Ask Questions and Recieve an Honest Answer or Lie?

I have chosen to ask questions because I could find out many things if I can ask questions. Lying could make me feel guilty and I may not be believed anyway. I would definatley choose asking questions because I am a curious person.

Jonas' Journal

Today was the ceremony of twelve. I was very apprehensive about what assignment I would be given. But when the elder skipped my name I was on the urge of panicking. But soon the elder corrected my fears by announcing I had been chosen. I am now the receiver, but a little more than apprehensive.

The Giver so far in 20 words (count them!)

The people in The Giver

live very differently than us.

They refer to ages as

nouns and ride bicycles everywhere.

A Christmas Carol

By Charles Dickens

*****

A Christmas Carol is my favourite classic. It follows the story of Ebeneezer Scrooge, a crabby, money-loving businessman whom Disney's Scrooge McDuck is based on.

Scrooge's story starts on Christmas eve, exactly 7 years since his business partner, Jacob Marley, had died. Scrooge ended Christmas eve by putting down an offer of a Christmas dinner by his nephew and denying some money to men who want to donate to the poor. Then he grudgingly allowed his clerk christmas day off and left his counting house for home.

But Scrooge wa in for a big surprise when Jacob Marley decided to visit him. 7 year-dead Jacob Marley. Marley warns Scrooge of their wasted time on Earth and that Scrooge will be haunted by three spirits.

After that Scrooge finds himself whiling through time, seeing the fate of all he knows and reliving his most emotional Christmases. My favourite part is Fezziwig's Party, a party in full swing with two fiddlers that Dickens describes unbelievebly.

Scrooge's journey through christmas past, present and future has made many films and I have just seen Disney's A Christmas Carol, 2009. An animated movie and very well pictured, after reading the book and seeing the movie I relised that the two were almost identicle. To the left is Scrooge from the 2009 film, whom I think has a very accurate expression on his face.

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey

*****
by Trenton Lee Stewart

Mr.Benedict, Reynie and the crew are back! For the second mysterious installment Mr. Benedict decides to hold a world-wide treasure hunt as a 1 year anniversary for defeating the evil Mr. Curtain. But Mr. Benedict's evil twin isn't gone forever! In fact, he has just struck again... by kidnapping Mr. Benedict and Number Two! Just when everyone was going to have a happy reunion! What could happen next? Why, a world wide hunt for the missing twosome of course!

New cast members are added into this life-threatening puzzle. Cannonball and Captain Noland help the children race across three adventure-filled countries in the fastest ship ever known to mankind... the Shortcut! McCracken leads an evil force against Mr. Benedict's strong troopers. Then there is Her Majesty the Queen, Kate's new falcon friend. But all of Mr. Curtain's carnivorous comrades are back too! Jackson, Jillson, Martrina, S.Q... all of the master mind's extreme executives are back and as mean as ever! (Except, maybe, S.Q.)

But along with these evil crew-members come the ten-men, business men armed to the teeth. Pencil darts, whip ties, shock watches, calculator bombs, even laser pointers with real lasers!
How can Reynie, Sticky, Kate and Constance work past these thugs? The answer lies in a book of hags and bullfrogs, clues and warnings, pigeons and falcons, deserted villages and dusk-wart, salamanders and sea-planes. Will team Benedict prevail, or will rules, schools, tools and fools be too much for them?

Harry Potter and the goblet of Fire

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
by J. K. Rowling

*****

In The Goblet of Fire, the fourth book in the Harry Potter series, Harry gets entered into a deadly competition called the tri-wizard tournament. During the tournament, Harry gets attaked by a dragon, almost drowns in the lake, and poisoned by an acromantula (giant spider).

He gets trapped at night with Snape and Filch around, acused by the ministry of magic of conjering an evil mark, and misses out on going to the ball with his crush.

And if all that isn't enough, Lord Voldemort is BACK! I mean BACK, in flesh and blood to wage his second war against wizards and witches everywhere.

Graveyards, evil snakes, annoying reporters, new spells and the quidditch world cup!

You couldn't many more breath-taking scenes in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire!

The Mysterious Benedict Society

The Mysterious Benedict Society

Trenton Lee Stewart
*****

The Mysterious Benedict society is a book of great action and spying. In this fabulous book four children are recruited to help save the world against an evil mastermind.

Reynie, a great puzzle solver and logic thinker, Sticky, a boy of great intelligence and can remember everything he sees, Kate, a natural spy in ways of sneaking and climbing with her own supply of gadgets, and Constance, an annoying three-year-old are all recruited by a mysterious Mr. Benedict. Mr. Benedict and his company, Rhonda, Milligan and Number Two, are intent on stopping an evil mastermind who is nun other than Mr. Benedict's twin, Mr. Curtain.

So Reynie, Sticky, Kate and Constance are sent as students to the Learning Institute of the Very Enlightened (LIVE) to uncover a plot of brain-washing and thought broadcasting, traps and codes, and winning and losing. These children agree that they must have a name and agree on the Mysterious Benedict Society...

Galaxy of Fear Series

Galaxy of Fear
by John Whitman
*****

The Galaxy of Fear Series by John Whitman is a Star Wars series based on the adventures of siblings Zak and Tash Arranda, their uncle Hoole and their droid, D-V9.

There are 12 books to the galaxy of fear series named Eaten Alive, City of the Dead, Planet Plague, The Nightmare Machine, Ghost of the Jedi, Army of Terror, The Brain Spiders, The Swarm, Spore, The Doomsday Ship, Clones and The Hunger. All in all not the most attractive of names.

Zak and Tash are orphans who live with their uncle Hoole. Since Uncle Hoole is a scientist, studying different lifeforms, Zak and Tash visit many different planets. But after they start to trouble the imperial, an evil dictatorship, they try going into hiding but often stumble upon danger. They have been imprisoned, disected, menaced by zombies and attacked by shadows. A very exciting series.

I thought that galaxy of fear was a series that made you want to read the next book. My favourite book was Spore because it had a lot of good action.

Harry Potter and the Prisnor of Azkaban

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

****

In J.K. Rowling's third book of the series, Harry Potter starts his year by magically inflating his aunt and takes the knight bus to the leaky cauldron. Ron and Hermione's friendship is braking up because of Hermione's new pet and Harry believes he keeps seeing death omens. A vicious wizarding killer that betrayed Harry's parents to Voldemort has broken out of Azkaban, the wizarding prison, and dementors are sent to guard Hogwarts and are after all of Harry's happy memories.

Its a pretty impressive start to the year but soon even more things go wrong. At Hogwarts school of witch craft and wizardry Harry takes on two new subjects; divination ,whose teacher is convinced that Harry could die any second, and care of magical creatures which is luckily being taught by Harry's friend Hagrid, but quickly goes wrong when Harry's rival, Malfoy, is trying to give Hagrid the sack.

At the end of the year Harry nearly reaches his limits when he comes face to face with the escaped prisoner of azkaban, Lord Voldemort's old servant and a werewolf. A prediction is made that states that Lord Voldemort will rise again and Harry fights about one hundred dementors who try to suck Harry's soul out. Will Harry survive to see his next birthday?

The prisoner of azkaban is very exiting and will make you want to never put the book down.

Bone-final books

I am reading the final books of the BONE series and they are UNBILIEVEBLY AWESOME!!!
Thorn's dreams come together, Phoney finally finds real money and the Lord of the Locast's plan is almost complete.
The pawans join forces with the rat creatures and in the end one of the main characters sacrifice themselves.
If you've read the other BONE books you will love BONE: TREASURE HUNTERS and BONE: THE CROWN OF HORNS!!!