Diego Bey

4/3/15

Diego’s Book Review 3

The House Of Hades is a deadly place where everything tries to kill you. The book I am reading is The House Of Hades, by  Rick Riordan it is  the fourth book in the Hero’s Of Olympus series by Rick Riordan. There are seven main characters in this book; their names are Percy, Annabeth, Nico, Hazel, Jason, Leo, Frank, and Bob the titan. The main idea of this book is Annabeth and Percy have fallen into Tartarus (the Greek hell and a giant god), and the other characters try to rescue them by meeting them at the doors of death (the only way to get out of Tartarus) Tartarus is full of monsters and hostile things so they have to get out as fast as they can. There a lot of settings in this book, but the most important one is Tartarus. In Tartarus everything can kill you; the air is acid, the ground is made out of broken glass, the water is deadly, and monsters are everywhere.

Three adjectives to describe my favorite main character, Leo, would be annoying, funny, and smart. First, he is annoying because he is always trying to make jokes even at the worst times. Next, he is funny because he is always trying to make a joke out of everything. Last, he is smart because he can fix and build anything that is mechanical. Something I found interesting in this book was how Tartarus is both a god and the entire place of Tartarus, too, just as the god Gaia is the whole earth. Another thing I found interesting is that Cupid is so violent he almost seems evil. Another interesting thing about this book is the mist. The mist can make things that aren’t happening appear to be happening or make something look like something it’s not. It was also surprising that there is a good giant even though all the other giants are evil.

I like this book a lot. It was super funny and the way the author wrote this book made me feel like I was there watching everything happen as I read it. I would recommend this book and the rest of the series to someone that likes Greek mythology and knows quite a bit about it. One would also like the series if he or she likes the Percy Jackson series. It is very similar to the Percy Jackson series because it was meant to be like a sequel to that series. I give this book FIVE STARS!!!!!!!!!!!

It all begins with a coin…  (or what the children thought was a coin). The title of my book is Half Magic by Edward Eager. I think there are two more books in this series, Magic by the Lake and Knights Castle. This book is about four children who find what  Jane (the oldest child) thinks is a nickel. The kids soon find out that the nickel is a magic charm that wishes only half of what you wish for. You have to wish double of what you wished. The main characters are Jane, Mark, Katharine, and Martha. Through this book the four children travel in their house but, mostly places where the charm takes them.

Martha is stubborn, curious and impatient. She is stubborn because when they went to the movie she wouldn’t stop saying she wanted to go home so she walked out of the movies. Curious because she wanted to know what had happened to her mother. She is impatient because when her siblings were watching a movie she wouldn’t wait until it was over she just ran out of the movie theater. The problem was when Mr. Smith wanted to marry their mother because their dad died. Their mother wanted to marry him but she thought she was ill because the children kept using the charm and things were disappearing in front of her eyes. So, the children were trying to prove to their mother that the whole time she was seeing things and she thought she was ill was just the children using the charm. And the kids had to convince her that she wasn’t seeing things and that the charm really is magical. I also think it was interesting when Jane went to another family and she was the total opposite to the real Jane. I think it was really interesting when they first found the charm and didn’t know what it was or how to use it. The children thought it was a nickel, and by accident made a fire.

I really enjoyed this book because I really like books about magic and this book was sort of like realistic magic. I really enjoyed the parts of the book when the four children use the charm and the magic begins and they’re just trying to figure out how to use the charm. I think the author did a good job of describing one scene where knights were fighting and I thought he was a little too descriptive about the body parts being chopped off and the blood. It’s really exciting when something happens and then the children have to fix it. I would recommend this book to people who like books about: Magic, Friendship, Adventure… I think this book is like another book I just read called Howl’s Moving Castle. I chose Howl’s Moving Castle because in both Howl’s Moving Castle and Half Magic the characters travel all over the area and are both about magic. I rate this book Five stars!!!!!.

The best days of school are the ones where you actually have fun learning. That’s everyday in Mr.Terupt’s class. The book because of Mr. Terupt was written by Rob Buyea. The story is about a fifth grade teacher at  the Snow Hill School who has an interesting class. Jessica, Alexia, Peter, Danielle, Luke, Anna and Jeffery are all very different but they all like their teacher. One day, they get to play in the snow because the students had been on good behavior. Things get out of control and something terrible happens.

Mr. Terupt is kind, fun and creative. I think he is kind because he treats everyone equally and is never unfair. He is fun because he does cool learning activities like the dollar word project. Mr. Terupt assigned every letter in the alphabet a number, and the students had to create a word that added to one hundred. I also think he is creative because he thinks of unique ways to teach. One of my favorite parts of the book is when the kids go to the collaborative center. The collaborative center is a class for kids with special needs. I like it because all the students get along. Another interesting part of the book is the last day of school. I like this part because some really cool things happen  (I can’t tell you because it will spoil the ending).

I really, really liked the book. I enjoyed it because it is something that could happen in real life, but the author’s adds a twist. I think that it is very interesting and you should read it. There is a sequel to this book that I also read and it was really good as well. I give this book a 5 star rating.