Kimzey Wiki - Recently Updated Pageshttp://kimzeywiki.wetpaint.com/pageSearch/updatedRecently Updated Pages on http://kimzeywiki.wetpaint.comen-usinfo@wetpaint.comThu, 26 Jun 2008 19:29:56 CDTThu, 26 Jun 2008 19:29:56 CDTwetpaint.com60Kimzey Wikihttp://image.wetpaint.com/image/2/U8Xw65qx7spzyrQ_4Pq0pg12378http://kimzeywiki.wetpaint.comInteractive and collaborative learningMissing in Venicehttp://kimzeywiki.wetpaint.com/page/Missing+in+VeniceSamanthaDhttp://kimzeywiki.wetpaint.com/page/Missing+in+VeniceThu, 26 Jun 2008 19:29:56 CDTThe Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Cris Van Allsburg


WORD CHOICE adds to the VOICE of your writing, and CONVENTIONS can also alter the VOICE that you intend. Start some sentences with prepositional phrases or adverbial clauses, Da Flip-Flop, for better SENTENCE FLUENCY or begin some sentences with verbs.

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Even with her mighty engines in reverse, the ocean liner was pulled further and further into the canal.

HualinS
In a realm far far away from Earth, known as Aqua, where everybody lives in the water, the mother was reading a book to the child.

"And from that day on, The Aquatic's new captain took great care of the ship, and its crew, so the ship NEVER sanked again! The end. Wasn't that a great story, Emilia? Be good tomorrow and I'll read you a story again!" Mrs. Wynn closed the book, yawned, and patted her daughter to sleep.

"Mommy, can you read this story again? I mean, it's not long. Please?" Emilia asked. Her cute round eyes glittered.

Mrs. Wynn yawned again, agreed, and got the book again.

"Once upon a time, the ship, The Aquatic, was being pulled deep into a canal. The captain, Captain Rose, tried to stop it, but it never worked. Even with her mighty engines in reverse, the ocean line was pulled further and further into the canal. It was no use. She warned her crew to help her, but her crew didn't even budge. They all blamed her. In a way, it was kind of Captain Rose's fault because she kept drinking coffee instead of doing her job." Mrs. Wynn yawned again.

"Continue, Mommy! Continue." Emilia begged.

So her mother continued.

SamanthaD:

"Well, Captain Rose knew that she had to do something, so she wrote a small message on a slip of paper and tied it onto an arrow. She fitted the arrow onto her mighty bow and sent it sailing towards the town hall. CRASH! The arrow broke through the window and landed on the mayor's desk. Quickly he sent renforcements to the ship, who helped the captain, passengers and crew evacuate the liner. The ship was pushed fully into the canal, but, unable to move forwards, the ship was stuck there.
But the next morning, when Captain Rose went to the docks, she found The Aquatic sitting safely in its port. No one ever figured out how it got there, and to this day never has."

Mrs. Wynn glanced at Emilia, whose large brown eyes were still glistening from the excitement of the story. She dosen't really believe that this is a true story, does she? Mrs. Wynn thought. It's impossible! An ocean liner is pulled into a canal, and then reapears the next day? What nonsense!
But for Emilia's sake, she pushed the thought aside and continued reading.

"The mayor politely told Captain Rose that she would have to resign from her job, because she was not commanding the ship correctly. Captain Rose said she understood, and resigned the next day. The new captain of The Aquatic was a man by the name of Todd Richards, who was a fine seaman.
As for Lillian Rose, the former captain of the liner, she became a florist, and had her own garden full of her favorite flowers, lillies and roses.
And from that day on, the ship's new captain took good care of The Aquatic and its crew, and the ship was never in trouble again! The End."

Exhausted, Mrs. Wynn put the book back on the shelf and tucked Emilia into bed. "Good night, my book lover." she said.

"Mommy?" Emilia asked. "How did the ship get back in the sea?"

Oh, no. Lucia Wynn thought. "No one knows, Emilia. Now good night." She closed the door and left Emilia in the darkness.

Emilia's eyes had no intention to close. I know someone who would know why the ship moved! Kris! Emilia thought happily. Then she turned over and fell asleep.

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Emilia was sitting outside next to her house, her feet trailing in the sea that made up all of Aqua, when she heard a voice behind her.

"Emilia!"

Emilia turned and saw Kristopher Clayton, her thirteen year old next-door neighbor, standing, or swimming, behind her. Being only five, Emilia looked upon Kris as someone who knew everything. And actually, Kris did, but he told that only to Emilia. He didn't want his parents to make a big show about it, so he had made his best friend, Emilia, keep it a secret. If Emilia asked a question, because Kris knew everything, he could answer it.

"I have a question for you!" Emilia said excitedly.

"Oh, good." said Kris, sitting down beside her. "What is it?"

"Wait here," said Emilia. She ran upstairs and came back down with the book.

"The Tale of The Aquatic." Kris read the title aloud.

"Read it!" Emilia urged.

Kris finished the book in exactly three minutes. "Now, what's your question?" he asked.

"How did the ship end up in the dock?"

Kris stared at her for a long time. Finally he took a deep breath and said, "Emilia? Who's the author of this book?"

"I'm not sure. It dosen't say."

"Well then, that means that this book was written by fairies."

"Faries?"

"Yes. Tell me, Emilia. What's a ship? What's a canal? What's an engine, an arrow, and a mayor?"

"Gee, Kris. I don't know. We don't have any of that stuff in Aqua."

"Exactly. The fairies wrote this book so that they could tell us about the other world."

"The other world?"

"Yes. The one way up there." Kris pointed to the sky.

"You mean there's a world above us?"

"Yep. It's called Earth. And the fairies wrote this book to tell us about it. The story takes place on Earth, where there is air and people walk instead of swim."

"Wow! So they must have magic up there, in order for the ship to move."

Kris shook his head. "No, Emilia. There is no magic up on Earth. This story isn't true. The fairies just decided to put a bit of magic in it."

"Oh," said Emilia, dissapointed. Then she brightened. "Kris, could we go to Earth?"

"We could, but we wouldn't be able to breathe up there. We have gills, not lungs."

"Oh." Kris could see how upset she was.

"However, " Kris began, and Emilia brightened. "I could construct a special ring that you could put on your finger and get lungs. We could put them on once we reached the surface."

Emilia jumped up and gave him a hug. "Oh, thanks, Kris! Thank you thank you thank you!"























]]>The Harphttp://kimzeywiki.wetpaint.com/page/The+HarpSamanthaDhttp://kimzeywiki.wetpaint.com/page/The+HarpWed, 18 Jun 2008 23:03:22 CDT
The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Cris Van Allsburg



WORD CHOICE adds to the VOICE of your writing, and CONVENTIONS can also alter the VOICE that you intend. Start some sentences with prepositional phrases or adverbial clauses, Da Flip-Flop, for better SENTENCE FLUENCY or begin some sentences with verbs.

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ENJOY!

So it's true, he thought. It's really true.

HualinS
Kenny loved music. He would do anything for a musical instrument. He was born in a poor family, and he was the only child. He wanted a harp so much that he even tried to save money to buy one. But a harp was $3,000 dollars and his family cannot afford it. Until, one day, when Kenny was on his way to the Grocery Store, a old man appeared out of nowhere. He was holding a beautifully-painted harp. Kenny gasped. The old man then called him over.

"You look like you love music. Do you?"

Kenny nodded, "I do, Sir, I TRULY do."

The old man pointed at his harp. "Do you know what that instrument is, son?"

"Yes, Sir, it is a harp and it is very very heavy."

"Ah, young man, you are really smart. This harp is no use for me anymore. Do you want it? However, I must warn you, this harp has some problems. It gets lost easily."

Kenny didn't care about the problem part. He just smiled with glee, and bowed down very low to the old man. "Thank you so much, Sir, how much should I pay?"

However, the old man was gone.

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Kenny learned how to play the harp very well, and named it "Savior." One day, he was selected in the Variety Show to play the harp. Kenny could hardly wait.

On his way there, he saw a grassy area with flowers, berries, and other beautiful stuff. He brought his harp towards it. He left his harp beside a Oak Tree, then went to pick some fresh berries.

When he got back, the harp was gone. Kenny then remembered the words the old man had warned him about.

Kenny shrieked. The Variety Show would start in two hours. Will he find it in ONLY two hours?

So it's true, he thought. It's really true.


SamanthaD:
Kenny sat down and began to think.
"It's always best to think through the problem." Those were the words Kenny's wise old grandfather had always said. Kenny had loved Grandpa Jones. No one else had understood Kenny for who he was.
"You're not like other kids." That's what Grandpa Jones had said. "You and me, we don't talk as much as others do. But we think, think better than others do. And the best part is, you and I can interact with music. We're like Beethoven - he wasn't good with words. But his best language was music, music that came from the heart. And you and me, we're lucky enough to be like him."
Oh, how Kenny had treasured those words. He had folded them up in his heart and tucked them away, so that he could always remember them.
But Kenny's happiness was not to last. Grandpa Jones had died a year ago, taking his wisdom and kindness with him. Kenny had never quite gotten over it. Being as shy and sensitive as he was, Kenny felt tears spring to his eyes. Slowly, oh so slowly, they crawled down his face, tiny streams of grief to show his meloncholy mood.
Unable to stop himself, Kenny sat down and leaned against a rock, as the streams turned into rushing rivers of sadness, and Kenny slowly cried himself into exaustion and sleep.

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Kenny.
Kenny awoke with a start to find himself on a cloud that seemed to stretch for miles.
Where am I? He thought.
Kenny.
"Grandpa?"
Yes.
"Where are you?"
Here.
Kenny turned around. His Grandpa Jones was walking towards him, the usual, wonderful smile on his face. Kenny ran up to him, and hid his face in his grandfather's warm, welcoming arms. Tears of joy streamed down Kenny's face.
"Oh, grandpa! I've missed you, so, so much!"
"Oh, my son. Dear, sweet Kenny. How you've grown!"
"Grandpa, what is this place?"
"Your imagination, of course. You are dreaming."
"Oh. So...so I'm really not hugging you? It's just a dream?"
"My dear Kenny, just because you are dreaming it dosen't mean that this is not really happening."
Kenny did not know what this meant, but he was used to his grandfather's riddles, and prefered puzzling over them then being told what they meant.
"Grandpa? Why am I here?"
"So that I can tell you where to find your harp, of course."
"Oh, Grandpa! Where is it?"
On the island of Limbata, a hundred miles from here."
"Why is it there?"
"It was called there, captured by an evil sorceror."
"Oh, no! What about the Variety Show?"
Grandpa Jones' face turned grim, and he placed his hands on Kenny's shoulders.
"Kenny, the show does not matter anymore! It is the problem of saving the island that matters now!"
"But-"
Grandpa Jones began looking around, as if a monster was about to come out of hiding and attack them.
"Kenny, I can tell you no more. Take the scarlet canoe. It will bring you to the island. Once you are there, look for a 13-year-old girl named Lea van Sweet. She will help you get your harp back, and the harp can save the island. I must go now, but anytime you need me, go to sleep, and I will come. But be cautious, I can only come at the right time. I love you, my dear boy. Remember Beethoven, and be brave."

