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Kok Chein Hao 15 S1Berlin

2022-04-15 07:56:10 UTC

The photograph

Name: Kok Chein Hao
Class: S1Berlin
Student Id: 2019648
Book: The photograph
Author: Ruskin Bond
Rating: *****
Question: Write a personal opinion about the story/ a character or an incident from the story that has affected you. It can be a positive or a negative review. Not more than 150 words.
Synopsis:
So,the story talks about a grandmother and a grandchild talking about a photograph of a little girl founded by the children’s mother . The children notice that the photograph had a pair of hand next to the little girl . But there’s a very obvious part that the grandmother is able to describe whole lots of things about the photograph, apparently the grandmother is the little girl in the photograph . At the end of the story a butterfly land on the scarves , there’s a Chinese culture saying that when you see any flying insect coming in to your house means your passed away family or relatives is visiting you . But , is that so for western culture ?
Personal Review:
I think that it is impressive for an elderly to remember old memory just by looking at a photo , this means this photo is very unique for her grandmother . the photo must be very important for her grandmother . (38words)

Elvis Low Wei Enn 12 S1Berlin

2022-04-18 11:53:48 UTC

A Face in the Night

After reading this story, I was horrified, and I couldn't imagine what happened to the male protagonist at that time. Although this is just a story, it is inevitable that people will be afraid of encountering such a thing in reality. This makes me afraid to walk alone at night, sometimes it is not superstition but really afraid of encountering. I felt like I met faceless people and I would faint and be scared to death on the spot. So I think walking in the dark at night should find some partners or in a crowd, not alone, even if you don't encounter ghosts, you may encounter bad people. But I'm still curious why the Night's Watch is faceless, and what does it matter?

Yap Chui Xin 31 S1Berlin

2022-04-18 17:09:41 UTC

‘The Cherry Tree’ talked about the story of Rakesh,his grandfather and the cherry tree. Rakesh lived with his family in village. Rakesh’s parents were keen that Rakesh should go to school. Then, he lived with his grandfather because there were no schools in the village. One day, Rakesh bought the cherries. By the time he reached the cottage, there were only three cherries left. Rakesh kept the last seed in mouth for some time until all the tang had gone. Rakesh and his grandfather decided to plant the cherry’s seed. After one year, it was about four inches high. But at the same time, the goat ate all the leaves and a worker cut the cherry tree in two. But the cherry tree had no intention of dying. The following year, there were small cherries on the tree. At the end of the story, Rakesh asked his grandfather what’s special about the cherry tree and his grandfather replied Rakesh that it is special because of the cherry tree planted by themselves. Through this story, i know that grandfather loved his grandchild so much. Because of this reason, Rakesh’s grandfather thought the cherry tree was important and special to him.

Yap Yi Yang 2 S1Berlin

2022-04-19 02:10:18 UTC

Name: Yap Yi Yang
Class: S1 Berlin
Student Id: 2019169
Book: The Little Match Girl
Author: Hans Christian Andersen
Rating: 4

Question: Write a personal opinion about the story/ a character or an incident from the story that has affected you. It can be a positive or a negative review. Not more than 150 words.

Synopsis: The story is talking about on a dark and cold streets on New Year's Eve. A well-behaved and beautiful little girl who sells matches. In starvation, cold, and loneliness, she ignited the match five times, and saw different visions in the firelight. Finally, on New Year's Eve. , the tragic story of smiling and freezing to death on the street in fantasy, exposing the evils of capitalist society and expressing deep sympathy for the misfortune of the little girl.

Personal Review: When I finished reading the story, all I understood was that this Little Match Girl is about the tragic fate of a little girl who sells matches on Christmas Eve. Because she did not sell a match, the little girl did not eat for a day. She was cold and hungry, she lit the first match and saw the warm stove; when she lit the second match, she saw the fragrant roast goose; she lit the third match and saw the beautiful Christmas tree; she strikes the fourth match and sees her long-lost grandmother. She was afraid that if the match went out, her grandmother would disappear like the stove, the roast goose, and the Christmas tree, so she lit a whole bunch of matches and wanted to keep her by her side. In the end, the little girl died with a smile on her lips, and no one would know the beautiful scene she saw at the last moment of her life.

