Books For Bao

I hate to see Bao struggle to read like this. I see him push himself to read books that others like instead of books that he may like. I'd like to suggest some books I've read in the past the he may like.

During a summer, I read a book called "Small Steps". It's a sequal to the book "Holes" which Bao has read before. It's about a boy who had some trouble when he lost his temper at a movie theater and got locked up. Now he's out and free and it's about his life afterwards. He's doesn't know what to do with his life and a friend of his drags him into one of his get rich quick schemes and then all of these events happen to him. It's a great story with a great moral. To see what happens go read.

Another one to recommend is sort of a going series called the "Five Ancestors". It's about a Cangzen Shaolin Temple attacked by a former student and five of the students escape. The five children who are masters at five different styles of kung-fu, depending on their nature in comparison to animals. For example, the first book is about Fu, an impatient child who is always loosing his temper and always wants to fight. He resembles the Tiger, which Fu means in Cangzen chinese. The five children set off on different journeys in search of their past. The series is full of plot twists. And it doesn't even stop at the five children but it goes beyond them to others in the story.

I remember reading a bunch of books by the author Linda Sue Park. She writes many books based on the Korean history. One of my favorite books that she wrote was The Kite Fighters. It's about two brothers who have great interests in kites. The younger brother is great in flying the kites with great technique and the older brother can't fly well, but gifted in making them. Soon a kite festival is held and their father asks the older brother to represent the king's kite in a competition even though the younger brother was much more skilled in flying one and was even asked to by the king. Despite this, it is a tradition to have the eldest son carry a family name. The story tells a fantastic story of loyalty between brothers. It reminds me of Bao and myself.

I hope one of these books can help Bao find the right kind for him.