Uglies

I read Uglies by Scott Westerfield at home and it is a really good book!
Summary: It's something like 500 years in the future. This bacteria thing wiped out most people that live today (called "Rusties"). Tally Youngblood lives at that time in the future. There, normal people are called "ugly" until they turn 16, and they get cosmetic surgery that makes them pretty and bubbleheaded. Tally is younger, than most of her friends, and they all turned pretty already. Tally can't wait.
But now she is all alone because her friends left to go to New Pretty Town because they turned pretty. Tally really wants to talk to her best friend, Peris, so she goes to Pretty town to crash a party.
But when she is there, Peris doesn't really want to talk to her until she's pretty. Then, she grabs a bungee jacket (a jacket that makes you bounce when you hit the ground) and jumps off the roof.
A skinny girl called Shay finds her, and they find out that they share the same birthday. But Shay, unlike Tally, doesn't really want to be pretty.
Shay teaches Tally how to hoverboard, and they become really close friends.
Months Later...
Shay runs away to escape the pretty operation. Tally's pretty sad. Special Circumstances (which are people that fix things) get Tally and make her find Shay and bring her back. They say that either Tally finds Shay, or never turn pretty at all.
Guess what. Tally agrees to find Shay and turn her in. That's how much she wants to be pretty.
So, Tally needs to find Shay. When she finds her she finds out how "fun" it is to be in the New Smoke. So, she forgets that she has to act as a spy and she actually lives there for a while. Tally has a friend, David, that sort of makes her remember that she was supposed to be a spy, so she takes off the heart pendant that the Specials gave her to contact them. David's mom, Maddy, told Tally why she escaped being pretty. Tally finds out that being pretty makes you think you're better than everyone else and makes you bubbleheaded. Then, Maddy's found a cure for prettiness but doesn't want to use it yet. When Tally tries to burn the pendant, it sends a signal to the Specials and they come to get Shay. Shay is really mad, angry, and irritated at Tally. The Specials take Shay away and make her pretty. Maddy wants Shay to try the cure, but Shay doesn't want to, since the surgeons made her bubbleheaded and dumb. So Tally lets herself be experimented on and the book ends with her wanting to be pretty.

The main character is Tally. I think that she is important because she's what the whole story is about; who everyone revolves around. Another character is Shay. She's important to the book because it sorta depends on Shay, because she runs away and Tally has to chase her back. Another main character is David, but he isn't that important. David is important because Tally becomes a good friend of him, and lets her see his mom.
Shay running away affected Tally because Tally had to go find her and bring her back. Tally had a choice to bring Shay back or never be pretty, so Tally actually chose to bring Shay back. So that means that Shay wasn't as important as being pretty to Tally.
At the end of the book, Tally changes because at first she thought the best thing in life was to be pretty, but at the end she realized that friends were more important. The author helps for you to get to know Tally by describing that she had "a large nose" and other things.

Fever 1973

The book I read a long time ago was called Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson. It's historical fiction and is based on a real epidemic in 1793 of yellow fever. Mattie (who is the main character)'s mom and grandpa own a coffeehouse. They have a maid called Eliza that's not really like a maid because she's Mattie's best friend.
Mattie is 14 years old. One day, she finds out that Polly (who was her friend) died of a fever. Soon 100 people died. Her mother gets the fever and convinces Mattie and her grandpa to evacuate. Suddenly her grandpa gets yellow fever too. Mattie herself gets sick but survives so she is immune to the yellow fever
Now, more than a thousand people have died. Mattie returns to her house. She finds out that lots of things in her house were stolen. This day when she's sleeping, these thieves come and steal her stuff and kill her grandpa. And she still doesn't know where her mother is. . .
Mattie goes to Eliza' house and cares for sick children that almost die. When the frost comes, the fever is gone and they are happy again.

Mattie said that Eliza was "black but she was free and Philadelphia was the best place for free slaves". Mattie, unlike some people, treated Eliza like everyone else and like she was family. She never mentioned that Eliza was black more than once. If you skipped the first part of the book, you would never know that Eliza was black. I think Eliza treats all people equally no matter how they're like.

