A Brisket,A Casket

Synopsis

Murray,the'Pastrami Swami' is dead,leaving loyal deli cutomers in a tizzy.The only kosher deli in Nashville,Tennessee appears to be relegated to memory.Fortunately,Gwen Silver has decided to take up her deceased uncle's mantle.That is,until everything begins to fall apart like a well-cooked brisket.

After surviving a disastrous divorce,Gwen leaves New York and heads for Nashville to manage her uncle's deli.Soon after arriving,she is distraught to learn that Uncle Murray may have taken his secret recipes to the grave with him,because they are nowhere to be found.However,Gwen will not be undone and she springs into action.Using her culinary talents,she creates her own recipes and a new menu.Unfortunately,the newest deli dish includes murder.

In an effort to promote the deli menu and its change in ownership,Gwen arranges for a Kosher Karaoke Night.Buster Sergeant,a loyal customer of the deli for many years,sits down to enjoy the evening and sample of the brisket.Within moments of his first bite,Buster keels over dead.

Needless to say,patrons find a plate of murder highly unplatable.It isn't long before the dark cloud of rumor and suspicion settles upon the deli;however,the deli is ultimately exonerated with the medical examiner's report.Rumors of food poisoning come to a screeching half when it is revealed that the cause of death is a particular poison used to exterminate coyote populations.

Gwen silver,no stranger to forensic science,is determined to find out who is behind the killing.With the help of sexy detective Beau McClintock,Gwen digs deeper into the mystery,which eventually puts  her own life in danger.

Topping the list of suspects is Royce Sinclair,the "Donald trump"of Nashville,He has been trying to get his hands on the deli so he can raze it to make way for a resort.Gwen declines his persistent offers to purchase the property,which raises the questions as to wether Sinclair is willing to murder for it.

 Comment

A Brisket,A Casket is the first book in the Deadly Deli Mystery series,Author  Delia  Rosen creatively uses murder as an entree in this cozy little mystery.To spice things up,Rosen also throws in a delicious dessert in the form of a little romance.This novel will certainly leave the reader hungry for more.Gwen(nee katz).This novel is one of the most interesting novel that I ever read because it is about a detective story.

100 CUPBOARD

Henry P. York moves to Henry, Kansas after his parents' maybe had been kidnapped, so he have to live with his Uncle Frank, Aunt Dotty, and his cousins Penelope, Henrietta, and Anastasia.  Henry was having trouble falling asleep on his new bedroom. suddenly, something thumped against the wall above his head. he tried to force his eye to shut . but whatever had thumped outside of his wall was now scratching. so he decide to go to toilet. when he reach at the toilet, someone is in there, he hate knocking and conservation through bathroom doors. so he sit on the stairs and wait. when the door is open, he saw an old man stepped onto the landing. the man was short and had a polished bald head with white hair straggling off the sides, long tweed trousers were rolled up at his ankles and a purple satin bathroom's. Henry quickly use the toilet and come back to his room.

the next morning. Henry go to the town with his uncle, Frank. Uncle frank buy a new baseball glove and knife for Henry. back to home, he chatting with his cousin, Penelope, Henrieta and Anastasia. he wonder why thy share a room even though the house is big enough. Penelope explain that there is no other room for they to stay, there only left grandfather bedroom and aunty Dotty sewing room. Grandfather room got a huge bed, because grandfather is so tall. after grandfather died, the door won't open, uncle Frank had loss the key. it has been two years since grandfather died. now only Henry knew that his grandfather is dead, he wonder who is the man that he saw last night. Henry jerked awake and squinted in the light. a piece of plaster rolled down his forehead bounced on the top of pose, landed on his chest when he sat up.he saw two small knobs protruded from the plaster of the wall began picking chunks of plaster off the wall, he can see a little locked cupboards. While he works on peeling the rest of the plaster away with his knife, he and Uncle Frank try to break through the door to Grandfather's bedroom, to no avail. He and Henrietta then find a way into Grandfather's bedroom when home alone, where they find a journal filled with a map of the cupboards. Henry finds out that a narrow cupboard leads to what appears to be a post office box and receives a threatening letter, telling him that he may awaken an ancient evil if he continues. He and Henrietta also figure out how to open a black door to a place called Badon Hill, where a mysterious hand cuts him after he attempts to pull an unconscious Henrietta out.

