Book Review - The Menagerie (Trilogy)

Today I'm going to write a book review on The Menagerie Trilogy. I hope you enjoy and chose to read this book. I highly recommend this if you like mystery and mythology (I also like this book because there's a girl named Zoe in it! )

Title:
The Menagerie
Author:
Tui T. Sutherland
Summary:

The main characters in this book are Logan, Blue and Zoe. Blue's and Zoe's families are the owners of the Menagerie. Logan is just a regular school kid until he finds something under his bed. Logan one day finds himself inside a Menagerie (Zoe's families one,) and finds out that what he thought were mythological were actual real! He finds himself on a hunt to find the six griffin cubs that had gone missing.

Opinion:

I think that this book is a really good book. It's rating is 4.5/5. I think that it would be better if they had more BOOKS!!! I think that these books are really good overall, though.

Title:
The Menagerie - Dragon on Trial
Author:
Tui T. Sutherland
Summary:

This book is the continuation of 'The Menagerie'. Logan finds out that the goose that laid golden eggs has been killed and everybody blames Scratch, the dragon. Logan and Zoe must prove Scratch innocent before they are forced to shut down the Menagerie.

Opinion:

I think this book has a good twist in the story which is totally unexpected and I like it because it then makes you think 'wait, what?' I also like that it's original. I rate this book 5/5 because it's even better than the first book.

Title:
The Menagerie - Krakens and Lies
Author:
Tui T. Sutherland
Summary:

In this book Logan and Zoe have to find out who's sabotaging the Menagerie and put a stop to them. Also, Logan finds himself trying to save his mom at the same time. Will they be able to save the Menagerie?

Opinion:

I think this book is really good especially because they add suspense and things like that. I rate this book 5/5 because it's really interesting and intriguing.

Thanks for reading this post! :) ! I hope that you will read these books and if you do get a chance to read them, then I hope you will enjoy them.

MeZoeSelf

Summer Road Trip 2016 | San Fransisco

Hi!!! I'm sorry that I've not gone on my blog and made new posts, but I've been so busy with things this summer 2016! This post is about what I've done during the Summer so far.

Part 1

San Francisco

The road trip to San Francisco was 2 DAYS long. I  felt so carsick!!!! We stopped over in Salem, Oregon and stayed in a hotel for the night  before continuing on in the morning. Most of the time in the car, I was singing songs to the radio to cheer myself up.

Fisherman's Wharf

At Fisherman's Wharf we saw sea lions, street performers, and we went to this awesome place where they sold clam chowder in a bowl of sour dough bread! At that restaurant ( Boudin ) I ate ham and cheese with bacon for lunch. For my drink I had strawberry soda and it exploded!! It was quite funny when that happened (because I shook it on purpose!)

Lombard St. (Crookedest St.) 

The climb up to Lombard St. was so, so, so steep! But, it was worth the climb. Being up there was awesome!!!

China Town

In China Town the main highlight for me was the dim sum there. We had lunch at a famous dim sum restaurant. It was famous because Obama ordered take-out there and went to pick it up himself in person. I'm not sure of this but, I think that also Stephen Hawking went there because on a board there was a picture of him there. So we waited for around an hour and a half to be seated and then the food came......... DUN DUN DUN!!!!!! It turned out that we had ordered way too much food! We ordered sooooo much food that we had enough to eat for dinner too! So that's what we did, we had it for dinner. :)

Tram

When we got on the tram, I was a bit scared at first. Partly because we were going down a hill and then going back up! All the kids weren't allowed to go on the first cabin because they might fall out of the tram so I was quite sad. : (

Muir Woods

Muir Woods was definitely my favorite part of the trip. All the trees that I saw made me overwhelmed!!! The were so tall and so big!!! We were sadly not allowed to touch the trees because they may have ticks in them. I was soon happy because I got a bingo badge!! Basically if you find all the the objects on your card in a line you can get the badge!

