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Written in Bone

Written in Bone examines history through 17th-century bone biographies, including those of colonists teetering on the edge of survival at Jamestown, Virginia, and those living in the wealthy and well-established settlement of St. Mary’s City, Maryland.

The forensic investigation of human skeletons provides intriguing information on people and events of America's past. No other inanimate objects make us feel the same passionate curiosity as the remains of once-living, breathing individuals like us. 

vocabulary

Lithe - Flexible or supple

Iota - very small quantity

Adept - Being an expert at something

readers response

the misfits

by: James Howe (author of Bunnicula)

This is a teen novel about a group of twelve year olds at a middle school in a small town in America. These three boys and one girl are going through the normal troubles of the transition between childhood and becoming teens. The four are the usual outcasts found in most schools, and one of their number has decided to take a stand against what she sees as the hypocrisy in her school. Through her determination to put forward her beliefs, she forces her friends to step back and take a look at themselves and each other.

The book is written from the point of view of one of the kids, Bobby, and since the group are all only twelve, The Misfits manages to look at some of the issues facing early teens Some of the issues it touches on with surprising grace are deaths of loved ones, homosexuality and people being more than they seem. It is pleasant to read in that it does not give out the impression of trying to deal with these things; rather it pulls them all together in a light-hearted story, encompassing events and emotions that many people go through. This book really shows what middle school really is about.

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the Grey Wolf Throne
Cinda Williams Chima
 I absolutely love this book!!! i got it at the convention i went to on Thursday. this book is a galley ( not published yet and not corrected all the way.). It s the 3rd book in the seven realms series and i can't wait for the next boom to come out later. The grey Wolf Throne is supposed to come out in August of 2011 but i got it 4 months in advanced!!!! it was totally worth that few months because i cant stop reading it!!!!!!

PEOPLE STOP BEING MEAN AND GET A HOBBY INSTEAD!!!!! IT CAN REALLY HURT SOMEONE'S FEELINGS!!!!! IT ISN'T COOL :(

Reader's response #3

The Demon King 

Finshed 

read for 60min

This book is very adventurous yet romantic at the same time. From all the lone-star books I have read, i  would have to say that This book is my favorite so far. Even though this book tells 2 stories of  princess Raisa and her troubles with the Queendom and the story of Han a villager with his own troubles to worry about.

SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When Han and Princess Raisa run into each other Han doesn't know who she is. Han takes her captive only to let her free when she does what he wants her to do. Later when she is finally free she is close to her naming day which is when she is able to marry. Even though her mother Queen Marianna wants to marry her  right after the naming day  Princess Raisa refuses to get married at 16. She only wants to marry older. However the Wizards of the high court have different plans he tends to marry his son, Micah to the Princess Heir. To do this he put a spell on the Queen and went agianst all the laws put against the Royal line and the wizard line. I couldn't believe the ending how Han found out he was a ...... ( i wont tell you ) but I could see it coming. It was very sad when the bluejackets lit the house on fire with ....... and (still not going to tell you who was in the house) ........ in it :( What made me extremely sad was when i came to the last page and there was no more.

Reader's response #2

The Lost Hero

by:Rick Riordan

1-67 1HR 15 MIN

 Yes i am reading this again because I am so in love with itIt starts out with three friends: Jason, Piper, and Leo are all students at the Wilderness School (which is a boarding school). But  there’s a problem because Jason doesn’t remember anything. Who  is he?

One weird thing leads to another.  storm spirits attack them at the Grand Canyon, Jason somehow knows swordplay, and it turns out that their gym coach is actually a satyr. Next thing these three know, they’re being Taken to Camp Halfblood by  Annabeth who expected to find something other than three unclaimed demigods. so they set out to find out who they really are and discover what could have never been. They must find the goddess Hera before Titaness Gaea fully awakes 

Readers response

Ever After Ever
by Jordan Sonnenblick

This book is soooooooo good. I really like it because the author tells the story about this 8th grade boy with Cancer and how he deals with the complications of recovering from Cancer. This is such a cute book and very realistic to children who survive cancer. so far this book talks about this boy who acts like a regular teenage boy. he meets a new girl and befriends her. His friend Tad also survived cancer but that doesn't stop him from being a jerk to other people. Gosh i can't wait to talk to the author of this book because on thursday I will be going to a convention center and i get to meet authors like him :))) I really like this book and it is very heart warming. READ IT !!!!!

annoying things....