Kenny awoke with a start.

HualinS
Kenny went to the riverside, took the scarlet canoe, and was off to the island of Limbata.

When Kenny finally arrived there, he saw thousands of little tents. He went to find Lea.

In a tent that was bigger than the others, Lea stood there. Lea had a sister that were friends with the evil sorceror.

Samantha:

"I need to find my harp." Kenny told her.

"What harp?" Lea asked, brushing back her shining blonde hair, then letting it fall back into place again. Lea's hair didn't even reach her shoulders, and curved around her heart shaped head.

"Savior. It's a really bright golden color, and it plays the prettiest music."

Lea's eyes widened. "You can't possibly be talking about the harp in the sorceror's palace!" she exclaimed, her voice full of fear.

"Actually, I am."

Lea stared at him for a moment, then shook her head. "Give it up, kid. Nobody's ever gotton into Ramudin's palace and come out alive. I can't help you." And with that, she turned to go back into her tent.

"Wait!" Kenny exclaimed. "Please, don't go! You're the only one that can help me!"

Lea stopped. Without turning around, she whispered, "I can't. I can, but I can't. I won't."

"Why not?"

"It's none of your buisness. Now scram!"

Kenny suddenly had an urge to say something, and the words spilled out: "Did it have something to do with Anthony Jones?"

Lea spun around. "You know my uncle? He was killed by the sorceror Ramudin almost a year ago!" she exclaimed.

Kenny was shocked. "That's how he died? I thought he got sick!"

"Yeah, sick of Ramudin torturing the people! He's terrible! He killed my father, so Anthony took care of my sick mother, brothers, sister and I."

"But how did Anthony do it? He lived two blocks away from us!"

"I don't know." Lea sighed. "Sometimes I still see him in my dreams."

"So do I!" Exclaimed Kenny.

"You do? Tell me how you knew him!" Lea yelled, excited.

"He was my grandfather!"

Lea turned pale. "So if he's my uncle, and he's also your grandfather........." she began.

"Then that means we're related!"















































]]>The Seven Chairshttp://kimzeywiki.wetpaint.com/page/The+Seven+ChairsHualinShttp://kimzeywiki.wetpaint.com/page/The+Seven+ChairsThu, 05 Jun 2008 05:49:30 CDT
The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Cris Van Allsburg



WORD CHOICE adds to the VOICE of your writing, and CONVENTIONS can also alter the VOICE that you intend. Start some sentences with prepositional phrases or adverbial clauses, Da Flip-Flop, for better SENTENCE FLUENCY or begin some sentences with verbs.

Be sure that your IDEAS connect to the previously stated facts and story line for good ORGANIZATION and readability. Do not just read the paragraph where you want to insert your addition. Remember to reread the story from the beginning each time before writing to keep the continuity of the storyline, to allow for your addition to connect with the story. Without good ORGANIZATION, your reader is lost. When writing direct quotes, add imagery to the sentence.

ENJOY!

The fifth one ended up in France.

HualinS
"Milly, I told you to STOP moving the gorgeous chairs Mom placed for Aunt Jessie's marriage!"

"Sorry, Matt. It's just that I'm trying to control my powers." Milly frowned.

Milly was the youngest of the Lancler family and ALWAYS gets the leftovers. Mr. and Mrs. Lancler wanted thought that Milly was too small for magic-training lessons, but Milly secretly learns them from Matt, who is the teacher of Milly. Every time he teaches, he earns $20.00. Matt wants to save enough money so he could buy a $390.99 car. Matt was old enough to drive.

"Milly and Matt, Mom and Dad will go and buy roast chicken for the marriage, okay? So we want you to look over the chairs, tables, and make sure they are clean. Ta ta for now! Remember to dump the garbage first, though, Matt." Mrs. Lancler smiled, then turned around and went in Mr. Lancler's car.

As Matt went to empy out the garbage can, Milly secretly played around with the gorgeous chairs. She used her magic. She read the words of the book, sat in a chair, then used her magic.

The first chair went to China.

The second chair went to Canada.

The third chair went to Australia.

The fourth chair ended up in India.

Milly, without thinking, used magic on the chair she sat on. Just then, Mr. and Mrs. Lancler figured out that they forgot their money. They saw Milly on the silver-gray chair. Milly looked horrified, but was too late. Off she went.

The fifth one ended up in France.































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]]>Video Welcome to Class Wikihttp://kimzeywiki.wetpaint.com/page/Video+Welcome+to+Class+WikiHualinShttp://kimzeywiki.wetpaint.com/page/Video+Welcome+to+Class+WikiSun, 01 Jun 2008 05:28:18 CDT Team MembersMeg.S
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Anyone who views Kimzey Wiki other than our class



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  • How to log in
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  • How to use the wiki
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]]>Stewardshipshttp://kimzeywiki.wetpaint.com/page/StewardshipsHualinShttp://kimzeywiki.wetpaint.com/page/StewardshipsSun, 01 Jun 2008 04:56:14 CDT
]]>The Answerhttp://kimzeywiki.wetpaint.com/page/The+AnswerHualinShttp://kimzeywiki.wetpaint.com/page/The+AnswerSun, 01 Jun 2008 04:44:52 CDTIf there was an answer; he’d find it there.

WORD CHOICE adds to the VOICE of your writing, and CONVENTIONS can also alter the VOICE that you intend. Start some sentences with prepositional phrases or adverbial clauses, Da Flip-Flop, for better SENTENCE FLUENCY or begin some sentences with verbs.

Be sure that your IDEAS connect to the previously stated facts and story line for good ORGANIZATION and readability. Do not just read the paragraph where you want to insert your addition. Remember to reread the story from the beginning each time before writing to keep the continuity of the storyline, to allow for your addition to connect with the story. Without good ORGANIZATION, your reader is lost. When writing direct quotes, add imagery to the sentence.

ENJOY!

Let the FUN begin:

HualinS
Chad Kalls was going to the newest circus in town, New York's Fab Circus, for his birthday party. His mother decided that he could take some of his friends there, too. So he phoned some other people. When they arrived there, the weather was getting bad, and it looked like rain was going to pour; and it did. Chad, Mrs. Kalls, and his friends ran to a tent and hid there. They turned around. Inside the tent, there were magicians, lion tamers, and there, on the corner of his eye, was a railroad. Chad ran to the railroad.

"Um, hi. Where does this railroad take us?" Chad asked politely.

A man behind the front counter looked up. "Somewhere special. Do you want to try it? It's new!"

Chad thought for a while. He pulled his friends over and his mother. His mother decided it was OK for them to have some fun, but only for half an hour. So Mrs. Kalls went and bought five tickets. She didn't want to go because she hated railroads. The man behind the counter helped them fasten their seatbelt, then got up, and hit the start button on the engine. Chad and his friends were off!

First, they went through a blazing desert. Then they went to a place similar to Antartica, freezing cold. Finally, the engine got slower. They were on a bridge, and underneath them was what looked like an ocean."Is the background real? Or is it fake?" Lizzy, one of Chad's classmates, asked with a frightening voice.

"I dunno. Let's just hope it's not real!" Chad spoke in a hopeful voice.

"Where are we heading?" Lizzy asked with curiosity and fear in her voice.

Chad thought for a while, If only I had a map! "I'm not sure, but wherever it is, it's not going to be good," Chad exclaimed, looking at the grey clouds forming above them.

If there was an answer, he'd find out.

JunMinA
Lightning crashed down on the railroad. Bam! It almost hit the side of the cart. "Is it just me or did the engine just stop?" Mark, Chad's best friend, shivered. Rain showered on the kids. The background was real. What was worse was that they were nowhere. All they knew were that they had passed places that reminded him of a desert and Antartica. Alone in the middle of the lake. Nowhere. In the middle of nowhere.

HualinS
Chad looked at his watch. They had only ten minutes left now. Then, Chad saw something that caught his eye; they still had backpacks on!

"Lizzy! Mark! Maria! John! Remember? We still have our backpacks on! We still could think of a plan!"

With that, the five friends opened their backpacks, and searched for anything they could use.

"WOW! I never knew I had these! Look, guys, I have a watch!" Everybody looked at John. It was half past three.

"Nope, I don't have anything besides my DS in my bag. I knew I should've brought my watch, too." Mark sighed.

Maria looked curiously into her bag. "I have four swimming suits! Hey! We could swim to shore!"

"But you only have four! One of us will have to stay here," Lizzy announced. "Anyways, I have two life jackets and a little float. We could go on the float, but only three people could fit on it."

But Chad had a brilliant idea!

"Here, why don't we do this! Maria and John, you guys are in fighting fish, right? Why don't you swim with the life jackets and the swimming clothes? The rest of us could go on the float Lizzy has! That's OK with you?"

The friends looked around. There was no sign of sharks, so they agreed.

SamanthaD:
Mark started to push the raft into the water, but then they all heard a sound.
It was not a good sound.
It was thunder.
They had almost forgotten about the storm!

"We'd better not go swimming in this!" stated Maria.

"But we need to get to shelter!" whinned Lizzy.

John pushed his glasses into place and scanned the horizon. "Why don't we follow the railroad tracks?" he asked. "We don't need a train, just our feet. We'll stop at the first shelter we find - a cave or something."

Everyone agreed it was a good idea, so they gathered their things and ran along the tracks toward the unknown.

HualinS
About 20 minutes later, there was still no sign of a cave or any sign of shelter. The friends were tired of walking, so they decided to take a rest. They sat on the edge of the bridge.

"I can't take it anymore! We've been walking for like three hours!" Maria complained.

John stared at his watch. "Well, Maria, according to my calculations, we've only walked for twenty minutes."

Maria stared up at the sky. The grey clouds covered the smiley sun. Tiny droplets of rain poured.

"Chop chop, kids! Let's go!" Lizzy, who won first place in the Running Race, began to pack her stuff into her backpack.

