The Name at the End of the Ladder

The Name at the End of the Ladder

By Elena De Roo

Retell:

September Tuesday is 12 years old, she is old enough to get her chosen name. She is hoping that she gets a driving adventure like name, unlike everyone else at her school who have boring botanical and tree names. When she meets her counselor she is unsure if she trusts him.

Relate:

• In the story they mention the word 'gesture' a lot, and in class we were looking at the front cover of The Inaugural Celebrations of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. There was a lady who was gesturing to the sun.
• There are lots of great similes and personification, last term we looked at these writing techniques.

Reflect:

Some questions I have for this book are:

• Is it a strict city?
• What does the city look like?
• I wonder why your name is the month of your birthday before you get a proper name?

Review:

I like this book because the author uses a lot of descriptive language. I like how she uses interesting words to extend our knowledge of vocabulary.

I hope you like my review of this spectacular book if you have any feedback please comment down below what I can improve on.

;p