PUK Bookworms

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  • THE STAR ZOO

    Harry Gilbert  Yuto Fukushima, Nagito Masunaga, Natsuki Nishi, Kokoro Suigetsu, Mao Kuwahara  1)Summry   The book is set in the world 20,000years from people who cannot live in earth are moved to another planet.Animals had become imaginary creatures, because they had been settled by humans alone.The protagonist is a girl whose name is “Hummingbird”.  One day,…

  • “Sherlock Holmes” by Auther Conan Doyle

    Reviewed by Sota Segawa, Soma Fukuda, Hinata Koba, Tomoka Eura 1: Summery  This story started with a murder case in a certain country. A man was killed by someone. Unfortunately, his son named James was suspected as a criminal by police. However, Sherlock Holmes, who is a detective, thought he was not a criminal. James…

  • New York by Vicky Shipton

    Reviewed by Kanna Fujiwara, Ayana Soga, Mahiro Yuki, Jintaro Soejima  This book is about information on New York City. For example, the location, famous buildings and the history. New York is a world-class city in culture and economy. New York City has a thriving trade due to its port.         The book says that…

  •  A Christmas Carol      by Charles Dickens

                    Reviewed by Yumi Shibutani, Nagisa Nobe, Yushin Nagashio, Ayako Matsuda 1.Summery   This is a Christmas story. The protagonist, Scrooge, declared that Christmas was nonsense. To him, the only thing that mattered was making money. However, three spirits appeared before him. Together with them, Scrooge embarked on a journey through the hidden aspects of Christmas…

  • The lost world

                                        Michael Crichton        Yuto Fukushima, Nagito Masunaga, Natsuki Nishi, Kokoro Suigetsu, Mao Kuwahara                             1.Summry   This book is written about the appearance of dinosaurs revived in modern times. Four years before this story, Jurassic Park was damaged by dinosaurs. The main character, Dr. Malcolm, was ordered to go to Jurassic Park. However, due to the tragedy four…

  • Frankenstein by Mary Sheller 

    Reviewed by Sota Segawa, Soma Fukuda, Hinata Koba, Tomoka Eura 1、Summary There is a man called Frankenstein. He is a young scientist and he has a strong curiosity about life. Someday he corrected many types of human parts. and combined them. Eventually, he succeeded in making artificial life but that is ugly.  The monster is…

  • Princess Diana                            by  Cherry Gilchrist

    Reviewed by Yumi shibutani, Ayako Matsuda, Nagisa Nobe, Yushin Nagashio 1. Summary      Diana Spencer was the beautiful English princess who changed the picture of the Royal Family. She did not become the Queen of Britain, but she was loved by a lot of people. She wanted to be loved by her husband, but she could…

  • ”British Life” written by Anne Collins

    Reviewed by Kanna Fujiwara, Ayana Soga, Mahiro Yuki, Jintaro Soejima 1. Summery  Britain is the eighth largest island in the world. It is about 250,000 square kilometers in size and 1,000 kilometers from north to south.  The British eat breakfast and afternoon tea. And the British do not only drink tea these days. Coffee is…

  • “How to be an Alien” by George Mikes

        Reviewed by Mao Kuwahara,  Kokoro Suigetsu, Nagito Masunaga  Yuto Fukushima, Natsuki Nishi  1)Summary  The book is about how strange English people are from the perspective of the author. Aliens are a strange thing. The book tells you that the English people are aliens. I am going to tell you the one thing that English…

  • “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare

    Reviewed by Sota Segawa, Soma Fukuda, Hinata Koba, Tomoka Eura This story is a tragic story but there are many points to learn. For example, it is to fall in love with two people who compete with each other in their family.I think from that point. Every person is equal when they fall in love.…

  • “The House by the Sea” by Patricia Aspinall

    Reviewed by Yushin Nagashio, Ayako Matsuda, Yumi Shibutani, Nagisa Nobe,  1) Summary      It’s a story about a guy called Carl Anderson searching for his disappeared wife called Linda. Carl and his wife have a secondary house near the sea, and are supposed to go there every weekend together, but Carl is so busy at his…

  • “Titanic” by Paul Shipton

    Reviewed by Kanna Fujiwara, Ayana Soga, Mahiro Yuki, Jintaro Soejima 1. Summary      This book is written about the true story of the Titanic and the Titanic movie. It starts with the introduction of the ship, people who actually existed and his or her story, and it says about the Titanic on film. Ship that was…