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Summary: In this book, George the protagonist goes on a trip to meet his friend, Annie after she invited him. He comes and meets Emmet who is a little genius who stays with Annie. Then, Annie tells him an alien message she received from Cosmos, who is a super computer. Then, George and Annie go to Mars to find clues and use Emmet and Cosmos to go there. There, George finds clues before getting sent to another planet.

Conflict: The conflict is character v. technology because Annie, who is George's friend thinks there is something wrong with Homer which is the new rover on Mars. She thinks that Homer is trying to send a message, so she recovered Cosmos to find the message, and then a weird text appeared on the Cosmos, she then thinks it's aliens. For example, "We need to see if the aliens are sending us any more messages."

Predictions, a prediction I have made when I was reading this book was that the main protagonist George was going to space. Evidence from the text that points to the prediction is George on a spaceship in space in his dream. Some confirming evidence is," "Houston"-he said the most famous word in the history of space travel- we are go for orbit." Another is," SPACE SUITS AT THE READY!" The texts are about space also.

P.O.V = 1st person narrative. I know this because the author is Phil Knight and he is the main character inside the story he narrated. I know this because in the cover, it says Phil Knight which shows he is the author. Some text evidence is on page 161, " "Mom, Dad, this is Mr. Knight." "Pleased to meet you," I said, shaking their hands." This text evidence shows that Knight is both the author and in the book.

Protagonist, the protagonist is Phil Knight who is a very ambitious person who is young and wants to leave a mark on the world which makes him takes a risky choice to travel around the world and start a business. He is from Oregon and is a person with dedication and purpose. He is smart and graduated from Stanford which got him some business experience. He also learned a lot since trying to start his risky plan.

The start of the 2nd book I'm reading and the topic is setting. The setting is in Portland, Oregon when he comes back from the army and university. He stays with his family because he is trying to start a business and needs funding. Some text evidence on page 14 is, "Remember my crazy Idea? Japanese running shoe? right? It could be huge, Dad. Huge." This shows he came home to get money for his crazy idea for shoes.

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I have read until page 183, and the genre is science fiction and fantasy. I know it is fantasy because it takes places in a city that seems out of the ordinary and in the future with not natural parasites that heal people.
For science fiction I know it because they also use batons to send out gum electric shots or just regular electric shots that can hurt and stopping the enemy in seconds. Today's topic is Genre.

It is a good book about a boy in a futuristic city where if kids don't have a parent they go to an orphanage to be tested on all kinds of drugs and stuff. Cosmo the main character doesn't want to live in the orphanage and so he barely escapes with a friend, but the friend goes missing and he was taken in by a group. The group is called Supernatrualists who fight against creatures that suck on people's life force.