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=**__ Term __** 3 = __**The Earthsea Quartet**__ __**The Farthest Shore**__ __**By Ursula Le Guin**__

__**Fiction**__

__**Plot**__**:** Arren, the son of Morred, came to Roke to tell the Archmage, Ged, that people have started mysteriously forgetting the words of making and the spells. Archmage decides to set out to find the cause of this himself. Arren was chosen to go with besides the arguments of the other masters of Roke. Arren and the Archmage set off towards  __**Response**__**:**

__**Text to self**__**:**

__**I felt empathy for**__**:**

__**Language used**__**:**

__**I learned that**__**:**

__**Recommendation**__**:**    __**The Earthsea Quartet**__ __**The Tombs of Atuan**__ __**By Ursula Le Guin**__

__**﻿**__ __**Fiction**__

__**Plot**__**:** Tenar was taken by the Priestess of the Tombs at a young age and was 'eaten' by the nameless ones and renamed Arha, the eaten one. She was now the high priestess of the nameless one. Over the years she lost all memory of her family and when she was old enough she was shown her domain by Kossil, the priestess of the GodKing. At first she was only allowed into the very safest part of her domain, the Undertomb, but eventually she was taught the passages that lead to different rooms in the labyrinth. She was taught this by Thar who had been told by Arha the ways of the labyrinth before she was 'reborn'. One day Arha found a man in the Undertomb with light! The Undertomb was a sacred lace and a man and light were forbidden! He saw her and ran into the labyrinth but luckily the door can only be opened from the outside so as soon as he ran in she shut the door and was happy that he would be punished as there is only one way in and out of the labyrinth. Over the years Arha had lernt that there were 'spy holes' everywhere above the labyrinth. One day she was out by the river and remembered there was a spy hole here. So she peeped through to see the man sitting there with his staff making light. So she went down and led him to the painted room and gave him food and water. She found out his name was SparrowHawk and that he was a mage. Eventually Kossil found out and she had to take him to the room where great treasure is kept and where one especially treasured treasure was kept, the half ring of Erreth-Akbe. This was what SparrowHawk was after. Eventually they had to run away because Kossil was coming! As they were running out of the Undertomb it collapsed because the nameless ones were angry at them and Kossil was crushed. SparrowHawk had already found the half ring of Erreth-Akbe and they reunited the two halves and returned to Havnor.


 * __Response __: **

__**Text to self**__**:** If I was Tenar I would have killed SparrowHawk for bringing light to the sacred place and I wouldn't have listened to reason because I would have been raised my whole life like that to respect and honour the sacred place but I think curiosity just got the best of her.

<span style="color: #08079d; font-family: Georgia,serif;">__**I felt empathy for**__**:** I felt empathy for Manan because he risked his life for Arha and he thought she was in danger but she wasn't and he perished in the anger of the nameless ones.

<span style="color: #08079d; font-family: Georgia,serif;">__**Language used**__**:** "In the Great Treasury of the Tombs of Atuan, time did not pass. No light; no life; no least stir of spider in the dust or worm in the cold earth. Rock, and dark, and time not passing. On the stone lid of a great chest the theif from the Inner Lands lay stretched on his back like the carven figure on a tomb. The dust disturbed by his movements had settled on his clothes. He did not move." I love this paragraph as it describes in so much detail the deadly silence in the Great Treasury.

<span style="color: #08079d; font-family: Georgia,serif;">__**I learned that**__**:** I learned that anything is possible even if you grew up knowing something your whole life it may still change.

<span style="color: #08079d; font-family: Georgia,serif;">__**Recommendation**__**:** I would recommend this book to anyone who needs an exciting book full of adventure and may be a little scary too! 10/10!!



