Thea Stilton and The Mystery in Paris

Description About the Book According to Web:
In this exciting adventure, the Thea Sisters are off to Paris to visit Collete's fashion-designer friend Julie. But when Julie's designs are suddenly stolen, the girls must search the city of Paris to catch the thief and save the fashion show.

What did I like/didn't like about the book?
I like how the book includes mystery solving but also fashion. This is a good book for people who like mystery and fashion at the same time.

What would have I changed?
I wouldn't change anything in this book. I think people who love mystery and fashion will love this book.

Rating:
4/5

Task:Create an author profile for the author of the book. Don't forget to list the books he/she has written.

Full name:
Elisabetta Maria Dami

Date of Birth:
1958 (Milan, Italy)
Nationality:
Italian
Parents:
Piero Dami

Books Written:
The Kingdom of Fantasy, Curse of the Cheese Pyramid, The Mummy with No Name, Four Mice Deep in the Jungle, Cat and Mouse in a Haunted House, Paws Off, Cheddarface, Surf's Up Geronimo!, A Fabumouse Vacation for Geronimo, Search for Sunken Treasure, All Because of a Cup of Coffee, Phantom of the Subway, The Karate Mouse, Red Pizzas for a Blue Count, Attack of the Bandit Cats, The Mystery in Venice, My Name is Stilton, Geronimo Stilton, Down and Out Down Under, The Secret of Cacklefur Castle, Cheese- colored Camper, Mona Mousa Code, It's Halloween, You 'Fraidy Mouse!, Shipwreck on the Pirate Islands, Creepella Von Cacklefur: The Thirteen Ghosts, Geronimo and the Gold Medal Mystery, The Way of the Samurai, This Hotel is Haunted!, Geronimo Stilton, Secret Agent, The Temple of the Ruby of Fire, Field Trip to Niagara Falls, The Race Across America, Valentine's Day Disaster, Mysterious Cheese Thief, Mighty Mount Kilimanjaro, Save the White Whale!, The Giant Diamond Robbery, Mouse Island Marathon, Watch Your Whiskers, Stilton!, Merry Christmas, Geronimo!, A Fabumouse School Adventure, The Christmas Toy Factory, Geronimo's Valentine, Run for the Hills, Geronimo!, Flight of the Red Bandit, The Enormouse Pearl Heist, The Dragon of Fortune (Geronimo Stilton and the Kingdom of Fantasy: Special Edition #2), The Ship of Secrets (Geronimo Stilton and the Kingdom of Fantasy #10), Wedding Crasher, The Phoenix of Destiny: An Epic Kingdom of Fantasy Adventure, Bollywood Burglary (Geronimo Stilton #65), The Journey to Atlantis, The Enchanted Charms: The Seventh Adventure in the Kingdom of Fantasy.

What am I learning?
I'm learning to get better at remembering things from the books I read.

How am I progressing with my learning?
I think I am progressing really well in my learning because, I can memorise a lot of important parts in the books I read.

What questions/ ideas/ thoughts do I have now I have completed the task?
How long has Elisabetta been writing books?
What inspired her to write Geronimo and Thea Stilton books?

What would I do next time?
Nex time I would try harder to look for the exact date the author was born.

Questions:
What should I do next time?
What could I improve on?
Are there any improvements I can make?

Pale

Author Description of Book:
The Lazarus Serum can save your life.
Bring you back from the dead.
Only thing is, you come back... different.
You're a pale.
An outcast.
It's the lat thing Jed wants to happen to him.
But then, Jed's just been hit by a car.

What did I like/didn't like about the book?
I didn't like how people were bullying David Bloom, the "Pale" just because he came back from the dead.

What would have I changed?
I would've changed how the story starts, I didn't really like when the boy got bullied.

Rating:
3/5

Chris Wooding

Task:Create an author profile for the author of the book. Don't forget to list the other books he/she has written.

