Friday, December 15, 2006

Synopsis 7-Number The Stars by Lowis Lowry

This historical book, Number the Stars by Lowis Lowry, is a great book on Jews during World War Two, the book opens our eyes on how those times were terrible for Jews. . Hannah is ten years old and she lives in Copenhagen with her Mom, Dad and a sister. Hannah once had two sister but one was killed by the Nazis because she was in the resistance group against them. Hannah's best friend Ellen is Jew, and one night a terrible news arrives. The Jews would be relocated that night. Hannah's family bring Ellend at their's Uncle's country house. Everyone is organizing for the Jews to fleed. Ellen and her parents are helped across the sea to Sweden together with other Jews, there they will be free from the Nazis. Hannah and her family really didn't exist, but how fishermans tricked the german dogs that controlled their boats searching for people is all but fantasy.

Monday, November 27, 2006

Synopsis 6-The Bailey Game by Celia Rees

The Bailey Game, which title sounds curious, is a fantastic and intriguing book. The protagonists are two girls, Alex Lewis and Lauren Prince. Lauren is the new girl and becomes the prey of all her schoolmates. Alex decides to help her, because she doesn't want her to end like Michael Bailey, who received the treatment before. They both received bad jokes and serious pranks, but with a lot of force, they won the fight. The Bailey Game had to stop, nobody deserved to be treated like that, they couldn't destroy people's live as they did with Bailey. But Bailey was almost a freak, instead Lauren was a nice girl, and she got 'the treatment' just because she refused to go out with the school's meanest guy, Greg Simpson. Alex and Lauren became adulated because they kicked off Greg Simpson and became best friends.

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Synopsis 5- Witch Child by Celia Rees

The protagonist of the book Witch Child by Celia Rees, is an English girl whose name is Mary Newbury. Mary is fourteen years old and never knew either of her parents. She lived with her grandmother until she was handed for being a “witch”. At the beginning of the book , Mary’s antagonists were the villagers, first friends and then enemies. While traveling to America on the ship her antagonists are the people traveling with her: the Puritans. But her main antagonists are Deborah, Hannah, Elizabeth and Sarah.Mary’s main problem is that she has to hide her past: her grandmother’s hanging. If someone comes to know her grandmother was a “witch” she would be accused of being one too. She tryes to change country because it would be better for her to escape again and find another place where to live.My book doesn’t have a real end. That’s because it’s an interrupted diary.

Monday, November 13, 2006

Synopsis 4- Fairy Dust

This dreamy story is about Rosie, who is nine and lives with her mom in a cottage in Scotland. When they move in Rosie sees fairies, she can't believe her eyes, but can’t tell her mom because she doesn’t believe in them. Rosie sees again that fairy called Snowdrop, in her neighbour's cat mouth. She saves her and keeps her to cure her at her house for a few days. So Snowdrop invites Rosie to the fairies party. It is beautiful and Rosie is super happy. During the party Snowdrop faints. Rosie doesn't hear news of her for days. But then a wee man says to her that Snowdrop has the ending illness, and it's the only disease that can kill a fairy. Fairy's get this illness when they are forgotten. After searching and searching, Rosie finds the kid from which Snowdrop was created, and she makes the hole city remember of that kid, and Snowdrop is saved.

Sunday, October 29, 2006

Synopsis 3-The Fortune Teller

He was called Mick and was fourteen,he lived in New Jersey, with mom Cathie and sister Kate. Cathie went to a fortune teller, Verity Rose, whom predicted bad things. There will be a death, probably Mick’s death, and Cathie would find a guy. Cathie was always crying going crazy over Mick’s health. Also Mick lived in panic now. Cathie met a man, it was love at first sight. He went to see Verity, she said that he could possibily die, but that he should live what remained with joy. Mick took off for the lighthouse, and tried to throw himself in the water. Ms Em told him that he should have faith, and God will decide what will happen. In fact a second before Mick would fall, Jake, Kate’s boyfriend, caught him and saved him. The predictions of a death were right, Verity rose died at the same time Mick almost threw himself, that was why all the fear disappeared.

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Synopsis 2-The boy who Haunted himself

Peter Stone is fourteen and lives with his dad. He doesn't go along with his father so well because he is too strict and doesn't believe in him. Exams were coming up so Peter goes to Doctor Black, thinking that he can make him more confident.. While he is there, the vacant spirit of Martin Lane, enters his body. Martin died 100 years ago, and since then he'd been searching for Helen D'arlay, she whom he loved. He wanted to find a body for Helen, so that they could put their body to rest properly and go to afterlife together. She enters into Marie. Martin's plan is to burry his body in cemetery so he will be able to go in paradise. The bodies are still where he was shoot by Helen's father, because he didn't want that a slave frequented his daughter. The plan works and they go to afterlife together, and Peter becomes confident.

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Synopsis 1-Tunnels of Blood

Darren Shan is the protagonist. Before going to “Cirque du Freak" he was a normal boy but then became a vampire. So he began to live this new life with his vampire Tutor Mr.Crepsley. One day General Gavner came to them because there was a terrible problem with the vampaneze. One day Evra, Darren’s friend, saw on TV that six people had been blood drained. From that day Evra and Darren followed Mr.Crepsley wherever he went at night. One night they saw Mr.Crepsley jump on a fat man so Darren tried to stop him with a knife, thinking he was the killer. But a vampaneze, unpourpously stopped him. The vampaneze was the killer of the six people, his name was Murlough. The next day he captured Evra and threatened to kill him.. Murlough found Darren and hanged him with Evra, Mr.Crepsley ,after time, he found them. He had a fight with Murlough but after he saved the two boys.