One morning Henrietta mysteriously disappears, and Henry crawls through a cupboard in Grandfather's room to find her. He find Henrietta in a dark cupboard. They witness a group of people with wolves called "Witch-Dogs" kill a party, but they escape. Meanwhile, Uncle Frank attempted to find the two of them and opened the cupboard that led to Badon Hill. A witch and her cat emerged from the cupboard and stab Frank. The witch is Nimiane, and she has been strengthened by Henry's blood. Aunt Dotty, Penelope, and Anastasia run up to see what's going on, and Aunt Dotty falls into a similar state. Henry and Henrietta emerge from their cupboard and struggle with the witch, but it is Zeke, a boy who was just drop by to see if Henry was ready to play baseball, who knocks her out with a swing of his baseball bat. Dotty and Frank are rushed to the hospital but eventually become healed.

Henrietta discovered a creature that looked like a flying rhino in one of the cupboards. It is revealed that the creature, called a raggant, was banging against his cupboard, causing it to break through the plaster at the beginning of the book. Uncle Frank also tells Henry that he came from one of the cupboards as a child. The book ends when Henry receives another threatening letter from the post office box.

comment :

 First book of a new fantasy adventure, written in the best world-hopping tradition and reinvented in N. D. Wilson's own inimitable style. this is a fantasy adventure reading book same as Narnia, i like the flow of the story, it become excited and excite very chapter. when Henry find out about the truth inside the cupboard, that is actually the story begin. the Aurthur use all the way to tell us and make us imagine what happen to the character and the surrounding.a lots of new words that i never use, i never know about it. i don't want to share it with you because i think you should read it by your self and find it. i actually had use my new words in my synopsis. i enjoy reading this book and i finish it only in 4 days which more faster than the book before this. If you enjoy watching Narnia, i bet you also will enjoy much with this novel. i think N.D Wilson have done a great job. :)

Ellie and the Secret Potion

Synopsis

   Meet Misty, Ellie, Sophie, Holly, Lucky and Scarlett. They are mermaid sister of the sea, who live in the magical underwater world of Coral Kingdom. The Merfolk and their wise ruler, Queen Neptuna look after the sea and all its creatures. Coral Kingdom is protected by six powerful magic crystal which give life and strength to the Merfolk. Without the crystal, Coral Kingdom would not survive. Every year the old crystal fade and have to be replaced. Queen Neptuna sends Misty and her friends - six special mermaids who are pure of heart - to fetch the new ones from the secret Crystal Cave. But as they are bringing the crystal home, a storm blows the mermaids completely off course.

   This is no ordinary storm. It is created by Mantora, Queen Naptuna's jealous sister . Mantora wanted to rule Coral Kingdom and now she is bitter and full of hatred. She is determine to stop the mermaids reaching home, so that she can overthrow Queen Naptuna and set up her evil storm kingdom instead. Luckily the young mermaids have courage and friendship on their side. But  thay's not all their sister of sea Kits will help them as they race  to get the crystal back safely. Misty and her friends are eager to prove that queen naptuna was right to trust them with the precious. They are going to do everything  it takes to get them home and safeguard  Coral Kingdom for another year.

Comment

I like this book because it use the simple word and easy to understand.Besides that,they always been together if anythings happen so, from there we can learn something that we need each other and the friends is very important.Furthermore,we need to protect our place from the other people.

New words 

Gossamer -literary a very light thin material

Dazzle      -if a very bright light dazzle you, its stop you from seeing properly for a short time

Giddy       -feeling slightly sick and unable to balance, because everything seems to be moving

Ointment  -a soft cream that you rub into your skin as a medical treatment.            

