Since these are the last chapters, this is gonna get really colorful...
Chapter 21:
This chapter was thankfully REALY SHORT. All that happens is Kamil giving the 10 horses (Including Hosana) to the Christians (Including William) Kamil explains what King Richard wants to do and they agree to fight!
Chapter 22:
This chapter I found to be the. most. epic. chapter.
So the army is lined up. There was a very good descriptive quote in the chapter which I just had to add..."Here, the trumpet that announced the beginning of the games at home would signal the end of men's lives. Who could know what the outsome of the day's slaughter would be? The only certainty was that where men now lived and breathed, corpses would lie." (234) I love this quote because it built up the suspence that we are about to see in the fight. So basically, people die. Both armies are losing people and many try killing both King Richard and Saladin.
King Richard's horse dies so William immediatly hops off Hosana and hands him to King Richard. The King rides off but in an attempt to kill the him, Hosana gets shot with an arrow instead and falls to the ground!
Chapter 23
The whole army just stops, in shock of Hosana falling. Kamil, William, Gavin, and King Richard crowd around the body. Kamil, William, and Gavin begin to pray and Hosana slowly crawls up just enough so they can lift him and get him out of there. Later Hal comes to Saladin and asks him if he could use anything that will help the would. Finally King Richard gives up and gives Hal an ointment that helps Hosana's wound.
Chapter 24:
After the war, Hosana eventually got better and since no one was stopping them, Gavin, William, and Hal, took a journey to and from Jerusalem. After that they leave the land in an endless, boring journey that took up about 10 pages. But they make it back to Hartslove!
Chapter 25: THE LAST ONE
Ellie is alarm when she see's that soliders are entering Hartslove, so she has the guards shut the gates (Because remember, she's not expecting them to come back since de Scabious said they were dead?)
A little while later the Ellie gives in and tells the guards to lower the bridge.
She see's that William and Gavin are back.
From here on, nothing really happens and the book ends.
So, my last question for all of you is....
What do you think of the book and my summarizing for that matter?
I hope ya'll enjoyed the summaries and you may be convinced to read the book yourself, who knows?
Byee Guys!
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Chapters 17-20
I'm gonna make this blog really quick because I've noticed that I've been writing quite long blogs soo.. here goes for a shorter blog.
Chapter 17:
In this Chapter, nothing really happens besides a few uneventful things and unfortunatlely this chapter was long. The major things that happened was Gavin getting his arm amputated because of Kamil slicing it in a previous chapter, William and Gavin having a little heart to heart, and a meeting between the knights on where to go next.
Chapter 18:
We start this chapter off with King Richard in the meeting with his knights. King Richard gives the knights 2 options that the knights will vote on. One being to keep going on to Jeurusalum, and the next option being to be transported to the Nile Delta, which is in Egypt.
The knights get very confused by these options but as they begin to think about it, a huge Saracen Caravan is seen a little while away from where the knights are gathered. The Christian knights raid the Caravan and steal various goods leaving the Saracens with nothing.
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A few days after, the Sacarens attack the Christians killing many of their men and leaving many others weak. And that basically ends the chapter.
Chapter 19:
In this chapter we are taken to see what's goin' on in Hartslove, although nothing really happens. Basically all that does is Constable de Scabious lies to Ellie, telling her that Gavin and William are dead and that he and her will be married on the coming Valentines day.
Chapter 20:
The Sacarens are basically mocking the Christians with their flags of victory, claiming that they have won...but think again. The Christians begin to tear down the flags and Saladin decides to stop the "Cat and Mouse" fight. He decides to fight the Christians, with 10 people on horses and the rest on foot and visa versa for the Christians. And he appoints Kamil to take the 10 horses including Hosana, to the Christians (and William!)
The chapter ends with Kamil not wanting to give up Hosana, but having to.
So that is Chapters 17-20. The question I have for you is....
How do you think Hosana and William will react to reuniting when Kamil brings Hosana back?
Chapter 17:
In this Chapter, nothing really happens besides a few uneventful things and unfortunatlely this chapter was long. The major things that happened was Gavin getting his arm amputated because of Kamil slicing it in a previous chapter, William and Gavin having a little heart to heart, and a meeting between the knights on where to go next.
Chapter 18:
We start this chapter off with King Richard in the meeting with his knights. King Richard gives the knights 2 options that the knights will vote on. One being to keep going on to Jeurusalum, and the next option being to be transported to the Nile Delta, which is in Egypt.
