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==Cassandra's Old Work Page  Cassandra's Reading Log Week 2 Reading Log Week 2 Date: 9/13/08 Title: Bridge to Terabitha Author: Katherine Paterson Pages: 41 - 128 Quote: "Your girl friend's dead, and Momma thought you were dead too." Page 102 "They found the Burke girl down in the creek this morning." "No," he said finding his voice. "Leslie wouldn't drown. She could swim real good." "That old rope you kids been swinging on broke." They think she musta hit her head on something when she fell." "No I don't believe you!" "You're lying to me!" Reaction: I would say the exact same words as Jess and I'd feel the same way too. I feel sorry for Jess because he just met a person who had something in common with himand they became really close. Now all of that is gone. Now he has Terabithia to himself.

**Reading Log Week 2**   **<span style="display: block; color: #cb0b0b; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; text-align: right;"><span style="display: block; color: #a90a0a; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; text-align: left;">Date: 9/11/08 Title: Bridge to Terabithia Author: Katherine Paterson Pages: 1 - 40 Quote: "Do you know what we need?" Leslie called to him. Intoxicated as he was with the heavens, he couldn't imagine needing anything on earth. "We need a place," she said, "just for us . It would be so secret that we would never tell anyone in the whole world about it." Page 38 "It might be a whole secret country", she continued, " and you and I would be the rulers of it."... Leslie named their secret land "Terabithia," and she loaned Jess all her Narnia books, so he would know how things went in a magical    <span style="color: rgb(40,210,15);"><span style="color: rgb(22,131,218);"><span style="color: rgb(9,225,117); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="display: block; color: #cb0b0b; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; text-align: right;"><span style="display: block; color: #a90a0a; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">kingdom. Page 39/40 Reaction: Thats a good idea for Leslie and Jess to have a secret, magical kingdom just to themselves. It would make a great place to relax and have fun, just the two of them. It would also be great for Jess because he always has to do chores, he would get annoyed by his sisters, and he wouldn't even have privacy in his room( obviously he wouldn't have privacy there because he shares a room with this sister ). Now he <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">will only have privacy in his magical kingdom with his new best friend. **<span style="display: block; color: #cb0b0b; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; text-align: right;"><span style="display: block; color: #a90a0a; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; text-align: left;">

Date: 9/10/08 Title: Charlotte's Web Author: E.B. White Pages: 80 - 184 Quote: "I'm done for," she replied. "In a day or two I'll be dead. I haven't even strength enough to climb down into the crate. I doubt if I have enough silk in my spinnerets to lower me to the ground." Page 165 Wilbur never forgot Charlotte. Although he loved her children and grandchildren dearly, none of the new spiders ever quite took her place in his heart. She was in a class by herself. It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer. Charlotte was both. Page 184 Reaction: Its sad that Wilbur doesn't have Charlotte anymore because she died. She was his first friend ever since he moved to the Zuckerman's barn. Also, its a good thing that Wilbur NEVER forgot Charlotte, even though he loved her children and grandchildren, none of them would replace her in his heart. ♥   **
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #8800ff; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(8,186,15); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Reading Log Weekend <span style="color: rgb(12,144,4); font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #8800ff; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">Date: 9/21/08 <span style="color: rgb(21,198,24); font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #8800ff; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">Title: Rani in the Mermaid Lagoon <span style="color: rgb(24,149,9); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #8800ff; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">Author: Lisa Papademetriou <span style="color: rgb(21,155,8); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #8800ff; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">Pages: 1 - 45 <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #8800ff; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">Quote: <span style="color: rgb(32,181,8); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #8800ff; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">Rani had cut off her wings because she'd needed to ask the mermaids for one of their beautiful combs to save Mother Dove's egg. So in a way, she had cut off her wings to swim with mermaids. <span style="color: #8800ff; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(37,158,5); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(28,159,9); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Reaction: After she cut off her wings, she never really fit in with the other fairies. That's why she went somewhere else. Away from the other fairies. But it was also good that she was trying to help Mother Dove save her egg. But cutting off her wings made her feel different than everyone else. She didn't like to be different because of the way the other fairies would treat her. So then she ran away and tried to fit in with the mermaids since she is a water fairy and now that she can swim, she found the Mermaid Lagoon.

