Report: The Tripod series- The City of Gold and Lead

     I finished a book called "The City of Gold and Lead" it's in the Tripods series. This book's genre is science fiction.

     This series is about a boy named William, and how he saves the world from these aliens called the Masters, and their robot transports, called Tripods. A Tripod is a vehicle for the Masters (not mentioned in the first book) and they have three big long legs, and have like a white UFO on the top of the legs, they also have three really, really long tentacles for grabbing up people and capping them.

     This book, "The City of Gold and Lead" is the second book in the series. Here's a short summary.

     After William, Henry, and Beanpole reached the White Mountains, They met Julian, an elder and the leader of the rebellion against the Tripods, Fritz, and the rest of the rebellion group. A few months passed, and they are about to go to a village that is on the other side of the White mountains to attend a medieval tournament. They did a small practice tournament by themselves to decide which three people will got to the tournament. To make a long story short, Will, Beanpole, and Fritz got chosen. After that, the three guys went to the tournament. When they arrived, they had to wear fake caps so capped people won't notice that they weren't wearing caps, and worst of all, make the Tripods cap them!! The people there treated them like royalty, and after a few days, the tournament began. After the tournament, the results were chosen, and Fritz and Will will work in The City of Gold and Lead (the Tripod's and the Master's city)... I will let you read the rest of the book and find out what happens in this book, The City of Gold and Lead.

     I liked this book because it is science fiction, my favourite genre, it has really well paced events, starts off boring, in the middle really exciting, and at the end happy. As I said, I liked this book and recommend this book to kids of all ages because its a great book. I think that if I were to rate this book on a scale from 1-10, I would rate this book a 7. This book's lesson is that you can never rely on others. That is my report on The City of Gold and Lead.