Twilight
I did my book talk on the book Twilight; it's the first book in a series. You may have heard of the movie, well if you 
have it's just the movie converted into a book. This book is not boring at all! The main characters are Bella, Charlie, Mike, Jessica, Edward, and the Cullen's so far. Bella has just moved to live with her dad in Forks, which is pretty much a dead town. Since she moved she had to start a new and different school so she doesn't know anyone.
So she went to school and met a girl named Jessica, she wanted Bella to sit at lunch with her and some of her other friends. While she was at lunch she glanced over to another table and noticed that these people weren't eating, talking, or anything, just sitting there. Bella asked Jessica about them and Jessica told her that was the Cullen's and that they were very strange. Bella couldn't help but occasionally glance over at them, one of the times she glanced over there she saw that one of the Cullen's was looking dead at her; Jessica told Bella that was Edward. Bella wanted to know more about these Cullen's and why they acted so strangely. Do you think she'll figure out the mystery of the Cullen's?
Image from Library Thing
Author: Stephenie Meyer
Hanukkah
One festival I find fascinating is Hanukkah, because it sounds very exciting and it's another culture I would like to learn about. Hanukkah lasts for eight days and nights, it also begins on the twenty-fifth day of the Jewish calendar, and at sundown on December twenty-first.
The purpose of celebrating Hanukkah is mainly because it celebrates the triumphs; both religious and military, of ancient Jewish heroes. It is how Jewish people celebrate instead of celebrating Christmas, and I would like to see how another culture is and what they do. They also play games and sing songs together while celebrating Hanukkah. Even President Bush values the festivities.
As reported on the Baltimore Jewish blog, Bush said,
"The Hanukkah reception is always one of the most special events of the season. Laura and I are pleased to be with so many friends. And we are honored to gather with leaders of the Jewish community to celebrate our final Hanukkah here in the White House."
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