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 I read "The Lost City of Machu Picchu" written by Rob Waring. In the end, it's this modern world that could bring an end to the ancient city. Time may be running out for the "Lost City the Incas."  This book isn't story but about Machu Picchu.   Machu Picchu is said to have a special quality of it, according to tour guide Julio. It's something that brings people there, like a magnetic center. Machu Picchu is a city with a long history, more than 500 years old. Tourists come from all over the world, but everyone feels like a citizen of the old Inca Empire of the time. In fact, Machu Picchu was once forgotten by the rest of the world, but was rediscovered in 1911, when it was given a new name. Because of this, now, people visit this place every day to enjoy the beauty of Machu Picchu and its people, and it's a place where they can find something special.  Actually, There are those who want tourists about this and those who don't. Some people who w

I read "Wolf fables" written by Pie Corbett What a clever disguise! The shepherd would never guess. The wolf could eat the sheep one by one without anyone knowing. The wolf felt his belly rumble! This book has three different stories. ①The main character in this story is a wolf. He was very sly, and he wanted the sheep to satisfy his appetite. He was so smart that he came up with a method. He would use the wool of the sheep that had fallen under the tree to pretend to be a sheep and eat them one by one without being noticed. He actually did it, but it wasn't as easy as he hoped it would be. The shepherd made a plan to choose one of the sheep to eat for the dinner. And the sheep chosen was the one that the wolf had covered with wool. Because it was thought to be a sheep, the wolf was killed, but the shepherd was relieved to be able to save the rest of the sheep. ②Wolves do and are not considered trustworthy animals, as evidenced by Little Red Riding Hood and the story of t

 I read "The Lost Wallet" written by Rob Waring and Maurice Jamall. "What are you doing with that guitar?" asked John. Eric's face went red. "Umm... Well, I bought it." "You didn't buy it with Mr. Harris's money, did you?" asked John. "Well..." said Eric.   The main characters in this story are Eric and John. Their teacher is a person who gives them a lot of tests. They don't like the tests and they hate their teacher, Mr. Harris too.  When they are told that they have a test the next day, instead of studying, they compete with each other on a skateboard. They decided that the one who faster on the skateboard would win and the one who lost would buy their opponent juice.  But when they compete, John's skateboard was broken by big stone. he was really disappointed.  As Eric's suggestion, they decided to go to the shop and get it fixed, but the shopkeeper advised John to buy a new one. However he didn't have en

 I read "Rich Man, Poor Man" written by T. C. Jupp. The official looked angry and said, "Show me your Identity Card. I don't know you." The official gave back my money order and he turned away. "Where can I buy an Identity Card?" I asked the official.  He did not speak to me. He did not answer.  The main character in this story is "I". "I" am an old man who lives in the countryside with his wife, but he receives a letter from his son, Saul, who has left the village and went to the other country. He asked a school teacher to read the letter and my son, Saul sent "me" and my wife a letter with a £100 money order.  "I" asked the teacher to show him how to turn it into money.  The next day, "I" went to the Post Office in Darpur in the early morning, wearing my best things. There was a queue of people there. Finally, it was "my" turn. But the Officer didn't  serve me. He just said, "Show m

 I read "The Secret Tunnel" written by Rob Waring and Maurice Jamall. Suddenly, Faye threw the diamonds at the wall. Tyler and David were very surprised. "What are you doing, Faye?" shouted David. "Hey, they are my diamonds. Why did you do that? You'll break them!" "Diamonds don't break, David," said Faye.   The main characters in this story are usual students.  David and John go to a museum with their friends to solve a problem given to them by their school teacher. There they learn about the town of Bayview. They have to find out about "Henry Sutton", but they can't find any information about Henry Sutton.  There he is looking for Henry Sutton in the museum, and when he find some, they see some strange things.  First of all, the statue of Henry Sutton had been moved  by someone else. And the diamond in the old box, which was kept so tightly, had come off. A picture of Henry Sutton hanging on the wall was wet.  These strang

I read "Mystery on the Island" written by Rob Warning and Maurice Jamall. "Why's the police officer telling a lie?" "Let's find out," says Tyler. "Look. there's the boat," says John. "It's going to Shark Island. Quick. Let's go and look."  "How can we get there?" asks John. "Let's go in our boat," says Daniela. "We must find her. We must help her."  The main characters in this story are Daniela, David, John and a woman. When they were on their way to the music shop, suddenly a big white car passed by them at a very fast speed. The speed of the car almost made Daniela being splashed with water. The speed of the white car was so fast that they were curious and remembered the white car.  When they walked near the marina, they noticed that the white car was parked near the boat. When they looked at the car, they wondered and saw a well-built man coming out of it. He told them with an an

