Gakyi the Invincible Dog

Have you ever been REALLY bored? I have. My mom was watching the news, my dad was on the computer and today I still don’t know what my sister was doing. Me? I was lying on the couch with the dog barking outside. Finally I was fed up and decided to go play with her gnawed tennis ball. I still remember how it was missing patches of fuzz everywhere. I threw it onto the lawn as hard as I could and followed it.
Wagging her tail she dropped the slime bomb at my feet. Cautiously I picked it up and gladly threw it towards the storage house. She darted at what I considered to be the speed of a race car back then. BUT she went right past the ball to climb the spiral staircase that led to the top of the storage house. Gakyi made the climb of the spiral look easy and after a tiring climb for a 6 year old I found Gakyi still at the speed of a race car chasing her tail. Suddenly using the speed from her last turn she speeded for the edge of the roof and launched over our house’s gate.
At that very moment I did two things. Inside my body, actions and words were running around trying to get through the maze to my mouth. None of them actually made it out of the maze so I just stayed still. Then I realized. My dog had just jumped off a roof! Gakyi had probably broken three of her legs!

In panic I ran back down the spiral staircase and ran in to the house slamming the door as hard as I could to get attention. My mom who was nearby came out asking what I thought I was doing. It took a lot of convincing but she signaled the rest of the family. Like an angry mob we rushed to the street to find an unharmed Gakyi sitting right there waiting. Her stare asked “Hi! What are you looking at?” Then with just some staring as a command she trotted back into the house and continued to bark. Gakyi was one of a kind.

Interview with Skulduggery Pleasant

10 New Word Definitions

1. Rowdies-Behavior less than well, out of control
   
2. Resurrected-Brought back to life, back in use
   
3. Pledge-Vow, unbreakable promise, to pledge something means you can't back out
   
4. Brazier-Fireplace, grill, you fill with coal
   
5. Putrefy-Something rotten with a fetid odor
   
6. Spontaneous-To act without thought or plan
   
7. Discreetly-Something done discreetly is something done without much attention drawn
   
8. Martyred-Give up your life in something, devote your life to something
   
9. Preposterous-Something totally out there, out of normal zone
   
10. Scouring-To search intently, associated with the action of the action of the eye
    

The Faceless Ones

I read the first 2 books in this series before entering 6th grade so they will not be on my blog. In this book it starts with murder and it always does in these books. There have been murders and all of the victims have 1 thing in common, they are all teleporters. After Skulduggery Pleasant and his associate, Valkyrie Cain, do some research, they discover one teleporter is left. The teleporter is 17 and is forced to open the gate for the faceless ones to return.

My favorite part of this awesome book was at the end because it ended with a bang. The bang is accidentally Skulduggery gets sucked into the dimension of the faceless ones. It gave a hint for the next book where Valkyrie needs to find the true head of Skulduggery because it help can open the gate for Skulduggery to return. This book would rate more than 5 stars if I could because not for one moment in the entire book is it not interesting.

Queste

In the fourth book of the Septimus Heap series,
Merrin Meredith tries to get revenge on Septimus. Merrin spent the first 10 years known as Septimus to DomDaniel. Merrin believes Septimus stole his name. Because of this he makes a contract with the ghost of Tertius Fume. Fume calls a questing and Septimus is sent away on the Queste that no apprentice has ever returned from.

This book rates 5 out of 5 stars for me. My favorite part of this, the latest book of the series, was when Beetle and Jenna met Ephaniah Grebe in the basement of the manuscriptorium. The chapter was really engaging as it was one of the only parts of the book where I didn't know if something good or bad was happening. Because they couldn't find Ephaniah at first I thought maybe something was going to happen like Simon jumping out of nowhere and killing them both. Ironically I think the story would have been better if that happened because it would have added an unexpected twist.

10 Sentences Using New Words

1. The odor at the barn was so fetid; that must be why the farmer sold the barn.
   
2. The farmer was gagging me with my own shirt.
3. The police told me the farmer was a nefarious master criminal.
4. I was feeling very conceited after catching the farmer.
5. The farmer escaped from prison by walking the corrugated roof into the streets.
   
6. The farmer was in the desolate science lab in the desert.
7. Using some vials, the farmer made a poison.
8. The poison was frothing out of the farmer's control.
9. The farmer attempted to use the poison by hiding it in a frivolous couch at a yard sale.
10. The farmer and his intolerable behavior were never caught.