

It’s always fascinating to find out what parts of a story are meaningful to me when I reread a text. Annotation allows you to return to your favorite passages, useful facts, or meaningful quotes. What Does An Annotated Book Mean?Īn annotation is simply adding your thoughts or insights to a text or book.Īnnotating nonfiction text is something I love as a reader. How do you annotate books? Penn Book will show you how to annotate books in detail. It is also a good way to practice critical and analytical thinking. The book also teaches its readers to be thankful for what they have, because other people may always have it worse.It is a great way to keep track and organize the thoughts that you have read in the books that you own. Racquel's strength and positive outlook in life despite her illness is something that could also inspire kids (and even adults) who are going through the same fate. This is a really great book as it introduces leukemia to kids, and Racquel's character gives her readers hope. Ana always compared herself to Racquel but little did she know, her cousin had leukemia and she was undergoing chemotherapy, hence the use of wigs to cover her bald head. Remarks: Racquel is envied by her cousin, Ana, because she had a fair skin, speaks in English well, acts in a lady-like manner, and most of all, she had a long, flowy hair that had different colors. Recommended for ages: 9 years old and above Read the book and see how they found young love in each other through mixtapes and comic books!Īward/s received: Honorable Mention – 1998 PBBY-Salanga Prize Their interactions with each other also made me feel fuzzy inside. Aside from this, the content was rich, being able to tackle topics of bullying, and domestic and child abuse. Actually reading the book was a great decision because I can really connect to the feelings of the characters. Actually, even before reading the entire book, I was already interested in the story because looking online about it, I became curious about the characters of Eleanor and Park because of the extreme contrast in their physical qualities.

Set in 1986, the story features the lives of sixteen-year-olds Eleanor, who has aĬurly, red hair and a full-figure body, and Park, a half-Korean who has spent all his life in Omaha.

Remarks: Eleanor & Park is told from the alternating point's of view of its characters, Eleanor Douglas and Park Sheridan. (2013), New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book (2013) Printz Honor Book for Excellence in Young Adult Literature (2014), Boston Globe Horn Book Award for Best Fiction Book (2013), A Publishers Weekly Best Children's Book Lastly, the book showed us how our parents want nothing but the best for us, for us to have better lives than what they have experienced.Īward/s received: Michael L. The story also shows us the importance of hardwork and perservance, as from these two, we can create something beautiful. As for the story, it really shows a piece of /sad/ reality in our country as many people are homeless and usually just set-up their own houses in lots they don't own. I think that the contrast in textures of the illustrations were beautiful, and the book was interactive, having a coloring activity at the end. New site and their houses in Daang-Bakal were destroyed. However, one day, they were all relocated to a Wanted to become like his father when he grows older. People always come to his father whenever they need repair in their houses, and the boy Remarks: Anluwagi shows the life of a boy whose father is a famous carpenter in Daang-Bakal, a Place of Publication: Quezon City, Philippines
