The Cat Who Talked to Ghosts. By Lilian J. Braun

Signifigance: This book is very signifigant because it tells us that you shouldn't under-estimate anyone, or any animal in this case, of their ability of what they can, or cannot do. Cats are the least "things" you would expect to help Qwilleran solve the mosted talked about mystery in Pickax, and until further evidence is found, you wouldn't think that Boswell, a crippled old man, would committ murder to the most loved lady in that county. This book is part of a series of novels, and thats where i think the author gets some of her inspiration. She also has 2 simese cats like in the story. I chose to read this book because the title is very creative, and eye catching. You would expect to read about a cat who could talk, and seeing unrealistic ghosts, but it turns out to be a different story. Also with a great title, it plays with your imagination, and sends you thinking about possible soloutions, and you haven't even read the book yet.

Perspective: The author of this book is Lilian Jackson Braun, and she is known for creating these "The Cat Who..." books. I think this story's time period was in the 1950's because the murder scene wasn't as properly checked looked at as crime scene investigations now in days. I am looking at the these issues at a narator's point of view, but since Qwilleran is the main cahracter, and the character that the narating is based apon, we look at his thought the most. I want the reader to think of this book as a reminder to always judge someone by their personality, not there looks, intellegence.

Evidence: This is a mystery story; so much evidence is needed to support the concluconclusion. So if one thing changed, everything would change. That is what makes a murder mystery so hard to comprehend, you have to memorize a lot of little details that make up the conclusion.sion. Like if Qwilleran never found the family tree in the bible, he might not of solved the case. And if he never got the call from Ms. Cobb at night, he wouldn’t be asked to stay in her apartment, and he wouldn’t of found the evidence in the apartment, he wouldn’t of gotten the proof he needed in the museum, or from his nosy, and loud neighbor, Boswell, who ends up to be the murderer. But the evidence proves your assumption.

Connection: I really couldn’t relate myself with any of the characters because they were in another time period, and they were all old, but I could relate an incident that this book is trying to teach us. In the book they taught me not to make assumptions without proof like I said in the last paragraph. It taught me that anyone, or any thin is capable of doing anything. Like sometimes someone pulls a prank, and we immediately assume that the kids that goof around the most did it. Later on we found out that someone you might not of thought would do, did it. This reminded me of a quote by detective: “after eliminating all of the suspects, the unimaginable is the faultier.” I think that is his quote. It means after you figure out the obvious criminals didn’t do it, it’ll be the improbable person.

Supposition: I think that if Qwilleran never hired Ms. Cobb as his housewife, they would of never known each other, and Qwilleran wouldn’t of solved the murder that woke up Pickax. Also if Qwilleran was a lady that would totally change the story. First of all he wouldn’t go out with a girl librarian, and she wouldn’t have helped him get the facts to solve the mystery. Events lead to events, and those events lead to more events, and that leads to details, and pretty soon your at the conclusion. So if one thing changed, everything would change. That is what makes a murder mystery so hard to comprehend, you have to memorize a lot of little details that make up the conclusion

Frindle - Andrew Clements

Significance- I think that this story is very significant and has a lot of meaning because it tells the us that your imagination is your own limit to what you create. In this story, Nick is getting punished, and blamed from alot of the teachers for creating a replacement word (Frindle) for the word pen. Everyone should read this book because it talks about someone that isn't afraid to break free from fear, and get the nerve to create something that could get him in so much trouble. A risk like this takes strength, and confidence. I'm not saying to not listen to your teachers, but if you find something not fair, or something that needs to be changed, them go for what you heart believes in.
Perspective- This story was written by Andrew Claments, who is a Christopher Award winning author. I am looking at this from Nick's point of view, and I am on his side. For the whole story, I thought that the mean language arts teacher was the bad guy, but at the end, I figured that she was all for the frindle idea in the first place. (This is a 3rd grade level book)
Evidence- The authors brings up alot of facts while making the character fight the teacher. He tells us alot about the origin of the Webster Dictionary, and alot of facts about the origin of the word pen. In my opinion, although he is the main character of the story, I felt that he was not developed with much detail. I would sure like to know more about him. In the story he gets interviewed by many news casters, where are the details about that. I guess that they only put big details for the important parts, but every part should be important in the book.
Connection- This story is specifically connected to kids telling them to create things that you believe in. This story has inspired me to start saying the word frindle instead of pen. And one of my goals is to create the word gorange, which means beautiful, or gorgeous. That way there will finally be a word to rhyme with orange. If Nick hadn't made the word frindle, there wouldn't be this story. I know that this is a really a third grade level book. but it has inspired me to borrow my sister's Andrew Clements books.
Supposition-If this story took place back in the prehistoric age, maybe Nick would be calling a rock the frindle. Well, actually, back then, the english language wasn't developed. If Nick was older in the story, maybe in 7th, or 8th grade, I don't think the teachers would hate hime using that word so much. They would let him say that word as long as it didn't affect his work. If the story took place at HTMMA, it would actually turn into a short fad.