However, Mark, Chad, Maria, and John didn't budge.

Irritated, Lizzy pushed them to come along. But at last, she gave up. "Fine. I'm going to jog and find shelter myself. Don't blame me I didn't warn you!" And with that, Lizzy jogged off.

Mark stared at the ground,"Lizzy! Hold on! I'm gonna go find shelter with you!"

That made Lizzy cheerful. She waited patiently as Mark packed his stuff. They then jogged on together.

But suddenly, Mark stopped. "Hey guys! Guess what? I have two cellphones! We could go in different directions and see who finds shelter first!"

Maria, Chad, and John nodded. "OK!"

Maria then took charge of this conversation. "Chad and John could be with me. While Lizzy can go with you, Mark. Is that OK?" Mark and Lizzy nodded.

"Can I have a cellphone?" Mark handed Maria a black and white zebra-coloured cellphone. The friends went seperate ways.

Chad's team went backwards. Soon, they found the stopped wagon that took them here. Then, John had an idea.

"I know! We could go back the way we came, get in touch with Chad's mom, and be safe!"

Chad nodded. Maria argued, "But then we'll have to come back and tell Lizzy and Mark. And we don't know how we got here."

Chad stared at John. "Guess Maria's right."

Maria smiled. "Or we could just simply swim to shore, like my old idea."

"But I'm not in Fighting Fish, so I'm not good at swimming." Chad sighed.

Maria frowned. John stared at his watch. "Almost five. We broke our promise to Mrs. Kalls."

"We didn't promise her." Maria and Chad stared at John.

John looked up sadly. "But she'd be really worried about us, thinking that something happened to us-"

"But something DID happen to us." interrupted Maria.


Meanwhile, Lizzy and Mark were not happy, too.

"Great. The third dead end we saw. I wonder how Maria's team is doing. Probably better than us." Lizzy groaned.

Mark, however, was not paying attention. He was playing Super Mario on his DS.

"MARK! ARE YOU LISTENING?" barked Lizzy.

Mark ignored her. He gasped.

"What's up, Mark? Did you see anything?" Lizzy asked.

Mark shook his head. "No! Dang it! Peach killed Mario again!"

Now Lizzy was really going to explode. "Hey! Let's give Maria's team a call! Hand me the remaining cellphone, Mark!"

Mark handed it over.

Lizzy diled the numbers: 9827-6661. She waited. Finally, there was an answer. Maria's team returned back to the mysterious tent.

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"Guys, we need to do something!" shouted Lizzy.

"Well, if we can't find shelter, we'll just have to-" John began.

"Hey, look!" said Mark, pointing.
Behind them was a towering silver castle. There were no banners or flags or anything there that showed any signs of life.
"That definetly wasn't there before." commented Maria.

"No, it wasn't." said Chad, frowning.

"Maybe we should avoid it." squeaked the timid Lizzy.

"No, we won't avoid it!" said Mark angrily. "We've been walking around for at least 24 hours, a storm's about to start, and Lizzy won't let me play my DS! I'm going in!" He ran toward the castle.

"Mark! Wait! I'm coming, too!" shouted Maria as she ran after him.

"No, wait! Mark! Maria! Come back!" Chad ran after the others.

John looked at Lizzy. Lizzy looked at John.
"Shall we go?" asked John.

"I-I guess so." replied Lizzy nervously.
Both followed the others toward the castle.

"Whoa." said Lizzy, the minute she stepped inside.
Outside the castle the place looked like it hadn't been used in a hundred years, but inside
the castle was as clean and crisp and fresh as a summer's day.
A good smell wafted from the kitchen.
Bright blue banners, all with the symbol of a lion on them, hung all around the castle.
Beautiful red rugs littered the floor.
And carved into the wall on the far side of the castle were the words,
Castle Sapphire
Forever rich and never poor,
Sapphire Castle from roof to floor.
Happiness here you shall find,
If you find The Secret.
Be of a good mind.
"Who votes that we find the secret in the morning?" asked Mark, yawning.

"I'm in!" said Maria.

"Me, too." added Lizzy.

The kids explored and found a room with five beds. John took the red one, Maria the sunshine yellow, Lizzy the tropical green and Mark lay down on the orange.

"One bed left." Mark said, gesturing to the dark blue bed next to him.

"I'll be back soon." said Chad. "I want to do some exploring."

"Suit yourself." said John.

Chad turned off the light and left the room. After walking through the hallways for a while, Chad came across a dark room with a black door. He entered it and saw a young girl laying on a bed, the room bathed in a purple glow. The girl wore a simple lavendar dress, and her thick brown hair fell to her waist. She was barefoot, but looked peaceful and calm lying there. Chad noticed a book sitting on the table next to the bed. He opened it and read:


To whoever will find this,
My name is Anita Sapphire. My father owns this castle, but he and the members of his court left whan an evil enchantment was placed upon me by the evil Witch, Melinda Deepheart. When I was born she planted a curse upon me, saying that once I turned ten years old I would fall asleep and never be awakened. She did this because the Book of Fate reads that when I turn twelve I will find five other children and defeat Melinda. I know that you are one of these children, because the good fairy Jania changed the curse. When I turn twelve one of the children in the book of Fate will find me here and awaken me so that we may defeat Melinda. Go to the room with five different colored beds in it. Find the five keys that are inside the pillowcases and insert them into the keyholes by my bedside. You can save me. I know you can.
Sincerely yours, Anita Sapphire.

Chad dropped the book and ran as fast as he could back to the room with five beds.

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Chad explained everything to his friends.

"What the heck! We shouldn't believe that Anita dudet. I mean, she could be evil, too! Besides, these comfy beds rock. We should live here!"

With that, Mark got out his DS and continued his game.

But Chad still seemed unsure.

John, Maria, and Lizzy hates it when Chad looks upset, so they decided to help. They went to search for the keys.

"Pillowcases, huh? Here! I found one!" Maria smiled.

John searched hard, too. As did Lizzy.

Twenty minutes later, all four friends found theirs. Finally, Mark's DS was out of batteries.

"Dang it!" Mark growled.

So Mark went to find the last key. There it was, in front of the pillowcase that was completely empty.

"OK, guys, let's help Anita!"

When they got there, they inserted the keys. Suddenly, Anita's eyes became all red. They opened. The friends gasped. She was beautiful. Anita smiled. Her smile seemed too big for her face.

"You-you people! You saved my life!"

Maria walked over and held her up.

"Why, thank you, Maria."

Maria looked puzzled. "How did you know my name?"

Anita looked tired. "I'll explain that to you later. First, we must find Melinda Deepheart. She is in 1988-in the past-in a place called Illinois, I remember. She went to the past so she could kill my mother, kill my father, and pretend she was really strong so she would be in charge of
the whole world. Let's go and save my family!"

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"Wow!"
Mark gasped. His friends looked at him with curiosity.
"What did you find?"
Maria asked.
"A DS charger. Yes! This rocks, I can play all day. There's the plug."
Mark raced back to the room with five beds to bring his DS. Maria slapped her face.
"I shouldn't have trusted him."
Chad looked around.
"I know we are going to beat Melinda but there are lots of problems. What can we use to fight her, how do we go back in time, and finally what can we use to get to Illionis?"
Anita showed 5 colored energy balls levitating in her hand and a small DS kind of machine.
"The energy power-ups can give you powers while the time-device can let us go anywhere but we have to play a kind of game. If you lose, you have to give something away. It seems like betting. I never dared to try it. Who wants to play it?"
Suddenly, Mark came out of nowhere and shouted,
"Play! What game do you have?"
Anita gave the time-device to Mark.
"What kind of phoney is this? It only shows the countries and states. I don't play educational games. They are totally BORING!"
Mark threw the time-device on her bed. Anita picked it up and explained,
"You pick the state or country you want to go to. Then it shows numbers and you type the year you want to go to. After that, you play a game. Sometimes you get to choose."
Mark snatched the time-device and picked Illionis. He picked the numbers 1, 9, 8, 8. A small box popped out of the time-device.
"That must be the place where you put your item."
Anita put a pillow in the box. Surprisingly, the pillow fit in. The box jumped in the time-device and the game started.
"Wow! It's Super Mario only this is a totally new game."
Mario jumped and dodged a fireball that was shot from a big vampire. Mark pressed B and Mario threw his cap at the monster.
"What do you think we should do?"
Maria was bored and didn't want to watch Mark play the Super Mario.
"Don't you see I'm trying to concentrate here?"
Mark shouted with anger as he played. Anita gestured out the

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Meanwhile in the room, Maria's temper was rising. "Just stop playing your stupid games!" She tore the time machine out of his hand and almost chucked it against the wall. "Don't! Stop Maria, that's the time machine. You'll break it!" Lizzy shreiked just in time. "Sorry about that Lizzy. As for you Mark how can you be caring about playing DS right now?" Maria turned to look at Mark. But he had vanished!
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"Where is Mark?"Maria asked, "He was here a while ago, playing his DS, and then I almost threw it at the wall and........" She shuddered and started crying. John turned to Anita who was frozen with fear. "What is it, Anita?"he questioned curiously. "The time machine!" She pointed a shaking finger at the time machine. All four friends looked at the time machine, on the screen was a boy that looked a little too familiar. It was Mark.

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It was as if the game was a virtual one where you get sucked in if you want to, or not. Dodging more fireballs,and jumpimg, was exactly what Mark was doing. Once one hit him. He screamed with annoyance and pain. Running around, he blew the blazing red fire out. "If that was me, I would be bawling right now!" Maria groaned while going pale with pain for Mark.

"I feel so bad for him," Lizzy said sympathetically. Now, Mark was screaming for help and kept trying to run out of the screen. It wouldn't work. Each time he tried, he would hit an imaginary wall and shriek. By now the kids and Anita were brainstorming ideas on how to help him. The smartest inputs were from Anita.

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After a few minutes of thinking and watching Mark suffer, the kids and Anita came up with a brilliant idea, to win the game. According to the rule book that Anita had, if something got taken away, you could get it back by winning the game. And so they did.
John, the only other person that could actually play Super Mario other than Mark, was up for the challenge. He got hold of the time machine and started playing. It seemed like he was in the actual game, the way he was using body language. He ducked, jumped, and did countless tricks.
Finally, the game was over, Mark started to step out of the time machine when suddenly.