<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">__**The EarthSea Quartet**__ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">__**A Wizard of EarthSea**__ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">__**By Ursula Le Guin**__

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">__**Fiction**__

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">__**Plot**__**:** As a child Duny showed great magical power so his aunt shows him all she knows but she is only a village witch and does not know much and Duny has a thirst for knowledge. One day his village in Gont were attacked Kargs so Duny hid the village so that they had advantage and they won but afterwards he had over-used his power and he was very ill but Ogion the Silent came and cured him with a single touch. Ogion then stripped Duny of his name and gave him his real name which he should only reveal to those he truly trusted. His true name was Ged but his use name was Sparrowhawk. Ogion then took him on as his apprentice and set off towards his home again taking Ged with him. Ged became weary with Ogion's silence and frustrated with not learning a new thing everyday so he was sent off to the island of Roke where all high arts of magic are taught. Ged arrived at Roke and was an eager student. One night a few boys were outside playing with magic foolishly and one boy named Jasper was jealous of Ged and dared him to raise a person from the dead. Ged tryed to summon someone and he suceeded for a second but he also released a nameless one on himself and the archmage had to save him but the archmage died soon afterwards.Ged got his staff and graduated but he stayed on Roke, hiding from the shadow. One day the new archmage told him to go to one of the islands and protect the villagers from the dragons so Ged went but he was afraid of the nameless one so he went and defeated the dragons of Pendorr and became the only Dragonlord in this time. He went back to his old master,Ogion, and he told Ged to become the hunter instead of the hunted so Ged set out and finally defeated the nameless one by naming it with his own name.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">__**Response**__**:**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**__Text to self__:** If I was Vetch I would have been so afraid of what would happen that I would have been stronger and __told__ Jasper and Ged that magic duels were not allowed and they could be kicked of Roke and they need to stop this childish competition. Vetch should have told Ged to stop as Jasper seemed more angry.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**__I felt empathy for__:** I felt empathy for old man and old woman who got dumped on a desolate ialand when they were just kids and having to live on a tiny little island with almost nothing to live off. It must be horrible to have your parents not like you so they dump you on an island where they hope you won't survive.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**__Language used__:** "Then raising his head he saw it was dark in the house. He had been reading without any light, in the darkness. He could not now make out the runes when he looked down at the book. Yet the horror grew in him, seeming to hold him bound in his chair. He was cold. Looking over his shoulder he saw that something was crouching beside the closed door, a shapless clot of shadow darker than darkness. It seemed to reach out towards him, and to whisper, and to call to him in a whisper: but he could not understand the words. The door was flung wide. A man entered with a white light flaming about him, a great bright figure who spoke aloud, fiercely and suddlenly. The darkeness and the whispering ceased and were dispelled." I loved this paragraph because you can almost feel Ged's fear climbing up through your skin and send a shiver down your spine. This paragraph describes the first time Ged encounters the nameless one.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">__**I learned that**__**:** I learned that once one door opens at least one more door opens and there is never nothing you can't do.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**__Recommendation__:** I would recommend this book to everyone who loves devasting stories that come to a wonderful happy ending with so much lovely imagery and just the best descriptions. 10/10!!



<span style="background-color: #000000; color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">__**Septimus Heap**__ <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">//-book six-// <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Darke** <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**By Angie Sage**

<span style="background-color: #000000; color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Fiction

<span style="background-color: #000000; color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Plot: Marcia Overstand tries to banish Tertius Fume but just as she is about to be banish him he merges with Alther Mella and the kindly old ghost is gone and banished! It is the eve of Jenna and Septimus Heap's birthday and Septimus has just gotten to the point in his apprenticeship where he has to now embark on his Darke Week journey and for his assignment he has chosen to go down to the Darke Halls and rescue Alther from Banishment. In the castle there is a Darke Domaine spreading in the attic of the castle and Jenna has an uneasy feeling about it and asks Septimus to check it out but he is to busy. Jenna is upset and goes back to the market place but some evil witches place a tracker bird on her and eventually it leads her to Doom Dump where they capture her and the only way she can get out is to become a witch! Meanwhile Marcia has to place a safety curtain around the whole palace! But unfortunately, Bertie Bott is pulled halfway through the gap in the safety curtain and the Things and there Darke Domaine use him as a bridge! Simon comes back and finds the Darke Domaine spreading quickly but he also find the rest of the Heap family and they spend the night in their old house in the Ramblings before they slide down a rope out of the window and onto a boat to the Darke Halls which are located at the bottom of the bottomless whirlpool. Septimus jumps in and saves Alther from the Darke Halls and Septimus and Marcia say the Great undoing and save everyone from the Darke Domaine!

<span style="background-color: #000000; color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Response:

<span style="background-color: #000000; color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Text to self: If I was Jenna I would have pestered Septimus more about the attic becuase then he could of prevented the Darke Domaine and none of this bad stuff could of happened instead of just asking him once but then I probably wouldn't have becuase if this didn't happen I wouldn't have a book to read! But later on she found out she had a right over him so that he actually had to do it if the princess-in-waiting asked.

