Connection: Candymakers

         The whole candy factory experience in the book, "Candymakers" by Wendy Mass strongly reminds me of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" I haven't actually read the book, but I've seen both movies and was in the play we had at school. Both stories tell of crazy candy inventions, a contest, and 4 and 5 special children. There are, of course, differences between the two. In "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" the children all end up disappearing or dead except for Charlie. There are no dead children in "Candymakers", only children with secrets. For instance, one child is a spy, while one carries around a life jacket, another wears a men's suit, and the last has horrid scars that he doesn't seem to notice. To find the explanations for all of these odd quirks, you would need to read each group of chapters told from the child's perspective.
       The kids in "Charlie in the Chocolate Factory" all end up dead (with the exception of Charlie) because of their bad habits. Greed, overindulgence, overconfidence, just to say a few. Also, "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" seems to have a more whimsical feel to it. With the oompa loompas and chocolate river. The LIFE IS SWEET candy factory in "Candymakers" seems a bit more realistic apart from some of the inventions being created there. (ex. oozing crunchoramas, super duper jumping jellybeans, neon yellow lightning chew). When people ask me what this book is about, I almost always compare it to "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and it does have many like features but the plot is also quite different, so that is why I decided to do my connection on this T-T/T-M instance.

New Book!! :)

I finished Candymakers, and now I'm on to the second book in the "Ranger's Apprentice" series called The  Burning Bridge, can't wait to see how the story plays out!
    

My new BOOK!! :)





   I finished "Ruins of Gorlan", and it was AWESOME!!! And now I'm waiting for Book 2. But in the        meantime I decided to read the book called "The Candymakers" by Wendy Mass.

Sounds Yummy :)

Ruins of Gorlan

The book I am currently reading is called "Ruins of Gorlan" which is part of the "Ranger's Apprentice" series by John Flanagan. So far, I am really enjoying this book :)