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=**Reading Log 1 22/3/2011 **= = = =**Title: Zac Power Night Raid **= =**Author: H.I.Larry **= =**Genre: Adventure **= = = = = = = = = =**Plot:This book is about a 12 years old boy called Zac Power who works for GIB, short for Government Investigation Bureau. They give him top secret missions. But the only thing that Zac hates is that he is not allowed to tell anybody that he is a spy. **= = = = = =** This book starts off with Zac at the train station waiting for the train that will take him to school. Zac jumps in the train and the ticket person comes up to him and asks 'Where is your ticke ﻿ t?' Zac takes out his ticket and the ticket person wispers in his ear I am agent Meredith De Garb'. 'She pulls out a disc, 'put this in your spy pad'. Ok', says Zac. He puts the disc in the spypad. A mission pops up on the screen. 'Cool', says Zac, 'another mission!'.  The agent gives Zac the ticket to GIB training center. When he gets there, another agent walks up to him and introduces himself as agent TripeWire. He gives Zac a heavy waistcoat which has artificial blood in it. He wants to test Zac's moving skills. **= = = = = =**As Zac enters the room he sees lasers. Zac goes pale in the face. The agent asks Zac to go through the room without touching any lasers. When Zac finishes, suddenly a laser comes out of nowhere and slashes across Zacs chest and fake blood goes everywhere. Then the agent gives Zac a mission, he needs to find out who has stolen gold in Brink Bank .**= = = =**As soon as Zac gets to the bank he checks all the vaults, then he checks the temperature on the vault that has gold in it. Suddenly the temprature rises up to 1064 degrees Celsius. Zac asks the manager to open the vault. When he opens the vault the gold isn't there. Then Zac looks closely at the bottom of the vault and he sees little holes. Now Zac knows how the gold was stolen. Someone has melted the gold and then the gold has leached through the holes into the pipes which are underneath the vault.**= = = =**Zac tells the manager to open the vault’s trapdoor so he could see where the pipes go to. When Zac gets down it is really wet and had lots of sewer rats but he doesn’t care so he keeps on following the pipes. After a few hours Zac sees a dead end so he thinks of a plan but when he looks up he sees some light shineing through the top, then he realizes that there is a trapdoor so he opens the trapdoor and sneaks behind a wall.**= = = =**Then he sees BIG agents wandering around so now he knows who stole the gold. But BIG is pretending that they are a choc0late making factory, Zac picks up one of their chocolate bars but it feels much heavier than a normal chocolate bar so Zac scans the wrapping, THE GOLD IS THE WRAPPING!! So he sends GIB to arrest BIG and takes the gold back to the bank.**= = = = = =**Response: This book is one of my favorites, it feels really exciting when you read it because it is full of action, so many things happen with fast pace. It feels like you don’t want to stop reading it. **= = = = = =**If I were the character: I would have a spypad and a backpack full of cool gadgets with my hairgel in my bag. I would be travelling all around the world with special vehicles to ride. I would be part of special missions that help catch thieves and make the world a better place. The things that I didn't like is that BIG stole tonnes of gold from the bank. I like the good guys and not the bad ones. **= = = = = =**Reading Log 2 30/3/2011 **= = = =**Title: Fantastic Mr Fox **= = = =**Author: Roald Dahl **= = = =**Genre: Comedy **= = = = = <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Plot: This book is about three farmers whose names are Bean Boggis and Bunce and a fox called Mr Fox who has a wife and four baby foxes. Every night Mr Fox goes <span style="background-color: #fefbfb; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">﻿ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> out in the night and either steals turkeys from Bean, chickens from Boggis, or ducks and goose from Bunce. And when Mr Fox comes to their hole they would pluck whatever they were eating and eat it. <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">But one day the three farmers noticed that Mr Fox was stealing from them so, when it got dark, the farmers would leap out of the bushes and try to kill Mr Fox. One night they leaped but they shot only his tale off. So they brought their diggers and dug up the foxes’ hole so they could kill them. = = =**But luckily these foxes were very fast diggers so they survived by stealing chickens, turkeys, ducks and goose underground and the farmers just kept on digging and waiting.**= = **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the hole for a very long time. ** = = = = **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The foxes were very clever, they stole the farmers’ food who were still waiting at the hole and not noticing that their food was gone. ** = = = =**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Response: I think that this book is really funny because the farmers waited for the fox to come out of **= = = = = =**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If I were the character: I would be very cunning, dig up holes on farmers, land. I would have razor sharp teeth and very good smell that would help me sneak in the farmers’ sheds and steal birds. **= = = = = =**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Reading Log 3 4<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">/4/2011 **= = = =**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Title: The Witches **= = = =**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Author: Roald Dahl **= = = =**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Genre: Children's **= = = <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; line-height: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Plot: This book is about a boy with his grandmother and the Grandhigh witch. One day the boy's mum and dad are in a car crash and they die, so the boy has to live with his grandmother in England. His grandmother is from Norway. She told him about her childhood, how she use to put a big net out and wait for a long time and then she would bring it in and there would be mussels on the net and would eat =**them all.**= = = =**One day the grandmother tells the boy about how to spot a witch. His grandmother is an expert at recognising witches because witches come from Norway. She says a witch has blue spit, no toes and no hair and she wears a wig and very long gloves all year round. The only thing witches do is kill children. They can smell a child about ten meters away, witches think that children smell like dog poo but if you're really dirty it is unlikely that a witch will smell you out.She told the boy that once she saw a witch take away a child away and turn him into stone. His grandmother gave the boy the shivers when she talked about witches. He looked as if he couldn’t believe what she was saying. During school holidays the boy and his grandmother fly to Norway. A witch tries to give the boy a tame snake but he climbs up a tree and stays there for a very long time.For the boy's birthday his grandmother gives him two house mice which are called William and Mary. He teaches them really cool tricks like to make them crawl up his arm by putting a piece of cake on his shoulder. But one day he sneaks into a room and teaches William and Mary to crawl across a piece of string.