Bat 6: A couple years after World War 2, two towns come together each summer to play a sportsmanlike game of softball. One year an unusual girl named Shazam walks in, and instantly makes the team. The others aren't so sure about her, but they accept her all the same. On the Ridge, a Japanese girl is also drawn in. Shazam has a huge predjudice against Japanese, since her dad was killed at Pearl Harbor. This anger builds up until ther first game against each other comes, and Shazam severely injures Aki.
Boom! I cut you off. I culdn't figure the story out. right before the end, I thought I knew what was going to happen, and it ended. It was neat how the author used the girls on both teams to say what they thought about Shazam. Shazam's comments are disjointed, creepy sentances that tell you what her past was like. Very cool.
Saturday, November 19, 2005
Sunday, November 13, 2005
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter is an orphan living with his cruel aunt, uncle, and cousin. On the day of his eleventh birthday, a giant comes to tell Harry he's a wizard. So on September first he goes to Platform 9 3/4
to catch the train to Hogwarts. Getting to the platform met going through a solid wall. On the train he meets Ron Weasley, who quickly becomes his best friend. Another true friend is made while defeating a ginormous troll. Harry and Ron and Hermione find a series of clues telling them what is hidden behingd the forbidden door at Hogwarts. And finally, they find out, but it's not what any of them expected.
One thing that annoys me about Harry Potter books is the wands. Certain flicks and swishes get you certain spells and if you lose or break your wand you're dead. I would find it more interesting if they could do some things without wands. But I really enjoy wizard's chess and Fluffy. I would stink at chess, but it's fun to think about.
Cheerio!
-ruthie Girl!
to catch the train to Hogwarts. Getting to the platform met going through a solid wall. On the train he meets Ron Weasley, who quickly becomes his best friend. Another true friend is made while defeating a ginormous troll. Harry and Ron and Hermione find a series of clues telling them what is hidden behingd the forbidden door at Hogwarts. And finally, they find out, but it's not what any of them expected.
One thing that annoys me about Harry Potter books is the wands. Certain flicks and swishes get you certain spells and if you lose or break your wand you're dead. I would find it more interesting if they could do some things without wands. But I really enjoy wizard's chess and Fluffy. I would stink at chess, but it's fun to think about.
Cheerio!
-ruthie Girl!
Tuesday, November 01, 2005
The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
A boy in love with books named Bastian has stolen one. Sure that he will be imprisoned if he tells his father, he hides in the school attic. There he is drawn into the Neverending Story...
A dreadful thing is spreading across Fantastica. The Childlike Empress is terribly sick, and no one except a human can give her a new name. Fantastica is almost lost when Bastian gives the Childlike Empress a new name. THen he is granted the power to make everyone's wishes come true-but every time he does, he loses a memory of home. You need at least one more memory to go home, and when he loses it....
The book was great for me because I make up all kinds of wierd things in my head and the Story is full of strange and interesting things. I enjoyed the problem of Bastian losing his memory because it happens. So what's he going to do? the ending's really great and answered everything and finished everything.
A fun fact- today is All Saint's Day. Yesterday was Halloween. When did Halloween get like this?
Mom(and Mr. Spears) said that people first dressed up to mock the devil. The horns and pichfork,etc-saying you're just a ridiculous thing, not even worth being called an angel.
A dreadful thing is spreading across Fantastica. The Childlike Empress is terribly sick, and no one except a human can give her a new name. Fantastica is almost lost when Bastian gives the Childlike Empress a new name. THen he is granted the power to make everyone's wishes come true-but every time he does, he loses a memory of home. You need at least one more memory to go home, and when he loses it....
The book was great for me because I make up all kinds of wierd things in my head and the Story is full of strange and interesting things. I enjoyed the problem of Bastian losing his memory because it happens. So what's he going to do? the ending's really great and answered everything and finished everything.
A fun fact- today is All Saint's Day. Yesterday was Halloween. When did Halloween get like this?
Mom(and Mr. Spears) said that people first dressed up to mock the devil. The horns and pichfork,etc-saying you're just a ridiculous thing, not even worth being called an angel.
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