Three Cups of Tea ~Petra

Three Cups of Tea
Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
114 pages read



After a failed attempt to climb K2, the world's most ruthless and most dangerous to climb mountain, in Pakistan, Greg Mortenson, an American, stumbles onto a small village named Korphe, after wandering off the main path. He is welcomed into the village by tradition, and makes friends there, such as Haji Ali, the leader of the village. Haji Ali leads Mortenson up to the village's school-or, more correctly, what serves as the school. What it really is is a jumble of children practicing their lessons, which they receive from a teacher that comes thrice a week, with sticks in the dirt or, if they're lucky, on slates. At that moment, Mortenson makes a promise that will change his life- He promises to build a school for the children of Korphe. Mortenson returns to America to get the money needed to build this school. He writes five hundred and eight letters to important people, but he gets only one reply. His mother, who is the principal of a school, convinces him to come and present about his cause at the school. The children at the school decide to do something about it, and so Greg Mortenson gets 623 dollars from this school. But that's not nearly enough. Later on, Mortenson calls a man named Jean Hoerni, and gets his 12,000$ that he needs for his school from him, after a discussion about whether Mortenson's serious about building this school or not, which, frankly, leaves him baffled. After all of that, with a little extra cash in his pocket from selling some personal items to get him through the next little while, Mortenson returns to Pakistan. He stops in a town and hooks up with an old friend to buy all the lumber and other supplies needed for his school, after which they head on. They stay for the night in another town, where Mortenson gets invited to another village to visit. He gets in a little tangle there, because both that village and the town he's staying at want the school to be built for them, but Mortenson is determined to get to Korphe. When they reach Korphe, after a long and tiring drive up the mountain, they find themselves alsmot immediately faced with another problem. Korphe is on one side of a gorge, with Mortenson and the supplies on the other side, and only a box to convey people back and forth across the gorge, and so they have to build a bridge. Will Mortenson be able to overcome this challenge, and keep it in his budget? Well, I certainly hope so. 

Pretty Little Liars: Sara Shepard

Title: Pretty Little Liars
Author: Sara Shepard
Number of pages read: 39

The girl who every girl wants to be, the girl who every boy wants to go out with, is Alison DiLaurentis. Alison, short as Ali, is the queen bee of Rosewood high school, thin, popular, pretty and the one with all the secrets. She is the one you always feared but also always loved, along with her followers; Hanna Marin, who wants to be thin as Alison, has a crush on Sean, and the one who put on more weights as her parents got divorced. Spencer Hastings, a human version of a dictionary, a calculator, and a encyclopedia all put together, and the one with a smart and perfect sister, Melissa. Spencer was the one that was never really afraid of Ali. Emily Fields, a very well educated, best swimmer on Rosewood team, was always the weakest point of Ali's group. She used to have feelings for Ali but, that all ended. Aria Montgomery, the one with a crush on Noel Kahn, and the girl who went away from end of 7th grade to the beginning of 11th to Iceland because of her parents job and because of what happened to the five girls before 8th grade. The five girls were planning a sleepover at Spencer's after they kicked Melissa and her boyfriend Ian Thomas out of the house. Before they went to sleep, Spencer and Ali had a fight on how Ali was acting as the queen bee. Alison charged out of the house, and never returned. In the middle of the night, the girls found out that Alison was not there. They thought she returned to her house. But for three years till now she had not returned and now even the police gives up on fining Ali. She just mysteriously disappeared.

Three years later, when Aria came back from Iceland, after she dropped off her younger brother Mike off at cross country practice, she stops at a local bar and meets a guy named Ezra Fitz. Emily meets a new neighbor, Maya St. Garmin who moves into Ali's old house. Emily becomes friends with Maya and explains on how a girl named Ali used to live in that house and how the four other girls except for Ali are all separated. But she does not explain about Ali's disappearance.

