Choice Bl0g

It is a bit ironic that this post is a few days late, but that actually gave me extra time to finish the book I was reading! Who would have thunk? Anyway, I finished my book Point Blank. I read a lot since my last blog about the story, but I will try to sum it up as simply as I can. After Alex has lived with his new family for a while, he goes to the new school. For a few days, he is constantly on alert for suspicious things to note and to report back to MI6. He is snooping around the school one day when he overhears Dr. Grief and another man talking about a program that is being run, called the "Gemini Program." Alex finds out that Dr. Grief cloned himself 16 times several years ago. What he has done is surgically altered each clone to be an exact replica of each boy at the school. His clones learned every aspect of the real boys' lives and trained themselves to be exact copies. The clones would then be sent back to the rich families, and when they were old enough, would inherit the family businesses and theoretically take over the world. After hearing this, Alex summons MI6, who neglects to come for a few days. Before they can reach him, Alex manages to escape the school. He then joins a team of MI6 agents who raid the school and bust out the real boys. The clones are taken into custody. Dr. Grief and Mrs. Stellenbosch are killed during the raid. The plot of the story essentially ends here.

Choice blog

Wow, what an eventful book! Point Blank is really shaping up to be an interesting story. Long story short, Alex was able to turn in the drug dealer that he had followed. He ended up in the MI6 headquarters, where he was talking with the head of operations, Alan Blunt. There had been two deaths recently, one of a New York businessman, and the other of a former Soviet military general. The connection that was made was that both of the men had sons that went to the same school, the Point Blanc academy, which is located in the Alps, on the Swiss-French border. Blunt gave Alex his new assignment- he is to pose as the son of a wealthy entrepreneur, and investigate the school for anything suspicious. But first, Alex has to live with the family he is supposed to be a part of. This is where I finished last.

Reading Blog

Well I finished the book I was reading- The Boy who Saved Baseball- and everything came full circle. The town team won the baseball game, the main character inherited the Doc's land, and the town was saved from the new construction project. Today, I started reading a new book- Point Blank by Anthony Horowitz. I am only on page 19, so not much has happened so far. It starts out talking about the main character- Alex Rider. He is 14, lives in London, and attends Brookland Comprehensive school. His parents died when he was very young. Apparently, his uncle Ian was an agent for the British MI6 Agency, but was killed in an operation. Alex has been forced to take his place, and was pulled from school for 3 weeks to undergo training. His excuse was a doctor's note that said "bad case of the flu with complications." He is not allowed to tell anyone the truth. After school one day, Alex spots the local drug dealer in his car, and decides to follow him home on his bike. Alex followed the car to a dock, and this is where I left off.

Choice Blog #3

I am almost finished reading my choice book, The Boy Who Saved Baseball. If you need any background information, you can refer to my other posts. At this point, the Dillontown Wildcats won The Big Game. However, there was a hitch. Doc Altenheimer, the man who owns the land in question, suddenly and unexpectedly died during the baseball game. Because Doc never got around to updating his will, his land and possessions would be taken by the local authorities. In this case, the mayor would simply go through with the very development plan that everyone was trying to avoid. It will be interesting to see how the situation transpires with only a few pages left in the book.

Choice Read Post

Unfortunately, my choice book has gone missing! If anyone has seen a copy of The Boy Who Saved Baseball in Miss. Barnicle's room, please let me know. On top of that, I don't think I have my name in the book, so if it is located, no one will know that it is mine. Ugh! Oh well. The story was getting very interesting. Tom Gallagher, the book's main character, and his baseball team are practicing for The Big Game. This game will determine the fate of their home, Dillontown. If Tom's team wins, then the proposed housing development plan for the area will be thrown away. If the team loses, then the rolling hills will be steamrolled out and will be replaced with houses, golf courses, and new businesses. A majority of the townspeople are against the development plan, but the mayor made preparations anyway. The fate of the town rests on the shoulders of the baseball players. The team was surprised when a retired professional baseball player, Dante Del Gato, came out of retirement to help coach the team to victory. Del Gato has been working with the players for a few days, showing them everything he knows that could help them win the Big Game.

Choice Book

For my choice book, I chose The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John Ritter. I chose this book because I read it several years ago and wanted to reread it because I liked it so much. The story takes place in a small town, Dillontown, in southern California. The town is going downhill, and a new development is proposed to bring in new businesses. However, several of the townspeople are against the plan, including the town baseball team. It is proposed that a baseball game will be played against a neighboring town. If Dillontown wins, the development will be canceled. If the other team wins, then the plan will go through. Thus far, the team has been training for the big game. Let's go Dillontown!

Books

The first book I can remember reading was Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing in Mrs. Wagenbach's class in 2nd grade. I was reading with my classmate Rachel; we took turns reading paragraphs. This was a funny book that us 2nd graders could relate to. The first book I remember liking was Hatchet by Gary Paulson. I had to do a book report on it in 4th grade. I liked Hatchet because it was about a boy who survived in the wild by himself for a long time, and that seemed interesting to me. My reading journey has been one of reading as little as possible. I can think of several things I would rather do than sit down and read a book. I currently hold the same views of reading: if it's optional, I'm not reading it. My goal for reading this year is to read what I have to, no more, no less.