The book I read for January was Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling. The book starts off with the Quidditch World cup, and when it was over the Death Eaters (Voldemort’s followers) caused a lot of trouble. He returned to Hogwarts and learned that the Triwizard Tournament would continue after many years. Due to deaths, the rule was that you had to be 17 years or older to participate and that anyone younger would not be able to put their name in. Traditionally the Goblet of fire would shoot out three names, one from each school, and Harry could not put his name in because he was not old enough. Anyone who was called was magically bound to participate. The time eventually came when the people were going to be chosen to compete in the tournament. Three were chosen, one from each school, when one more piece of paper shot out of the goblet, with Harry Potter’s name on it. I liked the book because it was very suspenseful and exciting with lots of adventure. My favorite character from the book was hagrid because he was very nice and helped Harry out with a lot of things. He is very sweet and is a good, understanding character. A quote I can use for Hagrid being nice is, “Yer don’ have ter ashamed of what yeh are.”

“If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals,” is my favorite quote because it is a good life lesson and helps you decide for someone is a good person or not.