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Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis

Caspian, Edmund, Lucy and Eustace have found all the elderly seven lords. In order to break the enchantment on the sleeping three lods, they have to sail to World's End and leave one member of their party behind. Instead of eating, they are drinking sweet water that fills them up. The sweet water is the same as the prophecy that Reepicheep heard as a little mouseling. Caspian, who is the current King of Narnia, wants to go to World's End/Aslan's Country, but Aslan told him not to go. If Narnia has no ruler, then there would be war. Caspian feels angry and then sad about this ("It's horrible"). Reepicheep sails to Aslan's Country. Edmund, Lucy and Eustace hesitantly head back to their world; they cannot stay in Narnia because their family is back in their world.

And that was his last mini-book report for the Dawn Treader. We'll do Who Was Abraham Lincoln? or The Hobbit next.

I wish Disney would make more Narnia movies (although Dawn Treader was the least enjoyable out of all three). The actors playing the Pevensies (22-30 years old) are in the right age to star in The Horse and His Boy.

Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis

Lucy, Edmund and Caspian are on an island called World's End. Three sleeping bearded lords, who have been sleeping for seven years at Aslan's Table, are under an enchantment after one of them stupidly touched a knife that the White Witch used to kill Aslan. They need to break the enchantment. The girl they met on the island says her father can teach Caspian how to do that.

Boxcar Children: The Mystery of the Soccer Snitch

At the Alden children's soccer practice, a girl named Kayla receives a mean message that says she should not be an international mascot because she isn't a team player, she is a show-off, etc. The Alden children investigates and find out who wrote the mean message and who broke the window (extreme temperature difference). Kayla intentionally did those things and sent the letter to herself because she didn't want to be a mascot and she doesn't like soccer. Her parents let her quit soccer and sign up for an art program instead. She likes drawing and being an artist.

I was going to teach J quality adjectives (IEW), when I realized that he seldom uses adjectives in both his daily speech and writing. So for now I’m focusing on having him add one extra adjective to his writing.

I gave him the cue "The girl they met on the island," thinking that he would go with the predictable "beautiful girl" or "pretty girl." Instead, he went for "bearded."

He is an eight-year-old boy after all *g*

Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis

The Dawn Treader crew frightfully sails into darkness because Reepicheep, who is a talking mouse, wants to venture into it for honor. They hear someone yells for help, and they help him get on board. It turns out the man they save is Lord Rhoop, who is one of the seven lords they are looking for. After Lord Rhoop warns them of the land where dreams (and nightmares) come true, the Narnians on board except for Reepicheep start to fear the land. After they escape the darkness, the whole place thankfully disappears, and there is only the bright shining sun.

Boxcar Children: The Clue in the Corn Maze

A corn maze at a big farm is vandalized. The vandal tries to scare the farm owner, Ken, and leaves a note that says, "Cancel the festival or you'll just have trouble." The Alden children finds clues to find out who the vandal is. At first they suspect Ken's brother and Ken's son David because of a phone conversation. They catch the vandal in the act when she is trying to take back the note (she realizes she has gone too far). Peggy, the vandal, wants to buy the farm because it was owned for three generations in her family.

Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis

The Dawn Treader, which is a Narnian ship, sails to an island with a magician and a bunch of invisible beings. The chief of invisible beings orders Lucy to go read the magician's book so that they can be visible again. Lucy happily looks through the magician's book; she loves the pictures, reads a story she really loves, and says out loud the spell that makes everything invisible visible. Aslan appears.

Boxcar Children: The Pumpkin Head Mystery

Every night there's a haunted hay ride at Beckett farm. A spooky floating head keeps on scaring people. ("Is that part of the haunted hayride? I don't like it very much.") The Alden children find clues and discover that Jason, the tractor driver/mechanic is the one putting on a black cape and a pumpkin head. Jason doesn't want strangers to be at the Beckett Farm, and he doesn't want the farm to be sold to Mr. B, who wants to build houses on the land.

Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis

Eustace the dragon hunts animals to feed the group and becomes a heater. Thankfully, Eustace turns back into a boy after seeing Aslan. Aslan takes off his million layers of dragon skin so Eustace can bathe in the well. Eustace tells everyone his story. They board the ship and encounter a great sea serpent.

Voyage of the Dawn Treader, ctd.

Eustace, Lucy, Edmund and Caspian spot the great sea serpent, who is very dumb, and push it away to get the ship free. At Goldwater Island/Deathwater Island, Edmund tells them to step away from the water because the water turns the things that it touches into gold. Caspian doesn't want people to know about the island. They unfortunately come under a spell that makes them forget things, so they don't have much to tell Drinian.

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Boxcar Children: The Mystery of the Stolen Snowboard

A famous snowboarder's snowboard is stolen. The thief is Coach McNaught. The suspects are Mercedes, Mr. Fellows and 'The Yeti' (who is actually Coach McNaught). There were a bunch of cafes selling food with nothing healthy in them. Those cafes later on started selling healthy food.

