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THE KISSING BOOTH

The book is about two best friends, Elle and Lee. They have been best friends for a lot of years. Elle has a crush on Lee’s brother Noah, but Lee doesn’t know that.

Their school organizes a carnival. Elle and Lee decide that they are going to do the »THE KISSING BOOTH«. They invite some girls and boys to work there. All the money that people will give them, will be sent to charity. But the girls say that they will come if Noah comes too. Elle needs a lot of time to ask Noah if he will come. When he finally says yes, Elle and Lee can start making »THE KISSING BOOTH«. They start earning lots of money. But then one girl lies about something, so Elle needs to start working there.When she sees that Noah kissed her, she is speechless. After that, Elle starts to hang out with Noah more than with Lee. Once when Noah is fixing his motorbike, Elle falls and Noah carries her to the kitchen and helps her. Then he kisses her. When Lee sees that, he gets very angry with them, stops talking to them and ignores them. But then Elle says that she is sorry for not telling him and they become best friends again. Lee needs a little more time to be OK with Noah, but at the end everything is finally alright.

Ema, 7. r

WONDER

The book is about a boy named August. A lot of his classmates think that he is a freak because his face looks very strange. He starts going to school when he is ten and his mum cannot teach him anymore. So, the principal calls three kids to his office.  Julian, Jack and Charlotte. Jack and August become best friends, but Julian does not like him because of his face. He thinks he is a freak.  And because Jack is his friend, everybody thinks he is a freak too. So, Julian and his friends often steal their homework or send them very rude notes. But at the end everybody realizes that he is not a freak, so they become friends. Julian gets kicked out of school because of the messages he sends to August and Jack.  August also works very hard and gets a medal for all his hard work.

Ema, 7. r

WUNDERSMITH

THE CALLING OF MORRIGAN CROW

This is the second part of the trilogy that follows the magic world of Morrigan Crow.

In the first book we meet a twelve-year-old girl that has always felt like an outsider in a normal world. One day a stranger named Jupiter comes for her in her home and takes her to a secret and completely different magic world named Nevermoor. He believes that Morrigan has a very special superpower. And that is true, Morrigan soon discovers that she is a Wundersmith just like Ezra Squall the worst villain of all time and no one else.

In the second book Morrigan goes to the most elite school Wundrous Society. Her classmates never like her because of her gift, but one day that turns even worse.

When one day they arrive to their private train station to go to school, they find a letter. In the letter anonymous person writes that one classmate needs to do something to embarrass themselves or something nearly impossible. If they don’t do that, the blackmailer will tell their class secret. They hate Morrigan even more because they think they have to protect her secret about being a Wundersmith. The letters come individually.

In the meantime, a lot of Society members disappear, which is really bad because the Society was supposed to be the safest place in Nevermoor.

One day the Ezra Squall visits Morrigan secretly and wants to teach her how to use her Wundersmith gift.

Will Morrigan and her friends find who’s behind all off this? Will Morrigan teach how to use her power? Will the others finally accept her?

Ema, 9. r

THE SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY

The book is about a 16-year-old girl Belly, who spends every summer since she was born with her mother, her brother, her mother’s best friend and her two sons Conrad and Jeremiah at the summer house in Cousins.

Belly has always had a crush on Conrad, but for him she was like his little sister. At least she thought so.

Conrad’s younger brother Jeremiah, who always has a lot of energy and is a very funny person, is Belly’s best friend and has never looked at her like something more. Until this summer.

So there’s a love triangle between these three.

Belly’s older brother Steven was always annoyed when she was with him and the boys because he always looked at her like she was a child, so she spent a lot of time with her mom and her best friend  Susannah.

They were best friends for a lot of time.

Susannah had cancer a few years ago, and now it came back. She and Belly’s mom Laurel wanted to keep this a secret, but Conrad accidentally found out, so he wasn’t himself all summer.

One night the kids were at a party and Belly met a boy called Cameron. They started dating and Conrad and Jeremiah were jealous beacuse they both fell in love with her.

But while Belly and Cameron were dating, she constantly thought about Conrad because she still had a crush on him, so she ended the relationship with Cameron.

At the end they all found out that Susannah was ill and it was heartbreaking for all of them.

But the love triangle never ends.

Zana, 9. r

THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN

The book is about three women (Rachel, Anna and Megan) that are connected to a murder of a man, who was found dead on a boathouse.

Rachel is 33-years old alcoholic woman, who is afflicted by broken marriage.

Tom, who is Rachel’s ex-husband, is now married to Anna and lives a happy life with his wife and her daughter Evie.

Anna is proud of her husband and she wants to make Rachel jealous of her, but she doesn’t succeed.

Rachel follows her old habit of taking the train to London and back every day once in the morning and once at the evening.

Her train slowly passes her old house on Blenheim Road, where Tom, Anna and Evie live now.

On the train she meets an attractive couple, who live a few houses away from Tom.

She thinks they are perfect, but is stunned to see the wife, Megan, kissing another man.