**= = = =**But a few minutes later a tall skinny woman comes up on the stage and everyone looks like they are scared of her. The boy looks around the room when he spots out someone scratching their hair then the hair comes off, her gloves, her shoes and he knows that this is a WITCH!! The boy gets the shivers and starts breathing quickly as the witch on the stage takes her whole face off as if it was a big mask and she looks really ugly.She starts talking about this mixture to put in chocolates. She wants the children to eat the chocolates so they can turn into rats and their school teachers will take out rat traps and kill them all. All the witches leave with their wigs shoes and gloves on and go back to their room. The boy is so shocked that he can't walk. When he tells his grandmother what the witches are planing an idea pops in her head. She knows what room the grandhigh witch is in - one bedroom below. If she can lower the boy down to the window underneath, he could get in her bedroom and steal the chocolate liquid.The boy and his grandmother do steal the liquid and stop the witches forever and they live happily ever after.**= = = = = =** Response: I <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: inline ! important; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; line-height: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">think that this book is really interesting because I am interested in what witches can do with their powers an that they look very different from us. **= = = =**<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: inline ! important; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; line-height: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If I were the character: I would be able to spot out a witch at the corner of my eye and I would be able to make sure that the witch doesn't get me **= = = = = =**<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: inline ! important; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; line-height: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">reading log4 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: inline ! important; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; line-height: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">11/4/2011 **= = = =**Title: Singenpoo strickes again**= = = =**Genre: comedy**= = = =**Author: Paul Jennings**= = = =** Plot: This book starts of with cat and her name is Singenpoo. She helps a man and his name is Major mac he runs a cafe what Singenpoo can do is read that's why everyone likes her if you wrote lots of words down and say point to cow she will point to it. One day a boy called Scot signes up for a job there he hated it he thought it was the worst job ever major mac kept on shouting at him. **= = = =**he was such in a rush that he put chocolate sauce in the chicken and put chicken in the icecream scot is fired he was very happy not to work their again. A also major mac gave scot singenpoo because every time major mac put his glass of wine next to the window singenpoo would have a little sip and then she would drunk and race of into a chair.**= = = =**scot was very sorry for singenpoo but as long as singenpoo is with scot she will be safe.**= = = = = =**reading log5 18/7/2011**= = = =**Title: Journey to the centre of the earth**= = = =**Genre: Adventure**= = = =**Author: Jules Verne**= = = =**plot: This book starts off as a professor and his nephew called Axel. They are looking in a book when they see light words behind the words in the book and the professor realizes that it is a dicipher and they did dicipher it. And it said 'Arne saknussem,Sneffels at 17 of june 12.25am. The professor went mad and said that they are going to leave at 6 in the morning. At 6 in the morning they got up and they left at 7 and they got to the their ship in afew hours. 8. 2 months later.........**= = = =**Finally they are at the closest town near sneffels and the professor tries to find a guide to help them to get the quickest route to sneffels. And luckily they found a guide called Hans he was rated the top guide in town. The proffesor was so excited that he wanted to leave tomorow. And so they did. 1 month later..**= =**They are at the top of sneffels.**= = = =**Now they are on their way to the center of the earth. 4 months later they reach a sea and they sail right across it to the other side. when they got to the other side they saw a dagger on the ground and they read what it said on it and it said ARNE SAKNUSSE and the dagger pointed to a hole in the ground the professor and hans were so excited but axel wasn't.**= = = =**Then they follow the passage way going deep into the volcanoe then they reach two passage ways and they take the first one. 1 week later they are at a dead end Axel gets furious and they only have water for 4 days so they turn back. when they get to the turn off they finally find a underground spring, they are saved ,thanks to hans for getting the water.**= = = =**They went on for about 6 months until the ground didn't slope any more, the professor had a funny feeling that they were close to the center of the earth. They followed the track for a long long long long long long time. Then they came to a stop with a big rock blocking the way so they used gun powder to blow it up so Hans ran back to the raft and got the gun powder.**= = = =**Hans came back set up the gun powder and lit the fume BANG!!! their was a big dent in the rock but it still didnt unblock the way so the headed back up to the raft when they were on the raft suddenly water shot under neath their raft and carried them far far into the ocean. 6hours later they woke up in a tunnel still siting on the raft when the professor realised that the water will come out soon wich means the water will carry them far away.**= = = =**when the water carried them back to the other side of the ocean they started to go back up to surface of the earth. when they got up to the top they went on a boat to go back home and told everyone what they did.**= = = =**Personal Response: I like this book because it is interesting that their is a underground ocean and all the problems that the Professor Axel and Hans solve.**= = = =**If I were the character: I would be excited about everything but worried if i had enough food and water with me.**= = = = = =**Reading log6**= = = =**Title: Island of the blue dolphins**= = = =**Author: Scott o'dell**= = = =**Genre:**= = = =**Plot: This book starts of as a tribe on a island called the island of the blue dolphins the leader of the tribe is called chief chowing and their children are a 12 year old boy named Ramo and a 28 year old girl called Karana. One time one of the tribe members spotted a ship with red sails, everyone was worried because they might come and take over the island.**=

