https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1 By: Dana Yoon en-us 2016-09-06 17:25:26 UTC 2018-02-02 16:22:05 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lovecookie.png danay2023 https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/121888490 The Land of Stories book one is a very exciting and adventurous book about twins venturing into the fairy tale world. Alex and Conner Bailey, the twins, had fallen into a book of fairy tales. They need to find the Wishing Spell items in order to go back to their home. They uncover many different secrets of fairy tales and even about their family. The adventures are action packed and I loved it!]]> 2016-09-06 17:38:03 UTC https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/121888490 danay2023 https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/121959012 The Mark of Athena is a book from the Heroes of Olympus series. I love the series because it has lots of quests and battles. Seven demigods are on a quest to get the Athena Parthenos to make peace with the Greeks and Romans. It was a very adventurous book like The Land of Stories. ]]> 2016-09-06 21:51:09 UTC https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/121959012 danay2023 https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/121962794 Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library is a book with lots of puzzles and riddles. The book makes me think and make me try to solve the puzzles. The book is about twelve twelve year old kids getting to go to a library lock-in. Getting in was easy, but getting out was hard. That's how all the adventure and fun happens.]]> 2016-09-06 22:26:23 UTC https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/121962794 danay2023 https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/122206682 Sisters is a funny graphic novel about two sisters fighting during a road trip. The book was very entertaining. The sisters, Raina and Amara, always fight. On their road trip, there are flashbacks and unexpected surprises in just one week in one van!]]> 2016-09-07 17:29:22 UTC https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/122206682 danay2023 https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/122215479 Harry and Ginny Potter's son, Albus Severus Potter, had met a new friend at Hogwarts named Scorpius Malfoy, which his dad was Harry's former enemy. Albus and Scorpius go on a mission back in time to save Cedric Diggory, but it all went wrong. This is a very exciting sequel to the Harry Potter series and I really enjoyed it!]]> 2016-09-07 17:46:59 UTC https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/122215479 danay2023 https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/125101319 I'd want to set a goal of reading some non-fiction books because I really like fiction books so I don't read many non-fiction books.]]> 2016-09-20 14:43:27 UTC https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/125101319 danay2023 https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/127043617 In the last book of the Heroes of Olympus series, the seven demigods Jason Grace, Piper McLean, Leo Valdez, Hazel Levesque, Frank Zhang, Annabeth Chase, and Percy Jackson have to keep Gaea from waking. There are lots of exciting battles and it was a wonderful way of ending the series.]]> 2016-09-28 17:07:08 UTC https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/127043617 danay2023 https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/127047076 In the book "Smile", Raina has many issues: school and dental issues. She is having trouble with her friends, boys, braces, and school work. Raina goes through physical and emotional pain. In the end she found new friends and found a way to smile!]]> 2016-09-28 17:16:07 UTC https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/127047076 danay2023 https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/133942052 Leigh Bardugo's third book of the Grisha Trilogy, Ruins and Rising, was a very fun story. Alina's worst enemy, the Darkling, is taking control. He is using the Fold to destroy the world, and it is up to Alina and her Grisha team to stop him. It was action-packed and also a romantic story. I enjoyed the book a lot!]]> 2016-10-28 16:22:01 UTC https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/133942052 danay2023 https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/134101695 Emily and her brother, Navin, lost their dad in a car accident and Emily, Navin, and her mother moved to a new house. The house was their ancestor's house, Silas, who was actually a stonekeeper. Emily found a book with a necklace, which was the stone and she became a stonekeeper. Her mother soon was taken by monsters in a fantasy world. As a new stonekeeper, she needs to find out how to save her mom!]]> 2016-10-30 19:27:08 UTC https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/134101695 danay2023 https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/136202060 The second book in the Amulet series is yet another adventure. Emily learns more about her job as a stonekeeper; being one is not an easy job. After chasing the monster who had "kidnapped" her mother, Emily became more conscious of the world that she is in now. The new world is full of fantastic things, but at the same time, it contains a lot of dangerous things. Amulet #2 is such a good book that got me really wanting to read the rest of the series!]]> 2016-11-08 18:51:52 UTC https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/136202060 danay2023 https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/138495817 Amulet 3 is a really good book with many adventures! Emily, Navin, and the Resistance are looking for the long gone city, Cielis. It is said that Cielis has been destroyed by the elf nation, but that i their destination to get help from the long gone council, which is said that they were also destroyed by the fire that the elves had set on the city of Cielis. Amulet #3 is VERY, VERY fun and has series of adventures as well.]]> 2016-11-17 17:42:05 UTC https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/138495817 danay2023 https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/143668251 Tuck Everlasting is about a family who lives forever and meeting a girl who soon learns about the spring. 