The Dream Time by Henry Treece

 Crookleg is a boy from Dog Folk. He was afraid that his right leg would never be straight again. He hopes that the Old Man of the Dog Folk had better magic for mending broken legs. His mother, Bluestone lay on a heap of brown fern at the far end of the dark room crying out and something groaning for three days. The priest woman name Ash always pointed her snake stick at him and told him harshly to stay where he was whenever he wanted to crawl to his mother. Ash had sent all the men and boy away from the longhouse when Bluestone started to groan. She wants to send Crookleg also but the young women begged her not to because of his leg. Ash warns Crookleg to not look when the magic started because it will make bad luck to his family and if it happens she will blame Crookleg. She also will give Crookleg to Bone. Bone was the Rainmaker. And lived in a little cave deep in the forest. He was very old and bent. No one had seen his face. When anyone of the Dog Folk broke the law they were tied up and taken to Bone. They will not come back to the tribe again. Even the wolves were afraid of Bone. Crookleg’s father, Thorn was the war leader. Crookleg wished that he will be happy all the time without fighting with other folk.

Then suddenly his mother began to howl out more than ever and he wished he could go to her. The women of the Dog Folk singing a song that only the women know. He lay in the Longhouse with his mother crying. Ash said that Crookleg are useless to the folk because he could not do anything like other men war do. He fell so angry and wanted to hurt Ash. Just then one of the women passed by him crying and ran to Ash and said the Crookleg had give the bad luck.

Thorn stand away from him, thinking. The she said that his mother and her baby are already pass away. He thought that he had sent his mother and Bud, the baby. But Ash will not sent Crookleg to Bone because she wanted all the men to get ready for the next fight. Crookleg do not want to but his father said that id barley does nit spring, they must go to the Fox Folk and take their sheep. If not they will not eat.

Then his leg got better, he can walk and almost run. He go to the men’s longhouse. One of them wore a bracelet made from a ring of bull’s horn, made him look important. His name is Fang and he was the one who would lead the war folk when Thorn went away. Fang saw Crookleg and laughing. Then Thorn caught him by the arm and drew him closer. He give a blue stone that her mother wear. His father dream that his wife ask him to give it to their son. So, people will know who he is. They are going to fighting with the Fox Folk. Thorn asks Crookleg to stay at the back of fighting and hold a spear stick. Then Fang ask him to give the offering as he will be the war men. Crookley offering his finger because his father was there.

At the war, the Old Folk lose and Crookleg run away. He did not when to the Old Folk back. He meets Blackbird from Fox Folk. Blackbird is going to Fish Folk because no one of her family left. By on their way to Fish Folk, they meet Shark. Shark was too tall and scary. He caught Blackbird and ask what Crookleg offering. Then Blackbird ask Crookleg to run away. He left Blackbird and do to River Folk. At there he meets Wander, who the Lady of River Folk. Wander give crookleg new name, Twilight. He made brooch for Wander. So every woman also ask him to make them brooch. Wander tought that twilight has a magic to make people curve and bring luck to their village. Because of that they all agree that twilight to become a leader. One day, Fish Folk came to River Folk because they hear that River Folks has something good. The leader of Fish Folk are Shark. Shark want Twilight to follow he to go to Fish Folk. Twilight did not agree with Shark. So they had a fight. Fish Folk lose because twilight had kill shark.so the people of the River Folk suggest that they want to go to Fish Folk to get revenge. At Fish Folk twilight meet Blackbird again.  Adder call out the twilight to let the war man of fish folk rush out and spear them as they lay. But twilight did not agree. Twilight ask Blackbird where is the Clay owl that he made for her when they lost in the forest. Blackbird say that shark did not allowed her to wear it. Wander jealous that twilight made Blackbird clay owl, so they get fight. Then twilight suggest that she will make both of them new brooch.

comment :

This week we read a book of Henry Treece. The story are impressive. It use language like a poet and the word used are not to difficult for us to understand. The flow of the story are also interesting. This story in very short and simple words, put together in such a way that they can express things which are not simple at all. We should believe in God not to people who can give a luck. Furthermore, do not judge people by its look. People of Dog Folk do not like Crookleg because they do not know the real him. They just believe what other people say about him, that he is such a loser. But at the end, Crookleg has his own folk.

moral story :

1)Do not simply believe what people say

2)Love can not be force

3)Do not judge people easily

4)Do not afraid to show who you are

5)Be yourself

new word :

1. strand: a single thin piece of thread, wire or hair
2. yarn: thick thread made of cotton or wool, which is used to knit something
3. snarl: an animal, it makes a low angry sound and show its teeth.