This is what we basically did in San Francisco this summer, but this wasn't all that we did during this summer.   We also went to Vancouver, but I'm going to put that in my next post!

The Aviary

At my school, the Year 4's went on a field trip to Hong Kong Park. I thought it was very interesting so I'm going to tell you about it. ( By the way, this post is also for my homework.)

When we arrived at Hong Kong Park, we had to stay in our groups with our parent helper. While waiting for the other classes to arrive, I just looked at the fountain. It looked like the water was a wall, like a curtain. As we made our way through the park, we passed the pond. In the pond there were a few turtles and  lots of fish! We also saw one or two water skaters, though. Our parent helper was also asking us questions about the pond and we noticed that some fish were better at camouflaging than others because of the color of their scales. We also noticed that the fish would come close to us, as if they wanted food! I think that the fish were very, very hungry!

The fountain (Singwa Lim)

The pond (Photo credit)

After getting to the park and eating our snack, we headed to the aviary. The aviary is basically a big green house, but not really a green house. It has trees and stuff like that but, humans put them there. Inside I saw lots and lots of birds, some of which had very colorful feathers, but I also saw some that had feathers that were rather dull. I liked more the birds with the brightly colored feathers, although I think they felt a bit awkward because we were all staring at them. Although they were very beautiful and graceful, some of the birds pooped on us! Naughty, naughty birds!

The aviary from the outside (Photo credit)

Some of the birds eating (Photo credit)

Since we'd spent quite a long time in the aviary, we started heading to the place where we were going to have our lunch. We then ate our lunch and played hand games, told stories, and other fun stuff!

After that we went back to the school in the bus. I thought it was quite fun to go there and I want to go again.

So, have you been to the Hong Kong Aviary or Hong Kong Park before? If you have, what was your experience? What was your favorite place? If you haven't been there before, I'd recommend going.

MeZoeSelf

Chicken Z-Wings

For my Cub Scouts "Cook" Badge, I have to prepare and cook dinner for my family.  One of the dishes I made was my Chicken Z-Wings.  It was quite easy to make.  Everyone loved it, especially me.  I had 6!!!

Here is the recipe in case you want to try to make it yourself.

Ingredients:

25 chicken wings

4 cloves of garlic

2 tsp light soy sauce

2 tsp dark soy sauce

I tsp of rice wine

1 tsp sugar

Black pepper

Italian seasoning

Instructions:

ù  Wash chicken wings.

ù  Mince the garlic.

ù  Add a bit of oil to pan.

ù  Cook the garlic for about one minute.

ù  Put in the chicken wings.

ù  Stir around for a bit.

ù  Add in the rice wine and the light and dark soy sauce.  Stir for a bit.

ù  Cover and cook for 10 minutes.

ù  Put sugar in. Add a bit of water if too dry.

ù  Cover and cook on low heat for another 10 minutes.

ù  Add in Italian seasoning.

ù  Serve!

Enjoy!

MeZoeSelf

My Current Top 3 Stuff - Part 1

Hi, this blog is telling you what my top 3 everything is! Anyway, here it is...

Favorite Songs

1)  Telephone by Lady Gaga



2) Rather Be by Clean Bandit


 3) Cheerleader by OMI



Favorite Book Series

1) Goddess Girls by Joan Holub and illustrated by Suzanne Williams



2) Harry Potter by J.K Rowling



3) Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keene




Favorite Song Artists

1) Taylor Swift



2) Katy Perry



3) Adele
 



Favorite Colors

1) Purple



2) Silver



3) Turquoise





Favorite Flowers

1) Tulip



2) Rose



3) Orchids





Favorite Games

1) Minecraft



2) Game of Life



3) Taboo




Favorite Gamer

1) Popularmmos



2)Stampylongnose



3)iBallisticSquid



Thank you for reading my post! Maybe you might have something to relate to in my post, or maybe someone you know can relate to this? I'm going to try to get the part 2 out so you can check it out.

MeZoeSelf

Nature

Nature is everywhere.

It is wherever we look,

At each place we see,

Even in a book.

