The Red Badge of Courage

When Henry Fleming joined the army, he dreamed of becoming a great hero in War Between the States. But with gunfire and cannons raging around him, Henry faces his biggest fight of all: an inner battle to overcome his terror. Will Henry be able to defeat his fears? Or will he disappoint himself and let his fellow soldiers down?
This is a very good, interesting book. If anybody would like to read it, please ask.

framed

its a book set in whales (i think) and its about this family who own an autoshop thing, that isnt going so well and when the london gallery gets damaged by floods and all the paintings get moved to their small town they decide to steal one and the dad leaves and the kids do it all and they try to charge money they get caught though and everything works out and the dad comes back, i told you the end because i ont think anyone actually cares if i thoughjt it was a good book in fact i dought anyone actually values my opinion so i decided to tell you the ending. :)

Railway Children by Edith Nesbit

The story concerns a family who move to a house

near the railway after the father is imprisoned 

as a result of being falsely accused of selling 

state secrets to the Russians. The three 

children, Roberta, Peter and Phyllis, find 

amusement in watching the trains on the nearby 

railway line and waving to the passengers. They 

become friendly with Perks, the station porter, 

and with the Old Gentleman who regularly takes 

the 9:15 down train. He is eventually able to 

help prove their father's innocence, and the 

family is reunited.

The Boy Who Lost His Face by Louis Sachar

In a 1989 suburban town, a boy named David tries to get in the cool group by helping his friend Scott, and two troublemakers named Roger and Randy (the former being the leader) carry out a prank. Their target was an elderly woman who was called a witch by all the kids in the neighborhood. When they attacked her and stole her cane David flips her off to try to impress Roger. But when they were leaving the old lady's house, she cried out to David "Your Doppelgänger will regurgitate on your soul!" The following days David finds himself experiencing strange happenings that lead him to believe that he is cursed. After being rejected by Roger and his gang, David finds himself becoming a loser. He breaks his parent's window, he walks into class with his zipper unzipped, he falls off his chair in class, and his only friends are fellow outcasts Larry and Maureen "Mo". His actions lead Rogers gang to target him and his friends, calling them "The Three Stooges". He becomes friendly with a cute girl named Tori Williams, but his pants fall down when he gets the courage to ask her for her phone number. Finally, his little brother, after being ridiculed by Roger's younger brother, loses all respect for David.

Eventually, David begs the elderly woman to remove the curse, but she asks for her cane to be returned first. As it turns out, Tori does not turn on him for his moment of humiliation, and tries to pretend that she had her eyes closed in thought to prevent David from becoming uncomfortable around her. David finally decides to fight for his dignity, and, with his friends and little brother by his side, he goes to face Roger's gang and get the cane back, not suspecting that many things, including the curse, are not as they seem.

Barry Trotter and the shameless parody

This entire book is a parody about Harry Potter. It's about Barry Trotter, (in his 11th year) who tries to stop a film being made about him. They come across the dork lord, Lord Valumort and his gang of Earth eaters. Barry gets to J.G Rollins and asks her to stop the movie. However, Lord Valumort kidnapps Barry and almost kills him, if it wasn't for the loyal jelly. But suddenly, the whole plot and everything turns out to be a plot for a Barry Trotter movie, in which the Aim of the main character is to stop another film being made about him! And in the end, it turns out to be a Word document which Barry typed up! Confusing? Read it and you will figure it out!

The Reading challenge is on!!!

To all students of 7B: The reading challenge is on!!! read as many books as you can and post !!! Come on 7B- even mr. Pollicutt must post! Let's go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Paragraph structure for directing The Tempest

In Act, Scene 1 of The Tempest, Shakespeare shows Antonio to be a rude and offensive character when he writes,
“Hang cur! Hang you whoreson”
This is offensive as he is comparing the Boatswain to a “cur’, a …… and ……… animal. In addition, he calls him a “whoreson’ , insulting the Boatswain’s m….r and implying she is a …… I would direct the actor to say these lines in a …..voice to show his……. and I would make him move in a ….. With a …… expression



If you have any problems, please come and see me. Remember to write about the characters (Gonzalo, Sebastian and Antonio), the costumes/ props, the sound effects/ music and the conclusion!


Good luck!!

Goosebumps Horrorland-My friends call me monster!

