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Jun
14
2016

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

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9780064471046_R1_slideshowThe book I am reading is called The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis. The name of this series is called The Chronicles of Narnia. The main characters’ names are Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy. They are all brothers and sisters. Another important character’s name is Aslan. Aslan is a Lion. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe takes Place in England and the imaginary World, Narnia.

I think one of the most important scenes is near the end of the book when the four kids and Aslan go to the witch’s castle. Aslan unfreezes the stone statues that the witch had made, with his breath. (The witch froze creatures by pointing her wand at them, then they turned to stone.) I made a diorama of this scene. Aslan is in the center of the scene breathing on the dwarves to unfreeze them. I made him in the center because he is the main and most important character in this scene.

This scene is important because there are a ton of statues that the witch froze and Aslan unfroze all of them. “Everywhere the statues were coming to life. The courtyard looked no longer like a museum; it looked more like a zoo. Creatures were running after Aslan and dancing round him till he was almost hidden in the crowd” Everyone searched the whole castle to find any more statues that were hidden. “Now for the inside of this house!” Said Aslan. “Look alive, everyone. Up stairs and down stairs! Leave no corner unsearched. You never know where some poor prisoner may be concealed.” Aslan didn’t want anyone to be left at the witch’s castle as a statue.

After he unfroze all the statues Aslan made an army of his own out of the creatures that he unfroze. The witch’s army and Aslan’s army then had a battle. In the end Aslan’s army won, the witch died and most of her army died too. Without Aslan unfreezing the creatures they wouldn’t have won the battle. That is why the scene is so important. I would give this book a five star rating.

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Jun
14
2016

The Harry Potter Series by J.K.Rowling

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9780545162074_p0_v2_s1200x630This review is on the great series called Harry Potter by J.K Rowling.  This is a series of 7 books: The Sorcerer’s Stone, The Chamber of Secrets, The Prisoner of Azkaban, The Goblet of Fire, The Order of the Phoenix, The Half Blood Prince, and The Deathly Hallows. Each book tells the story of a year at Hogwarts and the summer vacation except for the last book which covers some of the future. These are probably the best seven books I have ever read. The main character is an eleven year old boy (in the first book) named Harry Potter and his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. The big problem in this series is that a dark wizard named Voldemort is trying to kill Harry.  This series takes place in England in 1991.  

It is very challenging to choose the most important events in such a big series, but I have chosen three. One huge event that changes Harry’s life is in The Prisoner of Azkaban, when Sirius Black escapes from Azkaban (the wizarding jail). Throughout the series Sirius becomes more important and a bigger part of Harry’s life, this is why his escape is important. Another big event is at the end of The Goblet of Fire. This is when Lord Voldemort comes back and tries to kill Harry. Harry just barely escapes, but that’s the least of his worries…now the darkest wizard is out to basically kill everyone but his closest followers and nobody will believe Harry that he is back. A third big event is the the Battle of Hogwarts in The Deathly Hallows. Many people close to Harry die in this battle which affects his life greatly for the worse.

Harry is very fair. I say this because in the fourth book ha could have cheated in a tournament but chose not to. Harry is also mentally strong. I say this because he is literally having a conversation with the most dangerous person ever and does not break down. A third thing I would describe harry as is brave. I would say he is brave because he was willing to go somewhere where there was a 99% chance he would die. A quote that explains harry is “I don’t go looking for trouble, trouble usually finds me”. I think this explains Harry because he’s always getting himself into a bad situation but he does not want to be in them.

I loved this series! One reason why I thought it was great was because it was I am an adventure fan and this is definitely adventure. I would totally recommend it, especially if you like Percy Jackson. I think any adventure fan would like it. On a scale of 1 to 5 I would give this series a 1,000!

I hope you like my Show Me. Just so you know, there are some random pauses in it. Sorry!