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They did not realize that the time machine was changeing color rapidly. "What's going on?" Mark asked in wonder. Then the multi colored DS now had what seemed like a lazer light show. Streams of color was darting every which way. One of the lazers hit a wall and blew a hole through it. "Oh my word!" Maria shouted. "Stand clear!" John shouted. It all stoped suddenly. Then a gigantic vortex shot up. A faint outline of a face was visible.

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"Hello" the face said. "I'm Mechanical Bowser, the ultimate boss that controls the game! Mwa ha ha ha ha. You all together must defeat me to get rid of me. Now that I have full control of the game no one can stop me."

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"Well, do you think we have a chance?" asked Maria. "A CHANCE?" yelled Anita, "we will get smashed before we know it. They all ran out of the room, and went to another room and locked it. "Don't you think we ought to call the other group, and tell them?" asked Mark, "it's better to let them know what kind of situation we're in," The others agreed, and took out their handphone. They started to dial the number. When they were almost done dialing, they heard a loud smashing noise outside the door. Everybody looked at each other with white pale faces.

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The door opened. Someone-a tall, lanky man-was holding Mark by the arm. Mark's face was pale, his eyes sunken, his body shivering all over. No one spoke for a while. Then Anita said,
"Mechanical Bowser!"

"Oh, yes." growled the man. His voice made Chad shiver. The man seemed to notice his fear and smiled an evil, evil smile. "I have my orders," he growled. "Farewell."

Anita threw something at him, but Mechanical Bowser and Mark had already vanished into the night.
The friends just stood there for a moment.
"What did he mean, 'his orders?"' Maria finally asked, her lips quivering.

"He's taking orders from Miranda Deepheart," said Anita bravely. "But I know where he is."

"You do?" John asked.

Anita nodded. "I've tracked him. Look." She drew a small mirror from one of her many pockets. Waving her hand over the mirror, the kids saw a faded picture come into focus. It was a map, and on the map there was a blinking red light.

"I threw one of my trackers at him." Anita explained. From another of her pockets she pulled out a handful of small, round red things. They looked a lot like ladybugs without spots.

"Wow." Said John, impressed. He made a mental note to look those up in the library when they got back home.

"Come on, let's go save your friend." said Anita.

She created a purple portal in front of them, then watched as the kids ran in one at a time-first John, then Maria and Lizzy.
Chad was about to go too when he noticed Anita's feet. She was still barefoot.
"Um, Anita? Don't you think you should get some shoes on?" he asked.

Anita smiled and shook her head.
Then she followed Chad into the purple sphere of light.

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When they got out, they found themselves in a planet that was different. It wrote 1863 on everything.
They were in the past!

"Miranda Deepheart took the most valuable gem in the future, The Water Gem, it controls the water on Earth, and now she will take the most valuable gem in the past, The Fire Gem. The Fire Gem controls fire for the world. We have to stop her-fast-and manage to get The Grass Gem in the present. Do you see that building there?" Anita pointed at a white building.

Lizzy stared for a while. She gasped. "Is that, am I dreaming-THE WHITEHOUSE?"

Anita smiled. She was amazed by the others' shocked faces. "Yes, this belongs to Abraham Lincoln."

"Really? But I thought he lived in the 1800's!" Maria exclaimed.

John was getting fascinated. "Remember, it's the past, girly! We're IN THE PAST!"

Anita led John, Maria, Chad, and Lizzy in the Whitehouse. It was really different. They went to the living room, and one of the servants there called Mr. Lincoln. Mr. Lincoln looked awful. His face was pale, he was covered with bandages, and most of all, there was a big scar on his forehead. Mrs. Lincoln appeared, too. Walking towards the kids, she wore a sad face.

Mr. Lincoln began, "Somebody called Melinda robbed the Whitehouse. My home trained army were useless against somebody with magic. I had to fight for myself. At the end, Mary and I managed to defeat Melinda, but she stole the Fire Gem and said something about getting the Grass Gem from somebody called Jagg Brush or something. She said he was the president of 2007. Interesting. I think she has some memory problems, She probably meant 1807. 2007? That's like in 134 days! Anyways-" He paused. His audience dissapeared.

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Meanwhile, Mrs.Kalls was getting quite perplexed. "Where are those tiresome children," she asked herself. They promised they would be back by five. Now it's half past six! Mrs. Kalls waited for a few more minutes and then seeing no sign of the children, she began to worry. What had happened to the children? Had they been in an accident? Mrs. Kalls shining Saturday morning face was as pale as a ghost. "I'm going to find out what happened right now. I'm going on the cart ride," Mrs.Kalls tried to make her voice sound determined. She sauntered up to the ticket booth in the tent. Instead of the stout man, there was a woman. She had a scared face and long fingernails painted with a deep red nail varnish. The woman turned towards Mrs.Kalls and softly whispered, " Hello Anna Deephart."

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Mrs.Kalls gasped. "How did you know my maiden name?" Mrs.Kalls looked at the lady once more and exclaimed, "You are my long lost cousin, Melinda Deephart." Mrs.Kalls saw the smirk on Melinda's wretched face and harshly yelled, " You and your tricks. What have you done with Anita, my children, and Anita's parents?" "It's up to you to find out," Melinda vanished into thin air and after her wicked cackling, their was silence. Dead silence.

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Mrs. Kalls sighed, she knew that there was only one way to save the children. She was the one who was told by that old fortune in May 8, 1856. She remembered the exact words that old hag told her. Mrs. Kalls replayed those words in her head.

On November 9, 1909 you have to make this prophecy come true. If you fail then you will have to relive this every 1,000 years. To complete this prophedy you will have to first take your children to the gate keepers relam. You will know it right away. You might not realize it at first, but you will soon know. Your kid, and any other people they decided to take along, will go through the gate and go to Anita's house. You must take your boat into that relam. You might think about taking a trian, but if try to take it you will fail this quest. The rest of it is up to you. Remember, one wrong move, and you will have to wait a thousand years for your next chance, and everything to be put into place again. You are the only one who can save us now.

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Mrs. Kalls was shocked. She had just seen her long lost cousin. What was she gonna do?

"For the sake of my children I'm gonna do it. Now now, Anna, you can do it be brave."

Mrs. Kalls stood up and sat back down.

"You can do it Anna. Just go!"

Taking a deep breath, and clutching her purse, Mrs. Kalls turned around and started walking on the railroad. But suddeenly Melinda appeared right in front of her.
Almost tripping, Mrs. Kalls was trapped.

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Meanwhile, Anita had portaled Chad and the others into a library.
"Um...Anita? Why are we here?" Chad asked timidly.

"Books are the key to everything." Maria and Anita remarked at the same time.

Anita looked at Maria, her eyes sparkling.

"I never thought I'd meet anyone who knew that saying," she whispered.

Maria just smiled shyly.

"What's your last name?" Anita asked.

"Park,"Maria replied.

Anita stared at her for a moment, then scanned the bookshelves. She finally pulled down a worn blue book with the Sapphire Symbol -a lion- on the cover. Anita opened up to a certain page and read aloud,

Once Melinda Deepheart is in control of the Fire Gem, Water Gem, and Grass Gem, she will need to find her two other sisters. Both are good people, and Melinda must force them to become evil by using her magic. The sisters are Kaitlyn Deepheart, the Queen of Sapphire Castle, and Anna Deepheart, also known as Anna Kalls.

Anita shot a glance at Chad. He was as white as a ghost. Anita knew how he felt - her mother was a Deepheart too. She hurried on,

Once she has the gems, Melinda and her sisters must complete the Obstacles in the Realm and place the gems in the keyholes of the fire gate in order to become invinsible.

"So we need to go to this realm place, right?" John asked.

Anita nodded. "And here's another thing you should probobly know......."
She turned the pages of the book and opened to a certain spot.
"Read." she said.

John read aloud,

Anita Sapphire had a twin sister, who was cast out of the realm for her own safety. She was given false parents and was raised under them. The girl was destinied to be one of the five who would save the realm. Her name rhymes with her sisters, and she was an extremely smart girl. Her Earth name was Maria Park, but her real name was Maria Sapphire.

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Everyone gasped and turned to face Maria. Maria started to cry. "You mean, my parents arent my real parents, they are just fake? It's not possible. My mom tells me stories about when I was little. She even has my baby book," sobbed Maria.

"Maria, stories are sometimes not true. Your mom could have made everything up and just wrote it down in your baby book," stated Anita as she put a arm around Maria. "Everything is going to be okay."

"Thanks. I bet you are just as sad as I am, so I guess I should just leave the tears behind, and help you fight Malinda."

"Your welcome. Besides, we are sisters, so we need to stick up for each other," comforted Anita.

"Hey, guys, I just got a really bad feeling that my mom is in a lot of danger," Chad shivered as the hair on his back shot straight up like the quills of a porkupine.

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"We have to think of a really good plan to get my mom far away as possible from Melinda," Chad said as he stood up bravely.

"Hey Anita, do you think there's a book about a way where we can get stop Melinda from making my mom become evil?

"Well, according to this book, it says she can only make them evil by the magic of the Water Gem, Fire Gem, and the Earth Gem. So, we'll have to get the gem's away from her. And I don't really know how," Anita cried, " we're hopeless. Any body have a plan?" she questioned in a sad way. Maria looked deep in thought.

"Everybody quiet, I think Maria's up to something," Lizzie whispered. They waited for a long time silently.Suddenly, Maria got up and yelled,

"Ah ha! I got it! So here's my plan. Listen closely guys."

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Everyone huddled around Maria and listened carefully.

"Here's what we do," Maria announced looking seriously " Anita don't you have the tracking devise to track down Mechanical Bowse"

Anita nodded her head.

" If we could work together as a team we can trap him and make him talk. We'll ask him where the Earth Gem is and where Malinda is. If he does not speak up, we'll threaten him untill there's only one strong bone left in his body. After we know what we need, we will go find the Earth Gem and get back Chad's mom. If my plan is not succesful than we my as well live as how it's going to be with Malinda"

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"Or," John snorted, "We could just simply go-"

"You guys! Check this out!" Anita interrupted. She pointed at a page, then read,

The Deephearts wanted revenge on Ebezener Kalls after he killed Frankie Deepheart, the father of Melinda, Katlyn, and Anna. But because that Ebezener was too powerful, he controlled the prettiest of the daughters, Anna. Specific information is not yet available. All we heard before Ebezener taking Anna into another dimension was, from Anna,

"You weird Ebezener! Let me go! I'm never leaving my sisters! Ahhh!"

And with that, she dissapeared.

