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The Eskimo Way of Life

The book about survival in the arctic that I read was called Frozen Fire and the author and artist is (Ta-da!)… James Houston!

There are 2 main characters in this book and they are: Matthew and his new friend Kayak!
Matthew has his father’s watchful grey eyes and his mother’s sandy colored hair; he is tall and strong, so big that he outgrows his clothes. He’s adventurous when he goes with his father to lots of places like Arizona and Mexico; he is also determined because he searched for his father and Charlie (the helicopter driver) even though there was a huge storm outside and finally, he is smart because he learned a lot about geology from his father which was pretty useful for prospecting rocks.

Kayak, on the other hand, is short, very brave and considerate, because he went with Matthew to find Matthew’s father knowing it fully was a roaring blizzard full of traps out there but he still went for someone who he really cared for, and he took the risk of losing a life by making Matthew follow only his footprints. Plus, he lived in the arctic from the very beginning so he knows all about the arctic; he learned hunting from his father and is very good at hunting; he’s also crafty because he could carve a small bear out of a bear’s tooth; and finally, he’s good at survival for he made fire with just a seal’s heart, steel wool, a match and flint stone. There is one last personality that differs them from each other, and at the same time, makes them compatible– Kayak is very talkative while Matthew, on the other hand, is not.

I would like to be Matthew’s friend because he is adventurous (life should be a bit more exciting!) and we know different know-hows… but he is also crazily obsessed with gold when he found so much (it’s creepy!).
In addition, let us not forget the minor characters! They are like Matthew’s dad, Charlie, Kayak’s family members, the wild people and the RCMP.

Somehow, you do not yet know where or when this story takes place, (I know…) well now you do! It takes place in or on Baffin Island in the peaceful little town of Frobisher with -40 degrees Celsius… but it started in downtown Montreal, 5 am and in winter…

Matthew and his father go to the town of Frobisher to search for precious minerals, but Matthew’s father, too eager to wait for the storm to pass, set out with Charlie, and fails to return. However, when the weather goes from bad to worst as the Air Rescue Force fail to set out in search of the missing men, Matthew and his Inuit friend Kayak have no choice but to secretly search for the missing men. They face a few obstacles like surviving against bone-chilling winds, lack of food, starving beasts killing, shredding, chomping and ripping apart whatever they could find and slowly sucking the life out of them… well, you get the point. However, even in the darkest moments, the total loss of hope, they have gotten past whatever stood in their path. (Well maybe the huge pile of gold they found) Eventually, they were rescued by Charlie in Matilda (his helicopter not his wife) after Charlie saw the seal blood circle made by Kayak. Then they found out what and how Charlie and Matthew’s father survived to get back to Frobisher and lived happily ever after… well, maybe not.

If I met the author, I would ask him, “Why did you write this book? Did that ever happen to you? I mean, going out to find something but not coming back? Or going out to find someone when they are missing? Or even going through the difficulties that Matthew and Kayak went through? Or even better, you have friends like Kayak in the Arctic?”
After seeing all that, you should know that I would recommend this book. Why? Because it tells us, “It’s a cold, cold world out there. You will never know what will happen to you! Plus no one will serve you happiness on a silver platter!” It also includes some tips for surviving in the Arctic and talks about how good friends Matthew and Kayak are (Friends help each other!). The point is,

ENJOY THE BOOK AND LET YOUR IMAGINATION RUN TO ITS FULLEST EXTENT!!! And beyond!!! (Maybe not)
F.I.N.

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A Boy and His Paddle

“The Broken Blade” is a tale of a boy from 200 years ago who paddled to make money for his family, written by William Durbin.

The main character is a blond 13-year-old boy named Pierre. Before he paddled, he wasn’t very strong, but after, he grew stronger and buffer. He is responsible because when his father accidentally chopped off his thumb, Pierre took his dad’s place as a voyageur when his father couldn’t paddle. He’s also determined, brave and adventurous since he kept paddling on the canoe with other voyageurs even when he thought it would be too dangerous or when his muscles ached, but still scared in being the youngest member and it was his first time there.

