Running out of Time

This story reminded me of the movie "The Village". Since the book came first I wonder if the idea for the movie was persuaded by the book? I really liked the idea of this...Girl thinks it's 1840, but discovers it's really 1996 and has to cope with the changes around her. She is trying to deal with new items such as cars and how to talk into a telephone while being chased by people who want to silence her. I liked the book, but would have liked the ending to stretch more. I felt that the ending was really compact. Jessie (the main girl) faints and a large chunk of plot takes place, but as readers we only hear it as an afterwords. Did this bother anyone else?

seven daughters and seven sons

This was a very interesting story to read. I was able to find this book in the fable section of the media center. This story is about a girl by the name of Buran who dresses up like a boy to help her poor family earn money. The story becomes complicated when she starts to fall in love with a boy who thinks she is a boy. This story reminded me of the movies "She's the man" and "Mulan". There were times during this story that I became angry at what girls were not allowed to do, but needed to remind myself that this story was about a girl changing that perception. I ended up really liking the story and how she was able right the wrongs done to her family.

Once upon a Marigold

This book was fun to read. I love anything to do with fairytales, trolls, witches, princes...etc. I felt the plot was well done and enjoyed the characters. I would have liked to known what Marigold felt when she did touch people. We received a lot of her reaction to touching them, but I would have liked to learn more what it was she was reacting to. I also felt that by how this book ended that it might have a sequel? Any thoughts?