The War of Jenkin's Ear. Michael Morpurgo

 

 
 

The Ghost of Grania O' Malley

The Ghost of Grania O' Malley by Michael Morpurgo




Characters:
Jessie. The hero of the story. Jessie is a child, around the age of 11. I liked Jessie. She didn't seem to like James when she first met him, but as they spent time together, they grew more like brother and sister.
James. Jessie's cousin and a hero. James is around the age of 12, older than his cousin. James was shy at the start of the story, but eventually he gained more courage.
Grania O' Malley. The ghost pirate queen.




Plot:
When people discover that the Big Hill is full of gold, the islanders want to cut off the top of the hill to make themselves rich. Jessie and Jack are determined to save Big Hill, but what can they do? Only Grania O' Malley, the pirate queen, can save Big Hill.




Opinion:
I found this book very interesting, as the story was always moving. My favourite part in the story was when all of the islanders climbed to the very top of Big Hill, trying to stop the diggers from cutting the top off it. One of the scary bits was when James and Jessie slipped into the water and nearly drowned. I learned ''you don't know what you can do until you try''.




Recommend:
I would definitely recommend this book to older children. The plot may be hard to understand for under 7s. I would recommend this book because it has a very good story to tell.

Mothers Day! And more!

Oasby Music Festival!

Zapdos Articuno Moltres art!

Cake Soap smells of Cherries!! Bought at Marston Vale

Bath Bomb Eggs! Also from Marston Vale!

Shamballa Bracelet! Very hard to make so mother helped a lot!

Mother's Day Presesies! Aren't I amazing?!

Twist of Gold. Michael Morpurgo

More Postcards!

A few days ago I received another postcard! This one was from Robin, all the way in China; that's 9, 115 kilometres! If I wanted to travel to China on a plane, I'd have a 13 hour long travel! I'd be too bored to travel there! Well, I could watch a film... or play a game, or read a book, or even chat!
Robin likes One Direction and Mika. To be honest, I've never heard of Mika, but he sounds cool.

Farm Boy

Farm Boy by Michael Morpurgo




Main Characters:
The boy
Grandpa


Story:
Grandpa can't read, so he challenges his grandson to teach him to read and write before Christmas. On Christmas Eve, Grandpa can finally read and write, so he writes out the story of his life for his grandson. The boy loves hearing Grandpa's stories, but Grandpa has a secret.


Opinions:
In my opinion, I found the story really believable, so I really liked it. The book could have been longer, because I could have read it in a day.


Characters:
The characters seem very real, and I could imagine  them in my head. The boy has a good relationship with Grandpa.


Language:
I did like the language, it was very easy to read. The language was also descriptive, so I could picture it in my head.


I liked the book because it had lots of lovely illustrations by Michael Foreman. He draws beautiful pictures of horses.



Farm Boy is a sequel to War Horse. I haven't even read War Horse yet, but it must be good because it was made into a block-buster film!


Buy the book here!!

Postcards!

Did I ever mention that I did PostCrossing? PostCrossing lets you send postcards all over the world to strangers, so you can speak to people that you haven't even met! You also get to learn more about Geography and the globe!

My latest card came from the United States of America in Alabama! The person who sent the card, Kel, has an eight year old daughter who loves wolves as well! The card travelled 6,916 kilometres! Wow!!


I also got another card all the way from Taiwan (that's next to China)! Hsilan loves her boyfriend's dog, even though she was afraid of it when she first met her him. This card travelled 9,688 kilometres!!!!


I can't wait until my next PostCrossing card comes! It's so exciting to read them because I hardly ever get good post through the mail.


Okay, I'm off to post a couple of cards now!