Lee Yee Ting 19 S1Berlin

2022-04-19 02:45:02 UTC

Name: Lee Yee Ting
Class: S1 Berlin
Student ID:2019228
Book: Theft of happiness
Author: Kit Chia
Rating: ****
Question: Write a personal opinion about the story/a character or an incident from the story that has affected you.It can be a positive or a negative review.Not more than 150 words.
Synopsis: This story is about a girl’s father, promised to buy a cake for his daughter but he forgot to buy. When he came back home without the cake, his daughter feel disappointed. Then he doesn’t want his daughter disappointed as he had promised her before. So he don’t matter about the heavy rain, he went out for buying a cake for his daughter. Unfortunately, his father died because he encounter a robber when he bought the cake coming back home. The robber used a knife to stab his father until the girl’s father died. After his father's death, the girl’s mother was so upset and her mother need to do much work to maintain their daily life.
Personal Review: After reading this story, I feel that although we can’t change anything that happened. So we must accept it and don't make others people living in this world life miserable. No one wants the tragedy to happen, so don't blame others when the resentment happened. I feel that this girl is very pitiful because she lost his father when she was small. Her mother was also blaming her all these years because her mother think that her father died because of her. So her mother treated her badly. After reading this story, I feel that this author wanted readers to cherish what we have now, don't until we lose something then we regret why we don't cherish it when we were having it. After this story, I also cannot imagine how I feel if I lost my parents and how I will live without them. Everyone can pursue their own happiness, but only if it doesn't hurt others.
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Lim Jia Qi 23 S1Berlin

2022-04-19 02:53:32 UTC

Name: Lim Jia Qi
Class: S1 Berlin
Student Id: 2019412
Book: Charlie and The Chocolate Factory
Author: Roald Dahl
Rating: ****
Question: Write a personal opinion about the story/ a character or an incident from the story that has affected you. It can be a positive or a negative review. Not more than 150 words.

Synopsis: Willy Wonka’s factory has a lot of sweet specials like hot ice cream and lickable wallpaper for the nursery. Charlie, the main character in the book, is a poor child. Maybe it was the love of four elderly people in his family or the taste of starvation that made him not impulsive, calm and suffering. Finally, after many tests successfully stand out among the four children.

Personal review: Reading through the books, the author amazes me that his creativity and imagination.From it, I learned that we can't be greedy and disobedient like other children, or sooner or later we will be punished. Stealing chocolate syrup only to get sucked up in a tube, and insisting to eat unmade gum to turn into giant blueberries are all signs of greed.I think only those who can withstand temptation can succeed, and this book also taught me that "Miracle tend to happen to the most ordinary and simple people, so we should always have hope".

Yong Heng Siang 7 S1Berlin

2022-04-19 03:25:05 UTC

Name:Yong Heng Siang
Class:S1Berlin
Student Id: 2019152
Book: Weathering with you
Author: Makoto Shinkai
Rating: ****
Question: Write a personal opinion about the story/ a character or an incident from the story that has affected you. It can be a positive or a negative review. Not more than 150 words.

Synopsis:This story is about the male lead escape to Tokyo and story and incident which happen in Tokyo that non-stop rain.

Personal Review: After reading this story, I admire the male lead's courage when heroine disappears and the rain stop. Although he know his choice will affect raining, he still rescue the heroine when the others do not support him. Besides, I also like one of the characters who give a shelter to main lead. His innermost thoughts very rational when main lead is knew his runaway by police. He let main lead out immediately because he want to take back daughter's custody but he still been touched by main lead and try to help him. Last, I like his famous quote that we cannot switch our priorities anymore when we grow old.

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Eng Qian En 17 S1Berlin

2022-04-19 03:37:48 UTC

Name : Eng Qian En
Class : S1 Berlin
Student Id : 2019123
Book : The Cat in the Hat
Author : Theodor Geisel
Rating : ****

Question : Write a personal opinion about the story/ a character or an incident from the story that has affected you. It can be a positive or a negative review. Not more than 150 words.

Synopsis : The Cat in the Hat was one of my favorite books as a kid. The cat in the hat has innate magic. The storyline embodies a level of playfulness and excitement beyond any child's wildest imaginings, and to this day, any protective parent, let alone an adventurous child, can be thrown into chaos. Of course, the book's success isn't just a delightful shenanigans. Skilled alliteration and beautiful rhythm make reading a pleasure. Inventions, rhythms, phrasing—all are timeless and can never be surpassed. The illustrations are unmatched in execution and design. Those old, tri-colored books look ridiculous today, but they're a good literary past that's long gone and should stay that way so they can be appreciated and admired.

Personal review : The Cat in the Hat are funny, and easy to read. There's a reason people from all generations are familiar with this book. This book is very fun to read. Whether you're a kid or an adult, all words are sight words, so it's easy to read for beginners. I would highly recommend this for children.
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Ng Zi Xuan 19 S1Berlin

2022-04-19 04:09:09 UTC

Name: Ng Zi Xuan
Class: S1Berlin
Student Id: 2019227
Book: The Window
Author: Ruskin Bond
Rating: ****
Question: Write a personal opinion about the story/ a character or an incident from the story that has affected you. It can be a positive or a negative review. Not more than 150 words.
Synopsis:
This story is about the author in a lonely and boring room. But his room has a window. Through the window of the room, he felt he had the whole world.

