Spirit Animals

by

 Brandon Mull  

 

                                    Summary

 

IN THIS BOOK, TURNING 11 IS A BIG DEAL. WHEN YOU TURN 11 YOU ARE TAKEN TO A CEREMONY AND DRINK A SPECIAL NECTAR THAT HAS A CHANCE OF YOU SUMMONING A SPIRIT ANIMAL. A SPIRIT ANIMAL IS AN ANIMAL THAT IS WITH YOU YOUR WHOLE LIFE - FROM THE DAY YOU TURN 11 TO THE DAY YOU DIE. IN THIS BOOK, THE FOUR CHARACTERS ALL SUMMON DIFFERENT ANIMALS, BUT THEY ARE SPECIAL. THEY ARE THE GREAT BEASTS OR THE FOUR FALLEN. THE CHARACTERS, CONOR, ABEKE, MEILEN, AND ROLLAN, ALL HAVE ONE. CONOR HAS THE BEAST BRIGGAN, A WOLF. ABEKE HAS THE BEAST URAZA, A LEOPARD. MEILEN HAS THE BEAST JHI, A PANDA. LASTLY ROLLAN HAS THE BEAST ESSIX, A FALCON. TOGETHER THEY ARE THE PROTECTORS OF THE LAND.  THEY MUST FIGHT TOGETHER AND THEN THE FIGHT COMES  RIGHT DOWN TO THE LINE...

 

YOU'LL HAVE TO READ TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.

 

                                   VOCABULARY

 

1. Seldom-Seldom:hardly::Often:usually

 

2. Dawdle-Dawdle:lazy::Hurry:rush

 

3. Mews-Mews:high pitched::roar:low pitched

 

4. Pedigree-Pedigree:pure blood::Lowly:base born

 

5. Apothecary-Apothecary:sell::Consume:take

 

6. Foreseen-Foreseen:expected::Unlikely:unexpected

 

7. Treachery-Treachery:Betrayal::Kindness:loyalty

 

 

                            CHARACTER TRAITS

CHARACTER    TRAIT   EVIDENCE

 

  CONOR         KIND        hes very nice with Briggan

  ABEKE         LIVELY     she likes to explore

  MEILEN       BOSSY      she tells Conor what to do

  ROLLAN      PRECISE    he likes knowing everything

  ABEKE        SCARED    she was chased by a vicious dog

  CONOR       CHOSEN    he was chosen to find Arax,a ram

 

Conor-Kind,works in castle, has two brothers, summons a spirit animal, it's the great beast Briggan, a wolf.

 

Abeke-Likes the bow, lives in the savanna, likes to hunt in the savanna, summons an animal, the great beast Uraza, a leopard.

 

Meilen-General's daughter, likes fighting, lives wealthy, summons an animal, great beast Jhi, a panda.

 

Rollan-Orphan, has friend that is ill, trys getting meds for him,goes to jail,summons great beast Essix,a falcon.

 

 

                                    MAIN THEMES

 

 MAIN THEME       EVIDENCE

   

    SCARED           1)  Conor, Meilen, Abeke, and Rollan don't know what

                                 the others are going to be like.  Will they be

                                 dangerous spirit animals?

                            

                            2)  They don't know if they will survive the fight.

 

                            3)  Even with Abeke's leopard's powers, the jump

                                 was almost too far to reach.

 

 

                               THIS IS AN ADVENTURE BOOK!

 

          TEXT                    EVIDENCE

"Abeke wanted to get out and             It leaves you on the edge of your seat.

explore." 

 

"The vicious dog chased her back to    You dont know what happens next.

camp."    

 

"The jump was almost too far to      Will she make the jump back to safety?

jump even with her powers."

 

"Arax the huge ram towered                You don't know if the ram will hurt

over her."                                                     her or not or how she will escape.