Month: April 2018

Interviewing My Brother Who Says I’m Kidnapping Him

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Hello! Today I will be interviewing Connor. He is my brother, and just so you know, HE DOES NOT GO TO MERCER. Today I will be asking him ten questions about himself. Here we go!

 

Question 1: Tell me a little bit about yourself?

Answer: “Uuuuhhhh… I’m just gonna do this for the money because like, I’m better than everyone cause I have a robot. Yeah. And I am nice, I’m in Hufflepuff, and I’m better than everyone listening-listening to this to this. Okay? Good. I’m nine years old.” – Connor

 

Question 2: Who do you hate the most and why do you hate them?

Answer: Well, there’s this boy named Max, really stupid boy, like scratchy voice. You know-you know those kids? Good. Ok. So he has this scratchy voice, and one time on the bus, it’s the first time not the second time but were not talking about that today. No? Yay. Ok. And so- and one day, I not like this anymore but I wouldn’t let him sit in my seat, and he was like pushing me a little with his butt-with his belly and stuff and it was just weird. N-nothing inappropriate happened. And then he punched me in the shoulder and I punched him back and then we- and then we were fighting. He pulled me against the bus- he put me against the bus wall and I kicked him in the chest to his seat and then we just carried on with our day thanks to the SAT Patrick that saved my life. Good job Patrick. And so then- and yeah ever since then I hated him since and he’s been a little stupid boy ever since.” – Connor

 

Question 3: What was your greatest embarrassment?

Answer: “Uhhh ok before I say anything I just want to say this is against my will and I’m being kidnapped by my sister. Ok, so, one time during story time by the gym- at the gym at my school everyone was there like the whole third grade. And there was this story and there was questions being asked yaaas. And so like I thought like- is it me? And then he said yes cause I thought the kid behind me was- was like that. And then I was singing there for a second and then everyone looked at me and I was embarrassed a second and yeah. Ok.” -Connor

 

Question 4: What was your greatest achievement?

Answer: “Saving us from England, all of us Americans. Stopping WWll. And inventing the light bulb and electricity with it. Also discovering that diamonds are really dinosaurs eyeballs.” -Connor

 

Question 5: What are your hobbies?

Answer: “Well, one of thems to play Fortnite yay. Two- the second ones to to play with my robot cosmo yeah that’s right I have a robot all you PUNKS! Also I like to play with toys and go on my ipad and watch TV and yeah and go outside. Typical kid stuff. Not stuff like dumbos, like- the somebody-like some people out there.” -Connor

 

Question 6: What is your earliest memory?

Answer: “My earliest memory… So really, the first day I can remember that I actually was alive, was one day everything, it was like blurry for like two seconds, and then everything came to me. And my mom was in front of me, and I knew her name for some reason. Then I saw-and I knew my house was here for some reason. And then I saw my sister and all of a sudden I remembered my sister, and it was just cray-cray. And yeah, and that’s how my life started.” -Connor

 

Question 7: Have you ever been outside the country?

Answer: “ Oh yeah I’ve been to Europe and in Poland. This Summer I’m going to go to Paris. *GASP* But only in the airport tears. Aaaaaand I’ve also been on a Disney cruise. Yeah. Disney cruises a lot of them. And yeah. Save me from my sister.” -Connor

 

Question 8: What is your favourite book series?

Answer: “ Diary of a Wimpy Kid it’s a legend its funny. My second one is Lego Star Wars I really like that it’s just amazing it’s like funny, sad, but it’s also a little cringy which is really sad, but hey, you gotta pay a price for good books.” -Connor

 

Question 9: What is your favourite TV show?

Answer: “ What is my favourite TV show? You see, Teen Titans its- its really funny it’s just goofing around superheroes. And I also like Nicky Ricky Dicky and Daaawwwn. And yeah. But one TV show I-but like- what I really hate in TV shows is like, its abet between the boys and girls, but then the girls win and its STUPID. Ok.” -Connor

 

Question 10: What is your favourite fruit and who will you shove that fruit in the face?