Personal Review:
I am similar to the author， I am a person who yearns for freedom, but reality keeps us from getting it. Now I am still a student, the pile of homework has made me unable to extricate myself. I can't imagine my life after I go out to society. Is there no more freedom? My parents were strict with me. So I never go out alone with friends. I am like a bird in a cage. But I know they are also just worried about my safety. But what I want to say to my mom is I have grown up, and I am no longer the impulsive and native child I used to be. Don't worry, let me fly.
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Ng Yee Xuan (1) S1 BLN

2022-04-19 06:07:06 UTC

Name: Ng Yee Xuan
Class: S1 Berlin
Student Id: 2019064
Book: Who Moved My Cheese ?
Author: Dr Spencer Johnson
Rating: ******
Question: Write a personal opinion about the story/ a character or an incident from the story that has affected you. It can be a positive or a negative review. Not more than 150 words.
Synopsis: This book is written in a simple way by using those vocabulary that is easy to understand.The main characters are 2 small people and 2 mouse.This story is talking about the main characters are finding a cheese station in a maze.
Personal Review:What I realised in this story is we can't be content with the status quo.We should learn to prepare for a rainy day.For example,when the 2 mouse realised that the cheese is getting smaller day by day,they quickly start to find the other cheese station. On the contrary,the other 2 people just keep on eating their cheese and doesn’t realise the cheese is almost finished.At the last,the mice had already found a new cheese station but the peoples still waiting and grumbling at the old cheese station.We must be like the mouse in our life,not the peoples.

Lee Zhan Ben (6) S1 Berlin

2022-04-19 06:40:08 UTC

Name: Lee Zhan Ben
Class: S1 Berlin
Student Id: 2019627
Book: Minecraft - The Shipwreck
Author: C. B. Lee
Rating: ★★★★

Question: Write a personal opinion about the story/ a character or an incident from the story that has affected you. It can be a positive or a negative review. No more than 150 words.

Synopsis: The story is about three kids who discover a mystery in an abandoned Minecraft server and they must race against the clock to uncover its secrets. When they discover an old computer lab in a forgotten corner of the community center, with a strange Minecraft server containing cryptic riddles, they realize they are going to need help cracking the code—because at the end of the summer, the community center will be demolished, and all hope of solving the mystery will go with it. Following the hints left by an enigmatic figure known as The Wizard, the trio journeys into the dangerous depths of the ocean, where uncanny creatures lurk and untold treasure awaits. . .

Personal Review: This story is based on a game called Minecraft and I play the game. I found it interesting that the trio in the story got into the game in real life, which is a very creative and special way to write about their journey in the game. I always dreamed that I could adventure and explore the world inside Minecraft, and the story did! So I think I can try to relate myself to the story and dream that I am inside the Minecraft world and imagine my journey of exploring and adventuring
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Chew Tien Chi 27 S1Berlin

2022-04-19 06:52:25 UTC

Name: Chew Tien Chi
Class: S1Berlin
Student Id: 2019143
Book: The Struggles of Our Life
Author: Stephen Cave
Rating: *****
Question: Write a personal opinion about the story/ a character or an incident from the story that has affected you. It can be a positive or a negative review. Not more than 150 words.

Synopsis: This story is a girl complained to her father that her life was miserable and that she didn’t know how she was going to make it. Her father who is a chef took her to the kitchen. Then, he filled three pots with boiling water and placed potatoes in the first pot, eggs in the second pot and coffee beans in the third pot. After twenty minutes he turned off the burners and took those potatoes, eggs, coffee bean out of the pot and placed them in the other three cup. He pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. The girl noted that potatoes were soft, the egg had become hard-boiled egg and the coffee tasted good. Her father explained that those had faced the same adversity-the boiling water. However, the potato became soft and weak. The egg changed hard with the thin outer shell protecting its liquid interior. The coffee bean changed the water and created something new.

Personal Review: This story tell us that things happen around us in life, but the only thing that truly matters is how you choose to react to it and what you make out of it. Life is all about leaning, adopting and converting all the struggles that we experience into something positive!
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Evelyn Ong Mu Lynn 20 S1Berlin

2022-04-19 07:56:28 UTC

Name: Evelyn Ong Mu Lynn
Class: S1Berlin
Student Id: 2019247
Book: Charlotte's Web
Author: E.B.White
Rating: ****
Question: Write a personal opinion about the story/ a character or an incident from the story that has affected you. It can be a positive or a negative review. Not more than 150 words.
Synopsis: This book is about a girl named Fern, a pig called Wilbur, and a spider called Charlotte. They all live on a farm. One day, a pig gives birth to about 11 piglets and Wilbur is the smallest among the piglets. Fern's dad decided to kill Wilbur because Wilbur is the smallest and he thinks that Wilbur couldn't live long. Lucky, Fern comes and stops him. At last, her dad agrees to let her keep Wilbur as a pet. After Wilbur's two-week-old birthday, it has been sent to Fern's uncle's farm. Wilbur doesn't happy to be there, and what it really wants on the farm is to have a friend. Then it meets Charlotte the spider and they became a best friend. Then the story of Charlotte saving Wilbur begins.