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<span style="color: #8800ff; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(130,199,35);">**Date: 9/18/08 Title: Vet Volunteers: Fight Life Author: Laurie Halse Anderson Pages: 66 - 102 Quote: "It, its not breathing," she says. Dinky is very, very still. Gran is next to us in a flash. She quickly checks Dinky for signs of breathing and heartbeat. "Anything?" I ask. She shakes her head. "He's gone Maggie." Page 83

Reaction: Another one dead. All the puppies that are in the clinic are sick. The puppy, Dinky was the one who was sick the most. The reason why all of them are sick is because they all were bought from the farmers market. There is a guy who sells animals illegaly. Maggie and her friends are trying to find that man who was selling the puppies and try to take him to jail. He has to go to jail because it is against the law to abuse animals especially dogs. Its not right to treat animals badly when they need help the most.**

<span style="color: rgb(50,188,1);"> <span style="color: #8800ff; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(50,188,1);">**Date: 9/17/08 Title: Vet Volunteers: Fight for Life Author: Laurie Halse Anderson Pages: 31 - 66 Quote: Gran listens to the puppy's heartbeat, then calls for the oxygen mask. But before I can get to her, the puppy goes completely still. Gran feels for a pulse, then closes her eyes. She didn't find one. "I'm sorry," she says. "There was nothing we could have done to save him. The infection was too strong." Page 41 Reaction: In this part of the story, I was getting so excited and wondering what part will come up next. Unforunately, the puppy died from a very strong infection. I was shocked. Well not really shocked, but there were 7 pups and all of them had infections and all of them were really sick. So I thought one of them would die. But it's still very sad. The way the author wrote it made me feel emotional.**
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**<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(22,149,182); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(14,169,216); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(19,179,231); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #8800ff; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(50,188,1);">Date: 9/16/08 Title: Vet Volunteers: Fight for Life Author: Laurie Halse Anderson Pages: 1 - 30 <span style="color: rgb(3,165,128);"><span style="color: rgb(22,149,182); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(14,169,216); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(19,179,231); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #8800ff; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Quote: Brena leans closer to Dinky. "Maggie, this one's shaking. Is that good or bad?" I lightly rest my hand on his back. "Bad. He's probably cold. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Puppies this small get cold easily. Believe it or not, it can kill them, especially if they are already sick and malnourished. We need to keep him warm because he's probably using all his energy to fight off the infection." **

<span style="color: #8800ff; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(3,165,128);"><span style="color: rgb(19,179,231); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(14,169,216); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**<span style="color: rgb(22,149,182); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Reaction: When a puppy is malnourished, it means that the puppy wasn't nourished or fed properly. The puppy is verry sick and I feel sorry for it. Its trying so hard and using up all its energy to stay alive. But it might not have a chance to live after all the puppy has been through. The puppy was not vaccinaed and thats one of the reasons why it became sick. **

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<span style="color: #8800ff; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(3,165,128);">**<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(134,11,218); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Date 9/15/08 Title: The Witch of Blackbird Pond Author: Elizibeth George Speare Pages: 1 - 35 Quote: "I don't remember my parents at all," she said to him. "My father was born on the island and was sent to England to school. He met my mother there and brought her back to Barbados with him. They only had three years together. They were both drowned on a pleasure trip to Antigua, and Grandfather and I were left alone."

Reaction: Kit had to be raised by her grandfather and it is very sad that her parents drowned. But she did meet her aunt when she went to Wethersfield. Kit has never met her before. When she met her she treated Kit like the way her mother would treat her to make her feel more comfortable around her aunt. **

Cassandra's Reading Log Week 4

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Reading Log Week 4 Date: 9/25/08 Title: Island of the Blue Dolphins Author: Scott O'Dell Pages: 138 - 184 Quote:

For a long time I stood and looked back at the Island of the Blue Dolphins. The last thing I saw of it was the high headland. I thought of Rontu lying there beneath the stones of many colors, and of Won-a-nee, whenever she was, and the little red fox that would scratch in vain at my fence, and my canoe hidden in the cave, and of all the happy days. Reaction:

Karana and Rontu-Aru( Karana's new dog ) are leaving Island of the Blue Dolphins for a better future. It must have been sad to leave a place that has been your home forever. When everyone's gone and you're alone with a wild dog on an island and you're so used to your surrounding, when you leave its so hard to let go of the place you grew up in. But when you leave you'll know inside your heart you'll never forget where you came from. Its very sad to leave a place that love.

