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The book I got to read was an amazing book for ages 7 and older. It is called, “Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles, a Nixies Song.” You might be wondering what a Nixie is, well they are freshwater creatures that like to live in most ponds and lakes. They have fins as their hands and feet instead of fingers. They are a frog type green and can grow to about 6 feet long. They also have a tadpole like figure. This book is written and illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black. It is about a boy and a girl who enter a fantastical world of creatures that they have never seen before. This book made me feel eager to know what happens next in the rest of the series. There is a series of the Spiderwick books and this is just the 1st out of 3. The reason I chose to read a Spiderwick book is because last year they made a movie based on the books and the movie got me interested in all of the Spiderwick books. The book is very much like the movie which is why I enjoyed it so much. This has to be one of my favorite books I have ever read. I hope everyone enjoys it as much as I did. I would definitely recommend this book to others.
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Last week, we found out about the world’s largest lakes; Lake Superior, Lake Baikal and The Caspian Sea. This week, we explore the ocean down to its very deepest point. The average depth of the ocean is about three miles. But in the western Pacific Ocean near the island of Guam is a spot more than twice as deep. Surveyed in 1951 by a British ship called The Challenger , “The Challenger Deep” (also known as Vitjazdepth) is seven and three quarters miles deep! That’s like driving from Toomer’s Corner in Auburn to Municipal Park, home of the Rocky Brook Rocket, in Opelika. Can you imagine going that far down in the ocean? According to author Earl Blinkhorn, a golf ball dropped over “The Challenger Deep” would take 40 minutes to reach the bottom.
“The Challenger Deep” is located within The MariannasTrench, a 1,554-mile-long and 44-mile-wide ocean depression. “The Challenger Deep” is a mile deeper then Mount Everest is high. Certainly many more people have climbed Mount Everest then are ever likely to see the bottom of “Challenger Deep.” The ocean pressure at the bottom of “The Challenger Deep” is comparable to an average size woman (like your mom) holding up 48 jumbo jets! Your mom is pretty amazing, but I bet she doesn’t want to try that. Ask her and let us know!
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