Trees and flowers, cacti and mountains.

Nature is beautiful, it warms our hearts with joy.

From everything I know, nature can help us with stuff.

I bet everybody knows this, even little boys.

I certainly like nature.

It is a beautiful thing.

Nature can make you happy

It makes you feel like a true king.

We have to be careful with nature.

Because it may fall apart.

Leaving us with nothing.

Nothing, except for our heart.

By Zoe

Camp!!!!

Hi! Sorry I haven't been writing a lot on my blog but, right now I'm going to write about my Year 4 camp and my scout camp.

Year 4 Camp

Day 1

I felt really excited and nervous on the first day of camp because I have never been away from my family for one day, let alone two! My mom and dad came to the bus stop with me to say bye and I was really sad! Once we got to school we had to put our luggage in the gym ( We are also going with 4V)

Our luggage ( 4S is on the right and 4V is on the left also, I'm in 4S)

We got on the bus to Cheung Chau and I sat next to my best friends and once we got to the ferry I had a secret lollipop to make sure I wouldn't get sea sick!

Anyways, on the way to the campsite we had a sandcastle competition and this is the picture. We also did a scavenger hunt and my team won for that one!

Once we did get to our camp site ( The Salvation Army Bradbury Camp) we made our beds and had dinner. I loved the dinner! It was tomato soup and it was so delicious!

Day 2

During day 2 of year 4 camp we were working with the T.I.G (Treasure Island Group) and my group did the beach activities first! We played Beach Fury and I got 3rd place! We played some other games and then we went to do rock climbing!

We then went to the foyer and got our pack sandwiches and there was a candy bar and a chip bag inside! I had a ham sandwich but I realized that there was butter in it! Also, when we were eating, one of my friends saw that Mr. Benny (our physical education teacher) had put his chips inside his sandwich. So she went to tell him that and then told another teacher and he said that he also had chips in his sandwich! Then she went and told our V.P and he disappointed her by saying "I also sometimes put chips in my sandwiches, girls". Then we just laughed!

 We had more activities such as making smore's, a night walk and a navigation activity.

We also went to this Indian-Thai restaurant and we had lots of good food and we had quite a lot of fun telling riddles.

Day 3

On the last day of camp we woke up then we had some free time then it was time to go shopping! For my mom and brother I bought this type of bracelet that had their name carved on and for my dad, a cute little turtle I also got my auntie a bracelet although it wasn't the same one as my mom and brother. It was a rope bracelet.

Anyways, once we were all done shopping we ate our lunch and got on the ferry and then we went back to school where we waited for our parents. But some people, like me, wanted to do their after school activities. So we waited for the bell to ring and went of to our activities. So I did my netball and blah blah blah blah. Then my mum came to pick me up to go home where my family gave me a BIG hug!

 Cub Scout Camp

Day 1

When we were waiting for our bus to Sai Kung, me and my friends were playing on the AstroTurf doing cartwheels and running around. Then it started raining really hard and we all had to go inside to get our raincoats on because our bus had arrived. I sat next to Helen (a senior sixer) on the bus and all of us were singing parodies of songs plus, it was super fun! Once we arrived at our campsite we went to our dorms and all the girls were in the same dorm! After we had made our beds, we went to get our dinner and soon after that we went on a night hike and after that we went back to our dorms to sleep.

Day 2

What we did on the second day is we did our morning routines ( brushing teeth, getting changed etc. ) and then we had our activities and had our breakfast then we did group activities such as the fire activity and the navigation one but we didn't have enough time to do the last activity so we did that the next day. We also had a performance where there was skits and songs and other stuff like that.

 Day 3

On this day we had breakfast then we did the last group activity which is lashing and it was really fun! Then we got packed, got into the bus and left for our homes. I felt that there was a mixture of sadness, happiness and exhaustion whirling inside me! 

 I hope you liked my post! Have you gone on any camps? Have you been in a scout group? Feel free to write comments on my posts.

MeZoeSelf