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**Tintin The Broken Ear** The Broken Ear is a book about Tintin finding out about a statue and who stole it's ear. The book takes place in the jungle and in South America. The author uses drawings to make the book stand out. In this book I like the character called General Alcazar. General Alcazar comes in books later on but only in a little of them. He is funny because he does a lot of pranks on his soldiers. For example; when he loses a game of chess to one of his men, he takes out a gun full of blanks and he shoots rapidly on the ceiling. The main idea of the book is about tribes in the jungle and how you should be careful in the jungle. Some people go on expeditions in real life but they get lost in the woods and they find their way out of there. I would recommend it to people who like adventures and jungles. The theme is tribal and about war. **Tintin The Black Island** In this book, Tintin goes on a forbidden island known as the "Black Island". He goes there because he knows that there are some bad guys on that island who were making counterfeit money. There was a new main character who comes in the later books, he is called Müller. The theme is about money laundering. The special effect used by the author is the humor. My favorite character in this book is Ranko, a giant gorilla. I like him because he looks like a ferocious animal but he is scared of Snowy, Tintin's dog. At the end he turns out to have a heart of gold, and he is taken to the zoo by his newest friend, Tintin himself. The main idea is that people make up stories and legends but they actually aren't real. I think people who believe in myths should read this book because then they wouldn't be scared of any fake myth or legend created by people. **Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy Part 1** Captain Underpants is a book about two kids called George and Harold who hypnotize their principal, Mr. Krupp, into their made up character, Captain Underpants. In this book they're classmate/nerd, Melvin Sneedly, makes a machine that turns two things into one. Then he tries to combine himself with a robot but he sneezes during the process, as a result of him turn into a booger boy. When George, Harold and Captain Underpants destroy him, Melvin comes out of the boogers, the boogers turn into three different booger boys and a chase starts. That's where the book ends. I don't think the author is trying to tell us anything, the book is just for fun. The theme is modern and gross. It happens in the school and in the city. The author uses a lot of humor to make the readers more hooked in. My favorite character is Sulu, a bionic hamster that Melvin created to demonstrate his machine to the class. Sulu is mixed with a robot hamster so he has super strength and other various superpowers. I have read the second part when I was in Grade 3 but I couldn't find part 1, so I finally had time to read the second part, so I am finally sure what was happening in part 2. I would recommend it to anybody who likes books except for the people who like sad books because this book is quite the opposite. **Tintin King Ottokar's Scepter** King Muskar XII had a scepter passed from generation to generation from king Ottokar. But some bad guys, lead by their leader Colonel Boris, try to steal the scepter but Tintin takes it and walks from the border until King Muskar XII's castle. But then, he accidentally drops it and at the end Snowy goes all the way back to where he dropped it and brings it to the castle. The theme is treason. The author is trying to tell us that treason is not good. My favorite character was Professor Alembick because he turns out to be the villain's twin brother and also because he has an interest in seals that we put on letters. Sometimes in real life kings are removed from their post because they lose their scepters. I recommend it to people who like politics and also humor. **Tintin The Shooting Star** The Shooting Star is about a comet that just misses the Earth and it drops a part of it into the ocean. So Tintin, Captain Haddock and some professors race with some competitors to get the piece of comet. The one who gets the comet gets a lot of money. At the end Tintin reaches the comet but it makes the water around it very hot and also it does very peculiar things, like growing explosive mushrooms or turning a tiny spider into a giant one. The theme is discovery and exploration. The author uses suspense and exciting things to hook his audience into the book. The character I like in this book is Professor Phostle because he is very smart and he is the one who names the comet. In real life people find meteorites and discover new kinds of elements. I would recommend it to people who like exploration and are very adventurous, and also people who like to discover things. **Tintin The Secret of the Unicorn** Tintin and Captain Haddock find a model of a ship called UNICORN. Captain Haddock tells Tintin that his ancestor, Sir Francis Haddock was the one who owned the ship. They find out that at a place in the sea, there are a lot of jewels and they set out to find them. The book happens at Captain Haddock's house and Tintin's house. The book continues to another book called Red Rakham's Treasure. The main idea of the book is that people are crazy for jewels because they like money. The theme is haggling and jewellery. The author is using a lot of suspense when he ends the book. That's the reason people buy the next book. People are crazy for money and jewels in real life too. I recommend it to people who like treasure based books. **Tintin Red Rakham's Treasure** This is the continuation of the book called The Secret of the Unicorn. In this book Captain