The Lost Heros-Pages 0-247 10/29/2013

Prompt: Describe the similarities and differences between the main character and you.
Character-Leo
        
         I have been reading the book "The Lost Heros" and right now im on page 247. So far the group has found out that they all have unreal demigod powers. Leo is the son of Vulcan/hepatitis and was born with the power of fire (only seen once every millenium.) Jason was born from the house of Zeus/Jupiter and has forgotten everything in his life (other than how to take care of himself.) Finally the last main character, Piper. Piper was born into the house of Aphrodite and is blessed with charm-speaking (a rare ability that allows you to win arguments faster.) So the three of them went out on a quest.

        Some of the similarities between Leo and I are that we both like to play with sharp things, we both make sometimes stupid decisions, and we both have started fires in our houses. In the storie Leo is messing around in the forges even after everyone else is done working on their weapons and such. When I was in boyscouts we learned how to use axe's and hatchets, and from that you might be able to tell were my free time went. We both have made some pretty stupid decisions, he followed a dragon into the woods, I have taken my bike tire off and chained it to my bike, which was never the same. He burned hand prints into the picnic table, I lit the stove with mail on it.

        Some of the differences between Leo and I are that he meets a giant dragon made of  metal and the largest animal I have ever seen was an elephant. He loves sandwiches and I pretty much hate them. He can summon fire on will, I have to go to the store and buy a lighter. He lives in a magical camp, I live in a 115 year old house. Finally he lives in a pretend world in Rick Riordan's mind while I live in a real world were I have to write a blog for Lit/Language arts.

The Demon King, Pages 0-436

*Prompt*- Describe your least favorite character and explain why. Describe your most

favorite character and explain why.

        The book I am currently reading is "The Demon King" and I can't keep my nose out of it. So far, every chapter you are switched from the view of princess Raisa anaMarianna and Han/Cuffs Alister. Princess Raisa a blue blood and Han being a street smart, pick pocketing, gang leading theif. In the story the queen's high wizard is gaining controll over the queen (1,000 years before there was a spell cast on the guard and the wizards making it so they could not gain too much power) and useing her power for his schemes. 

        My favorite character happens to be Hanson Alister. He is a tough figure, throwing off the guard and even making it so it seemed he was dead himself. He is somehow tolerant to any magic and has been known to threat and even stab wizards who get too close. In the storie he meets a wizard on Vale grounds, the land that wizards are forbidden to go on, and of course he and his friend aggervate him. So it excalates to the point where Han has his bow on the wizard, as the wizard is cursing at the Dancer (the friend), and Dancer unsheathed his knife and tries to throw it at the wizard. So there Han is, with a cursed amulet that brings him bad luck for the rest of the time he has it in his hands. His mother and sister die, he gets jumped several times and is almost taken captive by a group of demons.

        My least favorite character is princess Raisa anaMarianna. I do not like the character because she seems stuck up, mischievous, and has no idea what happens outside of her perfect little world. She makes a plan to go to South Bridge to the temple and donate to poverty, with or without her guard. She doesn't even know that in the days before there have been eight killings in the little town. She goes anyway, and when at the temple the guard and Han have a little encounter that ends with Raisa getting kidnapped by Han. Finally a day later Han lets her go and she gets herself into jail trying to "free" the people unfairly put in there.

Dangerous Waters- 10/15/2013 Pages 0-213

*Prompt*-Describe the main characters.

           The first character that I would like to introduce is Patrick Waters. In the story he is a street-smart steward who, when meets the rich Mr.Widener becomes a sort of student. Patrick meets Mr.Widener when cleaning spit jars in the smoking room and they immediately get into a heated debate in wether books are really useful in a persons life. Soon after, Patrick agreed with Mr.Widener and they went on a quest to find out what Bacon (an old inventor/genious) enscripted into Wideners 1st edition book. Through the book Patrick changes from a man who only cared for material things, into a person who cared more for intellectual arts.

           The second character that I am going to describe is James Waters, brother of Patrick. James is the largest minor character and is portraid as a self-sacrificeing, hard working man. Even as the Titanic is sinking he chooses to stay below deck in the boiler room to work like a mad-man. At first he seems very mean and unhappy because his brother snuck abord and got a job, however, when he knows his end was near he believes everything patrick says about Bacon's book and even helps him by using his authority to get Mr.Widener and Pat into the telegraph room.

           The final character that I would like to describe is the man named Mr.Rockwell. He is a colossal man who happens to also want Bacons book and code, for it was rumored that what was in the code would bring the holder great knowledge and power. So using some of his on board reasources, he almost gets away with stealing the book. When he starts to run out of options, he finally contacts Patrick and offers him a large sum of money if he is fortunate enough to have it in his hands. Rockwell ends up failing. Although, they do decode the book before they have to jump ship to find the answer.
Do you know Bacon's code?
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THE FEAR:10/8/2013 SOILER ALERT!~Stanley Suter

• Create a ‘WANTED’ poster for the antagonist.