Answer: “Ok. So my favourite fruit it is… PINEAPPLE PINEAPPLE WHO LIVES IN A PINEAPPLE UNDER THE SEA SPONGE – PINEAPPLE- SQUARE PANTS. WHO LIVES IN A PINEAPPLE UNDER THE SEA? PINEAPPLE SQUARE PANTS! I CAN’T HEAR Y- Ok you get it. I like pineapple and there all good. And I’ll shove it up Alexanders face. Also there way better than my sister.” -Connor

Well that was enlightening! Connor gave us some… interesting replies. Some of the replies, were a little bit completely not true, but when I asked him to redo it, he said that that was his final reply. One of my favorite replies is when he began singing the Pineapple song very loudly. But still, it was fun to interview him and learn a little bit more about him. This was really fun to do because we would laugh after every question.

Harry Potter but NORMAL

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I have read the Harry Potter series a million times (just kidding only two times). But what would Hogwarts be if it was a normal magical school without the threat of Voldemort, or worse, Umbridge? I think there should be a spin off book series. It would be fun because it would add new adventure to the Harry Potter franchise. Each book could have the life of someone from that house. Maybe, there could be a whole seven books for each house.

One of the series could be about the Ravenclaw at Hogwarts (my house). It could show the life of a Ravenclaw student, but normal, and no crazy threat like dementors or a basilisk. The book could show the riddles Ravenclaws have to solve and how they work together to solve them. The series could also shed more light on Ravenclaw, since the Harry Potter series mostly shines on Gryffindor and Slytherin. Ravenclaw is known as the quirky and creative house, so I bet it would be like Tumblr as wizards. A Ravenclaw book could show that Ravenclaws are not stuck up but are funny and sassy. Also, the sassy roasting would be hilarious. Since I am a Ravenclaw, this would be very interesting for me.

The next series could all be about Gryffindor House. Even though I know we readers have a good idea of Gryffindor already, we haven’t seen that in normal circumstances. I bet that series would be about a group of friends who are the Griffindoriest Gryffindors in the house since Godric Gryffindor. I imagine the group would always get into trouble such as sneaking into the Forbidden Forest, entering the third floor corridor, or jumping into the lake and playing with the giant squid. The teachers will never  know and that will be the best part of the books, because there will always be narrow escapes out of detention.

Another series could be about Hufflepuff, just one more non-represented House in the Harry Potter series. This series could be about the friendliness and loyalty in Hufflepuff. I don’t really know that much about Hufflepuff, since I am not one, and they are not talked about much in the books. I do know that Hufflepuffs are hardworking, patient, loyal, kind, and fair. A Hufflepuff series would be sweet, but also probably involve a dramatic love story. (I don’t know I’m weird, okay?) A Hufflepuff series would also be very fun, because they are right next to the kitchens, and they could eat snacks whenever. I imagine, the protagonist would have a black market, where they sell snacks for sickles and knuts. But, that wouldn’t be a very Hufflepuff  thing to do, and I imagine them just giving them out for free.

My final book in the series could be about Slytherin. Slytherin is hard to describe, but I imagine them as the “whatever it takes to get what I want” house. Please tell me in the comments if I am wrong, and please explain it to me so I can understand, but I will try my best. I imagine the Slytherins getting the free food from the Hufflepuffs and then selling it to the Gryffindors and Ravenclaws. The protagonist would probably be the leader of the black market, or be one of the sellers. They would probably ask/ probably sneak into the kitchens, grab the food, and go back to their house. Then they would put a price on the snacks, and go telling the houses to meet in the Room of Requirement and start selling (The Room of Requirement is a room in Hogwarts that will grant the needs of a student). Next, the sellers could keep 25% to 50% of the income and the rest goes to the boss. And the Slytherin students, being the sneaky snakes that they are, would bribe other student with the money (mainly Ravenclaws) to do their homework. That’s how I imagine the Hogwarts Houses as their own book series. Hope you enjoyed, bye!

Blood Spillers

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Everyone was in Midnights room. The curtains were drawn, and a piece of paper lay in front of them, bearing the names of the soon to be killed.

The Firescales always wanted their slaves back, even after 200 years. The SkyScales were created from a female FireScale and a male SeaScale. The FireScales took the dragonet away, and when discovered his powers, used him for a terrible event. Soon they had fifty SkyScales after capturing a bunch of SeaScales. They used the SkyScales to clear smoke from the volcano, using their powerful wing beats to blow it away. When the SeaScale queen found out, a war unfolded for twenty years. Finally, the SeaScales queen’s daughter, Princess Shellseeker, killed Queen Firestarter, ending the war. All the SkyScales started their tribe far away high in the mountains, where if a FireScale came the thin air would kill them.

