Wednesday, January 27, 2010

number the stars

right now there smuggling people to a boat

RANGER'S APPRENTICE

I'm reading book 7 of Ranger's Apprentice so far its really good I just reached a sort of boring chapter its boring because the main characters are just sitting around negotiating and not doing anything but I think it will start getting interesting really soon. It is after the forth book because the writer left important part of the series out.

DRAGON QUEST

I am halfway done Dragon quest. What I like about this book is that it has adventures, battles, and mythical creatures. Dragon quest is a great book and if anyone likes fantasy stories, you should read this book.

THe tale of Despereaux

This book is starting to get very exiting. because Despereaux is getting thrown in. a Giant pit of rats right now.

Evil Genius by Catherine Jinks

I have finished Evil Genius. The end turned out different than I expected. This was definitely an interesting book and people should read it. I have recently become interested in human psychology, which is what this book was mostly about. I like books that are mostly about people with a higher IQ level than regular humans

Fifteen

The book I am reading is called "Fifteen" by Beverly Cleary. I like this book because it has humor and joy. It makes me worried in some parts but happy and joyfully in others. This book is made for the ages of 13-16 in my opinion. It talks about school, relationships, and friends. Its a good book to read in high school, (i think) because of what is has to say! If you want to know more, then read it!!

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

The Diary of A Young Girl - More Thoughts

I’m still reading The Diary of A Young Girl. Where I am, it’s 1944 now, and Anne has grown up quite a bit since first arriving in the Secret Annexe. She’s been in the same building with the same people for a year and three quarters of a year – straight. I’m surprised that she hasn’t gone crazy. The Van Daans (the other family hiding with them) have a son named Peter. Anne is a teenage girl, and Peter is a teenage boy, so it’s not much of a surprise that Anne and Peter have sort of become… more than friends. So there are a few pages straight about Peter, then a page or two about something else, than more about Peter! At times, she seems obsessed with Peter! She talks with him frequently.

However, she does talk about Annexe life as well. And there is something scary going on in the part I’m in the middle of. They are scared that they may have been found out. Someone broke into the building, and they think it may have been the police. It’s quite frightening to read, and sort of sad, too, because this may have been how they were found out. No one is sure just who reported the Franks, but it is possible that it was one of the people who broke in. However, judging from the length of the book, it’s not the end just yet. But it’s sickening to think that it may have been the beginning of the end.

DRAGON QUEST

I ma Almost half way done Dragon Quest. Kale and and others stayed at wizard fenworths castle for a few days and learned how to use magic. Kale finds out that she has a mother and they are going to rescue her.

number the stars

at the uncles house there is some people who come and Annemarie one of the kids got tolled by there uncial that they are smuggling Jews people to safety in Switzerland

The tale of Despereax

This book is starting to get boring. He is mostly walking around in the castle . and it is starting to get better. He is about to be thrown in a pit of rats.

Evil Genius by Catherine Jinks

In the book Cadel just found out that his father (evil dude trying to take over the world) is actually not his father but just some crazy genius dude in prison. Cadel is now trying to run away from the people of Axis and his real father. The cops have now found him and are taking him to to the station so he does not get discovered by Axis people. There is this one guy named Vadi who is part amphibian and part human, he has webbed fingers and toes, the coolest thing is he has gills.

CARTOON WORLD HISTORY

The cartoon world history book I'm reading is manly about Spanish and how they took over the Indies. And how they stole all the Aztecs gold and silver.

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Anne Frank - The Diary of a Young Girl

I’m now reading The Diary Of A Young Girl by Anne Frank. If you haven’t read it, you’ll probably be forced to eventually. Anne’s family had to go into hiding during the Holocaust, so they stayed with another family in a place called the “Secret Annexe” from 1942 to 1944. It’s amazing how thoughtful a self-described “thirteen-year old schoolgirl” can be. (Imagine that – she was around my age when she was there and when she wrote all this.) What happens is that she’s a normal girl, living the good life, all the sudden the Germans come in and gradually take away their freedom, then things get so bad that the Jews have to go into hiding – or else the Nazis will get them and take them away to concentration camps. The Franks are being helped by non-Jewish friends of the family, who bring them food and supplies and try to keep the “Secret Annexe” secret.

As one can imagine, seven (later eight) people cooped up in a small space for two years will get into a lot of fights. Anne mentions these fights frequently. They’re usually between the Franks and the other family. And to add to that, there is the constant threat of discovery by the Nazis that keeps them under pressure.

