297. Journey to the lion's den.

In this book, Thea Stilton works as a professor in a Mouseford Academy and gives a project about photo essay to the students.  For that, the five Thea sisters – Colette, Nicky, Pamela, Paulina and Violet, go to a wildlife reserve in Africa.  There was a lion cub named Mosi and his mother Leah.  The Thea sisters’ guide, Malik showed them around.  The Thea sisters loved Mosi and took great care of him.  But, one day, Mosi fell down a pit and got hurt in his leg.  They took him to the vet.  He put a bandage around Mosi’s leg and set him in a large cage with food and water.  There was a mouse named Fadhili who was cunning and wanted to steal Mosi.  He was the one who set the pit.  He wanted to steal Mosi and give it to two other cunning people, Edgar van Lupin and Ludmilla van Lupin.  He also mixed sleeping pills in Mosi’s food.  When Mosi was in deep sleep, he opened the cage and stole him.  He wanted to sell him to people of different countries and earn money.  So, when the Thea Sisters seach for Mosi, they also fall inside the pit and they come to know about Fadhili’s cunningness.  So, they all make a plan and save Mosi, giving him back to his mother.  This was a nice book and I liked it.

                                      

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296. The BFG

This was a nice book written by Roald Dahl.  There was a giant called BFG.  He was a dream – blower, who blows dreams through a long trumpet into the bedrooms of children.  There was an orphan called Sophie.  One day, when she could not sleep well and was awake, she spotted this giant who was 24 feet tall, blowing dreams into the bedrooms.  The giant, who also noticed Sophie watching him, took her in his huge hands and walked away to Giant country, where nine other human – eating giants lived.  But the BFG was not a human – eating giant, he was a BIG FRIENDLY GIANT.  The BFG collected dreams from a place called Dreamland and kept each dream in thousands and thousands of jars.  His diet was Snozzcumbers, a disgusting vegetable and a sweet, tasty drink.  One night, when the other giants, Fleshlumpeater, Bloodbottler, Meathugger, Childchewer, Butcher Boy, etc. went to hunt poor little boys and girls, Sophie could not bear it and asked the BFG to do something.  He was helpless, so Sophie herself thought of an idea.  She wanted to tell about it to the Queen of England, as the giants went to England to hunt.  But how could she tell?  She had a plan.  She thought of conveying the message through dreams.  She asked the BFG to mix dreams about the Queen, the giants, the little children, Sophie sitting on the window sill of the Queen’s bedroom and BFG himself. He mixed the dreams and they set off to England with the dreams.  BFG blew it in the bedroom of the Queen around midnight and Sophie waited in the window sill.  In the morning, when the queen’s maid opened the curtains, Sophie jumped into the bedroom and narrated the story of the giants killing the children like in the dream.  So, the queen made arrangements and soldiers were sent to Giant country where the giants where sleeping.  They all capture the giants, tie them to helicopters and fly back to England.  There was a prison which was 500 feet deep and several feet high built to imprison the giants.  It was done and Sophie and BFG lived in England happily ever after.

                                       

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295. The 3 mistakes of my life.

This is the first time I am reading Chetan Bhagat’s book.  This book was about a boy named Govind who made three major mistakes in his life and because of depression, ate so many sleeping pills and was admitted ia a hospital.  He e – mailed to Chetan Bhagat, who was in Singapore about this and he came in the next flight to India.  This book was a mixture of cricket, business, religion, and of course, friendship.  Govind, his friends Ishaan and Omi started a cricket shop.  Many children come and buy cricket bats and balls.  Then, while running the sports shop, Ishaan coaches the children cricket and Govind, who was a maths expert, taught maths to students.  After a few days, they come to know about Ali, a 12 – year – old boy who always hits sixes in cricket, but after a few balls, his head aches.  So, Ishaan teaches him cricket and makes him improve his stamina.  Then, an Australian named Fred calls them to Australia to give Ali special coaching for a week.  They go to Australia and Ali gets special coaching and all of them return to India.  After a few months, there was a war between the Hindu party and the Muslim party.  Omi’s uncle Bittoo, who was a devotee of Hindu Gods, killed Ali’s father and stepmother and searched for Ali.  Omi, knowing this, hid Ali in a secret room.  But, Bittoo finds him and tries to kill him with his trishul.  But, Omi dies when he tries to defend Ali as the trishul pierces through his body.  After that, Ishaan and Govind try and kill Bittoo and they bring peace between Hindus and Muslims.  This was a very nice book.