The knights get very confused by these options but as they begin to think about it, a huge Saracen Caravan is seen a little while away from where the knights are gathered. The Christian knights raid the Caravan and steal various goods leaving the Saracens with nothing.
~~~
A few days after, the Sacarens attack the Christians killing many of their men and leaving many others weak. And that basically ends the chapter.
Chapter 19:
In this chapter we are taken to see what's goin' on in Hartslove, although nothing really happens. Basically all that does is Constable de Scabious lies to Ellie, telling her that Gavin and William are dead and that he and her will be married on the coming Valentines day.
Chapter 20:
The Sacarens are basically mocking the Christians with their flags of victory, claiming that they have won...but think again. The Christians begin to tear down the flags and Saladin decides to stop the "Cat and Mouse" fight. He decides to fight the Christians, with 10 people on horses and the rest on foot and visa versa for the Christians. And he appoints Kamil to take the 10 horses including Hosana, to the Christians (and William!)
The chapter ends with Kamil not wanting to give up Hosana, but having to.
So that is Chapters 17-20. The question I have for you is....
How do you think Hosana and William will react to reuniting when Kamil brings Hosana back?
Thursday, May 19, 2011
14-16 Oohh Kamil....
Omigoshhh 2 posts in 1 day? I feel smart (:
Chapter 14:
In this chapter William, Gavin, and a few other people are riding around searching for food when they get attacked by Kamil and other Sacrens. They surround them and kill a few of there men. Kamil goes to attack William but cuts through Gavin's arm instead. Kamil also kills Gavin's horse. He then takes Hosana and rides off. And thats basically all that happens in that chapter but I can tell you this. I don't like Kamil...at all.
Chapter 15:
So after that horse fiasco, we meet up with Kamil.
Kamil has a very bad grudge against the Christians and believes that all of them should be killed.
Kamil becomes friends with a mysterious man named Abdul Raq because Kamil feels that Abdul is the only person agreeing with him. Abdul tells Kamil of a man that would agree with Kamil and think of him as very wise. Kamil wishes to meet this man so Abdul makes arrangements and a few days later Kamil goes to meet with this man.
Kamil meets up with the man, the man tells Kamil to kill Saladin, and the chapter ends.
Chapter 16:
Basically all that happens in this chapter is that Kamil is instructed to take Saladin into the forest with Hosana, let Saladin ride Hosana around and then Saladin would get shot.
But this did not go as planned. When Kamil let Saladin ride Hosana, guns are shot, but not at Saladin but at Abdul.
Kamil learns that Saladin had someone follow Kamil to Abdul's friend and that they knew of the plan. And that ends chapter 16.
My question for you is....
Why do you think Saladin did not trust Kamil and had someone follow him?
Chapter 14:
In this chapter William, Gavin, and a few other people are riding around searching for food when they get attacked by Kamil and other Sacrens. They surround them and kill a few of there men. Kamil goes to attack William but cuts through Gavin's arm instead. Kamil also kills Gavin's horse. He then takes Hosana and rides off. And thats basically all that happens in that chapter but I can tell you this. I don't like Kamil...at all.
Chapter 15:
So after that horse fiasco, we meet up with Kamil.
Kamil has a very bad grudge against the Christians and believes that all of them should be killed.
Kamil becomes friends with a mysterious man named Abdul Raq because Kamil feels that Abdul is the only person agreeing with him. Abdul tells Kamil of a man that would agree with Kamil and think of him as very wise. Kamil wishes to meet this man so Abdul makes arrangements and a few days later Kamil goes to meet with this man.
Kamil meets up with the man, the man tells Kamil to kill Saladin, and the chapter ends.
Chapter 16:
Basically all that happens in this chapter is that Kamil is instructed to take Saladin into the forest with Hosana, let Saladin ride Hosana around and then Saladin would get shot.
But this did not go as planned. When Kamil let Saladin ride Hosana, guns are shot, but not at Saladin but at Abdul.
Kamil learns that Saladin had someone follow Kamil to Abdul's friend and that they knew of the plan. And that ends chapter 16.
My question for you is....
Why do you think Saladin did not trust Kamil and had someone follow him?
Chapter 10-13 you guys!!!
For todays blog I will be going over Chapters 10-13...
Chapter 10:
So basically in this chapter William, Gavin, Sir Thomas, and a bunch of other knights are on the crusade and have a good jolly old time...(just kidding about the good and jolly part...and the old part)
While on their journey to the holy land, William is assinged the job of supervising the horses while on the ship.