I think Laurie Halse Anderson wrote this book because she wanted to put a picture into your mind about the yellow fever in 1793 and how it was like. You could imagine streets full of dead people, people bleeding, and the air smelling like something rotten and how hard it was for the people there. Mattie took everything easily, sort of, and it was hard for her to believe (in the beginning) that there was an epidemic until lots of people had died.

I think the author feels that Mattie was really brave and inquisitive and intended for her to be that way. I think she feels that way because she wanted her audience to feel what she felt, and to think that it was a really horrible time to be in.

The author began with Mattie slapping at a mosquito. That makes sense because the yellow fever was spread by mosquitoes.

If I was Mattie, I would be be really scared; family members died, mom missing, etc. Mattie was really brave to overcome all that.

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Cooking the Thai Way

I read Cooking the Thai Way by Supenn Harrison and Judy Monroe. It is obviously about Thai food, which looks really good but most of it probably doesn't taste very good. (Same with Chinese food. ) Did you know that the traditional way of eating is on the floor there? (in Thailand) Thai food is usually spicy and sour. It is also mostly beautifully arranged. Thai people eat lots of rice( like other Asian countries). Rice is part of all their meals. They eat their rice really fluffy and dry. They almost never eat rice just by itself, always with a really strong flavored soup, curry, or sauce.

One of my favorite things in the book are pineapple fish noodles. It looks good. I also really like the Thai Coconut Custard, which also looks really good, and the bananas in syrup looks really good too. I also like the tropical fruit dessert. And I like Thai spring rolls. (those are lots of opinions)

Also why do Thai people always serve some thing really bland with something really flavorful?

Also, there isn't any cheese in the Thai recipes. :-( (=D for people who hate cheese)

The Thai coconut custard looks disgusting but probably tastes really good.

Funny Poems!

The second part of my blog post is about the Kingfisher Book of Funny Poems!

Obviously, it is about poems that are funny.

There are a bunch of poems in this book that are selected by Roger McGough.

Some of them aren't really funny but some are really funny.

Here's a poem.

The Blue Room

My room is blue, the carpet's blue,
The chairs are blue, the door's blue too.
A blue bird flew in yesterday,
I don't know if it's flown away.

By Richard Edwards

Unfortunately, there aren't any poems about cheese.

I think there should be because everyone thinks cheese is really funny.

Crispin: The Cross of Lead

The book I just finished reading is a really really really really really really really good book(with six million reallys). It is called....Crispin The Cross of Lead!

This book is a REALLY good book. (I just told you that. ) It is by an author named Avi (which real name is Edward Irving Mortis) which is an AWESOME author. This book won a newberry honor medal! That's how good it is! And you can get it in the book fair for FIVE DOLLARS! For a hardcover book! (I know I'm starting to sound like an advertiser, but this book is really really good! ) Any ways, this book is about a boy that is 13 years old. His mom just died. (his dad was dead already) (it's in the 1300s or something. ) He was accused of a crime he didn't commit. He is really poor. He doesn't have a name. Everyone calls him "Asta's Son" because his mother's name was Asta. Soooo... he has been declared a wolf's head (which is when he is declared not human anymore) so anyone can kill him, when ever they want to. If they kill him they get like 100000000 dollars as a reward. So they are anxious to kill him. And also, Father Quinel (a priest) told him that his real name was Crispin. And his mother left him a cross of lead with writing on it, but he can't read. I'm not going to tell you any more (the end is really exciting), so you have to read it yourself!

Crop Qv things...

How come the author goes by a pen name?

Why do they call it a "wolf's head" ?

Did they even have cheese at that time?

I like this book. (obviously, that's an opinion)

At the end, this book makes me think of someone finding out something they don't want to hear. (that's a hint of what happens at the end)

I can imagine how Crispin felt when he found out what it really said on the cross of lead: surprised and shocked.

I don't think it's fair that in that time, some people are so rich and some people are so poor.

I think that if there was another book, it would tell of Crispin going back to the place he was born.

