books by Carol Matas     books:       Of Two Minds47 reviews Carol Matas Bain & Cox, 1994 Guess What?! This is such a great book! As a (...), I found this book fun, exciting, and a kind of mystery. If you don't like guessing, or tyring to figure out the plot, this book isn't for you. This book keeps you guessing 'til the very end. My sister, who is 10, also fell in love with this book. The number one reason I read this book is because it has a strong beginning. A little confusing, but strong. A ...             In My Enemy's House24 reviews Carol Matas Topeka Bindery, 1999 You don't want to leave "In My Enemies House," is about a Jewish family, who are in a living nightmare, soon after `the people arrived. This was the WW2 time when "the people" hated the Jews, with the many attempts to try to escape from going to the getto.this took place in a small town outside of Germany, in the years of 1938-1945. After many people being captured, it shows a girl's persistence to become free, and not ...             Rebecca1 review Carol Matas Scholastic Inc, 2000 A Cute Story For Teens or Preteens I love this story. The book is about a girl named Rebecca who lives with a big family. She goes to church to sing and when she comes back her and her family are shocked to see that their house has burned down. They move and they live in a house for a while. Rebecca and her siblings have to be seperated because the whole family cannot afford to live there. Rebecca is sent to live with a Ukaranian ...             Jesper6 reviews Carol Matas Key Porter Books, 1989 What a Suspenseful Book!!! This book, "Jesper", a sequel to "Lisa", is a quite suspenseful story for a topic on war. Stories that have themes on war always seem boring to me, but these two books have changed my likes for books. This is an overview of what the book is mainly about: Jesper and his fellow resistance fighters help bring their home country to freedom from their opposing country, Germany. Denmark's Allies, ...             Sworn Enemies2 reviews Carol Matas Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 1993 The coolest book ! I read this book for a school book report, and it turned out to be so interesting that I coulnd't put it down. The characters of Zev and Aaron are easy to identify with and amazingly realistic. The events are very exciting and it keeps you in suspense. It also teaches you about some of the horrible things that Jews have had to go through. You should definitely read this book!             The Burning Time10 reviews Carol Matas HarperCollins Publishers Canada, Limited, 1995 Horrifying, eye opening account of the witch hunts Carol Matas, best known for the "Of Two Minds" novels and her various Holocaust fictions, has created a shocking novella about two women who find themselves trapped in a witch hunt in Renaissance France. Suzanne Rives, a beautiful and fiercely independent widow and skilled midwife, refuses advances from two men to live with her daughter, the main character Rose. People have already been ...             Daniel's Story72 reviews Carol Matas Scholastic Paperbacks, 1993 An absolutely wonderful historical fiction. If I didn't know it was fiction I would definitely think it was a true account. The story moves you from incident to the next not leaving you behind in any detail. I read this to my children for a unit study about the Holocaust. There are hard details to recount but definitely worth every word.             Ghost Hunters: The Proof That Ghosts Exist (Ghosthunters)1 review Carol Matas, Perry Nodelman Key Porter Books, 2008 Trailer for the Proof that Ghosts Exist Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R145WZNF33VQDT Ghost Hunters: The Proof That Ghosts Exist (Ghosthunters)             The Whirlwind1 review Carol Matas Orca Book Publishers, 2007 The Whirlwind It is 1941. Ben, his sister and parents are able to flee Germany for the United States with his father's brother, Issac, as sponsor. But why didn't his father listen to Ben's grandmother when she begged him to flee much earlier? Now Ben's grandparents, his beloved cousin Elizabeth and her family are unable to leave Germany and they soon stop hearing from them. After experiencing horrible ...             Greater Than Angels33 reviews Carol Matas Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 1998 A Great Read! This is a really good book. It is about a girl named Anna who is a Jew and lives with her aunt, mom and grandma. She gets taken away to a concentration camp in France. While in this camp she tries to make her life better by cheering up people there and helping to organize events. She then is sent to another city to live with a family who has agreed to help out the kids. You'll have to read the ...             More Minds18 reviews Carol Matas, Perry Nodelman Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 1996 More Minds This book and its prequel, Of Two Minds, are two of the best books I have ever read. Lenora and Coren are very believable people set in a world that is fun to read about. Get it because it is definately worth it.             