The Tucks found a spring nearby, but they didn't know that it was magical. Once they drank the water, they became immortal and they hated it. 
One day, they find a 10 year old girl named Winifred Foster, who's family owns the forest with the ageless spring. The Tuck family and Winnie (Winifred) met. They told her everything about the spring, and how no one should do as much as touch it.
I love this book so much, although it had no action. It was still an amazing book!]]> 2016-12-14 17:26:59 UTC https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/143668251 danay2023 https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/145146209 Emily and her team had found Cielis, the long gone city that all the people had lost hope on. Emily thinks she will be able to get help from the Guardian Council, but something else is happening. The Guardian Council decided that there will be a new council; and Emily has been drove into the deciding.
It is such a fun book like all of the amulet books.]]> 2017-01-03 18:42:46 UTC https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/145146209 danay2023 https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/154095152 Magnus Chase died battling a fire giant, but comes back as a cleaner, much improved human at a hotel for the brave dead. No matter who warned him that once he dies again on Earth/Midgard, he will forever be dead, he knew he had to save Midgard from the fire giant and the rising wolf, who sent his wolf children to kill Magnus' mother.
This was an amazing and mysterious book about Norse Mythology!]]> 2017-02-15 17:41:30 UTC https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/154095152 danay2023 https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/154096520 Dragonwings was a great book about the Chinese immigrants during the Gold Rush. This book is a first point view of Moonshadow, who had came to America to meet his father when he was 8.
They run into many family situations, find two interesting "demonesses", and more.
Meanwhile, Moonshadow's father, Windrider, is trying to be a dragon again after meeting the Dragon King. Windrider and Moonshadow worked for 3 years on Dragonwings to prove Windrider was worthy enough to become a dragon again. It failed, but then what would the real test be for Windrider then?]]> 2017-02-15 17:44:15 UTC https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/154096520 danay2023 https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/154096788 Callie is now part of the stage crew for a new show at her school! But now, she has to stay after to work on that with homework! Also, her crush keeps ignoring her while his ex girlfriend, Bonnie, is bothering Callie.
Callie finds two new friends, one who wants to audition and one who is to shy to and joined Callie as a stage crew worker.
Then was the show where all went wrong because one of the main characters have been broken in despair and had left. The one who joined Callie, Jesse, stepped up and played the part.]]> 2017-02-15 17:44:51 UTC https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/154096788 danay2023 https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/154099198 The elves are growing stronger each day and Max had stolen the Mother Stone, the most important stone. Since Max Griffin is with the elves, he gave it to his new king.
The king is planning chaotic events to destroy the other stonekeepers and destroy the nation of Windsor. With the Mother Stone, he can make more amulets to invade Windsor and wipe it out, making him king of Windsor as well.]]> 2017-02-15 17:50:25 UTC https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/154099198 danay2023 https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/154100290 Navin, Alyson, and Trisha find a strange city that is from war. But, they find an underground city that was full of all kinds of creatures, and some are not nice creatures.
Emily and her team have traveled to the Void with Max Griffin, one of their enemies, and discovered his deepest secrets. It was time for Max to go, and now Trellis is the new elf king. Everything is getting more confusing for them.]]> 2017-02-15 17:53:02 UTC https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/154100290 danay2023 https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/154100501 Emily, Trellis, and Vigo go to Algos Island where Max had told them to go to. They discover Trellis's lost memories that has been stolen by the Elf King's partner and they try to find some knowledge to use against the Elf King.
But, Emily's stone is growing stronger and the voice is starting to take over Emily completely.]]> 2017-02-15 17:53:35 UTC https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/154100501 danay2023 https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/157163877 I want to try and read non-fiction books, which I couldn't complete last trimester.
I would also like to reach the 40 book challenge this year as well!]]> 2017-03-01 20:08:36 UTC https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/157163877 danay2023 https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/166814976 I think all of the Wings of Fire books are great because exploring a different world in a completely different perspective is really cool! I love how in each story there is another adventure, which leads to more and more!
