Kingdom keepers: Disney after dark RJ 15

Dear Mrs.Zrihen,


 I am reading the book called Kingdom Keepers: Disney after dark by Ridley Pearson. I have read this book over the summer and since I plan to read "kingdom keepers II" I first have to know the plot from the first one to understand the second... well that's what I think I should do.

I picked this book to read because of the cover and how it was all gloomy yet colors that make stand out, also Eitan recommended it because he had already read this one, the second, and the third, so I asked him if he liked, and he did, he told me some of the parts in the second book and it sounded so interesting. The genre of the book was Fiction and the subgenre was fantasy because in the cover page there’s a castle and I inferred that since it is about Disney, then it is fantasy. The topic of the book is Mystery, and the theme of the story is friendship. A before reading strategy that I used was to preview the text – or skim and scan- for text features such as the title, illustrations, headings, how the writing is made, graphic aids, or anything that can help me understand the story I am reading, in this case I saw the table of contents, and I confirmed that I was going to read a book about things happening in the Disney park after it closes. Another strategy I used before starting to read the book was to identify text features such as print features; organization aids, ETC. what I found were some italic writing, and dialogue between the characters.

The conflict in the story was that the DHI have to protect the Disney Park from the overtakers led by Maleficent. The story is Man vs. supernatural because the DHI have to take on pirates, witches, ETC. when they are in Disney. The main characters in this story are: Finn, Charlene, Maybeck, Philby, and Willa are the protagonists, while the antagonist is Maleficent. The foils in the story are the other over takers, the mom and the dad of Finn, and the people at Disney. The point of view of this story is third person because of the clue words like he, she, they, it, ETC. The pattern of organization is chronological order because you see the clue words of next, later, after. The author’s purpose in writing this book is to entertain because of the genre( which is fiction) and how everything is not real and I enjoyed it. If I was in the character’s shoes I would have to tell my mom and dad about the secret of becoming a hologram every time I go to sleep, so they could help with my problem and solve it out. The author was very descriptive in scenes where the characters are all alone for example Finn Whitman alone near a lamppost near the castle in central Disney, also there were certain scenes where I felt the book come alive.

A strategy I use while I was reading the story was to predict and confirm which is used to make an inference and see if you were correct, I predicted that Maleficent wasn’t going to be defeated because the DHI were new at this I also predicted that Jez was going to be a fake friends and betray the DHIs in the end,. Another strategy I used was to reread  for confusing parts in the story.

A strategy I used when I was done with the book was to confirm my predictions while I was reading  like the first one; I was correct and the second I was wrong. The next strategy I used was to interpret a text feature that I found at the beginning of each chapter: a brush, which could the author writing the story, maybe.

A passage that really standed out was the first page, I am in chapter 20 page 172, but this one interested me the most:

"He found himself standing next to town square, in the heart of magic kingdom. In his pajamas. How'd he gotten here, he had no idea. His last memory was climbing into bed-- it felt like only minutes earlier."

This passage is important to the reader because it gives the setting and some description of the main character, Finn. I was interested because this was where all the mystery began, when I first read it it hooked me instantly.

I would recommend this book to everyone because of its hook and entertainment. I would rate this book 10/10.

                                                                                                              Sincerely,                                                                                                        Juan Diaz