Gordon Korman

Gordon Korman (left) is a famous author who has written over 60 books. He is my favourite author and I have read about 22 of his books. Some of those books include "The Kidnapped" Series, The "On the Run" Series, "The Sixth Grade Nickname Game" and "The Island" Series. You might have noticed something about 75% of those titles, and that is that they were series. Gordan Korman writes a lot of series and not so much just indivdual books. I think that he writes a lot of series books because he writes books so well that people don't want to put them down, and after the book is over they'll put the book down. But, if they buy the whole series, he would make more money because after they finish that one book they could just pick up the next one, so they'll spend more money.

I like his style of writing because he writes about all of the topics that I love (ex. hockey, action/adventure). I also like how in every book I have read, he has said at least one thing about Niagara Falls, and I find that pretty amazing considering he is from Montreal, Quebec. One more thing that I like about Gordan Korman is that he uses some large words that I don't understand in one paragraph, and then he would use small words in the next to mix it up a little bit. That is why Gordan Korman is my favourite author.

Meg Falconer

Margaret Falconer is the brother to Aiden Falconer who I did a readers blog about on the 2nd of December. Meg is about twelve years old and is a created character on the series "On the Run" and the series "Kidnapped". Meg used to need her brother (Aiden) to guide her through things, but now she is very strong and can guide herself through things. She has changed a lot since she has been on the run, and that is why I think she is a lot stronger now. I think Meg is incredibly brave now and intelligent because in the last "On the Run" book, she stood up for what she thought was right and after hiding from the cops for a extraordinarily long time, Meg left her brother and turned herself into the police and it ended up working in the end.



I'm going to predict the next couple of books in the "Kidnapped" series. I have read the first of three books in the "Kidnapped" series and so far the basic thing that has happened is that the Falconers try to live a normal life, but suddenly Meg gets kidnapped and the Falconers, police, and FBI all try to find Meg Falconer. Her is what I will think happen in the second book, I think that Meg's captors will leave another message to the police telling the police to leave 5 million dollars ($) somewhere and the captors will let Meg free. But, after the police leave the money, the kidnappers will hire or force someone to get the money and the police will try to capture the person and find Meg. But, the hired/forced person will run away and hide the money somewhere, but the police will follow and then kill him and the police will think that they have the money, but really the kidnappers will find the hiding place and get the money.

My Goal!

I have a goal every year for reading books. Last year, I wanted to read 20 books before the school year ended. This year I have a goal, too. But, this years goal is a little harder than last years goal because this year instead of reading only 20 books, I'm going to try to read 25 books. I think I'm growing up and becoming a faster reader so I need more of a challenge.I'm reading a couple of books right now at home and at school. I think that if I read more than one book at a time I can have a variety of choices and I can finish a lot of books, a lot faster. The books I'm reading right now are called "Tomorrow, When the War Began", "Kidnapped #1:Abandoned", and "The Secrets of Droon #20:The Ice Caves of Krog". I love all my books that I'm reading right now except for the book called "Tomorrow, When the War Began". I have finished one book this year called "On the Run #6:Hunting the Hunter". Only 24 books to go!

Aiden Falconer

Aiden Falconer is a star character in the 6 "On the Run" books and, so far, the first "Kidnapped" book, but probably in time the rest of the series in "Kidnapped". Aiden and his sister Margaret Falconer both get in a tough situation when their parents (John, and Louise Falconer) are imprisoned because of aiding foreign terrorists, but Aiden and Meg don't think that their parent s are guilty, so they try to free their parents. But, the only problem is that the whole country is looking for them and a killer that will never give up. Also, Aiden and Meg don't even know if their parents are innocent, so all of the series could be a huge waste.

I find that Aiden is a very strong leader because he never gave up and he always led his sister around and showed her the way to go. I also found that Aiden had a lot of potential in what he did because if I were Aiden I probably wouldn't have done all of that running around and not evening knowing if all that he was doing was going to work. Aiden was a very smart boy, too because at times where he could of done what everyone else was going to do he didn't and did the wiser thing that most people wouldn't have even thought of. For example, when he went to the Juvenile Corrections Facility he didn't say his actual name and said his name was Eagler because the whole thing with his parents just had happened so everyone in the Facility would think as him as a bad guy and instead people thought of him as an okay guy. I would like to be Aiden in some ways but in most ways I wouldn't. The ways I would, would be because he is a strong, intellectual human being who is also a great leader. A reason that I wouldn't like to be him is because he is in a very hard position in his life and I would feel really bad for him if he was real.