Yes, I’d like to be Pierre’s friend because he’s adventurous and determined, and we could go on an adventure together in a forest or a jungle.

There are some minor characters in the story: Pierre’s mother, father and older sister, Camille, Doctor Guilliard and his daughter, Celeste, Pierre’s canoe mates, Bellegarde, Commander McKay, Charbonneau, La Petite, Beloit, La Londe, the Natives they met: The leader, Mukwa and Kennewah, his daughter.

The story takes place 200 years ago, 1800, in old Montreal…
13-year-old Pierre wakes up to find his father, who lost his thumb during a wood-cutting accident. Pierre decides to take his dad’s place as a voyageur to deliver goods to Grand Portage, 2400 miles away, and back. After he says his good-byes, he sets out on his adventure. At first, they reached a church, said their prayers for good luck on the trip and went on. After a while, they raced the other canoes to camp on the North side of Ottawa Lake, unfortunately, Pierre who was not used to extreme paddling, made his group lose and they had to get the firewood. The next morning, they had to carry the packs up the trail. Pierre’s pack was rigged with some musket balls but he managed to get it up. He soon found out that some of the men bet on him getting the pack up, which made him feel stupid for falling for the trick. Then they paddled in icy water and Pierre’s hand bled so La Londe told Pierre to think of something other than paddling and paddling would be easier for him. They then paddled to the front of the rapids and took a rest. La Londe gave Pierre some money and a knife from the bet he won. They stopped and made camp for the night. They had duck soup that night when La Petite’s bowman shot the duck. That night, Pierre learned about La Londe’s past and while they ate, the men did the kettle dance. The next morning, they paddled through the rain but Pierre didn’t take his shirt off, making him itch with flies, however, he forgot about his hand’s pain until the next stop. The next morning, they reached Lake Nipissing, where Pierre saw a bunch of paddle cross while taking a walk. After, they went downstream on the French River but when they came near the bottom, La Londe slipped in an attempt to get the boats away from danger. Pierre felt terrible for what happened. They made a cross for La Londe and continued to paddle, this time, with Beloit as Pierre’s canoe’s bowman. On the next few days, they experienced harsh weather paddling. On the other day, Beloit and Bellegarde got into a fight and La Petite also got in a fight with Beloit but they got it over with when La Petite gave Beloit a hard punch.

When they reached Grande portage, Charbonneau showed Pierre the place and explained about the 2 different camps and the Natives. Then, Charbonneau introduced his native friend, Mukwa. After dinner, the men danced with the women and Pierre also joined along after a while. McKay also explained about the process of trade with the Natives to Pierre while Charbonneau explained about how he got to meet Mukwa. They then went into Mukwa’s tent and had a lot to eat plus, he met Kennewah, Mukwa’s oldest daughter and Kewatin, Mukwa’s youngest son. The next day, Pierre went to a clearing, where he met Kennewah and helped her pick berries. When they were ready to go, McKay gave Pierre a book called The Journals and Letters of Pierre Gaultier de Varennes de la Vérndrye and his sons and Pierre and his canoe mates won their first race. Pierre was then glad to be home when he finally arrived back at Montreal, which was quicker thanks to his newly-grown muscles.

If I had the chance to meet the author, I’d ask, “What inspired you to write this? Did you go canoing and experience some of this, or did you hear a story once and you would like to write something like that?”

I would recommend this book to people because it tells about courage, bravery and canoing history from 200 years ago! People reading this might think about canoing as well or going on an adventure one day.

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The Tale of two Rulers

Bridge to Terabithia was written by Katherine Paterson. I read it with great interest. It’s about two best friends Jesse Oliver Aarons and Leslie Burke who are in our ages.

Jess has straw colored hair, doesn’t have another pair of shoes other than his worn-out sneakers; but still, he is very athletic, hard-working and determined. He runs everyday in the morning in summer to make himself not a best but the very best runner in the 3, 4 and 5 grades.

He is creative too. He likes to draw crazy animals with problems. He is also thoughtful. He told the bus driver to drop him off at a “Free Puppies” place to secretly get Leslie a puppy. What’s more, he is really smart. He found out a way to humiliate Janice Avery — one of the bullies in his school.

