The book I just finished reading: The Gift by James Patterson is a very good book that fits well with the series. I would give this book a nine out of ten because the language used is low level. Despite that, the book was written well, and (I guess) the language is appropriate for the protagonists in the books (they are teenagers who are leading a resistance movement against a controlling government) because some of them aren't adequately educated. The earlier book in the series The Witch and the Wizard, flowed well into The Gift, with a suspenseful ending and a quick pick up, I like James Patterson's rendering of the world of The Gift. 

About the author:

The author of my book series: the witch and the wizard (James Patterson) has written many other books. His other major titles include: Maximum ride, First to Die, Middle School, and many more. James Patterson's books are mostly fantasy. The books try to explain some things scientifically, but most of his works take a very wide imagination to fully enjoy. James Patterson doesn't write any nonfiction books, or historical fiction books. James' writing is also angled towards teenage to young adults, and the majority of his readers are either 14-17 or 25-32. James Patterson writes about magical mystical events, and always includes romance of some kind. He always has a wide variety of different characters included in his books

The mood of The Witch and the Wizard is very straightforward and blunt. There is little emotional appeal, and what there is is very quick, and innefective. The reader doesn't feel much emotional flux during this book. The book does have many cliches and lots of things happen that you would expect to happen in a typical book. In this quote, the characters are required to drive along subway tracks to reach their home base. "I reflexively checked my mirrors as I felt for the ignition key under the wheel. What I saw was a bright light, headed right towards us." 'Um, not so far away,' I said" (Patterson 235). This quote shows that there are expected events in the book, and as soon as the reader notices they are in a subway station, the subway train is expected to happen.

The tone of the book depends on the point of veiw the chapter is in. Whit and Wisty both take turns describing the events unfolding, because often they are separated. Whit is very intelligent, and he describes everything as it is. Wist is very sarcastic and attatched to her own feelings. While shallow and quite frusteratingly stupid at times, she is entertaining to the reader as a character.

Analysis

In the book I am reading, the Witch and the Wizard, many things happen in a small time. Where I am in the book, Whit and Wisty are in the shadowland. The shadowland is a place where the lost ones, who are the other half of ghosts (Half beings who haunt the overworld), are. These things will hunt down and devour any living being in the shadowland. "'Something broke the string,' he said, fear flickering in his brilliant eyes. From behind us, a chorus of moans added an ugly exclamation point to his statement." There are many portals here, one of which Whit, added Wisty, and some friends they made will have to use to get to their base in the overworld, where a bunch of kids set up a military base to combat the New Order. Next they will use Whit and Wisty to break into a N.O. prison and free more witches and wizards.

In my new book, the Witch and the Wizard the kid that rebel against the New Order have set up their own government, one that has one leader each week. They all vote on the new leader each week, this interests me because their policies could change every week, and the government would be very unstable. I wonder if the policy will change throughout the book, or if it will stay the same. The New Order has a  dictator who has control over a lot of magic, he uses that to stay in power. I also wonder if the people of the New Order will ever rebel, because everybody is exactly the same, and leads the same life under the New Order.

Theme  and summary.

The new book I am reading: The Witch and the Wizard is a bizarre book. The theme of the book so far is that family comes first.
throughout the text, including at the beginning when the New Order soldiers kidnap the Allgood family, the Allgood family is constantly trying to stay together. The parents are separated from the children, and the reader doesn't  know where they are yet, and the children are put in trial for being "Witches and Wizards," The children have been trying to get back to their parents ever since they were taken, and the boy has been trying to get in touch with his girlfriend, Celia.
Throughout the part of the book I have read, the Allgoods are very feared by the people of the new order, and are being sentenced to death by the N.O. for reasons that aren't very clear to the children yet. Where I am at, the children are stuck in a prison with no way out, and are being tortured(ish)
by the prison warden.

Predictions/Questions REDO
The book Out of my Mind by Sharon Draper is a good book, but I have a few questions about the characters. One such character is Mrs. V. From what Melody can see and hear, Mrs. V. is a hired tutor for Melody to help Melody communicate and move better. Where she comes from is unexplained, and so is her reason for helping Melody so much. "I studied... after school every day with Mrs. V." This quote shows that Mrs. V. is a large factor in Melody's life, but there is no explanation for why she is there.


A text to self connection is that I usually have the right answers to problems, but People don't understand me when I say it. The same is with melody, but she can't talk at all.
A text to world connection is that I see people in wheelchairs like this all the time, and I always wonder what they are thinking. Now I wonder if this book is a good representation.
A text to text connection is Cherub, a book that is totally different, but the main character has a bunch of similar problems, but they both finally find a way to overcome them.