Back In Time? No Way!!!

King Of Shadow
By:  Susan Cooper
I read from chapter four through chapter six.

Chapter 4:
Nathan woke up the next morning and found himself in a different place.  Could it be?  Was he back in time?  Yes, he was.  He was back in time all the way to 1599 when the Globe Theater was just built.  Harry, an apprentice who lives in a house with Master Burbage thought that Nat might have had the plague, meaning the bubonic plague.  For breakfast that morning they each had a slice of bread and cheese along with Ale to drink.  They walked across the the bridge to get to the theater.  Nat threw up once he saw all of the skulls hanging from sticks.

Chapter 5:
They jumped back to present time in this short chapter.  Mrs. Fisher went into Nat's bedroom to check on him and saw that he was hardly recognizable.  He was hot, sweaty, he had a fever, he was flushed and damp-skinned.  Mrs. Fisher tried to wake him up, but she couldn't.  There were little bumps on his neck and his fever was really high.  She called for her husband and they called the doctor. Unfortunately, the doctor wasn't in.  They called for an ambulance to take him into the hospital.  The nurses take care of him right away along with the doctor. He calls another doctor and tells him that he thinks that they have a case of the bubonic plague.

Chapter 6:
Harry shows Nat the new theater.  The theater looked about the same as it did in 1999.  The company had been playing at a different theater before the Globe had been built.  When they went inside of the theater, there were two people arguing.  Will Kemp and William Shakespeare.  Nat met William Shakespeare a couple of minutes later.  He is told that they are performing for the Queen, but he can't tell anyone else that.  Then, they get to show off their gymnastic skills. There is another boy named Roper who is not very nice, and is really good at gymnastics but not as good as Nat.  There is a boy named Thomas who is not good at gymnastics at all.  They then have to give a speech.  Nat was going to give one from Hamlet, but he remembered that Hamlet hadn't been written yet, so he did a part of Oberon's  At the end of the chapter, they were learning how to fence.  Nat knew that he had an enemy then.  His enemy's name is Roper.


Question:  I wonder if Harry knew that Nat wasn't telling the truth when he told him who had taught him his act or routine.

Prediction:  I predict that Nat does have the bubonic plague, but that he doesn't die from it.

Connection:  My connection this week is about the gymnastics that the boys had to do.  I can't do near all of the things that they can do, but I can do cartwheels, and somersaults.  I did take gymnastics for a year or two, but I can't do flips or walk on my hands, although I can do hand stands and I might be able to walk on my hands under water.   

Key Question:  There is no Key Question this week!!!  :)

Saving Zasha:
I am up to chapter 8.  It is a good book.