Leslie has brown hair and always wears shorts. She is imaginative. She and Jess created the kingdom of Terabithia. She is mischievous. She wrote the humiliation letter to Janice. She is considerate. She gave Jess a set of paint with paper.

She’s also helpful by talking with Janice about what she was crying about in the girls’ washroom, even though they don’t like Janice very much.

I would like to be Jess’ friend because he’s very determined like me, (well, sometimes) and I’m also very creative like him because I also make up things, unusual things, but I don’t run that well like him.

There are some minor characters in this book such as Jess’ family members, his two teachers Miss Edmunds, Mrs. Myers, Leslie’s parents and the school bully Janice Avery.

The story took place in a small town called Virginia; the school was called Lark Creek Elementary and the magical kingdom they made in the middle of the woods was called Terabithia. The story began in the morning at Jess’ home.

Like all stories, there was a problem in this book when Leslie tried to swing to Terabithia on the rope of the old crab apple tree while Jess was with Miss Edmunds at the museum; the rope came loose and Leslie fell and hit her head on a rock and died.

Jess coped with it by trying to forget it but it seemed as if it wouldn’t go away and he was so angry that he threw his paints and papers into a mud puddle. Then he went to the Burke’s place and Leslie’s father Bill gave him her paints and paper but he didn’t want to give away the puppy P.T. and surprisingly, Jess let the Burkes keep P.T.

It was solved when Jess went to the creek and found a tree trunk that fell between the bank and the other side; he crossed it and looked for Terabithia. When he got there, he heard his sister May Belle’s cry and went back to find her on the “bridge” and slowly got her up again and took her to Terabithia and told her about the Terabithians saying that a new queen would come…

I would say to the author that this book was very good although with some tragedy in it and that I would recommend this book because Jess and Leslie have very good characteristics and friendship is very important for Jess to solve his problem. The book teaches a lesson in life: when something bad happens, you have to move on, not live in despair of it.

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The Tale of two Dragons

Allo mate! Today, I’ll tell ye all about the Silver Birch book called, “The Dragon Prince” by “Vicki Blum”. So, there are two dragons, Ember and Brand. Ember is a green female dragon; she has multi-personalities and is hard to describe. For example she was trying to protect the kid that appeared in her cave but when she went with Brand to talk with Cidrok (a dragon of legend) and when Cidrok said that one of his men was going along to deliver the boy, she changed her mind and tried to run (or fly) away. But in the middle of their journey, she got along with Prince Shadrel (the kid’s name) and Yemah (Cidrok’s man’s name). Brand on the other hand, is a red male dragon; he is one of the offsprings of Shadrel’s father (a dragon lord) ‘s dragon. Brand is determined to deliver the prince to Kowtow where Shadrel’s father rules as king. He’s also brave when he fought the brood father (the leader of their group of dragons) at the shores of Kowtow– and nearly died, meaning he is also loyal to not let the others die.

I would like to be their friend since they are both very different from each other and it would also be interesting to see creatures from another world. They could also protect me from danger and I could teach them more about us humans so they know what to do and not to do.

There are minor characters that made this book be possible: Shadrel, Brood Mother and Father, Cidrok, Yemah, Hafen (the sea serpent that carried Ember, Brand, Yemah and the Prince to Kowtow), King Briais (Shadrel’s father) and Licea (the healer).

