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Reading Task 1 Term 4 2009
Title: The Wind Singer Pages: 341 ISBN: 0-7497-4499-5 Published: Mammoth, 2000 Author: William Nicholson Genre: Adventure, Fantasy This book is about the Hath family, and their struggles against Aramanth. Aramanth is a city which is divided into 5 districts depending on your family’s overall results in the exams, there is Grey district, Maroon district, Orange district, Scarlet district and White district. If you were living in Orange district, like the Hath family, you would have to wear orange clothes. First Kestrel starts to go a bit wild, she climbs up the wind singer and starts yelling at all of the officials that try to make her come down. The Hath family gets split up, Kestrel and Bowman are searching for the voice of the Wind Singer, Ira Hath and little Pinpin are left to deal with being moved down to Grey district, and Hanno Hath is plotting against the high examiners with his fellow examinees. This book has a lot of very different characters, for example, the people from brown district are covered in mud and have adapted to life below Aramanth. Mumpo is one of the quirkiest characters in this book, he is obsessed with Kestrel, and is always hungry. Bowman is the most sensitive, because he can read peoples minds, and connect with them in some way. Kestrel is hot headed and doesn’t really think before she acts. The twins, Kestrel and Bowman, can speak to each other through their minds, which helps them a lot. My favourite character is Kestrel, because she has a bit of an attitude. I liked this book because you could picture the entire story, which is a major part. This book has a mix of emotions, anger, sadness, happiness and love. This book has a great ending, which leaves the reader feeling that the story has ended at the perfect place of the story. I really liked this book because even though the Hath family goes through a lot of hardships, they eventually make it. I didn’t like this book because Kestrel, Bowman and Mumpo almost get killed three times, which I thought was quiet sad. Overall I think this is a great book and would recommend it to anyone who likes a good fantasy adventure. This would be a good book for anyone above the age of 9. I give this book 4 and a half out of 5. This book is the first in a series of three, I would definitely read the rest in the series.

Reading Task 2 Term 3 2009
Author: Emily Rodda ISBN: 1-86504-971-9 Publisher: Scholastic Genre: Adventure, Fantasy Number of Pages: 94 pages Recommendation: I recommend this book for children above the age of 9 || This is a thrilling adventure-fantasy story about a 16 year old boy named Lief, what he doesn’t know is that his father, Jarred used to live in the Palace of Deltora. Jarred escaped the night that the king died, Endon had to stay at his fathers side all night. Jarred had to escape because the kings chief advisor, Prandine was looking for him. Jarred takes refuge at an old blacksmiths house, the blacksmith cares for him until the blacksmith passes away. The blacksmith has a daughter, Anna, Jarred marries Anna. When the time came, Jared used a secret passage to enter the palace to save the king, that day is when the stones from the belt of Deltora disappear. Jarred farewells the king Endon and his wife Sharn. When Anna and Jarred’s child, Lief turns 16, Jarred reveals the truth. Lief must go on a quest to find the rest of the jewels for the belt of Deltora. So, the quest begins! I really liked this book because it kept you reading, I couldn’t put the book down. This book had really good description of the characters, which is a part of the book I really liked. This book had tiny pictures, every now and again like with the shadow lords brand, it showed a little picture, so it helped with the description. This book has all eight of the books of Deltora Quest one, I am only doing this review on the first book in the series, The Forest of Silence. My favourite character was Jasmine, she has two pets Filli, a weird and wide eyed creature and Kree, a black raven. Jasmine has sharper senses than Barda and Lief, Jasmine can sense an enemy that’s about to strike. Jasmine has sharper senses because she is used to living in the forests of silence, so she has adapted to life all on her own. My least favourite character is of course, the Shadow Lord. Because he takes over the Kingdom and the Shadow lands start to invade Deltora and with it they bring starvation, death and cruelty. I don’t like the Shadow Lord, because as soon as he brands a building, the building can no longer be used or lived in. Overall I really enjoyed this book, had good description, good plot, great ending and really cool characters. This is a book I would recommend to anyone who likes a good adventure fantasy, but only for people above the age of 9. I give this book 4 and a half out of 5!
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I could have tried to improve my explanation on why I liked the book !

Reading Task 1 Term 3 2009
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