Vidya

=Travel Article:=

For Project Week, I went to Arthayasa Stables in Jakarta. Click here to see my travel article.

=Original Short Story:= My short story is called "Open the Door" Click here to see my short story.

=Quarter 2 Independent Reading:= For Quarter 2 Independent Reading, I did __Al Capone Does my Shirts__ by Gennifer Choldenko. I made a mobile of key concepts from the book. Here is a picture of it below.

=Quarter 1 Independent Reading= For Quarter 1 Independent Reading, I did __Ender's Game__ by Orson Scott Card. I made a podcast about it. Here is some info about the book, plus the podcast.

 by Orson Scott Card * * * * * * * * * * * * *   media type="file" key="Vidya - Ender's Game Podcast.mp3" width="240" height="20" align="center"

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * This author  has written many other science fiction books, many of which are based on the same concept <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #2bff00; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">as <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #2bff00; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 200%;">Ender's Game <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #2bff00; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">. <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #2bff00; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">I haven't read any of them besides this book, but I might in the future. <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #2bff00; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 160%; text-align: left;">* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #2bff00; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 160%; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #000000; color: #2bff00; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">This book is about <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #2bff00; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;"> Ender Wiggins, <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #2bff00; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">a 6 year old genius <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #2bff00; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">. <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #2bff00; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">He, along with his sister, Valentine, and unusual brother, Peter, have been closely watched by the government <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #2bff00; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">. <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #2bff00; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">The government is looking for genius children who can become <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #2bff00; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">battle commanders <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #2bff00; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">in the war against the <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #2bff00; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">buggers, <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #2bff00; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">an alien race who almost defeated humans in a war that happened in the past. Therefore, Ender is picked, the best choice for a battle commander, and he goes to <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #2bff00; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">battle school, <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #2bff00; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">leaving his family at the age of six. Ender, being a young boy at heart despite being a prodigy, has to endure the <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #2bff00; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">intense pressure <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #2bff00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;">and <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #2bff00; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">responsibility of <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #2bff00; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">saving the world <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #2bff00; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">, but <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #2bff00; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 180%;">can he do it? <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #2bff00; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 160%; text-align: left;">

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