Even after 200 years since the war ended, King Scorch still wants the SkyScales back, so he created groups of assassinators.

Most where NightScales, since they were perfect for assignations and killed both sides during the war. Two were his dragonets who agreed with the plan. The third was a poor SeaScale. He was told he would die when he saw his sister get killed by Twinkle for being a witness. He then went and killed his sister for Twinkle asking if she would spare him.

One or two murders a year, mostly SkyScales, and soon the war would begin. They called themselves, The Blood Spillers.

Of this assassination gang where Midnight, Twinkle, Shadow, Ruby, Shoreline, Molten, and Flicker. Everyone was tense, except Twinkle, who was reading the list bouncing, but suddenly stopped. Shoreline was looking awkward, being the only SeaScale in a group of FireScales and NightScales.  They were all whispering.

“EVERYONE SHUT UP!” Midnight yelled. “Ok, we have the list from Volca-”

“King Volcano.” Ruby interrupted.

“WhatEVER! King Volcano sent this yesterday with five names on it. Eagle, Horizon, Daffodile, Dove, and Pearl.”

“WHAT!” Yelled Twinkle. “We can’t kill Pearl! Shes my bestfriend! Why do we need to anyway? Just kill Horizon.”

“She saw you covered in blood.” Shoreline stated.

“So what? I just told her I tripped.” Twinkle smirked.

“Whatever, fine,” Midnight said crossing off Pearls name.

“Wait- why do we have to kill Daffodile? She’s an EarthScale, not a SkyScale.” Flicker asked.

“Because she’s the one who found one of Ruby’s wing sapphires next to Dawn’s body.”

“That could have been anyone’s! Anyway, I think we should kill Eagle, he didn’t give me a quill when I asked for one.”

“Are you crazy? Eagle is the most popular dragon in school! Everyones gonna be MAD suspicious.” Exclaimed Shadow. He leaped out of the pitch black corner and crossed Eagles name off the list. Only two names remained. Dove and Horizon.

“We should kill Dove, she is the queen’s daughter.” Midnight suggested.

“But Horizon is the son of Storm, the most wealthy SkyScale. He would be destroyed, thus ruining their economy.”

“But Dove i-“ Suddenly a huge Firescale came in. She had slammed the door and the cave shook. She had smoke rising from her scales and a bad temper on her face. She was eyeing the paper with the names suspiciously. She picked it up, examining it.

“What is this!” She cried.

“Uh-nothing!” Shrieked Shoreline. He was looking terrified.

“Why does it have students name on it?” Asked the FireScale.

“We-we were writing names of students we hate! We cross them off if we decide the majority of us likes them, and we keep the ones we all despise.” Twinkle perked up. She looked very nervous, smiling too wide with white gleaming teeth. The FireScale eyed the paper more. Before flicking It across the room as she slammed the door shut.

“Ok, back to business, we should kill Dove because she’s the queen’s daughter, plus she’s super week, and Horizon would need three of us to kill him.” Midnight explained. She had another reason. One, Dove was always nice and perfect, super annoying. Two, Dove had a super rare enchanted necklace that prevents her from taking harm, and if Midnight took the necklace, it would make it look a lot less suspicious when there were scratch marks on her body after killing someone.

“FINE we’ll kill Dove. Who wants to do it? I could!” Cheered Twinkle.

“No. How about… Shoreline.” Midnight suggested with a evil grin. Midnight knew Shoreline only killed once, and this would rip his heart in half, since Dove was his other sisters best friend

“No no no I can’t!” Screamed Shoreline hyperventilating. Midnight put her sharp tail near Shorelines neck.

“Do it.” Midnight sneered. “Or die.”

“Berries” Shoreline whispered.

“What?” Midnight asked. Shoreline whispered again. “Berries? Like poison? Fine, but not exciting.”

“Guys.” Molten said alarmed. “Break is over.” Immediately the whole cave went into chaos. Dragons were grabbing their things, and where all racing out the door. If Midnights room mates came in, then all of them would be found out.

