יום שלישי, 5 ביוני 2012


Narnia
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe




Book description

Narnia

By C.S Lewis

59 shekels

 First published :2005

312 pages


Plot summary




Pitter, Sozen ,Edmond and Lossie are British children who finds a Wardrobe that leads them to The Narnia world  they must ally with the talking Lion Aslan against the forces of the White Witch, who has the world under an eternal winter.

When the brave four children are open in a war against the evil witch , they are making a huge step for Narnia.

Are they will succeed? Will Narnia will be a good place for magical creatures ?
All these questions depended on the Young fighters !













Review:
I enjoyed reading these book because I like fantasy and adventure books, when I started to read I couldn’t stop myself  from reading .
I highly recommend reading this wonderful book!



יום שבת, 2 ביוני 2012

Assessment

Dear Students,

Your assignment will be assessed according to the following criteria:

1. Your book descriptions includes: name of book, writer, when was it published, number of pages, name of bublisher (2 points)
2. Your plot summary is clear and well understood (5 points)
3. Your review expresses your opnion (3 points)

Wishing you the best of luck

יום שלישי, 29 במאי 2012

Island of the blue dolphins


by -James b.clark          

price - 20$

first puplished - 1915

main characters - karana



Plot summary

a girl named Karana, and that is her secret name. Wonapalei is her common name
Later, the "replacement chief", Chief Kimki, leaves the island for new land in the east. Eventually, he is able to send a ship to bring his people to the mainland, even though he himself does not return. The white men came to Karana's village and told them to pack their goods and go to the ship. Karana's brother, Ramo left the ship to retrieve his fishing spear. Although Karana urges the captain to wait for her brother Ramo to return, the ship must leave before a storm approaches. Karana jumps off the ship and swims to shore, and the ship departs without them
More time goes by, and Rontu passes away. She soon finds a young pup that is clearly his son and takes him in, naming him Rontu-Aru ("Son of Rontu"). One day, Karana sees the sails of a ship. It docks at the shore, but it then leaves. Two years later, in the spring, the boat comes back, so she dresses in her finest attire and goes to the shore to meet the boat. Her rescuers realize her attire will not be appropriate for the mainland, and they have a dress made for her. Although she does not like the dress, Karana realizes that this is part of her new life. The ship sails away, and takes Karana and Rontu-Aru to the mission in Santa Barbara, California

reviews
I really enjoyed reading this story It was
wonderful ..




brave heart ( by aseel f. haj yahya)