Talons of Power, book 9 in the series, was about a dragon named Turtle, the prince of the SeaWing Kingdom. He was an animus (magic) dragon who didn't want to show his ability to others, for then he couldn't stay hidden. But, when Darkstalker rose from his restless sleep for years, Turtle couldn't hide himself anymore. Not when his friends, family, his teachers of Jade Mountain and classmates, and his kingdom was all in danger.]]> 2017-04-18 16:39:03 UTC https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/166814976 danay2023 https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/166818203 I think this was my favorite book so far! I loved the amount of humor and adventure he put in the book, along with some sarcasm. I also think that this was my favorite book because it was the view of Magnus. I also love how this connects to Percy Jackson.
The book was about an einherji named Magnus Chase. He and his friends were on a mission to find Thor's lost hammer. But, they fell right into Loki's trap. Loki has escaped his bond, but Thor retrieved his hammer. Their next mission: Find Loki and put him back in his bonds.]]> 2017-04-18 16:49:10 UTC https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/166818203 danay2023 https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/180770517 The Maze Runner is the first book to its series, the Maze Runner series, and this is a fun Sci-Fi book with mysteries to be solved by the main character, Thomas.
Thomas is stuck in a Maze with what seems to be no escape. He meets several boys, and starts to live normally. But, the boys are dying left and right from these robotic creatures called the Grievers. As the ending nears and a mysterious girl appears named Teresa, who became his best friend, the Grievers are released into their home, and now they need to find a way to escape before it is too late. There is much , much more to this series but it would take a lot of space to write it!]]> 2017-08-11 19:06:48 UTC https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/180770517 danay2023 https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/180770549 The Scorch Trials is a Science Fiction book, the second book to the Maze Runner Series. It really gives a lot of perspective and more life to the book, as if I were actually Thomas, the main character.
The book is about a group of boys and girls in their teen years who had finally finished the first phase: The Maze. Now, they moved onto the second phase: The Scorch. They must escape the world of the infected to get the cure of the virus.]]> 2017-08-11 19:07:03 UTC https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/180770549 danay2023 https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/180770608 The Little Prince is a book about a man who told his story of meeting a young boy, nicknamed the Little Prince. I enjoyed the amount of metaphors this book had, and although there were less than 100 pages, I felt like this book was magical and it was very detailed with images to accompany it.]]> 2017-08-11 19:07:31 UTC https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/180770608 danay2023 https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/180770752 This is the prologue to the book, 13 years before the Maze Trial and the Scorch Trial. This is in Mark's perspective and this is when the sun flares, which caused the whole virus situation, came and melted people like crayons. Then, mysterious people created the mysterious virus: the Flare. People were wiped out fast, and they left these crazed people called the Cranks. Mark meets an immune girl, Deedee, who is immune to the Flare.
This made the whole series take a sharp turn, since I started making inferences about what could be a certain possiblility.]]> 2017-08-11 19:08:52 UTC https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/180770752 danay2023 https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/180770772 The last book, The Fever Code, made everything make so much more sense to me from the previous books. I learned that Wicked was the one that created the Flare in the first place and pretended to be heroes to get a cure, and that Deedee is actually Teresa, Thomas's friend. Thomas goes through many procedures to become a Wicked member, and then he had to join the Maze with his other friends.]]> 2017-08-11 19:09:03 UTC https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/180770772 danay2023 https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/180771618 The third book to the Maze Runner Series shows a journey outside into the outside world. They escaped the phases and Wicked, so they are finally freed from the treacherous Grievers and others. But, Cranks, the infected of the virus, are chasing them all around and they are taking over multiple places. It is their job to stop Wicked from torturing more of the non-infected and time to start working on their own.
I love the series all together so far, and it has a great twist to show how they all go against Wicked, even if he lost his best friend.]]> 2017-08-11 19:17:25 UTC https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/180771618 danay2023 https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/190491982 This was an autobiography of the author when he was just 12 years old and the time of his life where he had the craziest summer.
Jack was an ordinary kid with somewhat of an ordinary life until he almost shot himself in the head. He was grounded, and his only escape from his prison called his room was to help the next door neighbor, who wrote obituaries and she was a bit insane when it came to her loyalty to Eleanor Roosevelt.
