Icecore past number one

1. Icecore
2. Matt Whyman
3. up to Chapter 10
4. The bad guys have taken the main character to a prison in the Arctic because he broke into the Fort Knox website and now terrorists are using his hacking to get our gold. He is trying to find a way to escape as they transport him so he can go back and stop the terrorists.
5. It's pretty good. At the end of each chapter the author leaves you hanging and you to want to read more
6. The author has made up a whole series that he can keep using the same characters. This is the first one in the series
7. The theme is a mystery. It is hard to tell who is the good guy and who is the bad guy
8. Carl He is a genius and can hack into computer systems. He has changed in that he has found out how serious things can get if you hack into things. He now is thinking that it isn't a game anymore.
9. "I think the worst is over," I say. Williams ignores me but I don't turn and face the front. "I just wish that applied to me as much as it does to you." Williams is talking only about the flight but Carl is worried about what will happen to him in prison.
10. I'm wondering about how Carl is going to escape from the prison.

1. Escape from Furnace: Fugitives
2. Alexander Gordon Smith
3. I have read up to Page 228 of the 270 total pages in the book
4. The main characters have escaped from a very strange prison full of weird creatures and messed up people. The warden released the rest of the prisoners so they could catch the escapees and take over the city and maybe the world by using the nectar they can drink to become very strong. Some of the people who get the nectar don't change into the strong men and become mutants and they must be killed.
5. I think the book is awesome because it talks about prisons, violence, monsters, and war. That's the kind of stuff I like.
6.This book is part of a series and is Number 4. The author does a great job of leaving you hanging at the end of each book and you want to read the next one. The plot stays the same with the prison idea but it keeps changing each time.
7. It's about kids using their brains to escape the prison and get help to free the other kids in the prison.
8. Alex is the best and he is the main character of all of the books. He is good because he is smart, has common sense, is a good fighter, is bionic, and is good leader when he wants the other kids to work together.
9. "The warden didn't experiment on your you-know-what, did he?" I like this because it is funny and the guy who said this, Simon, likes to mess around.
10. Why does Alex always keep getting caught and how do they know where to go to find him? Is there a snitch in the prison?

1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
2.J.K. Rowling
3. Chapter 8
4. Harry was trying to find out who was trying to steal the Sorcerer's Stone because he thinks Snape is on Valtimort's side.
5. I think it is good because it's interesting and what happens is exciting with some sad tossed in.
6. This is part of a series that shows the students at Hogwarts as they grow up. She had more ideas and couldn't put all of them in one book.
7. Innocent versus evil. How the innocent tries to solve using magic what the bad guys are doing.
8. Harry Potter He is the best at using the magic and solving the mystery. It is fun when he finds out he has a new magic skill he didn't know about.
9. Hagrid is telling Harry what happened to his parents. "You-know-who killed 'em. An' then  ------- an' this is the myst'ry of the thing ----- he tried to kill you, too." and now Harry is worried that he will come back to try and kill him too.
10. I wondered if Valdimort is trying to steal the stone and use it to fight Harry and kill him.
 

Rachel Hebert-Post #3

I'm reading The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein. I'm more than halfway through the book. Right now in the book, Bilbo Baggins is saving his dwarf friends from giant spiders with a special sword that spiders apparently don't seem to like all that much, and of course, the ring after all of them entered this spooky forest and all but Bilbo got tied up in spider silk. The book is extremely good. There are no boring parts and you can tell that the author spent his time trying to think like the characters and put that point of view in the book.
    I think that J.R.R. Tolkien wrote this because it seems like this would be the sort of thing that he would have daydreamt about as a kid, and he wanted to cram all those ideas into the book. Or, from using what my sister told me, because he was in WWI, there's a theory that he based the magical world in the book off of the different feuding countries in the war.
   I think one of the themes in this story is that someone who is very underestimated can end up being more of a hero than those who underestimated him(Bilbo, of course.)
   Bilbo has to be my favorite character because he's funny when he's not trying to be and he's also courageous and willing to try new things, which is pretty much the whole journey for him. He's grown alot throughout the course of the book. He's become more daring and adventurous, and I think he's now wanting to prove all of the people, or other magical creatures, wrong.
    “A box without hinges, key, or lid,
     Yet golden treasure inside is hid.” 
   