This is another goosbumps book written by R.L.Stine...But now he designed a new type of goosebumps called Horrorland. And it is totally A-W-E-S-O-M-E!!! :D Horrorland means that when you are in fear you fell like you enter Horrorland...yeh but u know what i mean....hoopefully...

Anyway this book is about this kid who's nickname is Monster. He dislike his class teacher who is called Ms Hardesty. She is freakin' creepy. Yeh i know but can you know that your teacher lay giant eggs that they hide them in their attic and they start cracking and what's coming out were monsters that act like toddlers!Even your principal!!!!!! Oh you better watch out when teachers strangely come to your house and give you food that turn you in a monster.....

I hope you get this book somewhere because I didn't get this from the Library. Trust me it's awesome. And don't sneak in to teacher's house to tryb to scare them :)

This is Giang and it's the end of her blogging, I TELL YOU SHE IS BACK!!!!!!!! A legend reveals!!!! Muahahahahahahahaha!!!!! >_<

I am David

Isn't it time for a new post? huff...



This book is about a boy (called David) who escapes from a concentration camp from, well, who knows where. His instructions are to travel to Salonika, stowaway on a ship to Italy and cross through Switzerland and Germany to reach Denmark. With only some bread, a compass, a bottle of water and his two feet! He hitches a ride with some kind drivers, gets locked in a barn(but escapes with the dog he befriended) and in the end, he gets to Switzerland and Germany, but the dog dies protecting David from being shot.*sniffle* Eventually, he makes it to Denmark and finds his Mum!! This book ws actually made into a movie as well...

Halo: First Strike

For all you Halo Junkies out there!! This book is the sequel to the game: Halo. The Master chief and Cortana managed to pick up a ship full of survivors and a cryopod containing the Chief's teammate! As the situation unravels, the Master Chief and the survivors he picked up manage to hijack a covenant warship. They use it to muscle their way into the planet Reach, which was 'glassed' by the covenant. They land on the only place on Reach wich wasn't a smoking wreck (the ONI CASTLE base) because the covenant hadn't finished clearing out the enemies! The Chief rescued them in the nick of time, and is startled to find the rest of his team and *gasp* The designer of thier armor, Dr. Catherine Halsey! Soon, they come across a hidden base where they make repairs. Then, they send out a strike team and manage to blow up 60 warships (all enemies) with a single bomb! But what happens next? we'll have to wait for the next book...

All American Girl

Samantha Madison, an ordinary teenager who isn't exactly the most sociable person unlike her sister, Lucy, the It Girl. After her getting a C minus in her German class her parents arrange a class, an art class with Susan Boone. She knew how to draw, well at least she thought. She thought attending this class would be no problem...until she met Susan Boone.

Well thats a whole different story. Sticking to the point, Sam was ordinary, like you and me but saving the President of the United States is completely new. Instant fame came rushing towards her, millions of gift and not to mention reporters crowding round her house. This is only the start, she meets someone...someone called David.

The Penultimate Peril

This book is, well, the penultimate book of the unfrotunate events series. (Penultimate means next to last) In this book, the Baudelaires work at a hotel (Hotel Denoument) while trying to observe who are the villains and who are the volunteers, as there is to be a meeting in a few days time. This is harder than expected, though, as the whole hotel uses the Dewey decimal system to allocate their guests.(A philosopher will stay on the first floor, just like books on philosophy will be on the section labeled: '100'.) As the situation unravels, the Baudelaires discover that the errands they did all contributed to a dastardly plot to intercept an important parcel.(the sugar bowl) But why is the sugar bowl so important? Read to find out!!

The End

This is 'book the last' of the unfortunate events series. The Baudelaires find themselves shipwrecked on and island inhabited by other castaways who were shipwrecked there too! They meet the leader, Ishmael, who banishes count Olaf from the settlement. However, count Olaf still manages to cause chaos by releasing a poisonous fungi into the island. Want to know the ending of The End? Read it now!

Dracula

Jonathan Hatker travels to Transylvania for a business deal with a Romanian Nobleman, only to find himself ansnared in the horrific world of Count Dracula, a mysterious man with an evil secret. Worst of all,the count is now headed toward London-- and Jonathan's beloved wife Mina. Can the monster ever be destroyed?!
-----> Read the book and answer! :P