Avoca School District 37 Student Blog

Milton Hershey Lives and Times: The Founder of Hershey’s Chocolate

By: Jennifer Blizin Gillis

Book Reviewer:  Jack

Biography

You all have heard of Hershey’s Chocolate, but are you familiar with Milton S. Hershey? Milton S. Hershey was the founder of Hershey’s Chocolate. In this book it describes the important events through his life including his successes,  his challenges to hurdle and his life other than the Chocolate industry. It is very easy to read and is short and directly to the point. Milton helped influence the love for chocolate in many American lives. Mmmmm… I love Hershey’s Chocolate. Maybe one day you will create a chocolate too just like Milton S. Hershey did.

I would recommend this book for people that like Hershey’s Chocolate, for people that like reading biographies, for people who are in search for a good book to help do better on a research project and for people that like to have their mouth watering when they read.

I liked this book because it had many great facts to put in my research project.

Rating: *** 1/2 out of 5

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james + Jack What I hate about auttum…..

The project that we just completed recently was a Podcast about autumn. We used Garage Band to finish it and we had a really great time. We were assigned to recite a poem that we had chosen. It also was required that we use at least 1 homemade sound effect. A homemade sound effect is when you create sound effects using random things. We were also informed that we needed to download 3 or more digital Sound effects.  Ms. Zimmer our encore tech teacher told us a few free websites to get online sound effects from. To make it less complicated we used only one website: Soundjay.com. The one homemade we made was rustling leaves at the part we said leaves. My absolute favorite part of the project was the funny things we put was the funny things. This really fun. You should do it too! Enjoy !:) . Give me feedback and come again.

The Spiderwick Chronicles
By Tony Diterlizzi

Book Reviewer: Jack

Fantasy

For Mallory, Jarrod, and Simon everything seems to be miserable in their life. They have no parents, they get into all sorts of trouble and live in an apartment that reeks and it looks like a F5 tornado just hit the place. Then all of a sudden their luck changes in a blink of an eye! They find a secret hidden room in their crammed house. They find a field guide to help them follow the mysterious letters instructions. Now with hope of living a decent life, what sacrifices will be made on a miraculous suspenseful tale of a team of siblings on a mission?

I recommend this book to people that like surprising events through out the whole book.

I liked how the author consistently kept the reader guessing.

My rating. ** Out of 5

3 Nights in August by Buzz Bissinger

Genre: Biography

Blurb by Jack

Tony La Russa, manager of the St. Louis Cardinals is a genius when it comes to strategic thinking in baseball. It is 2003 and the Cardinals are playing a 3 game series vs. the Cubs (go cubs) in late season. This is a huge series for both because this series is crucial to go deep into the playoffs. Not only La Russa but also the whole entire Cardinals team along with the Cubs and manager Dusty Baker will have challenges and obstacles to overcome.

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I specifically recommend this book to people who love reading about baseball. It also gives information on the miraculous season for both. That is the main reason I liked this book.

Rating:  *  *  * out of 5

Internet Safety is very important so you do not get into any sort of trouble.

One way to be safe from creeps is do not visit any websites that give out personal information unless your parents say it is OK.

Another way to be safe is to never talk or interact with anyone you are not familliar.

The last way to be safe online is try not to use your full name when using usernames.

Hoped you learned some awesome facts!!!