Nikko's Notes

The Call Of The Wild is a breathtaking, fun and sad story. When a wolf-dog, Buck, is dog-napped from home to mine gold in the Yukon territory, Buck is not happy. He was taken away from Judge Miller at first, and then had to deliver the Alaskan mail with Perrault and François, who got a letter saying that the mail system didn’t need them anymore, so they sold the dogs to a mean trio but a friendly man named John Thorton saves him. He has a lot to learn, and a lot to unlearn, and a broken heart, do you think he’ll survive?

    The Call Of The Wild is a fun to read, good story that I personally will put on my Top 50 Favorite Books List. The story is an interesting classic, with a lot of details. Buck is timid and tame at the start of this 142 page-book, and at the end, strong, untamed, pack-leading, huge, wolf-dog. He has changed so much. Quite impressive. If you like adventures, thrillers, or classics, you’ll want to read it. It is...

Sophie Foster is a telepath. She doesn’t know how or why. She bonked her head when she was five which triggered her telepathy. She has no idea what to do about it, until she meets Fitz, a stranger that appears to be a telepath, too. He takes her to a different dimension inhabited by elves. Sophie doesn’t realize she’s not human until Fitz takes her to the elf world where she feels at home.

I think Keeper of the Lost Cities (KOLC) is a great story, because I like long chapter books that have suspense and plot, and KOLC is gripping and makes you want to keep reading it. I also liked many of the story’s details, like “light leaping” that I wish I could do and their lockers; there is a strip of metal that you have to lick to sense your DNA for it to open. There are a lot of cool, futuristic ideas in the book that draw me in to read it. There is also not too much dialogue which I sometimes find a bit boring. KOLC is a book you can read anytime, in any...