ADVENTURE ON LARUT HILL

SYNOPSIS

      This story began when Uncle Henry had to attends an important business meeting regarding his millions project of built a luxurious bungalows with his partners while his wife gone to KL.So,Uncle Henry has to send his only son,Georgie stayed together with his brother's children,Lyn and Kenny so that they can keep an eye on Georgie.Uncle Henry has already planned a trip to Taiping Zoo for his son,Georgie together with his cousins,Lyn and Kenny.But Lyn and Kenny hated their cousins.His parents had spoilt him since he was small because he was their only son and he had growned up to be fat and lazy and very rude also hates animals.He also will makes things miserable for everyone when he gets bored.They wouldn't mind going to the zoo with Georgie,as long as they could take their friends,Mimi and Zul too.
       So,on that morning trip,Uncle Henry drove the children to the Taiping Zoo by his large tomato-red Mercedes.When they arrived there,Uncle Henry has asked Zul to take care of everyone as he is the oldest.They had an enjoyable time inside the zoo except Georgie that really spoiled the whole trip because he doesn't likes animals at all.Before they finished their trip in that zoo,Georgie went to the gift shop,bought some souvenirs for his mother.The children suggested some of the souvenirs that would suitable for his mothers,but nothing they suggested pleased Georgie.At last the children wandered out of the shop and feed the monkeys.After a few minutes they wondered that Georgie has gone.
        All of them started to find Georgie.Zul felt worried because Georgie's father had put him in charge of his son and if they couldn't find Georgie,he would be in big trouble.They asked the ticket officer whether he has saw Georgie went out from the zoo and the man told that he saw Georgie left the zoo.Suddenly Mimi began to smiled and told the others that maybe Georgie went up to the fun-fair on Larut Hill because she remembered he heard Georgie talks about fun-fair when they were looking at the tigers.
        The journey to find Georgie up to Larut Hill began and must go by jeep.They went out from the jeep and started walking as fast as they could go.Suddenly Kenny heard a faint voice "help".So they followed the direction Kenny had heard the voice.Unfortunately,it wasn't Georgie but it was a Scottish man Sandy that has sprained his ankle.
         Things become worse when suddenly there was a bright flash of lightning and a loud crash of thunder.A large black cloud has covered the sky and cold wind began to blow.A moment after that,rain began to poured down and started flooded all over the places.All of them included Sandy tried to looked out for shelter.Zul and Kenny tried to get helped from the workers cut up the huge branch that had lying across the road.The workers tried to called up the Emergency Rescue Service but didn't got because there's too much static electricity caused by the storm.At last,the workers themselves helped the children and also Sandy get  out from the affected area.
          Georgie was actually went back to his father's business meeting place that was in the Golden Willow Restaurant by itself because he get bored in the zoo and he didn't like his cousins as well as his cousin's friends.His father was shocked as he saw Georgie entered the meeting room.His father was scolded him and at the moment Georgie get scolded from his father,Kenny,Lyn,Zul,Mimi and also Sandy entered the room.All of them was shocked to saw Georgie was there.The children told from the very beginning until the end.Uncle Henry apologize the children and also sandy on behalf of his son and warned Georgie behave himself,respect the others,and also mind his words.


