abc book project

abc book project

Dear Pen Pal By: Bailey Nester

Dear Pen Pal By: Bailey Nester

A is for Adele

•Adele is one of Jess's best friends at Colonial Academy, she was nice to Jess when she first changed schools, and they have been great friends since.

B is for Becca

•Becca is one of the five main girls in this story, she used to be the mean, popular girl, but now she is nice.

c is for cassidy•Cassidy is another main character, she is a girl hockey player/sports jock.

D IS FOR DADDY LONG LEGS

Daddy long legs is one ofthe books that they arereading in their book clubthey didn't think that theywould like it at first butthey do once they startreading it.

E is for EmmaShe is a maincharacter also, she isa big reader she hasread almost everybook out there.

f is for friendship

The five girls in this storyaren't all the best offriends, but in their bookclub they get to know each other and become friends.

G is for Gigi

Gigi is a big part of thisbook she moves in withone of the characterschanges their life's a littlebit. She moved fromChina.

h is for half-moon farm

Half Moon Farm is whereJess lives and gets savedby the Mother DaughterBook Club, this farmproduces lots of goodfood and animals.

i is for influencesThe girls in this book aretempted by manyinfluences like friendsand what they should doand not do to others.Sometimes the influenceswork and sometimes theystay strong and refuse.

J is for Jess

Jess is another maincharacter she is a farmgirl but is also supersmart so she moved to aprivate school calledColonial Academy.

K is for Keep WritingThe girls write to their pen pals and they realize that every time they write, they come to like it more.

L is for Letters

The girls write letters to their

pen pal from anotherbook club group in Wyoming.

M is for Megan

Megan is also a maincharacter and her familyis rich and she lovesdesigning clothes, hergrandma also just movedto come live with her.

N is for New Hampshire

New Hampshire is wheremost everything takesplace it is where they live,in Concord.

O is for onlyCassidy is the only girl from her school that plays on the boyshockey team.

P is for Pen-Pal

In this book each girl hasa pen pal and they writethem once a month, andif you were wonderingthis is the title of the booktoo!

Q is for QuickThis book went really quickly.It is a fun story that is easy to read and enjoy.

R is for Reading

This whole book is aboutbook clubs and reading,all the girls now reallyenjoy reading because ofthe book club.

S is for SiblingsThe girls families andsiblings really helpthem in what they do orsay. They stick togetherand help each otherthrough tough times.Even though it can behard having little brothersor sisters.

T is for The Mother-Daughter Book Club

This is the series that “Dear Pen Pal" is in. Thereare six books in this seriesand this is the fourth one.

U is for UniformsThis is the first year that the girls haveto wear uniforms to school.They are not thrilled about this, especially Megan who is afashion designer.

V is for Vogel Frederick

This is the author’s nameand it is important becauseshe wrote the book andher name needs to beknown to young kidseverywhere.

W is for Winky Parker

Winky Parker is Cassidy'spen pal in this book and Ithink Winky is good forCassidy to talk to and shemight change the wayshe acts.

X is for ExtraThe girls chose to dothis book club as anextra activity. It is nota requirement for school.It is not homework.

Y is for YouthThis whole book is talkingabout how these girls aregrowing up and their lifeas a child, everyday theyface new challenges andthis book talks about howthey handle them.

Z is for Zigzaggy

I would describe thisbook as zigzaggybecause there is a lot ofproblems or sharp turns itseems like it is going fine andthen BAM...somethinggoes wrong.

Author’s Writing StyleHeather Vogel Frederick has a great writing style I think. She always seeks each characters

feelings and expresses them in words. I like this because then

you can know how each character is feeling at different times but in the same situation. She also uses quotes from the

specific book that the characters are reading and I think that is

pretty cool. Especially since she goes out of her way to do it.

Book ThemeThe overall theme of this book is that you have to

make the right decisions at the right time. This book taught me a few things about handling tough situations and how to

recover from them. Also it shows that middle school can be hard and being a

teenager gets rough too, but you just have to stay calm

and think about every move that you make.

Conflict/PlotThe main conflicts of this book were just friendships and how

to keep them. Also just adjusting, some girls in this

book had a hard time adjusting to life, and that can affect you. Another main conflict that the girls faced was having to deal

with people they didn’t like and in the end they disliked the

person or thing even more. You just have to deal with it the

world isn’t going to end.