Over the summer, you were asked to read at least two novels of your choice.
1) Briefly tell me what you read, including the titles and authors.
2)
I want to know what you liked about the books, what you learned and,
more importantly, what matters to you about the books' content.
*Make
sure to adhere to proper conventions and proofread your response. If,
for some reason, you did not read two novels, tell me about two novels
you have read and answer the above. This blog post must be completed by 3:40p.m. on Friday, August 23rd, 2019.
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This summer I read two books! First, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, and Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. I learned from To Kill A Mockingbird that you should always persevere through whatever you are going through. Atticus Finch inspired me with his slow to anger, patient, and intelligent personality. I loved all of the themes that Harper Lee put into the book. Perseverance, patience, kindness, friendship, and authentic character. The quality of this book was amazing! There were so many different themes that I learned from every scenario in the book! I was able to connect and relate to the characters so well! Next, in the book Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson, I loved how the author was able to capture some real problems that occur during high school and throughout life. I also liked how she used different characters in the book to represent personalities that people have in real life! I learned to treat everyone with kindness because you never know what someone could be going through on the inside. The content of this book was great, it did have its really dark and serious moments and its happy and uplifting moments. The book was able to represent so many different aspects of life!
This summer I read The Help by Kathryn Stockett, and Patient Care Death and Life in the Emergency Room by Paul Seward, MD. I realy enjoyed both of these books. The Help is about two colored women who worked as maids, and one white women who wants to become a journalist. The books takes place in the early 60s in Mississippi. Skeeter wants to right a book about colored women working in Mississippi. Alabine, and Mini help her by telling her their stories along with getting other maids to help out. Through the book, they all go through something difficult which builds to the conclusion of Skeeter moving to New York to become a published writer, Mini leaving her husband with her kids, and Abaline retiring. This book taught to fallow what you're truly passionate about even if that mean risking everything you have. The second book Life and Death... was one I really enjoyed. It is a narrative from the Paul Seward about his experience from working in the ER. He tells stories thought his medical carrier that were ones to remember. Their from a gardener getting shears stuck in the center of his neck to a premachure baby getting this thumb cut off when changing medical bands. While reading this book I highlighted words that I wanted to know more about whether they were different medical conditions or different typed of medication. Both of these books extremely good, and I would suggest both to any of my friends.
Wow! What a summer! This summer was filled with many adventures, but also with many intriguing reads. Volume 1 in The Christy Miller Collection contains three books about a girl named Christy Miller. Christy's summer starts when she and her family move from a small Wisconsin farm to Escondido, California. In California lies Christy's aunt and uncle. Throughout the summer Christy spends time with her aunt and uncle in Newport Beach. There she meets many of her friends, one including Todd, an easygoing surfer, and a Christian, who becomes her romantic lover. As Christy expands her social circle, she meets many new friends. With her new friends, Christy is exposed to teens involved in sex, drugs, and drinking. Christy manages to avoid all temptations. As the summer comes to an end Christy is excited to start Highschool. At the beginning of Christy's freshman year, she promises to her parents that through it all she will not do anything she will regret. When Christy fits into a popular group of girls and attracts the attention of the "hottest boy in school," Rick Doyle, she is filled with shock and nerves. Christy sparks up a relationship with Rick, and through it learns the importance of saying no to bad influences and yes to good ones. From there Christy continues her Freshman year with little to no issues, keeping her promise to her parents. After finishing this book, I would highly suggest it to all who are going into high school. Christy's story teaches many important life lessons, and how to choose right from wrong.
This Summer I read two books. The Disasters by M.K. England and The Faithful Spy by John Hendrix. I didn't really like The Disasters but The Faithful Spy has now become one of my favorite novels ever. The book retells a true story about a German-American, Dietrich Bonhoeffer and his plan to assassinate Hitler. It's a suspenseful and amazing story about faith, death, commitment, and so much more. This book is really important to me because it is probably the only novel I've read that ends on a sour note. (Spoiler) Dietrich ends up getting killed in prison, and the book makes that sink in. There is no happy ending. There are no winners. Just like the real, World War II, it left a sour taste in my mouth, but in a good way. In my opinion, this is a great way to educate and impact the reader of the book. I highly recommend this hidden gem. On the other hand, The Disasters isn't a great book and failed to keep me interested the whole way through. The plot felt messy and the characters were insufferable and boring. I don't recommend this book to anyone.