                                                
Book  description

by randall wallace

price: 14.13$

first published in 1995

number of pages: 38

publisher: pearson education






Plot
In the 13th century, after several years of political unrest, Scotland is invaded and conquered by King Edward I of England (known as "Longshanks") (McGoohan).
Young William Wallace witnesses the treachery of Longshanks, survives the death of his father and brother, and is taken abroad by his uncle where he is educated. Years later, Longshanks grants his noblemen land and privileges in Scotland, including Primae Noctis, the right of the lord to take a newly married Scottish woman into his bed on the wedding night. When he returns home, Wallace (Gibson), intending to live peacefully, falls in love with his childhood sweetheart Murron MacClannough (McCormack), and they marry in secret so that she does not have to spend a night in the bed of the English lord.
When an English soldier tries to rape Murron, Wallace fights off several soldiers and the two attempt to flee. But Murron is captured and publicly executed by the village sheriff, who proclaims "an assault on the King's soldiers is the same as an assault on the King himself." In retribution, Wallace and several villagers slaughter the English garrison and execute the sheriff.
Wallace is now compelled to rebel against the English, and as his legend spreads, hundreds of Scots from the surrounding clans join him. Wallace leads his army to victory at the Battle of Stirling, then sacks the city of York. All the while, Wallace seeks the assistance of Robert the Bruce (Macfadyen), son of nobleman Robert the Elder, and chief contender for the Scottish crown. Despite his growing admiration for Wallace and his cause, Robert is dominated by his father, who wishes to secure the throne for his son by submitting to the English.
Longshanks, worried by the threat of the rebellion, sends the wife of his son Edward, the French princess Isabelle, to try to negotiate with Wallace, hoping that Wallace kills her and the French king declares war on Wallace in revenge. Wallace refuses the bribe sent with Isabelle by Longshanks, but after meeting him in person, Isabelle becomes enamored with him. Meanwhile, Longshanks prepares an army to invade Scotland.
Warned of the coming invasion by Isabelle, Wallace implores the Scottish nobility, who are more concerned with their own welfare, that immediate action is needed to counter the threat, and to take back the country. Leading the English army himself, Longshanks confronts the Scots at the Battle of Falkirk where noblemen Lochlan and Mornay betray Wallace. The Scots lose the battle, and Wallace is wounded. As he charges toward the departing Longshanks on horseback, Wallace is intercepted by one of the king's lancers, who turns out to be Robert the Bruce. Remorseful, Bruce gets Wallace to safety before the English can capture him. Wallace kills Mornay and Lochlan for their betrayal, avoids assassination attempts, and wages a protracted guerrilla war against the English.
Robert the Bruce, intending to join Wallace and commit troops to the war, sets up a meeting with him in Edinburgh where Robert's father has conspired with other nobles to capture and hand over Wallace to the English. Learning of his treachery, the Bruce disowns his father. Following a tryst with Wallace, Isabelle exacts revenge on the now terminally ill Longshanks by telling him she is pregnant with another man's child, intent on ending Longshank's line and ruling in his son's place.
In London, Wallace is brought before an English magistrate, tried for high treason, and condemned to public torture and beheading. Even after being hanged and mutilated, Wallace refuses to submit to the king by begging for mercy. As cries for mercy come from the watching crowd, the magistrate offers him one final chance. Wallace instead shouts the word "Freedom!" Just before the axe falls, Wallace sees a vision of Murron in the crowd smiling at him.
Years after Wallace's death, Robert the Bruce, now Scotland's king, leads a Scottish army before a ceremonial line of English troops on the fields of Bannockburn where he is to formally accept English rule. As he begins to ride toward the English, the Bruce stops and turns back to his troops. Invoking Wallace's memory, he implores them to fight with him as they did with Wallace. He then leads his army into battle against the stunned English, winning the Scots their freedom

review: 
i enjoyed readin brave heart because its language is easy to read and it was very emotional, i recommend you to read it.

יום שני, 21 במאי 2012

The hunger games

    The hunger games


  • by Suzanne collins                                       
  • First published in: 2008
  • Number of pages: 373
  • Price:50,000$


Plot summary:


The totalitarian nation of Panem(which is run from"the capital") is divided between 12 districts and the Capitol. Each year two young representatives from each district are selected by lottery to participate in The Hunger Games, the televised games are broadcast throughout Panem.

Katniss Everdeen a 16-year-old girl from District 12. Her father died at a young age, and from then she had to take care of her younger sister Prim and her mother. She snuck out, and hunted for food using her bow and arrow.
at the day where they select the tributes, , Katniss's sister is chosen to be in the Games. Knowing that Prim knows nothing of survival, and Katniss is more skilled in hunting, Katniss offers to take her place. - and Katniss's fellow District 12 tribute, Peeta Mellark, whom she has some rather dramatic history with.
Katniss is then rushed to the Capitol, where she undergoes intense training, before being pushed into the arena to fight-to-the-death and  become the winner of the seventy-fourth annual Hunger Games.









Review:



I really enjoyed reading this piece of adventures and science-fiction book because this book talked about many themes such as: (love, work ,courage, violence, and more..)


 if you think in anther way you'll realize that this book describe the way how the government and primates treat citizens , that reat is a real version of the hunger games .


Watch it: it's the hunger games movie trailer ...."



יום ראשון, 20 במאי 2012

Island of the Blue Dolphins

Island of the Blue Dolphins

     James b.clark           :Directed by
Poduction:Robert b.radnitz and universal picturesr
  Authorship: Clark and starred celia kaye as karana 