A little while later into the chapter Gavin tells William that he will be traveling the rest of the journey with his friends. William does not like this idea but cannot stop Gavin from doing it. Days later a huge storm hits sending ships scattered around the ocean leaving Gavin's ship stranded.
Weeks past and eventually when they dock at an island they find Gavin and the rest of his friends playing dice.
Skipping ahead a wee bit, William gets really sick. Sir Thomas gets worries and prays "If anybosy should die pointlessly of illness rather than gloriously in battle, let it be me" (114) ending the chapter oh so depressingly. But wait...theres more!
Chapter 11:
SPOLIER ALERT
Okay so really quick, William gets more sick, Gavin brings Hosana in to his room, the next morning William wakes up all better and Sir Thomas is found DEAD. They bury his body then travel to fight!
William is chosen to lead the army, because of Hosana, but when everyone starts to charge, Hosana just stays there.
We also see Kamil again and his is fighting against the Christians. He also seems to be taking a liking to the red horse we all know as Hosana. Kamil gets very close to Hosana but the Sacren forces scatter and run off. Later on we see Kamil getting lectured by Saladin because of his "bloodlust" causing people to to suffer, and that ends the Chapter.
Chapter 12:
There's really nothing that happens in this Chapter besides William recieving a letter from Ellie that says that everything is fine. So thats all that happens there haha.
Chapter 13:
And at this we are taken back to Hartslove to where we see that where Ellie is...it isn't fine. Constable de Scabious seems to be getting a little "crush" on Ellie which is very creepy seeing that he's like wicked old. He and Margery (a servant) spy on Ellie and Brother Ranulf (as he is teaching Ellie how to read and write) while during there lessons. While during lessons, Ellie and Brother Ranulf, get into more intense conversations about other things besides learning.
At the end of the chapter Brother Ranulf is accused of trying to get with Ellie even though she is supposed to get married to Gavin.
So these are the chapters, I'll probaly do another post maybe tomorrow, or even late tonight who knows..
The question this post is about Chapter 11.
Why do you think that Hosana stopped riding so William could not fight?
Comment your answers below (:
Buh Byee
Chapter 10:
So basically in this chapter William, Gavin, Sir Thomas, and a bunch of other knights are on the crusade and have a good jolly old time...(just kidding about the good and jolly part...and the old part)
While on their journey to the holy land, William is assinged the job of supervising the horses while on the ship.
A little while later into the chapter Gavin tells William that he will be traveling the rest of the journey with his friends. William does not like this idea but cannot stop Gavin from doing it. Days later a huge storm hits sending ships scattered around the ocean leaving Gavin's ship stranded.
Weeks past and eventually when they dock at an island they find Gavin and the rest of his friends playing dice.
Skipping ahead a wee bit, William gets really sick. Sir Thomas gets worries and prays "If anybosy should die pointlessly of illness rather than gloriously in battle, let it be me" (114) ending the chapter oh so depressingly. But wait...theres more!
Chapter 11:
SPOLIER ALERT
Okay so really quick, William gets more sick, Gavin brings Hosana in to his room, the next morning William wakes up all better and Sir Thomas is found DEAD. They bury his body then travel to fight!
William is chosen to lead the army, because of Hosana, but when everyone starts to charge, Hosana just stays there.
We also see Kamil again and his is fighting against the Christians. He also seems to be taking a liking to the red horse we all know as Hosana. Kamil gets very close to Hosana but the Sacren forces scatter and run off. Later on we see Kamil getting lectured by Saladin because of his "bloodlust" causing people to to suffer, and that ends the Chapter.
Chapter 12:
There's really nothing that happens in this Chapter besides William recieving a letter from Ellie that says that everything is fine. So thats all that happens there haha.
Chapter 13:
And at this we are taken back to Hartslove to where we see that where Ellie is...it isn't fine. Constable de Scabious seems to be getting a little "crush" on Ellie which is very creepy seeing that he's like wicked old. He and Margery (a servant) spy on Ellie and Brother Ranulf (as he is teaching Ellie how to read and write) while during there lessons. While during lessons, Ellie and Brother Ranulf, get into more intense conversations about other things besides learning.
At the end of the chapter Brother Ranulf is accused of trying to get with Ellie even though she is supposed to get married to Gavin.
So these are the chapters, I'll probaly do another post maybe tomorrow, or even late tonight who knows..
The question this post is about Chapter 11.
Why do you think that Hosana stopped riding so William could not fight?
