…………………………….. . The Big Read: The Lemonade War
.. This year my school is doing “The Big Read”. The Big Read is when your school receives books for the whole school to read, and then after reading chapters you answer questions. Our school has “The Lemonade War” this year. Since this is a chapter book it’s hard to read for kindergartners and 1st graders they have teachers reading the story and they recorded it for them to listen to it instead. Or if you don’t have enough time to read it you can listen to it too. In my opinion this book isn’t the best in the whole wide world, but it’s not a bad book. I would still recommend this book to 4th and 3rd graders because this chapter book isn’t too hard or easy to read. I would also recommend it because it shows how siblings fight and how they can stop it. The book is about two siblings who have a contest with lemonade stands because in the beginning the older sibling Evan tells his sister Jessie that she can’t keep up with 4th graders.
.. Evan and Jessie got along well, but Evan was mad that since there weren’t enough 2nd graders Jessie would be in 4th grade with him. Since Evan didn’t want to do the lemonade stand with Jessie this year he instead did it with a 4th grader Scott. And because Jessie wanted to prove to Evan that she could keep up with 4th graders she decided to do a lemonade stand with Megan because she was just three blocks down and was a 4th grader. Because they were both doing lemonade stands they made a bet. The bet was that by the time summer ended they would both count their money and whoever got the most money got the other person’s earnings. They both battle it out with their lemonade stands to see who gets the most money. I didn’t finish the book, but to find out who wins you should read the book.
.. Some schools might not do this, but at my school we have 5th and 6th graders selling lemonade to us at lunch to see who wins. And because there’s not a bunch of room for both stands one week is for 6th grade and the other week is for 5th grade. And because my brother is in 6th grade I obviously want him to win. In our school both grades have been putting up posters to persuade us to buy their lemonade. Some people are arguing that their lemonade is better, but its the same lemonade, and it’s for the same cause so it doesn’t really matter. The money raised goes to Alexis Lemonade Stand and the money goes to kids that are suffering from cancer. The goal that our school has set is $2,000 , and each cup is 25 cents so all you need is a quarter.