NEW WORDS

1-Squealed:To make a long loud high sound or cry.
                   ...and talked to Mimi who squealed with excitement...(page 6 lined 21)

2-Steep:A round,hill etc that is steep slopes at a high angle.
             It was high and steep and there were trees all the way up.(page 8 lined 28)

3-Dreadful:Extremely unpleasant.
                 ...unless something really dreadful happens.(page 12 lined 24)

4-Enormous:Very big in size or in amount.
                    The orang utan mother was enormous but the baby was tiny.(page 15 lined 13)

5-Perches:A branch or stick where a bird sits.
                ...some photographs of them on their perches but it was difficult.(page 18 lined 8)

6-Nuisance:A person,thing,or situation that annoys you or causes problems.
                  "Oh what a nuisance,"said Lyn crossly.(page 19 lined 26)

7-Car-sick:Feeling sick because you are travelling in a car.
                  "It's not the kind of place to go if you get car-sick!"(page 29 lined 11)

8-Moaned:To complain in an annoying way,especially in an unhappy voice and without good reason.
                  "When is this storm going to stop!"moaned Mimi(page 57 lined 16)

9-Zapped:To quickly attack or destroy something,especially using a beam of electricity.
                 ...would be stupid to get zapped by lightning.(page 57 lined 25)

10-Crept:To move in a quiet,careful way,especially to avoid attracting attention.
                ...and the children crept into the room.(page 91 lined 10)


LESSON/MORAL VALUES

1-Always respect the others especially who are older than us.
2-Always help each others whether we know that person or not without hopes for the rewards.
3-Don;t being a selfish.
4-Preserve and conserve our nature and rainforest.
5-Maintains a good relationships with the other of the family members.
6-We should be thankful to God on what we have right now.


COMMENTS

       My comments about this story are,it is a well-organised and straight  forward story from the very beginning until the end of the story that readers can understands straight forward without have to thinking very hardly.The author,Jean Adnan portray Larut Hill and Taiping Zoo as the background place where this story is creates.The author use a simple words in this story and it is very suitable for a new readers and also a new learners on english languages.This story also give attentions on nature while the story at the Larut Hill.For example,Sandy,the Scottish man that has sprained his ankle is a nature lover knows better about the nature especially the types of birds.I also has learn new things from this story for example,if a tree trunk is cut across,we can see circles inside the trunk.Each ring means a year of the tree's life.So we just have to count how many circles there are and that tells us how old the tree was.So,as the conclusion,"Adventure On Larut Hill"is a very adventurous story,very interesting and the most important things is,I really enjoy reading this book.

Billy Budd and The Encantadas

synopsis

The merchant sailor,Billy Budd,is inspected and enlisted for naval service on the Bellipotent.Although his civillian captain is not happy to see him go,he has to release him to the navy.Billy is a wonderful sailor.All the sailors like him for his charming looks and honest simple pesonality.He waves good-bye to his shipmates as he is taken aboard his new ship.
Billy does well in his new surroundings.The other sailors like him as much as he was liked on the merchant vessel.He works in the topsails and makes fast friends with companions and a veteran sailor,referred to as the Dansker.
The captain of the ship is Fairfax Vere.Captain Vere is a very stern man.He is well-read and educated and he speaks often in historical allusions.Many find him to be less than personable and he is not popular with the sailors,although he is respected.
There is a new master-at-arms on the ship and his name is John Claggart.The job of the master-at-arms has turned into policing his own crew.He is primarily responsible for watching over the men.In recent months there have been mutinies on British ships,so the officers are ill-at-ease.Claggart's job is more difficult as a result of this.
One of the corporals tell Claggart that Billy Budd was ridiculing him.Claggart takes offense at this lie and begins to watch Billy carefully,counterfeiting pleasant hellos.When Billy finds out from the veteran sailor that Claggarts doesn't like him,he doesn't believe it.
After the pursuit of an enemy ship,Claggart goes to Captain Vere and tells him that he thinks one of the men is dangerous,liable to mutiny.When he tells him that he means Billy Bud,the captain doesn't believe him.He takes Billy and Claggart into a room and makes Claggart accuse Billy to his face.Billy is stunned by the accusation and when pressured to talk,he punches Claggart in the forehead.This punch hit just right and kills the master-at-arms.
Captain Vere is  at first confused,but he calls a court of other officers to review the crime and set a sentence.Although some of them feel that Billy unintionally commited a crime,Captain Vere maintains that on a warship a murder is a murder regardless of intention.They convict Billy and sentence him to hang at down.
At dawn,all the men assemble and Billy is hung by the main mast.the sunrises on his body framed by the mast and the yardarm.Some men think that he seemed to die before the noose tightened.Although an official report stated that Billy stabbed Claggart after he was rightly accused,the truth of his excution lived on in a ballad sung by sailors all over the world.


