Reading Project 1|Shadow Forest

For this reading project the first book I read was The Shadow Forest . This is a book about Samuel Blink or Sam the person that the book is following . The first part of the book is about how Sam’s parents died , after this Sam and his sister Martha goes to live with his Aunt Eda . We learn that Aunt Eda was a very good javelin thrower and almost make it to the Olympics . We also learn she lives near a dangerous forest called The Shadow Forrest . We learn that there’s all kinds of creatures living there such as trolls and pixie .Sam’s uncle Hendrick went into the forest to try to get his goats back from the trolls but never returns this is important because it tells us why aunt Eda lives so close to the forest . While playing Sam finds a cat with both a black and white color , we learn this is a witch who was watching the house for her master Sam takes color of the cat but the cat emits a mist that makes him forget about it.Martha goes into the forest to play and Sam goes in chasing her with Aunt Eda’s dog then Aunt Eda some time later with the bracelet that she learns has powers and her javelin after trying to get help. Sam tries to find his sister and encounters a truth pixie who tries to kill him but then tells him all he needs to know and where he should go to find his sister . Martha gets trapped in the forest prison and some time later is transported to the Change maker the person who runs the forest but before they get to him a snow witch helps Martha escape . When told the prisoners have escaped the Change maker orders the Shadow witch to take their shadows which will turn them to animals . After killing the shadow witch and gaining her powers he because she didst do wat he wanted her to the Change maker goes after the children to kill them. Aunt Eda kills the Change maker with her javelin just before he could kill the children . Everything turns back to normal and Sam’s uncle Hendrick appears who was trapped as a the dog the whole time . They all then go home and that is the end of the book.

Sam’s desire to save his sister is a link to ambition . Through out this book Sam’s main objective is to help and protect his sister and him trying to find he to save her is a perfect link to ambition. He tries very hard to save her and never gives up.