Full Name:
Chris Wooding

Date of Birth:
28th February 1977
Nationality:
English
Parents:
(Parent names not found)

Books Written:
That Haunting of Alaizabel Cray, Storm Thief, The Black Lung Captain, Braided Path, The Ace of Skulls, Tales of the Ketty Jay: Retribution Falls, The Black Lung Captain, The Iron Jackal, The Ace of Skulls, Poison, Pandemonium, The Skein of Lament, The Ascendancy Veil, The Fade, The Ember Blade, Velocity, Havoc, Pale, Broken Sky: Part 5, Broken Sky: Part 4, Broken Sky: #3, Broken Sky: Part 2, Broken Sky, Catchman, A Dog of the Union, Crashing, Kerosene, The Twilight War, The Iron Jackal: A Tale of the Ketty Jay, Endgame, Communion, Piratenmond: Roman, Survive, Silver, Malice, Frey.

What am I learning?
I'm learning to get better at remembering things from the books I read.

How am I progressing with my learning?
I think I am progressing well with my learning because, I can remember important parts from the books I read and sometimes explain them in a very detailed way.

What questions/ ideas/ thoughts do I have now I have completed the task?
How long has Chris been writing books?
Has anyone or something inspired him to write on of his books?

What would I do next time?
Next time I would try harder to find the authors parents.

Questions:
What should I do next time?
What could I improve on?
Are there any improvements I can make?

Readers Theatre

What am I learning?
I am learning how to read a script, read with expression and to read out loud.

How am I going towards achieving this learning?
I think I am doing well with achieving my learning, because I have read a script, tried to use expression in my learning and read with a clear and loud voice.

What do I need to do to be a strong performer in Readers Theatre?
In order to be a strong performer I should work with my teammates, make sure to include everyone in my team and to memorise and express my script in a clear and enjoyable way.

What am I wondering?
How important is team work to be successful in Readers Theatre?

Agent 21- Codebreaker: London Is in Danger- And the Clock Is Ticking

Author Description of Book:
Secret agent Zak Darke is back for his third mission - and the stakes have never been higher.

An unknown bomber is conducting a terror campaign in London. After an explosion on the tubes leaves some dead, Zak and his team are brought in to try and work out how this terror cell operates - but clues are scarce and they have no idea where, or when, the bomber will strike next. A teenage boy, currently detained young offender's institute, clams he has the answer - but before Zak can question him, the boy is shot and falls into a coma. Will Zak be able to break the cipher before the bomber strikes again?



What did I like/didn't like about the book?
I like how the story includes explosion. It makes it more appealing to readers that have thing for action books.

What would have I changed?
I wouldn't change anything about this book even if I had a chance to. The book is very well written and will make you really interested.

Rating:
5/5

Task:Create a bookmark the promotes other books written by the same author.


Here is the bookmark I made for this task, and it includes Killing For The Company and Agent 21- Codebreaker: London Is in Danger- And the Clock Is Ticking written by Chris Ryan.




















What am I learning?
I am learning to get better at remembering things from the books I read.

What questions/ ideas/ thoughts do I have now I have completed the task?
Are any of these books based on true events?
Does Chris Ryan illustrate the covers of his books?

What would I like to do next time?
If I were to do this again I would write a short summary of the books and include it on the bookmark.

Questions:
What should I do next time?
What could I improve on?
Are there any improvements I can make?

The Adventures of Captain Underpants

Description About the Book According to Web:

Captain Underpants is a children's novel series. The series revolves around 2 fourth graders, George Beard and Harold Hutchins, living in Piqua, Ohia and Captain Underpants, an aptly names superhero from one of the boys' homemade comic books, that accidentally becomes real when George and Harold hypnotise their ill-tempered principal, Mr. Kupp. Soon after, Mr. Krupp gains superpowers by drinking alien juices in the third book. 

What did I like/didn't like about the book?

I like how the book is funny sometimes, and how the story goes.

What would have I changed?

I would change the characters in the story.

Rating:

4/5

Task:Create a bookmark that promotes others book written by the same author.

 This is the bookmark I made for this task. It includes 2 books Dav Pilkey wrote. One is The Adventures of Captain Underpants and the Dog Man.

What am I learning?

I'm learning to get better at remembering things from the books I read.

What questions/ ideas/ thoughts do I have now I have completed the task?

Was Dav inspired to write this book?

Was this book dedicated to a certain someone?

What would I like to do next time?

Next time I would probably add more books that the author wrote in my bookmark. 

Questions:

What should I do next time?

What could I improve on?