New words
1)Hoops
-A large rings made of wood,metal and plastic.
2)Stipend
-formal an amount of money paid regularly to someone,especially a priest,as a salary or as money to live on.
3)Luminous
-shining in the dark
4)oppressive
-weather that is unpleasantly hot with no movement of air

Moral value of the novel
1)Billy's morality is simple and honest
-Billy does not struggle with the noval officer enlisting him,because this is his duty,Althought he might not want to go into the navy,he goes anyway and he tries to do well once he gets there.
2)Captain Vere is an intellectual;he is also mistaken for a gentleman
-His ideas of morality and right and wrong are heavily.
 
Comment
I found that this novel is very tragedic and quite interesting to be read among english novels reader.It is because the novel,as superb tragedy must,ends on a calm and satisfying note.The tragic hero is a superior being whose martyrdom elevates him even further.He is not perfect;he possesses the flaw which contributes to his fate.(At times of intense emotion,he is unable to speak;therefore,he retorts to Claggartwith his fist.)The Encantadas,or Enchanted Isles,a book of ten sketches-all laid in the lonely Galapagos Islands off the coast of Eucador-represents Herman Merville at his highest point of achievement as a writer.First published in The Piazza Tales,each sketch is a gem by itself.Compassion and wit mingle with anger as Melville presents his two major themes-the power of evil and man in isolation.

WUTHERING HEIGHTS

SYNOPSIS

This story is about of Mr Earshawn's family.They live at Wuthering Heights. Mr Earshawn has a son, Hindley and  a daughter, Catherine. Their live is always happiness but not longer since their father brought an adopt to their house. They decided to call it Heatcliff. Hindley hate him very much. He never get a good attendance from Hindley.After they have grow up, their parents are dead. Hindley had change a lot. He made the boy with the servant and set him to work on the farm instead. Furthermore, Catherine and Heatcliff had the feeling each other but Catherine don't want to married him because it would shame her if marry Heatcliff because his life is bad now. So, she has married with Edgar Linton.

COMMENT :

This story is full of sad because at the and everyone around the main character has dead. In addition, many of problem accrue because of misunderstanding. We have to be together if one of our family had problems.Don't leave them alone because it will make us far from each other and try to understand them. Furthermore, love is blind even Catherine already married with Edgar Linton but she still love Heatcliff. Actually, we don't have to be shy if someone we love comes from poor family.This book are not bored because one side is story and one side is picture.

NEW WORDS :


Glance~a look that lasts for only a moment


Moor~a wide, open area of land, with rough grass or low bushes but not suitable for farming


Passion~very strong uncontrollable feelings


Vicar~a priest in charge of a church

STEP BY WICKED STEP

This story is about family life where it tell about six young children who had different background family. Its start with Richard story. His life begins soon after His father died, his mother married Mr Coldstone Richard's stepfather was kind to his sister, Charlotte, but treated Richard cruelly and send him to Mordanger school. Richard was so unhappy that he ran away to sea and did not return for many years. When he finally returned to old Hardwick Hall, he discovered that his mother, stepfather and sister had all died. Devastated, the now wealthy Richard was left to decide weather to stay, or leave home and disappear forever.

Next is Claudia story. Her parents quarrelled a lot and so they split up. When Claudia's dad moved in with his new girlfriend, Stella, Claudia was rude and ignored her out of loyalty towards her mother. However, when she saw her dad's friends treating Stella in a similar manner, she realised that it was unfair and she subsequently changed her attitude towards Stella.

Follow by Colin story. Colin's Mum took up with Jack when Colin was a baby. Colin called him 'Dad', and they were very close. His mum decided to leave Jack and they moved away to another place. Colin was very upset and missed his stepdad. He started getting into trouble at school. He planned to run away and find his stepdad when he was older.