One wonders what kinds of things Anne would have written in that diary if the Holocaust had never happened. I doubt that it would be very well-known – I mean, who wants to read some schoolgirl’s diary? Well, this schoolgirl’s diary has been called “a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit.” (That was off this publication’s back cover, by the way.) Is it really all that?

I think so. For being written by a “thirteen-year old schoolgirl,” this is an amazing work.

Revenge of the Spellmans

My book is "Revenge of the Spellmans" by Lisa Lutz! I just finished it! Everything worked out. She was being blackmailed and someone found out her secret! Izzy's secret: " She was living in the basement of her brothers house." Rae stole Izzy's car and got arrested but was told if she didn't let her go then her secret would be revealed! Once she found out who was black mailing her she went to talk to them and moved back in with her parents and started back up in the family business. All in all, everything turned out to be the way it should be!

DRAGON QUEST

I am almost to the middle of Dragon quest. Kale, Toopka, and Regidor the dragon at wizard Fenworths castle. Fenworth and Dar are out fighting mordakleeps. kale and the other are trying to help wizard Fenwoth by performing water spells

number the stars

I like this book because it gives some information on what it is like to live during this time

TUCKET'S HOME

Tucket's home is the book that's one book after Tucket's ride in the end of Tucket's home MR.Tuckets friend dies and he finds his family and lives happily ever after.

The tale of Despereanux by Kate dicamillo

I just barely started this book. And it is good. there is some boring stuff. But it is good. The boring stuff is some times it dicribes him walking around.

Evil Genius by Catherine Jinks

The "bad guy" is revealed. I always wondered about the bad guy and just because he evil to the "good guy" he might think that what we consider evil he/she thinks is right. I'm nearing the end of this book and the good guy v.s bad guys scene is starting up. I've noticed in books and movies that at the second that you think the good guy is about to die or someone else is, all of a sudden something happens or something clicks in their heads. I think that is a big cliche and if I write stories I'll make sure the bad guys win. I think this is one of the most interesting books I've read and a good book to consider reading.

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Pearls of Lutra

I’m almost done with Pearls of Lutra. I’m reading the climactic battle scene. I’m sure it will end well, but at least one of the good characters will die. That is how every Redwall book I have ever read ends. Wait - a good character (or two!) died already, around the middle of the book. However, many more bad characters have been slain. If one were to do a body count, the good guys have the upper hand – or in this case, paw. Just like in all the other Redwall books.

I think the reason for all these happy endings is because people, especially children, prefer happy endings. But actually, there is some tragedy in the Redwall books. For example, in Martin the Warrior, someone important dies. (I won’t say who, so as not to spoil the ending.) When good characters die in the series, they make a big deal about it. That’s probably because the good guys are always outnumbered, so when one of the “vermin” dies, that’s no big deal – there are plenty more. (Unless he/she was a leader of course, then the book makes a big deal about that.) But the reader’s sympathies are (usually) with the heroes and heroines of the story, so when one of them dies, that’s sad for the other protagonists - and the reader, too.

Evil Genius by Catherine Jinks

This books mane character is a boy named Cadel Piggot, he is thirteen years old and has an IQ of over 200. Evil Genius is interesting because it's focused around people that are very intelligent or have interesting powers like spontaneous combustion and so forth. Cadel is mostly interested in computers and math. He attends a school called Axis Institute. Some of the classes at Axis are Assassination, basic lying, and computer hacking.

DRAGON QUEST

I am almost half way done Dragon Quest. The main character is Kale and the Author is Donita K Paul. Along the way back to wizard Fenworths castle Kale and the other were attacked by giant poison spiders and Kale was hurt by the poison in her body. So Kale and the other rushed to the teleporting gates to wizard Fenworths castle to get her healed there.

Revenge of the spellmans

This book "Revenge of the Spellmans" by Lisa Lutz is a fictional book. This book makes me feel happy, and frightened. Happy, because she finally found a place to live, and is working. She is almost back in the Spellman investigations, but her parents still are not talking to her because of what she did. If you want to find out what she did you will have to read the book. It makes me sad because the place she is living is in her brothers basement. He doesn't know she is living there. I have no idea how she sneaks by the windows in the house and not get caught by her brother. Tis has been going on for about a month now. She had a dream that her brother called in the "*squad*" to get her out of his house, but luckily it was only a dream, for now.

Hiroshima

Hiroshima is about. when they bombed Hiroshima in japan with a atom bomb. the main charecters name is Sachi. I like this book to.