Brandon's+Reading

Twilight, New Moon. Author: Stephenie Meyer. N. O. P: 495. Genre: Non-fiction. Twilight New Moon is the second of the four book series from Stephenie Meyer. It’s about a girl named Bella who has fallen in love with a vampire called Edward Cullen. Bella and her father Charlie live in the little town of Forks. Charlie works for the police and Bella attends Forks high school. It’s Bella’s birthday and she doesn’t want a birthday but the Cullen family insist. She went with Edward to his house and she was opening her present’s when she say’s “shoot” as she sliced her finger. It all happened so quick, suddenly all her friends were six ravenous vampires. This make’s Edward leave Bella, hoping that without him, her life may become normal again. In Edwards seven to eight month absence, Bella eventually finds life again, with her long lost friend Jacob, only to find that he, at the age of six-teen, turns into a werewolf yet again, her life become’s just as complicated. Jacob fell in love with Bella, only to find that she could not break her loving bond for Edward. He settled with just being best mates with her. Bella decided that she wanted to be a dare devil and started trying new things like learning to ride a motorbike, (something she had to hide from her father, because she knew he wouldn’t approve.) Edward’s sister, Alice had a gift of seeing the future, and without Bella’s knowledge, was watching her every move. When Bella decided to try her hand at cliff diving, Alice thought she was committing suicide. Edward thought she had died, so therefore had no reason to exist anymore. Edward went to the royalty of the vampire world, begging them to kill him. When he was denied of the pleasure, he walked out a plan so they would kill him at an instant. Alice visited Bella and hoped that she would try to save Edward, which she did. This is a great book for people aged 10+. It is an awesome book to buy for people who are interested about vampires and fantasies or people who just want to read a good book. My favourite character is Jacob, because of the way he surprise’s you during the story and the way his character is finally introduced. My favourite part is when Jacob is finally introduced and when he out of nowhere jumps in front of Bella and turns into a werewolf. Overall this is a great book and I rate it 10 out of 10. By Brandon

Reading Task 2 Term 3 2009

 * __Harry Potter and the order of the phoenix__**
 * __Author:__** J.K Rowling.
 * __Date published:__** 21 June 2003
 * __Genre:__** Fiction

This the fifth book of J.K Rowling’s awesome Harry potter series is about of course Harry Potter a young magical teenager with many powers and spells at the tip of his wand who is on his fifth year of school at Hogwarts the school of witchcraft and wizardry. There is a new teacher at his school teaching defence against the dark arts who also featured at Harry’s trial for using a magical spell in the presence of a muggle or a non-magical human but he is released. Professor Umbridge is displeased. Just before he goes back to Hogwarts he meets up with his friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger and their family’s. Harry finds out that his uncle Sirius Black is making an army to fight Harry worst nemesis Lord Voldemort and his group of evil wizards. Harry then wants to join to get revenge with Lord Voldemort for killing His parents. Harry Potter and the order of the phoenix is a great book for children who love a good mystery and magical things. This book is a great novel for enthusiastic readers of any age. After reading this book I realised what great imaginations some people have for writing these amazing books. My favourite character in this book was Harry because of the amount of strength and pride he shows whilst facing his arch enemy Lord Voldemort and the way he is so kind towards friends and staff at Hogwarts throughout the book. I also like the way he dealt with the awful new teacher professor Umbridge. My least favourite character was the nasty professor Umbridge because of the way she treats the school, students and staff at this wonderful school. I also hated how she made all these new rules for the school that made it impossible to have any amount of fun without breaking them. My favourite part of the story was at the end when the big battle was going on. I liked the part when Harry’s army the order of the phoenix appears and starts destroying Voldemorts army. Overall I think that this was a great book. I highly recommend anyone of any age to read this book and enjoy the stories that J.K Rowling has to offer. I rate this book 10 out of 10.

Tana Umaga Up Close
__Author__: Hodder Moa Beckett __No. Of pages__: 213 __When I started__: when project started __When I finished__: 7/5/09 __Genre:__ Autobiography Tana Umaga up close is an autobiography that follows the life of a rugby legend which Tana dedicates to his family. The book starts when he was ten years old. Chapter 1 entitled little bro explains some of Tana’s long kept secrets and confessions like: Tana’s all-time favorite sport as a child from age 7-10 was in fact soccer. Tana only got into rugby because he missed out on the school soccer team so his dad signed him up for club rugby. This book has many interesting interviews with some of Tana’s family members, friends and coaches. This book also has lots of pictures of Tana when he was in the lions, Hurricanes and of course the mighty all blacks. Tana Umaga up close is a great autobiography that gives you an awesome inside look into a rugby legends life as if you were Tana himself. After reading this book I realized all the bad and awesome things some people (mainly referring to Tana) can and sometimes have to go through. Overall this autobiography gives you a great idea of what it’s like to be Tana. Also you get to sense the feeling of what its like to be famous and gifted with pure talent and appreciated by your country. I strongly advise people of all ages to read this book and feel the vibe of what it’s like to be a rugby legend. I rate this book 10 out of 10.

Hitler's Daughter
__ Publisher: __ Jackie French __ No. of pages: __ 136 __ Genre: __ Fiction Hitler’s Daughter is a story about a young child called little Tracey who is going for her first year of school but she is nervous so her friends make up a game. Every day before school they would meet at the local school bus stop and little Tracey would choose a character and her friends would change it into a story for example a goldfish that swims to Nebraska. One day her friends Anna, Ben and Mark wanted to choose the character. They argued on who was going to choose. Ben suggested Hitler and World War 1 and everyone else agreed but soon after they decided Anna starts going of track and talking about Hitler’s daughter. Anna describes Hitler’s daughter to be a young kind girl that unfortunately has a huge red mark across her face. Little Tracey gave Hitler’s daughter the name of Heidi and also calls Hitler Duffi. In the book Hitler doesn’t want the world to know about her because he is making a perfect race called the Aryan so Heidi was home schooled and hardly ever left the house. Heidi lived sadly in a house out in the country far away from the public’s eyes. Hitler would only rarely come to visit her. Heidi was alone in this little old house and only wishes for her father to come home. Hitler’s Daughter is an inspiring book that gives you a great look into the imagination of young kids and of course things that can happen to a young innocent daughter of an insane and cruel man. My favourite character in this story would have to be Ben because of his attitude towards the story and how it gradually improves. I also like the way he adds some great ideas towards the story and helps it sound much more interesting. My least favourite character is Hitler because of all the cruel and awful things he does to Heidi just because of her un-perfect face like how he doesn’t want the world to know about her and he hardly ever goes to visit her. Overall this book gives you a great look into what other people think the life of an innocent little daughter of a crazy man would be like and what bad and rarely good things can happen.