Inkheart

== =Day 1A Wiki Response= Each chapter starts out with a quote from another book. Why do you think the author uses this literary device? Does it give a preview of what happens in the chapter or does it provide something that makes you re-read it after you've read the chapter and try to make sense of it? 1.) Meggie calls her father Mo. Why does she do this? Isn't it awkward or inappropriate to call one's own parents by their first names? Would you ever do this as a child? 2.) Meggie believes she sees someone outside their house on a rainy night. Describe a time when you've been scared or nervous. 3.) Meggie and Mo receive a visitor who passes along dire warnings of Capricorn. What is Mo's job? Do you think it would be easy for them to pack up and move? Has your family ever moved? If so describe the process. 4.) Meggie has the chance to take one book with her, what book would you choose if you could only have one book in the world? Why?

1) Meggie calls her dad that because she is very close to her dad. I don't know that is there real name right and though that is weird. I think that some parents might not care. I do when I am joking around because I know my dad knows that I am joking. 2) I was literally scared and I would talk because when I saw steaphen King pet cemitary and that wasn't as bad as alien 3)He look as if he is a book binder no because she has to live some books behind and I would know because I have change house 3 times. 4)I think I would choose Inkheart because I want to finish.
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iammurloc She calls him Mo because she doesn't want to say his whole name. I think this is "un-normal" for a child to do to an adult, I would never do this to an adult, but I would to another child. I was nervous when I was going on the "solar system" ride in Walt Disney Land. Mo's job is book binder. I think it wouldn't be essay to just move from a place you are attached to. NO, my family has never moved. I would take the evil genius series because it would remind me about real life.

burn nob- I see that every time i read a chapter there are quotes before the first line. That made me wonder... So, now after I read a chapter I read over that quote. I think that helps when i do that I have to find some of the details from the chapter and understand that quote. She calls her dad Mo because she does not want to call him by his first name. I do think it is a little inappropriate to call adults by there first. I have done this before to only my mom, dad, and relatives. I was scared and nervous when we first moved into our house. I was 7 years old and I thought the easter bunny would not make it to my house. I was crying my eyes out. My grandma told me a story and it was when she was young. It was the same sort of thing that happened to me except the easter bunny made it. the next day I found my basket. his job is a book binder. It would be hard to move from a place that you are so used to being at. I know this because it happened to me when I moved from laingsburg-st johns. It was hard to move. I thought that I would have to go to st johns schools. I would take the lightning thief series because it would be easy to read the rest of them (the series). I also only have the last 2 books to read.

Squirt- 1)Meggie calls her dad Mo because it's short for Mortimier, his real name. I think it shows a lack of respect when a kid calls an adult by their fisrt name, and is very rude! I would only do it if i had to get their attention or something, but it isn't something that I go around doing. 2) One of the times that ive been scared was at some theme park and I was going on a ride that made me want to hurl just by looking at it! 3) Meggie's Dad Mo is a Bookbinder, but Meggie calls him a Book Doctor. I think that it must be hard if you have to pack your bag and move all the time, but I have never moved, aolthough my older brothers have moved everywhere. 4) If i could take one book I would Take one from the Lightning Theif Series.

P.S. Battle of the labrynth came out this tuesday! I can't wait to read it!

pewee07- Just because she wants the readers to think that is a book that the Meggie is reading. I think it means what happens in the chapter. 1.) Meggie calls her dad Mo because it is his real name and he thinks he likes being called Mo instead of dad. I think it's weird calling a adult by their name. 2.) When I was scared it was at night. I was downstairs on the computer doing homewrok. Then I saw this dark figure. Then I went upstairs and stayed in my room the whole night. 3.) Mo's job is fixing old books and repairing them of what ever is wrong. I think it would be hard for Meggie because she is a kid and she has freinds at school but then she has to move again. My family has not moved since I was born. But, when they had Madyson they lived in Novi, Owosso, and now here. But Madyson was a baby. 4.) I would take the longest book I ever had which it would be May Bird. I would choose that book because she falls in water then ends up to a diffrent place.