-sooyoungbyun7a

211 Things a Bright Girl can do

The book I read is called "211 Things a Bright Girl can do " and it is by Bunty Gutler. There are 260 pages in this wonderful book. This book is more of an informative book and I did learned some quick tricks on a few topics like, cooking I also learned some tricks on how to be the perfect host. The most interesting was how to write a thank  you note. In this book there are many tricks the girls should know how to do and I am looking forward to reading more tricks from this book.

The hunger games

 

My book is called the Hunger games by Suzanne Collins

there are 374 pages and I have read 79
So far in the book i was introduced to some characters Katniss and Peeta,  and more but these are the main ones. In this book it is the future i think and there are these games from the hunger games where 2 people from each district must fight against other people of other districts. they battle to the death. Now i am at the  part of the story when Katniss and Peeta have been chosen to fight for district 12, they are taken to the capitol which is where the games take place. so far they have only done training for the battle. Each district is assigned a mentor, district 12's is a man named Haymitch, he has won the games before but unfortunately he is an alcoholic so he isn't much good as a mentor. There is alot of tension going on between the characters in this part of the story because they are all nervous about the games.

The new book that I read.

Cry Freedom

Author:John Briley

Pages number:104


This story starts in South Africa.

It is about differences between the black and  the white people.   Generally, reported the rules,the laws , what white people think about black , what black people think about white people and their  behavior.
The two main characters are Ken Roberson and Mr. Woods .Ken Roberson is a journalist on the Daily Dispatch and Mr. Woods is his contributor.

My Sister's Keeper

Hey Guys!

So, I started reading a new story in the past week, and I just read sixty pages, and it has managed to make sort of a influence on my life. Here is just some basic information on the book:

Title: My Sister's Keeper 

Author: Jodi Picoult 

Number of Pages: 423

From the minute I laid my eyes on this book, I was stunned. The book grabbed my attention within a matter of seconds as soon as I read the title. What happened in the first forty pages was the Anna and her family were introduced to us. Anna's older sister, Kate,  suffers from acute promyelocytic leukemia, a blood and bone marrow cancer. The reason why Anna was born is because she could save her sister's life. She had agreed upon do do everything her sister needed, until she turned thirteen and her sister needed a kidney. The surgery required for both Kate and Anna would be major; it is not guaranteed to work, as the stress of the operation may well kill Kate anyway; and the loss of a kidney could have a serious impact on Anna's life. Anna petitions for medical emancipation with the help of lawyer Campbell Alexander, so that she will be able to make her own decisions regarding her medical treatment and the donation of her kidney. In most of the pages I have read, Anna had not been born so they talk about how everything had started, the beginning of  Kate's leukemia. She was takin g a bath, when her mother notices a bruise on her spine, the next day she had been taken to do some tests. When her parents had taken her to the hospital the doctor they explained the whole process of actue promeyelocytic leukemia and the survival rates. Kate's older brother Jesse, could have been able to help her, but he was not a match. One night, While Sara and her husband Brian were sleeping, they here that something had fallen down, it was quite a smash. They run down to Kates room, when they feel her they see thats he is burning and that she needed to be taken into the ER. Her father,Brian, takes her and rushed to the car, then they noticthat one of the had to stay because of Jesse. Sara tells Brian to go with Kate, while she goes and gets Jesse and they all go together. When Kate had been taken into the ER, the doctors say that the chemo therapy treatment worked because Kate's immune system has no protection over any kind of virus or infection. After the long night, Sara scoots her chair closer to Kates bed and lifts up her hand and kisses it in the centre. Kates eyes slit open. For a moment she is unsure of where she is. "Your so brave" Sara says "When I grow up I want to be just like you". To her surprise, Kate shakes her head hard. Her voice is a feather, a thread. "No Mommy," she says. "You'd be sick." The everlasting nights continue, nobody is able to sleep, only Kate. They are filled with nightmares that will seem to haunt you for the rest of your life, they make you think about dreadful events (In this case). In Sara's first dream, the IV fluid was dripping to fast into Kates central line. All of a sudden, Sara had awoken from her sleep. 

