Reading+Log-+Josh

//Term 3 Reading log:// //Title: Harry Potter and the philosopher stone// //Author: J.K Rowling// //Age: 9+// //Genre: Fantasy// //Plot: Harry Potter lived in his uncles house since he was a young child. His parents died in a car crash, or so he was told. On his 11th birthday Harry Potters life is about to change. Harry Potter has been told he is a wizard, now he must go to the school of witchcraft and wizardry, Hogwarts. Now Harry has to meet his mortal enemy, Voldemort. Harry Potter must do what ever it takes to stop him destroying everything.// //Response language used: I like how the spells all mean something in Latin. Like wingadium levious means, Levitate objects.// //Text to self: If i was harry I would be quite scared of what will happen next, because i'd never know what is going to happen next// //I learned that: The Latin Language is not to vaguely that different to ours.//

//Title: Percy Jackson:The sea of monsters// //Author: Rick Riordan// //Genre: Fantasy, Fiction// //Plot: Percy Jackson is on an adventure to save Thalia's tree. Along the way they have to stop a cyclops and save Grover. They must get the golden fleece and stop thaila's tree from dying, in order to keep the camp safe from more magical creatures.// //Response language used: I really liked how they made the language into a Greeky kind of way. To give the Greek behind message of its past.// //Text to self: If I was Percy I wouldn't like to be in his situation. Monsters coming after you all the time is something you don't want to experience.// //I Learned that: The Greek Culture is a fantastic thing to learn and it would be a lovely place to go and see from time to time.//

Title: Percy Jackson: Battle Of The Labyrinth Author: Rick Riordan Genre: Fantasy, Fiction Plot: Percy and friends are on their most difficult challenge yet. They have to go into the LABYRINTH to find the man who can save them all. They meet the minotaur and HADES. As they embark on their journey they come up against many struggles just to kill the most evil titan Kronos. Response Language used: It is very much just slang apart from the older characters who speak like "Arth though" and stuff like that. Text to self: Being Thalia would be so cool being able to do things with thunder. I learned that: You can never judge things by their looks because i thought these books looked stupid but now i am really enjoying it

//Term 2 Reading Log:// //Title: Darren Shan Trilogy Cirque Du Freak: A living Nightmare...// //Author: Anonymous// //Genre: Fantasy, Fiction// //Plot: Darren Shan has got a ticket to go to a freak show called Cirque Du Freak (circus of freaks). After the show he makes a mistake of stealing a vampires Spider. Now he's A Vampire Assistant.// //Response Language used: I'm An Idiot Savant meaning Stupid Genuis// //Text to self: If i were Darren I would be very sad because he has to fake his death and never see his family again.// //I learned that: I can be an idiot savant sometimes.//

//Title Frightful first world war// //Author: Terry Deary// //Illustrator: Martin Brown// //Genre: Gore// //Plot: Its the world war 1 with the gory bits. Teachers don't like to tell you the gory bits but why do they care. All the information on the first world war.// //Response language used: Very funny, gory word such as decapitated.// Text to self: If i were in the first world war i would be very much scared from at any moment you could die. I found out that teachers don't like to tell you all the scary parts or gory parts

//Second Best// //Author: David Hill// //Genre: Cricket (sports)// //Plot: Strotford school has picked a stink cricket watch as the good cricketers start to make a team// //Response: This is a nice,easy and quick read. I would recommend this to anyone who is into sport or would like a nice easy read. David Hill has many other great stories I would recommend this to anyone// //Age: 8+// //Quotes: "You can never get rid of us Davies that easily"//

//Title: Groovy Greeks// //Author: Terry Deary// //Illustrator: Martin Brown// //Genre: Comedy, History// //Plot: Groovy greeks is a book on history, there is comedy and does not leave all the gruesome parts out. This book tells many classical stories of the greek timeline such as:// //Troy and the wooden horse, The gruesome gods, The minotaur and many more.// //This book xplains what the greeks do and who they are//

//Term 1 Reading Log// //Percy Jackson And The Lightning Thief// //Author Rick Riordan// //Genre Greek Fantasy// //Plot: Percy is a young boy or so he thought. Percy is a Demi-God. His father is a Greek god. Greek gods are alive blessed with immorality. Now monsters are after Percy and he is at a camp. Camp Half-Blood// //Response: A very adventurous story with sorrow. I would recommend this to anyone who would like a fantasy and action book. I would recommend you try all of Rick Riordan's books as he writes many of the same adventurous// //Age: 8+// //Quotes: "Percy your dad does live I know it in my heart"//

//Diary of a wimpy kid// //Author: Jeff Kinney// //Genre: Comedy// //Plot: A boy just reached middle school. Most kids shave and are much taller. Greg and his friend Rowley are young funny and full of adventurous stories// //Response:I would recommend this to anyone who is depressed or in a bad mood. It will make you happy or excited. Its a very light easy read 1-2 nights to complete at the most.// //Age:6+// //Quotes: "Well have our fights but were still best friends"//

//Harry Potter and the Deathly Harrows// //Author J.K Rowling// //Genre Fantasy// //Plot Voldermort is stronger than he has ever been. Harry's headmaster Dumbledore is dead with him gone he can only have Ron and Hermione to help him. What does he need help with? read it and find out// //Response: J.K Rowling is one of my favourite writers. She has a adventurous mind to make a book like this. Many times reading this I fell asleep reading. Its a little scary but it is impossible to put down. She also has many different books but this is her main series of books// //Age:11+// //Quotes: "Kill me" "I may hate you harry but I'll never kill you//

//Buddy// //Author: V.M Jones// //Genre: Sporty, Sorrow// //Plot: Josh is the sportiest kid you'll meet. But Josh's brother buddy he was. Until he fell in a pool. He nearly drowned. Now he's in intensive care. He's got Special Needs but that doesn't make him a different person. No-one knows Josh has a brother let alone a twin// //Response: V.M Jones is an AWESOME writer I would recommend this to anyone doesn't matter if you don't like reading you'll Love this book. V.M Jones has many books but this is one of my favorites.// //Age: 11+// //Quotes "I don't care if he is Special Needed he was always SPECIAL to me"//