Week of February 2, 3, 5, 8, 2009

Monday, February 2
Title of Text: A Deadly Game of Magic
Minutes: 60
Summary: Four friends named Lisa, Bo, Julian, and Teena were heading home from a contest when their car suddenly broke down. They went over to someone's house and asked for the phone. They went inside and called the Auto Club. The guys that let them inside didn't actually live there. The two people left the house leaving the kids alone. They soon started to get scared from the storm. Lisa goes near a hallway and notices one open door. She decided to stay away. They found a magic object called a guillotine. It snaps stuff into two. They think the house belongs to a magician. Later, a lady with a package for the house owner came by. She explained to the kids about the magic stuff. Turns out, she watches the old lady that lives in the house. She brought her husband's magic stuff over to the house when her husband died. Now, she's marries again but needs to be taken care of. A prediction I have for the story is that they will decide to go to that one room that's open. Many mysteries are waiting to be revealed behind that door and they might find them. A connection I have with Teena is that she had no idea what a guillotine was. She was about to have a split finger but someone saved her. When the book first mentioned the word guillotine, I was clueless about what that was. A question I have for the book is why did the woman keep her dead husband's equipment?

Tuesday, February 3
Title of Text: A Deadly Game of Magic
Minutes: 50
Summary: The guy from the Auto Club named Sam comes but refuses to fix the car. Lisa then explains the open room at the hallway. Sam checks it and when he gets near, he faints. Lisa and Julian go to the kitchen for a wet towel. Bo and Teena join them later but when they come back, Sam is gone. He left with his truck. They later watch for weather alerts. Lisa, Julian and Teena go to the kitchen for something to eat. When they return, the chair next to Bo has a head on it. When they get in front, it's just a head made of plaster. Bo and the rest of the gang start to think someone else is in the house trying to get them out. My prediction for next time I read is that they'll find this mystery person and see how dangerous it is in this house. A connection I have with the gang of 4 is that they all are getting really terrified if they see something scary. I would do the same and chicken out if I saw that head next to Bo. A question I have is why might that mystery person be trying to get them out of the house?

Thursday, February 5
Title of Text: A Deadly Game of Magic
Minutes: 50
Summary: The four friends start talking to each other when a frightening whisper comes from nowhere. They blame it on Bo but he says he is not doing it. Then, another magician's tool comes up. A fake hand that is robotic taps on Lisa's head and she freaks out. Then they see a flying ball of light. It's another magic trick where two things control the ball to make it look like it's flying. The group follow the ball to the kitchen and find a dog. It's black and has no tag. When the four people start chatting in the kitchen, the dog sneaks out. Julian and Bo decide to look for it. Lisa and Teena start to go look for them when Julian comes back to the kitchen. He lost Bo so he decided to come back. Lisa, Teena, and Julian come out to find Bo. A connection I have with Lisa is her reaction to the fake hand trick. She was startled out of her mind and shrieked very loudly. If a fake hand started tapping my head, I would scream my lungs out. My prediction for next time is that they'll continue to search for the the dog and Bo.

Sunday, February 8
Tittle of Text: A Deadly Game of Magic
Minutes: 75
Summary: Lisa, Julian, and Teena continued searching. They found the dog in the car in the garage. When they started searching for Bo, they decided to check the black room with the magic items. There it was, Bo's head on a plate held by a fake butler. It was an illusion though and they pulled Bo out. They then go to a room and find more clues from letters sent to the house. Suddenly, they heard the police at the door but when they checked, they saw it was just a trick. They go back inside and they planned that they should go head on with this mystery person. They knew it was a magician so they decided to use black on black. The magician is covered in black for camouflage so they will try to beat him at his own game. A connection I have with Bo is how much he cared for the dog. It was lonely and lost. If a dog was begging for shelter in my home, I would definitely take it in. I would care for it because of what it's been through. My prediction is that they'll try to make this mysterious person stop doing what he is doing and get out of the house alive. I have one question though. Why might this person be torturing Lisa, Teena, Bo, and Julian? They never did anything wrong.