“Saturday! Midnight! Forest!” Molten shouted over his shoulder at Shoreline, whose eyes were wide with fear.

Different Difficulty Books Goal 2 Quarter 3 Lexile Level

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Hello! Today I will be writing about my Quarter 3 goals. For Goal 2 I chose Investigation Of Lexile Levels. This goal means I have to choose three books. One under, at, and above my lexile levels. A lexile level is created based on a few attributes. Sentence length, word difficulty, book length, and the material inside the book. You can have a book about a serious topic, but if the words are easy then the lexile will go down. Enough about that, let’s get started!

For my lower lexile reading, I chose Dork Diaries, Tales From a NOT-SO Friendly Frenemy. This book is written by Rachel Renee Russell and the genre is Realistic Fiction. This book is part of a series of many books and the lexile is 740L. The series follows a young girl named Nikki, and the story is told through her diary. The book is about a Student Exchange Program at her school. Middle schoolers from different schools will go to other schools to build school relationships. In the earlier books Nikki’s enemy, Mackenzie, went to a different school, North Hampton Hills International Academy. For Student Exchange Week, Nikki has to go to North Hampton Hills for one week, and she is dreading it because she doesn’t want to see Mackenzie ever again.This book was very easy to read. I probably read it under two hours (I read it a long time ago so I forgot). The words are very easy, and each paragraph is two sentences. One third of the book is pictures. Because of the complexity, the lexile level was below mine. I read this book because I have read this series since third grade, and I own a few books from the series. Even though I am in sixth grade, I still like to read Dork Diaries for the story and the drawings.

My second book was War Of The Worlds by H. G. Wells. This books genre is Sci-Fi. I chose this book for the book that was at my lexile level. This books lexile level was 1170L. Even though this book was at my lexile, I hated it. Maybe its because it’s Sci-Fi, but this book was so boring! The words droned on and on and on and on. Just read one chapter and you’ll see what I’m talking about. I read it for a week and I only got to page twenty! I don’t even know how! The book is about martians slowly invading Earth. The martians have a death ray that can kill anything with one stroke of the heat ray. The martians come to invade Earth through UFOs. The book is about a man trying to survive during the apocalypse.The only reason I read this book is because Mrs. Banks showed it to me, so I checked it out at her library. I chose the book because I wanted to try a new genre, and the cover looked cool.

My second book that was above my level was A House Divided by Elizabeth Massie. This books genre is Historical Fiction. This books lexile level is 1000-1400. Mrs. Banks also showed me this book as a choice for my goals. When I saw the cover, I thought I wasn’t gonna like it, but I tried to read it because I liked the Little House On The Prairie books. I LOVED this book. It was so thrilling to see how teens would live during the civil war. The book is about Susanne and Stephen. They both live with their aunt and uncle on a farm in Gettysburg. Uncle Silas is bedridden and complains, while Aunt Darcy has somewhat lost her mind. One day Aunt Rudine and her young twelve year old son, Simon, come to live with them because Aunt Rudine got divorced. Aunt Rudine is a horrible woman who believes in etiquette and fanciness, while all Susanne wants to do is help on the farm and ride horses. Stephen gets so fed up with all of this that he goes and joins the army. He believes that Simon can do the chores, but the family get more angry with each other. The author shows three points of view. One is the narrator’s point of view, and the other two are journal entries from Susanne’s and Stephen’s diaries. I really liked this book, and I think it was fairly easy to read, and I guess the lexile went up only because of the war scenes.

Those were the books I chose for my lexile level reading. This was very fun to do and I will do it again. This goal helped me open up to other book genres. I will starts reading more Historical Fiction because I liked A House Divided so much. That’s all for today, bye!

The Dragons Secret Language

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Wings Of Fire is a book series written by Tui T. Sutherland. The series is about a war among the dragon tribes. The SandWing queen has died by scavengers, so the three sisters ally with other tribes to overtake the throne. The NightWings make a prophecy that states in twenty years five dragonets will stop the war. In Phyria, the dragons have their own language. They use words like scavengers, animus, and words like SeaWing or SkyWing.