Smart Feller Fart Smeller

I read Smart Feller Fart Smeller by Jon Agee. (not the Jon in Garfield) . It is a book with lots of spoonerisms. If you don't know what spoonerisms are then go to http://www.dictionary.com/ and find it. Or read Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook by Shel Silverstein. Anyways this book is really funny and if you like funny stuff then read this book, because it has lots of funny stuff. Here's a hint about what spoonerisms are: A grilled cheese sandwitch and a chilled grease sandwitch. (I spelled sandwich like that because of Halloween.) Grilled cheese sandwitches are delicious, aren't they? I love grilled cheese. There's lots of spoonerisms in this book that are really funny. And in this book there are pictures to go along with the words to make it funnier. You should really read this book if you are in a bad mood because this will cheer you up.

A connection I had to this book was: on the AG field trip to the Renissance festival there was this show with a person called Zilch and he talkied in spoonerisms, like Cinderella would be Rindercella. It was really funny.

I think this is a short blog (compare to what I usually do). Why this is short: This book is really short too. It has lots of pictures. And I can't believe why this is nonfiction!!!

I can'tt waiiit till Halloween!!!

If I wrote MUST....EAT....CHEESE..... then what would it be if I said that in spoonerisms?

Once again: You should REALLY read this book. As in REALLY.

And leave a comment because I am really bored right here!

I wrote the whole thing again in Webdings (the font) WHAT is webdings?

I read Smart Feller Fart Smeller by Jon Agee. (not the Jon in Garfield) . It is a book with lots of spoonerisms. If you don't know what spoonerisms are then go to http://www.dictionary.com/ and find it. Or read Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook by Shel Silverstein. Anyways this book is really funny and if you like funny stuff then read this book, because it has lots of funny stuff. Here's a hint about what spoonerisms are: A grilled cheese sandwitch and a chilled grease sandwitch. (I spelled sandwich like that because of Halloween.) Grilled cheese sandwitches are delicious, aren't they? I love grilled cheese. There's lots of spoonerisms in this book that are really funny. And in this book there are pictures to go along with the words to make it funnier. You should really read this book if you are in a bad mood because this will cheer you up.
A connection I had to this book was: on the AG field trip to the Renissance festival there was this show with a person called Zilch and he talkied in spoonerisms, like Cinderella would be Rindercella. It was really funny.

I think this is a short blog (compare to what I usually do). Why this is short: This book is really short too. It has lots of pictures. And I can't believe why this is nonfiction!!!

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

I finished reading The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi. The book starts out like this: Charlotte (who lives in England) has to go to America to meet her siblings. Since there were no airplanes at that time, Charlotte has to go on a ship. Her father (who is pretty wealthy) has her to go on a cargo ship called the Seahawk with two other families. But then she finds out that the two other families aren't there when it's the day to board the ship and that she will be traveling to America for two months on her own, with nobody there except the crew and the captain, Captain Jaggery.

Captain Jaggery treats her nicely at first, offering her biscuits and other stuff. One of the crew members, Zachariah, try to tell her that the captain is evil. Of course, Charlotte doesn't believe Zachariah. Why should she, if the Captain is so nice to her? But then, Charlotte found out that the crew members are planning a mutiny against Captain Jaggery. She finds out when she is sent to fetch a needle. She finds a round robin which is a circle with a circle inside it with names. And a pistol. "Why?" she thinks. "Should I tell Captain Jaggery? Maybe I should......" she thinks, thinking about in in horror.

So, Charlotte tells the captain, which decides to put it to a stop. He decides to whip and torture Zachariah, just because he is old and black and weak. Charlotte can't bear looking at someone being tortured like that, so she (accidentally) grabs the whip from Mr. Holly-brass and whips Captain Jaggery.

The Captain is really mad at her, with gleaming eyes of hatred every time he looks at her. Charlotte decides to help the crew, but she managed to say she was going to join them. To join them, she has to climb up the mainmast, and we all know that there's at least a 75 percent chance that she would fall. Well what do you think happens (please don't give away the answer)

Here are my reactions and the other CROP-QV things in the book. In the Seahawk it said that Charlotte's hands turned brown and hard, like leather, because of all the hard work as a sailor. How does that really happen? And that reminds me of in the Twilight saga how vampires have really hard granite skin. In this book, since it happened in the 1800s, it has a lot of words that I don't know and it has swear words too :-P Also if you like mysteries and suspense, you'll probably like this book. Charlotte was accused of murder and she actually was brought to trial and found guilty.