<span style="background-color: #000000; color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">I felt empathy for: I felt empathy for Merrin Meredith because his whole life he grew up being Septimus Heap, seventh son of the seventh son, with tremendous magical power and then he finds out he is Merrin Meredith, son of Nursie, the landlady of The Doll House, who is not very special in any way at all. And a young army cadet just swoops in and becomes Septimus Heap but that is still no excuse for creating a Darke Domaine and trying to take over the Palace.

<span style="background-color: #000000; color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Language used:﻿ "At last they emerged from the labyrinth into the back of the shop - a dusty space piled high with unopened boxes and lit by a few tall,black candles.The eerie sound of the nose flute was louder here and came from behind a small door (painted black,naturally) that was set deep into an ornate gothic arch. The boy beckoned them to follow him and headed for the door. Jenna hurried after him, tripped over a pile of cardboard skulls, and steadied herself against the arch. It wobbled alarmingly." I like this pararaph as it described Gothyk Grotto in tremendous detail without over-using adjectives. Another paragraph I love is one that describes the Darke dragon to a T. "Its massive size was the first shock - it made Spit Fyre seem like a delicate dragonfly in comparison. The dragon squatted awkwardly, shifting its bulk from one tree trunk leg to another, while a white forked tongue flicked in and out of its red slash of a mouth. It shook its lumpen head and rolled its eyes - all six of them - as it looked around. The eyes were arranged so that the dragon had virtually 360-degree vision - its blind spot was a mere ten degrees compared with the standard dragon blind spot of ninety degrees. The all-seeing eyes swiveled like glistening red ball bearings as the dragon surveyed the ramshackle remains of the market. Pointed spines barbed like fish hooks ranged down the dragon's back, and its four huge feet were equipped with curved black talons, each one shaped like - and as sharp as - a scimitar." I enjoyed this paragraph as it uses similies, methaphors and lovely imagery. It is one of my favourite paragraphs in this book.

<span style="background-color: #000000; color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">I learned that: I learned that your first gut instinct is usually right and you should follow through with it.

<span style="background-color: #000000; color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Location: This is a relatively new book and can be ordered from the Pukekohe Public Library.

<span style="background-color: #000000; color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Recommendation: I would recommend this book to kids and adults alike as it is a fabulous adventure filled with dragons, magic, excitement and a whole lot of Darke!! A 10/10 for sure!!

=**__ Term 2 __**= **__Children of the lamp__** **__The Blue Dji__**﻿**__nn Of Babylon__** **__By P.B.Kerr__**

Fiction

Plot:It's about Phillipa's grandmother,Ayesha, wanting her to become the blue djinn of babylon. The blue djinn is supposed to become beyond good and evil to only logic. So John,uncle Nimrod and Groanin go on a wonderful adventure through Iravotum to rescue Phillipa from the hanging palace of Babylon but after they rescue her they realise that Ayesha was really after their mother, Layla...

Response:
 * If I were Layla I would of been really angry at her mother for making her become the blue djinn of Babylon by kidnapping her daughter.
 * I felt sorry for John when he had gone all that way through Iravotum and suffered all those horrors and when he got there Phillipa was acting all snobby and stuck up and RUDE!!
 * I learned that even though sibilings say they hate each other and be mean to each other they would do anything for each other.
 * I loved how the author described the garden in the hanging palace of Babylon and how she made the hanging palace of Babylon seem so beautiful and huge.

Recommendation:I would recommend this book to people who love evil monsters, rescue missions and evil actions all with the help of djinn magic!

**__Children of the lamp__** **__The Cobra King Of Kathmandu__** **__By P.B.Kerr__**

Fiction

Plot: It's about John and Philllipa going on another adventure to find a talisman holding Mr. Rakshasas's wisdom teeth before somebody gets it and uses it to control another young djinn but along the way they run into a human who wants to become a djinn and things take an ugly turn...

Response:
 * If I were Groanin I would of been very grateful to the kids for his STRONG new arm and very scared of the crazy pscho on the loose!
 * I felt sorry for the kids(Phillipia,John,Dybuk) when they suddenly realised they were surrounded by corpses. EEP!
 * I learned that no matter how bad things seem there is always hope!
 * I loved how the author has described this freaky underground laboratory.

