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Friday, October 21, 2016

Can You Tell That I Like Books?

Apologies

I read The Master Puppeteer by Katherine Paterson, and it was really fun. It's about a Japanese boy who's father works for a puppeteer and there's this guy named Saburo who's a bandit and stuff (kind of like Robin Hood) and at the end the boy has a friend and his problems are resolved (well, not all of them) and... yeah. I'm too tired to write a whole summary but I'll just keep forgetting until I don't even remember the name of the book, but check the book out because it's really fun. And the kind of theater that they do was real. So yeah. Sorry. Maybe later.

More soon.

Bye.

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

The Big Wave

The Big Wave by Pearl S. Buck, is about a Japanese boy and his family who live on an island with a volcano behind them and the sea in front of them. The boy, Kino, has a friend named Jiya, who lives further on the beach. Jiya is always wary of the sea, which Kino doesn't quite understand, as Jiya's father is a fisherman. Then one day, when Jiya is with Kino at Kino's home, a ginormous wave appears. Dismayed, Jiya wants to run to his family and warn them. But Kino holds him back, as they watch the wave swallow the whole beach and wash away everything except for Kino's home and the Old Gentleman and his grand home. Many people had fled to Old Gentleman's home, but Jiya's family is forever gone. As Jiya tries to cope with the loss, Kino can't help but wish Jiya could stop mourning and be his friend. But Kino's father knows what needs to happen to Jiya. Then Jiya recieves an invitation from the Old Gentleman to be his son. Kino gets worried. Jiya had the chance to chose between Kino's small farm house and the Old Gentleman's grand home. What if he wanted to stay with the Old Gentleman? Will Jiya receive the Old Gentleman's invitation? How will Jiya cope with his loss? Will they continue to be friends?
This book would normally seem like something boring, but it was fun to read. It doesn't have chapters, but it's less than a 100 pages long.

More coming soon!