Ralph's  is the next person tell about his family, He had a complicated family life. His first stepmother, Annabel, was unpopular because she never left him and his two brother alone with their dad. Ralph's second stepmother, Janet was so well-organised that both his parents loved her. Ralph and his brother, however, hated her because of all ruler she imposed. Ralph also dislike sharing his house with Janet four children. Ralph adore Flora, his dad's new pregnant girlfriend. He hopped Flora would stay on as his stepmother.

Next is Pixie story. Pixie dad lived with his new wife, Lucy and her daughter's Hetty and Sophie. When Hetty moved into pixie's room, Pixie tried to get rid of her by first telling her ghost stories and later giving her semi silence treatment. Lucy and pixie had a huge row but eventually they cleared up all their misunderstanding. From then on, everyone got alone better.




Lastly is Robbo story. Robbo and his sister, Callie, lived with their mum, Roy and Dumpa, their young half-brother. Robbo got along quite well with Roy but Callie hated Roy. She did whatever she could to cause problems between roy and her mum in the hope that her mum and dad get back together. Eventually Callie moved in with her dad as evryone realised that she could never live happly with roy.

COMMENT :

This is a form five novel. This novel is quite interesting and give a lot of knowledge. We are not same like other person, don't judge people in mordanger school are bad person, some of them, they have to go there because of their life, family background. As a mother or a father, we have to settle the problem and think about children. They can be the victim of the environment. If the father or a mother want to find a new wife or husband, make sure that they are good enough to take care of your children and can get along with them. some of children don't even know what happen to their surrounding.


When reading this book, you can image what actually happen to them, you can put yourself there and fell what they feel. Maybe when you start reading this book, you will find that you are the lucky persons because you have a great family that give support to you. You can follow this story very well and the usage of words is simple and can be understand. 

Behind The Green Glass

Synopsis

Sarah and Philip are fall in love. But both of they didn't know because they keep it to they self. Sarah's mother ask her sister named Enid to marry with Philip.Even though, Enid and Philip didn't love each other. Sarah can't marry with Philip because she is too young and her family doesn't know that they are in love.

Sarah's mother plan to get her sister and Philip married because she already though Philip like her son. Philip is a soldier. Before he get marry with Enid, he had to go to the war. He invite Enid and Sarah to his house. But Enid didn't like Sarah to join them because Philip are to focus on Sarah. So Philip ask Enid to let them go for a walk before they get more argue. Philip ask Sarah to accompany him to the Green House. Both of them walk in silence because Sarah afraid to open her mouth.

Then, they go inside the Green House and suddenly Philip express his feeling for Sarah. He tell Sarah that he can't marry with Enid. Sarah was so surprise. Now she know that not only she fell that felling.

But its too late. Philip was so regret with his decision to get marry with Enid. They plan after he get back from the war, they will tell everybody the truth about they feeling. But Enid and Philip didn't get marry. Enid receive a telegram that tells Philip was dead. Sarah was so sad. 

After a year, while Sarah and her sister walks to the Temperate House. They saw the same old lady that they saw last August. She wearing the same black dress. The old lady remember that she had saw Sarah before this at the Green House. It recall her because of Sarah's hat that she wear on that day. The old lady said that she though that she might see a ghost that day because Sarah look the same like her when shes young. The old lady like to go to the Green House. Sarah was afraid that the old lady might see what she and Philip doing in the Green House. So, she ask a permission to go to her sister back. When Sarah turn around to see the old lady, the old lady was missing. There no signs of her at all. Then Sarah realize that the old lady was her. Because Sarah also like to go to the Green House when she miss Philip.The old lady remind Sarah of her in future.

