Nov. 13th, 2008

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I've been looking at these journals since the beginning of term but I haven't written anything in mine.  It makes me feel a bit wierd that loads of other people could read what I write--not just people in other Houses, but even prefects and teachers and grownups who don't even go to Hogwarts anymore!

But I keep hearing people talking in the coridors about the journals and how wizard they are, so I thought I'd write something. Only now I don't know what to say. 

I just thought of something, though--who else loves to read? I know I do!  Maybe if I write about the books that I like, then I can find out about other people who like them and they could tell me about the books that they like. 

The book I just finished is called The Kneazle's Gift by Mercedes Nimbleswift and I liked it a lot.  It might even be one of my very favorites.  It's set in olden times and it's about a girl named Amaryllis. Muggles killed her parents when she was small, and they took her away to work in a big Muggle castle as a servant.  She sleeps in a little room at the top of a tall tower and they lock her in at night.   She doesn't even know she's a wizard until she starts showing signs of magic, and she doesn't even know what they mean.  She thinks she's going mental!  Her only friend is a cat who turns out to be a Kneazle, and he helps her get away and they have lots of adventures together, but I don't want to give away any more of the story. 

It's a bit...I don't know how to explain...old fashioned in the way its written. I like that but some people might not.  It reminds me of that girl in the lib the Elsie Prewett books, so if you like those you'll probably like this one. But you might like it even if you don't like Elsie Prewett because Amaryllis has loads more gumption than Elsie does.  She actually does things but Elsie mostly cries a lot about how mean people are and waits to get rescued.

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