:Plot summary
The main character is a girl named Karana, and that is her secret name. Wonapalei is her common name (everyone in the village has a secret name). Her people live in a village called Ghalas-at, gathering roots and fishing to supply the tribe. One day, a ship of Aleuts, led by a Russian named Captain Orlov, arrive and persuade the natives into letting them hunt sea otter in return for other goods. However, the Aleuts attempt to swindle the islanders and leave without paying. When they are confronted by Chief Chowig, Karana's father, a battle breaks out, and lives are lost on both sides. The tribe is decimated by the battle and the Aleuts leave the island, leaving little payment for the otters they hunted. Karana's father and many other men in the tribe die after the battle.
Later, the "replacement chief", Chief Kimki, leaves the island for new land in the east. Eventually, he is able to send a ship to bring his people to the mainland, even though he himself does not return. The white men came to Karana's village and told them to pack their goods and go to the ship. Karana's brother, Ramo left the ship to retrieve his fishing spear. Although Karana urges the captain to wait for her brother Ramo to return, the ship must leave before a storm approaches. Karana jumps off the ship and swims to shore, and the ship departs without them.
The siblings live alone on the island,hoping the ship will return. Ramo is eventually killed by a pack of wild dogs (some of the dogs joined the wild pack after the Aleuts killed their owners). Alone on the island, Karana must now take on traditionally male tasks, such as hunting, making spears, or building canoes, in order to survive. She vows to avenge her brother's death and kills several of the dogs, but has a change of heart when she encounters the leader of the pack. She tames him and names him Rontu, meaning "fox eyes" in her language.
Over time, Karana makes a life for herself. She builds a home made of whale bones and even stocks a cave with provisions in case the Aleuts ever come back, so she can hide from them. As she explores her island, Karana discovers ancient artifacts and a large squid (which she calls a devilfish). As time passes, she decides to hunt the devilfish. She also tames some birds and an otter; she feels a close kinship to the animals, the only inhabitants of the island beside herself.
One summer, the Aleuts return, and Karana takes refuge in the cave. She observes the Aleuts closely, and soon realizes that there is a girl, Tutok, among the Aleuts who takes care of the domestic duties, including getting water from the pool near Karana's cave. Despite Karana's precautions, she and the young Aleut woman meet and befriend each other. They exchange presents with each other when possible. Karana realizes how lonely she has been without other people. Later the Aleuts leave, with Tutok; the men are none the wiser of Karana's presence, but their departure also deprives her of her newfound friend.
More time goes by, and Rontu passes away. She soon finds a young pup that is clearly his son and takes him in, naming him Rontu-Aru ("Son of Rontu"). One day, Karana sees the sails of a ship. It docks at the shore, but it then leaves. Two years later, in the spring, the boat comes back, so she dresses in her finest attire and goes to the shore to meet the boat. Her rescuers realize her attire will not be appropriate for the mainland, and they have a dress made for her. Although she does not like the dress, Karana realizes that this is part of her new life. The ship sails away, and takes Karana and Rontu-Aru to the mission in Santa Barbara, California.


reviews :
Interesting story and beautiful and interesting


MY FAIR LADY

MY FAIR LADY

the worlds greatest mnsical 

$price:10 3
1958 :first published
The place: in the center of  london
Main characters: 1-eliza doolittle a young london woman with a very strong london accent,she was a lady
.professor higgins the man who decides to teach her to speak english accent
freddy the man who loves her and wanted to marry her 
Secondary:- elizas father,alfred
 .freddys mother


Summary:
In this story a woman who called eliza who was a flower seller. She was selling flowers when a man knocked over her and dropped her flowers on the ground. That was how freddy first met eliza .he told her that he is very sorry ,eliza was very angry and she shouted at him ,all of the crowd turned to watch and listen . in that time eliza has terrible accent . Mr. freddy has a friend who called professor higgins who is phonetics expert
Mr. freddy wanted to teach her how to speak english rightly. When she started to learn she was very dirty and wear a terrible clothes . months later freddy and eliza were in love. After this there was problem in elizas life ,when Mr. higgins told eliza that he loves her but eliza loves freddy and they will get married she went to Mr. higgins to tell him that she doesn’t love him and she will marry freddy .
Mr.higgins was very angry and he wanted her. Eliza now a lady she wanted to be a lady in flower shop and to get married with freddy.


Reviews :  
I think it’s a very beautiful story its full of enjoyable music and songs . it has an excited story about a man and a woman who love each other . the language of the story is very high. I faced some difficulties in reading it

The count of monte cristo

Alexandre Dumas
Author(s)

in collaboration withAuguste Maquet
Original title
Le Comte deMonte-Cristo
Country
Language
Genre(s)
Publication date
1844-1845 (serialised)