Are there any improvements I can make?

The Dark Blue 100 Ride Bus Ticket

Author Description of Book:

When Carlo and his mother Jessica, accept a free bus ticket from a strange old woman in the supermarket, they are really only being polite. Secretly they think she must be slightly batty, with her talk about a hundred free bus rides to the supermarket at the end of the world. How absurd! And yet, right outside their supermarket, which is of the most ordinary, everyday kind, a Number 13 bus pulls up... dark and blue and with gold stars, just like the ticket. 

Feeling suddenly adventurous, Jessica and Carlo take their seats... and nothing turn out the way you would except.

Because the wonderful supermarket is real- but so are the horrible Dowlers, who are plotting and scheming to destroy it. What begins with fun and laughter becomes violent and dangerous, and the courage of a pair of resourceful children will be needed if the horrible, howling Dowlers are to be defeated. 

What did I like/didn't like about the book?

I like how it included magic and how it could make you so interested. To be honest, I don't really dislike anything about this book, I think the author has written it very well. 

What would have I changed?

I wouldn't change anything about this book. I think the idea of 100 free bus rides to the supermarket is really neat.

Rating:

4.5/5

Margaret Mahy

Task:Create an author profile for the author of the book. Don't forget to list the other books he/she has written.

Full name:

Margaret Mahy

Date of Birth:

21st March 1936

Nationality:

New Zealander 

Parents:

Frances George Mahy

Books written:

The Changeover: A Supernatural Romance, A Lion in the Meadow, The Haunting, The Tricksters, The Man Whose Mother Was a Pirate, The Seven Chinese Brothers, The Catalogue of the Universe, Maddigan's Fantasia, The Great White Man-eating Shark, A summery Saturday morning, Kaitangata Twitch, The Magician of Hoad, The great piratical rumbustification ; & The librarian and the robbers, The Witch in the Cherry Tree, 17 kings and 42 elephants, The Three-legged Cat, The Moon & Farmer McPhee, The Man from the Land of Fandango, Mister Whistler, Alchemy, The Green Bath, The Wind Between the Stars, The Dark Blue 100 Ride Bus Ticket, The Horrendous Hullabaloo, Underrunners, Jam: A True Story, The horribly haunted school, Footsteps Through the Fog, The Christmas tree tangle, The rattlebang picnic, The Boy With Two Shadows, Early Reader: Aunt Nasty, The Pirates' Mixed-Up Voyage, When the King Rides by, Down the dragon's tongue, The Chewing Gum Rescue and Other Stories, Shock Forest, Raging Robots and Unruly Uncles, The Gargling Gorilla, A Villain's Night Out, My Wonderful Aunt, Beaten by a balloon, Tiritimoras Tubertifas y Telefonos, The girl with the green ear, Bum, baby, bum bum!

What am I learning?

I'm learning to get better at remembering things from the books I read.

How am I progressing with my learning?

I think I am progressing well with my learning because this is the 3rd time I'm doing this task, and I don't think I have slacked off on any of them.

What questions/ ideas/ thoughts do I have now I have completed the task?

Did Margaret get inspired to write this book?

How long did she take to write this book?

What would I like to do next time?

Next time I would try to look harder for information about the author.

Questions:

What should I do next time?

What could I improve on?

Are there any improvements I can make?

The Black Lotus

Author Description of Book:
Ghost, Cormac and Kate are junior recruits of The Black Lotus, a training school for ninjas. But when the moon sword - A source of unimaginable power - is stolen by an evil Samurai Warrior, the three are forced to battle through sixteenth century Japan and present - day New York to stop him from destroying the city.

What did I like/didn't like about the book?
I like how the book includes ninjas and swords. I don't really dislike anything about the book, I think it is written very well.

What would have I changed?
This book is prefect the way it is, I wouldn't really change anything about it. Not even as small as the way words are spelt or how the book is structured.

Rating:
5/5

Kieran Fanning

Task:Create an author profile for the author of the book. Don't forget to list the other books he/she has written.

