"The Frog Princess" by: E.D. Baker RJ#15 Jorge and Emeralda

12/7/11

Dear Mrs.Zrihen,


         The book that I am reading is called "The Frog Princess," by: E.D. Baker.  The quote that touched me the most was, "I am a prince, and to prove it to you...kiss me," on page 127, because it shows readers that the truth comes from the inside and the only way to over-seek the truth, is by doing something you don't, or won't like.  Before reading a book, I look at the genre, and then I look at the synopsis to get a sneak preview so I can tell if I would like it or not.  While reading a book, write words that I don't understand in the book, and I put sticky noes in the main places of the book so that I can use them later.  Last but not least, After reading a book, I look up all the words that I didn't understand, and then I do my reader's journal for Mrs.Zrihen.  The genre of this book is Fantasy, because the characters in the book aren't real, and the stuff they do can't really happen in real life.  The main characters in the book are Princess Emeralda, Prince Jorge, and all the frogs that join together to help the prince and princess to turn back to human.  The protagonists are all the characters.  There really aren't any antagonists that I can name.  The foil are the frogs that join together to help the prince and the princess become human again.  The setting of this book takes place in a forest where the princess was sitting and imagining herself with the prince in this exact swamp that she was standing next to.  The exposition of this book is that the prince and the princess turned into frogs and had to try to turn back human before midnight, or they will be stuck like that forever.  At first the princess thought her life was going to end because of the whole frog mis-happen but when she realized that  she will be okay as long as her prince was with her, she didn't care.  The climax of this book is that they need to over-face their fears of staying like a frog.  The falling action, is when the Princess falls in love with Prince Jorge and they want to get married but she doesn't know if he loves her back.  The resolution of this book, is that Prince Jorge also love Emeralda and he proposed to her the night they were supposed to change back into humans.  The main problem was that Emeralda and Jorge couldn't turn back until he kissed a princess and he did on the very same day as his wedding.  The author's tone in this book is soft but weak at the same time, its like she couldn't really make up her mind.  The mood she was in was heart-broken and happy.  The theme of this book was to teach people to always remember how life is so precious and it means a lot to people when someone leaves or changes, in this case.  The author's point of view is that she wanted to give people a learning experience and instead of putting all negativity, just put positive things in your mind.  The pattern of organization is strong and weak argument, because Emeralda and Jorge had to turn into frogs, but they turned back to humans on their wedding day.  The author's purpose for writing this book was to inform people that people can be whatever and whoever they want, but as long as they are in love, nothing will change between them.  Three response starters are, I like the way the author wrote and explained herself in this book.  I noticed how the author really put focus into thinking of how to write it.  I wish that their was a little less confusion with their emotions.  I rate this book a 9 out of 10 because I liked how the author was detailed about everything and thought everything out before writing it.  That is what I liked the most about this book of this book.

Sincerely,

Danielle Ben-David