The word SeaWing or SkyWing refers to a type of dragon. A SeaWing is a water dragon who lives in the ocean. A SkyWing is a dragon who lives in the mountains up in the sky. They also have big wings and like flying. A dragon type has the main part of their environment plus “Wing”. The dragons use this alot when referring to other dragons, like, “Hey IceWing, get down here!” Instead of dragons saying, “Pink scales, go over there!”, they use *BLANK*Wing to make it easier. It is pretty easy to guess where a dragon lives and what they look like by what their name is. If I say SandWing, where do you think a SandWing lives? In the desert? CORRECT!!!

In Wings Of Fire there are creatures called Scavengers. These creatures stand on two legs, have tiny hands, no weapons, and hair on their head. They…are…HUMANS! Dragons refer to humans as scavengers. This is because the humans in the book like to collect treasure. In the dragon world, dragons cannot understand humans, and some dragons eat them. I know, gross. Few dragons keep them as pets. Some dragons keep them as pets because they think Scavengers are animals like a dog or a cat. Smolder the SandWing keeps a pet scavenger named Flower. Winter kept a pet scavenger named Bandit. Sunny and her friends think that scavengers are smarter than they seem. Scavengers are described throughout the book wearing human clothes, roasting chicken, and riding camels, like normal humans.

These are the words in Wings Of Fire that wouldn’t make sense if you didn’t read the books. There are many other words, like animus, Eye Of Onyx, and The Diamond Challenge. I would NOT want to be a scavenger. I wouldn’t like to be eaten, by the way. If I was a dragon, I would be a SeaWing!

Enemies in War, Friends Across the Fence

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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is a book written by John Boyne. This book’s genre is historical fiction. The book is about a boy at the age of nine, living in Germany during World War II. His father is a commander for the Germans. Hitler moves Bruno’s father and his family to Poland, near a concentration camp. Bruno is very mad about this and hates his new house. There’s no one to play with, and the house is shabby and small. When Bruno goes to his new room he looks out the window. He sees hundreds of people, working in a fence, wearing striped pajamas. Bruno wants to be an adventurer, so he sets out to the concentration camp where he finds a small boy, Shmuel, sitting there. They become friends and Bruno soon learns about the horrors of the concentration camp, and what his father is really doing.

I really enjoyed reading this book and I give it a four out of five stars. It’s a very simple book that anyone can read, even younger readers. It doesn’t have a lot of challenging words, even though it is a sensitive subject. This is not a five out of five because it does not have a lot of stimulating vocabulary. It’s very interesting to see World War II from a child’s point of view. Bruno thinks his father is great, but we all know him to be evil because he is a Nazi capturing Poles and Jews. The reader realizes from early on that Shmuel is a prisoner, but Bruno is not aware of this, instead he thinks Shmuel is just another kid he can play with. For instance, Bruno asks Shmuel through the fence questions like, “How did you get here?” “Why don’t you come for dinner?” and, “What do you do over there?” This makes the reader feel sorry for Bruno and Shmuel, and makes the reader want to find out if Bruno will ever discover the truth.

 

Magic And The Dragon Dream

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A few nights ago I had a dream where I was at Hogwarts and a dream about dragons. The first dream was about Hogwarts. I was thinking about how awesome Harry Potter was when I drifted into sleep. I was a Gryffindor or Ravenclaw, I don’t remember. Me and my friends were talking about what we thought it was like in the Slytherin common room. We ventured down the stairs, and the entrance to the Slytherin common room looked very different from what it said in the books. If you went down the golden spiral stairs and took a left, you came to a huge golden room with the Slytherin door. From the room you could still see the low stairs. I was on the ground and my three to four friend were on the stairs (I couldn’t remember).

Just so you know, I saw a meme that day of Malfoy in a video game saying, “Nice earmuffs, Potter. Did your mum make them for you?” So maybe that’s why I saw video game style, eleven year old Malfoy coming down the stairs with his friends Crabbe and Goyle. Malfoy sneered at me and asked me what I was doing there, and no joke, I replied, “Trying to get into the Slytherin common room.” I didn’t even try to cover up! Then I vaguely remember this, but we started joking and laughing! We all just stood there, laughing, and I remember Malfoy pretending to crack an egg on my head. In the end, we didn’t get into the Slytherin common room. But that brings me to my next dream.

