Part IV

The idea started when Gloria remarked at lunch around a mouthfull of bologna, "Ever wonder what would happpen if kids took over the school? You know, lock up the teachers and bar the doors. Wish we could do that." and continued on with her sandwich. "Oh yes!" I joked. "But we'd have to watch out for Mr. Pick. Why's he here, anyway?" Everyone shrugged. Mr. Kookie was ex-military, and patrolled the school, saying things like, "How are you doing today?", and "Where's your pass?". he was maybe 50 or 60, and had a crew-cut. Noone knew why he was there. But then I thought seriously. "Ok, lets say we did," I said, trying to keep the exitement from my voice. It could just be possible. It was not beyond the limit of the imagination. "What would we need to do? We'd need someone popular so the other kids would listen to us." But actually, I thought, that would be pretty easy. I have connections. "Well, we'd need missiles . . ." When you got Gloria started on domination, she could go on for hours. And it was plainly known, sincebefore christmas when they were talking about the valuable gifts that money can't buy, she had answered dreamily, "World domination," to a startled teacher and amused class [including a half laughing-half crying me]. "That would be a bad idea though." said Carlie. Carlie could be a bit hard to bear sometimes, but she was really pretty nice, and could be a big help in times of need [and homework].
on went lunch and by the end of it I had convinced her to side with us. and so time passed, and we had been meeting, plotting scheming. and the best part was,
I was in control.

Part III

Part III

Language arts was pretty bad, but nothing compared to math. "SSR, class!" shrieked Ms. Hinker. "I must go in the supply closet and, er, organize. I'll shut the door so the dust won't get you. It's a powerful thing dust! It'll get to your brain. . . "

"And it shows on you." muttered Abel. But she didn't hear him. She was already walking into the supply closet and closing the door.

No one knew what was inside, not even sneaky Kangel. Once Tish went inside to ask about a "hard word" [pixies]. But, the lights were off, and before she got to the switch, Ms. Hinkle was giving her PS74 s in multiples of 100, and all her grades so far were Fs. Except on her report card. We had a certain truce with the teachers: they gave us good report cards, we breathed not a word of their torturing us. So everyone propped up textbooks and talked behind them, slowly edging towards the red carpet area. There were multiple couches and puffy pillows, so everyone finally settled down and got comfortable. Then we had our meeting. Children from other classes slowly trickled in. It would soon be Time.

Charlie Bone books I II and III by Jenny Nimmo

Midnight For Charlie Bone, Charlie Bone and the Time Twister ,and Charlie Bone and the Invisible Boy by Jenny Nimmo are pretty good books. They are about Charlie bone, a 10/11 year old boy who discovers he has the magical ability to hear people talking in pictures [what they said what the picture was taken]. His gleeful aunts quickly ship him off to Bloor's Academy, where geniuses go. When he gets there, Charlie discovers a thick plot that begins to unravel, concerning a traded off baby, a hypnotised girl and a missing father. The next 2 books are different, much easier to understand. It might just be me, but in the first 2 books, I kept messing up who people are.
My rating: ***

Part II

We last left our heroine struggling under the fatal blows of her algebra teacher's criticism. Let's join her again as she sits cowering in her chair.

part II

"...How you passed that standardized test to see how good you are I'll never know. You probably used a cheat sheet!..." Ms. Hetris was raving like a lunatic. Many a time had students questioned her sanity.

"Here we go again." Groaned Carlie. Even if she had shouted at the top of her lungs no one would have heard her. Ms. Hetris had the lungs of a peacock. If you chuckle at this, you've never heard a peacock.

"...That's it! You cheated! You're in a gang of evildoers, trying to make our school look good. If you ever cheat, do it for yourself! Our school is good-looking enough already with out you making it worse! My reputation will be ruined! I have to stop this insanity!..." Ms. Hetris was very strange. She turned a cockroach into the boogie man.

"I'm afraid no psychiatrist in the world could save you now, ma'am." muttered Abel.

"...I know what to do! I'll prosecute you! You'll never mess up my class again! MUAHAHAHAHA!"

She handed out multiple pink slips to the principal's office and the entire class trudged out of the room. They deposited them in neat stacks in the recycle bin as the next less-than-enthusiastic class walked in to the room.

Kangel couldn't help but pity the sixth graders that were good enough in math to take middle school classes. She knew that it was bad that she had forgotten her homework, but honestly, she had done it, and it was also a first time offense. She knew that some of those poor kids in the next class had forgotten their homework and would get the same treatment.