Personal Review: After reading this book, I feel touched because of the relationship between Wilbur and Charlotte. My favorite character in this book is Charlotte, because she is very kind and helpful. Charlotte really gives many help to save Wilbur. She uses her web to make the word on the web to make Wilbur special to the farmer so that Wilbur wouldn't get sold or killed. The part that I like the most is when Charlotte is about to die after laying eggs. Although Charlotte is about to die, she makes the last web with a word on it to let Wilbur win in the competition.

Lastly, I would recommend this book to my friend as it is awesome and it even has a cartoon video to watch if you're lazy to read.
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Low Shu Ling (11) S1BLN

2022-04-19 08:48:11 UTC

Name: Low Shu Ling
Class: S1BLN
Student Id: 2019469
Book: The Death Cure (3rd book of The Maze Runner series)
Author: James Dashner
Rating: *****
Question: Write a personal opinion about the story/ a character or an incident from the story that has affected you. It can be a positive or a negative review. Not more than 150 words.

Synopsis: The world is half-dead. There is a disease floating around, spreading and eating away human's brain until they become a zombie kind called 'Crank'. An organisation, W.I.C.K.E.D. , is in charge to find a cure. They put the people who are immune to The Flare to a bunch of tests, killing many people in the process, in order to trace out a brain pattern of how the disease didn't affect them. The protagonist Thomas, Minho, Newt, Brenda and Jeorge have completed the tests, but the cure they are promised to receive from WICKED never came. They lied one time, two times, three times, lies after lies and made Thomas sick. They escaped and are on the way to a city called Denver, to work with the Right Arm, an organisation that is against WICKED.

Personal Review: In the process, one of Thomas's best friend, Newt caught the disease. The virus is consuming his brain and he didn't want to spread to anyone, so he left. I sobbed many many times on the things he said: "Kill me if you have to." "Please just leave." "I'm not going to leave the world knowing that I spread the disease to someone else." He's caring, amazing, the mother of the group, and he didn't want to create problems to anyone. I cried because he's always so considerate to his friends, he's such an angel and I love him a lot.

Next is Minho, he's dominant and always doesn't plan before act. Although he's a little impulsive, he's a straight forward person. One time when the female protagonist gets weird and mean, he points out that "I don't like you." directly at her, and I was screaming because I think that's wholesome, and because I didn't like her either. He's probably my favourite character, even if I hate him sometimes.

This story taught me about trust. If someone keeps lying to you and you know it, leave them. Staying will do no good to you. Besides, I also learnt some characteristics of a good friend and a bad one. I love the way the author portraits his character, his word choices and the plots. It made me feel like I really am in the story and I can relate to the characters. For example, when the protagonist's van is passing by a group of Cranks, the author describes, "No one in the van said anything, as if they were afraid that speaking would somehow alert the Cranks outside." I can feel the tension and I kept my breathing quiet. Another one is The Flare, it's like our Covid-19 right now, it's air-born and people needs to wear masks too.
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Ng Joey (10) S1Berlin

2022-04-19 09:11:59 UTC

Name : Ng Joey
Class : S1 Berlin
Student ID: 2019441
Book : The Photograph
Author: Ruskin Bond
Rating : 4
Question : Write a personal opinion about the story/ a character or an incident from the story that has affected you. It can be a positive or a negative review. Not more than 150 words.

Synopsis: This story begins with an old photo. The author found an old photo and kept asking his grandmother who the girl in the photo was. He grandmother didn't want to tell him at first, but he kept asking. So, her grandmother tell him the origin of the photo, but didn't tell him who the girl in the photo was. In fact, the author knew that the girl in the photo was his grandma, but he didn't say it out , and wanted grandma to admit it herself. However, in the end, his grandmother did not admit that the girl in the photo was her.

Personal Review : I think grandmother didn't want to tell the author that the girl in the photo was her because she thought she was too childish before, she didn't want her grandchildren to know that. However, the author still found clues from the old photo. At the same time, the author also knew about his grandmother's past from the old photos, and grandmother also recalled the past because of the old photos. I think this is a very beautiful thing. I think everyone would be as curious as his grandmother when discovered things that didn't notice and tried to remember what it was . I think this story is very interesting ，because this story was about the author's interesting life events with his family. From this, it can be seen that their relationship is very good, which is very enviable. Lastly, I think the author wrote this story because he misses his family.

