Here Lies Arthur by Philip Reeve. Genre: Fantasy. Pages read:

This book is good so far. A girl named Gwyna just had her village burnt down. She was a slave and her master got killed. She thinks it's weird that a war has started in winter and it's unseasonal. She fell in a river while running from some angry boy who almost killed her. She let the freezing cold water take her down river to a safer part where there is no fighting. The chapter ended where she was curled up on the ground trying to keep warm and someone had stopped beside her but she didn't look up.

I wonder who the person is? I wonder if they are bad or good? I think that the person is a good guy.

The word I chose was jarred. the jarred in the book means:
v. jarred, jar·ring, jars
v.int
1.To shake or shiver from impact.
v.tr.
1. To bump or cause to move or shake from impact.
2. To startle or unsettle; shock.
n.
1.A jolt; a shock.

Midnight for Charlie Bone: Children of the Red King Book 1 by Jenny Nimmo. Genre: Fantasy. Pages read: 401

A boy named Charlie Bone has a power to hear what's happening inside of a photograph. He's a descendant of the Red King. So he has to go to a school where all of the other kids like him go. It's called Bloor's Academy and only a few go. You have to have money and brains to get in. Or you could be descendent of the Red King. He and his friends save a girl that was hypnotized by a mean guy named Manfred. She was stolen as a baby but now lives with her only living relative. She can also fly.

I got this book from the Eddy Street Book Exchange and am going to probabaly get the next one because I like these.

The word I chose was luminous. Luminous means glowing or bright. ex: The cat's eyes were luminous outside in the dark.

Christopher Columbus, Letter to Luis de Sant' Angel (1493) by Mr. Knarr. Genre: Historical Non-Fiction. Pages read: 4

Christopher Columbus is writing this letter to Parliment and exaggerates so that they know that they funded him for a reason, including the three boats and the crews. He exaggerates a bit on describing the New World because he describes it as lush and beautiful, which it is, but he makes it sound like a fairy tale land. He says that the Native Americans which he calls Indians since he thinks he's in India, are very nice and believe that he came from heaven with his crew. He says that there is countless gold and mountains to mine along with exotic spices. There are also no monsters that he can see though the Native Americans said that there were others on another isle that eat human flesh and steal. But they were probably just saying that so that Christopher Columbus would stay. It said that he made a city called the City of Navidad.

This was not my favorite thing to read but it was interesting to see what happened and what Christopher Columbus said.

The word I chose was thither. Thither means: adverb
to that place (seldom used except in poetry or legal papers).
He went hither and thither

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The first for second quarter The Lost Journals of Ven Polypheme: The Dragon's Lair by Emily Haydon. Illustrations by Bret Helquist. Pages read: 372

Ven was able to make peace with the dragon named Scarnag, which means scourge. His real name was Garnax and the Nain from the Northlands brought him to save him from a great evil and since dragons love knowledge and they hoard it, he would preserve their history. But they trapped him in a cave even though it was for his own good, or so they thought. But family is more important than anything to dragons, and they betrayed him. So when they finally found what used to be Garnax, he laid waste to their villages. He said that he will stop if the Nain would say sorry. They did and the book ends where Ven is about to go under water with Amariel and explore her world.

I am going to find out when the next book is coming out called The Tree of Water. I wonder what happens when he's under water with her?

The word I chose was inhabitant. An inhabitant is the people or animals that live in an area. ex: The inhabitants of the village are Native Americans.

ALL OF THE BLOGS ABOVE THIS ARE FOR THE SECOND QUARTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pendragon: The Never War by D.J. MacHale.Genre: Fantasy Pages read: 336

This book is the third in a series. Bobby Pendragon is trying to stop Saint Dane, the bad guy, from making the blimp Hindenberg from not going down on May 6 1937. If that happens, then the Nazi's will get the technology to create a nuclear bomb! Then life will end for many people all over the world. Luckily, he was able to drive a 1937 car to where the blimp crashes and tries to blow it up with the guy who was going to but can't since 36 people will die in 37 seconds. He's about to stop it when his friend nicknamed Gunny stops him. Then the miniature rocket filled with flammable stuff flew up to the blimp and blew it up. They were able to stop Saint Dane this time, but next time they might not be so lucky.

These books are good and I'm waiting for the next one to get to the library.

The word I chose was dumbfounded. Dumbfounded means stupified or flabbergasted. He was dumbfounded by her large vocabulary.

The Lost Journals of Ven Polypheme: The Thief Queen's Daughter by Elizabeth Haydon. Illustrations by Brett Helquist. Pages read: all

The king wants to send Ven to the Gated City, a.k.a., the City of Thieves. But first he fires him as the Royal Reporter because he can't be responsible for anything that happens to him there. He wants Ven to discover the secret of a glowing stone that glows a bright gold whenever it gets close to the king. Ven agrees and Char, Ida, Clemency, and Saeli go with him. When they go inside, a fortuneteller tells Ven that someone is watching him from afar by using the albatross. Ven also got the Time Scissors from the fortuneteller, which allows him to undo a part of history but can come with consequences. They also met a weapon salesman who gave them a glove that has all sorts of contraptions in it. While they were looking for someone who can tell them about the glowing stone, Saeli got stolen! They went to the Raven's Nest where the Thief Queen resides to look for her. She wasn't there, but it turns out that Ida is her daughter! She was able to find Saeli and escape before the Thief Queen married her to someone from the north. They met some people from underground called Downworlders. They said that the stone was called the Lightstone and it was actually a map to lead the king there as an invitation. They said that it glowed brighter for the king to show their loyalty to him since one of his forefathers was kind to them. Then they told the children how to get out of the underground so they could go home. The king then asked Ven to go see why a dragon was burning the countryside and the book ended there.

The next book is called The Dragon's Lair. I'm gong to read it soon.

The word I chose is intervene. Intervene means to interfere or inturrupt. ex: He intervened in their argument.

The Lost Journals of Ven Polypheme: The Floating Island. Pages read: 332

The ship that Ven was Inspecting was blown up by Ven when he was trying to blow up the Fire Pirates, which are ruthless pirates that never leave their victims alive. They both got blown up and Ven almost drowned but a mermaid like person called a merrow saved him. Her name was Amariel. She kept him alive by finding him water to drink and telling him stories. An albatross was spotted by a ship named the Serelinda because the albatross was following him and circling his life boat. The Serelinda's captain Oliver took him on board and sailed him to an island named Serendair. He made a friend named Char who was the cook's assistant. You can guess why they call him Char. Just before they got there, the Floating Island appeared! Ven got to go on the island and if you take anything, the island will be unbalanced. They got to go to the middle of the island and the captain took some water from the middle of the mountain that was really rare called the Life Water. He put it in a diamond vial and poured out some blue water that was as rare as the Life Water and just as hard to find. So he traded with the mountain and it wasn't unbalanced. When they got to Serendair, Ven and Char stayed in Oliver's wife's inn where kids with nowhere else to go stay. He also had to take the Life Water to his wife. There was an evil around the inn that Ven, Char, and their new friends Clemency, who is a curate-in-training, Ida, who pickpockets people without them knowing and she's not very nice, and Saeli, who rarely speaks in words and usually speaks in flowers since she can make them grow. They were able to get rid of the evil and save everyone. Ven also got a job with the king as his Royal Reporter since the king liked him, believed him, and didn't want him in jail while he was gone.

I am now going to read the next book all over the weekend. It looks really cool. My friend was right: these are good books!

The word I chose was recognized. Recognized means that you know someone or something or they look familiar to you.