Mocking Jay Post #1

Blog Post #1 of Semester 2

Mocking jay

Suzanne Collins

297/ 390

My book is the continuation of the Hunger Games and Catching Fire. This book is the answer to all the question. It is the final pieces of the puzzle. When Katniss escaped the arena from Catching Fire, as  most of you know Peeta was left behind. Instead of taking Katniss to district 12 the took her to district 13, which originally disintegrated due to a mining accident. But they rebuilt district 13. At 13 they had survivors from the bombing in district 12 and people from district 13. The book talks about how she and Finnick are adjusting to their new home. Every now and then they get broadcasts from the Capitol with Peeta in them. First he looked fine, but after 3 broadcasts you could see bruises and marks. Peeta surprised all of Panem by warning district 13 that the Capitol is going to bomb them, but he got a beating after that. The Capitol indeed did bomb them but they were prepared. The rescued Peeta and other prisoners but Peeta was injected with some thing that made him hate Katniss and try to kill her. Brave people who live currently in district 13, are preparing a plot to kill President Snow and take over the capitol.

Setting: The setting is in Panem and they never really tell the year but I know that it is in the future.

My book is not a scientific story but it is more of a fantasy. But I guess there is some science into it. For example: the head of the security has a watch that is a walky-talky, a watch, a Gps and has other gadgets. I guess that is considered science.

Present item: A gun

Future item: A sledge hammer that is like the one from Thor. Finnick gets it from Beetee.

The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan (post 1)

Blog Post #1, The Sea of Monsters, Rick Riordan,48/ 279.

Setting (time and place):Yes, the kids at camp at blood have special powers and abilities which is obviously fictional, but some kids have skills, rather than powers, which other people on earth nowadays could possibly have. people have ability that only science could solve, such as potions of healing, and people regaining limbs after fractured or broken off.

Ender’s Game #1

I am reading a science-fiction book called “Ender’s Game” by Orson Scott Card and so far I read 100/396 pages.

The story takes place first on planet Earth, and later in a special space station that is located far out in space. The setting of the story is in the future. The author accurately describes some scientific principles. He also writes about some things that are still impossible for humans to do today.

A good description of a scientific principle which we understand today is the propulsion of the space shuttle.  Space shuttle is one of the scientific discoveries known today.  In the book, and therefore in the future, it is used to reach the space station. The same principle is used in the present day in order to reach the International Space Station.  The motors of the space shuttle make use of many kinds of scientific principles. Some of these principles allow the space shuttle to fly straight when it is in space.  Flying straight is not so complicated in the atmosphere because air helps the spacecraft.  But in space, there is no air and it is very easy for the spacecraft to spin in many directions.

But, I also don’t agree that the author describes some scientific principles well. For example, on a space station today you would normally float.  However, in the book, the people who are on the space station, walk and live like if they were on planet Earth. It is known that on a starship or on a space station there is no gravity.  Apparently, people of the future have found out ways to manipulate gravity, but I think that this should have been better explained in the book.  I had to do additional research in order to understand how to generate gravity.

The space station, which the author in the book calls battle school, is a special school where the brightest kids from Earth are taught to be military commanders. Ender is the main character in this book and he is one of the kids that goes to this school.

“They say that weightlessness can cause disorientation, especially in children, whose sense of direction isn’t yet secure. But Ender was disoriented before he left Earth’s gravity. Before the shuttle launch even began.” (Orson Scott Card page 56)

Hunger Games 2

Caching Fire
Suzanna Collines
On the computer 178
"By noon they will all be at my new house in the Victor's Village. The reporters, the camera crews, even Effie Trinket, my old escort, will have made their way to District 12 from the Capitol"The setting is sometime in the future.

