Reading Review - Ravens Gate

This week I read the Power of Five series, and this review is about the first book in this series. The Power of Five series was written by Anthony Horowitz who also write the Alex Rider series which I also enjoy.

The first book in the series Ravens Gate is about a boy called Matthew Freeman who is part of the LEAF project, which stands for Liberty and Education Achieved through Fostering.  Matt joined the LEAF project because of a little incident, well maybe not to little. The LEAF project sent him to live with a person called Jayne Deverill, who lives in a little town called Lesser Malling which is near Greater Malling. Matt has to survive with Noah the farmhand, Asmodeus Mrs Deverill's cat and Jayne Deverill herself.

 

This book is good for people aged 10 up and I would give it 5/5. This is an amazing book full of surprise's and it will keep you hooked in right through to the end. It would be a good idea to read the whole series to find out what happens.

Have you read this book before? If you have leave a comment to say why you enjoyed it.

Goals For Term 2

This term we have been doing lots of interesting stuff in the Kaupeka hub such as going up the Bridle Path, going to Ferrymead and science. My favourite thing was walking up the Bridle Path and going down the gondola. I also enjoyed Ferrymead because we got make scones and we got to use toys we hadn't seen before. A goal for term two would be to try and get all my work finished time so I won't have to stay in at all. A way to achieve this goal would be to organise my time so I will be able to finish everything.

What would your goal be for school or for other things?

Reading Review - Magisterium Series

This year we are apart of a reading challenge where we have to read seven books and write a review on them to get a free pizza. The first four books I read were from the Magisterium series which are written by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare. It was their first time working together for a story but I hope they write together more often.

This book is about a boy called Callum Hunt who go's to a normal school, has a normal dad, has a normal house. But the only thing that is not normal about him is magic. His father told him that he should never enter the Magisterium, a school for magic. He was told that when he does the test to get in, he would have to make sure he failed. But he failed at failing. he got into Magisterium even though he did horribly. But not all is as it seems at the school. Prepare for the Iron Trial.

I give this 5/5 and it is good for people aged 10 up. It would be good for people who love books with magic, and for people who have lot's of spare time on their hand because you won't want to stop reading it.


The Copper Gauntlet
This is the second book in the Magisterium series. Call is at home with his dad Alistair, for the holidays and his pet wolf Havoc. They had a great time until Call and his dad went to the movie and left Havoc at home tied up in the garage, but when they got home from the movie Havoc was gone. They looked everywhere for him but they still didn't find him. Except when Call heard a whimper coming from the basement at night. He went down the stair's hoping that his dad was asleep. When he opened the door he saw ...  something that I'm not going to tell you because I don't want to spoil it for you.

I rate this 4/5. This is an amazing book perfect for people who love suspense and being surprised by what is happening. Get ready for this mind blowing book.


This is a riddle in the Copper Gauntlet:
‘ “What do you call something that's not behind you?"
“Ahead. A head. Get it?” ’
Well you probably wouldn't get it because you probably haven't read this series, but if you want to find out why this is funny read the Copper Gauntlet.

The Bronze Key
Call is already on to his third year at Magisterium and he still hasn't told anyone his secret, well beside Havoc, Tamera and Aaron of course. But there is a spy at Magisterium, somebody who wants him dead. Anastasia Tarquin a person who works on the Assembly came to the school to guard the chaos-ridden who live under the school because someone used them to try and kill Call. He is never safe, not until the assassin is brought to justice. No one can be trusted. Will his secret finally be revealed?

I give this book 4.5/5. This is book is one where you would laugh about how crazy they are and get thoroughly frustrated about how they couldn't figure it out.


 Call is in the Panopticon, which is the mages prison. His secret had got out. Nobody trust's him anymore, least of all the assembly. Everyday he has to answer questions about his secret. Until Jasper DeWinter came to visit him, but sadly he only came to complain about his love life. Will Call be able to clear his name and also stay alive? This is The Silver Mask



This is a great book and it keeps you hooked until the last sentence. I give it 5/5. It is good for anyone as long they like stories with magic and fighting.
The last book in this series is due to come out in September or October this year and I can't wait to get to read it. It is called the Golden Tower. This series would be good for people aged 10 and older.

Do you know any good books to read, if so leave a comment to say what it's called.

Reading Review - Rage of the Rhino

Title: Rage of the Rhino, Mission Survival Series
Author: Bear Grylls

This book is about a boy called Beck Granger who lives with his uncle Al. This the seventh book in the series. Beck is off to South Africa to meet a friend of his parents and Al. David and Marlene Granger,  Beck's parent, had died from a plane crash in the jungle, their bodies were never found. But when he arrives in South Africa he notices that someone else planned for him to come to South Africa and that they would do anything to track him down. He has to deal with wild animals, poachers and a person that will stop at nothing to find him. 

This was a great book which built the story well, and it was interesting learning about different ways to survive in the wild and it kept you hooked in to the last sentence. It would be a good idea to read the first six books in the series before you read this. This book is good for from year 6 and up. I give it 4/5.

Have you read any books from this series before?

Ferrymead and Bridle Path

On Friday the 16th of March we got to walk up the Bridle Path and we got to go to Ferrymead. We went there because for writing. We are doing recounts on events in New Zealand's history, the event I am doing is the Pike River mine explosion which was in 2010. The highlight of my day was going up the Bridle Path because I like going on walks with my family, another thing I enjoyed was going down the gondola because it had amazing views from it. When we were in the school at Ferrymead we learnt that it was a lot stricter then it is now because we did a role play about what it would be like in 1956 at school. It also had different currencies like a half penny, a penny and shillings. I was in the second group to leave school and we left at 10:00, first our group went up the Bridle Path and we were put into smaller groups of five or six so we would be able go down the gondola in our groups. I was with Miss Wilson, Taylor R, Lorenzo and Charlie. These are some pictures we took during the walk.

It would of been tiring for the early settlers because we only had to tack our bag with us and they had to take all there belongings. Miss Wilson told us that someone brought a piano with them, they must of loved music to do that!

Have you been up the Bridle Path before, if you have, how long did it take you?