Echo 1 - Summer 2015

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Tear-jerker The Fault in our Stars by John Green This book is a personal favourite of mine and definitely a book that I will continue to go back to. The tragic twist in this story keeps your heart in a tight grasp and keeps your emotions on alert throughout the whole book. Green does a really good job of making you feel all the emotions that Hazel Grace, the main protagonist, experiences throughout the novel. Hers and Gus's story is definitely one that will have you sobbing by the end. Green also does a good job of showing the reader what life must be like for teenage cancer patients. This book has a lovely balance of humour and seriousness, but is probably more suitable for mature readers. Rating: 8/10 – moving and thought-provoking. Axiom Verge Your personal enjoyment of the game entirely depends on one factor - have you ever played on a Super Nintendo? If you've relished in the glory of Super Nintendo classics like Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy 6, Contra 3, Super Mario, Super Mario RPG, Paper Mario, Street Fighter 2, and most importantly for this genre, Metriod, then to you this is a romantic and nostalgic work of classic science fiction, timeless story and level design; awe inspiring bosses, tear jerking music and an impeccable choice of colours. To you this is a Super Nintendo game - and that's why you love it. To you this is a 9 or even a 10 out of 10 game. But if you have never played a Super Nintendo game in your life, then to you this is a poorly written tale filled with clichés and over the top Michael Bay bro moments, with linear and heavily-scripted level design, laughably comical pixelated bosses, perplexingly weird music and seemingly random colours. Rating: To you this is a 6 or a 7 out of 10 game. And maybe, if the first group of people took off their nostalgia-fuelled rose-tinted glasses, we'd think the same. Age rating: 12
The Notebook In each edition of <strong>Echo</strong> we will bring you the latest instalment of this story, written by Leilarni and Elysia. Chapter One: New Beginnings "All aboard!" the train conductor yelled above the clamorous noise in the station. I was standing in the middle of the platform, eager to get on the train which would carry me to my new school in East London. Riverfield was a boarding school, a long way from my home in rural Yorkshire. I was 14, with watery-blue eyes that reminded me of holidays, and ash-blonde hair that I never liked much. As far as I knew I didn’t know anyone where I was going and I was staying there for 10 months without my parents or siblings. It was this that was creating a mix of dread and excitement in the pit of my stomach. My mum had already said goodbye and she was signalling for me to get on the train. Waving, I got on, whilst trying not to lose sight of my mother; both of us wearing our ‘brave faces’. Entering the carriage, I was met by a mass of people bustling around, trying to find somewhere to sit. I followed and found two free seats next to a small table. I quickly sat down, and as I did so I saw a small notebook which had slipped down the side of one of the seats. I picked it up and put it on the table, deciding I would hand it in to the conductor when he made his way down the train. With one last glimpse of my mother, the train started to slowly pull away from the station. I took a deep breath, readying myself for the journey and the events to come. Just then, the compartment door slid open. A boy about the same age as me, approached where I was sitting, and sat down in the free seat. "Hi, can I sit here?" He asked. "Well, you're already sat there!" I snapped. I immediately felt bad for what I’d said, so I quickly apologised, "Sorry. I'm not good with new people..." "It's ok. Nice to meet you..?" "Celia. Celia Winters." "Celia. I'm Mark Hampton." Mark. He had watery-blue eyes like mine and black, straight hair. He reminded me of a cat. "So, Mark. Where are you going? I'm going to Riverfield in East London. You?" I queried. "I'm going there too! I was so worried I wouldn't know anyone!" "Me too!" Just then, the train jolted to a stop and the lights blacked out. Passengers started to grumble about the unreliability of trains, but not me or Mark. We were transfixed. Right in front of our seats, at the back of the carriage, there was a strange glowing light. It was eerie blue - and the notebook on the table was glowing the same colour. Neither of us spoke; silenced by intrigue and nerves. Then, a scene played out right before our eyes. A girl’s body is on the floor, only she is ghostly blue, almost as if you could put your hand through her like jelly. A man of a similar appearance is kneeling over the girl. He is holding a sharp butcher’s knife which is smothered in a darker blue. Them as quickly as it started, the scene ends. So does my vision...
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