Divergent Post 1#

Since I have finished reading Divergent over the winter break so I will divide book into 4 parts for every blog post so here is the first quarter of the book. Beatrice ( the main character ) firstly talks about how Beatrice lived her life in the Abnegation community ( 1 out of 4 ) the others being : Dauntless, Amity, Erudite, and Candor. She's flipping back her memories because its the day where she gets picked for which community she will be put in. Her and her brother Caleb go meet up at the school where all the other people their age will be, as she goes up the piles of stairs she's always fascinated to see the Dauntless in action ; strong, risk-taking, they get around the city by jumping off of trains and buildings. As they arrive there, everyone has to take a test, no one knew how it was going to be like but Beatrice was very nervous about it. As they called her up she went into the testing room where the walls were mirrors and there was a lady that was dressed all up in black, with black curly hair, and tattoos all over her body, soon after she found out that her name was Tori.
She asked her a few questions and then told her to drink something out of the cup, soon after Beatrice found herself on the floor and there was a growling dog approaching her she had no idea what to do next but instead the dog is kind and licks her face, next appears a baby in the middle of the room and she starts laughing and this time Beatrice could feel that the way the dog ran towards the baby is not a great sign so she jumped onto the dog and next thing she knows she finds herself back in the testing room. Tori reveals to her that she's Divergent. And she isn't allowed to tell anyone, at all. Divergent is when you're all  of Erudite, Abnegation, and Dauntless, tomorrow is the Choosing Ceremony so they will reveal which ever faction she will be put in. The next day everyone gets their assigned faction and go live there forever, Caleb surprisingly got Erudite ( because the Abnegation and Erudite accused each other of so many things and they hate one another ).
 They all leave with their faction for the Dauntless they have to jump onto a moving train to get to the Dauntless compound she then meets a new friend Christina along the way, then they all jump off and suddenly everyone stops, there is one more thing too do, and this is the first time, but jump off a real roof of a building. No one goes first its so frighting for everyone, she eyes some people arguing, two of them eyed her back but in a very mean way she later finds out that there names are Molly and Peter. Beatrice is so risk taking and jumps off first not knowing whats on the bottom, before she knows it she lands on a trampoline type thing, a man helps her out and says he's Four and asks for her name ; she says Beatrice but he said that its a new place, new start so she called herself Tris. Four shows them around and when they all sit down for lunch Eric the leader introduces himself, from her thoughts to everyone's faces she thought that he was creepy. She then meets two other friends Al and Will, tomorrow they will start to practice fighting, Christina up against Molly and Will against Al, then the next day she sees them fightning. Will beat up Al but it wasn't that bad but when Christina and Molly had the battle it was a close one, Christina was so tired that she was done, Eric did not accept this at all so he threatened her and then nearly made her fall off the building in real life.

Allegiant Post #1

Mai N. 7B
Allegiant
Veronica Roth
Pages Read: 191/526
Blog Post #1

                    The setting of my Novel is in a City composed of 5 factions, each of them resembling a different trait of humanity. The five factions are:

Erudite - meaning knowledgeable

Amity - meaning peaceful

Candor - meaning honesty

Abnegation - meaning selflessness

Dauntless - meaning brave

                    When a child turns sixteen in the society, they have to choose a faction, according to a test that they take to help them recognize where they belong. Most citizens of this dystopian community have only one faction choice, but there are also some exceptions. The people that get multiple faction results are called 'Divergent'. This means they do not belong in only one faction, but in multiple ones. This is a problem for the society because they are trying to organize a place where everyone fits perfectly in only one place.

                    The scientific features of this society that have been  featured in the previous books in the trilogy are the serums that the people use. The society has five serums - one for each faction:

Erudite - death serum

Amity - peace serum

Candor - truth serum

Dauntless - simulation serum

Abnegation - memory serum

This is the scientific setting that I found in the novel. The novel's author describes a very science based society, and these serums can be found as an everyday tool in the future, just like they are an everyday tool in the novel.

Science in action quote: "The fluid is packed with microcomputers. They are designed to detect specific genetic markers and transmit the data to a computer." (Roth 170)

Gathering Blue

Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
This week I have read a new book called Gathering Blue which is the second book of The Giver . This week I have read 86/ 215 pages.
The setting takes place in a village and the story happens in the future / past
The book is about a girl called Kira who has a twisted leg and she has no mother or father.   She tries to  find shelter because their house is ruined and the neighbors don't like her at all.  Then she makes friends with a boy called Matt and his dog Branch. Kira is judged by the Council of Guardians  and she has to gather things and then they take her to the quarters and they give her a place to stay. Matt and Kira goes  to the forest together and a lady called Annabella teaches Kira how to dye all of the  colors except for blue.  

I really like the book and  I hope you will like the book too!