Breaking Dawn

I read Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer. What happens is that Edward (who is a vampire) marries Bella (who is not a vampire) and they go on their honeymoon to Isle Esme, which is Esme(Edward's mother)'s island. There Bella eats lots of eggs and she has strange dreams. She starts feeling really sick. Then, she finds out that she's pregnant and her baby is growing really, really fast inside her.







The next part of the book is told from Jacob (werewolf)'s point of view. Jacob visits Bella and finds out her stomach is puirple and bruised. And huge. Bella names her baby Edward Jacob if its a boy and Renesmee (Renee, Bella's mother and Esme together) if its a girl. Then her baby inside her starts breaking her ribs. Jacob suggests to make Bella drink blood because the baby is half Edward too. Bella does and she feels better but the baby obviously gets stronger. Carlisle (Edward's dad) says that vampire babies use their teeth to break open the thing that is holding them in their mother's body, and killing their mom in the process. But Bella loves the baby, and she isn't letting anyone take it out. Two weeks after she finds out she is pregnant, the baby (a girl)breaks its way out of her and would kill her but Edward injects his venom into Bella's heart, saving her and turning her into a vampire at the same time. Jacob imprints on Renesmee at the end because she looks so much like Bella with her brown eyes.












The next part is told from Bella's point of view again. She turns into a vampire and then she meets Renesmee. Renesmee has a gift, like Edward, Jasper, and Alice. Her gift is that she can touch your face and show you her thoughts. Irina spots Renesmee and thinks that she is a Immortal child. Immortal children are illegal because they don't know how to talk yet and they destroy everything. So humans find out about vampires. But Renesmee grows really fast, but not fast enough for Irina to see. Irina goes to the Volturi for them to destroy the Renesmee. Alice sees them coming and she warns everyone about them. All of the Volturi are coming to destroy Renesmee, even Aro, Caius, Marcus, and the wives. The Cullens get witnesses, people to support them, people to witness that Renesmee isn't an immortal child, that she grows really quickly. The Cullens' closest friends, the Denali vampires, they lost a mother because of she created an immortal child. Eleazar has a gift of knowing other people's gifts, and she tells Bella that she has a gift too. She can shield other people's mental attacks. For example, in the Volturi guard Jane can make you feel the worst pain ever inmaginable, but it's an illusion and nothing physical happens to you. Bella can block that. She can also project, which means to push the shield out and protect others. More witnesses come, like Maggie, Benjamin, Tia , Siobhan, Zafrina, Garett, and a bunch of others. After about a month, the Volturi come and they ask for information. They find out that Renesmee isn't an immortal child, that she grows and learns. Since Irina gave false information, they chop her up to pieces and burn her (the only way to kill a vampire) Her sisters, Kate and Tanya try to attack them (the Volturi) . Kate has a gift to shock people when they touch her, so she shocks everyone. Bella gets really mad, and when she gets really mad, her gift really works really well. So she can project her sheild for over 10 meters, which is a lot. Jane and Alec (jane's twin brother who can make people feel nothing) can't attack anyone who's on their side now. Since they are outnumbered (with Zafrina able to make them see illusions) now they quit. They leave (cowardly) and it ends happily ever after. By the way, Bella used to hate name Nessie for Renesmee but now she likes it at the end.


Why does Bella decide to turn into a vampire after she gives birth to Renesmee? There was a risk that Bella wouldn't survive and her heart would stop beating and you can't turn into a vampire if your heart stops because the venom can't travel through. And since Renesmee would have used her teeth to break out of Bella, why didn't Bella get scared and freak out???

I think the part about Jacob was really funny because Edward can hear people's thoughts so that part has really funny things. And Jacob is really funny. He is MUCH better than Edward because.

I felt really anxious when Bella was turing into a vampire because some people don't survive it. and she could have died if her heart stopped. It was weird when Bella was turning into a vampire and the book was very descriptive at that part.