Jun
14
2016

Lunar Strike by H.I. Larry

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Once upon a time on a hot summer day, there was a boy named Zac Power. He was a part of the GIB, which stood for Government imgresInvestigation Bureau. He wasn’t the only one in his family that was in the GIB. His mom, dad and his older brother Leon were all in the GIB. Zac had to keep his identity to himself. He couldn’t even tell his closest friends.Then one day his brother Leon told him that he had to go on a space shuttle to stop one of his enemies from wiping out all the electronics In the world.

Zac started his training. He had to become an astronaut in 3 hours which was going to be really hard because real astronauts take 3 years to learn it.

Two and a half hours later –

After most of Zac’s training was finished he had to feel what anti-gravity felt like.While he was floating in the air, his brother Leon gave him a box of cereal in case he got hungry, but when Leon gave him the box of cereal, the little mouse in Leon’s pocket climbed out and went inside the cereal box without anybody noticing.

10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 Blast off! The rocket took off, leaving a big pile of smoke that looked like a huge storm was coming. When the space shuttle was leaving Earth’s orbit, Zac was amazed at what he saw in space. He saw all kinds of things like different planets and a meteor shower coming towards him. “Wait, what?! A meteor shower? How am I supposed to get past that?” Zac exclaimed. At that moment, something caught the corner of his eye.

It was a space shuttle that he had to find to knock out the ray, so the electronics wouldn’t get fried. He came in slowly, so the guns would think that he was a space rock. When he got in the spacecraft, the computer that could stop the ray was right in front of him. He only had 10 minutes to stop it. When he was trying to hack the ray, a huge robot came out of nowhere and tried to stop Zac from hacking the ray. Then all of a sudden the robot let out a cry and Zac saw the mouse eating the robot’s wires. When the robot was dead, Zac finished the hack and the world was SAVED!!!   

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The book I read was called Lunar Strike by H.I. Larry. I would definitely recommend this book to other people. There’s also a lot of other books in this series, so if you don’t want to read this one, you can read the other ones. I would give this book four out of five, because some of the scenes in the book had a lot of action. I would give it a four instead of a five because the ending could have been more exciting.

Jun
14
2016

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

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Narrator: Hello, Before I start narrating this scit I would like to say a few words about this book and movie. The harry potter series is great. I especially like The last one (Deathly Hallows) because the author J.K. rowling put a lot of detail and work into this particular book. In this book harry potter was definitely brave and honest and honorable.  And I recommend the whole harry potter series to kids and teens with a taste of adventure.The plot is that Harry has to quit hogwarts and finish the task dumbledore gave him, which is to find voldemort’s horcruxes and destroy them. While Hogwarts and the Ministry of Magic is being taken over by Voldemort’s henchmen.I would rate this book 5 stars. Enjoy.

 

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Scene starts and harry and ron and hermione crowd around the radio

 

Narrator: It was a chilly day as harry, ron and hermione crowded around the radio listening to the order of the phoenix new broadcast

 

Harry: Did you hear what Fred said?

 

Harry: He’s abroad! He’s still looking for the Elder wand, I knew it!

 

Hermione: Harry-

 

Harry: Come on, Hermione, why are you so determined not to admit it? Vol-

 

Ron: HARRY, NO!

 

Ron swats a hand over Harry’s mouth but Harry swats it away.

 

Harry: -demorts after the Elder Wand!

 

Ron: The names Taboo!

 

(CRACK!!!!)

 

(Whisper) Ron: I told you, Harry, I told you (Shaking his head and smacking his hand to his forehead)  we can’t stay anymore! Its how they find people! Protect-

 

Narrator: there alarm starts buzzing as intruders come in

 

Sneakoscope starts spinning and lighting up (disguised phone) and voices coming from outside the tent (Ron, Hermione, Harry are all quite still and not talking. Ron clicks his Deluminator and lights go out.

 

Voice: Come out of there with your hands up!

 

Voice: We know you in there! (Person takes a step forward) You’ve got half a dozen wands pointing at you and we don’t care who we curse!

 

(Hermione pointed her wand at Harry’s face and whispers a curse, Harry falls down and covers his face)

 

Voice: Get up vermin

 

Ron: Get-off-her!

