ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell 144 pp. Penguin Group. £8.99. (Ages 13 and up) ISBN 9780141182704 Rating: ? Stars This book is set in a future when animals are much cleverer than now. And because of their cleverness, the pigs started a revolution against the humans. Pigs could speak fluently in English unlike the other animals, and that gave them the power to be leaders. But, the story that follows only happened a few years after that... Their first leader, Old Major, was kind and fair who knew animals should be equal. But when Napoleon became the leader it was very unpleasant. He made a rule that allowed the pigs to have better food and that forced all of the other animals to work crazily hard every day and night. That wasn’t enough, Napoleon wanted more power. He decided to kill his brother, Snowball, so that he would be the only leader. Snowball was admired because he came up with a clever idea to build windmill. Sn...
Happy birthday to me! On December 23 actually. So I'm giving away two copies of one of my favorite books: Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson.
If you want to win a copy, you must:
1. Follow my blog via GFC.
2. Be 13 or older.
3. Have a US mailing address. (Sorry, I can't afford shipping out of the US at this time.)
4. Leave a comment on my blog about why you want to win Speak and your email so I can contact you.
If you want to win a copy, you must:
1. Follow my blog via GFC.
2. Be 13 or older.
3. Have a US mailing address. (Sorry, I can't afford shipping out of the US at this time.)
4. Leave a comment on my blog about why you want to win Speak and your email so I can contact you.
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