Karen's Secret Valentine

by Ann M. Martin

Book Overview

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0590691902
• ISBN13: 9780590691901
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Length: 106 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 7.4"
• Age Range: 7 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 4

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IT IS A GREAT AND MUST READ BOOK!!!!!!

THE BOOK KAREN'S SECRET VALENTINE IS KIND OF HARD TO STOP READING ONCE YOU ALREADY PUT YOUR NOSE INTO,THE VALENTINES DAY ACTIVITY THAT MS.COLMAN PLANNED IS FUN BECAUSE I HAVE PLAYED IT, BUT I AGREE IT'S NOT REALLY FUN IF YOU HAVE TO SEND NICE NOTES AND GIFTS TO SOMEONE YOU DON'T LIKE,I HAVE BEEN THROUGH IT IN A SIMILAR WAY,THIS MONTH OUR TEACHER MRS.AREVALO TOLD US TO SEND NICE NOTES TO EVRYONE IN THE CLASS FOR VALENTINE'S DAY THAT WAY NO ONE WOULD BE LEFT OUT AND FEEL BAD.THE ONLY DIFFERENT THING WAS THAT WE COULD SAY WHO WE WERE.I DIDN'T MIND AT ALL SINCE I LIKE DOING THESE SORT OF THINGS,BUT THERE IS A CERTAIN PERSON IN MY CLASS (I WON'T SAY WHO IT IS) THAT I DON'T REALLY LIKE,HE BUGS TOO MUCH,AND I WON'T DENY THAT I BUG HIM BACK SOMETIMES,BUT IT IS REALLY THE ONLY THING I CAN DO SO HE WILL KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT.IGNORING PEOPLE JUST DOESN'T WORK SOMETIMES. WELL.....BACK TO THE BOOK,I THINK ALL OF THE BOOKS I HAVE READ,THE BEST AUTHORS ARE ANN M MARTIN,PAULA DANZIGER AND J.K ROWLING. EVEN THOUGH SOME THINGS THAT ANN M MARTIN WRITES IN HER BOOKS ARE CLEARLY NOT EASY ACCOMPLISHED,I FEEL THAT SHE HAS AN AWESOME ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND CHILDREN AND THEIR PROBLEMS AND MAKE THE CHARACTERS IN HER BOOKS JUST LIKE THEM. IN THE STORY KAREN DRAWS THE NAME OF HER "WORST ENEMY" OUT OF A HAT,THAT'S NOT REALLY GOOD NEWS,BUT KAREN RELUCTANTLY AGREES FOR PAMELA TO BE HER SECRET VALENTINE WHEN NOBODY WANTS TO TRADE VALENTINES WITH HER,EVEN THOUGH IT'LL BE HARD BECAUSE DAYS EARLIER SHE HAD HIT PAMELA WITH A SNOWBALL.DAYS PASS AND KAREN DOES WHAT SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO DO,BUT THEN PAMELA STARTS GETTING MEAN NOTES ,A DOG TREAT AND DEAD BUGS FROM HER SECRET VALENTINE. BUT KAREN DIDN'T DO IT,ALSO NANCY(ONE OF KAREN'S BEST FRIENDS)ISN'T GETTING ANYTHING FROM HER SECRET VALENTINE. THIS ISN'T THE END OF KAREN'S PROBLEMS SHE HAS ALSO GOT ONE AT HER DAD'S HOME(HER PARENTS ARE DIVORCED,AND SHE WAS LIVING AT HER DAD'S THAT MONTH)HER STEP BROTHER DAVID MICHAEL LIKES HER OTHER BEST FRIEND,HANNIE.BUT HANNIE DOESN'T LIKE HIM,SO KAREN TRIES TO CONVINCE HER TO BE NICE TO HIM,BUT SHE REFUSES SO KAREN STARTS PUTTING PRESENTS IN THE MAIL FOR HIM SAYING THEY ARE FROM HANNIE.THE ONLY GOOD THING THAT IS GOING ON IS THAT KAREN AND SOME OF HER FRIENDS ARE GOING TO PUT ON AN ICE SKATING SHOW .ONE DAY NEAR VALENTINE'S DAY KAREN TELLS HANNIE WHAT SHE DID WITH DAVID MICHEL AND THEY END UP IN A FIGHT.THEN VALENTINE'S DAY COMES AND EVERYTHING IS CLEAR. 1:IT TURNS OUT ONE OF PAMELA'S BEST FRIENDS SENT ALL THE MEAN THINGS,BECAUSE SHE HAD ALSO GOTTEN INTO A FIGHT WITH PAMELA,(FIND OUT WHY YOURSELF)AND NANCY HADN'T GOTTEN ANYTHING BECAUSE TWO OF HER CLASSMATES HAD GOTTEN THE SAME PERSON TWICE AS THEIR SECRET VALENTINE BECAUSE MS.COLMAN HAD WRITTEN THE SAME NAME TWICE. 2:HANNIE AND KAREN FINALLY MADE UP BECAUSE NOW DAVID MICHEL LIKED SOMEONE ELSE,SO HE THOUGHT ALL THE GIFTS WERE FROM THAT PERSON. 3:THE ICE SKATING SHOW WAS A BIG HIT. THAT WAS THE MOST CONFUSING VALENTINE'S DAY EVER!