The Red Forest

        I’ve wished of visiting London ever since i read the Harry Potter Series written by J.K Rowling. My Home Room Teacher has visisted London also. I’ll be editing this with pics from London.

1 “Enter: Naruto Uzumaki!”

“Sanjō! Uzumaki Naruto!” (参上!うずまきナルト) October 3, 2002 September 10, 2005

2 “My Name is Konohamaru”

“Konohamaru da kore!” (木ノ葉丸だ コレ!) October 10, 2002 September 10, 2005

3 “Sasuke and Sakura: Friends or Foes?”

“Shukuteki!? Sasuke to Sakura” (宿敵!?サスケとサクラ) October 17, 2002 September 17, 2005

4 “Pass or Fail: Survival Test”

“Shiren! Sabaibaru enshū” (試練!サバイバル演習) October 24, 2002 September 24, 2005

5 “You Failed! Kakashi’s Final Decision”

“Shikkaku? Kakashi no Ketsuron” (失格?カカシの結論) October 31, 2002 October 1, 2005

6 “A Dangerous Mission! Journey to the Land of Waves!”

“Jūyō ninmu! Nami no Kuni e chō-shuppatsu!” (重要任務!波の国へ超出発!) November 7, 2002 October 8, 2005

7 “The Assassin of the Mist!”

“Kiri no ansatsusha!” (霧の暗殺者!) November 14, 2002 October 15, 2005

8 “The Oath of Pain”

“Itami ni chikau ketsui” (痛みに誓う決意) November 21, 2002 October 22, 2005

9 “Kakashi: Sharingan Warrior!”

“Sharingan no Kakashi” (写輪眼のカカシ) November 28, 2002 October 29, 2005

10 “The Forest of Chakra”

“Chakura no mori” (チャクラの森) December 5, 2002 November 5, 2005

11 “The Land Where a Hero Once Lived”

“Eiyū no ita kuni” (英雄のいた国) December 12, 2002 November 12, 2005

12 “Battle on the Bridge! Zabuza Returns!”

“Kyōjō kessen! Zabuza futatabi!!” (橋上決戦!ザブザ再び!!) December 19, 2002 November 19, 2005

13 “Haku’s Secret Jutsu: Crystal Ice Mirrors”

“Haku no hijutsu – Makyō Hyōshō” (白の秘術·魔鏡氷晶) December 26, 2002 November 26, 2005

14 “The Number One Hyperactive, Knucklehead Ninja Joins the Fight!”

“Igaisei nanbā wan, Naruto sansen!” (意外性No. 1, ナルト参戦!) January 9, 2003 December 3, 2005

15 “Zero Visibility: The Sharingan Shatters”

“Shikai zero no tatakai – Sharingan kuzushi” (視界ゼロの戦い·写輪眼崩し) January 16, 2003 December 10, 2005

16 “The Broken Seal”

“Kaihō sareta fūin” (解放された封印) January 23, 2003 December 17, 2005

17 “White Past: Hidden Ambition”

“Shiroi Kako – Himeta omoi” (白い過去·秘めた想い) January 30, 2003 December 31, 2005

18 “The Weapons Known as Shinobi”

“Shinobi to iu na no dōgu” (忍という名の道具) February 6, 2003 January 7, 2006

19 “The Demon in the Snow”

“Zabuza yuki ni chiru…” (ザブザ雪に散る…) February 13, 2003 January 14, 2006

20 “A New Chapter Begins: The Chūnin Exam!”

“Shinshō totsunyū! Chūnin Shiken dattebayo” (新章突入!中忍試験だってばよ) February 20, 2003 January 21, 2006

21 “Identify Yourself: Powerful New Rivals”

“Nanore! Arawareta kyōteki tachi!!” (名乗れ!現れた強敵たち!!) February 27, 2003 January 28, 2006

22 “Chūnin Challenge: Rock Lee vs. Sasuke!”

“Kiai hyaku-nijū pāsento Nau de rokku na chōsenjō!” (気合い120% ナウでロックな挑戦状!) March 6, 2003 February 4, 2006

23 “Genin Takedown! All Nine Rookies Face Off!”

“Kechirase raibaru! rūkī nain zenin shūgō” (蹴散らせライバル!新人9人全員集合) March 13, 2003 February 11, 2006

24 “Start Your Engines: The Chūnin Exam Begins!”

