LET'S GO THERE!

A Site Review
RACHELVILLE

I love reading, and I love visiting Rachelville. This site, which is on Imagination Island, has lots of reviews of children's books and plenty of places to explore. It's lots of funs to go there!

Rachelville is a tribute to a little girl with a vivid imagination. She made up stories about a fantasy world starring her favorite stuffed animals. Many of the tales that the girl made up were her way of making sense of her reality, in which she was being treated for acute myeloid leukemia. Rachel died shortly before her eighth birthday, which is very sad, and now her parents are honoring her memory with this site.

There are notecard reviews of childrens books written by librarians all over Rachelville. You will also find fanciful builds like the Dragon's Maze and a garden in the style of The Secret Garden, which was one of Rachel's favorite books. One of my favorites was the Castle of Dreams, which holds information about medieval times.

One time I visited Rachelville, there was a tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King in the tp spot of Balance Point Plaza. Visitors were encouraged to learn more about his dream and work via weblinks.

Another time, our class visited a Children of Africa exhibit at Rachelville on Feb. 13. I was very surprised to be tped there, because I had left school early to see this exhibit the day before! I even got to meet Bono Vox, lead singer of the U2 in SL group; the real and SL Bonos both are sooo much into African causes.

The exhibit featured photographs taken by students in Namibian and Zambian orphanages. The pictures were so wonderful--the kids had the most beautiful faces you could imagine. I wanted to meet them all and be their friend!