Do you what annoys me??? Rerun episodes when the commercials says there will be a new show but there never is one on the airing date. I am getting so sIck of no new episodes of glee. I mean ya some of you don't care but i LOVE that show especially CHORD:) Hope there is a new show next week otherwise it will be a bummer 

Stupid Blog war

There is a stupid Blog war about to happen that Arvind created. They said i am going to join through emails which I never got I think it is a stupid thing because whoever wins is just an opinion that 3 people (judges) think. Everyone writes however they want to and no way is right or wrong. So if you guys are reading this i give in i will be in your stupid blog war :( even though i never wanted to. I give in cause yall are saying all this mean stuff botu me k?? happy???

HUNGER GAMES THE MOVIE!!!!!\

North America has collapsed, weakened by drought, fire, famine, and war, to be replaced by Panem, a country divided into the Capitol and 12 districts. Each year, 1 young girl and boy from each district are selected by lottery to participate in The Hunger Games. The televised games are broadcasted throughout Panem as the 24 participants are forced to Kill  their competitors,  with all citizens required to watch. When 16-year-old Katniss' young sister, Prim, is selected as the District 12 female representative, Katniss will and won't stop to take her place. She and her male counterpart, Peeta, the son of the town baker who seems to have all the fighting skills of a lump of bread dough, will bepitted against bigger, stronger representatives who have trained for this their whole lives.

so after you have reviewed the story up top lets get to the big news! 

they have finally casted the 3 main parts, Katniss Everdeen, Peeta Melark, and Gale Hawthorn!!!!

Katniss Everdeen is...... JENNIFER LAWRENCE!! For those who don't know who she is,she was nominated for best actress in the movie Winter's Bone which was nominated for tons of other award ceremonies.

Peeta Mellark is.......... Josh Hutcherson!!! I couldn't believe this i don't think he is 

Peeta type I mean there could be even better people!!! if you dont know him 

he was in the movie Journey to The Center of the Earth, Bridge to Terebithia, and The Kids Are Alright.

Gale Hawthorn is......... Liam Hemosworth!!!!! Another dissapointment  for me :(. He is known for being Miley Cryus' EX boyfriend, Acting in the Last Song,Knowing, and Triangle.

Well all I can really says is that i will be really mad if they screw up this movie. i hopethe actors do a good job.

INDIA WON THE CRICKET WORLD CUP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!! after 20ish years we have won again!!!! the match was so suspenseful and i couldn't keep my butt in the couch. i still can't believe it. on Monday i'm wearing my Indian shirt.  yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa we won!!!!!!! the game was so close but we beat Sri Lanka. the game was pretty close . At fist I thoug we were doomed. but whe Dhoni stepped up i just had smile glued to my face :))))

The face on the Milk Carton

I am reading a book called The Face On The Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney. It is about a girl named Janie who is eating lunch in the cafeteria one day at school. As she is eating, she looks on a milk carton and sees a young girl's face on it. After she stares at it for a while she realizes or she thinks the girl is her, or is it? It said the girl was kidnapped at age three from a mall in New Jersey. Is this possible?

Janie thinks about this all day. She cannot get it out of her mind. Would her parents kidnap her or was it like Sarah-Charlotte said that kidnappings are only when parents get divorced and one parent takes the child somewhere without telling the other parent? Her parents loved her, would they do something like this?

I love the concept of the book and it keeps me really hooked. It is kind of predictable that she will go searching for her birth parents even behind her "parents ' back. she is determined it let them know she is okay.

Incarceron

Incarceron 4/1/11
the whole book
uhhhhhhh........ i'm sooooooooooooooooooooooooo confused!!!!! i mean i can't even tell you what just happened in clear sentences! the only thing i liked about this book was the idea about the whole setting. But the complex story was not entirely as good as the Hunger Games. i mean even Kelsey, Garima ,and Marwa agree with me. i felt that the author wrote it and didn't spend time reading over it. Maybe she didn't look at her writing with a readers perspective and just though that she liked it not anyone else. Hopefully that this is her first book otherwise this career won't be so good for her. She could have given the idea to someone who could make it really good like Suzanne Collins or Margret Peterson Haddix. However what I did like was that she added quotes from the history of the book to show you what happened in the past. A part of me kept read to see if it would get better but when i realized it was not i already reached the end. :(

Vocabulary Words

clemency (n.) mercy

desecrate (v.) to violate the sacredness of a thing or place

unctuous (adj.) smooth or greasy in texture, appearance, manner