3 For You

I don't usually read shorter or easy chapter books... I like the longer stories with more in depth plots and characters. However I have just read 3 and I liked all three! First up "Ctrl-Z" by Andrew Norriss. Have you seen the movie " Groundhog Day" where the main character replays the same day till he gets it right? Well this story is very similar in that our main character, Alex, receives a laptop from his Godfather that has a very unusual function, Ctrl - Z, which has the ability to change time back so that if you make a mistake you can correct it. Alex is advised to make lots of mistakes and he does but in then end he realizes that by making mistakes you grow and learn.
"How to Save Your Tail" by Mary Hanson is a story that has its roots in an ancient tale about "Sheherazade". In the original tale Sherherazade tells wonderful stories to stall the Prince from killing her. Because he loves her stories he allows her to live in order to tell another the next night. In "How to Save Your Tail", the main character, a mouse, has been trapped by two cats. One definitely wants to eat the mouse but our mouse manages to catch their attention by telling amazing stories about his ancestors and so manages to dodge the eating. The stories are so wonderful in that they all have elements of many different fairy tales but all mixed up of course... clever and entertaining...And I have just this minute finished the first of a series called " The Sunken Kingdom" ...this book called "Ghost Ship". For boys and girls in grade 2/3/4 they will find this book very satisfying with two royal children hiding from the evil Emperor who killed their parents and then finding out their baby sister is alive and well living in the far north. A very special ship and some magical powers help them in their quest but they do have some trying times to deal with!

Lots more coming!

What have you read today?