Summer Work Entry Four

I choose Revovler by Marcus Sedgwick because when I was looking at the list I was finding books reading a little bit about them and then I got to Revovler. I was already curious because the setting is in the Artic Circle. I personaly love the snow, winter and the cold. I read the back of the book it was about gold in the Artic Circle and this Revolver, so I went to Amazon and got me a copy. There was some personal connections through out the book. The main character Sig is the same age as me and there was a point in the book where he remembered back when he was little and played in the snow with his sister. Sometimes I see the snow and remember my brother and I in the snow playing, so i thought that was cool we had that conncection. I would reccomend this book to mostly everybody but especialy to people who like mystery, to be shocked and the curiosity of what will happen next. This is because you just don;t know what will happen next and your always learning new things throughout the book. I really hope you will go out and read this book.

Summer Work Entry Three

There is a section in my book that has the intent of hooking to potential readers.This section is toward the begining of the book. " 'Did you know my father?' Wolff filled the room like a threat, ominous, sinister and unknowable. He was covered almost entirely by his long leather greatcoat, once stark black but now a softer, mottled thing of shadows. His face still unsettled Sig, and now he realized it was the man's eyes that had this effect on him. The lower half of Wolff's face was obscured by his beard, and as he pulled the wide-brimmed hat from his head, Sig saw again that he either was bald or had shaved his head to the scalp. 'Did?' he said. Sig spotted his mistake but saw an explanation.'In Nome. Did you know him in Nome?' 'Oh, yes,' said Wolff, and smiled. Sig wanted to be sick. Wolff seemed to be mulling something over, calculating perhaps, and then he blew Sig's game wide open. 'Is that your Pappa under the blanket,boy?'" This is a very hooking section of the book because you just met Wolff; this giant of a man. He comes into your house and says he knows your father from 10 years ago and your father died this morning. I kind of want to know what will happen because why would he be tracking him for ten years? There is a giant in your house with a gun and your father is dead and he has been looking for him for ten year. I really want to know what happens that is hooking for you.

Summer Work Entry Two

The book I am reading is Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick. Sig's wants or desire is a little foggy so far in the book. before his father's death and also did a day to day routine, but he always enjoy seeing his father. After Einar died he couldn't look at his father. he tried to dig a grave but couldn't. He just wants his father back but he knows it wont happen. Einar desires was to just see the beauty of things, he saw beauty in his guns and his children and he loved both. Anna desires are to take care of her little brother as she plays the role of a mom. Wolff desires to finish the business he had with Einar and it was probably with gold because there was a gold rush back in Nome.I think a theme early in the book is that things are beautiful on the inside. Einar shows his kids this by telling them all about how the gun works and the amazing things that make it work. My book is structured in chapters from the present and the past to learn about what happen at Nome. They switch on and off between the present and the past to help understand what is happening.

Summer Work Entry One

The book I am reading for the summer is Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick. The major characters in my book are Sig- a boy around the age of 15, Sig's father Einar- a man who loves his revolver, Sig's sister Anna- she is an older sister that acts like a mom to Sig, and Gunther Wolff- a hulk of a man. The setting of my book is in the arctic circle in the years 1899 to 1910. there are two major cites up there and they are Giron and Nome. Sig and his family live in Giron in a cabin outside the city near a frozen lake. The conflict of the story is that Wolff had some unfinished business with Einar when they used to live in Nome. Now 10 year later in Giron Wolff finds them but, a day too late because Einar has died and now Sig must finish his business. I am going to predict that Sig will attempt to shoot Wolff with his dad's lucky revolver in the store room but Wolff will probably stop him because he is a giant of a man. this prediction is similar to my thoughts in another book I have read The Good Thief where the boy also lost his father and tries to uses a gun but fails.

Review of the Melting Sea

The book the Melting Sea was an ok book in my opinion because I have read many books in the series and this one is the same old same old. They just were walking through the melting sea the whole time and the obstacle were less difficult and less life threatening and the reader is not really engage. I found it a lot boring because their was more talking then action. I can't really say what is at the end of the melting sea but that did't impress me as other ending. Overall it was a downgrade from the previous books.

Why the author wrote this

I think first of all the main reason Erin Hunter wrote this is because of her love of animals. Before the Seekers series she wrote the Warriors series. This was about cats and how they explored places and fought with other clans and there were many different adventures. It is similar in the Seekers because it's bears and they go on quests and they both have these spirits. She also likes to play out how these animals think when they see humans because who doesn't want to know what their dog is saying.In conclusion I think she wrote this for her love of animals and their adventures in the world.

Characters dealing with the conflict

Kallik made her decision to search for her brother in the melting sea which was very dangerous. They had various struggles to deal with but they were headstrong knowing they could do it. The bears deal with conflict by pushing aside anything that is thrown at them such as swimming long distances, orcas, storms and more.They finally over come this conflict by finding her brother, but there is always another conflict the book cant end yet. Kallik must decide to stay with her brother or continue to travel with her friends. Instead of headstrong I think she followed her heart not even thinking.