=**A few men came to shore by a small boat. The chief asked them what do they want they said they want to hunt otter but the chief said you can only hunt platter puss if you give half to us they agreed to so the people on the ship camped on their island and caught otter for a few days until they were about to leave the chief said where is my half of the otter. Suddenly the other people killed the chief and rowed back to there ship where they had all the otter.**=

=**The tribe fought really hard but most of them were killed so they had to live off of what they had. Finally the day came to a big** //Decision and it was about who was going to leave the village and go to another island. The hole tribe wanted to go except for karana and ramo. They wanted to stay because they thought that the ship would not come back. The next morning the people were filling their baskets up with water and food. After a few hours they were gone except for Karana and Ramo. Ramo started fishing for fish and Karana well she collected water and made new houses.//=

=**When Karana got back to the house she never saw Ramo. After an hour or so she got worried about Ramo so she looked all aroound the island when she heard a scream. She ran as fast as she could to the scream and their he was dead lying on the ground he got Killed by the wild dogs KARANA WAS FURIOUS and sad very sad that the dogs killed now karana is alone on this island. The next day Karana started making weapons to kill the wild dogs.**=

=**She started by making a spear and bow and arows. When he finished all her weapons she tested them and made sure that they were strong and powerful to kill. when she had made her weapons she started to collect some mussels. After winter there was spring and beautiful birds came to the island and karana found 2 baby birds with a golden chest and red wings so she decided to keep them so she made a little nest for them and feed them every day.**=

=**when the birds got bigger she trimmed the birds wings so they couldnt fly away. At night time Karana decided to hunt for the wild dogs when she saw the leader suddenly an arrow went through his chest but luckily he was still alive so karana took him to her house and feed and heald his wound up. after a few weeks the dog started trusting her wich ment that karana could feed him by hand. karana was thinking of a name for him so she called him rontu. One day rontu started barking at the fish he was barking at a massive devilfish but karana knew that she could not catch a devilfish.**=

=**A few days later when she woke up she saw a girl in front of her cave Karana was frightened to see her because she might tell some other people on the island that she is there. Karana was making a very beautiful skirt and she gave it to the girl. It toke a while for karana to trust her. An hour later the girl gave karana a necklace with black beads karana thought it was pretty.**=

=**A few days later Karana never saw the girl again. The next summer Rontu died this was a very sad day. karana went fishing when she saw a baby otter she decided to keep it and look after it until it is big enough she kept her on a water hole close to her cave and every afternoon karana would catch some alive small fish and give it to her otter. she decided to call the otter won-an-ee wich means girl with big eyes. And karana made friends with a seagull as well.**=

=**And finally a ship came and took her to the island where all the other people from the island came from karana will always remember the island of the blue dolphins and her friends.**= = = =**Personal response: I think this book is sad in the beginning happy in the middle and a bit sad at the end. I will recommend this book to anyone I hope you enjoy it.**=

=If I were the character: I would be in a lonley little world with otter dogs and birds. And I will learn a few skills as well.=