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Book Log
Feb 15, 2013 Dear Ms. Sellers, I am also exccited about the vacation! I have been reading a book called __The Drowned Cities__. (I took the book from Kevin }:))
 * # || =Book Title = || =Author = || =E, JR, C = || =Date Completed = ||
 * ==1 == || Silverwing || K. Oppel || JR || 11.8.12 ||
 * ==2 == || Firewing || K. Oppel || JR || the first week of school ||
 * ==3 == || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Most Explosive Science Book InThe Universe || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Claire Watts || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">E || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">the first week of school ||
 * ==<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">4 == || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Shoot Out || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">mke lupica || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">E || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">sep 10 ||
 * ==<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">5 == || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Utimate Htchikers Guide of the Universe || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">douglas Adams || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">JR || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">sep 31 ||
 * ==<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">6 == || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Son Of Neptune || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Rick Riordian || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">JR || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">sept 8th ||
 * ==<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">7 == || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Throne Of Fire || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Rick Riordian || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">JR || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">oct 3rd ||
 * ==<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">8 == || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Serpants Shadow || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Rick Riordian || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">JR || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">sept 20th ||
 * ==<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">9 == || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Red Pyramid || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Rick Riodian || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">JR || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">sept 23 ||
 * ==<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">10 == || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Hunger Games || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Suzanne Collins || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">JR || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">oct 2nd ||
 * ==<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">11 == || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Found || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Margaret Peterson Haddix || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">JR || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">nov 3 ||
 * ==<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">12 == || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Sent || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Margaret Peterson Haddix || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">JR || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">nov 13 ||
 * ==<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">13 == || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Sunwing || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">K. Oppel || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">JR || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">dec ||
 * ==<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">15 == || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Mysterious Benedict Society || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Trenton Lee Stewart || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">C || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">dec 3rd ||
 * ==<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">16 == || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Mysterious Benedict Society and the pelerious journey || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Trenton Lee Stewart || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">C || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">dec 8th ||
 * ==<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">17 == || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Mysterious Benedict Society and the prisonor's dielemma || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Trenton Lee Stewart || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">C || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">dec 20th ||
 * ==<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">18 == || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Darkwing || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">K. Oppel || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">JR || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">jan 19th ||
 * ==<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">19 == || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Same stuff as stars || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Katherine Patterson || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">JR || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">jan 30th ||
 * ==<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">20 == || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Airborne || K.oppel || JR || jan 31st ||

Feb. 12, 2013 Dear James- I hope you enjoyed our two suprise snow days! Makes me get excited for our upcoming Feb vacation- and what I hope will be some quiet reading time. Are you going away anywhere? I wish I was flying off somewhere because there is no better place for me to get some quality reading time then trapped on a plane for a bunch of hours! I was excited many years ago when Airborne  first came out. It was great to see a new series, and about humans, from my favorite author Kenneth Oppel. I'm sure you will agree,even though this book is about humans, it still has some interesting fantasy elements to it. *If I could talk to Kenneth Oppel, I would ask him about the cloud cats as I thought they were one of the most mysterious parts of the book. I'm trying to think of some new books to recommend to you- as you seem to devour them! Do you have an all time favorite author or series? Thank you for telling me that you like Rick Riordan's books because of sadness and supsense. You obviously know that your friend Andy also loves books by this author, but he told me he hates the cliffhanger endings of them- do you hate them too? I assume you've read Harry Potter- another fantasy series that I would recommend to you is called Midnight for Charlie Bone  by Jennie Nimmo. If you haven't read any of them, I think you might also like a series that Matt K just got into called Redwall. This is a lengthy series (seriously like 30 books) all about warring factions of animals. Let me know if you check any of these out. Your friend, Ms. Sellers

Jam 29, 2013 Dear Ms.Sellers, I have reading a really good bok called __Airborne__. I like it because it is by kenneth oppel and because it is diffrent from reading all of thse animal adventure books and suddenly jump into a book about us- humans. even thhough I just started it, __Airborne__is making me have sad and hopefull fealings.//__**If I could talk to one of the book’s characters, I would ask Matt what would it feel like when your father dies and you have your dream job snatched away under you nose.**__//

From, From, James

By the way, I have read all of the Rick Rordan book and all of the endings have soke sadness and suspense. I like that.

January 28, 2013 Dear James- I'm so glad that you've gotten in to all of Kenneth Oppel's books. I'm interested that you enjoy some of the unpredictability that he puts in his stories- it's one of the aspects that I find hard when I'm reading them aloud. Do these twists and turns every catch you off guard? do you ever find yourself having to back up and reread? I like that you noticed that the author uses the same kind of format with having two main characters, male and female, to kind of play off of each other. Have you noticed any other authors having a similar setup? Two main characters and then a bad/'evil one- sometimes referred to as the antagonist? I'm curious about what book you might want me to read after __Sunwing.__ I would like to read an MCBA. Is there one that you haven't read that you would particularly like to hear? One of the ones I was thinking of doing was __Because of Mr. Terupt__. This was probably one of the favorites I read over the summer. The book is about a fifth grade class, maybe a little like ours. I made a text to text connection between this book and another favorite old MCBA called __Flying Solo__. Both of these books are setup the same way so that every chapter is told from the point of view of a different character. I like this setup because it lets you as the reader know what the different characters are feeling. Sometimes I find this format hard to follow too as you have to keep track of a lot of different characters instead of just a couple.