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Reading Log Week 4

Date: 9/24/08 <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Title: Island of the Blue Dolphins <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Author: Scott O'Dell <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Pages: 91 - 137 <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Quote: <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">The girl looked at me and made a motion with her hands which I took to mean that Rontu was hers. "No," I cried and shook my head. I picked up my spear. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Reaction: <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Karana met a dog and she named it Rontu which means Fox Eyes. They became very close friends and now Rontu found his real owner. Karana never seen this girl and she tought she was the only person on The Island of the Blue Dolphins. She really loves Rontu. Now he has another owner. Karana got really angry and she is offically alone. I would feel very angry and sad because if I found a dog like Rontu smart, headstrong, and independent I wouldn't want it to leave me.

<span style="color: rgb(2,3,2); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Reading Log Week 4 <span style="color: rgb(12,13,12); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Date: <span style="color: rgb(25,188,1);">9/23/08 Title: <span style="color: rgb(11,208,14);">Island of the Blue Dolphins Author: <span style="color: rgb(13,183,11);">Scott O'Dell Pages: <span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color: rgb(7,187,11);">51 - 90 Quote: <span style="color: rgb(28,202,7);">The Island of the Blue Dolphins was my home; I had no other. It would be my home until the white men returned in their ship. But even if they came soon, before next summer, I could have not live without a roof or a place to store my food. I would have to build a house. But where? Reaction: <span style="color: rgb(42,193,11); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Karana's brother died before this part of the story. He was killed by wild dogs. Karana is the only one on the island and she has to make a shelter, find food and water, and she would have to make her own appliances in order to live. Its scary to live by yourself in an island because the only thing you will have there is yourself, your house, and wild animals. Another thing that is scary is that there'sno adults to supervise you when you're doing dangerous things like hunting for food. I feel sorry for Karana because her brother was her best friend and they would only play with each other. She's on her own :(

<span style="color: rgb(44,178,16); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Reading Log Week 4 <span style="color: rgb(37,184,15); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Date: 9/22/08 <span style="color: rgb(68,206,13); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Title: Island of the Blue Dolphins <span style="color: rgb(17,177,16); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Author: Scott O'Dell <span style="color: rgb(21,205,19); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Pages: 1 - 51 <span style="color: rgb(37,170,29); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Quote: <span style="color: rgb(5,167,1); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">I kept thinking over and over as I swam how I would punish Ramo when I reached the shore, yet when I felt the sand under my feet and saw him standing at the egde of the waves, holding his fishing spear and looking so forlon, I forgot all those things I planned to do. Instead I fell to my knees and put my arms around him. The ship had disappeared. <span style="color: rgb(32,196,14); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Reaction: <span style="color: rgb(25,176,3); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Now Karana and her brother Ramo are stranded on their island with no one, only themselves. They would have to hunt and catch without someone else to help them. Karana did the right thing to look for her brother, swim back to the island to get her brother, and now she is stranded with him. With only each other, they have to work with each other and they have to get along. I worry about that because there is no one else to help them with everthing they are not suppose to do alone. WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT? <span style="color: rgb(25,176,3); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">