Recommendation:I would recommend this book to people who love freaky stories but the hereos still pull through in the end!

**__Children of the lamp__** **__The Day Of The Djinn Warriors__** **__By P.B.Kerr__**

Fiction

Plot: It's about John and Phillipa needing to finding another blue djinn of Babylon so they won't lose their mother so they set off to find Faustania, the girl who was originally appointed to be the blue djinn of Babylon but went out of her body and couldn't find way back. They find her but then they find out that the evil Iblis has escaped and has tricked his own son into helping him in his biggest plan yet. To turn the world upside down. Literally. Will they be able to stop him in time? Response:
 * If I were Dybukk I would have felt extremely stupid that my own father tricked me and then just threw me away like a used toothpaste tube.
 * I felt sorry for all the billions of kids who were just trying to believe in magic but got trapped and used!
 * I learned that even if things look very grim, hereos always win, win, WIN!!
 * I loved how the author has described and thought of this HUGE evil plan of Iblis'.

Recommedation: I would recommed this book to love evil villians and djinn magic.



__**Septimus Heap**__ //-book one-// **__Magyk__** **__By Angie Sage__**

Fiction

Plot: It's about Silas Heap finding an abandoned child in the forest and taking her home to discover that his own son, Septimus Heap (seventh son of the seventh son), to be dead. So Silas and Sarah raise the abandoned as their own and name her Jenna. Many years later they find out that Jenna is the Queenling and is in grave danger so they escape to their Aunt Zelda's cottage in the Marram Marshes. But they can't escape DomDaniel's clutches for long.He sends out a hunter but he fails so DomDaniel comes to get rid of them himself but Jenna, Nicko and Boy 412 (Septimus Heap) come across the legendary dragon boat and defeat DomDaniel at last. Response:
 * If I were Jenna I would be terrified about finding out that the my family wasn't actually my family and that I was mortal danger.
 * I felt sorry for Boy 412 and his tragic life story in the young army.
 * I learned that everything doesn't have to be big and huge it can be very small and still be amazing.
 * I loved the way the author described the BIG castle and the MESSY Heap room.

Recommendation:I would recommend this book to magic lovers who have just finished a book is looking for something new and exciting to read.



__**Septimus Heap**__ //-book two-// __**Flyte**__ __**By Angie Sage**__

Fiction

Plot: This book is about Simon Heap trying to destroy his brother and claim his place as the ExtraOrdinary wizard's apprentice. Simon Heap has turned to the other side and is now apprenticed to the Necromacer, DomDaniel but all he cares about is his dear Lucy who he is forbidden to see. After discovering the lost art of Flyte, Simon Heap tries to destroy his brother and adoptive sister, Septimus and Jenna, so he hides his master's bones in Marcia's shadow safe but when Marcia tries to do the Imprint she is outnumbered but of course, Septimus come to the rescue. After Simon Heap is gone Septimus discovers that his precious stone is actually a dragon egg and he gets a new pet! Septimus also recovers the Flyte charm and gives it some brand new flights.

Response:
 * If I were Septimus then I would be terrified that every time I turned a corner there is trouble in store.
 * I felt sorry for Simon when he discovered that DomDaniel was just using me this whole time.
 * I learned that evil people never value anyone but themselves.
 * I loved the way the plot twisted and turned so much.

Recommendation: I would recommend this book to people who have just finished the first book and are craving more.



**__Septimus Heap__** //-book three-// **__Physik__** **__By Angie Sage__**

Fiction

Plot:This book all starts when Silas Heap unseals a sealed room up in the attic.In this room the ghost of Queen Ethrallda is trapped until Silas Heap lets her out. She then sets off to cause havoc everywhere and asks her son, Marcellus who gave himself eternal life but not eternal youth, to capture Septimus Heap and make the elixir of life back in her living time. So Marcellus captures Septimus through a looking glass and drags him ,literally, to five hundred years into the past. Jenna and nicko find out and come across another looking glass so they jump in along with Snorri and hercat, Ullr. When Jenna come sthrough the looking glass she is mistaken for the lost Princess Esmeralda who is apparently her doppleganger! Meanwhile, Nicko, Snorri and Ullr have to find Septimus themselves but they soon discover that he is the new Alchmie apprentice but the big problem is that the can't get out! The looking glass they came in through is broken and the only other way out is through the great doors of time and only Marcellus has the key. They eventually get back Jenna and convince Marcellus for the key on one conditon, that Septimus makes the youth elixir in his time and give it to old Marcellus but Queen Ethrallda is coming ansd they have got to get out of there quick! They get through but leave Nicko and Snorri behind.

