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Reading task 1 term 4.
Title: Avalon High Author: Meg Cabot Publisher: Macmillan Publishers Limited Pages: 280 Genre: Fiction ISBN: 0 330 43832 8

Avalon High is a book about a young girl named Elaine Harrison. When Elaine’s parents tell her she is moving again, she is not at all happy. Mr. and Mrs Harrison are both Medieval Professors and are always going on sabbaticals. Elaine is used to the fact that she has to move a lot which means, new friends, a new image and most important of all a whole new life. Ellie is not the social type of person, she would much rather go find a book and float on her raft in the pool for a while. One day when Ellie was going for a run in the park she saw some people down at the ravine. Puzzled she kept running until suddenly she bumped into the young boy she had seen earlier. This time he was with two friends. One a Gorgeous high school cheerleader Jennifer and the other a hunky football player Lance. They exchanged smiles then carried on their own ways. Elaine couldn’t stop thinking about this guy, he was the most gorgeous guy she had ever met. The next day at school while Ellie was trying to find her way around she saw this boy again. He introduced himself to her and claimed he had met her before, but how was this possible? As Ellie and Will get to know each other, they start discovering dark secrets about Will, Lance, Jennifer and Will’s brother Marco but will Ellie be able to stop whatever is ahead or will she fail to help before it’s too late? My favourite character in this book would have to be Will. He is a funny, charming and caring guy. He might be the most popular guy at Avalon High but it doesn’t stop him standing up for what he believes. The character I dislike the most would defiantly be Marco, Will’s older brother. Not only is he mean, but he is also threatening. Marco is the type of person you would want to stay clear of because he is dangerous. Marco was kicked out of school for trying to kill a teacher! Personally, if I had to move schools, make new friends and start a whole new life I would be very upset. Some of the things in this book if they happened to me I would have been very scared! If I had to rate this book out of 10 it would be a 7½ because I didn’t like all the dark ages stuff and sometimes it repeated itself which made me bored in some parts. I think the author could have made it a bit more exciting in some parts by not blabbing on about the same things. By Megan

Reading Task 2 Term 3 2009
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Title: Rachel’s Tears Author: Beth Nimmo and Darrell Scott With Steve Rabey Genre: Biography ISBN: 0-7852-6848-0 NO. pages: 181 Rachel’s Tears is about a 17 year old girl named Rachel Joy Scott. Rachel’s parents Beth Nimmo and Darrell Scott along with Steve Rabey wrote this in memory of their daughter and eleven other students and a teacher who were the victims of the most deadly school shooting in American history. This happened at the Columbine High school in Colorado on April 20th 1999. (If this was at this school I would be very frightened and I wouldn’t know what to do.)

In this biography it tells the reader about all the other victims that were killed on this day, but mainly reflects on Rachel’s life and the impact this tragedy had on the rest of the world. It shares notes and detailed drawings from her personal journals of her life. (I liked how it had her notes and drawings as it made the book more interesting.) The shooters were students at columbine, but they hated life and everything in it especially Christians! On the day of the shooting Rachel was sitting with a friend eating lunch when the two shooters came over to her, shooting her twice in the legs. Rachel tried to crawl to safety but the shooters returned to her, they picked her up by her hair and said “Do you believe in God?” “You know I do,” she replied. Then they told her to go be with him then and shot her straight in the head (I found this part of the book really sad.)

My favourite character in this book would have to be Rachel, she was a kind, encouraging person and was friendly to everyone she saw. It didn’t matter to her what someone looked like on the outside but who they were on the inside. She would often go over to someone who is struggling and help them. Known as a caring and kind Christian, Rachel life was cut short by the shooters because of her beliefs. (I think Rachel was very brave for standing up for what she believed in!)

If I had to rate this book out of 10 I would rate it a 8/10 because t was really personal, but things were repeated a lot which sometimes bored me. .) Did Rachel actually believe that her life was going to be taken at a young age? To find out I strongly encourage you read this book.