Title: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Author: J.K.ROWLING

Year: 2000

Publisher: Bloomsbury

ISBN: 0 7475 5009 9

Price: $14.94.

To all Harry Potter fans, this is a book that you must not miss. It is filled with new magical spells and adventures. In this book, Harry Potter will be starting his fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. There will be new spells to be learned more exploring to be done in Hogwarts. However, Harry needs to be careful, as there might be danger. The return of Lord Voldemort will cause harm to Harry as well.

The story is about Harry Potter in his fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The school has been selected to hold the recently returned game called “ The Triwizard Tournament.” There are two schools, Beauxbatons and Durmstrang, which are also invited to participate in the tournament. The minimum age for the students to join the tournament is 17 years old and above. Once the Goblet of Fire has chosen the students, they will become the Champion for their respective schools. There is no turning back for the students that have been chosen. However, on the day of announcing the participants, Harry’s name flew out of the Goblet of Fire. He did not know that why his flew out. Therefore, Harry has no choice but to take part in the tournament. Harry will also know that Lord Voldemort has returned, when he touched on the Triwizard Cup on his last task.

The main characters of the story are Daniel Radcliffe who stars as Harry Potter, Rupert Grint stars as Ron Weasley, Emma Watson stars as Hermione Granger, Ralph Fiennes stars as Lord Voldemort, Michael Gambon stars as Albus Dumbledore, Brendan Gleeson stars as Alastor Moody, Robert Pattinson stars as Cedric Diggory, Stanislav Lanevski stars as Viktor Krum, Clemence Poesy stars as Fleur Delacour, Matthew Lewis stars as Neville Longbottom and Katie Leung stars as Cho Chang.

I think the characters are brave especially Harry Potter, Cedric Diggory, Viktor Krum and Fleur Delacour because they took up the challenge to compete against each other, which consist of four extremely dangerous tasks which they might die in the process of the game. I also think that the characters have a very strong true friendship because in the story, when Harry has difficulties with his second task, his friends helped him by going to the library to search for information.
My favourite character is Harry Potter. He is my favourite character because he is brave as he fought with Lord Voldmort in his last task. He is not selfish because in his second task, he can only save a friend from the danger in the sea, however, he managed to save Ron and Gabrielle. He is also a very fast thinker because in his first task, he needs to fight with a dragon and get a golden egg in order to win the game. When his task starts, Harry immediately saw the golden egg and he wants to snatch it. However, the dragon saw his action and wants to attack him. Luckily, Harry saw and he said a charm and his broomstick flew towards him. Harry sat on the broomstick and flew off and the dragon followed him as well. After a furious fight with the dragon in mid-air, Harry managed to snatch the golden egg and this means that his first task has ended. I can relate to Neville Longbottom because he is a helpful person as he always tries to help his friends who are in need. For instance, I would help my friends when they have difficulty in their schoolwork and teach them until they have fully understood. I feel that the characters would share their joy and hardship together, which I find precious as one might not even find a real true friend in his or her life.

In my opinion, I like the book because it is filled with new adventures, new characters and even more magical things like spell casts, incredible monsters and many others.I think that one would find the book interesting and would not want to stop reading as one might want to find out the next part of the story.

My favourite part of the book is when after Harry has swallowed a plant called Gillyweed, he turns into a creature that has gills and webbed-feet that would allow him to breathe and swim in the water easily.

My least favourite part of the book is when Harry managed to save Ron and Gabrielle, and suddenly, lots of sea mermaid swim towards him. Harry uses all his might to push them towards the surface of the sea. Later, the mermaids surrounded him. They somehow wanted to kill him by pushing him towards the deeper end of the sea. I find this very cruel and disgusting.

If I could change some part of the book, it would be not to have Cedric Diggory to die in the last task because he is a good friend of Harry and he helped Harry a lot in the Triwizard Tournament. I would want him to survive, as he is a loyal and true friend towards his friends, especially towards Harry.

I would recommend this book to those who like Harry Potter books very much and to those who like magical things and adventures.

Review By:

Sit Ting Wen

Library Student

4EN

Title of the book :The White Darkness

Author: Geraldine Mc Caughrean

Publisher: OXFORD UNVERSITY PRESS

Publification Date: 2005ISBN

number: 9780192726186

No of pages: 262

Price of the book: $13.15

Opening sentence: Read this book and you would never want to put it down
The story is about a girl pining for her lover, Captain Oates. Although he had died, Sym was still devoted to him and had placed him in her heart. It also talks about Sym and Captain Oates memories.

The main characters were Sym and Captain Oates. I think the characters were very good. They were matching with the flow of the story. My favourite character was Uncle Victor. He was also named the “fountain of knowledge”. Uncle Victor knows everything under the sky. Ever since Sym’s father died in a car accident, he has been taking care of her. Uncle Victor can be related to Captain Oates. Captain Oates known as Titus Oates also gave advice to Sym to help her solve her problems.

There is another character called Sigurd. In Sym’s head, she thinks that Sigurd likes her. But actually Sigurd is just helping Sym as a precious friend. The story is also about Sym father’s symptoms and Sym’s dad did not even like her. Sym did not care. She continued respecting her dad.

I like the book. My favourite part of the book is on pg 57 chapter Seven “Talk”. My least favourite part of the book was chapter Six “The Ice”. If I could change the story, I would like Sym to find another guy after Captain Oates died. I would like to recommend this book to somebody. The person who likes to read a lot of books would like the book. The person could add it to his collection.

Reviewed by : Yee Jia Min 4N1

From Booklist :

When Tony Award–winning actress Meg Addams loses another role to a younger actress and her teenage daughter is expelled from school, Meg decides to return to her childhood hometown in suburban Westchester County. But the town is no longer homey, and most of the old residents have left. The diner is now a sushi bar, and the quaint homes have been supersized, leaving very little hope of Meg affording a home until a fixer-upper thought to be haunted becomes available. A major asset is the next-door neighbor, Sam Rooney, one of the few townies left and Meg's unrequited crush from high school. The good news is that Sam is now single with two children of his own; the bad news is that he is not interested in a new relationship.

A vastly entertaining romance and a real standout laced with otherworldly intervention and a dash of social suburban commentary. - - - Engelmann, Patty

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This is a thrilling and exciting novel that sustains your interest till the very end. The central character Dana Evans is strong-willed and brave and you will feel her emotions as the plot unravels. The unique aspect of all Sheldon’s novels is that he always explores different cities across the world and you will gain insight into each city’s culture, language and food. A must read especially for those who like to be kept in suspense and enjoy variety .