Theras and His Town

This book is about a boy named Theras. Living in ancient Greece, Theras loves his beautiful town Athens. He has a very good life, many servants, a loving family. But after a while, a war is declared and his father Pheidon, has to leave to fight. Theras works hard to try to take his fathers place until he comes home, but is not prepared for the sudden change that is soon to come into his life. One day, a cousin of Theras' father comes to their house with sad news: Pheidon has been killed in the war. Later that day, another relative who does not get along with Theras' family comes to say that he is taking Theras to Sparta, where he lives. Theras will live there until he is old enough to take care of his family. So Theras has to leave and go to Sparta, where life is much harder than life in Athens. One day, he meets a shepherd boy who's name is Abas. When something terrible happens to Abas' brother, the two boys decide to run away from Sparta forever.
I enjoyed this book quite a bit. 5 stars.

Night Journeys

This is a very good book, but it is pretty exciting (I was all tense while reading some parts). It is by Avi, and it is about an orphan named Peter York. He gets adopted by a Quaker family named the Shinns when everyone in his family dies of fever. One night some men knock on the door and tell Mr. Shinn that there are some runaway indentured servants (big men as far as Peter has heard) on the loose. He went to look for them, and Peter persuaded Mr. Shinn to let him go too. After that, he has lots of adventures, including nearly drowning in the swollen river and meeting up with a mysterious girl who ends up being...well, I can't give everything away! Read it to find out!

Winona's Pony Cart

This book is by Maud Hart Lovelace, and it is about one of Betsy, Tacy, and Tib's friends: Winona Root.
Winona's 8th birthday is coming up and she is going to have a party. Her father,who is the editor of the newspaper, prints out 15 invatations. Her mother addresses them all to her friend's children, and other children that Winona is friends with(or she thinks Winona is friends with). But Winona wanted to invite other children, so she just tells them at school. But her main concern is what she wants for her birthday. Winona wants a pony really bad, so she told everybody that she is getting one. But as the day draws near, she is not so sure. What if she didn't get a pony for her birthday? She has lots of fun at her party, and then came her heart's desire. A man came out of the stables leading a pony harnessed to a cart! All the children have fun riding in the cart, and when they left, Winona went out to see her pony. But he is not there! She ran out of the stables, only to see the man leading away the pony! He told her that his bussiness was to go and give children rides on the pony, and now he was going to another town. Winona was heartbroken, but soon recovered. Her parents have a discussion and decide to buy the pony. Winona learned how to take care of him, and also learned a lesson on growing up.