Summary Of Going To Buy A Book By Rukmini Banerji

For my contemporary realistic fiction story, I decided to read Going to Buy a Book by Rukmini Banerji. This is a story about a grandfather giving his grandchildren money to buy a book. The children have to decide when to buy a book, where to buy a book and what type of book to buy. I feel that is story demonstrates the qualities that a well written contemporary realistic fiction book should have because the author creates a vivid, realistic setting that supports buying a book, characters are believable and the problems they encounter are believable for young readers. I selected this book because this is a type of situation that I found myself in as a child and the cover of the story drew my attention to the book. I was very engage through the story and the author brought the story to life with their images. I feel that this story would be very engaging for children because it has a issue that they might come across when they are given money to buy a book.
Urangoo. This book is about a boy that finds himself master to three horses after they destroy a field. Ivan learns the consequences of picking up a bad luck charm. This story has all the characteristics of a well written fantasy literature book. The author makes the story events imaginative and the writing is rich and structures of the story are well thought out. Also the theme of the story has meaning that causes young readers to think about life. I selected this book because I liked the cover of the book and the story summary drew me into reading the story. I was engaged throughout the story because the author created vivid images that drew the story into life. I feel that children will be engaged with this story because they will love the evil and good in the story and will love the vivid pictures that the author