The Private Notebook of Katie Roberts, Age 11

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Summary: Second Book in Series
Review: "The Private Notebook of Katie Roberts, Age 11" takes place a short time after WWII, the war in which Katie's father died. Now she and her mother are leaving New York City for Langley, Texas, so her mother can remarry. Katie instantly dislikes rural life (she was born a "city girl"), and she uses the red notebook her friendly old neighbor (Mrs. Leitstein) from NYC gave her to express her feelings of being different (she's Jewish, as well as the new kid at school), being ignored by her mother for her stepfather, and then finding out her mother is expecting a baby.

Although "The Private Notebook of Katie Roberts, Age 11" occurs in the late 1940s, it seemed more contemporary than a period piece. In fact, if WWII or Joe DiMaggio hadn't been mentioned, I would have thought this was a present-day story, especially since some of the illustrations don't appear six-decades old.

Still, this is an ideal book for younger readers (9 - 12), particularly girls, who don't like to read very much. It's full of illustrations on practically every page and contains short, simple journal entries. It's also just 75 pages.

Also recommended: "Love You, Soldier" (first book in this series) and "The Great Green Notebook of Katie Roberts, Who Just Turned 12 on Monday" (book #3).

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Summary: A Review By Imani Johnson, Class 5-506
Review: I read a book called 'The Private Notebook Of Katie Roberts, Age 11'. Katie has a hard life when her father dies. The Private Notebook Of Katie Roberts was written by Sonja Lamut. This book is about when Katie moves to Texas. When she arrives and stays, she says that her mother starts to get used to life there and even wears a jumper. But back in New York, she used to only wear very elegant dresses.

I feel like this book is intersting because it tells about many things that happen in real life. One of my least favorite parts was when she moved to Texas. I did not like it because she had to move away from her friends. One of my favorite parts was when she had made a new best friend. That's because you always need a friend around so you won't be lonely.

My opinion about this book is that every body can read this book. Well, actually I think this book would be more for girls because it's about a girl's lifestyle. Even though boys go through life to, it sounds like a book more for girls. This book is realistic fiction. I wonder if Katie ever learned to like Sam (her step father). The lesson of the story is not to be selfish or get into a fight or you won't have any friends.

I still would like to know when her brothers started to go to school and also, if Sam ever got to adopt her. This book is recommended to a lot of people (especially girls!) who go through changes like katie did. I liked the ending, but you'll have to read it to find out...

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Summary: fun and exiting book
Review: i think that book was a good book for children.it talkes about how a city girl moves to texas and her mother being married and getting pregnant.katie doesnt like her new father because she misses her old father who died in a war.it is a wonderful book and i recomend it to mature children.read it someday and you will know what i mean!