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March 24, 2011 I am reading __Mermaid Park__ by Beth Mayall. I saw the book in a book store a few years ago and bought it then. I haven't gotten to read it yet and it seemed very interesting. It doesn't seem like one of the book I would usually get but I'm giving it a chance. A 16 year old girl named Amy goes on vacation to the Jersey shore. She decided she wants to stay and work at an attraction she went to. She gets the job, the place is called Mermaid Park. This is all the information that I have gotten from the book so far.

Final blog: March 4, 2011 Characters: Plot: Rating: 3 It was a good book. Not one that I would have read if I knew what it was about. I would recomend this book to any girl that likes history, drama, and science fiction.
 * Ellane- She is brave and always taken for someone that can't do anything and wouldn't be able to become something big. She always want to do the right thing no matter how hard it is for her to help.
 * Marco- He's evil and really wants to kill his brother, Will. Marco thinks his step-dad killed his actual dad by sending him on a military trip that has a good possibility of him being killed, and he was.
 * Will- Has the strength and power to have anyone to do whatever he wants. He is taken as King Aurthur. When Marco tries to kill Will, Ellane throws him a sward and end up getting Marco, with a gun, to stop and get on the ground.
 * Mr. Morton- The teacher at the high school that has been watching Will to see if he ends up becoming King Aurthur. He is part of an organization called __Bear__ that protects Will from his brother killing him.
 * Ellane knows something is going on and that Marco is going to try to kill Will soon. She finds out Will and Marco has disappeared and she knows exactly where he is. He's at the park! There was an awful storm, the sky was blood red, and it was pooring rain. Ellane knew of only one weapon in her house, a very old rust covered sward. She put it in her gym bag and started running to the park that was two miles away from her house. The wind was fighting against her as she ran to the park, the rain was blinding and the lighting was making trees fall around her. She wasn't going to stop until she got to the park. When she got to the park she saw Wills car. The whole park was completely dry, there wasn't a sign of a storm at the park. She went to go find Will on his favorite rock, and there she found him lying on the rock, looking as if he was dead. She ran up to see if he was ok and he was just listening to her music. Ellane warned Will that Marco was on his way. They never left though, then Marco showed up.

The next book I might read is __The Tenth Circle__ by Jodi Picoult. The book sounds interesting to me and I think I'm going to check it out more!

February 10, 2011 After Ellane finds out that Lance and Jennifer are kissing she tries to go run and find Will and keep him from finding out about them because she knows that he will be heart-broken if he finds out. Marco wants to do the opposite so that Will will be heart-broken. Will ends up finding out but he says he is relieved because some how he knew it was going on. Ellane goes after him to tell him that she is sorry and then Will and Ellane end up kissing. Will and Ellane liked each other all along. Getting to know the characters is the best part of the book. Each of them seem to be a real person. The worst part of the book is that it's kind of boring at the moment. http://www.teenreads.com/reviews/0060755865.asp

Thursday, January 27, 2011 My book is called __Avalon High__ by Megan Cabot. Its about a teenage girl that has just moved to a place she has never heard of. Her name is called Ellane she is 15 years old and she has two very smart parents. She had to move because her parents move for there jobs, even though it doesn't matter where they live. Ellane doesn't make friends very easily but she meets this one boy named Will and she instantly thinks he's wonderful. She doesn't think Will will ever even notice her or like her. One day she is in her pool and he comes over to ask who she is and if she wanted to hangout with her. She was excited that day because she thought he was a cute popular guy and every other girl thought that too. Ellane really started to like him and she thought Will started to like her too. But Will has a girlfriend name Jennifer. Jennifer is one of the most popular and pretty girls in school so Ellane doesn't think it would even be possible for her to get with Will. Ellane likes to go out running, it's one of her most favorite things to do, especially when she needs some time to think. One time she was running through the park and saw that Will was all by himself on a boulder that seemed impossible to get to but she was so curious that she had to go find out what he was doing there.

As time went by they became closer and closer. The first time Ellane went to Wills house she met his brother, Marco. Marco was kicked out of school and there is a rumor that he got kicked out because he tried to kill one of the teachers. Marco tries to creep everyone out and get everyone into trouble for whatever they do.

Wills birthday comes up and he invites every popular kid in school and some of Ellane's friends so she wont be all by her self. Wills best friend goes just like a good friend would, his name is Lance. Lance is a very loyal friend and has always been around for Will. Ellane was walking around his house going to find where Jennifer was and she heard Jennifer was in Wills room. Ellane went to check it out to see how she was doing because Ellane thought something was going on with her. She looked into the room and saw Jennifer and Lance kissing on Wills bed. Jennifer is cheating on Will with his best friend!

Thursday, January 13, 2011. Today I successfully created a Wiki account, joined the Wiki, and created my blogging page. This is AMAZING!!! :D