Full name: 
Kieran Fanning

Date of Birth:
1975
Nationality:
(Originally from Stratford-On Slanley)
Parents:
Mary Fanning, Jim Fanning

Books Written: 
Code Crackers: Trapdoor to Treachery, Code Crackers: Voyage to Victory, Tempest of Trouble, Curse of the Cockroach, The Black Lotus: The Samurai Wars,
The Black Lotus: Shadow of the Ninja.


What am I learning?
I am learning to get better at remembering things from the books I read.

How am I progressing with my learning?
I think I am progressing well with my learning because I am able to retell some parts of the books I read.

What questions/ ideas/ thoughts do I have now that I have completed the task?
What/who inspired Kieran Fanning to start writing books?
What was the first book Kieran Fanning wrote?

What would I like to do differently next time?
Next time I would write a summary about the book.

Questions:
What do you think I should do next time?
What do you think I can improve on?
Are there any improvements I can make?

The Amazing World of Wonder!

What the book is about:

The wonder book is about a boy with a "deformed" face going through middle school. 

At first the principal has asked a few students (Julian, Jack and Charlotte) to show Auggie around the school. Everything was going well until Julian decided to mess it up by asking Auggie what happened to his face because it looked like he was in a fire. So Charlottle and Jack came to the rescue and protected Auggie.

The first day of school finally came and August entered the day with a lot of stares from the other students. No one would talk to him, well except for Julian and Charlotte. 

He was eating alone at lunch until a girl named Summer decided to sit with him. At first Auggie thought it's because she's been asked to sit with him, but she reassuringly told him that she just wanted to sit with him.

Halloween came and everyone in Breacher Prep was all dressed up. Auggie's mum made him a costume but Auggie decided to change his costume at the last minute, because he found out Julian was wearing a costume that was somehow connected to the costume he was going to wear.

When Auggie got to school he went to his classroom and over heard Julian's group talking about him (they didn't recognise him cause he was wearing a costume that covered his face). He was hurt when he heard Jack talk rubbish about him. He and Jack were really good friends and it just hurt him.

Auggie ignored Jack after hearing that. Jack noticed this and he didn't know why, so he decided to ask Summer but all Summer said was "Bleeding Scream".

A few days later, Jack said sorry after realising what he said and they became best friends again. 

Breacher Prep went to watch a movie at a cornfield, this was meant to be a fun activity for their camp but some older students from other school decided to make fun of Auggie and Julian's friends ( Amos, Miles and Henry) got into a fight with the older kids.

After the incident at the cornfield the girls from Breacher Prep were asking Auggie if he was okay and when they got back to school a lot of students started interacting with Auggie.

In the end everything was great and everyone was happy. Not a lot of people were being mean to Auggie. So I can say that it was a happy ever after ending.

What did I like/didn't like about the book?


What did I like/didn't like about the book?
I like everything about the Wonder book, I think the author has written it really well.

What would have I changed?
I wouldn't really change anything about this book, I think it is perfect just the way it is.

Rating:
5/5

Task: Create an author profile for the author of the book. Don't forget to list the other books he/she has written.

R.J. Palacio

Full name: 

Raquel Jaramillo Palacio

Date of Birth: 

13th July 1963

Nationality: 

American 

Parents:

Marco Jaramillo, Nelly Palacio Jaramillo

Books written: 

Wonder, Auggie and Me: Three Wonder Stories, We're All Wonders, The Julian Chapter: A Wonder Story, Shingaling: A Wonder Story, Pluto, Choose Kind Journal: Do One Wonderful Thing Everyday, Wonder/ Auggie & Me/ 365 Days of Wonder, 365 Days of Wonder: Mr. Browne's Book of Precepts, Wonder Notes, Rollercoasters: Contemporary Issues Book Box, The Handiest Things in the World, Last Summer: A Little for Dads, The Bobo Glove, Dream, Baby, Dream!, Ride Baby Ride, That Was the River.

What am I learning?

I'm learning to get better at remembering things from the books I read.

How am I progressing with my learning?

I think I am progressing well with my learning, doing what I'm told is helping me a lot.

What questions/ ideas/ thoughts do I have now I have completed the task?

Did Raquel get inspired to write this book?

Is this book dedicated to anyone specific?

What would I like to do differently next time?

Next time I would write my summary a little bit shorter.

Questions:

What do you think I should do next time?

Are there any improvements I can make?

What do you think I can improve on?