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They all gasped, Chad was the worst. He had asked so many questions in his head of why his mom didn't tell him any of this. Right now, Chad just wished he wasn't here, and he was at the circus with his mom and everyone else. He wished it was a sunny day that day and that the railroad at the circus was never there. He wished. He just wished he could be safe again. "Why is this happening," he told himself at least 10 times, then Anita pitched in. "Be brave, you can do this, I know you wish that this never happened but this is just the way of life. This just has to happen." She smiled while silver tears sailed down her cheek. She too whished this never happened but also wished it was over with.

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All of a sudden a light flashed and everyone in the room seemed to freeze. Actually everyone did except for the friends that were now standing. The tears had stopped rolling down their cheeks. Instead of being sad they all had gained a curiosity. Anita was the first to break the silence. "What in the world has just happened?"
"Dunno," John retorted.
As these words came out of his mouth a woman dressed in a brilliant white dress appeared.
"Run children!Run!"

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"Run from what?" Anita inquired. Then they turned and their it was. A black ball that crackled and popped sometimes, was behind them. Inside it there were three gems. One gem was orange and it flashed and crackled like fire. The other one was green and it was as boring as watching grass grow. The final one was blue and seemed to be constantly changing form like water. There they were the gems that they needed. Anita slowly approached the black ball and when she was right in front of it she reached out a quivering hand. And grabbed them. It was like being burnt, cooled and scoured by scratchy grass. Anita screamed in pain and dropped them.

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What happened next was a blur. Although it did not hurt with the fire, as water cooled them instantly, the grass hurt. When water gets in just cut skin it hurts. Bad. but suddenly, something made of elm and iron flew through the air. it whammed into the........whatever was attacking them. the...thing that attacked the groups was injured, but of course the girls didn't run to help her. In fact, they ran in the opposite direction. "Once that thing gets up, were doomed," chad screamed hopeleslly. "no, you're not."
It was a queer voice. They looked at him. He had golden armor and a goldish yellowish oak bow. slinged across him was something make of fine studded black leather. In it, the girls quickly noticed, were arrows. Elm shaft, iron heads. He ran swiftly. He looked back. He shot five arrows with speed like a cheetah and accuracy like a sniper. "hehehe," He mumbled as they neared a cliff. at the last moment he took out a grappling hook. they grabbed on to it and hooked it to the edge. They jumped

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They saw crashing waves below them.
"We're dead!" they screamed. But suddenly they swung into a cave.

"Wow that was awesome!" Chad gasped.

"What was that thing that was chasing us?" The stranger didn't say anything. Instead he gave Anita two knifes and Chad a sword and a long staff like thing. Suddenly a thing jumped into the cave. Chad cowardly raised his sword and staff and froze on the spot.

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Suddenly, Melinda, Anna and Kathryn appeared.

Melinda laughed an evil laugh. How could she think this was funny? "I have all three gems, and I am now ready to kill you and my sisters." Malinda smiled, and looked at Kaitlyn and Anna. "I'll kill you first."

She took all the gems, and pointed them at Anna. Chad screamed. He didn't want his mother dead, not now, not ever."You can't do that!"

Melinda laughed again. Mumbled a few words, and, still pointing the gems at Anna, she threw them at Anna. There was an explosion. Anna was dead. Chad went to go feel her heartbeat, but heard nothing. She was dead.

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Chad seriously wanted revenge.

"Melinda! Why did you kill your own sister? HOW COULD YOU KILL YOUR OWN SISTER?" Chad cried, "You wicked person! How can you kill mom?"

Melina, however, was not paying attention. She took hold of Katlyn and was ready to throw her. "Whatever. Katlyn, you ready? You're reaching death! About an inch more-"

Suddenly, a figure appeared. It jumped down, and landed in front of Katlyn. It was Mr. Ebezener Kalls.

"Dad! But I thought Mom said that you died in a car accident!" Chad shouted, running towards Mr. Kalls.

"We have more important things to take care of, Chad," Mr. Kalls spoke in a formal voice, "Melinda! Drop her!"

Melinda did as she was told.

"Ouch! Ebezener, next time, will you please just simply say, 'Let her down' instead? I broke my nail! How can I still be queen?" Katlyn complained in a snotty voice.

Ebezener didn't care. He used his wand and threw Melinda to the wall. Melinda's head was bleading. Chad wanted to run. He desperately NEEDED to escape this horror scene. However, he knew it wouldn't work to just run. He had to stay still and be a man and fight with his dad. He had to.

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Chad went into action. He held his sword firmly and headed towards Melinda. All of a sudden, Chad was frozen like a statue by his father. Mr. Kalls unfrozed him.

"Do not kill her, remember she is your aunt and my sister."

"Why not?" Chad questioned "she killed my Mom!"

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"Chad, please, please just listen to your father," Anita begged. "You will have your revenge, I promise! Just don't kill her now."

"And why not!" Chad roared.

"I think it's time to returen to the library." smiled Maria.

"You said it!" Anita agreed.

Reluctantly, Chad lowered the sword. "I'll be back for you!" He vowed.

Melinda only laughed and vanished into thin air.
"Come," Anita said gently. "It is time you learned your answers." And, laying her hand on Chad's shoulder, she mumbled a few incomprehensionable words and the children were in the library again.

"Do we use the same book we used last time?" Lizzy asked as she pulled it off the shelf.

"Yes." Anita said. she opened the book and read,

Melinda Deepheart has forever been a counsel member of the Realm. The counsel members were like the government, and are protected by the Realm magic. If one is killed, because of the Magic the Realm will explode and create exactly nine million six hundred and thirty-five dull black rocks. That is, unil the Magic wears off. It will expire on the first day of the year HOPE, at the end of the year TRUTH. That day,
May First, and all of the year HOPE, is the year that Melinda Deepheart can be killed.

"What do the words mean?" Lizzy asked.

"In the realm, we use words, instead of numbers, to mark the years." Anita explained.

"May First!" John laughed. "Why, that's tomorrow! Tomorrow we can hunt for Melinda, and Chad will be able to have his revenge!"

"Indeed he can," Anita smiled. "But until then, you can sleep in the room with five beds at Sapphire castle. And since it isn't lunch time yet, pherhaps we can visit Lunala DeKorbit. She's a medicine Woman, and she might be able to help your mother, Chad."

"But my mother's dead." whispered Chad. "I'll bet Lunala can't raise people from the dead!"

"Indeed she can." Anita said, a smile twitching at the corners of her mouth. "And remember, we still need to find Mark."

And with that, Anita mumbled some words, and she, Chad, Maria, John, and Lizzy were gone.

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They arrived at Lunala's hut a moment later.

Chad knocked on the door. "Hello? Anybody in here?" No answer.

"Great! She's not in! Let's get going! As they say, time flies so fast when you’re having fun!” Maria smiled hopefully.

However, the door started opening, a tiny bit, then a tiny bit more, then, “Voila! Hello there, Ms. Anita! It’s kind of you to come over to my tiny hut once a while. How may I serve you today?” Lunala asked in a kind voice. She then bowed to Anita, Lizzy, Maria, and Chad. She did not bow to John, however. Lunala looked at John in disgust, she then pointed her index finger at him, while shouting, “Why are you wearing white? You do realize that on KRISTEN Day, no one’s aloud to wear white, or else they can be banished! Do you want to be banished?”

“Lunala! They’re from another planet! Earth, I believe it’s called! So please don’t tell on them, meanwhile, KABOOM!” Anita pulled out her wand, and then changed John’s clothes into green and orange overalls.

“Perfect! Now, come in for some tea, if you don’t mind.” Lunala greeted.

She opened the tiny door; John had to bend over to go through the door because he was taller than the door. When they got inside, Chad noticed a simple bed with a simple table for meals. There was also a small kitchen, too small, really. There was no TV, but there is a radio. There’s also a rocking chair and knitting materials. Lunala must love knitting! Lunala moved the table next to her bed because there were only two chairs there. She then got her rocking chair. She sat on it. Chad and Lizzy sat on the two chairs, while Maria, John, and Anita sat on the bed.

“Thank you for the warm welcome, but unfortunately, we didn’t come here for a cup of tea, we came here so you could give some medicine to Mrs. Kalls, the mother of Chad,” Anita pointed at Chad, “Who is also dead now.”

Lunala thought for a while, then, “Chad, let me see your mother.”

Anita used some magic, and then brought Mrs. Kalls over.

Lunala stared for a while. “Ah, I see what’s going on. All I need is some Amporios Medicine, then everything would be fine. But, the Amporios Medicine’s best material, the Chasto Fruit, is only found on the hill there,” She pointed at a really tall hill by her house, “So you guys will have to go uphill, and collect forty of them for me. You must be back by eight o’ clock. You have three hours left. Seems easy, right? Well, to tell you the truth, it’s not easy. There are many bears, and wolves there seeking for dinner. You better be careful! Here’s some equipment I’ll give you, the Laser Cutter, you use that to cut through little holes to find the way, the Gamalino Ballet Music, you use that so the bears will go away from you, they’re scared of the music, and lastly, most importantly, the Cell Device. Use that to phone me for any danger. I have a speedboat that will take you across the lake to the hill, however, only three people could fit on it. I have it all planned. Three people go there, while the other two people could go to my friend, Challi, to get some natural water. That would help Mrs. Kalls a lot. Is that OK? Challi lives in Virgin Forest. Beware, too, because there are thousands of wild monsters there. Get three buckets of natural water there, then immediately come back! You both will get the same equipment! Remember, be back by eight o’ clock, kids! When I have forty Chasto Fruits and three buckets of natural water from Challi, I’ll mix them together and after Mrs. Kalls drinks it, she will be safe and sound!” Anita, John, Maria, Chad, and Lizzy all nodded to show that they agreed. After arguing and planning who should go where, they thought that Anita and John should go to Virgin Forest, while Lizzy, Chad, and Maria should go to the hill.

And off they went!


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Chad, Lizzy and Maria climbed into the boat and started towards the hill.

"I don't trust her," Maria whispered once they were far away from Lunala's cottage.

"Who? Lunala?" Lizzy asked.

Maria nodded. "Well, why not?" Chad asked. "She's going to bring my mom back to life!"

Maria shrugged. "I dunno. She just seemed kind of fishy to me. Did you notice how she got really angry at John because he was wearing white? And............Anita?"

"What do you mean, Maria?" asked Lizzy, confused. "Anita's not here."

"No.....I-I hear her. She's.....she's in my......my mind. Yes, I can hear you. How are you doing that?"

"Maria? Who are you talking to?" Chad asked.

"Anita contacted me through telepathy. She's telling me something. Shhhhhh!" Maria whispered.
She closed her eyes and listened.

