Katniss

This is my newest sketch: Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games. Shooting a bow :)

Katniss Everdeen

Yearning to Read: The Dragon's Tooth GIVE AWAY!

Hey guys,
On the blog Yearning to Read (check below for link), there is a give away of 3 copies of The Dragon's Tooth by N.D. Wilson. So please check it out, and also, be sure to enter!!
yearningtoread.blogspot.com
Cheers!! ~Jam

Brian Selznick

Brian Selznick wrote The Invention of Hugo Cabret and Wonderstruck. He writes the stories in words and pictures. Sounds like graphic novels, huh? But his pictures are original charcoal drawings(by himself) and they are AMAZING.

The book The Invention of Hugo Cabret is the first one I read by him(the major motion picture, Hugo, just released).It also won the Caldecott Award. Here is the synopsis.

Orphan, clock keeper, and thief, Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric, bookish girl and a bitter old man who runs a toy booth in the station, Hugo's undercover life, and his most precious secret, are put in jeopardy. A cryptic drawing, a treasured notebook, a stolen key, a mechanical man, and a hidden message from Hugo's dead father form the backbone of this intricate, tender, and spellbinding mystery.
This is such a touching story, and the drawings are fantastic. I completely recommend this and as family friendly as it is, it would be a great read-aloud. 10/10

Wonderstruck, the another story by Brian Selznick book(I finished yesterday), and I loved it. It was really sad, but had a very sweet ending. Here is the synopsis(from the book)-

Ben and Rose secretly wish their lives were different. Ben longs for a father he has never known.
Rose dreams of a mysterious actress whose life she chronicles in a scrapbook. When Ben discovers a puzzling clue in his mother's room and Rose reads an enticing headline in the newspaper, both children set out alone on desperate quests to find what they are missing.
Set 50 years apart, Rose's story told in pictures and Ben's in words, the book is absolutely lovely.
(And something-not a spoiler- both of them are deaf)
Adieu!

HaNnah joyA

Hey everyone,
One of my best friends has started a blog called HaNah joyA!
So please check it out! It's really awesome!- hannahjoya.blogspot.com
~JaM

The Hunger Games

In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. Long ago the districts waged war on the Capitol and were defeated. As part of the surrender terms, each district agreed to send one boy and one girl to appear in an annual televised event called, "The Hunger Games," a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she is forced to represent her district in the Games. The terrain, rules, and level of audience participation may change but one thing is constant: kill or be killed.

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This is an award winning book by acclaimed author, Suzanne Collins. I really enjoyed The Hunger Games, but be forewarned: It is extremely violent. So if you get queasy from Lord of the Rings, or other such material, you would advise you to leave it well alone.
Katniss is a very likable person, and so are Peeta and Gale(don't worry, they get introduced in the beginning), but I found the writing level to be very simple, almost annoyingly so, and the subject of the book being what it is.... I recommend this book(I'm in the middle of "Catching Fire" the second book to the trilogy) and I hope you like it! and the movie is released March 23, 2012, right around my b-day! Here is the trailer, and it stars Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutchinson as Katniss and Peeta.

I think it looks amazing!!!!!!!