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Ng Jun Jie (26) S1Berlin

2022-04-19 11:08:39 UTC

Name: Ng Jun Jie
Class: S1 Berlin
Student Id: 2019086
Book: The Night Train at Deoli
Author: Ruskin Bond
Rating: *******
Question: Write a personal opinion about the story/ a character or an incident from the story that has affected you. It can be a positive or a negative review. Not more than 150 words.
Synopsis: This story talks about a boy who accidentally met a young girl who sold baskets at the train platform twice. That boy has a crush on that girl and wants to express his feelings soon. But, when the third time he came to the platform, he couldn't find the girl. The next few times as well, he couldn’t find the girl anymore, but her figure was already buried in his heart. Therefore, whenever he comes to the train platform, he will always look forward to the girl's presence.
Personal Review: After reading this story, I felt like this is just like our life story. Something may let it slip easily if we don’t capture it, especially in love. Besides, I am very puzzled as to why the boy didn't go to find the girl himself just because of being afraid that she was already married or maybe fallen ill. I think that he should go to find out what is wrong, or else he will leave doubts in his mind everlasting. Maybe he can’t accept the fact or wants to reserve that kind of heartbeat forever. Hope that that boy will meet the girl in the future in a very nice encounter, after all they were fond of each other. I can’t help but wonder when my love story will come out? Just kidding…

Jojo Tan Yu Joe 28 S1Berlin

2022-04-19 13:44:35 UTC

Name:Jojo Tan Yu Joe (28)
Class:S1 Berlin
Student Id:2019197
Book: The Old Man and the Sea
Author: Ernest Hemingway
Rating: 4
Question: Write a personal opinion about the story/ a character or an incident from the story that has affected you. It can be a positive or a negative review. Not more than 150 words.
Synopsis:
This story is talking about an old fisherman from Cuba named Santiago who had set out to sea and returned empty for 84 days in a row. His apprentice Manolin has been forced to leave Santiago due to the number of gains and go to the other prosperous boat. But Manolin still gives Santiago care and food support. On the eighty-fifth day, Santiago takes his skiff far into the Gulf Stream alone, he hooks a giant Marlin fish only with a tiny skiff, the old man Santiago has no strength to struggle with the strong Marlin, so Santiago and his skiff were pulled by the Marlin for three days. On the fourth day, the Marlin died, but the shark has attracted by the smell of marlin blood and ate the Marlins and it is the only skeleton left. Santiago felt frustrated and he go back home in midnight. The next day, other fishermen gather around Santiago's skiff, Manolin heard that he was worried, and he rush to Santiago's house to ensure that Santiago is safe or not. And Manolin got allowed to follow Santiago fishing again.

Personal Review:
I think that Santiago is very brave and brawn. Although he was fighting a fish in the vast sea alone, I think he was able to survive until he went home because of his strong perseverance, which gave him a chance to survive. If it's me, I think I can't last three days on a hot day and cold night in the vast sea, so Santiago is admirable to me.
(255words)

Lim Xin Yi 9 S1Berlin

2022-04-19 13:52:10 UTC

Name:Lim Xin Yi
Class:S1 Berlin
Student Id:2019417
Book: Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Author: Jeff Kinney
Rating: *****
Question: Write a personal opinion about the story/ a character or an incident from the story that has affected you. It can be a positive or a negative review. Not more than 150 words.
Synopsis: The story is that the protagonist, Greg Hefley, is a lying video game addict who manipulates his friends, disrespects his parents, and shows no personal growth to speak of in the story. I'll break it down for you with the details. Greg is a liar. He lied to his parents, teachers, friends and peers. He's not just a liar: he's a skilled, sneaky guy. For example, Greg would go to a friend's house to play video games when his father asked him to play outside. He then deceived his father by soaking himself in a sprinkler and appearing to have been running around and sweating. On another occasion, Greg cheated his friend's parents by secretly playing a banned violent video game in the context of an educational game. Greg has a rather sweet, slightly immature best friend, Raleigh, who manipulates and bullies him. He beat Raleigh with all the same moves his own brother used to beat him. He made fun of Raleigh's simple taste in video games and humor. At one point, he persuaded Rowley to repeatedly ride the big wheel downhill, while Greg threw a football at his head in an attempt to knock him out. This is a great friendship in the book, and I actually find it really sad to read.

But the book also has a lot of interesting stories, presenting the book in a hilarious diary style. There are a lot of episodes in this book. After reading one, I will continue to want to watch the remaining episodes.

Sim Kee Kee (4) S1BLN

2022-04-19 13:57:05 UTC

This story is about Aunt Mariam with Ladla. Aunt Mariam is a very kindness and lovely women. She makes Ladla feel happy and gave her a lot of happiness and always let her feel safely. The emotional part is Aunt Mariam was dead, and Ladla should be alone. At last, the angel on Mariam's grave has broken wing and the face of the angel is distorted. I think it says Mariam no matter how she lived her life was in reality Ladla's guardian angel. I really trust that Mariam will always be there for her when she need. I like this story so much, and I feel so touching when I read. I hope that I can read this type of story again in next time. Lastly, I hope everybody can met a guardian angel like Mariam, I love her.
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Shanice Tan Jie Lin(3) S1Berlin

2022-04-19 14:24:42 UTC

Name:Shanice Tan Jie Lin
Class:S1Berlin
Student Id:2019296
Book: When You Can’t Climb Trees Any More
Author: Ruskin Bond
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Question: Write a personal opinion about the story/ a character or an incident from the story that has affected you. It can be a positive or a negative review. Not more than 150 words.

