Book Review

I read a series of books called “Kidnapped” it’s a realistic fiction novel by Gordon Korman. I really like this series of books because it’s exciting and leaves you in suspense. I have read other books that Gordon Korman has written, but they weren’t as good as these. It’s not a true story, but it seems like it is.

Main characters: The main characters in these books were Aiden, Meg and Agent Harris. Aiden is the older brother of Meg. Meg is the younger sister of Aiden. Agent Harris is an FBI agent that helps the falconer family find Meg.

The plot: the plot of the book is Meg falconer gets kidnapped and Aiden and Harris work together to find her. Aiden and Harris don’t always get along though because he’s the one that put his parents in prison. Which is in the series “On the run” by Gordon Korman.

Overall, I give this book 5 stars because it was an AWESOME and exciting book. Full of mystery and cliff hangers. Making you want to keep reading it. I loved it, and I think you would too.

AU Day

Education was one of the things debated on yesterday. Malawi (Luke and Henry) thought that education would help people get educated about voting and want to vote. Another thing that was debated on was portable voting booths presented by Zambia (Ty and Jackson), which would be transported by either boat or truck. which was voted against.

Invictus

I think this movie was super cool. The little boy was cool because in the beginning he hated white people and wouldn’t even take a warm jersey. But as the movie went on he started to warm up to whites. In the end he even listened to the game with them. I liked the secret service because the white secret service guys tried to kill them before they became secret service guys. The one part I really liked was when all the secret service guys were playing rugby in the yard. Morgan Freeman played a great Nelson Mandela. I love how he stood up for the team everyone hated and gave them the courage to keep trying. I loved how the captain of the team put himself in Mandela’s shoes at the prison. That was definitely one of the reasons they won.

Africa Unit

I didn’t know that so many people had access to phones in Africa. I also didn’t know that so many different languages were spoken in just one country. It’s pretty cool. I also learned that Somalia has plumbing.  Someday I want to go on a mission trip to a foreign country and see how it is to live there. It would be super cool to go and see the religion and culture of another country.

Eagle Huntress

This film was an awesome. I never knew that people actually hunted with eagles. It would be so cool to hunt with an eagle. If I lived in Mongolia I would want too hunt with eagles too. I would also love to have horses.

I liked this film because even though people mocked and laughed at her she still did her best. I don’t know if I could have done that. She was also very brave and courageous. She scaled a cliff just to find an eagle. I probably would have chickened out because I hate heights.

 

Saugatuck Film Festival

To scale: The solar system

It’s way bigger than I thought it was. It was crazy how far away the “sun” was from all the other “planets”. I also liked the way they had lights around the orbits. It took them less than 2 days to make it. Which I thought was pretty cool.

Running Wild: 

Wolverines are awesome animals, powerful too. They are also the mascot for MSU. If I could have done that I totally would have. I would have died after like 4 miles though. I also think it was cool they made a film about saving them.

Canyon Song:

I thought it was weird that the dad turned from christianity and turned back to listening to the spirits. But I think its cool that they wanted know more about their heritage. My heritage is mostly dutch. My great oma came from the Netherlands with my oma and great uncle. And I would love to know more about my heritage.

Possible Jobs:

Camera man/woman, Ultra runner, Film maker, surfer, National park caretaker, A person who studies the solar systems, Tight rope walker, Musicians, rock climber.

 

Birmingham Movie reflection

I learned that people will do anything for rights. some things that stuck to me were how the kids actually wanted and volunteered to go to jail. Another thing that stuck to me is how the policemen treated the black people, how they brought out fire hoses and dogs and just opened fire on them. Pushing them on the ground and beating them with sticks and rocks and even chairs, it made me sick to watch. It also screws with my mind that if I would have lived back then that I probably would have done the same thing. I’m glad we watched the movie though because it shows everyone how black people were treated, and I can’t wait to read the book.