Response: I think I can relate to Marcellus in this story because he just wants the youth elixir so bad and he would do anything to get it and I've felt like that before when you just want something so bad. If I was Princess Esmeralda I would have done the same thing that she did to get away from her horrible mother, pretend I was dead then run away to the Marram Marshes. I think the moral of this story is that when one bad thing ends something else has got to come round the corner whether it is good or bad. I was exremly interested in the way the author described how the characters looked especially horrible Queen Ethrallda. Another thing the author did that was so interesting was the way almost everything was so unexpected, it just pulled you in more and glued the end of your nose to the page.

Recommendation: I would recommend this book to students,teachers and everybody who loves fantasy, adventure and a little bit of evil put in there too.



__**Septimus Heap**__ //-book four-// __**Queste**__ __**By Angie Sage**__

Fiction__**﻿**__

Plot: Marcellus reveals a map to lead to the house of Foryx, a mystical place where all times meet. Before they set off Jenna bumps into Merrin Meredith and she drops the map in a pudddle and all seems lost until Beetle suggests that they take it to the Manuscriptorium's specialist, Ephaniah Grebe. He fixes them but there is a piece missing. Meanwhile, Merrin Meredith meets Tertius Fume, who makes him transfer his thing to him in exchange for Septimus going on a perilous Queste. So Septimus is made to make the draw but he does a See and sees that Tertius Fume's is in the pot trying to hand him the stone and he refuses to draw and Tertius Fume puts the Wizard Tower under Siege but Septimus escapes. As he is escaping he takes a SafeCharm from Hildagarde, who was InHabited by Tertius Fume's thing, without realising it was the Questing Stone. Septimus sets off on his journey to the House of Foryx and he,Jenna,Beetle and Ephaniah go to Morwenna, the Witch Mother, to seek the Forest Way but Ephiniah promises Morwenna anything. Beetle, Septimus and Septimus overhear some witches saying that the Witch Mother is going to ask for Jenna and Ullr, a transformer cat. So they run to camp Heap and Sam shows them the Forest Way. They get to the House of Foryx and find Ephiniah Grebe who had found the last piece but had unfourtunately been InHabited by the Thing. They accidentally all run into the House of Foryx and now they can't get back! They find Nicko an Snorri and Marcia and Sarah come to the rescue and they all fly home.

Response: I think I can relate to Jenna because she would do anything to get him back and I would feel like that too because if my brother was gone I would try exremely hard to get him get and grieve deeply if I couldn't.If I was Ephiniah Grebe then I would of been truly sad that I have to hide in a little hovel because every time I went out there would be screams and horrified stares and I couldm't say anything, all I could do is squeak! I think the moral of this story is to be careful where ever I am and perseverance leads to success. The author did a wonderful job in creating the atomsphere when Tertius Fume came in with all the former ExtraOrdinary wizards and announced the draw and when he put the tower under Siege. Another thing the author did very well was describing Tertius Fume's thing and its uglyness!

Recommendation: I would recommend this book to people who are looking for an amazing adventure beyond your wildest dreams!



__**Septimus Heap**__ //-book five-// **__Syren__** **__By Angie Sage__**

Fiction

Plot: Septimus goes to fetch Jenna,Nicko,Snorri and Beetle from the harbour but as he returns to the harbour he finds that Jenna as found her father who has being traveling the world collecting riches. He has invited the kids on board but Jenna, Beetle and Septimus decide to fly back on Spit Fyre. They say farewell to Nicko, Snorri and Milo, Jenna's father who has obtained many warrior djinn, and they set off into a terrible storm and they come across the Cattrock light which they mistake for the double dune lighthouse and land on the Isles of Syren. Septimus sets up a young army like shelter on the beach. Septimus meets a girl called Sarah who came here 500 years ago and is possesed by a spirit of Syren. She needs him to seal an entrace to the ice tunnel in the Syren's lair so that Tertius Fume can't go through with his plan to steal Milo's warrior djinn and march them to the castle through the ice tunnel and take over! Meanwhile, Lucy Gringe has been captured by the witches of the coven and is saved by Wolf Boy who has come to the coven to carry out a task that was set by Aunt Zelda so that he may become the next keeper. They escape and hop on to the Maurader, a ship full of pirate scum including the skipper, Jakey and the Crowe twins. The Maurader's crew is in on Tertius fume's plan and are going to move the lighthouse so that Milo's ship crashes on the Isles on Syren! Milo's ship crashes on the Isles of Syren and the crew on the Maurander awake the warrior djinn so they are enslaved to Tertius Fume! But Septimus has his Djinnee and they come up witha plan to freeze all the djinn and save the castle!

