Pod-cast Hi, I’m Beth Loos. Today’s Nov. ____, 2007. Recently I’ve read “ A Child Called It.” This book is a true story about a young boy who had great early years of his life. Around the age of 6 or 7 his mom decided that he was a “Bad Boy.” When he really was a great boy. She tortured him to the extreme. You wouldn’t believe what this woman did to this little boy. Here’s some examples:

•    She tried to drown him in the full bathtub and also had him lay therefore hours. •    Locked him in the bathroom with suffocating cleaning cleansers . •    She stabbed him in the stomach with a knife. •    And she had him lay on a burning hot stove.

You’ll have to read of what all she did   to this poor little boy.

His daily life was:

“Wake up from sleeping on the army cot in the garage, perform morning chores, if he’s lucky gets leftover cereal from his brother’s. He runs to school steal food, return to the house, is forced to throw up in the toilet bowl to prove that he didn’t commit the crime of stealing food. He receives beatings or plays more of her “games.” Performs afternoon chores, then he ahs to sit at the bottom of the stairs in the P.O.W. position. [Prisoner of War] He sits there until he’s summoned upstairs to complete the evening chores. He could’ve been sitting there like that for hours. Then and only if he’s completed all his chores on time and if he’s not committed any crimes he may be feed a morsel of food.”

How did he survive? I encourage anybody who loves great books, who has a good heart, not afraid to cry, and wants to learn more about things that go on in this world to read this  awesome book. I loved it!

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Hi, this is Erin with an SMS podcast from Mrs. Ridder’s Room

The book Counterfeit Son is about Hank Miller, a serial killer. He has murdered lots of young boys except for his son Cameron. Things go bad when he is shot in a police shooting. Cameron decides that he doesn’t want to be rembered as Hank Millers son so he takes on the role of Neil lacey, one of his father’s victims. The only problem is an investagator that gets too suspicious. All the sudden things are dangerous and very tricky for Cameron(Neil). One part that I really liked was……pg 159. I really think you should read this book because it builds up tons of tension and then just lets it out like BOOM! Just because it is not interesting at first you should keep reading it! This was once again Counterfeit Son by Elaine Marie Alphin.

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Hi! Welcome to today’s podcast. I’m Jody and I’m Maddie. Today we will be talking about a book called Runner by Carl Dueker. This book is about a senior boy in high school named Chance Taylor. Chance deals with things that kids his age should never deal with. His dad is an alcoholic who can’t keep a job so he has to make a living for them both including food and bills. They are about to go homeless until Chance runs into a fat guy who is offering him a job that pays incredible amounts of money, and all he has to do is run everyday as he always does but while he is doing this he has to look for packages by the maple tree by the seashore. Chance is suspicious but takes the job. Everything is going fine until Melissa a girl from Chance’s school gets suspicious of what he is doing. Chance then doesn’t know what to do for the sake of his life and for others. [TANTILIZING TIDBITS] To find out what happens to Chance, his dad, Melissa, and even the fat guy you’ll have to read the book but we will tell you one thing what is in the packages, it is worse then drugs. This ends our podcast I’m Jody and I’m Maddie and we’re signing off.

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Young Man and the Sea is about a bouy named Skiffy. One day when hes coming hme from school he looks down at the dock and sees that his boat the Rose is underwater.  He goes and tells his dad but his dad is sad because his mom had recently died. So his dad doesnt really care. So he goes to a neighbors and his neighbor helps him get it up. But the engine has salt water in it so he needs a few thousand dollars to repair it. Read the book to find out how he does it and if he does do it.

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Hey. Welcome to our podcast. I am Nathan and I am Tyler. Today we are going to talk about the book Runner. This book is about a boy named Chance who loves to run after school. When he was younger he was always bullied by Brent Miller because of past incidents. One day when he is confronted by a fat guy who tells him he could make a lot of money by delivering packages. The deal was that he could not know what was in the packages and can’t ask questions. It was all going well until his friend Melissa got suspicious. You have to read the book to find out the amazing ending and what was in the mysterious packages. Thank you for listening to our podcast. See Ya!!!!!!!!!!

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This is about a girl named Ida B who has plans to maximaze fun, avoid disaster, and possibly save the world. When she finds out that her mom has cancer and her dad sold some of some of their land to another family her whole world turns upside down.

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