Comment your answers below (:
Buh Byee
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
this is a title......if you didn't notice....
Okeey so Chapters 6-9 here I gooo...
Chapter 6...THE SAD ONE :'(
In this Chapter, we go ahead 2 years with William and Hosana being as close as ever. Gavin comes back from helping the queen and decides to take a little "hunting trip" with his horse. After brutally working 6 tied horses Gavin is told that no horse is left besides Hosana (whom was supposed to be resting according to William who was giving her a days rest). Ignoring the protests from people, Gavin takes Hosana and rides her...to the ground. See how fox huntin' is dangerous?
Chapter 7:
Because Hosana is so weak, Sir Thomas has William give her to the monks, because they handle the horses more gently. While Hosana is with the Monks, one of the monks finds that very connection that William had with Hosana. That monk becomes attached to Hosana with trying to keep her healthy. Hosana's health improves and the monks decide to take Hosana back to William.
Chapter 8:
This chapter I found to be a little confusing because it went back in time a little. The chapter told a whole different story of a boy named Kamil, who went on the crusade. His parents died earlier so he seeked revenge against the man whom killed his father. I guess this little story was to forshadow that Will and Gavin would be going on the crusade, maybe having go through revenge or something.
Chapter 9:
They go more forward in time and at this point William is 17 and will be going on the crusade with Gavin. Gavin is much older and is a strong knight. He and Ellie must get married because of he being the eldest. So Gavin and Ellie have a quick arranged wedding, even though they claim they don't have feelings for each other. After the wedding though William finds himself to be a wee-bit ermm JeAlOuS.. haha.
So a few days later, Sir Thomas declares that they will go on the crusade the next day. William and Ellie decide to meet in the stables that night to say there goodbyes. William tells Ellie to "'Take care of Sacramenta"' (Grant 96) and they hug (aww <3).
The next day, everyone leaves to go on the crusade.
So that's what happens in those chapters
Your question to answer is.....
Do you think that William's feelings for Ellie will effect him and Gavin while fighting, because Gavin and her are married?
Share your thoughts (:
byee
Chapter 6...THE SAD ONE :'(
In this Chapter, we go ahead 2 years with William and Hosana being as close as ever. Gavin comes back from helping the queen and decides to take a little "hunting trip" with his horse. After brutally working 6 tied horses Gavin is told that no horse is left besides Hosana (whom was supposed to be resting according to William who was giving her a days rest). Ignoring the protests from people, Gavin takes Hosana and rides her...to the ground. See how fox huntin' is dangerous?
Chapter 7:
Because Hosana is so weak, Sir Thomas has William give her to the monks, because they handle the horses more gently. While Hosana is with the Monks, one of the monks finds that very connection that William had with Hosana. That monk becomes attached to Hosana with trying to keep her healthy. Hosana's health improves and the monks decide to take Hosana back to William.
Chapter 8:
This chapter I found to be a little confusing because it went back in time a little. The chapter told a whole different story of a boy named Kamil, who went on the crusade. His parents died earlier so he seeked revenge against the man whom killed his father. I guess this little story was to forshadow that Will and Gavin would be going on the crusade, maybe having go through revenge or something.
Chapter 9:
They go more forward in time and at this point William is 17 and will be going on the crusade with Gavin. Gavin is much older and is a strong knight. He and Ellie must get married because of he being the eldest. So Gavin and Ellie have a quick arranged wedding, even though they claim they don't have feelings for each other. After the wedding though William finds himself to be a wee-bit ermm JeAlOuS.. haha.
So a few days later, Sir Thomas declares that they will go on the crusade the next day. William and Ellie decide to meet in the stables that night to say there goodbyes. William tells Ellie to "'Take care of Sacramenta"' (Grant 96) and they hug (aww <3).
The next day, everyone leaves to go on the crusade.
So that's what happens in those chapters
Your question to answer is.....
Do you think that William's feelings for Ellie will effect him and Gavin while fighting, because Gavin and her are married?
Share your thoughts (:
byee
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Chapters 2-5: Ooh Ponies!!
Warning: If you do not like horses, this blog IS NOT for you.
So I just read chapters 2-5 and I gotta say by the end there I was convinced that I entered the "Saddle Club"
Chapter 2 (the least pony infested chapter) just has William and Ellie coming into the dining room to have dinner with the rest of William's family. Gavin explains why he threw William into the horse trough, saying that he needed "cooling off". Yet another example of the sibling rivalry. Sir Thomas also gives William permision to look for a better horse.