 

(Struggling)

 

PUNCH!

 

Hermione: No! Leave him alone!

 

Harry looks up to see fenrir greyback and

 

Voice: Search the tent!

 

Greyback: Now lets see who we got

 

Greyback: I’ll be needing butterbeer to wash this one down, what happened to you ugly

 

Laphing

 

Harry: Been stung

 

Greyback:  what’s your name?

 

Harry: Dudley

 

Greyback: First name?

 

Harry: Vernon

 

Greyback: Check the list Scabior

Greyback: And What about you, ginger?

 

Ron: Stan Shunpike

 

Scalibor: Like you are!

 

Punch!

 

Ron (covering his mouth): I’m brady

 

Ron: Brady Weasley

 

Greyback: A weasley!?!

 

Greyback: So you are related to blood traitors even if you’re not a mudblood. And lastly you pretty little friend…

 

Voice: Easy Greyback

 

Greyback: Oh, i’m not going to bite just yet. We’ll see if she is a bit quicker than brady here. Who are you girly?

 

Hermione: Penelope Clearwater

 

Greyback: Blood status

 

Hermione: half blood

 

Scibor: Easy enough to check

 

Scalibor: but a lot of them look like they could be hogwarts age-

 

Ron: we left

Greyback: have you ginger?

 

Greyback: and you decided to go camping ? And you thought, just for a laugh you would use the dark lord’s name?

 

Ron: not a laugh, just a accident

 

Greyback: accident

 

Greyback: Accident?

Greyback: You know who used to like using the dark lord’s name Weasly? The order of the pheonix, mean anything to you?

 

Ron: No

 

Greyback: Well, they don’t show the Dark Lord proper respect, so the name been tabooed, A few order members have been tracked that way, we’ll see, bind them up along with the other to prisoners!PUNCH!

 

Drag harry, ron and hermione next to the other figures

 

Scabior: anyone still got a wand?

 

Everyone: No

 

Harry: This is all my fault, I said the name, i’m really sorry

 

Dean: Harry?

 

Harry turns over to face dean

 

Harry: Dean?

 

Dean: It’s you! If they find out who they have got… There snatchers , they’re only looking for truants to sell gold-

 

Greyback: Not a bad little haul for one night ( Points to everyone, one by one) , a mudblood, a runaway goblin, and these truants, did you check their names on the list yet scalibor?

 

Scalibor: Yeah, There’s no vernon dudley on here, greyback

 

Greyback: That’s interesting, very interesting

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Thank you for watching this scit. I would like to thank our three main characters, Jack Barker who played Harry Potter, Amos Dotson who played Ron Weasly, and Clara Cornick who played Hermione Granger.
And a bow and thanks from our cast!

Jun
14
2016

Life in Motion, by Misty Copeland

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imgresThe book I am reviewing is called Life in Motion, by Misty Copeland. It is an autobiography mostly about Misty’s childhood, but some is about her life today. She was questioned as a black principal dancer at ABT (American Ballet Theatre). My book takes place New York City. Misty Wrote this book in 2015.

There are a couple of main events in my story but I do not want to spoil them so I will just say one. The one is how Misty has to move from place to place because of her mother’s love life. This is important in the book because it makes Misty have to move to different schools and she feels a little alone because once she makes a friend she has to leave him or her. There were two parts of the book I liked a lot. Misty was devoted to dance, and when she couldn’t afford to dance at her studio so she moved in with her choreographer and visited her family almost every weekend. I liked that because it means she will do whatever it takes to become a real dancer. I also really liked when she first started dance because of her drill team coach. I liked that part because it means even though she was forced to dance she found a really big interest in it and has been doing it ever since.

Misty is very determined. She was the first African American woman to become a principal dancer at ABT. Even though her mother could not afford dance Misty would not give up and worked really hard to get where she is right now. Misty is also brave. Some of the time Misty’s family had to search the couch for money because they had literally no money. Misty was very brave through those hard times. Misty is extremely focused. She won’t let anything distract her from dancing, but also when she was on the drill team she showed focus. Everyday after drill practice she would go home and practice while her family watched sports. “This is for all the little brown girls” is a very important quote from my book. It means that Misty really cares about brown girls that have had their dreams broken because of their skin color. She wants kids or adults to feel comfortable in their own skin.

