Country: Ecuador
Your Name: Ciara Herman-Dunphy
Submit to: [email protected] and post to edmodo for a 10 pt. quiz grade by 6-13-13
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FICTION
Book title: City of the Beasts
Author: Isabel Allende
Date published: 2001
List three adjectives that describe this book:
Captivating mysterious foreign
What is the book about? (write at least three sentences)
City of the beasts is about a teenage boy named Alex, his mother is very sick. Alex is sent away to his grandmother’s house in New York City to get away from the chaos of his sick mother. Alex’s grandmother informs them that they are taking a wild expedition into the depths of the Amazon jungle because grandmother Kate is a photographer. In the Amazon Alex makes great friends, encounters frightening problems, and learns a lot about nature and natives. Alex is changed by his experiences in the jungle, it is a action filled story.
What was good about the book?
I really enjoyed this book because the plot is extremely captivating. It is hard to find an adventurous and action-filled story that will accommodate my age group. City of the Beasts is book is a great example of a thrilling story full of foreign culture.
What was challenging about the book?
This book was challenging because a lot of the story was set in another culture, foreign cultures are somewhat difficult to understand. Also, the book had somefantasy and magical aspects incorporated into the story, but to me they seemed somewhat random. The story would have been the same without these unrealistic factors. This made the story kind of frustrating. However the magical aspect of the story added some fun to it.
Would you recommend the book? Why or why not?
I would definitely recommend this book to someone who is looking to learn about a different culture, or to someone who enjoys a captivating, magical, action-filled story. The book constantly kept me wanting to know what would happen next, there were many plot twists that kept me engaged. I also enjoyed being able to connect to the main character, Alex, because he is my age.
Your Name: Ciara Herman-Dunphy
Submit to: [email protected] and post to edmodo for a 10 pt. quiz grade by 6-13-13
*******************************************************************************************
FICTION
Book title: City of the Beasts
Author: Isabel Allende
Date published: 2001
List three adjectives that describe this book:
Captivating mysterious foreign
What is the book about? (write at least three sentences)
City of the beasts is about a teenage boy named Alex, his mother is very sick. Alex is sent away to his grandmother’s house in New York City to get away from the chaos of his sick mother. Alex’s grandmother informs them that they are taking a wild expedition into the depths of the Amazon jungle because grandmother Kate is a photographer. In the Amazon Alex makes great friends, encounters frightening problems, and learns a lot about nature and natives. Alex is changed by his experiences in the jungle, it is a action filled story.
What was good about the book?
I really enjoyed this book because the plot is extremely captivating. It is hard to find an adventurous and action-filled story that will accommodate my age group. City of the Beasts is book is a great example of a thrilling story full of foreign culture.
What was challenging about the book?
This book was challenging because a lot of the story was set in another culture, foreign cultures are somewhat difficult to understand. Also, the book had somefantasy and magical aspects incorporated into the story, but to me they seemed somewhat random. The story would have been the same without these unrealistic factors. This made the story kind of frustrating. However the magical aspect of the story added some fun to it.
Would you recommend the book? Why or why not?
I would definitely recommend this book to someone who is looking to learn about a different culture, or to someone who enjoys a captivating, magical, action-filled story. The book constantly kept me wanting to know what would happen next, there were many plot twists that kept me engaged. I also enjoyed being able to connect to the main character, Alex, because he is my age.