Tylers+reading+Logs

Term one :) **Author: Tonya Hurley** **Date: 12th November- 30th November 2011** **Genre: Drama** **Rating:** **(4- Good)**
 * Title: Ghost Girl **

**Plot Summary**  **This book is about a teenager who dies in an accident, and is forced to go back to her life in High school to complete an unexpected task, she returns as a ghost. The story is about her best friend and her ex high school crush and how she has to help them.**

**Personal Response**  **This book is very interesting and different, it catches you in a extraordinary way because it is an unusual story. You never really know whats going to happen next which is what I really enjoy, the characters in this story are not the normal, average characters you get in other stories.**

**Title: Follow The Blue** **Author: Brigid Lowry** **Date: 1st December- 17th December 2011** **Genre: Fiction** **Rating:** **(4- Good)**

**Plot Summary**  **This book is about a young girl by the name of Bec. Bec was a young sensible girl who did what she needed to do, until her Dad had his usual breakdown, then her parents left her and her siblings with a babysitter. She was tired of being good old sensible Bec so she dyed her hair, threw a huge party and discovered a extraordinary source of magic and then she met a boy...**

<span style="color: #00beff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Personal Response** <span style="color: #00beff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> **I actually really enjoyed this book, it was very different and the characters were quite funny and interesting to read. It also has different scenes in every chapter and is always changing the flow of the story. I recommend this book for girls.** //<span style="color: #d31761; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Title: Creme Magazine // //<span style="color: #d31761; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 21px;">Author: Alice O'Connell // //<span style="color: #d31761; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 21px;">Date: Monthly // //<span style="color: #d31761; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 21px;">Genre: Girl Magazine // //<span style="color: #d31761; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Rating: (5-great) //

//<span style="color: #d31761; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 21px;">Plot Summary // //<span style="color: #d31761; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">This magazine is for young teenage girls, it has a look book for fashion and ideas, it has advice for struggling teenagers,posters of your favorite superstars, fun crazy competitions, news on the latest book novels and movies it also has gossip on your favorite celebrities. //

//<span style="color: #d31761; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Personal Response // //<span style="color: #d31761; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">I honestly really love this magazine because it gives you really great advice and ideas on how to do things, whenever I'm feeling a bit confused I turn to my Creme Magazine.This magazine is a girls best friend, I recommend this magazine is for girls use only. //

<span style="color: #8256eb; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Title: Thumbelina** <span style="color: #8256eb; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Author: Lady Bird Books** <span style="color: #8256eb; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Date: 20th March 2012** <span style="color: #8256eb; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Genre: Fantasy- Children's Book** <span style="color: #8256eb; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Rating: (3-Okay)**

<span style="color: #8256eb; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Plot Summary** <span style="color: #8256eb; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">**This book is about an old woman who longed to have a little girl, one day she planted a seed and it grew to be a little girl no smaller than an thumb, so the old lady called her Thumbelina. One night Thumbelina was sleeping, and someone sneeking and slimy came and kidnapped Thumbelina! After that Thumbelina went on a daring adventure...**

<span style="color: #8256eb; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Personal Response**

<span style="color: #8256eb; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">**I really enjoyed this book as a child, it was one of my favorites. This book sends you into another world of dreams and wonders, and makes you feel like you are in another world. The characters are quite funny and interesting in different ways, it seems that in this book that most of the things are impossible which makes it quite interesting.**

<span style="color: #10d585; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**Title: My First Book Of Questions And Answers- About Science And Nature** <span style="color: #10d585; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**Author: Doesn't say** <span style="color: #10d585; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**Genre: Knowledge book** <span style="color: #10d585; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**Date: I read it whenever I have a Question** <span style="color: #10d585; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**Rating: (4- Good)**

<span style="color: #10d585; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**Plot Summary** <span style="color: #10d585; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**This book is about science and nature, it has questions and answers about animals like where do they live and what do they eat. It also has lots of information about the human body like how many bones do I have or what makes me yawn etc. It has lots of information on plants and how they grow and what do they need to survive, and it has information on the Earth its self like what are earthquakes, tornado's and why do volcanas erupt.**

<span style="color: #10d585; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**Personal Response** <span style="color: #10d585; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**I really like this book because it is full of information on nature and science, I honestly learn alot from this book because it is jam packed full of information. I recommend this book should be read by children because they could learn so much from this book.**

<span style="color: #e4581b; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">//**Title: Franklin Newspaper**// <span style="color: #e4581b; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">//**Author: Newspaper Company**// <span style="color: #e4581b; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">//**Date: Twice a week**// <span style="color: #e4581b; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">//**Genre:Local Community News**// <span style="color: #e4581b; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">//**Rating: (3-Okay)**//

<span style="color: #e4581b; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">//**Plot Summary**// <span style="color: #e4581b; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">//**This Newspaper is for my local community "Franklin". The newspaper is full of articles about interesting things happening in and around the Franklin District. The newspaper has also got advertisments on houses to buy, sell or rent and adverts on animals, job interviews, weather, companies, events,shops products and more...**//

<span style="color: #e4581b; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">//**Personal Response**// <span style="color: #e4581b; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">//**I kind of like this newspaper because it is full of information on events happening around the town, it also tells you job positions that you may be interested in which is quite handy. But sometimes I can find it quite boring.**//

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 200%;">Term two :)

__Spellbound__- Drama, fantasy This book is funny,magical and very unpredictable. The characters are all different and my favorite character is definitely Sophie Mercer. She has a sarcastic humor and she is a tough cookie, she doesn't let any thing get in her way even when she is powerless. This book is the third book of the series called Hex Hall. My favourite scene is the ultimate fighting scene.