Over the summer, I read two novels apart from the AHS Freshman suggested summer reading list. I began with the sequel to So B. It called Soof by Sarah Weeks. I loved this book from start to finish. Soof is about a young high school girl who has grown up through the stories of a girl who changed her mother and father’s lives. Aurora’s mother believed that Hedi, who has stayed with the family when searching for her identity and past after growing up without a mother not able to communicate and tell her where she came from, was the daughter they could never have. However, when Hedi left the family, Aurora, the miracle baby was born. Therefore, Aurora’s life was based around this luck and fortune. She doesn’t feel so lucky though, struggling through school and debating if her mother actually loves her or wishes Hedi was her actual daughter. When Hedi comes to visit, all luck seemed to vanish from their lives. Aurora must learn what true love means and put all her beliefs and ideas about her mother, father, and Hedi in the past. I liked how this book took you into Aurora’s world, connecting you easily to the situation and story. This light, fun, and touching book was one of my favorites and showed that life can’t be all judged and oriented around one aspect, person, opinion, or event. Next, I read Lucky in Love by Kasie West, a story about a high school girl whose family is constantly struggling financially and emotionally. But when Maddie wins the lottery on her 18th birthday, all those problems seem to go away. Maddie is now the most popular girl in the area, and anything is at her fingertips. However, fame and money can easily make fake friends and a new image that might not actually be the one that is right and kind. Maddie no longer knows who is a fake and using her and who is real, except when she is at the Zoo with her co-worker Seth, who doesn’t know about the lottery win. Maddie tries to keep the secret in desperate hopes of finding one person she knows likes her for her. This story taught an excellent, valid lesson through a light and fun story...that money and popularity can change people, but it must be put aside in order to have any relationships and experiences that are real and meaningful. Some people you can’t trust, but that doesn’t mean that there are some people you can trust. Both these books taught good lessons and put life in a different perspective.
Over the summer, I read two books, The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon, and The Loose Ends List by Carrie Firestone. First, The Sun is Also a Star was a fascinating read. The story is about how fate led a girl and boy to meet for a day. Most books tell a story over a period of time like a month, year, or even a lifetime. This one however, starts in the beginning of the day and ends at the end of the day. The book also switched to see different perspectives of different characters. The book taught the readers that there are so many different actions and decisions that lead up to every moment. For example, every action and decision changes what happens next. This book was different than a lot of other books I have read, and I really enjoyed it. On the other hand, I appreciated the book, The Loose Ends List, by Carrie Firestone, about a girl who is truly close with her grandmother, who just announced she has pancreatic cancer, and will die within a short amount of time. The girl and her grandmother have fun making lists of things that would tie up loose ends before graduating high school, or in this case, her life. She makes a list of loose ends she must tie up before she dies. This story taught me that life is short and makes unexpected turns. You never know what is coming, so you have to live with a purpose and never take anything for granted. The books content is important to me because I can relate it to my life. In conclusion, my summer reads were definitely some to enjoy.
Over the summer, I read two books. I read To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee and Breakthrough by Joyce Smith. To Kill a Mockingbird is a classic read that talks about racism in the south during the Great Depression. It taught me to not judge a book by its cover and to stand up for what you believe in, no matter what others think. The second book I read was Breakthrough. This book is a true story about a 14 year old boy, John Smith, who fell through the ice on a lake. He was without oxygen or a heartbeat for more than an hour. He was clinically dead until his mom prayed over him. Instantly after she prayed, he had a heartbeat. He recovered fully, which hadn’t ever occurred before and the doctors were positive wouldn’t happen. Today, John and his mother continue to tell the story and teach about the power of prayer. In the book, the author, John’s mom, talks about the power of prayer and believing that God is who He says He is. Reading this book taught me to always be grateful and to never doubt God.