294. Despicable me.

This was a nice movie.  This was the story about a thief called Gru and 3 little girls called Margo, Edith and Agnes.  Gru, the thief, steals everything, including the pyramid of Egypt.  His companions are the Minions.  Actually, this story does not focus on the Minions.  So, Gru and his companions plan to steal, do you know what, the MOON!!  Gru has a machine called the Freeze Ray, which he can use to freeze people.  He wanted another machine, called Shrink Ray, which was with his enemy, the villain of the story, named Vector to make things shorter.  He wanted that machine to make the moon smaller so that he can take it with him.  But, Vector also wanted the moon.  The 3 girls were staying in an orphanage, where they have to sell cookies and tell the total number of cookies sold to the principal, Miss Hatie.  Gru wants to enter Vector’s big house to take the Shrink Ray, but it is full of security.  One day, he sees the 3 girls entering his house to sell cookies.  So, he made a plan and adopts the 3 girls and makes them sell cookies and enters the house himself to steal the shrink ray.  At last he steals the Shrink Ray and comes back.  But, the girls become so close to him that he did not want to steal the moon.  But a scientist, who was his friend, convinced him and sent the girls back to the orphanage.  At last, they steal the moon, but Vector snatches it and takes the girls with him, too.  At last, Gru saves the girls but could not get the moon.  The scientist told him that the moon would not be always small.  After a few minutes, it will get bigger.  Like that itself, the moon got bigger and took Vector with it to the space.  This was a nice movie and I liked it very much.

                                         

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293. The Missing Myth.

In this story, the Thea sisters go to Greece for a vacation.  There, they admire all the places.  After a few days, they go to a drama industry where the actors where going to perform a Greek drama called ‘Helen’ on an opening night.  A boy named Ioannis was the king of the story, Menelaus and a girl named Khloe was the queen, Helen.  The story was about how the long separated couple reunite again.  The old guardian, Melina strained her ankle and could not come for the opening night.  So the director, Nestor made Colette the old guardian.  Suddenly, Ioannis goes missing.  He leaves a note in which he tells them that he was going on some family business.  The Thea sisters become suspicious and search for Ioannis.  The innkeeper of the inn in which they were staying was the aunt of Ioannis.  She gives them another note in which he tells them that he was working on an errand for the director, Nestor.  But Nestor tells them that he did not tell him to go on any errand.  But, on the bottom of the note, Ioannis had written ‘Big Blue’.  The Thea Sisters come to know that ‘Big Blue’ was a light – house and Ioannis was trapped inside it.  There was a boy named Nikos.  In the play, he was the messenger and friend of the king.  As Ioannis goes missing, the director makes Nikos as the king.  At last, the Thea sisters free Ioannis and they all go to the place where the opening night was going to happen.  At last, they find that the saboteur was Nikos!  He himself confessed that he wanted to be with Khloe and wanted the part of the king, so he trapped Ioannis inside the light – house.  At last, Ioannis plays the part of King Menelaus and Nikos plays the messenger.  This was a nice book.

                                               

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292. Mouse Overboard!

In this story, Geronimo’s grandfather’s friend, Secretary Rattio tells that Geronimo is the descendant of the famous explorer, Vasco Da Gama.  So, Geronimo, Thea, Trap, Benjamin and Bugsy Wugsy dress like Vasco Da Gama and they set sail in a ship named Sao Gabriel.  The secretary tells that a saboteur is in the ship who is trying to sabotage the ride.  They do a lot of research and find out TWO saboteurs : A girl who says that her great – great – great – great grandfather was Vasco Da Gama’s official cook.  So, Geronimo makes her the official cook of the ship.  The other saboteur was Sally Ratmousen!  She dresses herself as Cabin Officer 1.  She does not want Geronimo to enjoy his victory so she tries to push him off the ship, cuts the lifeboat in which he was sitting, etc.  Geronimo loyal friend, Almouse helps him to find the Saboteur.  But, at last, the secretary says that Geronimo was the descendant of a famous writer and not Vasco Da Gama.  So, Geronimo gives a lecture about the famous book of his ancestor and comes back to New Mouse City.  This was a nice book.

                                      

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291. The treasure of Easter Island.

In this story, Geronimo Stilton’s sister, Thea Stilton goes searching for a treasure in an island called Easter Island.  She sends a clue to Geronimo in the shape of a map.  So, to find her, Geronimo, his professional photographer Susie, his cousin Trap and his adventurous friend Wild Willie go to Easter Island which is in a place called Rapa Nui.  There a friendly rodent named Vaitea welcomes them and introduces them to that place.  They, at first do not Vaitea about the treasure, but afterwards, Vaitea finds out that they are here for something and asks them what the matter is.  Geronimo tells Vaitea about the treasure and his lost sister.  Vaitea also helps them.  They cross each clue correctly and come to a bubble – shaped cave.  There, they find out that a scientist and Thea are captured by a group of pirates.  Without the pirates’ knowledge, Geronimo and his friends free the both.  Then they escape and find out the real treasure.  The treasure was seven boats which belonged to Vaitea’s ancestors who first found the island.  Trap Stilton, who wanted to have the treasure all to him began crying when he saw the boats.  Then they leave the boats where they belonged to and come home.  This was a nice book.

                                        

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