Story, Part 1

Mom says I need to write a story, so here goes. A few notes first: I call stories kangel when they're untitled; this is just what popped into my head, and I do not mean disrespect to any of my teacher or friends whose names sound alike. Alrighty then:

Kangel

A girl sat at her table, pondering her dreadful and unavoidable fate. The dark skinned girl next to her nudged her. Carlie was the closest thing to a friend she had in this class, one of her other friends older sisters.

"Kangel, answer the question!" her Teacher called out. Ms. Hetris was a menace. Algebra might have been fun if it wasn't for her. She was always ruining Kangel's morning, but the class afterwards healed her so she was back to normal by lunch.

Kangel figured that she may as well answer truthfully, because if she lied Ms. Hetris would surely find out.

"I left my homework at home." She braced herself, but was still shaken [and a bit stirred] at the stream of insults that flew at her.

"You disgrace! How on earth did you get into in this class! If I could I'd have you kicked out! Suspended! Expelled! You miserable earthworm!..."

to be continued...

Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson

Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson Is a wonderful book, but the condition of my reading it was that I had to blog it, so here goes [nothing]: [above link] is a great book. You may think from reading my reviews that I give praise lightly, but its just that I'm hardly ever introduced to a terrible book. Wait until you see my next post.
Peter and The Star catchers is wonderful. I thought it was better than both Peter an movies and will always be, but I haven't seen the old one in a while and I might be wrong about that. It is about a boy [peter] who is going with his friends to work for evil king Zarboff the third [holds up 3 middle fingers], whose name you must speak with your 3 middle fingers held up, or else they are chopped off [and it is my opinion that they are fed to his pet snake].
He meets a wonderful girl, Molly, who warns him repeatedly to not bother with the mysterious treasure held in a large treasure chest in the cargo hold. The 'Never Land' is the ship in which they are riding, with Molly feasting [along with the freakish Ms. Bumbrake {HA ha ha}] and the boys eating a soup filled with all the nutricious
[but not exactly appetizing] things you need for the day: cockroaches, beetles [I know it's redundant!], worms, rats, and live mice!
I am sorry to say that I strongly disliked one of the almost main characters: Tubby Ted. He is greedy, inconsiderate, unkind, and just, well, intolerable. His only thoughts are food. I want to tear him limb from limb.
But I should get back to the story. I can't tell anymore of the plot, but I can say that it gets steadily better, and sappier. My favorite scene: the part where they reveal future hook's secret weapon, the ladies: a large brassier used as a sail. It is as big as the ship.
My rating: *****
my mom's rating: Press control+f and type in "peter and"
so long!

Faerie Wars by Herbie Brennan

Faerie Wars by Herbie Brennan is a sci fi about a faerie world and our analog world. It is kinda like a myth [we've been studying them in language arts] because it has lots of explanations for things, from UFOs and demons to why the faeries we see have wings. AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHH! I am going completely away from the story and making it look like a spiced up history book, which is definitely not the case.
Let's begin.
There is a boy named Henry. His life is like a book that I tried writing once, and still have on my hard drive [if I get comments about it I could put it in a series of posts]; all the action at once and a horrible aftermath. then he goes to clean up an old man's house, like he does once or twice a week.
He is slightly insane, always rambling on about aliens and how the CIA & FBI are all being mindwashed as I type. and his cat is a menace to the many-legged society. So when he sees this cat start to chomp on a beautiful butterfly, he saves it's life, or rather the life of Pyrgus Malvae, a faerie prince from a parralel world.
This prince was escaping from usurpers who are trying to overthrow his father, the king, or as they call him there, "The Purple Emperor". Pyrgus loves animals, and before he changed worlds was in trouble from saving kittens from a glue factory, where they would have been boiled alive as the main ingredient.
Then Henry and old mr. Fogarty [the neighbor whose yard he cleans] go to Pyrgus' native land, him included with the travelers to save the lives of Pyrgus and his people. His is a thrilling tale full of adventure, good for ages [at least I think] 10+.
my rating:***** [a+]
my mom's rating: Click Here [press ctrl+f and type in 'faerie';it is near the bottom]

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What happened to the font in the last post?!?! When I tried to fix the size and density it didn't work!!!!!!!!!

