Memoir

          The turf and air seemed moist and wet after the night rain. It was foggy and I could smell the air. It was Saturday and was about to play the undefeated soccer team in our league, Barboncito and as they were all big and tall, except one kid who was really small. They all were Latinos and seemed older than we did. But we weren't scared of them and we believed that we could easily beat them. When the game started there was only one surprise before the game, the one and only small kid was goalie and couldn't reach the top of the goal. When the game started we started off with the ball and we just passed around until I got the ball and passed to Tabo who instead of passing to Nico, who was wide open near the goal he tried to shoot. Luckily the goalie tried to hit it away and Nico jumped over the keeper (because the keeper was small) and scored a header. Then, just minutes later on of the players on their team out muscled our biggest defender and scored. We were a little shocked and scared of the kid because he was huge.

            Near the end of the first half the huge kid fouled me, and my coach told me not to go into the penalty box because if Tabo (who was taking the free-kick) tried to cross it Barboncito would probably get it because they are bigger than we are. So I walked over to the edge of the penalty area and faced towards our goal in case Barboncito got it. I really don't know what or why Tabo tried to cross to me but he did, and as the ball traveled through the air for what seemed for a long time, I decided to do an over head kick, so when the ball finally reached me I didn't have to move because I already was facing toward my goal. I kicked the ball over my head and fell backwards looking at the ball traveling toward the goal.

            Do you still remember how I said that the only small player on their team was the goalie, and how he couldn't reach the top of the goal? Well I guess that that day was my lucky day because the ball floated high and teased the goalie by going right over his out stretched hand and into the very top of the goal. At first I didn't really know what happened, then all at once I realized I scored a bicycle (over head) kick, also I  was surrounded by my teammates. Then and now I still think that I did the impossible.

Book Report on Shadow of the Wind Part 1

  This week I have been reading a great book called The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. The book is about a boy who is brought to his father's bookshop which is called the "cemetery of forgotten books." He picks out a book and loves it so much he wants to find the other books by the same author. But barely anyone knows who the author (Julian Carax) is. He tries to find out who the author is but as he is looking he meets a man who says that he will buy the book from Daniel (main character). Daniel asked the man what he would do with the book, and the man replies that he will burn it. Then Daniel got a glimpse of his face and it was all burned. Later in the book Daniel finds out that all of Julian Carax's books were burned. I think that the book is about how Daniel's quest is similar to the book that Daniel is reading.
    Daniel is living the life of the main character in the book because in the book the main character was trying to find his lost father. Daniel is trying to find the lost Julian and his books. Another example is when the person who is trying to burn the book goes any the exact name as the devil in the book. Also he was stalking Daniel at his balcony with his face covered by the darkness. It was the same in the book, but the man was the devil. Right now in the book Daniel is trying to find more evidence of where Julian went. He is also is finding out what happened in Julian's life and where he might have gone. This is what I have found out so far in the book.
   Next week, I will cover part two of the book in my blog. Until then...

Book Report on The Last Olympian

        I read an amazing book called The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan. It is a fantasy book based on Greek Mythology. It is the last book in the Percy Jackson series. The Last Olympian is about Percy Jackson, a demigod who is son of the god   Poseidon, the sea god. He leads all his friends from Camp Half-Blood which is made for all demigods, to guard Mount Olympus which is on top of the Empire State building. The Titan Kronos wants to get revenge on the gods so he tries to crush Olympus. Kronos used Luke Castellan’s (a demigod) body for a temporary body for himself, and he was planning to burn Luke’s body later and turn into his real form that is unbeatable. Luke was Hermes’s son and he went to Camp Half-blood  but then joined Kronos's side and turned evil.
        The camp lost a lot of demigods because they joined Kronos’s army as Luke had done.The kids from Camp Half-blood fought with the kids from Kronos's army in Manhattan because the kids from camp had to save the Empire State building. In the end, Percy Jackson and his friends really helped the gods defeat Kronos. After Kronos was defeated the gods said that they would give him one wish or to be a god. He didn't take the offer to be a god because he was only a teenager and he still had his life to live. Instead his wish was to be that all of the gods had to claim their kids when they turn 13. I think he wanted to do this because the war wouldn't have happened if the demigods were claimed by their father because a lot of kids who didn't have a god parent turned to the other side because they felt abandoned. He also wanted every single god to have a place at camp, not only the big ones. 

I love this book so much is because it has a lot to do with Greek mythology and I love how the Greek mythology with the present are mixed together. Not only do you learn about Greek mythology, but the Percy Jackson series are fun to read. This book is in my opinion the best in the series because it is the final book and everything comes together in the end. This book is so interesting because it is fantasy, adventure, action, mythical mixed together and just a great book. I wonder if anyone will make another book that is as good as the Percy Jackson series, except based on another culture's mythology?