Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl, 13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990, he was 74 when he died, at a time he had become one of the worlds favorite author. Some of his books the Fantastic Mr. Fox, The BFG, The Twits, Matilda and James and The Giant Peach. To me, he was a great author. Roald Dahl went through World War II, Dahl had become an officer in the Kings African Rifles. In 1939 he joined the Royal Airforce, after a 600 mile car journey in Africa from Dar-es-Salaam to Nairobi he had flight training with 20 other people. And he was only 1 of three out of the 20 that survived the war. Dahl enjoyed watching the animals and wildlife of Kenya during his flights. He continued his flight training in Baghdad, Iraq. Dahl was made a pilot officer.

Dahl first published work was called "Shot Down Over Libya", that was the book that started his career as an author. Its title was inspired by a highly inaccurate article about the crash that blinded him, which said he had been shot down instead of having to land because of low fuel. His first childrens book was called the Gremlins, it was published in 1943. And then Dahl went on making some of the best childrens books of the 20th century such as Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, Matilda and James and the Giant Peach. Unfortunately he died in 1990 because of a rare blood disease and could never make a book again. But the kids in the world still read his books, and always will, Roald Dahl is a great author. links- www.wikipedia.org

The Last Olympian......by Rick Riordan rating-*****

This is one of the best books i have ever read. This is the fifth and last book of the Percy Jackson series, it is about this boy named Percy Jackson, who's dad is a greek god named Poseidon, Posiedon is the god of water, he controls and lives in the ocean, and Percy's mom, is just an ordinary person, who is about to get married to another guy named Paul Blofis. The propblem in the story is that Kronos (the evil god and titan of time) is rising again, after being cut up by his son, which is Zeus, the lord of the sky. Zues is Posiedon's brother. It is the prophecy that told percy that he is the one who has to make the biggest decision in he world, to save the world or to destroy it. Of course he saves the world. Kronos has taken over one of Percy's enemies. His enemy has to fight out Kronos' spirit and save himself, but he cant so he has to kill himself to kill Kronos. So the decision was that if percy will give a sword to his enemy so hell will kill himself or not. The book was a very very good book. I would rate it 5 stars. Its just another great book by Rick Riordan.

Taiwan Flooding

Typhoon Morakot, it is the worst storm since 50 years! It hit Taiwan and many people, houses, buildings were destroyed. Taiwan has a lot of mountains, and because of all the mountains, it will cause mudslides in the hills in the low-lying areas. Goverment has annouced school holidays and office holidays for everyone. A reporter had said it had blown and tore off roofs of many buildings. Nasa had just confirmed that the typhoon had double-sized. Typhoon Morakot is predicted to hit China very soon. It started with alot of rain, then the rain went into the ground, and since it rained 2 meters, it went through the ground and reached the stone under the mountains, and it started running down the mountains, and the people who were farming and living near the mountains, are now dead. We are supposed to learn texting skills on the comuter, how to post a blog and what exactly happened in Taiwan. Now we also learned about the enviornment of places not very near the equator, places not near the equator have more typhoons and storms. This picture is a building falling, we are supposed to learn that the people inside, (if there were any) could have died and many things were destroyed.