Fantasy

Pimwalan Boonsajjaritthikul Humanities 1/2 Mrs. Williams Summer reading Review: The tapestry Book 1, The hound of rowan By: Henry H. Neff Setting: Rowan academy in England Plot:Max Mcdaniels discovered a mysterious tapestry of the cattle raid of Cooley, entered the world of magic old and ancient. He was transferred to a boarding school in England called Rowan Academy to train his special power skills. Main characters: Max Mcdaniels: A normal ordinary boy who lives with his father in California until he discovered a mysterious tapestry, his life changed forever. David Menlo: A tiny pale looking boy, Max’s roommate in Rowan who holds incredible power. Theme: Spells, good or bad depends on the user. The Praises for this book wrote that the book helps ease the wanting of reading Harry Potter after withdrawal, ‘Neff’s tale certainly has potential and should help ease the suffering once Harry Potter withdrawal sets in.’ Well I didn’t like Harry Potter that much, so I tried it instead of Harry Potter. It was a great book. This book is kind of like Harry Potters in many ways. There are spells and powerful antagonists and main characters go to an academy to train their magic skills. I recommend this book to people who likes magic and spells, the fantasy worlds, fairy and other mystical creature because this book has all of them. The story’s plot isn’t that bad so I think many people will enjoy it. The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan   ﻿"The Last Olympian" is the last story of the "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" series. I chose this book because I read the other four books of the series and it was really fun. One day Percy, Jackson learns that he was a Demigod (half human and half god) and his father is Poseidon. And he went to Half-blood camp where it's only a safe place for the Demigods and learned how to fight against mythes. On the fifth story, Kronos, the Titan is reforming and Percy tries to stop him. Because Kronos' son, Zeus has killed him, he has a hatred of all the Gods and wants to destroy the Olympus. Luke, the son of the Hermes is helping Kronos to reform and he started to send armies to the Olympus. So Percy and all of his mates fight against them to protect the Olympus. I really enjoyed this series. Last year, I chose "The Lightning Thief" for the book club and I really liked it that I kept reading the next books after the book club. It was not very difficult for me to read and I liked all the stories of this series. I recommend "The Lightning Thief", the first book of this series to all the students who haven't read it. Kodai Twilight by Stephanie Meyer This wasn’t my first choice in a book. It all started out when most of my friends were reading this book. I said, “No way am I ever going to read a book like that.” Then when I went to Costco I saw twilight and I said, why not. And I started reading it. The first 20-50 pages are really boring because it tells you about the setting which is forks and then talks about everybody.

Then as I kept on reading it got better. The quote that got me was on the back of the book. “About three things I was absolutely positive about. First, Edward was a vampire. Second, there was a part of him- and I didn’t know how potent that part might be- that thirsted for my blood. And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him.” The plot is mostly about how Edward and Bella’s bond grows stronger and stronger. Speaking of Edward and Bella let me describe them to you. Edward is Bella’s dream. Edward is a vampire who loves the smell of her blood. Bella is a girl who moves from phoenix.

She feels out of place but there are lots of nice people at her school. One of the themes in this book is love. That is how Edward and Bella meet. Another theme is trust. Bella trusts Edward enough to go anywhere with him. This book reminded me of when I moved to a new school and how I felt. The thing that reminded me of that was when she said, “This place is nothing like phoenix.”Which is what I said when I moved to ISB but it wasn’t phoenix it was California.

I would recommend this to other students because it is a nice novel with action and some romance. I personally don’t like romance but the action was good. I think this was a really good book. I might read the next one in the series but I might just watch the movie instead. I think this is a really good book for middle and high school kids but not elementary school kids. Abhi Title: Long Shadows Author: Erin Hunter Setting: The forest Plot: A strange cat from the mountains comes to the forest to tell all the cats something very important. This might change the beliefs of the cats. Characters: Jayfeather: Jayfeather is blind. He is one of the tree cats in a special prophecy, which he trys to figure out. Hollyleaf: She is jayfeather's sister, she is also part of the prophecy. Themes: Trust, and self-discovery. I choose this book because it is part of a series that I started reading and I stopped reading that series for a while but I want to finish that series now. I also choose this book because I enjoy reading fantays books. A connection I have with this book is that in the book some cats change their beliefs because of what they were told, but others still believe in what they have always believed in. I can connect to this because one time my friend said something to change my mind about something but I still didn't feel that way. I would reccomend this book to other middle school students because it was very entertaining and it has lots of mysteries in it. Marsha Niemeijer 12 Aug 10 Summer Reading Assignment Miss Ulster

"Matilda"

Roald Dahl

Library, Miss Honey's Cottage, Matilda's School, Matilda's House

Matilda has is a very smart girl whom her parents does not seem to care about, became really close with her teacher, Miss Honey, and tries to help Miss Honey with her bad childhood.

Matilda- An intelligent girl who loves to read, and has an extraordinary brian power.

Miss Honey- A very sweet teacher who loves Matilda even more than Matilda's parents, and has a very bad childhood.

