Reading blog 12/31/08

I am currently reading the book River Secrets by Shannon Hale, she is another of my favorite authors because her writing style is so captivating. A couple of things you have to know about the book is that it is in medieval times, Bayern and Tira are the two major cities, the queen and king of Bayern are Geric and Isi, Enna is Isi's best friend, Finn is dating Enna, and Razo is friends with Isi, Talone is captain of Bayern. Anyways, about the book. In River Secrets, a boy named Razo is picked by Talone to be in Bayern's Own army. This is a huge honor because it is made up of the best soldiers in Bayern. After the long war between Bayern and Tira, both sides are willing to make peace so they send embassadors to each City and an army to follow and to stay. Razo accompanies his army to the Port city of Tira on the sea. Customs are very different then they are at home. For example, there is no rich colors in clothes, everything is sweet, and the town is white. The two armies are in each other's city's to prevent another war from happening and to convince the Tiran council not to do anything rash in the meantime. Razo is not what you would call and soldier and everyone else knows that. He is short, slim, quick, sly, but not strong and a good sword fighter like many of the others. Soon Razo realizes that he was chosen by Talone to be a spy of sorts, which at the time is exactly what they needed. Talone sends Razo to try and find out the people who want to start the war again. Another thing about Enna is that she possesses the power of fire, as in she has it in her body and can burn things or set things on fire. This was especially helpful in the war because she set large groups of soldiers on fire, but very dangerous to control. She had to learn to control it so Isi who possesses the power of wind, showed her how to learn wind and Enna did the same to Isi. The Tiran people still believe there is a fire witch with the Bayern and their worries come true when Razo finds three burnt bodies in the city. He suspects Enna but it couldn't be her because Isi sleeps in the same room every night. Who is the mysterious body burner and who wants another war?