The Lorien Legacies

I have just started reading the fourth book in the Lorien Legacies series called The Fall of Five. This series surrounds kids who have come to Earth from a different planet. Now you may think they came to take over Earth but they actually came to escape from their own planet. The reason: other aliens have taken over their planet and will soon plan to take over Earth.

The main characters in the series are kids who have special powers called legacies. They use these powers to fight the aliens who have taken over their planet. These kids are the only things left of their planet called Lorien, and they plan to get their home back. While they are trying to save their home, the other aliens called Mogs are trying to kill these kids with amazing abilities. I don't want to reveal to much so read the books!

The Interlopers

A couple days ago, we read The Interlopers in class. This is a story about two men who hate each other for a passion. One, stormy night they met in the forest to fight to the death. After nature took out its rage on them and the forest, they became friends but ended being trapped and a pack of wolves came to hunt them down.

This short story has many examples of imagery used to describe the setting. These examples are placed everywhere throughout the story. One example is on the first page when the author says, "He strayed away by himself from the watchers whom he had placed in ambush on the crest of the hill, and wandered far down the steep slopes amid the wild tangle of undergrowth, peering through the tree trunks and listening through the whistling and skirling of the wind and the restless beating of the branches for sight and sound of the marauders." This creates a very descriptive image in your head of where the character is and what he is trying to do. I loved that the author gave examples like this because it created such a good image, made it easier to read, and gave me some ideas on how to make my writing better.

 

Another good example is on page two when the author says, " The two enemies stood glaring at one another for a long silent moment. Each had a rifle in his hand, each had hate in his heart and murder uppermost in his mind. The chance had come to give full play to the passion of a lifetime." This quote uses many verbs to describe the scene. It expresses how both men stood glaring and you could sense the hate they felt towards each other.

 

When I read the story plainly for the first time, I thought it was awful. But after analyzing it and understanding what the author meant, I ended up liking it and thought it was a very good story. The only thing I didn't like was how they didn't describe the characters very well. Alos the ending was very quick and I thought it wasn't very good.

Theme and Summary

I took a break from my book The Truth About Forever because I was finishing the last book in the Gallagher Girl series by Ally Carter. This series has six books and they are I'd Tell You I Love You but Then I'd Have to Kill You, Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy, Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover, Only the Good Spy Young, Out of Sight Out of Time, and the newest one, United We Spy.  This series is about a girl and her friends who go to a school for spies. Not just normal spies but spies that are teenage girls. These girls are special because not every girl learns 32 ways to kill someone with their bare hands on their first day of high school.

The main characters name is Cammie. Her and her friends go to the Gallagher Academy for girls where Cammie's mom is the headmistress. The Gallagher Academy is pretty much a huge mansion. Cammie is known to everyone as the Chameleon mainly because she is so good at hiding and finding secret passageways to escape the mansion. Her friends, Bex, Liz, and Macey go through different adventures each book, fighting bad guys, saving the world, the usual for these girls. These books were so good that I one in a day. They keep you on your toes and you never want to put the book down.

I don't want to give anything away because I hope that you will read the series. One of my theme statements for this book would be that rules are made to be broken. I think that this would be perfect for this series because every book Cammie wants to go save someone or something. Even though all her teachers and mom tell her not to do it, she and her friends come up with a plan to do it anyways. Sometimes she knows that it is extremely dangerous but she trust her friends and knows that her teachers will always have her back in the end. Another one of my theme statements would be that your life can be gone in an instant so do what can while you can still do it. This fits the books because Cammie, being a spy, almost dies multiple times but she keeps pushing on and on.

The first book in the series is about how Cammie wants to be normal so she dates a normal boy. Her friends help her escape but soon things turn bad. You can read the rest... The second book is about how the girls meet a school for boy spies and Cammie meets a boy named Zach. The books go on like this where they go on missions and it's really fun and mysterious to read and you'll never be able to put the book down! To go to the authors website and find out more about the books click here.

Article About Dishonesty

My narrative is about dishonesty. More specifically, acedemic dishonesty. While doing the honors extension, I found an article that talks baout acedemic dishonesty andhow many students cheat. This article,written by Alan Reifman, talks about how many students cheat and how teachers try toprevent it. I thought it was pretty cool so chek it out here! You may find out things you never thought would happen!

Book Recommendations

One book that I have read is called Where'd You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple. I recommend this book to young adults who like mystery and/or drama. This book involves mystery as a teenage girl named, Bee, tries to find out where and why her mother disappeared. Come aboard and follow Bee as she tries to unscramble the mystery! For more information about the author and more of her books click here.

The Truth About Forever By Sarah Dessen

 

       This book by Sarah Dessen takes place in present time  and the place has not yet been said. Since the last time I have posted, there have been some new characters. Macy, the main character, and her mom were having a cocktail party to talk customers into buying houses that Macy's mom sells. They had a catering service and thats where Macy met the new people. Bert, one of the main character is about 15 years old. I made this inference because he stated, "Come on! I've had my permit for a year! I'm taking the test in a week!" From this quote, you can infer that Bert is around the age 15 or 16 because he is learning to drive. Bert and his family are the new characters.

         He has and older brother Wes that the author describes in great detail. Because the author described him, I infer that he will be important and it sounded like Macy took interest in him when the met and spoke only a few words. Macy also met their mom, Delia. She was incharge of the catering and seemed to have a messy family. She had the two boys help him, a daughter, Monica, who didn't seem interested in anything, an infant child whom Delia had to take care of because her babysitter was busy, and Delia was pregnant herself. Things were a mess in the kitchen so Macy was told to check in. After hearing about the mess, Macy decided to help and thats when the characters all met.

         Macy also has a boyfriend name Jason. The book describes Jason as being careful, smart, and safe. It says that he never wanted too much and he wanted everything to be perfect. Sometimes he wouldn't care about what Macy was saying because she was doing something wrong. One quote in the book says, "He didn't sound like my boyfriend as much as middle management. Clearly I was on my own." This describes Jason well because sometimes he is more concerned about being perfect than about the people he cares about. I predict that Macy will leave Jason for Wes becasue of the way they were described. I look forward to reading more!



The Truth About Forever

 

My book is called The Truth About a Flower by Sarah Dessen. I have only just started the book but the main character, Macy Queen, talks about her father dying, how it happened, and everyone's reactions. This character is very quiet and kept to herself when her dad died. Unlike her older sister who was crying her eyes out, or her mother that was obsessed with organizing things, Macy was quiet yet angry on the inside. Macy, the narrator in the story talks about how she hates the sad looks that everyone gives her at school. She expresses that she just wants everyone to forget and move on. Some predictions I have about this book is that Macy will learn more and more about her father through the things that her father buys. Macy's dad buys many things online and they are still being shipped after he dies. Macy keeps these items and i think she will find out a secret.