This summer I read The Princess Bride by William Goldman and Stay Sweet by Siobhan Vivian. I have loved The Princess Bride since I was really young, and I decided to read it this summer. I used to have the movie on VHS, and I would watch it almost every night. I think the charm and different quirks of the book are what surprised me the most. The first few pages start out very similar to the movie, with Goldman saying that his grandfather read the book to him while he was sick. He said that his grandfather only read the "good parts" to him, so until he was writing the screenplay for the movie, he did not realize some of the things in the book existed. Goldman removed many pages of exposition that weren't necessary, including a scene going through and describing every article of clothing in a neighboring princess' closet. Another small detail I found interesting was Morgenstern's use of parenthesis. It was almost as if he was not sure of the period the story took place in. There would be a sentence using an object or a different noun, followed by "(this was after mirrors)" or "(they had acres then)." I did not know if I would like this book as much as the movie, but it is now one of my favorite books. Stay Sweet by Siobhan Vivian is about an ice cream stand ran by high school girls since World War II. At the beginning of the book, the owner of the stand passes away, and her nephew has to run the business. The girls working aren't happy about it being run by a boy, and the main character has to figure out how to continue running the business. I learned more about the stresses of running a business and how the characters struggled to also manage their personal relationships.
This summer I read The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks, and The Fault In our Stars by John Green. The Notebook was one of the best books I have ever read, I enjoyed it a lot. The way the author wrote and layed out the book was very interesting but enjoyable. I liked the amount of detail the book had, and the way it portrayed the storyline. I learned that using a lot of pages on one part of the book is important and adding a lot of detail makes it super fun to read. The books content was great, the story itself is a great one, and I couldn't imagine any better way it could be written. The other book I read was The Fault in our Stars, which was also an amazing book. The story is very heartwarming,but also sad at the same time. I learned that I shouldn't take anything for granted because I am healthy and living, and so are my friends and family. Hazel has a very hard life but Gus makes it so much more enjoyable, and I like seeing that Hazel has found a way to enjoy life. But when Gus dies Issac and Hazel become close as he was their best friend. I recommend both of these books to anyone who likes romance stories.
Over the summer, I read The House Girl by Tara Conklin. I was engrossed by this story because I love history. I loved how the book altered between the daily life of Josephine, a house girl who takes care of the head woman, and Lina, a modern day lawyer, who is trying to build a case to reward the descendants of slaves reparation money. Josephine is mistreated by her owner, but takes care of his wife, Lu Anne Bell, who taught her to read and encouraged her to paint. Lina learns that a collection of Lu Anne Bell’s paintings might have actually been created by a slave during the mid 1800’s. Lina does some digging and learned that the paintings were done by Josephine. Josephine, an unknown, abused slave suffered so much while she was alive, and doesn’t even get credit for her own work. Her descendants may get money, but it doesn’t undo how wrong it was for her to be an abused slave. This part of the book made me think about how my great grandparents and my grandparents were put into relocation camps during WWII. My grandparents got paid reparations as an apology from the government, but that doesn’t undo how wrong it was to strip everything my great grandparents worked for and send them to the camps. Lina’s had her own hard life because her artist dad had led her to believe that her mother was dead. Can anything undo how wrong it was for her to grow up believing that lie? Would the truth have been better?
this summer I read Becoming Jinn by Lori Goldstein. Becoming Jinn was about a young girl jini who had to grow up without a father. the conflict and book start on the day she gets her bangle, a bangle that releases her powers they have them since they were born but can't use them without the bangle. she must make it through both normal teenager life and learning to become a Jinn. I learned with good friends and great imagination you can get through life. I also read eat the sky drink the ocean. that is a book with several stories some remakes of fairy tales, and others more spiritual. Some of the main lessons were follow your heart and believe in yourself.
During the summer I was able to read several books. Two of which includes The Scourge by Jennifer A. Nelson and The Arctic Code by Mathew J. Kerby. Events in The Scourge takes Ani, the protagonist, on a wild mission to uncover a horrid plan. All the while, she is sick and expected to die very soon. In this book, I’m very much inspired by the relentlessness that Ani shows, despite what many may tell her. She is determined to get better and fight through a sickness that has proven deadly, and she’ll take on higher powers such as the Wardens and even the Governor just to make a point. With the strength of character, came the mystery to solve. There were many different unanswered questions near the beginning of the book that were intertwined and solved before the end. I loved the dynamic use of mystery the author used, it added a lot more depth and realism into the text. The Arctic Code has Eleanor Perry in a world that has frozen over. She lives in a popular refugee spot, while her mom takes missions to the Arctic to find out why the Earth is icy. But one day Dr. Perry goes missing and it's up to Eleanor to find her. I really enjoyed this book because it sets a new perspective of the cold and the world. There were many hints of science that do actually exist outside of this fantasy. Other than the science, mystery was also woven into this book. I was engaged to find out what had happened to the Earth and who people actually were.