Haddock, Tintin and Professor Calculus, their newest friend, go to the place in the sea but they don't find anything there. But when they go to Marlinspike Hall after buying it, they find a globe and they push a button of the coordinates, the globe opens and they find their treasure. I don't think there is a new main idea because it is the second part of The Secret of the Unicorn, so it has the same main idea as the first part. The book happens at the sea and at Marlinspike Hall. The theme of this book is adventure and travel. In real life, people find treasure sometimes. I would recommend it to people who like treasure mysteries. **Tintin The Seven Crystal Balls** Some professors went to the caves of the Incas but when they returned, they were assaulted by a mysterious group of people who used dark magic to make them turn crazy at a particular time of the day. Apparently, the author is not trying to tell us anything. The special effects are horror and fear to make the book look attractive. The character I hate the most is Rascarcapac, a skeleton of an Inca, because he disappears from his exhibit, and then there is a scary part when Tintin has a nightmare about him and there are a lot of pictures of him doing an evil grin. That made me scared when I was young. I recommend it to people who like scary books and horror stories. **Tintin The Prisoners of the Sun** This book continues the book called the Seven Crystal Balls, and in this part, Tintin, Haddock, and a little boy called Zorrino, go to the temples of the Incas to find who did the assaults and to find Calculus who was kidnapped in the first book. Then they find the Incas who then plan to kill them by using the rays of the sun to burn their pyre. But Tintin gives an amulet to Zorrino so that causes the Incas to not kill him. At the end Tintin chooses the day when the eclipse is going to happen so then he scare the Incas, automatically causing them to let the guys go. Same as the Seven Crystal Balls, I don't think the author is trying to tell us anything. The author uses the eclipse to make the book interesting for the readers. I like Zorrino the best because he is so kind and nice to Tintin and Haddock. There is a book called King Solomon's Mines, and this book was similar to that one because in that book they were going to kill three guys too, but then one of them scares the bad guys by using the eclipse. I recommend it to people who liked the book King Solomon's Mines. **Tintin Land of Black Gold** This book is about Müller and some other bad guys blow up oil pipes so that people would buy their oil and so that they get money. The main idea of this book was that oil is very important for people. The special effects of this book was when Müller and his gang blew up the oil pipe and there is a huge ball of fire. My favorite character is Abdullah because he is the most annoying kid in the history of books and he also cries so much that I feel like hitting him. He is also sometimes helpful while fighting, also that he pulls of pranks that are so funny that I roll on the bed while laughing. I think my connection to my life is that my family think that I am very annoying. I recommend this book to pretty much anybody except for people who don't want to read humorous books. ** Goosebumps The Haunted Mask ** This book is about a girl called Carly Beth who gets the scariest mask for Halloween, but the mask is not what it seems. It turns out to be made out of real skin and it turns into Carly Beth's real face for some time. The author is trying to tell us that you shouldn't do anything to get revenge on the person when you are jealous of them. The author is using fear and horror themes to capture the reader's attention. I like the character who runs the shop from which Carly Beth bought the mask. I like him because he is so serious and cool but most importantly, he is scared of the living masks including the one which Carly Beth bought. In real life people do crazy things when they are jealous of other people. I would recommend it to people who like horror and scary books. **Tintin Destination Moon** This book is about Tintin, Captain Haddock and Calculus who plan to go to the moon at a place called Sprodj. They get help from friends such as Frank Wolff and Baxter. The author is trying to inspire the readers to try out new and hard things in life through the characters' space exploration project. The author uses a plot about making plans for a moon landing to interest the readers. My favorite character was Calculus because in this book he freaks out on Captain Haddock because the Captain says that he was "acting the goat". That made him crack really bad. Some people do unexpected and new things everyday in life like going to the top of Mount Everest. I recommend it to people who liked the idea of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin going to the moon, and those who like to try out new things. ** Tintin Explorers on the Moon ** Tintin, Haddock and Calculus go to the moon in this book. This continued the last book called Destination Moon when they planned about this trip. The author author is telling us the same thing he told us in the last book which was inspiring the readers to try new thing all the time. I liked the author using 'real' suspense in this book. The suspense is nearly heart stopping and there are a lot of 'awe' moments when he scares us. I liked Jorgen because he was in the book King Ottokar's Scepter with a fake name, Colonel Boris. There was a mission called Apollo 11 many years ago and it was a very similar moon landing as in the book. I recommend it to people who liked the real moon landing and people who read and liked the book before this one.
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