Reading Journal #4: Among The Barons The book that I’m currently reading is called “Among The Barons”. The author of this book is Margaret Peterson Haddix. This book is part of the “Shadow Children” series and is the fourth book from the series. The genre is mystery. Among the Barons is from Luke’s perspective.
Imagine that you are a troubled princess, lying on your back in the swamp, when you meet a talking frog who claims to be a prince from a faraway kingdom. He says that he has been cursed, and the only way to break the spell was if somebody kisses him. You pity the poor prince, so you lean in, kiss the frog, and in seconds you become a frog yourself! The “prince,” a dirty villager boy, runs away cackling like a witch and leaves you stranded in the swamp. In Vivian Vande Velde’s novel, Frogged, a villager boy tricks Princess Imogene into becoming a frog, while trying to find help she was kidnapped by a runaway teenager and taken to a traveling theater.
Gerda makes and loses many friends and finds her true love. All but my Life will make you laugh and cry. This book is best for anyone over the age of 11. All
“Sarah Cole: A Type of Love Story” is the tale of a young, handsome man who has an affair with, and ends up falling for, “the homeliest woman he has ever seen” but refuses to admit to others and himself that he loves her. The story seems to fit in any day and age, as well as any setting. From the moment we read the title, we know that the story is the tale of a dysfunctional romantic relationship, and the ensuing story does not disappoint. The main character, who is also the narrator, takes us on a journey to ten years prior, when he became involved with a woman named Sarah Cole. It is through the interchanging of first person and third person narration that we realize the reason behind Ron and Sarah’s failed relationship: vanity, shame, and insecurity.
In a modern approach to Cinderella, Jessica Day George’s Princess of Glass gives fairy tale readers a whole different Cinderella perspective. Poppy, the main protagonist, is a young princess who is shown to be smart, independent, and not your usual royalty. She takes part in a royal exchange program to help unite her kingdom. Over there, she meets Prince Christian, the ‘Prince Charming’ of the story. He is first introduced to the readers as a young man whose parents want him to marry therefore throwing him big parties to meet the girl of his dreams.
The book I am reading is called The One. The page I am on is page 235/323. This book is about the final 4 girls trying to win the spot of the prince’s wife. So far America is in the lead and Maxon, the prince, really wants to marry her. But his father doesn’t even like her
Have you ever watched The Bachelor? If you are unfamiliar, The Bachelor is one of the top reality shows in America. The nation's beloved show has inspired many other works of art, including The Selection, written by Kiera Cass. The two pieces parallel each other because they both consist of a single man who searches among several women hoping to find "the one. " The Selection is a famous, young adult dystopian novel that centers around a young girl named America Singer, who is chosen to compete for the prince’s heart to become the future queen.
The story The One is about America Singer winning the selection and falling in love with the prince, Maxon Schreave. After previous books, the two’s love for eachother deepened more and more during the selection. Because of the different government in Illea, Maxon was unable to go out and find his love, so he had to bring it to him. After 36 girls were narrowed down more and more, Maxon and America worked through the journey of jealousy, other relationships, and secrets. They managed to pick each other, but only did the two know it when the King and Queen were killed in a rebel attack, and Maxon had to choose.
During our childhood, many of us have been told of many stories. Whether or not, it’s a nighttime story or a story that contains a moral meaning. Out of so many stories, romance legends seems to be the most eminent. In the country that I was borned in, there was a famous romance legend that everyone knows, it is called the butterfly lover. On the other side, in United States, there is Romeo and Juliet legend.
America's Broken Dream Intro: The book “Selections” by Kiera Cass. The main character America’s dream was to marry her lover Aspen but when she enters for the selections which is a competition to find the princes new wife her dream of marrying Aspen comes crashing down. Because America entered into the selections she won't be able to marry her lover.
My book is called “The Selection” by Kiera Cass. In the book people are living in a dystopian world where war has brought rise to a kingdom named Illéa. The society is separated into different caste from an excellent lifestyle to a poor one. It begins from caste 1 which is royalty then, soldiers, teachers, farmers, musicians and artists, cleaners, factory workers to caste 8 which is homeless people. The main character, America Singer is in caste 5, which is musicians and artists.
Everyone heard of it. But I want to tell you another story. A similarly short and simple yet different story. A story about a princess saving her prince from danger.
Thirty-six of these students are white. Then twenty-one is African American. This leaves eight Asian students, five bi-racial students, four Middle-Eastern students, and six students are Hispanic. Out of the one-hundred and forty-five students, thirty-five of these students are above grade level. There are eighteen white students, seven African American students, five Asian students, three Hispanic students, one Middle-Eastern student, and one bi-racial
After they finished looking around, the girls were given the chance to meet the Prince. His riches and fine looks made the girls fall in love with him. They began fighting for his love by
I like the fact that the men in their lives have interesting stories as well. The male love interest in Book Two (Lily’s story) is Sarah’s brother, and the male love interest in Book Three is Aidan, Jamie’s friend from New York. His story is quite compelling, if I do say so myself. What are you working on right now?