We start to have pieces fall into place as to who Capricorn is, why he is here, what his goals are, etc... 1.) Describe how this process works for Mo and Meggie. 2.) What have they "read" that makes a surprise entrance? 3.) Meggie, Mo, Dustfinger, and Aunt Elinor make for some crazy adventures. Describe the wildest adventure you have ever had in your life. If you could choose an adventure, what would you LIKE to do?**
 * __Day 2 Response__

iammurloc When they read out loud what they read about comes out. So Capricorn wants them to read things out for him. They read out they read out, gold, and copper! I would do a fantasy adventure to do things that we can't do like fly around, or be super-strong! In Thousand Nights he reads out a boy but Fulvio goes into the book in exchange.

Squirt- When Mo or Meggie read aloud the book literaly comes to life in front of them.Capricorn wants gold and lots of it. The evil Capricorn wants Mo and Meggie to read things out of book. While reading __1001 Nights__ aloud they read bring out a boy comes out who is replaced by Fulvio. While reading Treasure Island, they read gold and copper cons out of the book. My wildest adventure was whenwas when we drove up to Mackinaw Island we made a lot of stops on the way to places like Fun-Time. If I could choose an adventure I would choose to travel the world and explore!

Pewee07- Well so far Capricorn falls out of the book Inkheart that Mo read when Meggie was three years old. He wants a lot of gold/money. 1.) Mo hates reading out loud because he has a "special" gift. What ever he reads out loud usually someone disappears into the book that he is reading out loud and a new person comes back out from the book. So that's why Mo doesn't like reading out loud. He's afraid of Meggie going back into that book like Meggie's mother went into Inkheart. Meggie never heard her father read out loud. I think she likes him reading out loud. 2.) They have read __Treasure Island__ and gold coins, copper coins, and silver coins, and a lizard comes out of that book. In __Tales From the Thousand One Nights__ a boy comes out of the book and doesn't speak. But in exchange Fulvio goes into the book. 3.) My wildest adventure was going to Canada and waiting on the border for 3 hours! Madyson and I had to go to the bathroom! I would like to travel to England and explore there cites. But I want to go there when I'm 17 years old so I can drive on the wrong side of the road. I would also travel France and get souvenirs.

BURN NOB - Well when ever mo or meggie read aloud the book comes to life. Now that Capricorn knows that he wants them to red the books out loud for him. Well they have read about gold coins. There was this one little boy they have also read about. This boy would not speak at all. So this other boy named Fulvio goes into the book for him. My wildest adventure is when we were in Mexico and we went to the under ground river swim. That was cool because there were crabs everywhere. Then there was also some spots closed off because they lead to the ocean. I would like to visit the jungle or rainforest and see so many different animals in there natural habitat.

**Day 3A wiki response**
==**This novel is full of twists and turns, captures and escapes. How are you keeping track of the events AND making sense of the plot? What has been your favorite part thus far? What character would you be? Why?**==

iammurloc I just remember what happens in the story and store it in my brain until I need it. I liked when the dogs almost got them but instead they found a bird and went away, and when all the Gold came out from __Treasure Island__! My favorite character is Dustfinger because he is so sneeky and cleaver!

Squirt- I just keep information of what happens in the book in my head. My favorite part was when Meggie, Mo,Dustfinger, and Elinor tied up Basta and his fellow scout.I would be Dustfinger because he can manipulate fire and he has a a cool pet, Gwin the horned ferret.


 * pewee07-**
 * I'm keeping track of all the plots and things like that by in my head and sometimes I read back. My favorite part is when Meggie gets the skinny cat. Then Meggie answers the door to Basta. The cat then gets from under the bed and scratches Flatnoses face. I would be probally be Meggie because I'm a kid.**

**burn nob**
====**I try to remember what ever it says in the book. If I can't remember that then I go ahead and reread. Then that will refresh my brain. I agree with Squirt that my favorite par was when they tied up Basta and his companion. I would be Dustfinger because then I would have a cool pet, be clever, and be smart in some ways. I think it would be really fun to be in his footsteps for a day.**====

**Day 4A Wiki Response**
==**Basta, as we find out, is a very superstitious individual. How do you think that will come into play with our heroes attempt to escape and defeat Basta? What new character(s) has the reader been introduced to that might play a BIG role in the climax of this novel?**==

**What part of the novel so far (From Chapters 20-30) would you definately keep in the movie version of the book? What would you cut out? Why?**
iammurloc (prediction and answering Q1) I think that he will get Capricorn, and capture them(again) then Dustfinger will kill Basta once and for-all, and we find out he is a good guy. The little boy that came out of the book and his Grandfather might play a big part in the story, or already playing a big part!! when they read out things from TREASURE ISLAND and the other book to find out their powers of reading aloud. I would cut out the NONCENSE of the cat with the evil people because it has so part in the story!