           The antagonist of this book would have been the human-eating-grown ups. The adults eat all children under 16 because it helps fight the disease that is eating away at their bodies. In the children's bodies are a chemical that was injected by scientists to prevent the disease from infecting them. After the disease hits, kids band into groups and become stronger together, but even though they are strong, the mutants are getting stronger too. In the book the kids in the tower of london try to go out and find old friends. As they do they run into several groups of "sickos" and almost every time one member of their team is dead. Finally they meet a group that over powered them and killed all of the children out but one.

The Lady or The Tiger? Frank Stockman Ending

        

        Without the slightest hesitation, he picked the door on the right. Walking into the light of the amphitheater was the kings most beautiful servant as elegantly as the tapestries on the sides of the amphitheater moved in the slight breeze. The poor man smiled with delight, forgetting entirely about the princess and how torn she must be.  After the man and woman were married they made back to the mans house for a feast.

        At the feast the princess decided to come with her father to celebrate and talk to the newly wedded man. When the celebration died down and some people started leaving the princess finally had the chance to talk to the young man. They went down to the sub-basement and spent several hours plotting against the lovely woman, whom they both knew wasn’t the boys type. They finally decided they would try the most rare delectable dessert in the world, a fried Twinkie.

        They filled the Twinkie with the most harmful cleaning detergent that never should never be mixed. In recent years scientist have found all those who mix the ancient opposites may die very soon. At the end of dinner the beautiful woman noticed that the princess and her husband were acting very suspicious, and when they offered her the Twinkie and even had some for themselves she had a plan. She took their Twinkie's and played shells.

        She switched all of the Twinkie's until she knew no one knew were each one was. The man chose first, then the princess, then the woman. all that was to do now was wait...

        They took the body to were a close friend was on trial. The man made the mistake of choosing the tiger and it soon walked into the light just as the body, now in the mans hands had only a week before. The Twinkie plan (luckily) didn’t have the same problem with the girls father as it had her husbands old wife. As the tiger walked slowly forward, the body dropped, and before anyone could see the entire body was gutted and eaten. The princess and her new husband lived happily ever after.

The Fear 10/3/2013 SPOILER ALERT!

       Prompt: Summarize your favorite book. Make me want to read it!

         The book I have been reading was called The Fear, Pages 1-472. In the book, it has been a year after the disease struck that killed or turned the humans over 16 into child-eating mutants. Through this disease there are large, strong groups of kids that have been in strongholds trying to stay alive. In one of these strong holds (the Tower of London) there is a small group of kids that will separate from their group to find old friends. Their leader's name is Dognut and he is with a group of eight people with the same motive.
     
         At first Dognut and his small group head up the Thames river on a large raft.  About two hours later, when they are nearing their destination (the pier across from the Houses of Parliament) they spot kids in the houses yelling and waving their hands. When Dognut gets there the boat hits drifting debris and the boat sinks as they get out. A while later Dognut and his crew head out from he houses and head toward the palace, used to be the safest place in london, is now one of the most deadly. It is now ruled by a jerk named David. He and the boys from his school have set up a war time base and have make it so that the kids who come in won't come out.

        When Dognut enters David gives him a tour of the palace and shows how safe and organized the palace is, rotating blades along with razor wire line the fence, making it almost impossible to get anything in or out. Later that evening David starts hammering them with guilt and saying that there was no reason to go out a find their friends, as they would probably be dead. Dognut however is not going to be played with. When the sky goes dark he cuts a section of the wire out of the fence and stopped the rotating blades, they climbed though and were out. Finally, after being assaulted by hordes of grown-ups the kids make it to the natural history museum, where they found the people that the search party was looking for, the separated kids joined together again.

        As the group now makes its way back to the Tower, they see four grown-ups in the woods. Anxious to take their anger out, they go in to attack and are soon swamped by more in a trap. Unfortunately for them, only one of the children make it out and she is forced into the palace with David, how ever she is safe for now, as she had a facial injury and they didn't recognize her. Finally she saw that they trapped the leaders of a group they were using for fighting and helped them get away at her sacrifice.      

My Favorite Book of All Time.

             My favorite book of all time is "The Dead" because all of the action and how Charlie Higston described, keeping me at the edge of my seat. It had gruesome details on how diseased "zombies" massacred anyone under 16. In the story a deadly disease is spread to anyone over 16 years old because in 1996 a chemical was released into the baby's bodies, making them immune to the virus. How ever, scientists never found a cure for the fast spreading disease making many cities die out. Unfortunately for the kids left over, the chemical was still in their bodies making the disease stay away and being a cure for the diseased, and so the diseased  feasted on the children's bodies to help fight the disease. The book focuses on a group of kids that make their way through london to the tower, a basic design but made to be defended.

          This is my favorite book of all time because of the emotions it bestows upon the reader. Another reason is in the book there are three friends and when two of them die in a tragic event, the other goes on a mad killing spree, giving awesome detail and gore. A third reason I love the book is the striking tragedy and how tough the kids become after a very short period of time. I think part of the reason I like the book so much is because of the fact that I can imaging myself in the position of one of the main characters and fighting to protect myself. I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a deep action novel. ~