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Books I have read this year:

Three books I have read this year

The Invention of Hugo Cabret Mao's last dancer Catch the bard: Six plays for getting into Shakespeare

The Invention of Hugo Cabret review

Hugo Cabret lives alone in 1930's France, winding clocks in a train station. All he has left of his father, who died in a museum accident, is a mysterious automaton which Hugo is trying desperately to fix. He soon involves the toy store owner's daughter, Isabelle. What they find out from the automaton was not what anyone imagined.

This was a better book than I thought, as all I saw at first was pointless drawings. From this, the book gives a compelling plot and very odd mystery.

Mao's last dancer review

Li Cunxin lives in a rural village with his brothers and parents. He is in Communist China, under the direction of Chairman Mao. When Chinese guards arrive at his peaceful school one day, Li's teacher asks for him to be taken away. Confused Li is taken through back-breaking physical tests, though he doesn't know why. Soon after, he receives a letter from the chairman's wife, Madame Mao. It asks him to pack up his belongings and travel to Beijing, to learn the art of ballet. From that day on, his life would change forever.

This autobiography is the best book that I think we will study this year. The autobiography was internationally acclaimed, and the bare truth about how the Chinese perceived everyone at the time was intriguing. i believe it will be a very good book to study.

Catch the bard: Six plays for getting into Shakespeare

This book is an old person's view on getting children to like Shakespeare. It presents six plays, modernized with celebrities. It tries to make you laugh, but you end up laughing at how horrible this book is. The six plays are hopeless, and I didn't learn anything I already didn't know about Shakespeare. This is truly a horrible book. the worst we will study this year. I don't look forward to the day when I have to pick it up again.