The Cabinet of Wonders

In the beginning, I think that Petra is a great character from the book The Cabinet of Wonders. I think she is a great character because she is always curious about anything. I like Petra as a character because she is not boring, she will fight for her family and steal her father’s eyes back from the prince. I hope that you will read this book like I did.

Secondly, a reason I like her is because she is brave. Near the middle of the book she goes to the castle to get her father’s eyes back. She is extremely smart. Petra always thinks five steps ahead of whatever she is doing. She usually takes risky paths even though she thinks five steps ahead of time.

After that, Petra is always taking a risk, that’s one way to keep the book interesting. She goes into the ambassador’s room without permission and took a worry vial. Again without permission she goes into the Cabinet of Wonders with Neel. To get Neel to the prince’s corridor they forge a letter and pretending it was signed by the prince. I think the book just gets better and more interesting as she takes more risks.

Lastly, are you going to read the Cabinet of Wonders and find out much more about the book? Do you like Petra as a character or do you not like her? Do you think she should play it safe or take the risky path of life? Was Petra able to get her father’s eyes back? I don’t know about you but I think Petra is a great character!!

I just finished training for the military and was in the battle field. Bombs were going off all over the place and I knew that we were losing. Everyone was so silent that the silence was defining from the bombs that were going off all over the place near our camp. Everyone was retreating after they saw the humongous missile they just set of to our base. Everyone was running and a lot of people didn’t move from the shock, they died, but a few other people and myself got 75% of our army out of the reched place. BOOM!!!!

Number the Stars
Lois Lowry
1989
138 pages
Fictional
www.loislowry.com

During World War ll when the Nazis were taking over a lot of land they took over Denmark. Two girls named Annemarie and Ellen lived in Copenhagen, Denmark. Soon the Nazis where collecting the Jewish people of Denmark and Ellen and her family were Jewish, so Annemarie’s family helped hide Ellen’s family from the Nazis. To get to Sweden which was not taken over yet. Peter Nielsen, Annemarie’s families friend helped Ellen’s family get to Sweden because he was part of the Danish Resistance. Eventually he was caught and executed by the Nazis. When World War ll was over a lot of people were sad because a lot of people had died.

I enjoyed the book before the ending but the ending was sad and I don’t really like sad books. The book was really exciting with its sad and happy moments. I was always on the edge of of my seat if one of the characters were stopped by a German guard. 

I would recommend this book to people that like fictional page turners that are about history or important events that happened many years ago,then if that fits your choice of books then I think you should read Number the Stars. I hope that you consider this as a book choice to read for you. I would rate this book a four out of five.     

Rachel’s Journal

            First of all, I think the journal format is better than the traditional narrative format for this story. I think it’s better because it is first person point of view. The traditional format is second person which doesn’t allow you to know the author’s feelings or thoughts.

            For example, in first person view you can know the characters emotions and their feelings about what happens. In the story Rachel was feeling scared that behind the bushes there was a cow instead of a brave. Another reason I think the journal format is better is because in the journal format you can illustrate your thoughts. Rachel drew drawings to go with her writing.

            Another way I think the journal format is better is it makes you aware of what happens like you are there. It gives you information about how the character feels “My shoes are so caked.” The journal format helps the character to reflect on events. For Rachel meeting with the brave wasn’t as bad as she thought it would be. Rachel was relieved that will was ok and not dead.

            Lastly, do you also now think the journal format is better than the traditional narrative? Have you learned about the journal format? If you are a kid are you going to write a journal format for your next essay? I think the journal format is better than the traditional narrative for this story.

One day I was walking in the park and it was about lunch time so I ate a sandwich. I was still hungry so I ate my favorite candy skittles. Today’s weather was kind of cloudy and grey skies but still nice out. Out of nowhere I saw a hyena come towards me.  I didn’t know why it was at this park because the zoo was on the other side of the city. The hyena looked miserable so I gave him a skittle, surely enough he liked them. I wanted to climb a tree so he could not attack me.