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Throughout this school year it has been hard to keep up with anything, this being due to COVID - 19 are day to day school curriculum has been changing on a whim. Are schedules, materials, mask and lunch breaks, just about everything.

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A few days ago I was watching the Nebraska vs. Ohio state football game and I was getting really annoyed because it was hard to watch the game because the announcer kept maundering on and on. It was driving me crazy, I mean he wouldn't stop talking.

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I have already read the first book of the series( The Cruel Prince) and am about 1/4 way through the second book( The Wicked King). I can't wait to read the final book( The Queen of Nothing)because I have enjoyed the series so far, and although it is fantasy the struggles the main character had are relatable in the world today

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I really want to get a chance to read this book this year. Mrs. Ellis talked about it in one of her book talks and ever since than I have been dying to read it. It seems like a suspenseful and action packed story. Finally, I think that the plot of the story is great, making me want to read it even more.

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Rangers Apprentice The Royal Ranger(italics)

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Rangers Apprentice The Royal Ranger(italics)

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A spinoff series of Rangers Apprentice that has amazing character development and action, and just about everything.

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Mind Work - The Wicked King(italics) by Holly Black 

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Mind Work - The Wicked King(italics) by Holly Black 

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(1) Characters - Jude, Cardan, Oak, Taryn, Madoc, Nicasia
(2) Setting - The Fae World. Kingdom of Elfhame.
(3) Conflict - Jude has basically become Queen of Elfhame, ruling behind the scenes. But, to get their she almost broke everyone she loved trust and severed her friendship with them. She has conflicting feeling about opening up to her twin sister Taryn. Taryn lied to her and tricked her, leaving Jude stunned. Jude had pushed her away but, she was her twin sister and only friend in her world. She has lost Madocs trust and love and is left with nothing. She is slowly changing into a worse person and that person is not to her liking.
(4) Theme - Having friends is a crucial way to happiness and success in life, and without them you'll be left with nothing but loneliness and failure.

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Heart Work - The Wicked King by Holly Black

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Heart Work - The Wicked King by Holly Black

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(1) I felt really bad for Jude when Madoc made fun of and went against her on purpose at the high court meeting. It must have been horrible for her because he had been almost he only father she really could remember, not only had she lost her friendship with Taryn but her friendship with Madoc as well.
(2) Jude's family was torn away from her by the Fae once and I really understood her pain when it got torn away again because of the Fae world. Now, her foster father Madoc and Taryn had betrayed her, and Vivienne and Oak had escaped to the mortal world, but in doing so Jude was left all alone. I really understood why after that she didn't trust anybody and tore any friendships that she still had.
(3) I wonder how differently the story would have gone if Jude hadn't found out Oak was a prince. Oak was her foster brother and a Fae but she still cared for him like a real brother. When she learned of Madocs plan to rule through him, Jude was forced into action and forced her way to get Cardan on the throne so that she could send Oak away to live a normal child's life. If she had never found out Oak was a prince she most likely would never have planned a Coup d'état to overthrow the newly appointed King Balekin.

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The Wicked King (italics) by Holly Black - Windows and Mirrors

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The Wicked King (italics) by Holly Black - Windows and Mirrors

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This book was mostly a window but was also a little bit of a mirror to our world today. The major way The Wicked King was a window because it introduced me to the Fae world(a fantasy one)and the ways of kingdoms of the old.
(1) I live on Earth our world that we all know so their is know way a fantasy world could ever be a mirror for me. Although it may have similarities in the end it will still be a window.
(2) It introduced me to the life of kingdoms, and kingdoms are thing of the past in today's world. It showed me how their are different parties in a kingdom, different courts, and very different social classes and the large line between royalty and the poor.
A way that this book was a mirror was the discrimination and hardships of our world. For example, humans are discriminated and are regarded as a different species to the Fae due to this most humans living in the Fae world are slaves. This relates to the BLM movement today as well as the history of slavery throughout history that is still seen in certain places today. This book also was a mirror to the ever going act of bullying, which I have seen before, although nothing bad. As one of the main motivations for my main character June was due to Prince Cardan bullying and hurting her.

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Reflection of my self throughout this unit

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Reflection of my self throughout this unit

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As I look back I have grown as a reader in many ways. I have started to open my horizon to different genres other than just fantasy which is big for me as in the past I have stuck with Fantasy.
Another way is that some of the books I have read have had closer connections with the world today than ones I have read in the past. Three books for example being, The Cruel Prince, The Wicked King and The rule of Three. Overall my horizon has grown to the different genres and the books I have started reading have been touching more on the real world as well as I have been able to make more of a connection with the books to the real world.