__ Level 1 __ 1. Who wrote this book? 2. Who are the main characters? 3. How would you describe Sophie? 4. Where was the entrance to the underworld?

__ Level 2 __ 1. How would you compare Jenna to Sophie. 2. What can you say about Graymalik Island? 3. What is the main idea of this story? 4. Compare Graymalik Island to the where you are living now.

__ Level 3 __ 1. What other way would you plan to get rid of the Casnoffs? 2. What questions would you ask Archer in an interview? 3. How would you prevent Cal from dying? 4. How would you deal with seeing all those bad dreams at the underworld?

__ Level 4 __ 1. How would you categorize this story? 2. What is the function of the Lara Casnoff? 3. What is the relationship between Jenna and Archer? 4. How is Sophie related to Finely?

__ Level 5 __ 1. which character would you change in this story? Why? 2. Can you predict the outcome of the demons taking over prodgium? 3. Can you invent a spell to stop the demons? 4. What would happen if Sophie, Jenna and Archer didn't go back to Hex Hall?

__ Level 6 __ 1. Do you agree with the actions of Archer leaving for a while? Why or why not? 2. What is your opinion of Sophie and Archer being together? 3. What is the value of Demon-glass ? 4. Why is it better that Sophie got her powers back?

__Hunger Games__- Adventure I absolutely love this book to bits, it's one of my all time favourites. My favourite characters are Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark because they are down to earth and aren't like typical book characters. I love this book so much because it's full of adrenaline and isn't predictable. It's a mix of adventure, drama and fantasy but it still has that real life twist to it.

__ Level 1 __ 1. Who are the main characters? 2. Who wrote this book? 3. How would you describe Petta? 4. How did Katniss get into the Hunger Games?

__ Level 2 __ 1. What is the main idea of this story? 2. Compare Katniss to Prim. 3. What can you say about Peeta? 4. Relate Katniss with someone you know.

__ Level 3 __ 1. What question would you ask in a interview with Cyril? 2. What question would you ask in an interview with Peeta? 3. What other way would you plan for Prim and you not to be picked at the reeping? 4. How would you use Katniss's hunting skills as an advantage?

__ Level 4 __ 1. How would you categorize this story? 2. What is the relationship between Katniss and Peeta? 3. Why do you think Katniss's dad died? 4. What inference can you make about Katniss's mom?

__ Level 5 __ 1. How would you improve this story? 2. How would you test 3. Can you invent a new elaborate weapon? 4. Can you predict the outcome of Petta and Katniss winning the hunger games?

__ Level 6 __ 1. What is your opinion of Katniss and Petta pretending to love each other? 2. What judgement would you make about the Capitol? 3. What would you rate this story out of 5? 4. Would it be better if Katniss didn't volunteer for Prim?

__Alice In Wonderland__- Fiction I did enjoyed this book, although it was a bit hard too read because it is a very old book and has a different type of vocabulary. I've always liked the story of Alice in Wonderland because it is full of imagination and creativity. I find that in this book that Alice is a bit strange and thinks differently to other characters. One of my favourite parts is when Alice meets the Mad Hatter and goes to the tea party.

__ Level 1 __ 1. Who are the main characters? 2. Who is the Author? 3. How did Alice fall into the hole? 4. How would you describe the Mad Hatter?

__ Level 2 __ 1. What is the main idea of this story? 2. Compare the Hare to the Mad Hatter. 3. What can you say about the White Rabbit? 4.

__ Level 3 __ 1. What questions would you ask in an interview with Alice? 2. What questions would you ask in an interview with the Mad Hatter? 3. What would happen if the cat didn't show up at the Queens croquet game? 4. What parts of the story would you choose to change?

__ Level 4 __ 1. What is the relationship between the Mad Hatter and the sleepy mouse? 2. How would you categorize this story? 3. Why do you think Alice ended up in Wonderland anyway? 4. Why do you think the White Rabbit was in a hurry?

__ Level 5 __ 1. How would you improve this story? 2. Can you invent a magical creature that you would find in Wonderland? 3. What would happen if Alice went small instead of big in the courtroom? 4.What change would you make to solve Alice being justified as guilty?

__ Level 6 __ 1. What is your opinion of the cat? 2. Do you agree with the actions of Alice following the White Rabbit into the hole? Why? 3. How would you evaluate Wonderland? 4. What would you do at the tea party?