That same night when I had the Hogwarts dream, I was reading Wings Of Fire The Dark Secret. Listen, this book was about a NightWing, but I dreamt I was a red SkyWing. I was a SkyWing, and I think my brother and mom were one too, but my dad was probably a NightWing, and we were all on a train! The train was mostly yellow-orange and was very bumpy. At one point I asked my dad if I could fly outside the train, and he said I could, as long as I don’t lose them. Now, I don’t know if my dreams are weird, but they just randomly cut to different scenes on the same topic. So one moment I was on a train, the next flying in circles with the train nowhere in sight. I was low to the bright green ground, and gray stone surrounded me. Moss was on top of the cliffs, and the sun was shining brightly. It was very beautiful. A nearby dragon was above me. I think we were racing. That’s when my dream ended. It was such a good dream too! I hope I have another flying dream.

Goal 1: Letters For Dragons

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Dear Moonwatcher,

I would love to be a dragon. I wonder how it feels to fly, do you like flying? Too bad I’m a human. It must be amazing to fly. Do you take flying for granted? Like, “Oh I’m just going to go flying”, or do you value it? Do you think you could go a week without flying, then maybe you can see how a human feels.

Anyway, I think it would be cool to read someone’s mind. It must be annoying for you since you can do it. Do you think you would like to be able to read minds or not? It must be very depressing because you can hear everyone’s thoughts, even if they are about you. I would use it to find out what people thought of me and how I can change that. When you first read someone’s mind, was it scary? Was it like BAM someone’s thoughts in your brain? Did you think you were going insane? It seems scary to do that. When people wear the rocks, do you feel happy or scared? You don’t know what your friends think of you. Also do you feel like you’re invading their privacy? Not to be rude, but I would race for those rocks. You could probably make a fortune selling those rocks. Do you think you will always wear the rock?

Also when you tell the future can you tell when it’s going to happen? Like when you saved everyone from that burning classroom, how did you know it wouldn’t be tomorrow, or in a year? Can you just sense the time?

When you first heard Darkstalker, did you think you were going crazy? I can’t imagine just hearing someone in my head without reading someone’s mind. Did you like that he was in your head, and you could share secrets with him?  Were you worried that he was crazy? Why didn’t you ask Starflight? He probably has tons of facts about visions, mindreading, and Darkstalker. Even though he isn’t from the tribe, he reads a lot, and he’s a NightWing.

When you grew up in the rainforest, did you like it? It must have been really pretty to see all the colors. Did you ever feel like there was a missing piece in you life, like you had to be with your own kind? Did you eat fruit? Kinkajou loves to eat fruit since she is a RainWing, and she grew up eating fruit, but do you like it? Fruit is everywhere in the rainforest and you must have tried it at least once. Did you just always eat animals like sloths or monkeys? Did you learn to fly between the trees? Have you ever met a RainWing before you came to the academy? RainWings must have seen you at some point, or they might have thought you were just a shadow. Did you get used to rain?

When you were away from your mother, did you feel sad? How did you entertain yourself, did you chase monkeys, or did you watch the moon, (ha, get it). Did your mother ever bring you any scrolls to read? They probably got wet from the rain. Did you ever leave the rainforest? Like go above the mountains or see the desert.

When you become a grown dragon what do you wanna do? I know dragons do not have jobs, but mind reading is very valuable. You could probably solve murders and kidnappings, (or dragonnappings). Say a SkyWing say, “Help! My husband has been killed!” All you have to do is walk around the SkyWing place and BAM you hear someone thinking, “Gee golly I had fun when I killed Magma!” You could totally catch him and get lots of jewels. I hope you read my letter. I think you are awesome!

From, Rose Stars

Goal 1: I Like Big Books and I Cannot Lie!

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For my reading goal I chose Big Book Bonanza. This goal means I have to read two books over 300 pages.

My first book was Wings Of Fire Moon Rising by Tui T. Sutherland. This book was about Moonwatcher who was raised in the rainforest and how she goes to Jade Mountain Academy. She has a secret, she is able to read minds and tell the future, unlike other NightWings. I loved how this book was very long. My favourite genre is fantasy, so having a big book about that was amazing. This book was very different from other books because of how you can see other characters thoughts! It was very  interesting to see Winter thoughts, Kinkajous thoughts, and Quiblis thought. Without being able to read their thoughts, I would have just thought Winter was mean, Qibli was shy, and, well, Kinkajous thoughts are the same as her mood. I love big books because it means I can read the book for a long time. Whenever I finish a book, I feel happy, sad, and empty. When I read big books, I feel less empty.