Interstellar Pig by William Sleater

Interstellar pig by William Sleator
I am a little strange about scaryness, as you may have noticed in my last post. Let me explain. Once I was reading some books that I can't remember the title of, and there were injuries, games where people hunted other human beings [hunted: searched for and killed on a private island], and other pretty gory stuff. But it was science fiction. I didn't mind. Until the very last [or was it next to last?] chapter where they locked a bad guy [really girl; I didn't think it would otherwise sound right] in a thing like a cubicle with a roof and were gassing her. When they told her over the vid cam, she held pearls in front of the camera. The lady on the other end was very upset, as the gas ruined pearls. Now that is a frightening thought. I can't tell you how my mind works, but this gives you an idea.
Anyway, back to the book.
there is a boy who is a loner, gets sunburned very easily, and is very suspicious of all activities. He is staying in a beach house with his parents over the summer[Do they at all care about him?]. He meets the people in the cement structure 10 yards away who were very, very upset that they couldn't stay in the house his family was staying in, which is understandable because theirs is very small for three people to stay in and is a horrid shade of pink.
But it is still suspicious when they keep asking to go to his house, and even more so when they pick up every yearbook, pot, and article of clothing in the summer house. And the finger the scrapings on the wall in his room. It gets creepy and cruel from then on, but my favorite part is the last few paragraphs.
Mom's rating:click here [poor]
My Rating: *** C [passing grade, but just barely]
Age Level: 11-15 [best guess]
PS. The reason I talked to you about my weirdo psychology is that I was almost scared to death when they said what 'the piggy' looked like. If you read this book you will probably think this strange.

"Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood " & "Persepolis 2" by Marjane Satrapi

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood and Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return
When we were showing these books to some friends, one laughed and said "Is that her real name?". I didn't understand until they explained that it meant something like "an unstable government" [did you see me spell it right!?!:)]. Then them and my parents got into a long and slightly interesting discussion about since it came from somewhere where the story took place it probably evolved from that name...
blah.
I don't really care for long discussions. But it didn't help that it was about words either. School was fast approching and I was to start having a whole class for spelling and grammar. I also don't care for these books much, for various reasons:
1. I don't like depressing stories that actually happened to real people.
2. People, real people, died. I hate the fact of death; yes, i know it's inevitable; yes, I know I can't escape it; and no, I don't want any lectures on the subject.
3. She cursed. A little girl cursed, A little girl younger than me, and the people around her, cursing like I had never seen/heard in any location, from school to any other place[I once saw a fight at school].

My mothers rating: Wonderful. check out the full review here for the first book, here for the sequel.

My rating: *** 3/5 [c-]

Age level: young adult [it is not my right to place an age group for these books]

The Book of Alfar: a tale of the hudson highlands

The Book of Alfar: a tale of the hudson highlands is a wonderful book. it is for ages 9-12 and is science fiction. It is about a boy who moves to the country and he does not greet the life he expected. He meets a native american girl, Mini, and catches a glimpse of a dwarf and the ghost of a hessian soldier. this book is full of adventure and comedy.

my rating: *****
My mom's rating [do control+f and type in 'alfar']

back to school!

I'm in middle school now, so with homework and whatnot, I'll be slightly more busy than usual. I'm also very tired, but on the plus side I have to read for homework [the horror!]. See you soon!

Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper

Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper Mom's review: Here's a quote from her, and a link to her blog's review:   "It's like 'The Hardy Boys'. 'Oh, you want to explore a haunted island? Let me pack you some sandwiches and ginger beer. Don't forget to dress warmly!'. But the others in the series are better." click here   to see her review of this book and the rest of the series. My  review: It's OK . I found it entertaining, but felt as if I knew everything that would happen next, what I would have for lunch the next day... All right, it wasn't like that, but I did feel a strange sense of de ja vu. I probably won't read it again 'till Easter, but that's what normally happens. I would recommend this book to 11-13/14 year olds, and adults. It's very long, and I found myself skipping paragraphs and had to reread them[AAAAAAUUUUUGGGGGGGGGH!!!]. Rating:***

The Wind Singer book one in the Wind On Fire trilogy

The Wind Singer by William Nicholson
I loved this book!!! My mom calls books such as this one "junk food books". In other words: they have no substance and are usually read only once by people. But as this is true for almost every book I read [even Harry Potter], I don't really care.
I would recommend this book for science fiction and fantasy lovers that don't mind seeing people die in their minds [not one or more of my previous teachers]. It is also good summer reading for slower readers, because it is 486 pages long. However speed readers will finish it in 1-3 days. Here's another persons revue:
Click here to see reviews
To my dismay, there were no bad reviews for me to defeat, so I asked my mom. here goes:
click here to read.
Rating:*****

Intro Post

My Mom has the blog 365 Days of Books and this is my version...the books that I read in the next 365 days with links and MY reviews (since they are not the same as my mothers) and maybe other people's reviews as well.