Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Blog challenge- April 17

This week as the blog challenge, you have to choose a chapter book that you read when you were a child . And you need to talk about it. I am going to talk mainly about the title, front cover, the precis, the plot, genre, tone, and theme.



Now when I was a child, I remember always reading Animal Ark. I love to read anything about animals. Animals are one of my favourite subjects to talk about. So, the book, in the series Animal Ark is foal in the mist. This books author is Lucy Daniels.



The main character and protagonist is Mandy Hope. She is a responsible girl who is very kind. Her parents art vets so she is always around animals. She loves to help them with her best friend James. James is Mandy's nbest friend at school, and out. They always work together cooperativly to get the job done.



When she goes to visit her cousin, she thinks that everything will be fine. But when she goes on a horse back riding with her cousin she gets lost in fog. When she is trying to find her way, she sees a foal in the mist. But then, the foal vanishes. When she tries to investigate on this mystery, Mandy finds out that a girl in the local area is having hard time accepting the death of her horse Curiosty. Mandy now had doubts that the horse that she saw was Curiosty. Has Curiosity not passed on yet? Is Curiosity the horse she saw in the fog? All I can say is that it all becomes good in the end. You have to read the book to find out.



Now I am going to talk about the title page. I think that it is excellent for the book. The title has a white foal with brown spots all over. According to the book, the foal on the cover is Curiosty, one of the main conflicts throughout the whole book. But the title really matches with the title page also. It indicates everything that is on the cover. The title say foal in the mist. And the cover shows that with a painting. On the back, they have a summary like what I did above to make people read the book. It makes people drewling for more.



Now I am going to talk about the actual title. The title is called foal in the mist. I think that it is perfect for the title. Because it is totally relevant to the book. That is basically what it is all about. That is how Mandy saw the foal. The foal was in the mist/fog.



The genre, tone, and theme are exactly the way I like them. the tone is dark throught most of the book. But the theme is mostly Mystery becasue they have to solve the case. The genre is mostly scary and frightning.



The reason I loved this book at the time was becasue of my passion for animals. I have 2 cats at home and I love being with them and spending time with them. That is the reason I cohse the Animal Ark series. But the reason I chose this book from the Animal Ark series is becasue it is a haunting. The series are categorized into different sections. Another reason that I chose this book is becasue it has the perfect theme, tone and genre. As a child, I loved reading this book, and I read it a couple of times. This book really brings back memories. This is a book I will never forget.