Squirt- I think that his superstitions will be Basta's fatal flaw. A boy named Farid comes out of the book, and he and his grandfather will be a big part of the story later in the book. I would definetly keep the parts whenthey read __1001 Kights__ and __Treasure Island__ aloud, and they discover their powers. I wouldn't cut out anything, because in movies like eragon, they cut out important parts and the main characters suddenly know all about magic, when just five seconds earlier they didn't even know that it existed.


 * pewee07-**
 * I think it will get him into trouble because he's so supersticious. All they need is a black cat, spilled salt, and a huge ladder to make him go under. Then he would be so scared of bad luck! The charater is Farid he came out of a book. I would keep Meggie and Fenglio getting captured again. Then I would also keep Mo coming back with Elinor cause her books got burned down. I was also keep Flatnose getting scratched on the face. I would cut outIn Capricorns House because it's just his house.**


 * Burn nob –**
 * I think it might just get him into trouble later in the book. Or he might have Capricorn capture them again. There is this one guy named farid and his grandfather will play a bigger role through out the book. I would keep when they read the** **different thing out of the book. When they read 1001 nights and Treasure Island I think that should be kept in the book. I agree with squirt that they should not take any thing out of the book because what happened in Erogon.**

**Day 5A Wiki Response**
=== **As the novel comes to it's conclusion, what did you think about it in hindsight? Would you have chosen it to read or instead gone with another choice? Why? What was your favorite part of the novel? Who was your favorite character? Why? Will you read the sequel?** ===

Squirt- I didn't like the hindsigh tvery much I don't know why but I just did. I would have chosen Drift House or Kingdom Keepers because Inkheart was extremely hard to understand. My facorite part was when Meggie and Mo discovered their powers.My avorite character was Basta because he was so mysterious and cool. I will not read Inkspell beacause I didn't fully understand the first book to start with.

pewee07-
=== I would change Basta and the Magpie to disapear in the night and they both took the book from Mo. I would still read this book because at the end it is way better. But my first choice to read would be Drift House because it is fanatsy and they talk to mermaids and wails which they never know where there gonna be. My favorite character is Farid because he is a little dare devil and burned down Capricorns house. I think I might read the sequel because I want to know if Basta and the Magpie come back and I want to know what happens to Farid and Dustfinger. ===

iammurloc I would make Capricorn Mo's brother to get a twist on the story. It would make it hard for Mo to make Capricorn go away, and make the story less descriptive on one subject. Myfavorite part was when the treasure came out and when the little boy came out to! My favorite character was Dustfinger because you never knew if he was good or bad. I will not because I listened to it on CD.

Burn nob- I did not like the hindsight that much. I did not meet much of my predictions or expectations. I would have picked Drift house or Kingdom keepers. Just because Inkheart is hard to follow. Plus the author explains too much. My favorite part was when meggie and mo found out what their powers were. I liked that because it was one of the most exciting parts. My favorite person was Basta because he was so much more different than meggie and some of the main characters. I will not read Inkspell because I probably will not be able to understand the book.

I thought the book was good literature, however, it spent too much time describing things that could have been left undescribed. I would not have picked this book for a literature circle book again. That is simply because it would have unnecessary unrelated flashbacks in the middle of a paragraph, or, as I have mentioned before, take three pages to describe a box. This 534 page book could have easily been 200, maybe 100, pages. My favorite part of the novel was when the Shadow came out of the book, I expected the worst to happen. My favorite character is Dustfinger. He may be a conniving thief, but you have to feel sorry for him, being sucked from his world (even though he'll be murdered if he comes back into the story). I will read the sequal because I want to knowwhat could go wrong after such a happy ending.