Jack

= 1/19/10 = J**ack, Your inference for the word rambunctious is right on. Your question about the word "ram" in rambunctious is very interesting and insightful. I don't know if it is intentional, but a relationship between rams and rambunctious behavior would make sense. You obviously think highly of the writing of Christopher Paolini. What have you noticed about his craft of writing that you can try to apply to your own writing? Even though he's writing fantasy and currently we're writing memoir, I bet there are things you can learn from Paolini as a writer. Ms. McCarthy** = Welcome to my Wiki were you can read about the books I'm reading and see if you want to read them!! =

Brisingr by Christopher Paolni
=== One thing I love about the book series is that the author adds lots of interesting plot twists and has always made it so that you always have a hypothesis on what will happen next in the soon to be quad of books (the 4th hasn't come out yet and that is the final book.). I really love him also because he has lots of detail. ===

Dear Fellow Wiki members,
=== The book I'm writing about today is Brisingr by Christopher Paolini. I suggest reading this book but if you do read the 2 other books in the series (Eragon&Eldest) because they are of equal quality. I've only started the book and it seems to exceed all of my expectations, it starts out with the two main charchters Eragon and Roran who are cousins but were raised by the same father and are "brothers in all but blood" as Eragon would say.It starts out with the two of them on Helgrind (a rock formation) watching a vicious religious ceremony in which a man amputates his own hand to make it a sacrafice. The cousins are there on Helgrind because they hope to find the lair of the vicious Ra'zac and rescue Rorans true love Katrina. After the ceremony they decide to go back to base and try to find the Ra'zac's lair and get revenge for there father who had been murdered by them.They return back to base to meet Eragon's dragon Saphira,Eragon is the last free capable Rider and wants to kill the Evil Rider Galbatorix and free the world. The next day the ride Saphira and find the Ra'zac's lair hidden by and illusion the moment they enter the cave they are attacked they kill them through a vicious battle. Eventually they find Katrina and they free her. But then comes an interesting decision Eragon decides to stay and find the one free Ra'zac that escaped. After a while Saphira departs and Eragon departs and that is where I had to stop reading. THE END ===

1/14/09
=== One time a made an infrence was on the rambunctious I did not know what the word met but it sounded bad. I wondered if it had anything to do with the word ram in it. I then infrenced from the sentence (He was rambunctious.)that rambunctious meant a sort of wild and reckless. ===

Dear Fellow Wiki Members,
=== I am reading a book called The Siege of Macindaw, it is the 6th book in the Rangers Apprentice series. This book starts out with the main character, Will(a ranger) in a forest with a healer planning to siege a building in which a friend of theirs is captured. Will goes to the town later and finds his old friend Horace who is almost a knight delighted they go back to the clearing to meet their friend Malcom the healer.That knight thier friend in the castle signals them of a plan of a Scottish invasion. Quickly they formulate a plan in which they capture a nearby Scottish general and hire a group of vicious mercenaries(the Skandians). The next day they easily capture the general with help from the Skandians and extract the information from him. Because they don't have many people they will use illusions so that they can get in unoticed and take over the castle ruled by an evil king. The mood before the siege is solemn lead me to believe they are not very opptimistic about the battle. During this book so far the editor has not had a lot of action but he has it detailed so that you stay interested with every paragraph. === === 1/22/10I Dear Fellow Wiki Members, The book I am reading now is called The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart. It is about a group of orphans(Sticky,Reynie,Kate,and Constance) they also all all have some thing in common, a love for the truth. They have been brought together by Mr. Benedict after they all passed a series of complex tests. Mr. Benedict has 2 assistants Number 2 and Rhonda. After they all join Mr. Benedict, he tells them his plan, his plan is to send the kids to a school where he thinks evil messages are coming out of the headmaster of this school is Mr. Curtain and is a twin of Mr. Benedict. During this book I have been thinking about all the possibilities that this book could end. So far I think there will be sequels to eat because of all the good work he does with suspense, cryptic messages(ex. "When looking in the looking glass I spy a trusted face. Alas, Not to be taken for him am I. Beware, therefore, the Gemini.") and detail (ex. "the red, rusted,rickety old car coughed to life. Also I think this will be a sequel because it is a long book and I doubt he just would write one long book. Also, he put a lot of work into really creating the characters. They are very realistic and seem to not be able to do anything a regular human could do. ===

Those this page run out of room? 2/5/10
I think this is the endless page!
 * Dear Jack,

The idea of a group of characters who share a love of the truth is very interesting! I wonder how the author came up with that idea. I think I'm someone who loves the truth, but that hasn't inspired me to solve any mysteries to uncover the truth. Do you think there is some relationship between the kids being orphans and them loving the truth?What are some themes in this book?

