Reading+Log-Daniel




 * Daniel’s Reading Log**

** TERM 2 ** Title: Wonder Struck. Author: Brian Selznick. Genre: This book is so unique it doesn’t fit into the classic genres. I’ve never seen or heard about another book like this one (apart from The Invention Of Hugo Cabret). Plot: In this book there is two life stories set 50 years apart. One told in words, the other in pictures. The story in words is about a boy named Ben who is deaf in one ear. Ben’s mum died and left him with his aunty, uncle and cousins. Ben finds a puzzling clue in his mum’s room about who and where his father is. He finds a phone number and rings it, but the house got struck by lightning and turns his other ear deaf.ben then sets out to find his dad. On the way he finds clues that lead him to his deaf grandmother (whose childhood is told in pictures). They then meet (the pictures and the words) to tell the last part of the story. Response: - I loved the way the book used pictures and text to tell the two intertwining stories. - I also really loved the pencil drawings that showed awesome detail. - The language that the author used was simple and understandable. Quote: "The street was a riot of cars and flashing signs and people. Buildings climbed toward the sky on either side of the street." Recommendation: Someone between the ages of 9-15 looking for a good read. Rating: 5 stars

Title: How To Train Your Dragon. Author: Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, translated from the Old Norse by Cressida Cowell. Genre: History adventure. Plot: This book is about a Viking child who had the smallest dragon the Viking’s had ever seen. Hiccup and his dragon [A so called Very rare Toothless Daydream] [which it’s not] defeated two enormous sea dragons the size of mountains. Response: - The language that the author used was simple but really funny. It was fun to read and I love the names she gave the characters, such as Fishlegs, Snotlout, Dogsbreath, Gobber the Belch, Stoick the Vast and Old Wrinkly. The other thing is that I like the way that at the back of the book she wrote the story from Toothless’s perspective. -Quote: ” ‘It is weak of me, weak’; said Stoick to himself, gloomily. ‘Squidface the terrible would have banished his son in the twinkling of an eye. Loudmouth the Gouty would have positively enjoyed it. What is the matter with me? I should be banished myself, and no doubt that is what Modagon the Meathead is going to suggest.’” Recommendation: For someone in between the ages of 8 ½ to 13 looking for a short but funny read. Rating: 4 stars.


 * Title: Kane Chronicles, Book 2 - The Throne Of Fire **
 * Author: Rick Riordan **
 * Genre: Adventure **
 * Plot: It is about two children who are trying to awaken the Sun God, the God of order, Ra, also known as Amun-Ra, but when they awaken him he is old and fragile . **
 * Response: **
 * - The language that the author used was very descriptive in what he was explaining and makes me wonder what is coming next. It has me wanting to keep turning the pages to find out . **
 * -Quote: “ I faulted. The mummies were only a metre away, but from behind me came a new sound - like running water. No – like skittering. A mass of living things charging towards us, thousands and thousands of tiny claws on stone, possibly insects or ...” **
 * If I were one of the Characters, Nekhbet or Babi then I wouldn’t be trying to kill Sadie or her friends . **
 * I felt empathy with Bess for sacrificing himself, just to give three hours of night time back to save the Sun God . **
 * Recommendation: for someone between the ages of 9-14 looking for a good read . **
 * Rating: 4 stars **

=** Thank you for an interesting reading log,Daniel. You are developing your response writing skills well. I appreciate the effort you have put into this log. LS **=
 * TERM 1 **
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 * Title: Charlie Bone and the Blue Boa. **
 * Author: Jenny Nimmo **
 * Genre: Mystery, Adventure **
 * Plot: There was an invisible boy called Ollie and Charlie Bone and his friends had to make him visible by a blue boa. **
 * Response: **
 * -language used: The Author set the scene well and used descriptive language. **
 * Quote: At the back of the houses, yards and gardens were clearly defined by great high gray-stone walls. An ally ran between the gardens of Darkly Wynd and those of the houses in the crescent. But unlike others, there were no gates in the walls of the number thirteen’s. **
 * Text to self [if I were that character.....] and [I felt empathy with.....]: **
 * If I were Charlie Bone then I would’ve ran away by now. **
 * I felt empathy with Charlie Bone because he has some nasty Great Aunts and a mean Grandma. **
 * Recommendation- For someone looking for a good book. **
 * rating- 4 stars **






 * Title: The Hero’s Of Olympus- Book Two- The Son Of Neptune. **
 * Author: Rick Riordan. **
 * Genre: Adventure. **
 * Plot: It is about a boy who lost his memory and needs to complete his quest to regain his memory. **
 * Response: **
 * - The language that the author used had some high-tech words and sentences. **
 * - Quote: The Lares were the last ones to fall in. Their purple forums flickered as they jockeyed for places. They had an annoying habit of standing halfway inside living people, so that they look like a blurry photograph. **
 * - If I were the character called Octavian then I would’ve been in charge and things would’ve been done more sensibly. **
 * - I felt empathy with the character called Polybotes the giant because he was being starved. **
 * Recommendation: For anyone between the ages 9-13 looking for a good book. **
 * Rating: 4 stars. **




 * Title: Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors **
 * Author: Jenny Nimmo **
 * Genre: Mystery Adventure **
 * Plot: Charlie continues his adventures and his quest to find his long lost father who has been hypnotized by Manfred. **
 * Response: **
 * -Although the language the author uses is simple, it is descriptive and she sets the scene well. **
 * “The ground began to slope up to a rocky hill dotted with small misshapen trees. Rising above the trees the blazing glass walls of the castle cut into the blue sky in strange, jagged points. If there were any windows in the mysterious building they were made of mirrored glass, for nothing resembling a window could be seen.” **
 * -If I were Manfred when I was 9 I wouldn’t have hypnotized Lyell as this seems an extremely harsh punishment. **
 * I feel real empathy with Lyell for being hypnotized and having his family miss him for 6 years. **
 * Recommendation: for anyone between the ages of 8 and a half-12 years looking for a good series **
 * Rating: 3.5 stars **