Response:I can relate to Sarah because she is so scared of something and would do anything to save the people she cares for and I've been in that situation but the scary thing for me wasn't actually real. If I was Milo I wuld have not have been so stupid as to think that the Awaken came separate to the djinn! I think the moral of this story is to always listen to the people who are wiser than you and listen to your elders because they are mostly always right. The author did a wonderful job in describing the layout of the island, I could practically see it right in front of my eyes! Another thing the author did a wonderful job at was coming up with all the things that at the start you thought nothing of but as the story progressed they actually became very important.

Recommendation: I would recommend this book to anyone and everyone!! It has everything a great book needs and so much more!! A 10/10 for sure!

=__**Term 1**__= //__**Dragon fire**__// **//__B__////__y__//** __//**Charles Aston**//__

Fiction

Plot: its about a boy who meets a wizard who gives him magic powers and with the help of his friends he has to defeat a dragon and the polymorphs and and build a bridge between two parallel worlds

Response:
 * If I were sparrow I would have been very confused at this whole situation.
 * I feel sorry for bull when he was scared to go back into his own body.
 * I loved the language she used of how she made you really feel what the characters were feeling. I loved the country setting.
 * I learned that even though when things get REALLY confusing you should still pull through.

Recommendation: I recommend this book to little bookworms that love a good fantasy adventure!

__**Danny the champion of the world**__ __//**By Roald Dahl**//__

Fiction

Plot: its about a boy who finds out his father is a poacher and together they go on a wonderful adventure where they find out how to poach roosting pheasants!

Response:
 * If I were Danny i would be VERY surprised to find out my wonderful father was trying to steal pheasants.
 * I felt sorry for Danny's father when he got stuck in that horribly deep hole.
 * I learned that you could have lots and lots of fun with parents (or anyone for that matter of fact) no matter what you are doing.
 * I loved that in the text the author used short sentences for dramatic effect.

Recommendation: I would recommend this book to people who love a good adventure and a lot of clever tricks along the way!

**__Dragon rider__** __//**By Cornelia Funke**//__

Fiction

Plot: It's a about a dragon who sets out to find the rim of heaven to save his fellow dragons and along the way he teams up with a brownie, a human boy and a homculus and many other characters but along the way they meet a deadly foe, the mighty Nettlebrand! will they defeat him and find the rim of heaven before it's too late?

Response:
 * If I were Twigleg I would be very torn because he's always been Nettlebrand's servant but Ben is so nice to him.
 * I felt sorry for Gravelbeard when he was almost forced to become Nettlebrand's new armour cleaner and have to deal with Nettlebrand and his ungrateful and impatient ways.
 * I learned that when you are in your darkest times you can pull through and defeat the ultimate enemy.
 * I loved all the different settings and all the amazingly wonderful descriptions of the magical creatures.

Recommendation: I recommend this book to all dragon lovers who love different creatures coming together to beat a villian.

__** Children of the lamp **__ __** The Akhenaten Adventure **__ __** By P.B.Kerr **__

Fiction

Plot: It's about twins who find out they're BOTH djinn! They go on a wonderful adventure with their uncle Nimrod to defeat Akhenaten and find the lost djinn of Akenaten to stop bad luck taking over!But along the way they realise they have another enemy on their hands!

Response:
 * If I were Philippa I would have felt very bad about some of the sub conscience wishes she's granted and their effects on people.
 * I felt sorry for Groanin because he only had one arm and all those years he spent being very careful to never say "wish" and how he always had that on his mind.
 * I learned that however hard anything seems you can always pull through.
 * I loved how the author described all the settings ( especially the houses) in such depth.

Recommendation: I would recommend this book to fantasy lovers who love evil villians and magic. = =