Chapter 3 and 4
William goes looking for the right horse, a horse that he can beat Gavin with. William goes with Hal, a groomer, and Sir Walter, a knight that Sir Thomas uses to look after Gavin and William. William looks for a horse and finds two. A bay horse and Hosana a red horse. WhenWilliam was riding Hosana, he had a true connection with it. Even though everyone thinks that William should have gotten the bay horse because Hosana was much more difficult to ride (it threw him off at least 6 times), he gets Hosana because of that connection.
Chapter 5
Gavin and William basically have a little "brawl" on horses. William wins when Hosana nearly runs over Gavin's horse.
By the end of this chapter Gavin and William have a little heart-to-heart, with Gavin telling William to take care of things (including Ellie.. awww ;) ) when Gavin leaves to fight.
And that's basically the end. No one really has faith in Hosana besides William.
Do you think that without the connection that William felt with Hosana that this would effect the plot?
K so I'm sorry this blog is kind-of confusing...its like 11pm.
Byeee
So I just read chapters 2-5 and I gotta say by the end there I was convinced that I entered the "Saddle Club"
Chapter 2 (the least pony infested chapter) just has William and Ellie coming into the dining room to have dinner with the rest of William's family. Gavin explains why he threw William into the horse trough, saying that he needed "cooling off". Yet another example of the sibling rivalry. Sir Thomas also gives William permision to look for a better horse.
Chapter 3 and 4
William goes looking for the right horse, a horse that he can beat Gavin with. William goes with Hal, a groomer, and Sir Walter, a knight that Sir Thomas uses to look after Gavin and William. William looks for a horse and finds two. A bay horse and Hosana a red horse. WhenWilliam was riding Hosana, he had a true connection with it. Even though everyone thinks that William should have gotten the bay horse because Hosana was much more difficult to ride (it threw him off at least 6 times), he gets Hosana because of that connection.
Chapter 5
Gavin and William basically have a little "brawl" on horses. William wins when Hosana nearly runs over Gavin's horse.
By the end of this chapter Gavin and William have a little heart-to-heart, with Gavin telling William to take care of things (including Ellie.. awww ;) ) when Gavin leaves to fight.
And that's basically the end. No one really has faith in Hosana besides William.
Do you think that without the connection that William felt with Hosana that this would effect the plot?
K so I'm sorry this blog is kind-of confusing...its like 11pm.
Byeee
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
The Beginning: Chapter 1
This is the first blog of hopefully many that I will be making over time describing the book Blood Red Horse by K.M. Grant. I will be going a few chapters at a time so if you wanna follow along at home, be my guest.
Chapter 1:
In this chapter we are introduced to the 3 main characters:
William,
Ellie,
and Gavin.
William and Gavin are two brothers, Gavin being the eldest.
Ellie's mother died during childbirth, so now she lives with William, Gavin, and the rest of Sir Thomas's family.
The chapter starts off with William telling Ellie about how Gavin made fun of him and threw him into the horse trough (teh horse's bathtub). There is a lot of sibling rivalry that we can see between Gavin and William, even though its's just the beginning of the book, so it most-likely has a large impact on the rest of the plot. We also find out about how much William is a horse lover and wants a strong horse of his own to beat Gavin's even though he already has Sacramenta, the horse that he owns himself. Basically that is all that we learn in Chapter 1. So with the sibling rivalry we see already between Gavin and William, how do you think that this will play out in the rest of the book? Do you think that the rivalry will have a big effect on something important? Please comment below on what you think will happen with the rivalry.
Bye Guys!
Chapter 1:
In this chapter we are introduced to the 3 main characters:
William,
Ellie,
and Gavin.
William and Gavin are two brothers, Gavin being the eldest.
Ellie's mother died during childbirth, so now she lives with William, Gavin, and the rest of Sir Thomas's family.
The chapter starts off with William telling Ellie about how Gavin made fun of him and threw him into the horse trough (teh horse's bathtub). There is a lot of sibling rivalry that we can see between Gavin and William, even though its's just the beginning of the book, so it most-likely has a large impact on the rest of the plot. We also find out about how much William is a horse lover and wants a strong horse of his own to beat Gavin's even though he already has Sacramenta, the horse that he owns himself. Basically that is all that we learn in Chapter 1. So with the sibling rivalry we see already between Gavin and William, how do you think that this will play out in the rest of the book? Do you think that the rivalry will have a big effect on something important? Please comment below on what you think will happen with the rivalry.
Bye Guys!
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