The Ropemaker
I just finnished the book I was reading. It's called "The Ropemaker." It was a very, very interesting book.
It's about this girl called Tilja. She and her family live in this valley that's the only passage through a mountain range. On the south side of the valley, Horsemen would raid the villages. On the north side, an Empire would "protect" the villages, taxing them and ravaging their villages when they left. Finally Tilja's anscestor and the ancestor of one of the other children in the valley, Tahl, left the valley in search of a magician that would help them keep the raiders on both sides out.
Without giving the details, twenty generations passes. Tilja's family can hear the Cedars, while Tahl's family can speak to the water. Tilja, however, can't hear the cedars. Her little sister can. But, slowly, the Cedar's and the Water's magic is dying. Tilja, Tahl and their respective grandparents leave the valley in search for the Magician that put the magic there. They eventually find him, but he is too old to help. Instead, he asks Tilja, who has a strange power, to pass on a magical ring. She must pass it onto the Ropemaker, whom she has met before, on her journey to the Magician.
It's a pretty good story, but I can't give away the ending. I feel so bad about it though... They don't tell you what happens to Tilja afterward. I was so mad. I wanted her to get together with the Ropemaker. xDD;;
I hate the Accelerated reading program. Where it labels the books with a certain reading level? It labled this book as a sixth grade reading level book. I enjoyed it. It wasn't insanely simple. I find it unfair that a good, whole book would be sixth grade reading level. D: Ah well.
I have this thing about books, and some times I don't even notice that it was like this until after I finnished it. Some books are two dimensional, and some are three dimensional, in a sense. Some books focus ONLY on the characters and the events immidiately surrounding them. They don't talk of far off cities or tell stories about something that happened long ago or hear news from the far edges of the land. They just follow the main characters. 3-D books talk of far off cities. The characters hear news of a dragonslaying, or of some poor girl being dragged off a cliff by some unseen force. They tell and hear stories. That's the best I can describe it... It's kind of odd. I would have read anything when I began reading Fanfiction in the fifth grade. Even the worst written trainwreck would have been given the same attention many reserve for Hemmingway. Now I'm really, really, really, really, really picky. xDD;;;;
Woo, random rant. :D;;;
It's about this girl called Tilja. She and her family live in this valley that's the only passage through a mountain range. On the south side of the valley, Horsemen would raid the villages. On the north side, an Empire would "protect" the villages, taxing them and ravaging their villages when they left. Finally Tilja's anscestor and the ancestor of one of the other children in the valley, Tahl, left the valley in search of a magician that would help them keep the raiders on both sides out.
Without giving the details, twenty generations passes. Tilja's family can hear the Cedars, while Tahl's family can speak to the water. Tilja, however, can't hear the cedars. Her little sister can. But, slowly, the Cedar's and the Water's magic is dying. Tilja, Tahl and their respective grandparents leave the valley in search for the Magician that put the magic there. They eventually find him, but he is too old to help. Instead, he asks Tilja, who has a strange power, to pass on a magical ring. She must pass it onto the Ropemaker, whom she has met before, on her journey to the Magician.
It's a pretty good story, but I can't give away the ending. I feel so bad about it though... They don't tell you what happens to Tilja afterward. I was so mad. I wanted her to get together with the Ropemaker. xDD;;
I hate the Accelerated reading program. Where it labels the books with a certain reading level? It labled this book as a sixth grade reading level book. I enjoyed it. It wasn't insanely simple. I find it unfair that a good, whole book would be sixth grade reading level. D: Ah well.
I have this thing about books, and some times I don't even notice that it was like this until after I finnished it. Some books are two dimensional, and some are three dimensional, in a sense. Some books focus ONLY on the characters and the events immidiately surrounding them. They don't talk of far off cities or tell stories about something that happened long ago or hear news from the far edges of the land. They just follow the main characters. 3-D books talk of far off cities. The characters hear news of a dragonslaying, or of some poor girl being dragged off a cliff by some unseen force. They tell and hear stories. That's the best I can describe it... It's kind of odd. I would have read anything when I began reading Fanfiction in the fifth grade. Even the worst written trainwreck would have been given the same attention many reserve for Hemmingway. Now I'm really, really, really, really, really picky. xDD;;;;
Woo, random rant. :D;;;