Blog post #7

    I am reading the book "The Red Pyramid" by Rick Riordan. This book is about two siblings, Carter and Sadie, who become hosts to Egyptian gods. They are trying to stop Set, because he wants to turn the whole world into a desert, probably because he is the chaos god.
   I think that Carter is facing a lot of problems in this book. One of them is his sister, who is much more outgoing than him. Early in the book they get in trouble because of Sadie. I think Sadie makes it harder for Carter to adapt to the very sudden changes, like discovering that him and Sadie are the most powerful magicians on Earth, and/or hosting Egyptians gods.
   I think another problem in this book is Carter's father, Julius, who is somewhat isolated after Carter's mother disappears because of some ritual. Julius refuses to tell the kids what happen, so Carter and Sadie try to find out, and get themselves into a mess.
   Lastly, I am not finished with this book yet, but I think that Julius' and Carter's relationship will improve, because at the end of the book there will probably be a sad reunion or something and Julius will finally tell Carter and Sadie. Then again, I may be wrong and the ending will be totally different.

Blog post #6

 

    I just finished reading the book "Science Fair" by Dave Barry. This book is about a kid named Toby who wants to win his annual science fair. However, his rivals, a group of rich kids, paid somebody, unknown to them, to get project plans and layouts every year. They then pay Sternabite, who owns a science store, to "help" them(do the project for them). But this year, the projects given to them are to help the government of Krpshtstan to destroy the US, because the president of Krpshtstan had a son who was humiliated on American Idol, because he thought he was doing good when he made it to the last round, but then at the end no one voted for him because they were playing with him, and the president wanted revenj.
   I think there is a lot of social injustice in this book. One situation of social injustice is when all the rich kids make fun of Toby because he wears "Discount Warehouse" shoes. When Jason(a rich kid) makes a remark about this("When I win the five grand, maybe I'll buy you some decent shoes") and when Toby says a comeback, Jason gets him into trouble later.
   Also, another place in this book where social injustice happens is when they play with the mind of the president of Krpshtstan's son. If they did not like him they shouldn't have voted for him in the beginning, just because he sings terribly.