Maria, what do you think of Lunala? Anita asked her.

"She seemed really suspicious. I don't trust her."

Neither do I. Listen, Maria, John is in deep trouble.

"John? In trouble? Why?" Maria shot a glance at Lizzy and Chad. They could hear her because Maria was talking aloud, and Maria saw them stiffen as she said John's name.

Lunala thinks that he is one of the Deepthinkers.

"The what?"

Deepthinkers are.........well, deep thinkers. Smart people who can use their intelligence to fight evil.

"How many are there?"

No one knows for sure. They just keep coming and going. Our people come to the Deepthinkers to sort out problems, like how to get rid of witches.

"Is Lunala a witch?"

Yes. In fact, the potion she is going to use will not bring back Chad's mother, but will turn her into a zombie that will forever serve Lunala.

"What do we do?"

Instead of gathering Forty Chasto Fruits, get only 37. Then get three Lina fruits instead. Lunala will never notice, I promise. John and I are going to fill one fourth of a bucket with Lemon Juice, as those things are what will make Anna live again.

"Okay. And, Anita? Does john know that he is a Deepthinker?"

Yes. He needed to know, sooner or later. Our older brother, Dominic, is a Deepthinker too, you know. I need to go. The wolves and bears on the hill are actually really friendly, so don't worry about them. They'll help you. Remember what I told you! Bye!

Maria opened her eyes and stared, openmouthed, at Chad and Lizzy.

"I have a brother!" she exclaimed.

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"What do you mean?" Chad asked, after Maria explained everything to Lizzy and Chad.

“That can’t be right, I mean, Lunala? A witch? She seems fairly nice, to tell the truth.” Lizzy agreed.

Maria barely smiled. “We’ll deal with that later. First, let’s get the fruits.”

The three friends went on, unsure of what will happen next.

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In Virgin Forest, John and Anita reached a place with twenty small huts.

“Lunala told me that one hut is Challi’s, but the question is, which one?” Anita asked astonished.

John looked at his watch, “We have two and a half hours left. Guess we’ll have to do it the old fashioned way.”

The first hut John and Anita reached was polka dotted. Anita knocked on the door. A woman answered.

She had a soft voice. “Hello there! How may I help you?”

“Hi, we’re – ” Anita started.

John nudged her, then whispered, “Make up names. You never know if the person is Lunala’s servant or so.”

Anita nodded. “Sorry about that, my brother, Kyle, just told me that he loves your dress. By the way, nice to meet you, too. I’m Kylie, and as you know, this is my big brother Kyle-”

The woman hesitated, then lost her patience, “Tell me, what do you want from me? I have to get my nails polished! Hurry up! You’re wasting too much time!”

“Sorry, our question is, do you know anyone called Challi?” John asked politely.

The woman smiled. “I believe I do. Oh! I didn’t introduce myself yet, did I? Challi Van Mozenga is the name. And yes, you wanted to ask me something?”

John and Anita stared in astonishment. Finally, Anita got back her nerves, and spoke shakily, “Yes, that’s it, you, um, can we get any natural water?”

Challi looked at the two friends. “Why do you need the natural water?” Anita and John didn’t know what to say. At last, John made something up, “Well, Anita has a big fever here, right? We need the water to save her.”

“Who’s Anita? I thought the girl was named Kylie!”

“Ah, never mind. We just desperately need it, Challi! Please give it to us!” Anita wailed.

“Well, I’m sorry, but if you want natural water, then you’ll have to get it from my neighbours, Ian and Yumia Johnston. So, as they say, Tata For Now!” Challi slammed the door, then locked it.

“Whoa. Somebody has attitude problems, Anita?” John looked around.

Anita vanished.

"Golly! She's gone! Anita's gone!"

“Ya right, I’m right here, Jonathan Bustow!” Anita laughed an evil laugh.

“Hey! How did you know my full name? Only Mom and Dad knew my full name!” John shrieked in disbelief.

Anita looked shocked. She then took John to search for the Johnston couple. There were 19 more huts they didn’t knock. Now it’s time to!

The first hut was striped.

Anita knocked on the door.

A grumpy-looking man answered. “Sup, yo. What ‘cha lookin’ at? My beard? Well, foe yo information, there’s nothin’ to look at.”

Anita nudged John. John nudged Anita. They were silent for two minutes.

At last, John took the risk to talk like the old man. “Sup, yo. I’m Kyle, an’ this is my sista, Kylie. Do yo know anyb’dy called Ian Johnston? Or Yumia Johnston?”

The old man laughed. “Know? I lived my life with Yumia! She’s my sista! What ‘cha expect? Hmmm?”

Anita asked, “Well, yo know where they live?”

“Erm, no, as’ a gir’ called Challi. She live’ b’side my hut.”

Anita smiled. “OK, then. Ta ta for now.”



The second hut they visited had no designs at all.

“Knock knock.” John knocked on the black door.

“Who’s there?” A voice that belonged to a kid asked.

Anita hesitated. John, however, was having fun. “Marie.”

“Marie who?” The kid-voice asked.

“A very merry Christmas to you!”

The kid sighed. “But it’s months past Christmas.”

“JUST OPEN THE DOOR!” Anita screamed. The birds that were on a nearby tree flew away.

The kid opened the door. She was really short and looked like a first grader. “Mommy! Daddy! Intruder alert! Intruder alert!”

A man and a woman dashed towards the door. “You opened it, didn’t you, Debora?” The woman asked.

Another kid came running down. “Debora! Stop shouting! I’m trying to do my homework here, if you didn’t notice!” This kid looked much older. She looked like a seventh grader.

Debora’s smiley face fell. She ran to her dad and cried in his lap. He patted her, then turned to Anita and John. “Who in the world are you?” He pointed at them.

“Hi, I’m Kylie, and this is, um, my brother, Kyle. We wanted to know if you knew anybody called either Ian Johnston or Yumia Johnston. Do you?” Anita asked hopefully.

The seventh grader beside Debora laughed.

However, the mother scolded, “Alexandria Johnston! You’re forgetting your manners! Be kind to guests!”

Anita and John gaped. They were the Johnston family!

The mother added, “And to answer your question, we are the Johnston family. Ian, Yumia, that’s me, Alexandria, and Debora Johnston. What was that you wanted?”

“We wanted-” John started.

“Alex is in trouble! Alex is in trouble!” Debora interrupted.

“DEBORA JOHNSTON! REMEMBER YOU MANNERS! AND DO NOT INTERRUPT!” Mrs. Johnston pointed to Debora’s room, and Debora, sad faced, ran to her room, slammed the door, and locked it.

“Kids these days.” Mrs. Johnston wailed. “Now, what was that?”

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"We wanted to know if you had any natural water," John exclaimed huffily. " The woman's harsh face softened. "Well well, if it isn't John and Anita." "Bu-but how do you know my name?" John stammered. "As if I don't know my son's name." " John, Anita, Chad's mom is here in our house. Lunala was getting suspicious so I used some magic to transport Mrs. Kalls here. The others are already in my house along with Mark. Come along now, we musn't waste a single moment, time is very precious now." Mrs. Johnston was very serius. "Anita's mother is there too," she went on, "along with Ebenezer Kalls. We have plan to stop Melinda." "Oh boy," John sighed. "Another heroic mission." "Be the hero of your own story," Mrs.Johnston went on. "At least, you'll have to be, when you fight against me," Mrs.Johnston cackled. "Oh no, Melinda has us trapped, it was all a trap. All about Lunala,and the cure for Mrs.Kalls. This is it. I've had enough." John took out a stone, aimed it at Melinda, who was dressed up as Mrs.Johnston, and fired. "Oh you wicked boy," Melinda screeched. Melinda vanished into thin air, and her wicked cackle was never heard again, except in nightmares.

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"John! You did it! It's over! It's all over!" Anita shrieked. She ran forward and gave John a hug. John turned as red a ripe tomato.

"It's not over yet." said a voice. John and Anita looked up to see Maria, Chad and Lizzy coming down the stairs.

"What do you mean?" John asked.

"We took another trip to the library." said Maria. "It was kind of weird, but we were in the boat and I had been wishing that we could go to the library so that we could learn more about Deepthinkers, and then, suddenly, we were there."

"Your powers are beginning to take shape." said Anita.

Maria nodded. "Anyway, we found out that once Melinda has died, her curses and spells will end, but her prisoners will still be locked in her dungeon. And her gaurds will know that she has died, so they will try to bring her back to life."

"How?" John asked.

"Isn't it obvious?" said Maria.

Anita nodded. "Yes." she said. "The Amporious medicine."

"Well, how do we stop them?" John asked.

"You won't. We will." The kids looked up to see Anita's mother, Kaitlyn, and Anna and Ebenezer Kalls.

"Mom!" Shouted Chad. He ran up the stairs and hugged her.

"You four save the prisoners. Your mother and Kaitlyn and I will stop the gaurds from getting the ingredients." said Ebenezer.

"We're on it!" said Lizzy.

"You have until the sun goes down in three days. We can't hold the gaurds off after that. Look for Ian and Yumia Johnston - they're our friends who need rescuing. Also keep an eye out for your brother, Dominic, and Mark, too." said Kaitlyn.

"Dominic's a prisoner?" Exclaimed Anita.

"My golly, we almost forgot about Mark!" exclaimed Chad.

"Be careful! Mechanical bowser will be there, too. Send us a telepathic message once the prisoners are free." said Anna.

"And above all, be safe." said kaitlyn.

then the adults vanished.

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The friends arrived in a dungeon. There, they saw Mark. He was not alone. Melinda was there. They had taken Debora Johnston with them and now are trying to free Mark. It will however not be easy. There are tons of guards.

“I have a plan, it might not be the best, but I’m positive it would work.” Maria smiled at them. “One of us will have to pretend we are one of the guards. But the question is, who?”

No one volunteered.

At last, they did rock paper scissors. Debora lost.

“Thanks for volunteering, hem-hem, DEBORA. OK! Here’s my plan.” Maria whispered it to everybody.

They were in action.

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Melinda couldn't be there. It had to be an imposter. Melinda was dead. Mark ran up to them. "Let's get out of here," Mark scanned the room. "Sorry Debbie, but you can't be our guard," Maria sympatethically whispered," "This is all a trick," Suddenly, Melinda apperared. "Hi, I'm the Mechanical Bowser. Yeah, you are too smart to fall for traps, like me dressing up as Melinda, but the game is not over.