Novel, funny and entertaining

This book is very entertaining to read. It's funny, and also easy to read. It is not a serious book, so I decided to read this book after I have read a hard book. I read "Matilda" a couple of times, and every time I read it, I still enjoy it. The characteristics of the characters are very strong. Mr. Dahl wrote a lot of books that I like a lot. He has a great and individual style of writing.

" I can't help wondering," she said, " whether this sudden ability that has come to you, of being able to move and object without touching it, whether it might not have something to do with your brian-power"

" Matilda" was also made into a movie in the 1996 by Danny DiVito. I also saw the movie and thought it was really funny.

" And now the Trunchbull was leaning back against the weight of the whirling girl and pivoting expertly on her toes, spinning round and round, and soon, Amanda Thripp was traveling so fast she became a blur, and suddenly, with a mighty grunt, the Trunchbull let go of the pigtails and Amanda went sailing like a rocket right over the wire fence of the playground and high up into the sky."

I would recommend this book to middle school students who like to read not so hard-and-complicated books and comedies. Or students who would like to take a break from the serious and hard books.

By: Marsha Niemeijer

James and the Giant Peach

Roald Dahl

Aunt sponge and Aunt Spiker’s farm, and inside the giant peach James’ incredible adventure inside the Giant Peach

James: An orphan boy that had to live with his 2 aunts. Old Green Grasshopper: one of the participants that went in the adventure with him.

Abandonment, Abuse, Escape

I chose to read this book because since when I was young I enjoyed reading the writing by Roald Dahl. Nothing really piqued my interest but I just saw some books I didn’t read that was wrote by Roald Dahl and decided to read them, and this was one of the books.

When I was very young my friend and I saw this centipede and started to argue about that the centipede had 100 legs or not. To the opposite of that in the book the centipede and the earthworm also argue about that. Juhyun Lee

“You have a lot of boots” James murmured “I have a lot of legs,” the centipede answered proudly “And a lot of feet. One hundred to be exact.” “There he goes again!” the earthworm cried Then they start their argument, just like me and my friend long ago.

I wouldn’t recommend this book to the middle school students. 1. Because I also only read this book because of the author. 2. It is also really easy. But if you are reading to spend time this book will the ok. Title: Dragonkeeper  Author: Carole Wilkinson   Setting: Ancient China, Han Dynasty  Plot: A young slave girl must help an ageing dragon and his mysterious stone make a perilous journey across China towards the ocean while being pursued by a ruthless dragon hunter. Characters: Ping- A courageous, young Chinese slave girl with the ability to speak to dragons. Danzi- An old, wise blue-green dragon who is the last remaining Imperial dragon in all of China. Themes- Friendship, courage, and self- discovery. 1. I chose this book because I like reading about mythical creatures, and this one included one of my favourites, dragons. Another reason I read this book was because my friend from Australia recommended it to me and since she and I have similar preferences in books, I thought I would give it a try. As I flicked through the book one of the parts that fascinated me was: “Wild animals beyond the palace walls howled, joining the dragon in a horrible chorus. The flames licked around the pot, lighting up Lan’s face and reflecting in his wild eyes. As he stirred the pot, he looked like a demon. How hell could be a worse place than Huangling on that terrible night, she (Ping) couldn’t imagine.”

2. I can make a connection from this book to another book called My Secret Unicorn. In Dragonkeeper, Ping and other dragon keepers are the only ones that can understand what dragons say, with the words forming in their heads. In My Secret Unicorn, a girl named Lauren owns a unicorn, and only she and other unicorn owners can understand what unicorns say. The unicorns mouths don’t move but the words form in their owners head, just like what happens in Dragonkeeper. Here is a comparison: Dragonkeeper- “Since the night of the pickling, I’ve been hearing a voice in my head”, the girl said. “Is that you?” The dragon inclined his head. How could she have been stupid enough to think he was an animal no more intelligent than an ox or goat? My Secret Unicorn- “Hello”, he said, putting his nose close to Lauren’s and blowing softly. Although Twilight’s words rang out clearly in Lauren’s head, his mouth didn’t move.

3. I would definitely recommend this book to other middle school students. It has an exciting and interesting plot with intriguing characters that are very well defined. However, this book should probably be read by more advanced readers, because of its length (over 300 pages) and vocabulary. However, I finished this book in three days because I was absolutely absorbed by it. I really enjoyed this book and it is now one of my favourite books of all time.

By Jasmine Burr

===My book's title is Judy and Marly. This book is written by Lisa clegg. The setting of this story is in the old library. The two characters in this story is Judy and Marly. I will describe them. Judy is a 4th grade student. she is very clever also kind, and cool. She has one older brother, one younger sister, one older sister and one younger sister. Who's name is Marly, Cindy and Mary. She is very curious and nice, but she always got into trouble because of her worthest math teacher, Ms.Susana. Marly is an 8th grade student. Marly is Judy's good older brother. He is very liked Judy, but after big fighting Marly started to hate Judy.=== ===The theme of this story is one day Judy and Marly found a new big library in their school and visited there. There, they found a great magic book. It is called Magic world. Because of their curiosity, they opened the book's cover. Suddely, they went inside of the book! They start traveling in that small book......=== ===I chose this book because i really like Fatasy books. So when i saw the book's title, it really looks fun. So I chose it and read it. I think this book has a series. first series is called "Judy and Marly" second series is called "The doctor's poison" third one is called "carrot field". These are really amazing stories! also it has all movies in each series."The doctor's poison" it's my favorite one. It's a little bit scary. I don't have my experience like these stories. but i really want to have one during my life.=== ===I really want to recommend this series to middle school students, Because it has a great fun for reading and these stories all make you laugh and also makes you imagine the next story. You will think more about these books and having interest. **PLEASE READ THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!**===