Boxcar Children: The Garden Thief

Someone vandalizes the garden plots, and someone also steals all the growing food. The boxcar children look for clues and find out who the garden thief is. The thief is Lucasta who hates purple so she definitely will not take the purple carrots. She steals food to feed her bunnies. The vandal is an adult. The one giving back food is Lucasta's brother.

Boxcar Children: Mystery of the Fallen Treasure

A pilot, whose name is Adelita, accidentally drops a backpack of jewelry, which lands in the forest. Jessie's dog Watch thankfully finds the backpack. The boxcar children try to find the pilot. They know people won't lie to a dog, so they think Adelita is telling the truth to Watch.

Not a Fish by Marie Rippel

Kaylee and Harper, two fish in a river, are friends who argue a lot. Kaylee wants to not be a fish because being a fish is boring; all you do is swim endlessly in the river. She pretends to be all sort of different animals. Her friend complains, "That's not what fish do!" She answers, "Yes, that's because I'm not a fish."

Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis

Eustace runs off and later on sees a dragon die. He is so greedy for treasure and acts like a dragon that he turns into a dragon himself. His arm gets swollen because he has shoved a bracelet past his elbow. He wants to not be a dragon anymore and return to his own world.

Warriors: The Lost Warrior by Erin Hunter

This happened after the twolegs cut down the beautiful forest that was the cats' home. The lost warrior Greystripes is now in a twolegs town and wants to go back to the forest. Greystripes wants to feel like a warrior again and he doesn't want to feel lonely. He meets Millie, who takes him to the edge of town. In the sequel he's going to try to find the forest and the Thunderclan.

Nancy Drew: the Disoriented Express

Nancy Drew, who is a girl detective, is on a train being hijacked by a crazy guy who's trying to destroy a tank. Nancy goes through a bathroom to a fire exit that leads to the top of the train to get into the control room. They wake up the train conductor, who stops the train. Then the police came.

Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis

Lucy, Edmund and Eustace are being sold as slaves at Narrowhaven. Caspian leads 50 warriors and uses ship signals to trick the governor into thinking there is a whole fleet of ships. The governor doesn't care about people. They throw the governor out, and Caspian makes his friend Lord Bern the Duke of Lone Islands.

Voyage of the Dawn Treader, ctd.

They are now somewhere at the ocean. Eustace writes in his journal that he tries to steal water because he's so thirsty. He feels like he gets less food than everyone else. Lucy wants to share some of her food with him, but Edmund stops her. They thankfully find some land before they run out of water, and they receive extra water rations that night.

Here's J's extra comment of the Nancy Drew book, because it made me laugh:

The woman in the bathroom says, "My dress is ruined, and I can't dry it" (because she dropped the hairdryer into the toilet.)

Geronimo Stilton: Mighty Mount Kilimanjaro

Geronimo Stilton, who works for the Rodents Gazette, journeys on an adventure to Mount Kilimanjaro because it is one of Bruce's deadly challenges. They buy a lot of stuff such as sleeping bags, camera, flashlight and extra woolen socks. Mount Kilimanjaro is 19,340 ft. above sea level.

A Picture book of Amelia Earhart by David A. Adler

Amelia Earhart lived in the U.S. in the early 1900s. She flew across both the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. She died while proving that women can fly planes and were up to the challenge in the air. She crashed somewhere in the Pacific Ocean.

Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis

Lucy, Edmund, Eustace and Prince Caspian are on a ship sailing in the middle of nowhere because Caspian wants to find his father's friends. Eustace starts writing in his little book, e.g. "E. [Edmund] is buttering up to C. [Caspian]."

Voyage of the Dawn Treader, ctd.

Caspian, Lucy, Edmund and Eustace are on Felimath Island. They're looking for one of the seven lords. Some people kidnap them to sell them as slaves. Lord Bern buys Prince Caspian because he reminds Lord Bern of King Caspian.

Matilda by Roald Dahl

Matilda wants to stay in the village instead of moving to Spain with her heartless parents, because she likes Miss Honey and wants to stay with her and help her out. She gets everything she wanted because her parents doesn't care one bit about her.

Curious George, various books/adventures

When Curious George explores the aquarium, he sees a bunch of sea creatures, climbs into a penguin tank, and accidentally lets the penguins out of the exhibit. Suddenly, a penguin chick loses its balance and almost drowns. George grabs a rope and dives in to save the penguin chick.

Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis

Lucy and Edmund talks about Narnia, which their cousin Eustace likes to bully them about. The three of them stare at a picture of a Narnian ship until they go inside it and arrive at Narnia.

Voyage of the Dawn Treader, ctd.

Edmund, Lucy and Eustace are on a ship sailing to the unexplored place beyond the Lone Islands. It's been more than one thousand years since Edmund and Lucy were King and Queen in Narnia. Eustace is seasick in bed and keeps insulting everyone. Lucy is going to use the cordial so Eustace will stop being seasick.