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"Oh yes it is," came a booming voice. Ebenezer appeared. He took out a black colored stone, pointed it at the sky, mumbled a few words, and BOOM! There was silence. Evil in this dimension was gone, forever, or at least, until Melinda came back....

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"Melinda Deepeart! I command you to get the three orbs immediately! You failed to accomplish your task!" A voice shouted.

"Yes, Sir Paxton." Melinda bowed. She then whispered some words and dissapeared into the past.

Everybody laughed. Debora shook her head, "What are you talking about? Why is it so funny?"

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Before anyone could reply, Maria burst out, " I'm tired of this. I want all the adventure to be over. I want to live here with my sister and friends. I wish that this would happen." There was a burst of green light. "Oh my, you're powers have worked. No one, not even Ebenezer could ever pull off that spell." Anita was dumbfounded. Suddenly, Ebenezer spoke, "Maria,you have earned everything to have the best powers, but most importantly, you have the courage,bravery,and strength to fight. You have your wish granted."

1 year later....... There was great rejoicing in Anita's castle. There was a great procession being held, with a ceremony afterwards and still later, a giant buffet in the servants quarters. Mrs. Kalls, Anita's mother and father, Ebenezer, the children, the Johnston family and all the people of Anita's land, The Land of Dreams, were present. Ebenezer put his arms around his wife, Mrs.Kalls, and Chad. He yelled to the crowd, "We have come here to celebrate the children who saved our land from being demolished by the evil Melinda Deephart," he paused and the crowd cheered. " There is more evil in the dimension- he continued with a sober look on his face, but, we can all ways stop them if we have these smart children with us. I don't know, but where do they live? In the planet Earth? I've all ways thought that people from Earth were sightly dim-witted." The audience chuckled, appreciating the joke. " But I am proved wrong by these superior children, who put their minds to fight evil and regain peace. Give and an outstanding roar of applause to Chad, John, Mark, Anita, Maria, and Lizzy, the saviors of The Land of Dreams." Chad interrupted,"Thanks dad, but enough of the praise, let's get the party started!" And party they did. This is it, Chad thought, the best birthday ever!


THE END
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CindaW
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Elizabeth George Speare
Historical Fiction
10
My favorite book by EGS is The Witch of Blackbird Pond. I love the story of Kit and how she had to adapt to life in New England. I think I learned more about the time after the Pilgrims by reading this book than any textbook. I learned how hard they had to work and how people behaved to anyone who was different than they were. Actually, I think I learned that people are the same. We all have to learn how to deal with people who have come from different circumstances than we have experienced. Elizabeth George Speare was probably the author that started my love of historical fiction. I still love reading novels by people who have researched the time period and write great stories. I learn more about history when there is a character that is living the time period than just reading the "facts."
Web site: Elizabeth George Speare



HualinS
Kira-Kira
Cynthia Kadohata
Realistic Fiction
10-HIGHLY RATED!
Katie's first words, kira-kira, was taught by her sweet sister, Lynn. Lynn taught Katie that everything was kira-kira, or shining bright. Katie was born in Iowa in 1951. In Katie's point of view, everything was kira-kira. The sky was kira-kira, the grass is kira-kira, and so on. The sisters were really close. They disliked the same people, and thought the same way. The family was one of the closest family you would imagine, that is, until Lynn becomes very ill and dies. After Lynn's death, the family falls apart. It's up to Katie to turn things around. Will Katie fail? Or will Katie achieve this goal? Read this high-rated book to find out!
Website: http://www.kira-kira.us/

KatieQ
Maximum Ride: The Final Warning (It's the fourth book in the seris Maximum Ride)
James Patterson
Fantasy
10 - This is the best book I've ever read
Most people around the world want global warming to stop. Each person does his/her part to help out with stopping it. They're six kids who, too, want it to stop, but these six kids are a bit different. The kids were either donated, sold, or taken away to a laboratory. In the laboratory they test on those kids. These six kids had bird DNA put in them so they were part bird. The charataristics that were part bird, is their wings. The kids in the group, or flock as they prefer, are Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman, and Angel. Their names sound weird, because they chose them themselves. Max is the leader of the flock, that means she is the one to give the commands. Fang is a bit like the co-leader of the flock, that means on long journeys he usually comes with Max. Iggy is blind. You probaly wouldn't be able to tell that at first glance, because he can find his way around just like anyone else, though him closing his eyes a lot would tip you off. Nudge is the most talkitive of the group. She almost always has something to say, even when they are in a deadly situation. Angel is the youngest of the group, she also has the most, and best, powers of the flock. If you are wondering what I mean by "powers" then I suggest for you to read the book to find out. This book is mostly about These six kids who go to Anartica to learn about the cause, and effect global warming has on us. While they're there, a new enemy of theirs is plotting to take them captive, and bid them off at an auction, by force. What will happen to them? Is their fate to be used as maids or butlers? Will they escape their new enemy? And will they be able to convince people to prevent global warming? Read the book to find out.
www.jamespatterson.com

JunMinA
Rascal
Sterling North
Historical Fiction
9 and a 1/2
A book about a boy and a raccoon. Sterling walks with Herman, a friend who also has a mother that cares for him instead of his dead mother, into the Alps. They find a raccoon family who runs away leaving one baby raccoon behind them. They name the raccoon Rascal and decide to keep him. The only problem was that Herman’s father kills animals and killed a raccoon last week. Will it be the end of Rascal? Should Sterling and Herman have found the raccoon family? Will there be another greater problem? Read this book to find out.
http://www.sterlingnorth.com/

SamanthaD
The Theif Lord
Cornelia Funke
Fantasy
10
Meet Prosper and Bo, runaway orphanswho come to Venice, Italy, hiding from their awful aunt and uncle, the Hartliebs. As the boys steal to survive, they come across a group of orphaned children hiding in an abandoned movie theatre, led by the clever 13-year-old Theif Lord, Scipio. Living with the children, the boys are as happy as can be - but something is disturbing about Scipio. Why does he leave them alone so often? What is the true identity he has been hiding from them? Suddenly things begin to happen. The Hartliebs hire a detective to track down Prosper and Bo, and Scipio is hired to steal a treasured object. This object leads to a magical Merry-Go-Round that will change the boys' lives forever.
Website-http://www.corneliafunkefans.com

ShivL
Eldest
By Christopher Paolini
Fantasy
10
If you've read Eragon, then you've got to read Eldest. But you have to read Eragon frst otherwise Eldest doesn't make much sense. This book is about the leader of the Varden, Ajihad, dying and his daughter, Nasuada, takes his place. Eragon sets off on a journey to go to Ellesmera to complete the second half of his training to become a full dragon rider. A lot of surprising things happen in Ellesmera. Meanwhile, Eragon's cousin, Roran, fights his own battle back home in Carvahall. Roran's fiancee, Katrina, gets captured by the Razac. Roran and other villagers also go on a quest to save Katrina and to find a new home in Surda. Will they get to Surda? Will there be a surprise waiting for them? Will Eragon get to finish his training? Find out by reading this exciting, fast moving, adventurous book, Eldest.
Web site: http://www.alagaesia.com

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Deathly Hallows - Harry Potter
By J.K. Rowling
Fantasy
10- Best in the whole series!
This is a magnificent book! Best book in the whole wide world!
In this last book, Harry has to go to Hogwarts without Dumbledore's help. He needs to "try" not to let Voldermort know. He'll go with his friends, Ron and Hermione, and some other people. Will he make it? If he does, how will he defeat Voldemort and other evil witches and wizard without Professor Dumbledore's help? What will his year at Hogwarts turn into? If you are indeed interested in this book, I suggest you read it. If you are a true fantasy lover, I'm positive you'll love this book. JUST LIKE ME!
Web site: J.K.Rowling

SamanthaD
The Giver
Lois Lowry
9 - It's very good, but I do have top favorites.
If you lived in a world where it was the same season all year, strict rules about everything, and get this, no color, how would YOU feel? Jonas lives in the very same world, where everything is the same, one boy, one girl for each family, volunteer hours every day, no cars, only bicycles, hairstyles and clothes the same, everyone the same age, and you become an adult when you are twelve! When Jonas turns twelve, he is selected to be the new Receiver of Memory, where memories of the past come to him. Jonas learns about snow, the sun, how to see in color, and much more. But will Jonas be able to handle it all? Read this book to find out!

NikitaM
Journey to the River Sea
Eva Ibbotson
Realistic Fiction
10 - The best book ever!
Discover natural beauty. Explore into the depths of a rain forest. Travel on a sea voyage. Meet an Indian tribe and make many new friends who really care for you all in the beautiful Amazon. Maia, an orphan, is going to the Amazon to stay with relatives she has never seen with her governess, Miss. Minton. Maia has many adventures and makes friends with the Indian tribes living there. Surprisingly, her relatives don't like her and want her to leave.Will she be able to stay in the place she loves? Can she stay with her friends forever? Read this enthralling meaningful novel. You'll simply agree that it is the best book ever!
Web site: Eva Ibbotson

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Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Richard Bach
Fantasy
10 - So meaningful and true that even fantasy haters will love this book
Perfection. Perfection is a hard thing to achieve. It comes only with practice. And when you reach perfection, what do you do? This is the central theme of the evocative book, Jonathan Livingston Seagull. Jonathan, a lively seagull, is passionate about flying. His flock pushes him down and says that he should be a normal seagull, like the rest. Jonathan wants to fly; he doesn’t want to fight for a bucket of fish. The leader of the seagulls banishes Jonathan from the flock because he isn’t behaving like an ordinary seagull. This is Jonathan’s chance to learn how to fly. Alone on high cliffs, he practices. Once he gets good at flying, he feels elated success in himself, the feeling of achieving something. But Jonathan keeps pushing himself to go ahead. One day, two gulls appear and tell Jonathan that they’ve come to take him to a higher point in life, to heaven. In heaven, Jonathan makes friends who have the same passion as himself, like Chiang, the great seagull. It is there that Jonathan learns the most important thing, when you reach perfection, time and space don’t matter. Can Jonathon reach perfection? Richard’s fan site: http://www.inner-growth.info/main_bach.ht

WilsonL
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
J.K. Rowling
Fantasy
10
In this book, Harry Potter is in his sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardy. One day when Harry was having potions class, he got someone else's textbook because Harry didn't have a potions textbook. Soon, he finds out the book belongs to a person called "The Half-Blood Prince." Harry and his friends, Ron and Hermione, tries to find out who is the Half-Blood Prince. Finally, they came across a unexpected truth. Who is the Half-Blood Prince? Read the book to find out.
Web site: J.K.Rowling