I read "The Bear's Mouth" written by Rob Waring and Mauric Jamall. "How many flags do you have?" asks David. Faya says, "We have six." "We have six, too," says Kerry. "So, there's only one more flag." "Where?" asks Gemma. "Maybe the flag's in here. Let's go in!" Gemma runs into the cave. She wants to find the flag. Suddenly, they hear a loud sound from the cave.  The main characters in this story are six students. They were participating in an activity at a summer camp. It was a very fun flag search. They were divided into two teams and had to search for the flag. The green team is David, Jenny, and Kerry, and they help each other and all member of it had a good time. On the other hand, the red team is Gemma, Faya, and Ryan, and they don't help each other because they are too busy looking for the flag  in order to win.  Both teams have found a lot of flags in different places. Using a rope given t

I read "Mission Victory" written by Roderick Hunt and illustrated by Alex Brychta. The boys dived behind some boxes, but it was too late.  They had been spotted. "Stowaways!" the man bellowed. "Stowaways on board!" He grabbed the boys and dragged them up the steps.  The main characters in this story are two boys, Wilf, and Chip. They are Time runners. This means they can travel back and forth between times. One day, A boy is looking at the Time Web and is interested in the events that took place in the year 1809.  They traveled back in time to unravel the secrets of that historical event.  It was just at the time of the Battle of Trafalgar.  The two men who went there were Wilf and Chip. However, they are soon found on the ship and caught as stowaways. They faced great danger, but managed to work on the ship. On board the ship, they do their assigned tasks and search for the Viran. On board the ship, the guns are being prepared and everyone on board is exp

I read "Does He Love Me?" "That's strange," Jenny thought. "What are they doing here together?" Yoon-Hee and Alex looked a little worried. "Hi!" Jenny said. "Yoon-Hee, I thought you were playing tennis."         Suddenly, Yoon-Hee said, "Umm, well... I... I... was... Well, umm... I'm not.”  Her face turned red.  The main character in this story is Jenny. She is going out with Alex, and Yoon-Hee is one of her best friends. And, Yoon Hee is one of her best friends.  One day, she wants to go shopping with Alex, but he tells her he can't go because of his soccer.  So she asked her best friend, Yoon-Hee, if she could go shopping with her. But she refused the proposal, and said that she was playing tennis, so Jenny decided to go shopping with her sister Jessica. There, Jessica and she finds Alex and Yoon-Hee in a café, they were sitting to very closely and talking very friendly. She spoke to them with a little suspiciously. T

I read "Let's Party!" written by Rob Waring and Maurice Jamall. 　　She was angry.  She thought,  　　"Why did Faye invite them? She didn't ask me! 　 I wanted just a few people. Now lots of people are coming."   The main character in this story is Jenny. She wants to invite her friends to her house while her parents are out of the house. She invites her friend Daniela first and then a few others, just a few friends only. And, when her parents left the house that day, her friends came in her house. But she was surprised. Because her friends had invited their friends and so many came to her house.  She lied to her parents, "I will study and watch movies with my friends while you are not here". So she didn't want her parents to know that a lot of people were at her house, and most things is that, she didn't want them to know that she was having a secret party at her house. She wanted them to go home, but she couldn't say that to her friends. G

I read "The New Guitar" written by Rob Waring and Maurice Jamall. The next day, Ray gets his money from his room.  He goes to the music store. He gives the guitar to the man.  "Can I have this guitar, please?" he says.  The main character in this story is Ray. He was very interested in the guitar and wanted to play it in a band with his friends. On his birthday, he asks his father to buy him a guitar. Neither he nor his father was familiar with guitar, so they asked his friend , Eric who is in band to come with them with and they went to a music shop. Ray found a guitar he liked very much there, but his friend stopped him from buying it. He was very sad and the next day, he spent all the money he had for buying the guitar. He and his friend were able to enjoy playing the guitar with a band. But while he was playing, he dropped his guitar and...  I read this story and I thought that Ray should have listened his friend's word, and he had to avoid buying it. If he