Day 1 Reading Log:<span style="color: #1f55ff; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #1f55ff; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Date: 9/30/08 Title: Child of the Owl Author: Laurence Yep Pages: 80 - 116 Quote: Jasmine had the time to snatch the dress from his hand, but she did not. Instead, she rose from her hiding place and stepped forward. "I am a thousand years old," she said, "and I was never meant to walk on the ground this long I have worked faithfully by your side and have been respectful to your parents and I have given you sons. Now I would ask you for my dress."... For Jasmine had stayed as beautiful and young as the first day he had caputured her. "It is only that I am tired of walking, always walking," she said. "I really am an owl after all." Reaction: Paw-Paw is telling the story and I found out that the owl in the story is a thousand year old lady named Jasmine who stayed looking young so no one would think that she is really old. I thought the owl would be just an owl. It's amazing to here a story with someone that is a thousand years old and is in the form a of a young woman, but she's actually an owl. I feel so amazed by this story.
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Date: 10/1/08 Title: Child of the Owl Author: Laurence Yep Pages: 116 - 157 Quote: She held up her hand so I could see the chopstick was near the first jointof her middle and fourth fingers and held there ridgidly. "You keep this one straight. It's the top chopstick you move around." Reaction: Its a very good thing that Casey is still learning about her Chinese heritage. Sometimes, she doesn't like to learn about her heritage or her culture because she thinks its too complicated. I would ALWAYS love to learn about my Filipino heritage. Everday I learn something ad so does Casey. I can really related to what she is feeling. Sometimes, I get frustrated if I'm doing something wrong and sometimes, I just give up.But what I feel about this quote is that I feel very connected to Casey and I know how she feels because I feel the same way.

Reading Log Week 11 <span style="color: #1cce4e; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"> Date: 11/11/08 Title: Twilight Author: Stephenie Meyer Pages: 1 - 218 Quote: Just as I passed, he suddenly went rigid in his seat. He stared at me again, meeting my eyes with the strangest expression on his face, it was hostile, furious.

Reaction: I wonder what is wrong with Edward. Why is he looking at Bella in an unusual way? Was he trying to tell her something? Was he trying to tell her that she might be in danger? Is Bella in danger? Maybe Edward is just very aggressive.

Quote: Edward Cullen was standing four cars down from me, staring at me in horror... Just before I heard the shattering crunch of the van folding around the truck bed, something hit me, hard, but not from the direction I was expecting... Then his hands moved so fast they blurred... But more clearly than all the yelling, i could hear Edward Cullen's low, frantic voice in my ear. "Bella? Are you all right?"

Reaction: How did Edward save her life when he was just four cars away? I think its a little unusual to be saving someone's life when you are far away from them. Also, how did his hands move to quickly to say her? <span style="color: #1bbb58; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Quote: "Are you feeling faint?"( Mr. Banner ) "Yes sir," I muttered, internally kicking myself for not ditching when I had the chance. "Can someone take Bella to the nurse, please?" he called..."Wow, you're green, Bella," Mike said nevrvously. "Bella?" a different voice called from the distance... "Bella," Edward's voice was right next to me, relieved now. "Can you hear me?"...

Reaction: How did Edward find out that she fainted in Biology so quickly? It was a good thing that he found out so that he could comfort her. Edward has a good side after all.

Quote: "Do you know any of our old stories, about where we came from, the Quileutes, I mean?" he began. "Not really," I admitted... "Then there are the stories about the cold ones." His voice dropped a little lower. "The cold ones?" I asked, not faking my intrigue... I tried to keep my voice casual. "So how does that fit in with the Cullens? Are they like the cold ones your great-grandfather met?" "No." He paused dramatically. "They are all the same ones."... "And what are they?" I finally asked. "What are the cold ones?" he smiled darkly. "Blood drinkers," he replied in a chilling voice. "Your people call them vampires."

Reaction: Could the Cullens be vampires? Is Edward a vampire? If he is, why didn't tell Bella when they became friends?

Quote: First, I had to decide if it was possible that what Jacob had said about the Cullens could be true... Whether it be Jacob's cold ones or my own superhero theory, Edward Cullen was not... human. He was something more... And then the most important question of all. What was I going to do if it was true?

Reaction: If Edward was a vampire, what would Bella do if it was true/ I hope she doesn't tell everyone. Well I think that he is a vampire and that he might do something to her if tells his secret, if he is a vampire. Wow! This story is intense!!!!! I love this story! So much detail and its so suspicious!