I really enjoyed this book. It makes me feel confident about my dance. It also makes me feel confident in my own skin. I would recommend this book for boys and girls. It is a really amazing book. If you want to hear more of Misty’s intelligent words you should read it. I think this book is very unique because it is not like any other book and has a lot of wise words that make people feel very strong. If I could rate this book I would rate it five stars because I really like it.

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Jun
14
2016

The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner

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IMG_7888The book I’m reviewing is The King of Attolia, by Megan Whalen Turner. The main character is Costis, one of the king’s guards. The setting is in the Palace of Attolia. This diorama shows the most important part of the book. When assassins from Sounis, ( a rival country with Attolia,) get into the garden where the king is walking. Why the King only has one arm is because the queen of Attolia. She chopped it off in an earlier book to punish him for stealing something from her. 

What happens is that the king takes a sword away from one of the three assassins and kills all of them. The assassins released the hunting dogs from their cage and that got the guards to go to the dogs, not the king. Why these people are trying to kill the king is because people don’t like that the king is from Eddis ( another rival country,) and is now the king of Attolia.

Some words to describe Costis are aggressive and loyal. Why he is aggressive is because when he gets angry he gets very aggressive. Another reason why Costis is aggressive is because he punched the king. Why Costis is loyal is because he always is on schedule to be with the king even though he doesn’t like him. I would rate this book four and three quarters out of five stars.

Jun
14
2016

Once Upon A Frog by Sarah Mlynowski

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static1.squarespaceThe book I read is Once Upon a Frog by Sarah Mlynowski. This is the 8th book in the Whatever After series. The main characters are Abby and Jonah. There are many problems but the main problem in all the books is getting home on time. The book takes place in The Kingdom of Birdopolis. This book takes place in modern times.

One big event that happened was Abby, Jonah, and their dog prince got sucked into the Frog Price. Abby and Jonah get sucked into fairy tales by their magic mirror in there basement. I would say why they get sucked into fairy tales but that would spoil the book nor less the series itself. I find it interesting that Abby and Jonah fell for prince/frog Fredric’s stories and lies. I would say more but that would spoil the book. Something I found important was Jonah’s head itches. Jonah’s head itches because he has fairy memories.

Abby is careful, thoughtful, and smart. She fits these adjectives because she takes good care of herself and her brother and, usually knows what’s happening. Jonah is adventurous, rebellious, and loose. He fits these adjectives because he always takes the “risky road” in life and is always telling his sister to loosen up.

I liked this book. I liked it because it is funny and has major plot twists. I recommend this book to everyone who enjoys fantasy and fairy tales. If you are interested, the first book in this series is called The Fairest of Them All. I give this book four stars.

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Jun
13
2016

The Last Kids On Earth by Max Brallier

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51BtFHNN45L._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_The book that I chose to read is called The Last Kids on Earth by Max Brallier. The book is part of a series by the same author. The main characters are Jack, Quint, Dirk and June. The main problem is that the planet has been invaded by zombies and monsters and the main character Jack is trying to stop the zombie apocalypse. He is trying to turn the zombies into humans again. The setting of the book is at the school, the treehouse in Jack’s backyard and in the neighborhood where they all live.    

One big event that changed the story was when Jack met his friend because he was going to be all by himself and then he just found a partner. This event was important because, it was easier for him to fight because then he’d have another person and an extra person is really helpful. One thing that I found most interesting was when Jack first shows up at Quint’s house and Jack starts killing all of the zombies. I liked that part because it involves a back yard and a person silently killing a bunch of zombies. Another thing that I found interesting was when everyone at once attacked Blarg who is the big monster in the story. I liked that because I like big battles.

