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The door swung open with ease, as if someone had oiled it recently. Not a nice thought. Paul looked around. There were lots of dusty vases, and even a stuffed panther’s head on the wall. He walked through the threshold, into a long corridor with lots of doors. Okay thought Paul The staff should be easy to spot. I mean, there aren’t that many time-controlling staffs around. But the search proved harder than he thought. Door after door he opened, and each one filled with nothing interesting, just dry, old books and relics. After two hours, he was confident he had searched the house from top to bottom, without a trace of the staff. He was about to leave in a very bad temper, when something caught his eye. There was a very small crack in the floor, half hidden by the carpet. He bent down and lifted it up, to inspect the crack. But he realised it was more than just a fissure in the wood. It was a trapdoor.

He had climbed into the narrow space and found himself in an almost completely bare room. At first he thought it was empty, so his heart ached with disappointment. But then he noticed something leaning against the wall behind him. It was a staff.

Can’t think of what to read? Need some inspiration? Below are some books you might be interested in!
Fantasy and Realistic Fiction:
Harry Potter, By: J.K. Rowling
Pendragon, By: D.J. MacHale
Maximum Ride, By: James Patterson
Hunger Games
Last Apprentice
Warriors: Series 1-4
Hobbit, and the rest of the series, By:T.R.R. Tolken
The Giver
Mystery:
Calder Game, By: Blue Balliett
As you can see, I mainly read Fantasy and Realistic Fiction, so feel free to add your own favorites in the comments below!!!

“So we forgot to explain to you.” Toast said.
“Yeah.”
“Well why didn’t Twist explain?”
“I don’t know! Ask Twist!”
“Ok. I will.”
Then he swiftly brushed through the leafy stems of a small plant.
“Twist!” I heard him say. “Go explain to the kit!”
I was enraged. He called me a kit! I may still be young, but I was more that 5 and a half moons old!!!
“Sorry about him.”
I spun around. Being jolted from your thoughts is never very pleasant.
“Twist!”
“Hey. Toast told me to come explain.”
“Oh ok.”
“It’s kind of a long story”
“Oh, well we’ve got time, right?”
“Yeah.”
“Well then go on.”
“Well, it all started about 300 years ago. There was an evil ruler by the name of DrakShardow. He owned the evil empire Darrken. He was ruthless and full of hate. So one day, one of his miners found a beautiful stone and used it to defeat DrakShardow and seize control of Darrken. He renamed it Shirann. Shirann prospered for another 200 years befo—” “Wait,” I interrupted. “How did he defeat DrakShardow with a stone?”
“It… it was a…magical stone…” Twist said.
“Oh… well, um… what’s it called?”
“The Stone of Jairagen”
“Why?”
“Well because about 200 years after Shirann was
renamed, Rististuf, ruler of the Trellist, conquered Shirann and renamed it Jairagen. When he discovered the Stone of Defeation, he called it the newfound stone of Jairagen. After discovering its mystical but dangerous powers, which had killed his own mate, Nataliliana, he threw it into the mystical waters of the Drifting River, where it was never to be seen again. Toast was told by the Speaker herself that one of DrakShardows kits, one of the ones he had with his first mate, Straftiller,
had started a family, Lighkellerr, their kit, had chosen her mate
Loscorlld and had given birth to her litter of three. It was said that Lighkellerr asked Loscorlld to murder two of her kits, so she would have a small family. Less betrayals from her kits that way. Her kit, LostShadow, had her mate, Crularre, murder the rest of her kits, the same way her mother did. This continued on, generation after generation, until we have the current cat, Midnight, trying to find the Stone of Jairagen, to create a new empire by conquering our current world, Shrifire.”
“Wow,” I said. “So we have to find the Stone of, um, Shrifire
before Midnight does?”
“Yeah.”
“Ok!”
“Yeah, its going to take us about 3 more days until we reach our first obstacle.”
“Wait. Two more questions.”
“What?”
“What are Chosens?”
“Oh. We’re Chosens. We are the ones who were chosen to defeat Midnight to save Shrifire.”
“Ok. Well then, what’s a Speaker?”
“The Speaker. Not a Speaker.”
“Oh. Sorry.”
“Anyway, the Speaker is a she-cat who can communicate with special cats by talking to them in her mind.”
“Oh, well Mommy always told me that was my conscience.”
“What?” Twist stuttered. “You— You’ve heard the Speaker?!?”
“Yeah.” I said.
“Oh!!!” Twist shrieked and raced off after Toast.

Have you ever seen someone get totally embarrassed and you think, ‘oh, poor them’. Yeah well today that was me, Jess McKnight the most unlucky girl in the world. I know what your thinking, she’s exaggerating, how bad could it be. No. It was horrible. And if you don’t believe me you can stop reading, because you’re about to be proved wrong. So, I wake up like any normal day and go to school. As soon as I get there things are strange. There’s a news station outside the school talking about school expectations. I walked inside the lobby an everyone is rushing about, sweeping, and putting up flowers. When I got to class it was eerily quiet, I suspected the teachers threatened to punish the students if they were loud and the camera’s came in. And unfortunately, they did come in, just as I about to make the biggest mistake of my life. When our teacher, Mrs.Sandy was preparing our room she accidentally dropped the flower vase. And I, begin who I am, got up to help her but the water was clear and I couldn’t see it. And sadly I tripped, which sucked because the cameras where right on me. And you would think they’d be nice and not show it on Channel 5 News. You wold be wrong. They decided to do a whole segment on how school’s weren’t safe anymore. And I was blamed because I helped the teacher, unbelievable. I sat in the puddle of water for what seemed like eternity, but only about 3 seconds. I could feel my face red hot from embarrassment and hatred for all the people  who had laughed. I got up and brushed myself off, no help from my teacher. About 5 seconds later I looked back to the place I’d fallen and the water was gone, but no one had gone back there to clean it up. It was like it had just evaporated into thin air, and the flowers were just dust. Yes, all dust.

The Sisters Grimm: #3 Once Upon a Crime             By: Michael Buckley

The sisters Grimm, Sabrina and Daphene, are the youngest descendants of the Brothers Grimm. They are Fairy Tale detectives. Living in Fairy Port landing where everyone is bedtime stories come to life. Puck, a fairy that lived with the sisters and their Granny Relda, has become sick when a Jabberwocky tore off his wings. The girls and their family are taking him to his family in New York. Then Sabrina and Daphene are caught in the middle of a crime seen! This Is an awesome book!!! You have to read it! If you already read it share your thought!

I also recommend:

The Sisters Grimm:#1

The Sisters Grimm:#2 The Problem Child

All by Michael Buckley