The next day, after drinking hard, Rachel wakes up to find herself bloody and hurt with no memory of the night before.

She learns that Megan is missing and is questioned by the police after Anna reports seeing her walking around during night of Megan’s disappearance.

Armed with sad felling and realization that Tom must have been the one to kill Megan, Rachel warns Anna.

When Anna confronts him, Tom confesses killing Megan after she threatened to reveal that he got her pregnant.

Anna is scared and fears fir her daughter’s safety.

Tom tries to overpower and bully Rachel into silence, but she defies him and fights back.

Knowing he will kill her, Rachel stabs Tom in the neck with a corkscrew.

Anna helps Rachel make sure she stabs him to death.

When the police arrives, former adversaries Rachel and Anna support each other by reconciling their stories to explain their actions as self-defense.

Rachel finally breaks free and decides to stop drinking and to move on.

I liked the book very much because it talks about murder and crime.

Ana, 9. r

THE PAPER n. 1 CHRISTMAS EDITION

Christmas is an amazing holiday full of happiness and love.

It originated in Rome at about 336 A.D., however, it wasn’t until the 9th century that it became a major Christian holiday. It’s celebrated on December 25th. The tradition of sending Christmas cards started in the 19th century England.

It’s that time of the year right now and I hope you will spend it with your loved ones.

Mina

Does anyone even remember what life was like before Covid? Nobody was wearing a mask, kids were having fun and playing with each other and we could hang out with anyone without restrictions. But it seems those times have passed. We must accept what we have and try to take the best out of this situation.

So what can we do? Stay inside all the time?

Not necessarily. Just because we are not as free as we were, that doesn’t mean we can’t have fun with family, healthy friends in school or even alone. You can visit the Andrew’s Fair in Italy. Even though there is nothing fun to do there because of the pandemic. There are just food (mandolat, fritters) and clothes stands. Now, when Christmas is close, we can set up a Christmas tree and have dinner with our closest family members or even share that with other relatives and friends via phone or computer. This is a magical time that we should fill with love.

I hope the holidays won’t be destroyed by disease, quarrels among people or dangerous pyrotechnics. Just enjoy the time you have with your family and friends, celebrate and be grateful for what you have.

Mark

GARFIELD AND SANTA

It was Christmas Eve. Gingerbread was being baked, everyone was having fun and every Christmas decoration was hanging on the Christmas tree.

Garfield the cat was sleeping in the corner under the Christmas tree. He was dreaming about an endless bag of food that Santa will bring him. When it was midnight, only Garfield was in the living room and was, of course, asleep. All of a sudden, he heard a strange voice, which came from the fireplace, and then something or someone fell down. Garfield jumped up and started to run until he saw a good man that was bringing his endless bag of food to him. He carefully approached him and was just watching him.

One gift was for mom, one for dad and one for Jimmy the baby. And then he saw it…the biggest…the fullest…the yummiest bag of food that was just for him. He started to eat and eat but quickly fell asleep.

In the morning, the whole family came to see what Santa brought them and they were excited! Mom asked Garfield if he saw somebody but Garfield couldn’t talk…how could he, with a mouth full of food!

Zala

THE GRINCH

Director: Scott Mosier

Music in the movie: Danny Elfman

Genre: Animation/Family

Finished: 22nd October 2018 in the USA

First showing: 9th November 2018

Cost: 75 million

Earnings: 511.8 million

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The film is about how the Grinch hates Christmas and wants to steal it. He invents an ingenious plan to destroy Christmas and carries it out. However, he realizes that Christmas cannot be stolen or erased because gifts are not everything. A 6-year-old girl named Cindy-Lou Who helps him come to this realization. In the end, he returns all the presents and decorations he had stolen and no longer hates Christmas. He even becomes kind.

We find the film beautiful, interesting, imaginative, fun and suitable for all ages. It holds a nice message that gifts are not everything, that Christmas is about spending time with the ones you love. We highly recommend watching it. lf you prefer reading, you can read the book since the film is based on it.

Written by: Lorin & Ema

The Valley of the Kings          

I will describe the Valley of the Kings.

The Valley of the Kings is also known as the Valley of the Gates of the Kings. This is a legendary valley, where many pharaohs’ tombs were found. The most famous discovery is the tomb of pharaoh Tutankhamun.

The valley lies on the west side of the Nile, opposite Luxor, within the heart of the Theban Necropolis.

The Valley of the Kings consists of two parts: the East Valley, where most of the tombs were found, and the West Valley. Archaeologists found 63 tombs there. Now there is a tourist centre and the exploration still continues in the Valley

Looking at pictures and reading about it, I hope I will get the chance to go to this Valley when I grow up.

Maks

About me

My name is Nana Velišček. I’m 11 years old. I’m from Slovenia. I live in Solkan. I really like athletics and climbing. My favourite athlete is Janja Garnbret. She’s a rock climber. She’s good and strong. I like music, too. My favourite singer is Harry Styles. He’s an  English singer. He’s a really good singer. My best friend is Špelca. She’s 11 and she’s in my school.

Nana, 6. r