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My weekend journal

Saturday was the day of town. At 15 past 8 we left our house to go to swimming lessons because the town pool opened. Me and Zak had our lessons 'till 9:30 and they started at 9:00. Kaelyn's one started at 9:30 and went 'till 10:00. So we had half an hour to play. Logan was there. We got the rafts out and had a play. After swimming we went to our friend Daniel's house for a play. We built the tree house there and we made a bottom story. Then I got bored because there was nothing for me to do so I went inside.

My holiday

In the holidays Patrick came over for a play date. When he came we decided to clear up the bush track that Zak, Kaelyn and me built. We cleared it out to the end and then we saw a barb wire fence. We jumped over that and I got a million scratches. After that we came to a fence that we thought was electric. There was mud on the other side. they told me to test it so  I touched it with a piece of grass. I didn't get a electric shock, so I touched it with my finger and guess what it hit me. So we had to jump over it. Zak and Patrick made it fine but when I tried I landed n the mud and fell over sideways. Then we came to another electric fence. We had to crawl under it. Same thing again I had to get dragged. Finally we were back.

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