Second short story

I don’t know how long I have been out maybe a couple of hours a day, I look around while lying on the ground.

“They’re all dead all of them.” I question

A man only five meters away from me is still breathing   

“Hello.” I ask “Hello.” “Are you all right?”

He turns over and his wounds become obvious, a steel rod has gone straight through him his face burned beyond recognition

“What happened?” I ask

“I don’t know.” The solider said

He breathed his last

I am stuck out here no idea what happened or where I am. I can hear another person not a solider but a child he spoke in Arabic and ran away. It wasn’t worth him coming back I try to get up but realize my wounds I cant feel my legs at all I slap them I don’t feel it. This is the beginning to a long journey. i can hear a noise cars a whole convoy they rise above the horison the army inside the cars one person looks familiar the boy.

Second Short story

WHAT'S IN A TITLE?

1. Yes, I think it was an appropriate choice for the story it really has that mysterious battle march tone to it.


2. Bail Out and Combat these two titles are also a good choice that the author could have used because I think that the also capture the flavor of the book.


3. Shot Down and grounded. Shot down could be about a rouge pilot who needs to prove he is worthy to fly after he accidently shoots down his own team mate. and Grounded could be about the plane he is in gets shot down and he is forced to fight the enemy on foot until he finds an enemy airbase and steals a plane and blows up the airbase

LEARNING ABOUT AUTHORS

1. Yes some of them have designed their sites so that they are appealing and you want to stay on them but others are bland which make me want to avoid them


2. My favorite about the authors you choose was Steph Bowe she really inspired me because she wrote a book at 14


3. LM Fuge was a writer appealing to a teenage audience and i think she does this well Michael Gerard Bauer writes mostly for an older audience


4. http://www.markhaddon.com/   That is the link to the previous author of the book I read which was The curious incident of the dog in the night time I really loved his website it was so childish but had a very serious underlying tone to it.

Electronic Literature

1. There is a factor in me that says this is the way forward in terms of reading to younger generations and I think that children like The whole interactive literature that really caught my eye but not for me because I love the thrill of a book and so do many other people

2. Definitely the interactive part where you actually play with the phone that would definitely appeal to the younger audience

3. Some disadvantages could be that children are not reading an actual book but are responding to a picture and sound but in this case the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

4. Well I can see a point in that this is still reading is it not? Kids are still reading just in a more interesting way with the animations in the inanimate Alice it left room for kids to imagine what could happen next.

5. When we go on Google or any website we are reading but I think that one way that was really affective for kids to read is an E-library that kids read then choose a book and read no need for library check out.

6. Well not so much as compare but it would change the way I read I think for kids this is much more exiting and interactive, which kids like.

Think About Your Reading Experiences

1. Yes I mostly read I my room on my big office chair its a good place for me because I am all alone and the gentle breeze that flows into my room keeps me cool while I read before i read I get a bottle of water and sit and read. When I read I don't stop until I either finish a book or am close to finishing.

2. Mostly night time when I am ready for bed.

3. The authors that are my favorite are Chris Ryan, Anthony Horowitz, Emily Rodda, Mark Haddon and Les Carlyon.
-Their Descriptive language when describing locations
-Well, most of them are war fiction writers I like this because any writer who decides to write war fiction for it to be good they need to describe the emotion and feelings of the soldiers.
-I have enjoyed all of their titles that I have read.

The 'Blurb' on the back cover

1. No not really didn’t choose my book purely on the blurb. The front cover of the book made me think that the book might be about a war and my favorite genre of book is war fiction. I did take the blurb in to account but when I choose a book I also look in prologue of the book as well because usually that gives you an incite into the setting and plot of the book.


2. Apart from the prologue when I look at the blurb it grabs my attention when the author drops you somewhere inside the plot and an action scene is taking place then it all looks hopeless. That grabs my attention.


3. My first impression of this book I had high expectations of it and honestly it was good but not great maybe I’m being a bit harsh but I expected more. Overall the blurb did give a good description about the book.

4. Some of the visual aspects of the back cover include, that the back cover is a metal armor and that the picture that is on the front is on the back as well.

5. I am not sure how exactly we got in this situation going faster than ever it a big metal being I pull one of the levers the plane jerked upward we were air born. ten minutes later there are bullets whizzing everywhere planes being shot down right in front of me I am so scared.

Oliver's Reading Blog

Hi all. This is my reading blog and I would like to keep it this way.


So I might start by saying my favorite genre of book is war fiction. And my favorite series of these books is the Chris Ryan series. So far I have read at least half of the series I will put a picture on what they look like on my page. They are are about the most unlucky teenager ever he seems to all ways get into the middle of danger and adventure. The books keep getting better and better I am currently reading one of these novels. Another book that i am currently reading is Dogfight, a book about a teenage boy who is in the middle of WWII and gets himself and others into lots of trouble. So watch this space for more on these books...


I will just constantly update this blog. I love books, but the world of information around us is getting bigger and better, so what do we do we go for the easier option and sometimes it is the best one. When it comes to reading we should go for books. It's the only real way to read. But back to books I love books they provide an escape from real life and an adventure for the mind and soul. The adventure and drama from a book out ranks any movie, website or video game.




Picture Response: short story

Finn was lost for sure he had walked all night and had no idea how far or even if he was going the right way. He started to make his way to shelter up ahead it was a cold wet night. He could hear the creatures of the night rustling in the bushes. They were everywhere Finn could only hear them but he was sure they were close. Out of no where a rat runs at Finn to him its like Godzilla it squeals and chases him then there is silence… the rat runs away and Finn comes out of the darkness with a scratch on his soft cardboard

“Yeah that’s what you get for messing with Finn the robot.” He yelled into the night

But behind him he heard a hiss Finn turned around and there it was a 2 and a half meter carpet python.

“Oh My God.” Finn yelled “arghhh.”

The snake ran after Finn he sprinted for a vending machine in a Seven eleven he dived inside the snake struck the glass four or five times he didn’t care, he was safe. The next morning Finn awoke to the sound of mechanical part moving and next a giant chocolate bar fell and landed so close to him it wasn’t funny, a hand came through the exit Finn entered last night the hand moved from one side to another it came towards him and grabbed the chocolate bar the hand receded and all was quiet. Later that day Finn  heard a noise from inside the vending machine he followed the noise deep into the machine. The deeper he got into the machine he heard voices that felt strangely familiar. When he reached the end the Voices were loud. They were everywhere tiny and cardboard just like himself a whole world full of them he wasn't alone after all he knew it.