The Gift

Genre: FictionSetting: Over world & Shadow Land

Pages: 333Jared Brown

James Patterson

Age: 65 Other Books: Alex Cross Series, the Maximum Ride Series, and the

Daniel X Series Born: March 22, 1947 (Newburgh, NY) Awards: Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author, Edgar

Award for Best First Mystery Spouse: Susan Patterson Children: Jack Patterson Lives: Palm Beach, Florida Movies: Alex Cross, Kiss the Girls, Along Came a Spider, Maximum Ride,

etc.

Main Characters

Whitford Allgood: Whit, Male, 19, Blue eyes Blonde hair, Wizard, can Heal, Protagonist

Wisteria Allgood: Wisty, female, Red Curly Hair, Blue eyes, freckles on her nose, Petite figure, 15, Witch, can make Fire, Protagonist

The One Who is The One: Male, 60-63, Red eyes, Bald, Leader of The New Order, Tall, Thin, Intimidating appearance, Controls The Sea, Air, and Ground, Antagonist

Summary After finding the resistance Wisty and I start to

fight the N.O. Once we got caught but we just barely escaped

with our old friend Byron, who came with us to the resistance but betrayed us.

When we got back to the resistance we learned that there was going to be a huge bombing of Freeland, so we had to move quickly.

Summary (Continued)

We chose to seek help from Mrs. Highsmith, but when we got there The One found us and destroyed the apartment.

We have a big fight and Wisty decides to give The One her Gift, but the One doesn’t want it anymore.

Were then put on a stage with our parents about to get executed

Likes & Dislikes

Likes Some parts are

exciting and action packed

I like how he has the view of both Whit and Wisty

It has a great storyline

Dislikes Some parts get very

bland and boring The ending was

defiantly not my favorite part

I didn’t like the beginning, its very hard to get into it!

Vocabulary Exploitation: use or utilization, especially for

profit: the exploitation of newly discovered oil fields.

Repatriate: to bring or send back (a person, especially a prisoner of war, a refugee, etc.) to his or her country or land of citizenship: Maya will soon repatriate back to India

Apprised: to give notice to; inform; advise: to be apprised of the death of an old friend.

Vocabulary (Continued)

A Cappella: without instrumental accompaniment: Jacob sings A Cappella in his spare time.

Impromptu: made or done without previous preparation: David did an impromptu address to the unexpected crowds.

Porcelain: a strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a low temperature, the glaze then fired at a very high temperature: Darrel has a porcelain toilet.

Three reasons why you should read this book!

It has a great story line, and is easy to follow Its thrilling and high paced It shows different points of view through the book

Theme/Lesson

A lesson I learned from the book is always believe in yourself.

The theme of the book is the importance of creativity, thought, ideas, music, books and art.

Back Review Page

The book was very good, its filled with fast-paced action and cool magical effects. Its very clever how he made chapters alternate between Whit's eyes and Wistys, and I cant wait for the next book. I would give it 4 stars.

If I could change the Ending?

If I could change the ending I would make so that Whit and Wisty’s Parents don’t die, and that the light that hit them came just a bit faster. I think it would make for a better ending, because all the Allgoods would be back together.

Different Front Covers

The EndThanks for Listening