The Battle For Skandia

Ranger’s Apprentice Book 4: The Battle for Skandia


I just finished reading The Battle for Skandia. It is the fourth book in the Rangers Apprentice series. I liked it because of how the main character is exactly what I want to be when I am a teenager. His name is Will and in the beginning of his training he gets a cloak that blends in with the woods, making it almost impossible to see him. He considers a shot that is ten centimeters above where he was aiming when he is 100 meters away from his target a failure! When I try to shoot my bow at home I consider it a good shot when I hit within a foot of where I was aiming from 20 feet from my target! He can also throw throwing knives with deadly accuracy, and can block a sword with his “saxe” knife (a knife which is as durable as a battle ax, can be used as a short sword- it’s like a foot and a half long- and can be used with as much ease as a normal knife.). The first four books in the series are about how he trains to be a Ranger, the rest are about all the missions he does when he is a Ranger. Halt, the guy who is Will’s master can shoot a bow with deadly accuracy and speed without even seeing his target! He can also throw knives with his eyes shut and his target wherever he chooses! That is the other part about the books that I love, both the main characters are ninjas. Can you win a war when the opponent has over 5,000 troops and you only have 1,500? It’s all part of Will's training to become a Ranger- from throwing knives to escaping slavery to being a tactician. These books have a way of keeping you reading forever!

I would recommend these books to anyone from 4th grade to young adult who are looking for action!

By: Gman

catching fire

March 13, 2012


Catching Fire is the second book in the Hunger Games series. The book is about how Katniss gets chosen to go into the Hunger Games for a second time. Normally this would be impossible since the gamemakers (the ones who make up the rules) decided that each person could only be in the games once. The only reason that Katniss goes to the games twice is that Catching Fire is about the 75th hunger games which is called a Quarter Quell. Every 25 years there is a Quarter Quell. When this happens the games have a special addition, one year each district had to choose two boys and two girls, instead of one person from each gender, to participate in the games. This time each district had to make a boy winner and girl winner go to the games and since Katniss was the only girl winner in district 12, she had to go. The cool thing about the winners going back to the games is that it makes it much harder to survive with or without allies. This also makes it a much more exciting book, because everyone has already won the games before.

I would strongly suggest that you read The Hunger Games first if you want to read Catching Fire. I would recommend this book to kids from 5th grade to adult because it really goes into detail about how some people die; in some places it is pretty gory.