The Forgotten Land

Thursday, April 26, 2007

Dear all,

I have not much of time to blog these few days due to some lessons such as french which took up alot of my time to study and learn. I'm thinking of dropping the subject to pick another one instead since i'm sure i'll fail it. Mixing french and japanese is not a good way to start the lesson. Made lots of laughter to hear me speak in jap for no reason. Seem like my thought in foreign langauges is of one and it tend to mix sort of like ribina and water mixing to be ribina juice. Hahahaha. Ok some how i find my explaination lame and funny at the same time. It brings back memories of the past. I'm sure Joe will know, he keeps emphasizing on it when he was around. Oh well. Sorry Fresa as much as i would like to join you, i now need to make sure i pass everything and not stay back 1 sem just for a stupid CDS that i failed. It's the most important period so i don't want to mess my life up by being tested on french, so i'll just study the subject on my own. Unfortunately i have to get permission from the people above. So i won't know the results yet, but don't worry i'll post it for sure. KK. This is a book that i love to read. I have been catching this book since last year. This is the part one of the book series, i heard there is a total of 3 series so i have 1 more to go. Can't wait to find out what will happen. So i'll briefly talk about it's content and why you should read it. Maybe you'll buy it after reading this post but it's best you own one since it may be a treasure you might want to dig up in the future.

The Dragon Keeper.

The story takes place in the far western mountain of the Han Empire in ancient China. An aging dragon and a young orphan are held captive by a cruel master. She was nameless and alone, the orphan is without hope, until in a moment of startling courage, she comes to the aid of the dragon. With this heroic act, the orphan discovers her destiny as a Dragon Keeper. Now she and the dragon must go on a dangerous journey across China to protect the mysterious stone that is vital to the dragon’s legacy.

Main Characters in the Book are:

Ping – a slave girl who Danzi offers the position of the new Dragon Keeper and to journey with him to the ocean to the east.
Hua- a rat Ping carries around with her. The rat was her best friend since she knew no one else of her age.
Danzi – an ancient dragon; one of the last wild imperial dragons in Ancient China. He travels with Ping to the ocean where he takes a mysterious stone that he won’t explain to Ping what it is.
Diao – Dragon Hunter Diao, who hunts Long Danzi throughout the novel for his stone, and his corpse.
Wang Cao – a herbalist who used to be Danzi’s Dragon Keeper until they got separated by dragon hunters.
Jiang Bing – a boatwoman secretly working with “The Necromancer”.
“The Necromancer” – Necromancer who has the possession of Long Danzi’s stone and has an evil desire for it. He acquires it from Diao after Ping and Danzi loose it.
Liu Che – Emperor of China and Ping’s friend for a short while.

Wondering why many hearts has been won over by this captivating book ? Have you read the book or seen it before ?
You should read this as the book has acclaimed many awards such as :
Book of the Year (Younger Readers) 2004 Children's Book Council of Australia Awards
Best Children's Book 2004 Queensland Premier's Literary Award
Best Young Adult Book 2003 Aurealis Awards
Winner of the 2006 Kids Own Australian Literary Awards (KOALA) Older Readers
Winner of the 2006 Kalbacher Klapperschlange Award (Germany)
Shortlisted for the 2006 COOL (Canberra's Own Outstanding List) Award
Shortlisted for the 2004 NSW Premier's Literary Awards

Author of book ---> Carole Wilkinson
Country ---> United States
Language of book ---> English
Genre(s) of book ---> Fantasy novel
Publisher of book ---> Scholastic Press
Released date ---> Year 2005

Ok. That's all for part one. Of course i won't give the full details of this book. If i do that i rather write one chapter of the story each day. Which i won't have the time to do so. So if you want the shortcut just borrow the book from me or check your local library. Byez.

and the frost fell...
those glassy crystal orbs... Shannon left a note @
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Thursday, April 26, 2007