The startegy i used for the book was Prediction. When i was reading i felt that their was so much action that i needed t ostop and figure out what was going to happen next. My prediction was that the magicians werent going to be alive and they would have been killed by the giant serpent. Also that the serpent will try to destroy the whole entire world by trying to destory all of the objects that would be used against him to be defeated. The giant serpent will try to destroy the kids that are hunting the objects so they can destroy it and so they van defeat the serpent.