Synopsis:The story is about a man standing in front of a house that his grandmother sold after she died. After a long time, a 12-year-old girl found and had a conversation with him. It turned out that this little girl was the current resident of this house. The girl invited him into the house, he sat on the bench where grandmother used to sit.the man said he used to keep some of his treasures.There was his Grandfather’s medal, well not his exactly, because his grandfather was British and the Iron Cross was a German decoration, awarded for bravery during the War — that’s the first World War — when Grandfather fought in France. He got it from a German soldier.In the end, the girl found the badge, but the man asked her to keep it. In the girl's puzzlement, the man said that he came here not for the treasure, but for his lost youth.

Personal Review: In the story I realised that we must cherish time, because time has passed and cannot be repeated.

Tee Yu Xiang (33) S1Berlin

2022-04-19 14:28:48 UTC

Name: Tee Yu Xiang
Class: S1 Berlin
Student Id: 2019535
Book: Sherlock Holmes, The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter
Author: Conan Doyle
Rating: ★★★★★
Question: Write a personal opinion about the story/ a character or an incident from the story that has affected you.  It can be a positive or a negative review. Not more than 150 words.

Synopsis: In this book, we will be introduced to the great detective, Sherlock Holmes, a fictional character that's created by “The Father of Detective Novel” ,Arthur Conan Doyle.
The story is started by the viewpoint of Sherlock's doctor who's also a friend of him. In the spring of 1887, Sherlock Holmes that‘s sick due to his overworking gave him the chance to meet his bosom friend. By the time of Sherlock heals himself by having vacation, they met mysterious cases that raised Sherlock's interest. With no choice, his doctor accompanied him while he's enjoying the pleasure of solving mysteries and having heavy work. Only with this, he could release his exuberant energy and maintain clear-headed without simulation of drug. As their journey continues, I believe that they will be getting acquainted with each other gradually.

Personal Review: While reading this book, Sherlock's ability of investigation impressed me as I won't be able to look for the essential clue and reason it when facing these cases. I've chosen this book for my book review not only because it's story is fascinating, but also when understanding his actions taken or words spoken trains my logical derivation.
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Super recommended to have a look of this book! Any series of it!😍

Chuah Shu Xuan 24 S1Berlin

2022-04-19 14:54:03 UTC

Name:Chuah Shu Xuan
Class: S1Berlin
Student Id: 2019477
Book: Front of the Class
Author: Brad Cohen
Rating: 5
Question: Write a personal opinion about the story/ a character or an incident from the story that has affected you. It can be a positive or a negative review. Not more than 150 words.

Synopsis:This story tells that a Tourette Syndrome patient who dreamed of becoming a teacher.After being rejected by 24 schools, he kept on trying, and was finally accepted by the 25th.

Personal Review:His tenacity and unyielding spirit led him to success and change. What people think about Tourette Syndrome.We can learn a lot of moral values from this book, such as not giving up easily, just like the protagonist in the book, even though life has given him many tests, he is still not discouraged and eventually succeeds. The second is to have willpower. The protagonist in the book has difficulty reading and speaking because of his illness, but he doesn’t think it’s unfair. Instead, he spends more time and harder to study than others.

Lim Cee Sun (5) S1 Berlin

2022-04-19 15:12:14 UTC

Name:Lim Cee Sun
Class:S1 Berlin
Student Id:2019581
Book: The Little Prince
Author: Le Petit Prince
Rating: *****
Question: Write a personal opinion about the story/ a character or an incident from the story that has affected you. It can be a positive or a negative review. Not more than 150 words.

Synopsis: The story is talk about of a pilot who met the little prince six years ago when he landed in the Sahara Desert due to a plane malfunction.The pilot told us the story of the little prince and his rose. The little prince does not belong to Earth, he is from planet B-612. Before he came to earth, he met completely different people and things on six different planets. These represent the emptiness, blindness, folly, and rigid dogma of adults, respectively.In this story, the author uses the eyes of children to look at the problems of adults, so that we can understand the loneliness of human beings, and the fate of wandering with the wind without a foundation. At the same time, the author also criticizes the relationship between money and praises the truth, the good and the beautiful.

Personal Review: In this story, I learned to be kind and loving towards all things, and to have responsibility and action to make the world a better place.

Chew Kai Ping(14) S1Berlin

2022-04-19 15:45:35 UTC

Name: Chew Kai Ping
Class: S1Berlin
Student Id: 2019632
Book: Love Is A Sad Song
Author: Ruskind Bond
Rating:4
Story begins with the main character(a boy) sitting near a running stream and remembering the times he had spent with a girl name Sushila he loves so much. Its like him talking to her in his thoughts and in those thoughts telling her everything for the beginning of there love. Telling her the way they first met. He a writer, aged 30, lived in a Hill station with her uncle Dinesh, a painter aged 23. She, Sushila aged 16, lives in Dehli and used to come to his place with her little brother Sunil, aged around 11,. During her eariler visits she is just a child to him, but with time he starts liking her and it develops into love as he gets same kind of notions from her too. But as she is too young for him he had to wait for some years, and he decides that he will wait as she wants to marry him too. Sushila has one more lover in Dehli, Promod, who according to her has fallen in love with her due to her kind and loving nature. just as the writer did. The part where these two lovers meet and the conversations between them is real good to read. How a person's thinking and feelings about someone changes after meeting the person is portrayed in that section.