  “Alive without breath,
    As cold as death;
    Never thirsty, ever drinking,
    All in mail never clinking.” 
   
Those riddles are two of my favorites in the book. They're important to the story because it shows how clever Bilbo can be.

   I don't really have any questions about my book except what's going to hapen at the end!

-The answer to the first riddle was an egg, and the answer to the second was a fish

Alex Felton Blog Post 3

I am reading the Maze Runner by James Dashner. I am almost done with the book. It is about a boy, named Thomas, and he was sent up an elevator one day and brought into a new world, the Glade. The Glade is a place that was made by people. In the Glade, are boys of ages ranging from 12 to 20, they have made a life of their own for two years. It is a huge stone-enclosed area that has doors that open in the day. The stone walls open up to a huge maze that the Gladers have been trying to solve for two years, but have had no luck. Not much has happened in the Glade, every 30 days a new boy is sent up the elevator, with their memory wiped clean. But this all changes when Thomas shows up in the elevator, that day things start to become weird around there. Then, the very next day a girl shows up, and her and Thomas find out that they have a connection and they are telepathic. From that day on things dramatically change and Thomas and the girl, Teresa start to figure out how the Gladers can escape the Glade. Right now I am where they have just devised a plan and are leaving to go see if it works. Their plan seems simple, but it is very scary and hard to do. I am excited to see the outcome; if they escape or not.
I really like this book, it keeps you guessing and on your toes. I like the authors way of thinking and describing the story. I can't wait to see what happens at the end!
I think that the author either had a dream about the future, or let his mind run wild. The book is so weird and good at the same time. It is cool how he takes the future and his imagination and writes about it. This guy has pretty cool ideas, and that is why I think he wrote the Maze Runner.
I think the theme is bravery. To go through what these kids are going through, you have to be very brave and trust yourself. They are doing stuff that no one would imagine having to do as an adult, better yet a child. Thomas plays a very brave person in this novel and its really cool how the author describes it.
My favorite character is Chuck. Chuck is Thomas's friend. Even in the darkest times in the Glade, Chuck is always upbeat and motivating to the other Gladers. Chuck does anything he is asked of and never refuses to stop trying to help to escape the maze. Even when Thomas doesn't realize it, Chuck is always there for him if he falls down. Chuck is a character in the book, but anyone would want someone like him as their friend.
"You can do this." This is a quote from the book. It is what Thomas thinks to himself as they leave for their plan. I thought it was important because it shows that he still has hope and he will always be fighting to escape the maze.
My question is: Will they escape the maze?

olivia post 3

I am reading a Deadly Little Secret and the author is Laurie Faira Stolarz. I am currently on chapter 11 and Cameila's ex boy friend asked her for help to totutor him in a language class. The way he repays her is looking up this guy that saved her life is is supposedly killed his girlfriend. This book is a good book and it has some action and suspense that is the reason I like it. I think the author wrote this book about her teen years or so modern teens years. To talk about her or some teens life. I think the theme of this book is friendship and to show you how these particular teens get along as friends. I think the best charector in this book is Cameila because she is always happy and gets along well with everybody. I do not have any questions on what is going on in my book.

3rd blog Dillon Drake

     I am reading the first book in the Black Butler graphic novel series. Yana Toboso wrote this series. I am on the third chapter in the first book. So far the master of the Phantomfive family has been kidnapped and Sebastian, the butler, is coming to save him.
      I like this series because it has a lot of action. The butler also has a good sense of humor and all around good guy. I think the author wrote this to create a good storyline for older teens. I believe this was her motivation because most older teens love books with action. The theme in the first book is protection because Sebastian keeps him protected and will protect him at all costs.
     The best character is Sebastian the butler because he can do many things while being devoted to protecting his master. A quotation from the first book is by Sebastian when he says, "Only two kinds of people exist in this world, those who steal and those who are stolen from." This is important because it shows his values. Some questions I have is what is going to happen, and who really is Sebastian?