Book 5

Here's a sneak preview of the title of my fifth book. The title is "Ghost of the Chicken Coop Theater," and it involves ghosts, and new characters who show up at Keswick Inn. Bailey doesn't like them at all, and neither do all her friends. It should be available sometime in the fall.
Meanwhile, this is the weekend that Isabel is having her Wild Women of Lake Anna party. She's made up games that go along with the book, and all her friends have read the first book. She is having a special cake with the book's cover printed on it. I wish I could be there, but I am thinking a lot about what fun she and her friends are having.

Juliana's book report

Bailey asked me to share this with you from Juliana, who is also 11. They don't know each other, but Juliana wrote this book report about the No Sisters Sisters Club. We thought it was very good. Thanks, Juliana.

BOOK REPORT I chose to do my book report on No Sisters Sisters Club which was written by Linda Salisbury. It was published by Tabby House and copy written in 2006. This book is set in our time and in Virginia. This fictional story has characters such as Bailey, Sugar (her grandmother) Emily, Justin and Norma Jean. This book tells of how Bailey Fish meets her father and an annoying half sister she’s never met. When she finds out that Norma Jean, her half sister, is going to stay at her house for a week, she is not excited. When Norma Jean and Bailey have to save Sallie they must work together. And when their father takes them for ice cream, Bailey gets a very unwanted surprise! I thought this book was well-written because it was very engaging.. This book is very much true-to-life because every thing in the book is possible. I liked this book because Bailey has two kittens and it has a good and engaging plot. If I had to rate this book I would rate it the highest rating possible. I learned from this book that first impressions can be deceiving. And to always be cautious around strangers.

By Juliana Hennig

Birdhouse surprise

When Bailey stopped by yesterday afternoon to return my copy of The Boxcar Children, we had a surprise to show her. The last time the bear came through our yard, he tore up a little apple tree and knocked down the bluebird house (with a nest in it) that was on a metal pole.
Because the bear has knocked them down so many times, we decided to put the bluebird houses on trees, even though the birds like poles better. The birds have been going in and out of the far house, but hadn't done much more than look in the nearer one with the old nest in it. So we decided to remove the old nest in case they wanted to start over.

My husband tapped on the near house, and to his great surprise, a flying squirrel scurried out and climbed up the cedar tree. He opened the house's door just a teeny bit and saw baby squirrels in the former bluebird nest. Bailey and I later saw the mother, with her beautiful wings, but decided not to alarm her further by looking at the babies. We feel quite honored that she had her babies in the yard, and we hope the bear leaves them alone.