Lim Wei Yuet (32) S1Berlin

2022-04-19 15:57:32 UTC

Name: Lim Wei Yuet
Class: S1 Berlin
Student Id: 2019511
Book: A Guardian Angel
Author: Ruskin Bond
Rating: 4
Question: Write a personal opinion about the story/ a character or an incident from the story that has affected you. It can be a positive or a negative review. Not more than 150 words.

Synopsis: This story is about Ladla reminiscing about the time he used to spend with Aunt Mariam. Aunt Mariam adopted Ladla because Ladla's mother past away. After Ladla started going to school he never saw Aunt Mariam again. Many years later, when Ladla visited the Dilaram bazaar again, Ladla knew that Aunt Mariam was dead.

Personal Review: Aunt Mariam is a very kindness and lovely. person. In my opinion, Aunt Mariam didn't have to adopt Ladla, but she still made more money to take care of him. Although they have only been together for a few months, but it also gave Ladla had a happy childhood. I think the turning point of this story is Ladla started going to school. Ladla did not see Aunt Mariam again. Because of Aunt Mariam death, they never have the chance to meet again. Even though Aunt Mariam had been died for a long time, Ladla will never forget her, because she is a very special guardian angel of Ladla childhood.

Tan Xin Jie(29)S1Berlin

2022-04-19 16:02:06 UTC

This story starts with an old photo. I found an old photo and kept asking who the girl in my grandma's photo was. His grandma didn't want to tell him at first, but he kept asking. So, she told him where the photo came from, but not who the girl in the photo was. But there is a part where the grandmother a lot of things about the photo, obviously the grandmother is the little girl in the photo. At the same time, the author also learned about the grandmother's past from the old photos, and the grandmother also recalled the past because of the old photos. I think it's a very beautiful thing. They also discovered things they hadn't noticed before.

Lee Kwang You (21) S1Berlin

2022-04-19 16:17:27 UTC

Name: Lee Kwang You
Class: S1Berlin
Student Id: 2019249
Book: The Selfish Gene
Author: Richard Dawkins
Rating: 3.5
Question: Write a personal opinion about the story/ a character or an incident from the story that has affected you. It can be a positive or a negative review. Not more than 150 words.

Synopsis: Dawkins proposes the idea of the "replicator". This is because of his primordial soup discovery in the laboratory of purine and pyrimidine organic substances, these are the building materials of the genetic molecule DNA. Replicants start building containers, building tools to keep themselves alive. At first survival machines may consist of only protective shells, but when new enemies with better and more effective survival machines appear, survival becomes more difficult, so machines become larger and more elaborate. This process is cumulative and gradual. Replicants gradually improve in technology and tactics to ensure their continuation in the world. And now they continue to fight in the name of "genes", and we are just a survival machine for them.

Avila Tan Kai Xin（30）S1Berlin

2022-04-19 17:17:43 UTC

Name: Avila Tan Kai Xin
Class: S1 Berlin
Student Id: 2019321
Book: The Coral Tree
Author: Ruskin Bond
Rating: ★★★★
Question: Write a personal opinion about the story/ a character or an incident from the story that has affected you. It can be a positive or a negative review. Not more than 150 words.
Synopsis: This story tells the amazing story of a young man who just got out of social work and runs around for a living. A girl as fresh and clean as rain and red earth, they chatted about their wishes together, the girl proposed that she wanted the flowers of the coral tree not far ahead. The young man picks the coral flowers for her, the girl has no friends, and her best friend is the cook, so she wants the young man to be the second best. When the time came, the young man had to leave for another place. They made an agreement and hoped that they would have the opportunity to meet again. Finally, the author describes: The ribbon had come loose from her pigtail and lay on the ground with the coral blossoms.
‘I’m going everywhere,’ I said to myself, ‘and no one can stop me.’
And she was fresh and clean like the rain and the red earth.

Personal Review: After reading this story, I think that maybe the little girl never existed, but was imagined by a young man. When he was running around for his own livelihood, he lost himself a little, missed his family but couldn't go home, and there was no such thing as he was running around. He was at a loss as to how to make good friends and didn't know how to proceed. At this time, the little girl appeared, like she was counseling and comforting herself. In the end, he wrote "The ribbon had come loose from her pigtail and lay on the ground with the coral blossoms", perhaps it means that the little girl does not exist, it is just a fantasy of the young man, so that he can persevere.

