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Showing posts with label Dan 08. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dan 08. Show all posts
Monday, May 19, 2008
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
This book was interestion because a lot of bad things are happening and Harry is just ignoring them! I think that Harry is making bad decisions and he sould think more carfully. Things are going on in my head like, "Why did you read that book?"or "Why did you fly that car?" I thought that it was interesting how Harry figured out things that he did not know about himself. I think that this book is very dramatic, but nothing compared to The Deathly Hollows. In both there are legends and mysteries. I think Harry Potter is a really good series and I would give it a 10 for it's action.
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Sunday, April 20, 2008
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
I looked at the earlier Harry Potter books and compared them to Deathly Hallows, and it is a lot more serious and intense. I think all the charecters are very grown up and it seems like an advanced book.
I thought it was strange that I could make pictures in my head, almost like a movie, even though there were people, things, animals, and words that I did not even know! I am enjoying the book more than I expected, but I have only read 90 pages, out of 759! I would still give this book a 9 or a 10 because it's a new challenging topic.
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Christopher Mouse
The book Christopher Mouse is about a small whight mouses life. I am amazed, because he always seems to know what to do, even though he is only a few weeks old. He can always tell when there's danger. When I think he's made a bad choise, it always works out. I think he has a crazy life for a mouse, and he is lucky to be alive. I was really focused when I read this book and it has a great ending. I would rate this book a 10 because I would read it again.
Monday, March 24, 2008
Watership Down by Richard Adams

Based on stories told by the author to his kids while on long car trips, this is the story of a warren of rabbits which is forced to leave its ancestral home and their journey to find a new one. This is an epic novel full of memorable characters and a tension filled, twisting, and sometimes very humourous plot. There are heroes both reluctant and unexpected, surprise allies and a great villain. In this book, the author has created a fully imagined rabbit world complete with language, legends and religion.
Watership Down is a story of survival, heroism, trust, loyalty and how, if given a chance, anyone in a group can play an important role. Characters include Bigwig, the biggest and strongest rabbit in the group, General Woundwort, the warren arch nemesis, Kehaar, a stranger who becomes a friend, Fiver, the runt, and his brother Hazel, the smartest, who becomes something he never wanted to be, a leader.
High school literature classes study this book for the allegorical nature of its plot, but you can enjoy it as a great story. This book was made into a very good animated film, but read the book first. I have a copy if anyone wants to borrow it.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Star Wars, Boba Fett
This is a book for all you STAR WARS fans. There are 6 books. The books are 'The Fight to Survive' 'Crossfire' 'Maze of Deception' 'Hunted' 'A new Threat' and 'Pursuit'. They are all about Boba Fett and what he does to survive after his father dies. All the books are very intence and have a lot of action. He cant trust anyone and he's just a kid with nowhere to go. His goal is to become the greatest bounty hunter ever, just like his dad. I would give this book a 10 because it draws you in more and more until you finish and HAVE to read the next one.
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Rules
Rules is a book about a girl whos little brother suffers from a disease that makes him really babyish and even grownups can have it. She loves her little brother but she is embarrassed at him and is over helpful and over protective to him. She has a friend in a wheel chair that she likes but she is embarrassed of him too. This shows that you do not have to be embarrassed over things you like. I would give this book a 9 because it was really good but it could use more action.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Flipped
The book Flipped, is about a little girl called Juliana who likes a boy who's name I dont remember. The girl follows the boy everywhere and does not leave him alone, but the boy wants too be left alone. I think he should just go out and be friends. If he just keeps on ignoring her something bad will most likely happen. In the book he makes many bad choises and you learn a lot from his many mistakes. In this book you ethier think "that was nice!" or "WHY DID YOU DO THAT!!!".
Thursday, January 10, 2008
From The Mixed Up Files Of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
I think this is deffenatly a fith grade book because it has a more advanced vocabulary then ushewal. It is not a huge book but good for homework reading. I thought that it was stupid to run away from home and hide in a museum. I was suprised that they where able to stay in the museum and then run back home without being discovered. I would rate this book in 8 because it did not have much plot or exitement and the auther wrote down some important things in the story to quickly sometimes. My sister recomended it.
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Watership Down
Watership Down was recomended to me and now I am really into it. It may be a bit to challenging for some people, and it started a bit slow, but its getting really exiting and the cool thing is the rabbits who are the main charecters have there own tipe of languege! It can be sad in some part so be prepared. I would give this book a rating of 8 because it is exiting but not so catching some times.
Friday, October 26, 2007
The Mouse And His Child
The book The Mouse And His Child by Russan Hoban starts out in a toy store on Christmas eve when a toy mouse and his child are sold to people and later a cat destroys them and they are thrown away. A human fixes them and sets them off free to find the elaphant, the seal, and live as a happy family in the toy house. They go though many adventures and meet many people on there exciting jurney. I would recamend this book for almost everyone because you can really enjoy the book and really be in it. The beginning went on very slowly but then you really get in to it because it gets all dangerous and exciting and it makes you read on all the way to the end, not wanting to stop.
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Warriors
Warriors is a great series about four clans of cats. There are Thunder, Wind, River, and Shadow clan. They believe in star clan and fight for territory and food. The story starts when a kittypet (pet cat) named Rusty wants to join Thunder clan. Thunder clan needs more warriors, and for the first time ever a clan lets a kittypet from a twoleg (human) house in to the clan. Rusty made friends with Graystipe whos mentor was Lionheart. Rusty became Firepaw when he got his aprentis name. Firepaw must help his clan leader, Bluestar, to lead the clan through dangerous times. Read Warriors and find out what happens next.
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