Describing the Characters:

• Anna Fitzgerald: Anna believes that she was brought to earth just so she could save her old sister, Kate, who is dying. During her life, she has never really acted like a child, basically since the day she was born she had to undergo a transplant for her sister Kate. Even though she is perfectly healthy, it seems as though she is sick. When he sister is hospitalized, Anna is there as well just in case her sister might need anything. Her parents only notice her when her sister needs something, which is why she filled a lawsuit against them, say that she should have the right do decided what she wants with her kidney and all her cells, not her family. 
• Kate Fitzgerald: Kate is the first daughter born in the family, and probably the first one to leave them. From the age of two she had been diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukemia. The doctors say that people don't day because of the leukemia, they die from trying to stay alive and fighting for their lives... and then slowly, the body starts giving up on them... just as Kates lungs did on her. She had been fighting against her leukemia for fourteen years. 
• Jesse Fitzgerald: Jesse is the first born child in the family. In the book, his age had not really been confirmed, but her is over sixteen, perhaps maybe even eighteen. He lives above the garage so he does not have to pay rent, but he always has dinner with his family. He has had a history of obtaining drugs. 
• Sara Fitzgerald: Sara is the over protective mother in the family. She devotes all of her attention to her first daughter, Kate and rarely notices Anna. She worked as a former lawyer, and has been married to her husband for 23 years. 
• Brian Fitzgerald: Brain is the father, he is very close with all of his children, especially Anna. They have a way of understanding each other. He works at the fire department, and and during his late shifts, he sleeps there as well. When Anna has filled a lawsuit against her mother, she stays with her father at the fire station. 
• Campbell Alexander: Alexander is the lawyer that helps Anna with the problem about having to donate her kidney to her sister, Kate.

As you can see, this story is all about family, and the challenges you make. In order to keep something alive, a part of it has to die. That is one major thing I learned while reading this, it not easy at all...

Thanks for reading, and next time there will be a bigger summary, since the book is so interesting I think i will finish it by next week... :)

-Marija Bogdanovic, 7A

A Street Cat Named Bob

A Street Cat Named Bob 

Author: James Bowen

Number of Pages: 269

"A Street Cat Named Bob" is a true story about how a man and his cat spend their time on the street busking. James Bowen was walking up the stairs to his flat and on the way came across a cat laying on a mat in front of someone else's flat. He wasn't sure if this cat had an owner or if it was a stray. He had a soft spot for cats and because he looked so skinny and unhealthy James decided to take him up to his flat. James wasn't a very wealthy man and hadn't had the best past but has made a good change. A few days later he decided to take the stray cat to the RSPCA to get him checked and given medicine to help him get better. The cat was given medication. James took him back to his flat and fed him...he was starving!!!! The street cat was now called Bob. One day, James had decided to let him back out because he though he would want to go live on the streets again, but no Bob just followed James everywhere, he even got on the bus with him! He realized he wasn't leaving as hard as he tried. James finally decided to keep him and also get him neutered and wanted him to get a chip. He found some places that were doing all these things for free. When Bob was getting his chip it finally hit James that he was actually his cat and his responsibility from now on, but this was a good thing because he liked and cared for Bob very much. James had started taking Bob out busking with him and people would stop and pet Bob constantly. Bob loved attention so was very pleased that all these people were giving him attention. He also loved to sit on James's shoulder's as he walked to the bus station to and from busking. When they were busking he would just sit or lay on Jame's guitar case. James and Bob had been through everything together and soon they grew to be inseparable  I haven't yet finished this novel but am very excited and looking forward to. It just shows that not only dogs are a mans best friend and it shows that cats also have love and affection for their owners. It's really up to the animal and person to choose each other rather than forcing it. This is honestly one of the best novel's I've ever read and the fact that it's real makes it even better. Everyone could and would enjoy this book in my opinion :D!

Bulu

Bulu
Dick houston
I read 100 pages

Anna and Steve lived in Africa for a few years and they wanted to get a dog. But they had been warned that they shouldnt get a dog if they lived in the bush. It could be dangerous for the dog and it could die if any animal attacked it. But they got a dog which they named Bulu it was a little puppy.  It wasnt big when they got it and they didnt let it outside because they knew that bulu was just a baby and could die very easliy.

