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  • Aug 30, 2022
  • 2 min read

Anne of Green Gables, by L.M. Montgomery


After Matthew had died, Anne said, “God’s in his heaven, all’s right with the world.” This quote reminds me of where God is in this world and why everything He puts upon us is part of His plan. The title of the book is Anne of Green Gables and the author is Lucy Maud Montgomery. The genre of the book is fiction. I thought I would like this book because it is about the adoption of a girl who at first wasn’t wanted with the Cuthberts but won them over with her amazing imagination.

Anne Shirley is a very imaginative eleven year old girl who has red hair and green eyes. Throughout the book her wants change from puffed sleeves to beating Gilbert Blythe in whatever test she can. An obstacle in some of her wants is Marilla. Another is Gilbert because he is as smart as her. She achieves most of her wants with help from Matthew and beats Gilbert by studying. With beating Gilbert, Anne won the Avery Scholarship but gave it up to teach at the school she once went to, to help Marilla who was aging.

I decided to rate this book a five because of the amazing storytelling the author gives and the imagination of Anne. Towards the end of the book a lot that is said and done we can learn to do ourselves. When Anne made up with Gilbert after he had pulled her hair five years earlier showed repentance between the two. Gilbert said he was sorry to Anne and knew what he had done was rude. Anne after realizing that Gilbert could be nice apologized to him and asked to be friends. Referring to the quote from earlier we can learn from it that everything that happens even if someone beloved dies it is all part of His plan for us. I recommend that this book be returned to the summer reading list.


Timothy, age 13

  • Aug 28, 2022
  • 2 min read

The Lost Vintage, by Ann Mah

31/30 | Started 07.05.22 • Finished 07.19.22 | 3.5 stars


I'm not usually a fan of books that flip flop between the past and the present day. Could be because all of the past events were relayed to the reader by journal entries that it didn't bother me as much this time. I did mind that there were a few details revealed by the past before it had been discovered by the characters in the present.


Oh, if only I was warm, I could bear the hunger. If only I was full, I could bear the cold.

Kate is a wine expert from California on a trip to see her wine-making cousin Nico and his wife, Heather, in the Burgundy region of France. She goes to take part in the vendages, or the harvest of the grapes, to help her cousin-in-law Heather around the house, and to escape from the pressure of her upcoming Master of Wine examination. She and Heather tackle the long-delayed project of cleaning out the cellar in the domaine, or main house.


And I wonder if this war could actually be a form of alchemy—changing us, testing us, until each of us has revealed the truest part of our souls.

Enter Helene and her journal, through which we begin to discover the history of Kate's family in relation to the occupation of France during World War II. It's a compelling story, one of a loyal young girl with tenacity and conviction who is accused of being a collaborator while actually being part of the resistance movement.


They claimed to be cleansing the filth from our society. But what they really wanted was to scrub the guilt from their own souls.

There's also a love story involving Kate and a man named Jean-Luc woven throughout, which really just made me shrug. Otherwise this book was quite enjoyable and one I would recommend to those who fancy historical fiction or food literature.


I hope that you will think of me sometimes—and if you do, remember this: What we fought for were the justice and compassion that define civilization.

Here's a round-up of all the books Timothy read for his 7th grade year. His favorite books of the year were The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis, and Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, by Jean Lee Latham.


Carry on, Mr. Bowditch, by Jean Lee Latham

The Magician's Nephew, by C.S. Lewis

Number the Stars, by Lois Lowry

Amos Fortune, Free Man, by Elizabeth Yates

The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Door in the Wall, by Marguerite de Angeli

A Gathering of Days, by Joan W. Blos

The Bronze Bow, by Elizabeth George Speare

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