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EXAMPLE: Renuga Yoganathan: The woman on platform 8 by Ruskin Bond (The Night Train at Deoli and Other Stories)

2022-06-23 02:02:41 UTC

Name:
Class:
Student Id:
Book: The Night Train at Deoli
Author: Ruskin Bond
Rating: *****
Question: Write a personal opinion about the story/ a character or an incident from the story that has affected you. It can be a positive or a negative review. Not more than 150 words.
Synopsis: This story is about a boy who met a stranger, a woman, in a platform while waiting to take a train to school. Despite the parents warning him about talking to strangers, he still spoke to the woman and even followed her to the coffee shop. The writer claimed that the boy had a pleasant feeling around the stranger and didn't feel threatened at all. Eventually both of them developed a mutual feeling of a mother and son with each other.
Personal Review: This story gave me a realization that strangers can be friends. An encounter with a stranger can have a lasting impact in our actions and emotions. The boy in this story made me worried as he started talking to strangers. However, as the story develops, the stranger, appeared to be someone who was pleasant. However, in today's world being cautious with everyone should be of highest priority no matter how nice they are to you.
(150 words)

Tiew Kai Liang (16) S1Berlin

2022-06-23 20:25:39 UTC

Name: Tiew Kai Liang
Class: S1 Berlin
Student Id: 2019082
Book: The Photograph
Author: Penelope Lively
Rating: ★★★★
Question: Write a personal opinion about the story/ a character or an incident from the story that has affected you. It can be a positive or a negative review. Not more than 150 words.
Synopsis:This story is about the story behind a photo. The child saw a young photo of her grandmother in box. The child asked if it was her grandmother, but the grandmother denied that the young girl in the photo was herself, because she thought the girl in the photo was very bad, dressed rudely, and often played with a group of boys. After reading this story, I remembered the photos I asked my grandmother about when I was a child. At that time, the grandmother in the photo was still a very slim figure and looked like a playful person. It was similar to what was described in the story, so I was very surprised. I really like this book. It reminds me of my grandmother and me. Finally, I have a question. Why doesn't my grandmother want to admit that the young girl in the photo is herself?
(150 words)

Too Si Rui（51）

2022-06-25 00:07:49 UTC

Name: Too Si Rui
Class:S1Berlin
Student Id:2022602
Book: The Window
Author: Ruskin Bond
Rating: *****
Question: Write a personal opinion about the story/ a character or an incident from the story that has affected you. It can be a positive or a negative review. Not more than 150 words.
Synopsis: The story is about the colorful world the author sees through the window. The author came to this house in the spring, in which several families lived. There is a window in the room chosen by the author. Opposite the window first there was a banyan tree, and later in the summer there was a mango tree. Through this window, the author sees a road that is not busy but has diversity. There were babies, there were postmen, and there were merchants who shouted and sold toys. The author has been looking at this window, and it has a mysterious power that attracts the author. Until one day, a little girl came to the house in front of the author, and on another morning, she saw the author at the window. The little girl and the author know each other through this window. But they don't know each other very well, but the girl comes to the author's room almost every day to see the world outside the window together, especially when it's raining.When it rains, the rain can turn the trail into a river, the garden into a swamp, a group of children will play topless in the rain, the rain will seep in through the windows, flood the floor and turn the bed into an island. For the author and the girl, the window is like a screen, and the scenery outside the window is a movie. After that, they also built a garden on the roof, and spent a lot of time planting a lot of flowers and plants. It was a big project, but one night, the heavy rain washed away everything on the roof, so they went back to the window. In order not to destroy the creeper, they agreed not to close the window. They looked out the window as usual at the morning and evening sky, sometimes pink, sometimes red, sometimes orange. Until one evening, the girl told the author that she was leaving and would come back next year, so she asked the author to stay there, or someone would close the window. After the girl left, the author closed the window.

Personal Review: I also really like windows! I know that the window has a mysterious power that the author said in the article, and I have seen all kinds of scenery outside the window, and I really like it.

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Marcus（22）S1 Berlin

2022-06-25 09:50:23 UTC

Name：Marcus Tan
Class：S1Berlin
Student Id：2019411
Book：Wonder
Author：R.J. Palacio
Rating:*****
Question: Write a personal opinion about the story/ a character or an incident from the story that has affected you. It can be a positive or a negative review. Not more than 150 words.
Synopsis:This is the best book I have ever read, it is about a trve story that touched me very much.Auggie is the man who always billied by his classmates because of his facial deformity,but fortunately he has a supportive and loving family,especially his mother and sister.Auggie is a kind person,and he made his first friend by being kind, so everyone should be treated well,because everyone has their own advantages

In this book,I felt the great love from Auggie‘s sister to Auggie,Even though his mother because his brother did not fulfill the promise to him,she felt very sad and unfair because she had not been concerned for a long time that only about her brother's mother,but when she heard that his brother was unhapy because of the betrayal of his friends,she still went into her brother’s room to comfort him,despite being ruthlessly refused,but she also stayed with her brother.

What touches me most was that when Auggie encountered bullying from senior students,the students who usually bullied Auggie united to protect him They also became friends after this accidents.

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