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F
is for Friction
The
main conflict of this book was that Lars's aunt
died and hid a new will that said that Lars's
family gets the house. Mr. Owens who read the
first will before said that Aunt Cass left the
house to him for a museum. That was true, but
Aunt Cass made another one, which she hid that
lets Lars's family owns the house. The only
problem with that was they could not find in
anywhere inside the house. If they could not
find it soon Mr. Owens will bring them to court
and show the judge the first will and he will
get the house.
I
is for Ideal
The
theme or "iedial" of this book is
that where there's a will, there's a way. This
is the theme because Lars wants to find Aunt
Cass's will and in the end he does. Geordie's
stories tell how he wants his family to live
together and be happy. They both get their wish
fulfilled by hard work and it shows where there's
a will, there's a way.
C
is for Characters
Lars
is boy around 11 and 12 years old. He wasn't
interested in social studies until Geordie started
telling him old American Revolution stories
that his brother was in. His family consists
of him, his father, and his mother. Pat is a
girl about Lars's age and was really interested
in social studies the minute she started doing
social studies. Patience is her real name, but
she doesn't want people to know because they'll
make fun of it. She is a horse rider and caretaker
at her house and she rides on the horse all
around. Geordie is a ghost (shade) who helped
Lars find the missing will. He will be deeply
irritated if you call him a ghost.
T
is for Title
The
title in The Riddle of Penncroft Farm is a title
that tells you that there is a riddle in this
book. And, clearly, the riddle is of the farm.
I think that this is one of those titles that
could tell a short story. I think this because
of the word "riddle" in the title.
I think that this word tells a lot. One of the
meanings that you could say it says is that
there will be a riddle in the book, the more
obvious one. If you were to look deeper down
in the title you would realize that the story
probably has one big riddle and several smaller
riddles leading to the bigger riddle. The whole
title, I think, says that there will be some,
or several, riddles in the book, and that the
riddles will be of the farm, but I also think
that the book will have some difficulties in
it, because of the riddles. I think that the
main character will be the one who goes through
these difficulties.
I
is for Imitate
The
author used a lot of information about the American
Revolution to entertain us with stories. The
stories are exciting battles or planning in
the American Revolution, so you would want to
continue on. She also talks a lot about how
people do things at Penncroft farm like at school
or visiting famous monuments. She also used
humor a little bit because like having Eddie
Owens keep on babbling about his ancestors that
appeared and did famous things in the American
Revolution.
O
is for Organization
O.
The author's organization of the book was she
used a lot of flashbacks to tell us about, Geordie's
brother, Will. Then she went back to going by
Lars's point of view and what he thought at
every second, what he said, and what he hears.
She keeps on switching back and forth from Lars's
then back to the flashback.
N
is for New or Novel
The
thing that was different in The Riddle of Penncroft
Farm was that there was a ghost, who preferred
to be called a shade, in the story. The shade
was like no other character that I know of.
He told many stories from the Revolutionary
War. These stories were from his point of view,
so it made it even more realistic. The shade
also was the key character in the book. He was
the one who helped the main character figure
out a puzzle by telling him these stories. The
stories visited many places where Washington
was commanding his men. The shade got to see
history be created, and the main character,
Lars, got to hear history being made. This was
a great point in the story, for you learned
a lot about the Revolutionary War, but most
of all, you were able to figure out the puzzle
too.
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