This story was starting in Ember’s cave, in Callore and in an unknown time… There was a kid (the prince) in her cave when she woke up; the kid made a sneezing sound and Brood Mother (the protector of the young dragons) came to take the kid to be eaten by B.F. (Brood Father). Ember asked for Brand’s help when she met him. They then got the prince out to the mountains when they noticed that the prince could use magic. In the mountains they met Cidrok, along with his human friends. Cidrok told Ember and Brand all they needed to know for sending Prince Shadrel to his father, King Briais in Kowtow. Ember and Brand also took one of Cidrok’s men called Yemah with them. On the way, they met an unexpected surprise– an ambush by desert people in the desert! The desert people tried to extract information about the whereabouts of the king, however, just in the nick of time did locusts show up, making the desert people run away and the Prince used his magic to tell the locusts to cut their ropes; with that, they escaped. After a few days, they reached the great sea and called a sea serpent, Hafen, to carry them to Kowtow. Not long after, Brood Father and a swarm of scout dragons appeared in the sky and Brand took into the sky and had a raging battle with Brood Father. Meanwhile, Ember went underwater when Hafen did, wondering what happened to Yemah and the Prince, and found the Prince and Yemah safe, but she saw Brand badly hurt from the battle. Luckily, Brood Father was driven away. Ember got them all on the shore and Yemah told her where to go and what to do. She went to the King’s castle and told him what happened and after Ember took a rest, the king got a healer, Licea and took off to the shore. Unfortunately, desert people have landed on the shores and were attacking and a battle went on while Ember’s little group got back to the castle. Licea healed Brand but he seemed to be still sleeping so Ember focused on Brand and appeared in his dream, trying to convince him to wake up. He woke up after a while of convincing and they prepared to leave unnoticed when the townspeople were outside just waiting for them. Brand got told by the king about his father– Skortch, the king’s dragon. Yemah told the folks ’bout their adventures and they went away calling a whale to carry them. When they arrived at Cidrok’s mountain, Cidrok taught the youngsters what they needed to know and told Brand about using magic wisely. Ember and Brand flew off. When stumbling upon a pool, they looked into it seeing that they have grown much from their adventure. They then flew off to find Skortch in the far north.

If I met the author of this book, I’d ask, “Who are you most like in the book?” or “Where did Kowtow and Callore’s names come from?” and “Is there a continuation of this book?” I’m curious about the names that she came up with for the places and I ‘d like to read the continuation too.

I’d recommend this book because it is a fiction-type of book with dragons and other mythological beings, full of imagination. I also like books about fiction adventure– like “Eragon”. These kinds of books can let us be pulled from the real world sometimes (the mind actually). Here is the end of my tale so go and enjoy this book!

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Pathway to Freedom

News: Slaves for sale, runaway slaves, abolitionist wrecks havoc $1200 reward for apprehending him… *tosses newspaper aside*

Slave owners some hundred years or so ago… can’t get enough slaves… horrible humans. Hun? Oh! Right, as you heard, there’s slavery aboard in USA early as I can remember… Yes, bad time to be in!

Getting back, this book we’ve been reading is Underground to Canada by Barbara Smucker! It is a tale of courage, hope, slavery, and much others. Two black slave girls taken from their families, were planning to escape to Canada because of all the insanity on that god-forsaken no-good plantation of those Rileys… those two girls are called… Julilly (or June Lilly) and her friend, Liza!

Julilly is a tall, strong kid and is still growing, as her mom and Sims (the overseer for the Rileys’ plantation) had said near the beginning (big for her age of 12). She is thoughtful; she always looked out for Liza. She is also very courageous; she planned to escape to Canada no matter the cost and she got water for the children in the wagon when they were thirsty, since no one else dared. Oh, she’s quite clever for a slave girl and she’s also very kind-hearted. She did seem to know what to do when they were all thirsty in the wagon; when she poured water over the three mens’ legs in the wagon and during their escape, she told Liza that they were in Canada when Liza thought they were exposed in public.

Liza is bent-backed from too much beatings, and… quite the opposite of Julilly. She’s thankful when Julilly picked the higher branches, also, she’s kind by being the only person in the plantation to talk with Julilly. But she’s tough on the inside like Julilly. Determined too, like Julilly, they want one thing–escape. Liza is mostly like Julilly in a lot of ways and not much differences.

I’d like to be their friend in that they are very determined like a T- Rex, waiting for the right time then… springs into action! And I also feel responsibility for almost everything on this land!!!

Here are some of the minor characters that made this book possible: Mammy Sally, Adam, Lester, Ben, Sims, Mr. Ross, Levi Coffin, slave owners, slave hunters, Slaves, innocent bystanders and members of the Underground Railway.