The first adjective I would use to describe Jack is brave. He was brave because he would attack all of the monsters. Another adjective to describe him is determined because everyone else wanted to give up at one point but he said “Now, if we just try a little harder, we can do it.” And he didn’t let them give up. He has a big heart so he is caring. All he wanted to do throughout the whole book was to save this girl named June from the zombies. One quote that Jack said was “I’m an orphan.” It is an important quote because it shows that he only needs to take care of himself since he doesn’t have a family.

I enjoyed this book because it involved a lot of war and it involved monsters and zombies. I like those things because they both involve weapons. I recommend this book because it has a great story, great author, and great illustrations. I think this book is related to the TV show called The Walking Dead because that’s like a town that gets invaded by zombies and the book is like a town that gets invaded too. I would rate this book 4 stars!!!!!!!!!!!

Jun
09
2016

The War That Saved My Life, Kimberly Brubaker Bradly

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For our last book review we had a choice out of many options to choose what we wanted to do. I chose to make a movie. First I made a script and then I did each characters part. I read this book because it helps you understand the struggle of kids with problems, living in World War 2. It tells you about history with a twist. Some things were hard for me to understand because I couldn’t ever imagine that somebody would do something so cruel.  In my video, I played all the characters, which was pretty hard. I think one of my least favorite parts was when I had to be a character named Miss Smith, and when I had to fall on the street about six times. Not to forget I was on the STREET! I would rate this book FIVE STARS AND A SMILEY FACE :D!

Jun
09
2016

The Wig In The Window by Kristen Kittscher

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          For our final book review, our teachers told us to be creative.  They gave us options about how to do the review. Some of the options were: a diorama, a movie, dear diary etc. This isn’t just an ordinary, boring review, it’s a dear diary review! The book that I wrote this about is called the Wig in the Window, by Kristen Kittscher. It’s about to girls who are troublemakers. They always need to know what’s going on around them, and sometimes that just gets them in trouble, but sometimes it doesn’t…  

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                                          Oh Dear…Diary!

        Dear diary, as you already know, Grace is my best friend/spy partner. Now we’re in 7th grade, and Dr. Agford (aka Dr. Awkward) is one of the teachers. Agford is my neighbor. She has a group of kids under her “spell” and they’re in a little club of hers. Their group name is S.M.I.L.E. It stands for the Society for Making Improvements in Lives Everywhere. There was always something that seemed a little off about Agford but I could never really put it together or I thought it was just in my head… until our first late night spy mission to Dr. Awkward’s house, and everything fell into place.

         First there was blood and a knife (I saw it through the window.) Then the door opened. Then a phone call to some mysterious person, and finally threatening and screaming. It was all so unbelievable. Then I ran, but I tripped and fell in a small ditch. I think she saw me, but I’m not sure. It was dark outside and she might not have seen my face, but she definitely saw someone.

         The next day things got even worse, let me just say Agford definitely saw me last night. Then when I got to school the principal made me tell everyone what happened last night. Then Agford cleared EVERYTHING up. The blood was from beets. The knife was to cut the beets. And the phone call still remains a mystery. I still think Agford is very suspicious. I don’t trust her. And I don’t want to leave school because the principal is sending a note home to my parents, and I don’t want to find out what my punishment is going to be.

        When I got home my parents were so disappointed in me. They were also very mad, and they said my punishment would not be a good one. My punishment turned out to be even worse than I thought. I was grounded for months and even worse I had to do therapy with Agford every week! And the worse part of this whole thing is my parents think Agford is a nice innocent women. But at least no one suspects Grace was a part of it, and Grace is home schooled so I don’t think Agford even knows her. There’s no way I’m going to rat her out. She’s my best friend!

        Now weeks have gone by and Agford is at my house again! She’s not as bad anymore, but there are still some things that still seem a bit off about her. Now she is in my room! She is looking around and then she said something that I never thought about before. She said that I remind her of her when she was my age. When she left I couldn’t stop thinking about what she said. Am I going to grow up like her? Is she right? Agford seems kind of wise now. I wonder if she is that bad person we think she is? She has to be! But what if she’s not? Have we been wrong  all along?