco is famous for its cable cars. The cable cars are pulled by a heavy wire rope and there are three cable cars lines in the city. In Fisherman’s Wharf the people can walk beside the water and there are a lot of seafood restaurants. The most important area in San Francisco is the Union Square. In California the wine is very well-known.

Opinion: In my opinion this book is very interesting because you learn a lot of things about San Francisco. I recommend it.   

THE GHOST TEACHER

This book is about a school called West Hill which was one of the most peaceful schools until one day a new teacher called Brown arrived and since then strange things happened. Mister Brown always punished the same child out of nonsense. A few days after that the boy was tired and decided to investigate his teacher. He discovered that Mr. Brown also studied in the same school. 

  

London

Title: London

Author: John Escott

Publishers: Oxford Bookworms Factfiles

Summary: London has over 2 thousand years of history. This book explains the most important sites to visit in London. The most important places that you can visit are: Buckingham Palace, Tower of London, Tower Bridge, St Paul's Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, The House of Parliament and 10 Downing Street. Parks and gardens: Hyde Park Speakers' Corner, Kensington Gardens, Regent's Park, St James' Park. Most important streets and shops: Charing Cross Road, Oxford Street, Covent Garden and Portobello Road. The museums and galleries: British Museum, Museum of London, Museum of the Moving Image (MOMI), National Gallery, National Portrait Gallery and London Dungeon

Opinion: In my opinion this book is very interesting and I would recommend it to anyone who wants to visit London.

Title: THE EVIL PAINTING

Author: Julie Hart

Publishers: Burlington Books

Summary: One day mum brought home a horrible painting. This painting was about an ugly man. At night I listened to strange noises. I went downstairs, and mum was talking with the painting. Mum eyes were red and she looked like a slave. Mum went upstairs, and I went to my brother’s room and I told him what had happened. My brother and I threw the painting to the street and a lorry went over the painting. Mum cried: Stop! Give me the painting! We went to bed but mum stayed in the street a minute. The next day the painting  appeared on the wall and my brother destroyed it with a knife. At night mum brought the painting to the house again. My brother and I investigated, and we discovered a lot of things. The painting was of  William Kent, a famous hypnotist. He hypnotized women to kill people, and he drowned. We went to our house and we took the painting. Mum watched us and she chased us. We arrived at the river and we sank the painting. Mum stopped being hypnotized by the painting, and we returned home. 

Opinion: In my opinion this book is interesting but with a lot of photos. I don’t recommended this book because it is very short.

Rocio Rodríguez

Title: THE MYSTERY OF THE LOCH NESS MONSTER

Author: Leslie Dunkling

Publishers: Longman

Summary: This book is about photographs of the Loch Ness monster and questions about the monster. The events took place in Scotland, in the year 1934 in the water of Loch Ness. A photographer saw it and took a photograph of him. This man was a reporter and made people become more interested in the monster. People started buying clothes, games and posters of the monster of the Loch Ness. A film was made with the name of “The Loch Ness Monster” based on Urquhart Castle in 1955. At the end it was concluded that it could be a very big fish or prehistoric animal , a plesiosaur.

                                                 

Opinion: In my opinion, this book is very, very bad, it only has photographs.  This book is very boring and easy.

Josep Andoni Quispe Cahuas

My name is Josep Quispe Cahuas Andoni. I'm 13 years old. I was born in Barcelona on 12th October 1999 in Vall d'Ebron.My favourite sports are football and basketball. My hobbies are writing poems or stories. I study at IES Sant Andreu. I have two siblings. Their names are Laia and Aitor. My favourite colour is green. My favourite music is pop, hip hop, rap and reggeton. My best friend forever  is Joshua.

Cristobal Bistuer

Bryan Yugcha

Hello! My name is Bryan. I was born on August 28 of 1999 in Equator. My favourite sport is football. My hobby is drawing and my favourite food is macorroni. Now I am studying at the school Sant Andreu. I have a brother who is called Jossue who is 8 years old.

Ramon Marion Fortes

Pablo

The wonderful wizard of Oz

Title: THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ

Author: L. Frank Baum

Publishers: Black Cat

Summary: This book is about a girl called Dorothy, she lives in Kansas. One day a cyclone took the house of Dorothy with her and her dog inside to the wonderful world of Oz. When the house landed, it crushed the Wicked Witch of the West. When Dorothy arrived she found the Good Witch of the North. The Good Witch told her that he had killed the Wicked Witch of the West and removed the Wicked Witch boots and put them to Dorothy. She also told her to return to Kansas to see the Wizard of Oz who lived in the Emerald City. In the yellow brick roads Dorothy and Toto met a scarecrow who spoke and told them that they had to help him with his post. The scarecrow wanted a brain and Dorothy then told him to come to see the wizard if she could help. They continued the yellow brick roads but they stopped when they saw a tin Woodman. The tin Woodman needed help, he needed that they put oil on her body. The tin Woodman wanted a heart and Dorothy then told him to come to see the wizard if she could help. They continued the brick yellow roads. They stopped because they heard a lot of noises behind the trees; suddenly a lion jumped out into the road. The lion wanted courage, and Dorothy told him to come to see the wizard if she could help. They arrived at Emerald City. The wizard told them they had to kill the Wicked witch of the East. They went to the wizard castle and killed her. When he returned at the Emerald City the wizard gave them the things they wanted. He gave a brain to the Scarecrow, a heart to the Tin Woodman and courage to the lion. The wizard offered to take Dorothy to Kansas in his hot air balloon. But the rope of the hot air balloon broke and the wizard went to Kansas without Dorothy. Dorothy went to see the Good Witch of the South and the Witch made her to go back to Kansas.

  

Opinion: In my opinion this book is very simple, very childish and very boring. There are a lot of photos and not much text.

Title: Carnival

Author: Annette Keen

Publishers: Penguin Readers

Summary: This book is about a boy who leaves Euston a weekend to visit the city. He meets the carnival. He sees a girl who is in the parade and he falls in love with her. He wants to have a souvenir photo and so he steals a camera. The camera owners realize and call the police and they arrest the protagonist, go to the police station and ask him some questions. In the end they leave him free.

Opinion: In my opinion this book is fun and interesting because it explains something that could happen to you.

Irene