Comment :-

Come back with love story, this week we want to share with you one more love book that give inspire.This novel actually had many love stories. New chapter, new love story. we choose this title to share with you because This novel is not really hard to understand because it use simple English language. This story is the most teenage girl like us love to read because it about love. It was a fun novel. Sarah and Philip had a true love. The ending of the story was sad because Sarah and Philip didn't get together. Philip making decision easily about marring Enid without thinking about his own heart. You may read more love story in this book, maybe in one week you can read at lease two story in this book. Then can improve our language. You also can follow every story and enjoy it Because of this book are using simple English, so this week we don't have new words that we want to share. I suggest you to grab this book on Bukharin Library and read it on your own, i guarantee that you will enjoy it so much :)




Lesson/Moral Values

1)True love never dies
2)Think properly before make a decision
3)We must be strong no matter want happen

THE SPYING GAMES

SYNOPSIS :

   Joe,a 13 year's old boy begins a plan of persecution against a man he called Mr Longleat Man (L.M) or Mr.Terence Moss who has killed his father,Mr Peter Harris in a road accident.Even though Norwich Crown Court has decide that Joe's father died shortly after his arrival at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital because sustained serious injuries from a collision with a telegraph pole,Joe still felt that L.M was a killer of his father.

    Joe starts his spying games in a way becomes a paper boy that he must delivering a newspaper including Abigail Road where L.M and his family stay.Every morning,when he reach L.M's house,he will jot down everything that he saw and heard.He also wrote a threaten words such as "THIS CAR KILLS" over the bonnet using a permanent marker,and post a box of Dairy Milk chocolates with a label saying "I'M STILL WATCHING".

    On one day at his school during P.E lesson,his teachers are going to call out the names for their tutor groups  and at last he heard his name was called group with Alex Moss.He is a L.M's only son.

     Lastly,Joe face one another with Alex Moss to tell the truth about the accident that has killed his father.At last Joe accept that his father was died in order to swerve to avoid a motorbike and L.M truly was found not guilty in this case.

NEW WORDS

1-ambling : to walk slowly in a relaxed way.

                  ...and the boys is ambling back slowly,hands in pockets,moody,kicking a stone.

2-camouflage : to hide something,especially by making it look the same as the things around it,or by making it seem like something else.                          

                       They're both wearing camouflage outfits with matching helmets.

3- CONCOCTION

 : something,especially a drink or food,made by mixing different things,especially things that are not usually combined.

                       She takes her horrible concoction into the sitting room.

4-disguising : to change the appearance,sound,taste etc of something so that people do not recognize.

                     Upstairs,in my room,I set to disguising the graffiti on my bedroom wallpaper.(Page 5 Lined 3)

5-miraculously : very good,completely unexpected,and often very lucky

                         I'm just making myself a cup of coffee-Tom has miraculously recovered.

6-mingles : if two feelings,sounds,smell etc

                 ...cheeses,pies,bread,coffee and there's a certain spot where it all mingles together.

7-lunatic : someone who behaves in a crazy or very stupid way.

                ...my father was killed by a lunatic who should be locked away...(Page 15 Lined 35)

8-whizz : to move very quickly,often making a sound like something rushing through the air.

               ...and me would whizz round to the drive-in on the ring road.

9-waddling : to walk with short steps,with your body moving from one side to another-used especially about people or birds with fat bodies and short legs.

                    A couple of ducks are waddling over to me.

10-culprit : the person who is guilty of a crime or doing something wrong.

                  ...looking around as if the culprit is hiding under the hedge or something.

COMMENTS

    This week, we read about a boy who did not satisfied about his father dead. It such an interesting story where the story is set in Norwich,England. You can imagine yourself at there when you read this book, it describe about the place. The author,Pat Moon likes to use a flash back scene for example the story flashes back to Joe remembers when he and his fathers together went to McDonald's while his father is still alive.The languages and the words that the author use in this book also is a very simple and very easy to understands. We also find a lots of new words that we want to share with you, check our NEW WORDS list. This book is better than last week, we want to know what happen next , sometimes it become suspend and excited for it. At the end of the story, it quite fun because Mrs Longleat man has became his tutor and he have to accept what happen. 

Although we love our father, but we have to try accept if he no longer exist. Everyone will die, but we don't know when, don;t blame people about what happen. This is the moral value that we want to share with you : 

LESSON/MORAL VALUES

1-Don't judge a book by its cover.

2-Man proposes,God disposes.

3-We must believe that our life only a short journey.

4-We should never give up to maintained or sustained our right and our family's right.

5-We must be brave to speak out about what we thinks is right.