This story starts about 150 years ago, in southern USA, Henson plantation near Richmond, Virginia. It was morning… Missy Henson sold her slaves to slave traders who were from the deep south and the slaves include Julilly who got separated from her mother; her mom told her about not forgetting Canada, the country that lets everyone in there be free, when they got separated.

When Julilly arrived at the Riley’s plantation in the deep south, she met Liza, the only girl in the cabin that talked to her and Liza also knew about Canada.

The plantation was a HORRIBLE place to be in! The owner feeds food to slaves which they usually feed pigs; the cabins are dark, smelly and creepy at night in the fields; the overseer whips whoever works slowly and there is only a 15-minute break in the whole 4 a.m.- 10 or 11 p.m.

One day, A. Ross, an abolitionist of the Underground Railroad arrives at the plantation as a visitor, saying he is a Canadian bird-studier and picks Adam and Lester, two of the three slave men that walked with the wagon to the Riley’s plantation, to help him navigate through the forest. After, Julilly and Liza met Mr.Ross at night, planing to escape. They find a helper of Mr.Ross and the man drives them to an abandoned farm, not long afterward, Adam and Lester were caught. Then the girls start journeying to Canada… alone.

On their journey, they live on a few berries and water but when they try to ask for some food from a woman in a hut, she threatens them away with a gun. Their luck finally showed up when they met a white man that took them to the Appalachians where they met the Mennonites, people who spoke “German” and they got a bath, food and rest until the next day, when slave traders came to the village to find the runaway slaves.

They ran, but not far when a ferocious storm kicked up and they were forced to take shelter under a rock; after they got down from the mountains, they met a generous old slave man that gave them his food to help and went back to work.

They followed some train tracks to Jeb Brown’s, a kind black man working for the Underground Railroad that hides and rows black slaves across the Ohio; they got food and learned about the Underground Railroad, an organization of black and white people revolving against slavery secretly by helping slaves sneaking away to Canada, but after a sheriff came, that meant their visit was over and they were rowed across after they hid in the upstairs and were met by an Underground Railroad member in a horse-drawn wagon and he rode them to Levi Coffin (the “president” of the Underground Railroad) ‘s home.

They ate and got clothes there as well as hid there when another sheriff came to the home; soon after Julilly and Liza’s visit, the two girls left on a horse-drawn carriage and were dropped off at a REAL railroad station where they were in bags to be disguised as “dried goods” and they spent time on the train eating and were met by Mr.Ross at one station and went to a ship– The Mayflower and were then met by the captain, who showed them their cabin on the ship and told them about how to open the door.

Soon after, there were slave hunters aboard to search the ship top to bottom so the captain hid the girls in the lifeboat where they had some food and when the captain returned with the men some time after they didn’t find the slaves and they sailed away.

The next day Julilly, Liza and the captain arrived at Canada, and they saw a man waving towards them when they remembered they were in Canada–FREE! They were then rode to St. Catherine’s, a small city in southern Canada, Lester (who also escaped) ‘s new job town and he held a surprise… see later.

Julilly and Liza found out even though they were free, they couldn’t read but they met a person they haven’t met in a long time– Mammy Sally (Julilly’s mom). Yes, Julilly was ENLIGHTENED. They talked about their adventure to Canada and Mammy Sally sang words that turned to a song. Each one of them had a future to think about, living on the new free land.

If I ever met the author of this book, I’d ask some questions such as, “Interesting story, but are you going to write some more?” or “Are you going to write your own introduction?” Because I see L.H.’s but not B.S.’s and I enjoyed this story very much, lots of suspense– and you can shape a small and blurry picture of what it says in the book. Well written and yes, I like these kinds of books and much others.

I’d recommend this book to lots of people; it tells how life was like back then, how cruel slave traders were, how gracious the abolitionists were and how difficult it is for them to take even two slaves across the border. This book is also excellent for history learners or non-history learners to have a view of the past.

In the book, the blacks of St. Catherine can’t read or write. So if I was the mayor of that town, first, I would build a school there and provide supplies for the blacks. Then, if the whites and blacks get along, I can move the students from the blacks’ school into the whites’ school; if not then I’ll keep things the way they are. Finally, I’ll let the blacks have a few more jobs and raise their salary by 5%.

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