This book was amazing because I think this was a great book to get away from all of those fantasy books I read!]]> 2017-09-24 00:56:15 UTC https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/190491982 danay2023 https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/207947663 I reread this WONDERful book, and it is just so inspiring in many aspects and I am so excited for the new movie for this book. This book is about a boy named August Pullman, who was born with a unique face. It took multiple surgeries to get to his look, and he still isn't normal-looking. Auggie then goes to school for the first time, and he sees the true meaning of friendship, hatred, and love.]]> 2017-11-17 00:38:24 UTC https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/207947663 danay2023 https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/207948905 The Outsiders is a class book that we read in ELA, and it was a book like none other. I don't normally read books of this genre, and I think it was great. This is about a friend "gang" called Greasers. Throughout the book they learn a lot from their mistakes and that being different from others doesn't change a thing about their choices.]]> 2017-11-17 00:47:10 UTC https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/207948905 danay2023 https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/207949860 I loved this book so much! I think that it was a bit boring at first, but once Jacob entered the realm of the peculiar, it was much more fun. This book was a bit different from the movie, which I liked. I think that the book was better than the movie, however.]]> 2017-11-17 00:55:06 UTC https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/207949860 danay2023 https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/207952506 Pendragon wasn't my favorite book of all time, but it still was action-packed and enjoyable. This book isn't the first book, but I read it anyway without any background information. I think that I was still able to get the point and I understood it pretty well.
This book is about a boy named Bobby Pendragon and he is on the search for his enemy, Saint Dane. He runs into a territory called Veelox, but there was no damage done yet by Saint Dane. The reason was that Veelox was deserted, and all the citizens have been dreaming this whole time. Literally.]]> 2017-11-17 01:14:29 UTC https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/207952506 danay2023 https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/217930817 2017-12-23 22:06:46 UTC https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/217930817 danay2023 https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/217930821 2017-12-23 22:06:58 UTC https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/217930821 danay2023 https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/217930929 The Girl I Used To Be is a book about a girl named Ariel Benson who changed her name to Olivia Reinhart because of a dark past. But, that isn't the point of the story.
In this mystery book that I read for the Reading Without Walls challenge, I had chills as I read and tried to analyze who exactly killed Ariel Benson's parents. Once I found out the truth about why Stephen Spaulding, the killer, killed her parents was truly heartwrenching. I love this book because it gives so much adrenalin and build-up as you read it.]]> 2017-12-23 22:11:04 UTC https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/217930929 danay2023 https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/217931078 The Fault in our Stars is an amazing book with comedy, sadness, love, anger, and more. It really shows how life is, unlike those impossibly unreal fairytales. 
This book is in the perspective of Hazel Grace Lancaster, who has cancer and fluids in her lungs. She thought that no one would love her, until she met Augustus Waters. They were very happy together when a tragedy hit: Augustus had cancer. He hid the secret well away from Hazel and once she found out, he went quickly.
Although it is the #1 Fiction Book for Time Magazine, I consider this as something realistic. Someone in this world has faced a similar problem, and that is what I like about this book.]]> 2017-12-23 22:15:43 UTC https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/217931078 danay2023 https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/218837311 This book was actually one book full of multiple short stories, in which Ted Chiang wrote. There were stories such as The Story of Your Life which is the book that inspired the movie Arrival. Another story the book includes are  Understand, Hell is the Absence of God, Division By Zero, and more. My favorite short story was Understand, which reminded me of Planet of the Apes but a human that becomes smarter by a large margin]]> 2018-01-04 19:48:26 UTC https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/218837311 danay2023 https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/227555745 This book is about a boy who is colored named Colton Wescott. His dad was his only hope, since his dad was white. But, when his dad accidentally shot Colton in the leg and dashed off, Colton had to take charge when his mother fell ill and when his brother passed away. Once they reach Carson City, he realizes this is not Sacramento. But, he saw a flyer about the Pony Express. He needed to join! Once he did, he had a rocky climb: literally and figuratively. He rode his way up and down the Sierra Nevada Mountains, while facing slave chasers and many more near death experiences.]]> 2018-02-02 16:17:05 UTC https://padlet.com/danay2023/7art7a7i58y1/wish/227555745