Emma

Welcome to my Wiki page. This page is about the books I am reading and that I have read.
__The Book of Story Beginnings__ by Kristin Kladstrup

This book is an adventure story about a book that changes two kids lives. The reason I chose this book is because the cover and the summary pulled me in. I hope a lot of people read this book and get all the thrill and laughter out of it that I did.

__Peter and the Secret of Rundoon__ by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson

Dear Ms. McCarthy, I am now reading Peter and the Secret of Rundoon. It is book three of three "behind the scenes" stories about the life of Peter Pan. In it, a dark shadow creature called Ombra is using starstuff (powerful light dust) to get rid of earth. He is doing it by sending starstuff into the sky on a rocket and make even more starstuff fall during the Lenoid meteor shower. Any person who comes in contact with starstuff will die, except Peter, starstuff made him able to fly and keeps him young.

**Emma,**
Both of your books sound interesting. Make sure that you tell me about your thinking while you read. What connections have you had? What questions? How have you used inferences to help you understand the stories? Have you noticed things the author does that makes their writing so good? These are the things I want to read about. Ms. McCarthy 1/21/10 1/25/10 Dear Ms. McCarthy, Now in my book Peter has destroyed the rocket by steering it into a giant stone Jackal head. This also destroyed Ombra. He, Molly (his friend), Molly's dad and Captain Hook escape on a flying ship (flying because of starstuff) sailed by George (Molly's friend) and the lost boys. They fly to Mollusk island which is where Ombra took Peter from. But now the Mollusks are being enslaved by the Scorpions because the Scorpions want diamonds found in volcanic ash on the island. So a Mollusk girl teams up with Hook's crew to save her island by leading the crocodile that ate Hook's hand to the Scorpions with the help of Peter and the ship. In the end Hook gets everyone off the ship for himself but accidently sinks the ship. Peter finds out that the lost boys want to go back to England but his new friends don't so they are the new lost boys. Molly makes him promise to visit England. That is the end of the book.

2/5/10 Dear Emma, With groups like Mollusks and Scorpions, it sounds like you could have some connections with science class and this book. Where do you think that the author got their ideas from for this book? Does reading this book change how you feel about the original Peter Pan book? Did you notice anything about the craft of writing in this book that you might want to try in your own writing? Ms. McCarthy

2/8/10 response If I was Peter's best friend I'd tell him to do what __he__ thinks is the right thing to do.

2/16/10 response The main theme is Peter saving both the Mollusks and his friends from the Scorpions and Ombra. Those are the main themes because those two come up the most in the book.

2/17/10 Dear Emma, I'm just curious what you think is the "right" thing for Peter to do and why you think that.

It sounds like your book might have the themes of friendship, bravery, loyalty and good versus evil. Those are common themes you'll find in many stories.

I know that you are a great reader. Please use this wiki to elaborate and tell us more about your thinking while you read. Please answer the questions I asked on February 5th.

Sincerely, Ms. McCarthy

2/22/10 response In my new book The Doll in the Garden, a girl named Ashley and her friend find a doll in a old woman named Mrs. Cooper's backyard and they find a ghost girl named Louisa. The problem is they have to help louisa get out of the present by giving her the doll but it turns out that Mrs. Cooper stole the doll from louisa in her childhood and now Mrs. Cooper took the doll from Ashley. If I faced that I would do everything in my power to get the doll back and give it to louisa.