Title: Jinx Author: Meg Cabot Setting: Manhattan, New York City Plot: A girl with bad luck and have a gift in witchcraft. Characters: Jinx is a girl with bad luck from Lowa. She has red, beautiful, natural hair. Tory is Jinx’s cousin, which lives in Manhattan and believes in witchcraft. Themes: witchcraft, bad vs. good, misunderstanding

I went into the bookstore and the cover was very attractive so I picked it up and read the back. It was saying about a girl who has a very bad luck and something that is related to witchcraft. I thought this book might be fun. Also before reading this book by Meg Cabot, I read all her princess dairies series already and I loved it. On the back of the book said, // “Misfortune seems to follow her everywhere she goes-which is why she’s thrilled to be moving in with her aunt and uncle in New York City.” // // “Beautiful, glamorous Troy hiding a dangerous secret-one she’s sure Jinx is going to reveal.” // In the book Jinx likes to understand the wrong thing after hearing something from someone or seeing something that she might misunderstand. This is the same as a character name Russell in the book, //“Girls in Tears”// By: Jacqueline Wilson.” Russell said, //“oh yeah? The way he was looking at you made me feel sick. He obviously fancies you like mad.”// // The girl said, “ The one thing I do know about him is he’s gay.” // In this book Russell just misunderstood the girl, like Jinx when she heard Robert said that Zack likes Petra while Zack really like Jinx. Robert said that Zack likes Petra very much. So he comes here everyday. Jinx is a realistic and fantasy book. I would really like to recommend this book to everybody who likes to read a realistic fiction, which includes some fantasy in it.

Pitchaya Chaisaengchantr (Nam)

Hyo Won, Yun. (Mrs. Wrilliams's 7&8 period student)
Title: George’s Marvelous Medicine

Author: Roald Dahl

Setting: House, farm.

Plot: George is alone in the house with his grandma. She is always grumpy. George decides to make a medicine to cure her grumpiness. Grandma’s in a surprise of a life and so is George.

Character: George- A boy that want grandma to stop being grumpy.

Grandma-A grandma that had drink George’s medicine and a grandma that is always grumpy.

Themes- Caring, Helping

I chose this book because it was interesting to find out that George made a medicine to help his grandma. George is a kid and doctors are mostly the one who makes the medicine. I also liked to read Roald Dahl’s book because of the way he writes it. For example, in this book there was a little poetry to give the readers clues what might happen. The poetry is fun to read because it is rhymes and I like reading poetry that rhymes.

Quote from the book:

“Show me how you did it, George,” Mr.Kranky said “Come along. Show me exactly how you mixed them all together." George was showing him how to make his medicine but he forgot most of the ingredients. This connects to me because once I had math homework but since it been a long time I did the math homework, I forgot how to solve this problem.

I wouldn’t recommend this book to middle school student because this is a book that is for people that doesn’t speak English that much so it is probably for ESL or EAP students. Still other people can read this book if the reader want to read a short book or is interested in reading this book. TJ (Ms.Williams 1/2 class) The Red Pyramid Summer Reading Review by Just Kraprayoon. Ms.Ulsters 1/2 Class The book I am reviewing today is the Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan. This book takes place in modern world Egypt, America, and France. The main characters Carter(14) and Sadie(12) Kane are two siblings with a deceased Mom and an Archaeologist dad. Sadie lives with her grandmother in Britain while Carter travels with his dad. Even though they have a very special bond they are very different. Sadie is more popular and compassionate while Carter is headstrong and shy, while being very brave. The Red Pyramid is mainly about Sadie and Carter discovering a whole new world and as they travel to save the world they get betrayed, befriend a goddess, and discover their mysterious past and what it takes to save each other. I chose this book mainly because I think that a lot of 7th graders would enjoy this. The Red Pyramid is a thrilling mixture of adventure, trust, humor and mythology. The characters in this book are very real, they have fears just like us, and they have their weaknesses unlike some books that are too predictable. An example of ingenuity and creativity from the character in this book was when Carter remembered how Amos(their uncle) used his will power to turn him into a storm so he turned Set(the main villain) into a fruit bat. A connection I made was with the book Alchemist by Michael Scott which featured twins(Josh and Sophie) that I think made the same bond that Carter and Sadie did. An example was when Josh and Sophie said that they wanted to be the same and they stuck to each other no matter what. In the Red Pyramid, Carter and Set were having a battle in the Red Pyramid where Carter was trying to protect Sadie when Sadie got injured. I would recommend this book to other middle school students because I really enjoyed it and it has a great moral. Thank You Just.K