Thursday, May 26, 2011

Percy Jackson: The Battle of the Labryrinth

Another ultimate adventure takes Percy and his gang to an ancient Labyrinth. In The Battle of the Labyrinth, a 361 page book, by Rick Riordan, Percy first starts out at school. After being attacked by monsters he must go to Camp Half-Blood. A couple weeks after he arrives, he and Annabeth find a labyrinth. Percy, Tyson, Grover, and Annabeth try to find Adriane's string, to stop Luke. Will they survive this adventure? Read the book to find out!


Wednesday, May 4, 2011

No Fear Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet

In No Fear Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, a 287 pg play, written by William Shakespeare, tells of the
tragic story of Romeo and Juliet. The book has the actual text and a translation. Most people know the
    the story of Romeo and Juliet. But I didnt know how it actually came to be. The main conflict of the
    the play is that Romeo and Juliet fall in love, but they can't marry because of the hatred between the
   two families. Though, Romeoand Juliet are married secretly by Friar Lawrence. Priar to this occasion,
   Romeo kills Capulet's, Juliet's father, nephew.Romeo is now banned from Verona, and unable to see his
   beautiful wife. Then, Capulet, unknown that Juliet is already married, arranges a marriage between Count
   Paris and young Juliet. Juliet went to Friar Lawrence to help her, for she didnt want to get married, again.
   The two came up with a plan to fake Juliet's death and avoid the wedding. Romeo was supposed to save
   her and they would run away together. Friar Lawrence to send a letter to Romeo but Romeo never
   received the letter. Hence, Romeo saw Juliet "dead" and killed himself. Once Juliet woke up and saw
  Romeo dead,she commited suicide too. The lovers lie in peace next to each other.

2 sentence summary: The romance, "Romeo and Juliet", by William Shakespeare, tells of a tragic love story. A series of fortunate,and unfortunate events lead to the deaths of the two lovers.

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