“Ikinari shikkaku? Chō-nankan no daiichi shiken” (いきなり失格?超難関の第一試験) March 20, 2003 February 18, 2006

25 “The Tenth Question: All or Nothing!”

“Deta-toko shōbu! funbari dokoro no jū monme” (出たとこ勝負!踏ん張りどころの10問目) March 27, 2003 February 25, 2006

26 “Special Report: Live from the Forest of Death!”

“Zettai hikken! Shi no Mori chokusen rupo! Konoha no gakkyū shinbun da kore!” (絶対必見!死の森直前ルポ!木ノ葉の学級新聞だコレ!) April 2, 2003 March 4, 2006

via List of Naruto episodes – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Play begins with each player being dealt five cards, one at a time, all face down. The remaining deck is placed aside, often protected by placing a chip or other marker on it. Players pick up the cards and hold them in their hands, being careful to keep them concealed from the other players, then a round of betting occurs.

If more than one player remains after the first round, the “draw” phase begins. Each player specifies how many of their cards they wish to replace; up to three cards total; and discards them. The deck is retrieved, and each player is dealt in turn from the deck the same number of cards they discarded so that each player again has five cards.

A second “after the draw” betting round occurs beginning with the player to the dealer’s left or else beginning with the player who opened the first round (the latter is common when antes are used instead of blinds). This is followed by a showdown if more than one player remains, in which the player with the best hand wins the pot.

via Five-card draw – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Ten years later, it comes to light that the infant girl, now named Jenna, is not just any girl: she is the daughter of the late Queen, next in line to inherit the throne. The Queenling, as she is called, is confused about her newfound identity, but she doesn’t have much time to think about it – the Darke magician DomDaniel has returned and wants to reclaim his place as ExtraOrdinary Wizard. The current ExtraOrdinary Wizard, Marcia Overstrand, knows she needs to get the Queenling out of the Heap household and into safety. With the help of Silas, Nicko Heap, the wolfhound Maxie, and an unwilling Young Army officer known only as Boy 412, Marcia and Jenna go on the run from the Darke Magyk and DomDaniel.

Though at first Magyk seems to be mirroring the more famous Harry Potter books, most of the story is very original and readers will soon forget about the other boy wizard. That is, they’ll forget about him until they reach two points in the book where Sage strangely uses two of the same names used in the Potter books. Jenna’s pet rock is named Petroc Trelawney (there is a Professor Trelawney in the Potter books) and a swamp creature is called a Boggart (the boggart in Harry Potter is a nightmarish shapeshifter). As Magyk was published years after the Potter books in which these names appear, it appears that either Sage used them on purpose or that she unwittingly did it because she was unaware of their occurrences in the Potter books. Two simple name changes would have cleared this up and made the book that more enjoyable. **

Aside from this, Magyk is a fast-moving and touching book with plenty of adventure, creatures, charms, spells and bad guys to keep both children and adults interested. Though you don’t get to know the characters as well as you do in the Potter books, there is more action, to keep you turning the pages. Charms and spells are capitalized and written in a different font, making it easier for youngsters to recognize them and also lending a magical quality to the book itself.

Whether they are fans of Harry Potter or not, young readers, young adults and adults should enjoy Magyk and be interested enough to follow the adventures of Septimus Heap and the other characters in Sage’s subsequent books. Let’s just hope that Sage refrains from utilizing any more Harry Potter names and confusing her readers further.

** EDITOR’S NOTE: British author Phil Knight notes that

The Petroc Trelawney in the Septimus Heap books is nothing at all to do with Professor Trelawney. He is a Radio 3 presenter who may well be known to Angie Sage personally, but otherwise will be known over the air. Think: why would Jenna call a pet rock ‘Trelawney’? To a Radio 3 listener like me, it’s perfectly logical… And as to Boggarts, they’ve been around here in the North of England for a long time. Manchester has Boggart Hole Clough, for example. They’re not really like either Sage’s or Rowling’s creatures, but pre-exist either of them.

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via Young readers book reviews — *Magyk: Septimus Heap, Book One* by Angie Sage, illustrated by Mark Zug – Curled Up With A Good Kid’s Book.

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