By: Madeleine Murr
I read the book Which Witch by Eva Ibbotson. It was a very exciting, good book because there was a lot of magic in it. I would recommend it.
In this book Arriman is a black wizard who is going to to get married to a witch. He hosts a contest to find the darkest witch. Belladonna is a white witch who enters the contest. She befriends a little boy named Terence and his cute pet worm Rover. Rover is thought to be belladonna’s magic, without it she supposedly can’t win. Right before the competition, Rover gets lost so (behind Belladonna’s back) Terence hires and actor to bring Sir Simons back to life (he is a ghost.) The actor gets sick but Terence doesn't know that. Somehow Sir Simons gets brought back to life anyway!
I think this book was exciting because. . .
Each witch was to perform a evil magic trick. Some of them were funny and messed up, others were dark and scary. Like the enchantresses trick; there was a pack of blood-thirsty rats that ate each other and the last rat ate itself!
Also, in the end, Rover was not making Belladonna’s magic for the contest, Terence was! And Monty (the actor) was never there to act out Sir Simons.
Which Witch was a fun, exciting book full of magic and mystery. As you can see from my examples the qualities above are quite true. Eva, I think you should put a tad more excitement in this book, at times it got a little boring. I rate this book 4 trees.
Great job!:*]
ReplyDeleteI could see you’re voice in the writing!
ReplyDeleteYou have a lot here to work with, great job. Couple things as we talked about in class, you do not need to retell the book. If you want to summarize- keep it to 2 sentences. Also, please include a paragraph that gives the author suggestions.
ReplyDeleteI liked the 2nd paragraph because you told us about the stories but didn't give to much away. Great job. I will probably read this book. thank you for the great review.
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ReplyDeleteMadeline,
ReplyDeleteThis book sounded interesting and troublesome. It sounded troublesome when Rover got lost and the actor was sick.
It was interesting when you said that Sir Simons ghost appeared anyway.
For advice I would like to know more about how the the witches found out about the contest. I would also like to hear about Belladona's background.
good post,
Stephen