Sullie Saves the Seas

Happy Earth Day, everybody!  This Friday, the author of Sullie Saves the Seas is speaking to our school!  We're so excited to meet Mrs. McLaren!  I read Sullie Saves the Seas, and I think you'll really like it, too.  In each chapter, Sullie and his friends return all the garbage left on the beach to the rude people who left it there.  It's really funny, but I learned a lot about the trash that hurts our ocean and all the animals.  You can buy it here from Amazon.  I think it would make a great summer book for most kids.  My mom liked it, too.   --Top

The Adventures of a Minecraftian

Today I am posting a story that I am in the process of writing.  If you guys have any book reviews, stories, or anything that you have written, send it in!!
Top Lee, Editor
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The Adventures of a Minecraftian

     I am the first inhabitant of this world. I am stuck inside this blocky world, and the only thing I live for is to vanquish the evil that inhabits this world. This may never happen, or it might happen when I am long dead and gone. If it is the case, and you find this journal, please follow my trail so I may finally have a brother/sister, or that you can find the rest of my my legacy by my eternal resting place. This is the start of my legacy, one that I will finish before I finally go into the void.

     I woke up one morning, dreading the thought of going to my school like I do every day of my repetitive life. I thought I heard a noise near me, so I turned over and pretended to be sleeping. Suddenly, I felt a breeze on my face.

    “Mom, please shut the window” I grumbled drowsily. No response. I said it again this time cracking my eyelids just a bit. I suddenly noticed bright sunlight in my face and warmth all over me. I opened my eyes wide, and when I noticed I was not in my bed, I sat up really fast. Not a good idea because there was a large rock overhang right above me. 

      “Owwww” I shouted into the air. Then I thought, When has there ever been rock in my bedroom? I stood up, slowly this time, and started blinking in the bright sunlight of early morning. Where am I? I whispered to myself. All around me there was beautiful water, large overgrown trees, and a few random animals, like pigs, cows, and even some sheep. The weirdest thing of all was that every single, beautiful thing in this world was a block! 

      I walked around for a little while, just taking in my surroundings, before I realized it was getting dark...fast. I went over to a tree and thought to myself, I need to make a shelter before nightfall. After looking at the tree for a while, I got mad at it and punched it! Suddenly, it made a popping sound and a miniature version of the tree block popped into the sack that suddenly appeared on my back! I looked in my new sack, and I saw the little tree block. I took it out and tried my new punching power on this little tree, and it popped into four little wooden “plank” blocks. I tried hitting them again, but nothing happened. I tried a little pattern and two of them turned into four sticks! I called this my crafting power. 

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