Footsteps in the Snow: The Red River Diary of Isobel Scott (Dear Canada)3 reviews Carol Matas Scholastic Canada, 2002 A good book from the Dear Canada series. This book is one of the Dear Canada series, which are historical novels, written in diary format, about fictional girls during different periods of Canadian history. Twelve-year-old Isobel Scott begins her diary at sea in July 1815, as her family travels from Scotland to Canada, hoping for a better life. Her mother has just died, and Isobel feels lost without her. When they finally reach ...             Out Of Their Minds3 reviews Carol Matas, Perry Nodelman Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 1998 INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is one of the best books I have ever read! If you are looking for a follow up to Harry Potter, you got it right here. The whole trilogy keeps you on the edge of your seat and giggling the whole time!             Kris's War4 reviews Carol Matas Point, 1992 A book NEVER to be forgotten! I first read this book 10 years ago when I was a teenager and I still enjoy it. I find the book intriguing and somewhat unforgettable because of the way the Author goes into descriptions of certain key points in the book. I especially liked the description of the night where they have to collect a drop, it was very well written from how they knew where and when just by a simple broadcast on ...             Primrose Path7 reviews Carol Matas Econo-Clad Books, 1997 The Primrose Path What happens when a trusted rabbi, someone you respect, violate you and your family? When you ask for help, how does the rest of your community respond? How often do community members turn against those who were violated? How do sexual predators get away with it? The Primrose Path is an extremely important fictional book, which outlines how this happens. It's interesting as I was reading The ...             The Garden3 reviews Carol Matas Sagebrush Education Resources, 1999 The Key To Understanding Current Conflict in the Middle East This is a wonderful book, the sequel to AFTER THE WAR. THE GARDEN is much longer than AFTER THE WAR. It sheds more light on the life of Ruth and her family when they get to Isreal. I read this book without knowing it would help me understand Middle Eastern conflict of today. Confused about Yassir Arafat and Sharon? Than read this book. It is the root struggle of the conflicts of Isreal today. ...             The War Within15 reviews Carol Matas Scholastic, 2001 A gripping story of a Jewish family caught up in the U.S. Civil War "The War Within: A Novel of the Civil War," by Carol Matas, is narrated in the first person by the book's main character, Hannah Green. Hannah is a 13-year old Jewish girl who lives with her slave-owning family in Mississippi during the time of the U.S. Civil War. In the course of the war Ulysses S. Grant orders the expulsion of all Jews from the territory he controls. The novel explores the ...             Lisa's War14 reviews Carol Matas Demco Media, 1992 Review by another 6th Grader, Lawrence Intermediate School I read a book called Lisa's War. It was written by Carol Matas and was published by Scholastic INc. The genre of the book is historical fiction. The themes of the book are bravery and courage. This book is interesting because it is about a girl trying to solve her problems. I agree with the author that the Holocaust was a terrrible thing to happen to people. This book pretty much tell ...             A Meeting of Minds8 reviews Carol Matas, Perry Nodelman Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 1999 The Ending Could Have Been Better Lenora and Coren suddenly find themselves trapped in a different world. Just seconds before, they were standing in Coren's palace, discussing their wedding plans. Previously, Lenora's powers had landed her in mysterious worlds along with her fiance, Coren. Normally, Lenora would be able to use her imaginative powers to imagine herself and Coren back to the palace. But in this new world, her ...             After the War26 reviews Carol Matas Topeka Bindery, 1999 This is the best book!!!!!!!!!!!!! i love this book!!if i could give it a 1000 i would!! this book made me cry!its bout a girl named Ruth and they are in War 2...she has to take care of 11 kids...they are also tryin to get to palestine!she falls in love with a boy named Zvi! this IS my favorite book i've read! if i were u i would buy the book and tell a friend bout it too! hopefully u like it              search for books after, angels, burning, canada, daniel, diary, enemies, enemy, exist, footsteps, garden, ghosthunters, ghosts, greater, house, hunters, isobel, jesper, meeting, minds, primrose, proof, rebecca, river, scott, story, sworn, their, whirlwind, within books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: Prostye volshebnye veschi. leave a comment home  impressum - about us