Recently, I read the book called “Nation”, written by Terry Pratchett. It is talking about a boy named Mau, his village has been destroyed by a huge wave, and he was the only survivor. He met a trouser man Daphne, the only survivor of The Sweet Rudy, they came from different world with different languages, different rules. Since more and more survivors came, Nation became a small village. However, they need to face the biggest challenge, Raiders. The main character except Mau is Daphne. Since the ghost girl came to the island, she had many amazing experiences; she became a woman who has power instead of a doll like before the wave.
When Daphne arrived on the inland, she fired at Mau but the gunpowder was wet so she failed, but after few chapters she could kill Foxlip and Polegrave without guns. When Mau started to climb down the cliff, he heard something. First he thought that was some sort of ghost, but the birds make such babel, Mau stopped. “Na, na, na” clink, “Na, na, na” clink, that’s what the …show more content…
However, she learned from books and helped a mother give birth, which was amazing. After Daphne and Mau finished their food, they had a rest. When Mau turned away and saw captain’s hat was breaking the surface, Daphne tried to reminder him not to let it sink, but that was too late, she grabbed the hat, and sank. Mau waited her to come back, he thought every one can swim, but she was not. He jumped in to the water and shouted, “Does not happen”! She was alive. Chapter 6 “A Star Is Born”, she successfully helped a mother give birth. There was a pregnant woman in the survivors, and she was about to give birth; there was not doctor on the island so Mau brought Daphne. She was not a doctor, but she was brave and she read the medical book, finally, she made it. After she helped a mother give birth, she was thinking a song, she chose “Twinkle, twinkle little star”. Which means guiding