Have you ever read a book with this kind of format?

Your friend in reading, Ms. Sellers

PS- I'd love to hear some of your thoughts about the different Rick Riordan books you've been devouring!

Dear Ms. Sellers, I am reading a book called Darkwing. It is preety good with a tint of sadnessin it. I really like the author because the story is a 3rd person of the evil meat eater and the chiropters. I also like it when there is no warning of anything so you cant predict stuff. My favorite part is when Dusk escapes carssenail. It's kind of funny, how in every Kenneth Oppel book there's a shade and Marina, a Dusk and Sylph (Dusk is the main charecter, and Sylph dusk's companion and sister, Like Marina)I al so made a text to text connection between this book and Silverwing. Both of these books are setup the same way so that every chapter is told from the point of view of a different character. I like it because it lets you as the reader know what the different characters are feeling.

from,  james


 * Dear Ms. Sellers,**
 * I have been reading a bok called __The Same Stuff as Stars__. It is It is a good book. The only part I disliked so far was at the begenning where is was slow and uneventful.** __The genre of this book is defintly realistiic fiction because this could happen to anyone, really. I if I could talk to Angel, I would ask her how she could manage with Bernie always whining and causing trouble. I think Angel is responsibe because on page 2, it said "She raced back to the kitchen and grabbed the dishpan, not stoppng to take out the before she ran back to the fire. Angel sloshed dirty dishwater all over the flame. It sizzled angerly and died. She stood watching the steam, her heart pounding.__


 * I have been reading a book called __The Mysterious Bennedict Society.__It is one of the best books I have read! it is about a group of kids who save the world countless times. The kid's names are: Reynie, Kate, Stickey, and Constance.The kids all are very smart for their age and**
 * Constance can read minds and sent telapathic messages. __If I could talk to Constance, I would ask her what it would feel when she realizes she is can read minds and the other supernatrual things.__**
 * From, James**


 * Dear member of Room 7,**
 * I can’t believe that it’s already December and that we are halfway done with our second read aloud of __Sunwing__. You know I love these stories and love the characters- even Goth sometimes! I think the author Kenneth Oppel does a terrific job making you as the reader know the characters really well. We’ve talked a lot about how Shade is impulsive, and that he often “leaps, then looks” which causes many problems for him and others through the stories. One place where we see him do this is most recently in __Sunwing__. On page 164, “From behind him came a sudden and intense flash of light, and for a split second it was as if the night had become day. “Don’t look back,” Caliban snapped. Shade looked.” This is such a perfect example of Shade. We can all imagine how hard it is not to do something when someone tells you directly not to do it- but I would think that Shade would’ve been so scared at all that he had been through and would be afraid to see what terrible things would be behind him that he wouldn’t look as Caliban told him to. Shade however has a hard time following rules, and thinking things through. Although, I think we can already see signs that Shade is “growing up” in this second story.**

Can’t wait to hear what you’ve been reading about- write you back after vacation! Love, Ms. Sellers J
 * Over vacation, I’m getting ready to read the third book in a Sci Fi series that I’ve really enjoyed. This book is called __Reached__ and it’s written by Ally Condie. The reason I am planning on reading it is that I’ve asked Santa to bring it for Christmas, and there’s nothing I enjoy more on Winter Vacation than curling up with a great new book. There are three main characters in this series- Cassia (the main girl), Ky and Xander.** *The genre of this book is definitely Sci Fi as this book takes place in the future where the government- called “The Society”- gets to make a lot of decisions for you. They pick a job for you, and they even recommend who you should marry. You don’t have to marry that person, but they “match” you with the perfect person. (The first book in the series was called __Matched__.)They also tell you that you may only keep a certain amount of special items or artifacts- and paper is a very special thing which most people are not supposed to have.

November 14, 2012 Dear Ms. Sellers, I have been reading a book called __found__. It is a really good book. Thank you for getting me in this new series it is a really intresting book and From, James
 * *if I could talk to Jonah, I would ask him what it would be like to be a offspring of a royal family? ** I bet you would feel really impportant. ***I think the genre of the book is Sci-Fi because it has time-traveling and other futureistic stuff in it.**

September 26, 2012 Dear Room 7, I’m very excited to hear all your thoughts about what you’re reading on your individual wiki pages. I’ve really enjoyed all your enthusiasm about Silverwing. Even though this is my thirteenth time reading it, I still get really excited about sharing it every year. ** *The genre of this book is definitely fantasy since I don’t believe that bats and owls have wars or detailed adventures together. I also consider this to be a genre of my own invention- called Animal Adventure **. I love the character Shade; he’s one of my all-time favorites. ** *If I could talk to Shade, I would ask him if he thinks it was worth it to break the law and see the sun, especially after what happens to his colony as a result. **

Your friend in reading, Ms. Sellers:)