How to be good at sailing

Weekend journal

Sunday was the last day of sailing lessons, not for the year because the people running it thought that they could have another go in October when the wind is stronger. It wasn't a very windy day they should have had it on Saturday because it was windy and it didn't rain at all. The day started of cloudy and there wasn't the slightest bit of wind. The as they day wore on the wind picked up and the rain just started to spit. At the end of the of the day it poured and the wind evaporated.

Book review on refugee

Book review on Refugee

Title: Refugee                                         Author: Alan Gratz

The book was about three children called Josef who is 13 and lives in Germany tries to escape to Cuba, Isabel who is 11 and lives in Cuba tries to escape to America and Mahmoud who is 12 lives in Syria tries to escape to Germany. They are all refugees that are trying to escape their country!

I think the three way story line was cool because they overlapped like Mahmoud ends up living with Ruthie ( Josef’s sister ) for a bit. Also the fact that Lito ( Isabel's grandfather ) turned the boat away that Josef was in ( the St Louis ). All the story lines also had similarities like Mahmoud is trying to escape to Josef’s home country who is trying to escape to Isabel’s home country. It was also interesting how the story lines were set in different times.

The low part was there were a lot of cliffhangers at the end if the novel like the mystery of Hana, what happened to Josef’s father and what happened after Mahmouds family finishes living with Ruthie. I really want there to be a Refugee 2 so that the mysteries are solved. The author also left us hanging after nearly every chapter like when “the rubber dingy popped and Mahmoud fell into the sea”.

I think that the best part of the story was when in Mahmoud's chapter it explained what happened in Josef’s chapter because were it ended didn’t sound like it should have.

I recommend this story for people who are 10-20. Also for people who like action packed stories

A new book cover for the book refugee

Weekend journal

On Thursday it was a big day because we went to Hamner springs for my birthday. We left on Thursday even though my birthday was on Friday because I didn't want to be in the car on my birthday. My friend Daniel came for Friday and Saturday when he left. We stayed from Thursday till Tuesday. On Friday we climbed up Mt Isabel for my birthday and Jo Daniel's mum brought an Easter egg up an stuck candles in it. On Saturday we went to the hot pools, it was really  busy a whole Australian school came and it was crazy busy. On Sunday it was a mix of Easter and April's fools day. On that day we climbed up conical hill and had a rest. On Monday we went to a mini golf there lots of contraptions like a loop-de-doop, some water and a pipe tunnel.