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Poseidon

Mythology is a very interesting subject and my fellow piers are very interested. We are reading the book: Heros, Gods, and Monsters. One of the gods that is featured in one of the chapters is Poseidon. These are the two paragraphs that I wrote for our mythology booklet project.
Poseidon won the rule of the sea after a dice roll between his two brothers and him. Zeus won and choose the sky, Poseidon came next and choose the sea, then poor unlucky Hades came last and choose the underworld. Poseidon would have chosen the see even if he had won. Poseidon was the god of the sea, horses, and earthquakes. Many thought he was greedy, quarrelsome, and aggressive. However, he could be pleased and boasted a radiant smile when this was done. Furthermore, Poseidon had many children. Poseidon was never married, but was like his brother, Zeus,  in the fact that he had many children due to being a great traveler. Additionally, Poseidon liked the sea the best because it was the best place for secretes, mystery's and the creation of strange creatures. Some of these strange creatures and monsters were: the octopus, the squid, the sea polyp or jellyfish, the swordfish, the blow-fish, the sea-cow, and many uncountable others. Poseidon's greatest creation was the horse. It was his only land dwelling creature but was the most beautiful of them all.

Poseidon was a great traveler and was always looking to expand his domain. One day he attempted to claim the city of Attica as his own. The people that lived there feared him because he was known to steal all of the youth from a town when angry. To claim it he stabbed his Trident into the acropolis and that caused a spring of salt water to spout. Then Athene came and planted an olive tree next to the spring, claiming the city as hers. Poseidon was furious and challenged her to single combat, threatening a tidal wave on the city at her refusal. Zeus heard their argument and came down declaring a truce. Then all the gods sat at council to hear the rival claims. They voted, agreeing that Athene’s gift was better and giving her the city. The city is now called Athens, after Athene. The Athenian people have to be careful when out at sea and were often unfortunate in their naval battles.

Sea of Trolls_WJ

Sea of Trolls Book Review

By William Jestes

"The Sea of Trolls book 1 is incredible!"  It incorporates adventure, science, and history to create an insanely creative and very well described world of elves, hobgoblins, humans, and Trolls. Jack and his "sister" are taken by berserkers to their land. Jack is given the task to go and meet the Troll queen and after a long time they return and save his sister!

Recommended Read, Not a Happy Camper

This book is a good one to read because, it is not fiction but is still very entertaining and funny. It is about a thirteen year-old girl who goes to a summer camp for jewish children, but it is just a scam. She gets there, desperate for a boyfriend, and decides that she likes a boy named Kenny. She spends all summer doing crazy things with her cabinmates like playing pranks on the boys or councilors.

Heroes, Gods, and Monster of Greek Myths

Heroes, Gods, and Monsters of Greek Myths is rewritten by Bernard Evslin. He is a novelist(Merchants of Venus;1964), playwright, film writer, and director. Many of his plays have been produced on and off of Broadway, including The Geranium Hat. There are twenty-six character biographies, an introduction, a vocabulary section, and a recommended reading list.

Recommended Read-Throne of Fire

In core we have been studying heroes, gods and monsters. Due to this, I would like to recommend the Throne of Fire. It is a novel about two children, a sister and a brother, who lived apart for most of their lives, until three months ago. They are teaching magic to other kids and learn that they have to save the world from the Egyptian Lord of Chaos, Apofis. The children have four days to find the Book of Ra, put it together, reawaken Ra and stop Apofis. They set out on an adventure, facing death at almost every moment. they fight gods, monster and other magicians, while dealing with family, friendship and occasionally, love.

TAYLOR_The Magician's Elephant_Review

The magicians elephant is a fantasy book about Peter a young boy about 200 years ago. In his small town there is a magician and he is doing a show and he 'accidentally' summons an elephant to fall through the ceiling and land on a noble woman's lap, crushing her legs and crippling her for life. Peter finds out about this and wants to find the elephant so that he can bring it home because it was miserable. This story has lots of good details and is funny. The author Kate Dicamilo also wrote The tale of Despereaux and Because of Winn-Dixie.

Book Review _ WJ_Dune

Title: The Dune Series

Author: Frank Herbert

The book Dune by Frank Herbert is an amazing book containing adventure, action, and interesting science. The book starts out on the lush planet of Caladan. Paul (the main character) is living there with his mother (a Bene Gesserit) and his father (the Duke). His father rules the planet. They then move to the planet Dune. His father does this because there is promise of the riches of spice. They are met by many a foe and are doing well, until the Emperor sends Sardukar to kill them. They must leave the city so, those that survive the Sardukar move in with the desert people. Many more events happen that hurt their people but they survive. I will not tell you anymore because I don't wan't to give it away. These books are much better than I made them sound!