Were any of your guesses for the end of the book correct?

I love the sentence you share about the car coughing to life. Not only can I see that car but I can hear it sputtering as the engine starts and I can smell the exhaust coming out of the tail pipe that I imagine might just barely be hanging onto the car.

I know that you are now reading** //**Red Kayak**//**. I'll be curious to know what you think the "right" thing is for Brady to do.

Ms. McCarthy, One of my guesses for the book was correct, it's part of a series!¡ Also he only took them because they were orphans because their parents couldn't object if the kids liked an idea they didn't.**

**2/08/10 Right know I'm reading the book called** // **Red Kayak** // **it is about a boy named Brady who finds out his 2 best friends put holes in a kayak and it sinks with a kid who he had once babysat with that he really liked. The decision he has to make is whether to tell on them because they could be charged with 2nd degree murder or manslaughter. If I were his cousin who lives close to him I would tell him to confess what really happened and let the judge(master as they call it in Juvenile Court) decide whether they're are guilty or not because the judge is a good decider on if they meant to do any harm and then they might all have a clear concisious on the subject and get over with it and let it be a matter of the past. Then after the friends get out of their sentence they can go back to being best f** **riends** **.

TEST TEST TEST 2/16/10** **The book I'm reading now is called Artemis Fowl and the Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer. The main idea of this book is on saving a group of demons from dieing or attacking earth.I think this is the main idea because at one point in the book they purposely transport themselves to the demon colony that has been in a limbo since their 1st war with the humans. Another reason is that it shows the book from another demon's (a good one and a warlock) point of view. This gives you inside information on what the demons are like, who's their leader etc.. This helps you imagine what it feels like to be a demon. Because of this I think that saving the demons is the main idea of this book.**

**2/17/10 Dear Jack, I want to make sure that this post shows up before I type a longer response. Let me know if you this shows up on your computer and then I'll keep adding to it. Ms. McCarthy** **2/17/10 I did get this post**

Dear Jack, Glad everything seems to be working now. What I had said in my missing post is that Brady really is in a difficult position. I suspect that if he tells the judge what he knows, his friendship with the other two boys will never be the same. His two friends don't seem to be willing to accept and admit their part in the accident. I know they didn't intend to kill anyone, but the fact is that their actions did lead to a death. What do you think would be a fair punishment for them?
 * 2/18/10

I have not read Artemis Fowl but it sounds like an interesting plot. The idea that there are "good" demons is something that I've never considered before. Does the author offer an explanation as to why some demons are bad while others are good? Remember that the theme of a book is a big idea that isn't just specific to that story. Sometimes they are called universal ideas. A common theme is good versus evil. It sounds like that could be one of the themes of your book**.


 * If you like this book, I know that it is part of a series so you could continue to read about the characters.

Sincerely, Ms. McCarthy** Dear Mrs.McCarthy, I think a fair punishment for his friends would be the one the "master" gave. Also, in Artemis Fowl the Author does not give an explanation on why they are there are "good" demons, I suspect that it goes along the lines of good vs. evil. That's probaly the theme.**
 * 2/22/10

Dear Wiki Members, In the book I'm reading there is no "main" charchter because there is actualy a group of people, "heirs", to be exact that are trying to reach all one goal in pairs to win the estate to find out who murdered the man they are heirs to. This book is called ** ** The Westing Game. **** If I were one of the heirs I would try to get everyone one to share the clues they got and put them all together maybe they will be able to find the murderer and convict him. this way they wold be able to split the estate of 2 million dollars. that is they advice I would also give them if I wasn't an heir. This book is also very interesting and I highly recomend it if you like mystery books.
 * 2/22/10

3/15/10 Dear Wiki Members, I am reading a non-fiction book about brain science at the moment and even if I were in the book there have been no decisions to make especialy hard ones, so I guess I will write a short summary up to the point I am at write know. So far it was about a man who a tampering iron went through his head and yet he was almost him full self except for a hole in his skull covered up by skin and some behavior issues. I think after he is dead they will examin him for medical research but I don't know.

4/16/10 I'm know reading a book about the presidents of the US, so if I could be anyone I would be JFK for all the heroic actions he's done (like saving someone on a destroyed navy cruiser he was captain of (he got the purple heart)) and because how he mostly stayed calm during the Cuban Missle Crisis (s time in which Cuba had USSR nuclear weapons pointed at us). And because he also got to be a president at such a young age. He also had a lot of good quotes ( link right here <JFK quotes ), one of them was "Khrushchev is like a tiger hunter who has picked a place to hang the tiger skin long before he has caught the tiger. The tiger has other ideas. That is why I'd be JFK.**