Lincoln: A Photobiography
Author: Russell Freedman
Genre: Non-fiction
Plot: The story of President Abraham Lincoln from birth to assassination.
Verdict: Interestingly written biography
My rating: 3 stars
After the Rain
Author: Norma Fox Mazer
Genre: Contemporary realistic fiction
Plot: Rachel deals with the fact that her grandfather is slowly dying of mesothelioma.
Verdict: Heart wrenching story
My rating: 3 stars
Hatchet
Author: Gary Paulsen
Genre: Contemporary Realistic Fiction
Plot: Brian finds himself stranded in the Canadian wilderness after a plane crash with only his hatchet to help him survive.
Verdict: Boring with an abrupt ending
My rating: 1 star
Let me honest and say that I had a terrible experience with Hatchet during seventh grade. It was assigned reading my teacher basically ruined the book. I wasn't into the survival genre either and I was extremely disappointed by the ending.
After the Rain could be very useful for a student who has a dying relative and it struck a cord with me because I have lost many close relatives. However, the rest of the plot of the book did not spark my interest so I could not rate it higher than 3 stars.
I remember being assigned Lincoln during my children's lit course and I enjoyed it. It has lots of pictures (so it really is a "photobiography") and gives an interesting account of the life of Lincoln. It was definitely my favorite of the three.
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