Homer

Homer is a character in the book "Tomorrow, When the War Began" who starts off as a bully or a kid that couldn't be trusted. But, later on in the book he takes on a leadership role in a difficult situation. Homer was a completely changed man once the war started and I think that he changed because school and being a children isn't very serious but when the war started he thought it was very serious and decided that life wasn't just a big game and a joke. I think that the author wrote it like that because I think that maybe the author was kind of a bully when he was young, but now he knows that it wasn't right and he changed his life because of that and he is now very kind and nice. The author's name is John Marsden and he is a great author but I don't really like his style.

Homer is an outrageous kind of guy that would always try to crash a party. He was in Grade 8 at his school and always got detention for doing things that a normal bully would do. He lives down the road from Ellie, and they were friends and used to go to each others houses. Homer was from a family that didn't care about his future and his family wasn't a very nice family. It was a hard life that Homer lived in and I think that is why Homer isn't a very nice kid and a bully.

Couldn't Do It!!!!!! True Story????

In the book I'm reading right now called, "Tomorrow, When the War Began", there's a group of young friends, who are getting chased by army men because there is a War going on. But, as they are getting chased, there are gun shots whizing past their heads, and they are completely unarmed with nothing but their clothes on their back. I think that if I was in that situation, I would just give up because I wouldn't want to get killed. Even though I would be captured and would have to be a prisoner, I don't think it would be as bad as getting killed. But, I know why the author wrote the book like this because it makes much more exciting and interesting, and you don't want to put the book down. I don't know if I would write the book like that because I'm not a fantastic writer like he is, and I don't get paid to write books.

I don't know if "Tomorrow, When the War Began" is a true story, though, but it easily could be. I think there are somethings that are true, like how there is a World War, and the city of Wirrawee, that really did happen. But, I also think somethings aren't true like that whole group of friends, and the forest that the city calls "Hell". But, all in all the story of it I think is not a true story because I find things in the book unrealistic and fake. But, I do think that some other things are true. Who knows, maybe the whole book and story is true!

Imagination

Imagination is a wonderful thing that can be used in so many different ways. In the book "Tomorrow, When the War Began" there are many different interpretations that can be going on. For example, when the kids had to go from tree to tree, you could think that the trees are very far apart, or very close, the book didn't say or tell you. Another example of imagination is that when it said that a gun shot went right past the kids head, you could think of that shot to the left of him, or to the right of him, so that is why you could have many interpretations of things.

From when I got the book "Tomorrow, When the War Began", I always wondered why it had a ferris wheel on the front cover if the book is about war, but now I know why. The reason the book has a ferris wheel on the front is because when the invaders invaded the town, there was this big celebration going on. In the celebration, there were ferris wheels and other fun things happening. So, the invaders had their base there, and that is why there is a ferris wheel on the cover of "Tomorrow, When the War Began".

Opinion Paragraph (True or False)

The book "Tomorrow, When the War Began" is not the best book in the world. I find that the author tries to make it like a true story, but I don't find it realistic at all. Even though it's about true things that could of happened (like a little town, World War I, and a forest), I don't believe that anyone would let their kids go to a wild forest with lots of dangerous animals and different things that are also extremely dangerous. I also think that if I went home from going on vacation and finding out that both my parents are gone and everyone in the whole city is gone, I would cry or freak out a little. I would not recommend this book.

"Tomorrow, When the War Began" isn't a one book series, it includes 7 different books. I love looking at the names for the 7 books because they're so catchy (ex. "Tomorrow, When the War Began", "The Dead of Night", "The Third Day, The Frost" or "A Killing Frost", "Darkness Be My Friend", "Burning for Revenge", "The Night is for Hunting", "The Other Side of Dawn"). Even though I adore the title of the 7 books I don't think I'm going to continue the series after the first book because "Tomorrow, When the War Began" isn't a great book. I still might change my mind about the series though, because I'm only about one-third through the first book and could change my mind easily.

Would you ever do it?

If I was a parent, and my kid got asked to go camping in fierce and dangerous woods with no adult supervision, immediately I would say "no!" But that's not what happened in my book "Tomorrow, When the War Began" by John Marsden. All of the kids parents in my book said it was okay to go into a place they called "Hell." I don't get that part of the book, I'm pretty sure that wouldn't happen in real life. Maybe some of the kids parents would say "yes", but most parents would say absolutely not.



John Marsden wrote that the forest had wild animals (ex. wolves), dangerous land forms, and a possible ex-muderer. I think that the author described the scenery very well, almost every paragraph is a descriptive paragraph. I know how everything looks in the book and I think John Marsden is a fabulous author. The only thing that I would request is that he makes his books more interesting.