Saturday, January 26, 2008

Interesting characters!

In my book "Schooled", there is a boy who comes in to a new school and gets picked on and has to run for class president. The thing I really like about this book is the way the setting. They go from different points of views of the characters. The main characters and not the main characters.

I like the way they switch it because it's very original and makes the book a lot more interesting. It really effects the whole story because you know what other people think and what rumors and other things are spread in the school. After each chapter, the characters switch and after it says the chapter number (ex. Chapter 5), it says the characters name that is telling the story (Ex. Capricorn Anderson). I think that Gordan Korman made the story very creative because of it.

Friday, January 18, 2008

New Books and main characters

For Christmas, I got three new books and I'm going to say all the main characters for those books, and a little information about them. In "Kidnapped #2", Meg Falconer gets kidnapped and tries to escape. Her brother, Aiden, tries to find Meg and keep her safe from harm before the kidnappers kill her. Meg Falconer is a young 11 year old girl who was a fugitive for almost a year with her brother.

In "Schooled", Capricorn Anderson is a young boy who is basically a hippie living in modern days. He lives in a community called the Garland Farm with his Grandma who homeschools him. Even though he is very educated, he knows absolutely nothing about the outside world. Cap (Capricorn's nickname) has an afro and wears tie-die shirts just like a hippie.

In "Born to Rock", Leo McMurphy was living a normal life. He was in a lot of high school clubs, and had a scholarship to Harvard. Leo soon finds out that he is the son of a famous rockstar named King Maggot. But, he didn't know that until he was 13! So he gets mad at his mom for not telling him. Leo's whole life gets changed because of the situation.