Meg.S
Small Steps
Louis Sachar
Realistic Fiction
10
If you have ever read Holes, you will love this sequel because it has some of the same characters, Armpit and X-Ray. In Small Steps, Armpit and his friend, Ginny, meet a famous singer named Karia. Armpit finds that he and Karia will turn out to be great friends. This book is mostly about Karia and Armpits adventures together. Of course, its hard to keep their relationship because Karia is always on the road to her next concert. Will Armpit's life change forever? Read the book to find out!
Website: Louis Sachar

JunMinA
Scorpia
Anthony Horwitz
Mystery
9
Have you ever wanted to be a hero instead of being at school? Then you are probably the opposite of Alex Rider. It all started when Alex's guardian had a so-called car crash. After that this 14 year old teenage boy was part of the MI6, a special spy intelligence agency. This was Alex's fifth mission working for the MI6. Alex wasn't asking for trouble at first, but that was what comes to him now. Trouble. To see what obstacles Alex has to face now read this book.
Website: Anthony Horowitz

Caroline S
The Bridge to Terabithia
Katherine Paterson
Adventure / Realistic Fiction
10 It is so good!
Why is this called The Bridge to Terabithia, I asked myself when I first picked it up. After reading the back of it, I was hooked. This book is written by Katherine Paterson and is one of my favorite books ever. It hooks you on every page. The gripping tale is about a friendship that sprouts up between Jess Aarons, a poor boy who loves to run, and Leslie Burke, the new kid who lives across from Jess.The problem in this book is Janice Avery always picks on kids, including Jess and Leslie. The two of them are tired of getting picked on. Jess and Leslie want a place only to themselves where they can hide from Janice Avery and everyone else, a place only for the two of them. They find a place and name it Terabithia. In order to get there, you have to swing on an enchanted rope over a creek. They go almost every day, until April, when it rained almost every day. During when it rains, Jess and Leslie want to go to Terabithia but the water in the creek keeps getting higher and higher. Jess starts to get scared to cross on the rope and is afraid that he might fall in. Will he fall in? Or will Leslie fall? Read he book to find out. Katherine Paterson

CarolineS
The Sacrifice
By Kathleen Benner Duble
Historical Fiction
8
This is about an 10 year old girl named Abigale, Abby. It takes place during the Salem witch trials. Abby lives in a town near by called Anderson. Three so called witches come to Anderson and see if anybody there are witches. Abby's family makes it through, but not her aunt. Anybody who is accused of being a witch has to go to the prison in Salem. Just when they thought it was bad, it got worse. Abby and her sister, Dorothy, are accused by their old housekeeper and have to go away to prison. What will happen to them and their aunt? Will they die? Who will save them? Read the book to find out.
Website - Kathleen Benner Duble

StevenL
Trology (Tales of The Dark Forest III)
By Steve Barlow and Steve Skidmore
Fantasy
10
This book is about a troll that is different from other trolls. When the light shines on a part of the body of trolls in the book, that part of the body turns into stone. This is because his dad was a human being, and his mom was a troll. Betram wants to try to find out who his father is so he goes on an adventure where a lot of strange good and bad things happen. If you want to know the journey of this troll, read this book!
The two Steves

KatieQ
A Wrinkle in Time
By Madeleine L'Engle
Fantasy
7
Travel through time with Meg, Charles, and Calvin. Meet a strange medium, people who transform, and a whole town that does things at exactly the same time. In this book, Meg's father mysteriously disappears while he was experimenting with the fifth dimension. So she goes on a journey to find him. On the way to finding him she encounters a strange town with very strict rules and, of course, a big brain in charge of everything. What will happen? Will she find her father? Will she defeat the big brain? Read to find out.
Her website: Madeleine L'Engle

AustinHe
The Invisible Man
By H.G.Wells
Fantasy
10
Have you ever longed to be invisible? Did you get your wish? Did you get your wish in an experiment gone wrong? All of theese things are a yes in my book The Invisible Man. This book is about a man who would have answered called Griffin, he went out in experiments and after he tested his first living organism, a cat, he spilled the liquid on himself! then that night he couldn't get to sleep, he was hot and crazy feeling. The next morning he is feels fine. he goes downstairs dressed up and his maid screams, "AHHHHHHHHHHH"! He looks in the mirror and there is nothing. He goes off killing innocents, who try to stop him, but can't see him will this massacre end? read the book to find out.
Website - http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/hgwells.htm

JuliaV
The Tale of Despereaux
Kate DiCamillo
Fantasy
10
Have you ever heard of someone with their eyes open when they're born? Have you ever met someone with huge ears and a small body? Have you ever heard of a mouse falling in love with a princess? If you have, you've read The Tale of Despereaux! This book is about a small mouse named Despereaux. who falls in love with music and a princess. When he falls in love with the princess, his brother sees him at the king's foot while the king is playing music. This is not such a mouse thing to do. So his brother went to tattle-tale to his dad. Once he tells his dad, it's when all the trouble starts. Depereaux gets sent to the dungeon where all the rats live. Will Depereaux ever get out of the dungeon? Will Depereaux get out alive? Read the book to find out!
Website: http://www.katedicamillo.com

AaronL
The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins
Walter Dean Myers
Historical fiction
10
Have you ever been sent to war and been face to face with a bad guy? Scott Pendleton Collins has. His cousin, Boby Joe, and he are sent war together to fight German Nazis. During World War II, Scott and Bobby Joe are fighting in Normandy, France. The two cousins are separated from each other. Will they find each other? Will they be standing side by side at the end of all of this? Read this book to find out all about it!
Website: http://www.walterdeanmyers.com

RossR
The Golden Compass
Philip Pullman
Fantasy / Adveture
10
The North, adventure, Dust, that’s all Lyra of Jordan Collage, thinks about. When she finally gets a chance to step into the adventure, she realizes it is a much bigger affair then she originally expected. What is Dust? What is that wired compass the master of Jordan Collage gave her, does it really point to the truth? Well that is how the adventure starts. At Jordan Collage when Lyra gets taken by a woman, Ms. Coulter. She says they are going to the North Pole, which is what Lyra always wanted to do. She runs away. She soon runs into the Gyptians
Philip Pullman

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The Dragon Keeper
Carole Wilkinson
fantasy
9
Ping, the slave girl, is living in Huangling Palace at the edge of the Chinese empire. A series of events happens that will change her life forever. She somehow end up friends with a dragon and being accused of being a sorceress, while taking a mysterious purple stone to the ocean. Will they reach the ocean without being caught? will the mysteries of the stone be unraveled? Read the book to find out. If you like this book, try the sequel, Garden Of the Purple Dragon.
Check out this website on Carole Wilkinson

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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teenagers
Sean Covey
Non-Fiction
10 - A great book!
Have you ever wanted to read a book that will keep you away from troubles at school or at home? Have you ever wanted to read a book that will tell you how to be more organized? Well, I have experienced that kind of book, and I love it! This book tells you about the seven habits that most teenagers do in their life-time. These habits are not good, but this book will tell you how to get over these habits. If you are not interested in reading this book, you might be ready to give an end to this summary. But guess what? I promise this book will have a lot of comics and fun things to look at, and you will be a successful student if you read this book.

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The Great Green Notebook of Katie Roberts
Amy Hest
Realistic Fiction
10
Want to read someone's diary, don't you. Read their thoughts and secrets, too! Well, then you sure do want to read this! You will know everything in her life till now and read what she, Katie Roberts, thinks about things. There are letters, thoughts, secrets, pictures, and comics in this book. After you read this book, you will love her imagination and her interests in many things that you like too! Amy Hest wrote many picture books for the younger people but a few chapter books, too. You can get it in the IS library and from me. Enjoy!~
Website: Amy Hest

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Magyk
Angie Sage
Fantasy
11- You must read it!
Magyk is the best book I have ever read! Other than Dracula of course. This story begins out in the snow, where SilasHeap finds a little girl out in the snow. He takes her up, and brings her home, to his home. But over at the Heap household, all is not well. For his seventh son that had just been born, has just died. Despite this fact the kind hearted, but poor family, brings the baby up as their own. Now the big twist on this, is that the girl that they have brought up turns out to be the queens daughter!
And as it spreads from spy, to spy that this is true, Dom Daniel sends a trained assassin to do the job of killing her!
If you want to know more read the book!
Also if you want check out this cool website dedicated to the book:http://www.Septimusheap.com!

JonCHB
Dracula
Bram Stroker
Fantasy
10
This horrifying novel is for sure the best book I have ever read! It is filled with horror, compassion, and spine chilling literature that will chill you to the core! The story begins with Jonathan Harker finding his way along Transylvania to count Dracula’s castle. Jonathan discovers that he is a prisoner in the castle, as this story spirals into an unimaginable horror. I highly recommend this book to any fifth grader in SAS! Enjoy!
Web site: Bram Stroker
Percy Jackson and the Titan's Curse
Rick Riordan
Mythical Fiction
10
Percy Jackson is a half-blood[half human half god, he is]the son of the Greek Water God,Poseidon.His friend, Annebeth, is also a half-blood, and she is the daughter of the Wisdom Goddess, Athena. In this book, Percy and his friends, Annabeth and Thalia, head to Maine to bring back the two new demigods so that the monsters will not attack them. Along the way, Annabeth and the Moon Goddess, Artemis, get kidnapped by The General and Luke. It is up to Percy and his friends to save them.
The prophecy in the book states that two people will die from The Father's hands, and Percy and Thalia are afraid that it would be them because of an oath. Will they get to save Annabeth and Artemis, or will they both die? Will they be able to get the demigods in the end? Find out in Percy Jackson and the Titan's Curse.
Website: Percy Jackson

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The Slippery Slope
Lemony Snicket
Realistic Fiction
10- Best In series. I really enjoyed it.
Have you ever lost a parent? Have you been held hostage by people that like to burn houses for fun? I don’t think so. Not that many people in the world have had those things happen to them and certainly not that many kids. Well, 14 year old Violet, 13 year old Klaus, and four year old Sunny have. Violet, Klaus, and Sunny are held hostage by cruel people named Count Olaf and Esme Squalor, in Mortman Mountains, which is surrounded by hundreds of other mountains. They have to go on breath-taking adventures to get free. Will they escape or will they not? Read this book, and I’m sure you’ll love it.
Website: Lemony Snicket

Alcatraz Prison in American History
Marilyn Tower Oliver
History
6 (because history just isn’t my favorite genre)