I think this is going to be a good book i rate it 10/10


Max
7A

jakub - Summary

Sign of Four Sherlock holmes
author  - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Number of pages - 146

Summary  -
In what I read Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson find a dead body and are checking it for any clues about the criminal or how the death happened. They are investigating the disappearance of a man that fought in war and was supposed to meet them in the hotel but they found out that he left day before they try to contact his friend to see if he knows where the man went. But they find out that he didn't even know the person was in England. The mystery goes and Holmes and Watson need to find out what happened.

Princess and The Goblin By: George MacDonald

Name of Book: Princess And The Goblin
Author: George Mac Donald
Picture of Book:


The name of The book that I'm reading is called The Princess and The Goblin by George MacDonald. So far what I've read is about a beautiful princess named Irene. One Day, she goes to the top of the tower, gets lost, and finds her great grand grand mother. She helps her find her way downstairs. She went to tell her maid, but she didn't believe her. She thought the girl was making this up. So, to prove it, she went back upstairs all by herself and got lost once again. She could not find her great grand grand mother. That is all I remember reading so far. The book is nice so far and isn't that bad. 

Going Solo

Title: Going Solo
                                                              Author: Roald Dahl
                                                              Number of pages: 205
                                                              Number of pages that I've read: 40
                                           Quick Summary

- The ship was carrying me away from England to Africa in the autumn of 1938. The voyage from the port of London to Mombasa woud take two weeks. He was twenty-two when he left.
There was a whole vocabulary of much-used words that seemed to be unirevsal among all this people. The best thing was their eccsentricties.
On their 4th morning at sea he happend to wake up early. He lay in bunk gazing idly though the port-hole nad listening to the gentle snores of U.N. Savory, who lay immediatly below him.
The deck was so empty and silent that he bagan to wonder seriocly whether he might not after all have seen a geniune apparition,the ghost perhaps of a passenger who had fallen overboard on an earlier voyage and who now spent his enternal life running above the waves and clambering back on his lost ship.
All of a sudden, from his little spyu-hole, he spotted a movement at the far end of a deck. Then a naked body materialized. By his moustache alone he recognized him as Major Griffiths, a man who had told only the night before at the dinner table how he had spent thirty-six years in India.
But hang on a minute....There was somene with him!!! The two were coming closer,the second one looked like women! The major was one of thoes man who chewed his porridge. He stared at me with pale-grey glassy eyes, chewing slowy. When Major relaized that he have never played poko in his life, neither the Major or his wife would have anything to do with him.
Then, there was the elderly Miss Trefusis, who quite often sat at the same dinning-room table as he does.Miss Trefusis was all bones and grey skin, and when she walked her body was bent firward in a long curve like a boomerang. She was eating strage orange very strange and funny. She was impatient, intelligent, generous and interesting.
During the second day in the Red Sea, the Mantola passed very close to an Italian ship whih,like them, was going south. That deck was crowded with women. They found out that they were for Italian soliders. The next morning the ship;s engines had stopped.
The 1st thing you had to do when you came to work in Dar es Salam was to learn Swahili. He saw many excotic animals!
Suddenly behind his ''boy'' was Black Mamba. He saw it and ran to help him and together they killed it succesfully.
One more acdicent was with lion. He's firend's wife was in the mouth of the lion,but lion didn't hurt her because she was acting like dead.
 

  
                                                                    Going Solo

- Author- Ronald Dahl

- Number of pages- 205

Summary: September is Roald Dahl month and September 13th is Roald Dahl Day in honor of his birthday – he was born in Wales in 1916. For that reason, I have chosen to look at one of his autobiographical books, Going Solo, for Non-Fiction Monday.

Going Solo begins with Dahl traveling to East Africa to work for the Shell Oil Company in 1938 at the age of 22. It took two weeks to travel from London to Mombasa by boat and Dahl provides vivid, humorous descriptions of some of his fellow travelers, which he characterizes as “that peculiar Empire-building breed of Englishman who spends his whole life working in distant corners of British territory,”