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Kazunomiya Prisoner of Heaven Kathryn Lasky Scholastic, Inc. © 2004 |
This book was about a princess in Japan in 1858 that wrote poems. She was about to get married to a guy she did not even know. She ended up marrying another guy but four years later he died and they are not sure of what. I’m not really sure if this is really what happened because all the facts were really confusing.
This book was one of the most boring books I have ever read in my whole life because it was hard to follow along. There was one part I did like was the end of the book when they put in the extra facts about who the people were and what exactly they did. I think more books should do that because it would make them more interesting. In this book there are a lot of things that need fixed like maybe some of the facts like the way they are said so that we can understand what is going on so that younger kids can understand them and it would not take them so long to read. I also liked the fact it was non-fiction because it really happened and it tells us facts that went on when we were not born yet. But other then those two it was really really boring.
I don’t think this book is meant to be for younger children the age it should be is around 13- and older to kids who like non-fiction because it would be way too confusing. I think it is easier for younger kids to comprehend fiction books to non-fiction book because they get more into them. But if someone likes non-fiction they would love to read this book because it would inform them a lot but to me it is just plain confusing.
~ Jennifer Shelatz, Grade 7, Linesville High School