Plot summry
In 1815 
Edmond Dantès, the young and successful merchant sailor recently granted his own command by his dying captain Leclère, returns to Marseille to marry his fiancée Mercédès. Leclère, a supporter of the exiled Napoléon I, has charged Dantès to deliver two objects: a package to Maréchal Bertrand (exiled with Napoleon Bonaparte on Elba), and a letter from Elba to an unknown man in Paris. On the eve of his wedding to Mercédès, Fernand (Mercédès' cousin and a rival for her affections) and Danglars (who is jealous of Dantes' rapid rise to captain), upon the suggestion of Caderousse (a neighbour of Dantès), send an anonymous note accusing Dantès of being a Bonapartist traitor. Villefort, the deputy crown prosecutor in Marseille, while initially sympathetic to Dantès, destroys the letter from Elba when he discovers that it is addressed to his father who is a Bonapartist. In order to silence Dantès, he condemns him without trial to life imprisonment.
During his fourteen years imprisonment in the Château d'If, Dantes befriends the Abbé Faria ("The Mad Priest"), a fellow prisoner who is trying to tunnel his way to freedom, and who claims knowledge of a massive treasure and continually offers to reward the guards well if they release him. Faria gives Dantès an extensive education. He also explains to Dantès how Danglars, Fernand, and Villefort would each have had their own reasons for wanting Dantès in prison. After years of friendship, and knowing himself to be close to death, Faria tells Dantès the location of the treasure, on Monte Cristo. When Faria dies, Dantès uses his burial sack to stage an escape to a nearby island, and is rescued by a smuggling ship. After several months of working with the smugglers, he goes to Monte Cristo. Dantès fakes an injury and convinces the smugglers to temporarily leave him on Monte Cristo, then makes his way to the hiding place of the treasure. After recovering the treasure, he returns to Marseille, where he learns that his father has died in poverty. He buys a yacht, hides the rest of the treasure on board and buys both the island of Monte Cristo and the title of Count from the Tuscan government.
Returning to Marseille, Dantès plans his revenge but first helps several people who were kind to him before his imprisonment. Traveling as the Abbé Busoni, he meets Caderousse, now living in poverty, whose intervention might have saved Dantès from prison. Dantès learns that his other enemies have all become wealthy since Dantès was betrayed. He gives Caderousse a diamond that can be either a chance to redeem himself, or a trap that will lead to his ruin. Learning that his old employer Morrel is on the verge of bankruptcy, Dantès, in the guise of a senior clerk, buys all of Morrel's outstanding debts and gives Morrel an extension of three months to fulfill his obligations. At the end of the three months and with no way to repay his debts, Morrel is about to commit suicide when he learns that all of his debts have been mysteriously paid and that one of his lost ships has returned with a full cargo, secretly rebuilt and laden by Dantès.

Gladiator

book discription :Name of the story : Gladiator (a hero will rise)
Director : Ridley scott
Writer : David Franzoni
Release date : 5 May 2000
Number of bages : 500
Prize : 120 ₪
plot summary :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWjWti44FXQ&feature=related
Maximus (Russell Crowe) is a general in the roman army loved by Marcus Aurelius, the emperor. Marcus wants Maximus to become emperor after he dies as he thinks that his son Commodus is unfit to rule. When he tells Commodus this, Commodus murders him. When Maximus refuses to believe that Marcus died of natural causes, Commodus orders that Maximus and his family should be executed. However, Maximus escapes and returns home - too late to save his family. He collapses and is sold as a slave where his prowess as a gladiator gets noticed and eventually he fights his way htrough Africa to Rome, where he meets the emperor face to face. The emperor spares his life, then challenges Maximus to a fight in the arena. Maximus accepts and the two engage in a bloody battle. Maximus kills the emperor, reinstates the Senate as the governors of Rome and dies to be with his family in the afterlife.
Review :
I haved a good time of reading this book . Its have alot of action ,drama , even history. Its great story. I hope would you like to read it . Its learning you alot of things. For every one who likes old stories and history this book is all what you need . Be sure that you will be glad to read.

יום שבת, 19 במאי 2012

Diary of a wimpy kid (The Ugly Truth)

Book Description

"diary of  a wimpy kid "the ugly truth
by jeff kinney
price 80 shekel
number of pages 217
publisher amulet books















Plot Summary

The book starts with how Greg is doing after his fight with Rowley. Greg finds out that Rowley's parents have replaced Greg with a guy called "Cool Brian."

Greg tries to be more popular at school by parading around his schoolbook that was previously owned by the most popular kid at school, Jordan Jury, and posting edited pictures of himself online. Greg then tries out for a commercial contest, in which he loses partially because of his age. Greg realizes that he is discriminated against often, and wishes he was the center of attention again as he was when he was younger.

