Reviews – Elena Reads and Reviews

Review: The Hundred Penny Box Is A Bittersweet Tale Of A Special Bond

This Newbery Honor-winning book is short, but is filled with all the right stuff – emotion, poignant characters, and a

Claudia Coleman and Monday Charles were the best of friends. They were inseparable, and did everything together. So when Monday

Complete with colorful pictures and inspiring words, author Rob Sanders and illustrator Steven Salerno come together to weave a story

This book gave me deja vu of when I was the lead in my middle school play, Peter Pan. Being

Isobel is a little girl who loves solving problems. She enjoys figuring out the answers to addition, subtraction, multiplication, and

I think that books are going to keep getting better and better as writers develop more story ideas and techniques.

Note From Elena Reads: When she’s not doing schoolwork or spending time with her family, Vedika Budhraja is reading. She

September 11, 2001 was a shocking, life-changing day. Lives were lost, bones were broken, and trauma still follows many people

At 16, Sybil Ludington rode 40 miles in pouring rain to alert people that British soldiers were burning Danbury, Connecticut.

I consider myself outspoken. I love to talk and use the voice I was blessed with. So, reading this book