Comparing Book club Novels

Name of Novel Describe the setting of the text

The Melting Pot

Past 1930-1940 Sydney Edwards Fathers Chinese store

The Battle For Rondo

Rondo Forest Music Box

Give a brief description of the main characters in the story

Edward- protective of himself and his family when being made fun of, his tempers are high when being made fun of his ways and cultures at school, he always wants to be like his father and copy his traditions

Mimi- smart ideas to trick the enemy, brave enough to consult the biggest enemy of their rights and wrongs Leo- Smart when coming to noticing his surroundings for danger and when figuring out answers and weaknesses in stuck situations

Brief summary of the plot

Edward is being bullied Chinese saying he is not be Chinese English discriminating he thinking he is Chinese He does not want to go to China Sister Elizabeth discriminates, makes fun of and tries to get Edward in trouble-believes in her fathers words White Australian policy

The Blue Queen is trying to make a potion to take over Rondo Blue Queen is suspically doing things in Rondo and has taken suspicious suspects. The friends do not know what she is planning

What did both books have in common?

I didnt think that the ends were very pounding because at the end Edward does go to China when he doesnt want to and The BQ turns into a mosque which is unknown Both novels had a secretive enemy and for that both main characters that was up to something and from that, both main characters tried to spy or follow them Real Diary Characters perspective/story Many small-medium plots Fantasy Writers story/ perspective One big main plot

What was different in both books?

Which novel did you enjoy the most? Why?

I enjoyed The Battle For Rondo the most because it ad unreal characters like dragons, talking pigs and even a water person/mermaid creature. I like how each character has an attitude like Bertha always had this girly but brave like attitude and although Leo was not always brave he was smart at figuring out solutions in the toughest situation. My favourite part was the end because it had all adventure of nearly the end of Rondo and Leo did a lot of detective work that made me learn something interesting about the book and made me feel solutions and clues to the book.