The teachers show a video to the boys about puberty, Rowley, however, didn't make it thourgh the whole video. Rowley then starts avoiding the other boys because he's afraid he will "catch puberty" and stops hanging out with "Cool Brian". The family schedules to go out of town to go to his Uncle Gary's fourth wedding, and Greg realizes he will get "The Talk" from his great-grandmother Gammie, the head of the Heffley family. The Heffley men are forced to take care of chores around the home when Mom goes back to college to stimulate her mind. Greg is ordered to wake himself up in the morning, a plan that fails. Greg is so tired during school that he accidentally sets off the fire alarm in his sleep deprived state.

Greg faces other misfortunes such as his dentist being switched from a friendly, kid-centered place to the office of Dr. Kagan, who takes his job much more seriously, and dealing with a lazy maid called Isabella hired to clean the house. His school plans a "Lock-In" party at the gym, which turns out to be a disaster. Greg is jealous of Rowley because he now has a large zit on his forehead. Greg realizes he will not be able to attend Jordan Jury's party because he will be at Uncle Gary's wedding. He receives "The Talk" from Grammie, who shares with him the horrors of growing up, and Greg now wants to hold on to his childhood as long as he can. Susan stops going to college, and Greg makes up with Rowley.




Reviews

Basma Haj Yahya
Do you get bored sometimes and do not know what do ??
The perfect solution to read diary of a wimpy kid : the ugly truth
That way you will spend your time in having fun
I am not going to talk anymore
Come on and buy the book and read it
Good news : the book in sale now






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The lost world
                               (Jurassic Park)
                     
Book description 

Author – Michael Crichton
Language - English
Publisher – Knopf
Number of pages – 429
Price – 20 $
publication date – 1995
                                                


Plot   summary :-
Six years after the disaster on Jurassic Park, eccentric mathematician Ian Malcolm , rich paleontologist genius Richard Levine are researching InGen's mysterious Site B, Site B, an island named Sorna, was the secret "production factory" for Jurassic Park, where dinosaur stock were hatched and grown, Levine mysteriously disappears, Custom field vehicle creator Dr Thorne, deduce the location of Site B, with the assistance of Malcolm and two schoolchildren."Arby" and Kelly. They organize a rescue operation they plan to rescue Levine . Lewis Dodgson, a geneticist and his two colleagues Howard King and George Baselton head to Island Sorna hoping to steal dinosaur eggs for their own company Sarah Harding, a wildlife observer who had a previous relationship with Malcolm,  Dodgson throws Sarah overboard from their ship, thinking she will drown, and continue his plan. Dodgson, Howard, and George proceed to steal dino eggs. When trying steal some eggs King steps on a baby T-Rex's leg and breaks it. so Dodgson attempts to grab one himself while holding the box .
 Baselton try stay still thinking the T-Rexes won't notice him. Dodgson falls out of the vehicle but survives .King is later killed by Velociraptors he attempts to make a way across the island to boat. Malcolm and Sarah fix its broken leg. The absence of the infant is noted by its parents, leading them directly to the trailers. The T-Rex then pushes one of the trailers off the cliff , Both are rescued by Thorne, but Malcolm's leg is injured, arby & Thorne and Levine rescue Arby, and the survivors take shelter in an abandoned gas station set up by InGen for the island's workers when the island was still in use. but they manage to scare them away with flashlights .Sarah attempts to get the Explorer back. After escaping a group of aggressive Pachycephalosaurus by hiding underneath the vehicle, she encounters Dodgson .He is then taken by one of Tyrannosaurs to their nesting site, where his leg broken and he is left for the babies to eat. After Sarah fails to reach the helicopter .
 Malcolm and Harding tell Levine ,that some of carnivores,  infected with prions due to InGen's decision to feed them contaminated sheep, and any animal bitten by them will be infected. Levine panics about the possibility of being infected with prions. Thorne finally declares that is time for all of them to go home …

Reviews :-
I spent times over the imagination when I read the story, although it was true, but I lived with her ​​characters and I saw the film, which was full of adventures wild and escape the risk of dinosaurs, where enter the horror my heart because the film was not easy was very dangerous and scary, but I regret because I did not know this story by I have won my admiration and really enjoyed it ..

Thank You …