Thes second book I chose was The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman. The Zookeeper’s Wife is a book about Jan and Antonina. They live in Poland during WWII. During WWII, Germans could shoot any Polish or Jewish person they saw. If a Polish person hid a Jew in their house then the Jew, the Poles who hid them and sometimes even the neighbors would be shot. Jan and Antonina hid lots of Jews in their zoo in empty animal cages and their house. In the end, they saved 300 Jews from being killed. I liked this book, but it was very mature writing. Not just because of the subject. The Boy In The Striped Pajamas was a book about WWII but it didn’t have a lot of difficult words. This book was an adult subject and an adult style of writing. This book was interesting but also boring. It was very cool to learn about how Jan and Antonia saved all those Jewish people. The book listed methods how Jews would hide from being shot, including dying their hair and learning Christian prayers. (Germans would stop women who looked Jewish and ask them to recite the Lord’s Prayer. If they couldn’t, they would be killed.) Some of the book was interesting, but also boring. The author would spend a whole chapter on talking about nature, or about a cat.

Those were the books for my reading goal. It is really fun to read big books. Bye!

 

Lost At The Mall

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Toby was five years old. One day he and his mom decided to go to the mall. Toby was excited, because his mom told him there was a ball pit there. His mom explained that first they would go shopping for some clothes for him and his little brother, and then for her. His mom told him that if he behaved, he would get to go to the ball pit. They both climbed into the family’s red van and drove to the mall. Along the way, Toby was dreaming about the ball pit. He only visited to one a year ago, and he loved it.

Finally they arrived. His mom unbuckled him, and he skipped inside. Toby had never been inside a mall before, and he was amazed. There were so many stores! And fancy little plants lined the walls. People with bags chatted on their phones as they walked passed. Toby glanced around and saw a sweets store. A little girl with a pink dress walked out of it holding an M&M cookie. “Mommy, Mommy, can I get one?”

“Sure, sweetie!”

They walked inside the store. The walls were light pink, and a counter displayed cakes, cupcakes, lollipops, and cookies. Toby pointed to a big cookie with lots of M&Ms on it. His mom paid for it, and they grabbed a tiny booth where Toby took a huge bite out of his cookie. As he chewed, a lady with frizzy red hair walked in, and his mom seemed to recognize her. She had a six year old daughter with her wearing a blue dress. His mom waved her over and she and her daughter sat down. Their moms started talking about “mom things,” but Toby was focused on the little girl. She had a pink cupcake in her hands and was staring at the table. “Hi! I’m Toby. What’s your name?”

“Bella.”

“Hi Bella! Do you want to go to the ball pit?” Toby asked in a whisper.

“Ooh!” Bella’s eyes lit up. “ I know where that is! Let’s go there when were done with our snacks.” Bella whispered back.

Toby felt very happy. Soon Bella and Toby finished their desserts as their moms were in a deep conversation about a kidnapping that happened in town. Toby and Bella left the sweets store. Bella held his hand and she lead him to the ballpit. It was a yellow box filled with rainbow colored plastic balls. Three or four kids were playing in it, but it was hard to tell because heads would poke out and go back in. They both ran into it. Toby had so much fun. He played hide and seek with Bella, and they pretended to be dolphins popping out of the water. After fifthteen minutes, Toby thought they should go back to their parents and Bella agreed. She led the way back to the sweets cafe, but their parents were gone. “Mommy!” he called but no one answered. Toby was getting worried. They walked around the mall for five minutes shouting “Mommy!” but no one answered.

“Hey! A policeman! My mommy says that if I’m lost, I should get one to help me!” Bella told him. They walked up to the policeman. They told him that they were lost, and they needed his help.

“Really?! Because my friend told me that two moms were looking for their kids.” He picked up his radio and told his cop buddy that he found the two kids. “ Ok kids, we are going to go to the fountain where you’ll see your parents, ok? Follow me.”

Toby and Bella followed the policeman to the fountain were they saw two anxious moms biting their nails. Toby and Bella ran to them and hugged them. The moms hugged them back and planted kisses all over their faces. And that is the story of how Toby and Bella got lost at the mall.