Over the summer, I read The House Girl by Tara Conklin. I was engrossed by this story because I love history. I loved how the book altered between the daily life of Josephine, a house girl who takes care of the head woman, and Lina, a modern day lawyer, who is trying to build a case to reward the descendants of slaves reparation money. Josephine is mistreated by her owner, but takes care of his wife, Lu Anne Bell, who taught her to read and encouraged her to paint. Lina learns that a collection of Lu Anne Bell’s paintings might have actually been created by a slave during the mid 1800’s. Lina does some digging and learned that the paintings were done by Josephine. Josephine, an unknown, abused slave suffered so much while she was alive, and doesn’t even get credit for her own work. Her descendants may get money, but it doesn’t undo how wrong it was for her to be an abused slave. This part of the book made me think about how my great grandparents and my grandparents were put into relocation camps during WWII. My grandparents got paid reparations as an apology from the government, but that doesn’t undo how wrong it was to strip everything my great grandparents worked for and send them to the camps. Lina’s had her own hard life because her artist dad had led her to believe that her mother was dead. Can anything undo how wrong it was for her to grow up believing that lie? Would the truth have been better?
Over summer break, I read two different books. I read "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman and "Anne Frank The Diary of A young girl" by Anne Frank. I liked both of these books. "Anne Frank the Diary of A Young girl" talked about a young girl that was alone and didn't really have anyone to talk to, so she found ways around it. The book the "princess Bride" talked about pain when the guy left the Girl the girl was devastated and heartbroken, she had thought that he had died. This book talked about having pain and the ways to deal with it. THe princess bride was about a princess that had a helper/slave witch she fell in love with. The man got taken away from her and she was heartbroken she never stopped thinking about him, she then was going to marry the prince humperdink, she told him that he would never love him, She stay true to her first love. That personality was my favorite book.
Over the summer, I read a book called "The One and Only Ivan" by K. A. Applegate. I very much enjoyed reading this book, although some parts were hard to read. It is about a circus and the animal who are taken from their homes in the wild to perform at the circus. The story follows a gorilla named Ivan, and the friends he makes along in his life of captivity. He meets a baby elephant named Ruby, and decides he wants to help her live a better life than he does. The theme of this book is animal rights, and showing that animals have feeling too and don't deserve what they are put through in places like the circus.
This summer I read The Party by Robyn Harding and To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. The Party was about a sweet sixteen party that ends leaving a popular highschool girl in the hospital. Suddenly, 5 girls’ lives are changed as they struggle balancing family drama, friendships, and school. This book taught me a lot about being a good person and not worrying so much about social image. Sometimes the picture-perfect person isn’t who you thought they were. The second book, To Kill a Mockingbird, was a classic read. I learned that you should never judge a book by its cover, and that actions speak louder than words. In addition, I learned the importance of standing up for the innocent. Atticus teaches us that even though others might judge, it is important to stand up for what you believe in. Finally, I learned to be courageous. There are many instances in the book where Scout, Atticus, Boo Radley and more were courageous even though it might have cost them.
This summer, I read 2 books, "The Fault in Our Stars", and "The Lovely Bones". "The Fault in Our Stars" is about a girl, Hazel, who has cancer and meets this boy in her support group. He also has a small amount of cancer, and they start talking and eventually fall in love. They go on a trip together and all this stuff. Then he gets cancer really bad and dies, and it talks about her grieving a little bit at the end. "The Lovely Bones" is about a girl named Suzy who was murdered by a neighbor when she was 14. From heaven, she looks down at her family, so it talks about her family grieving process, and them trying to find the murderer. It also talks about Suzys feelings as she's watching from heaven, knowing who murdered her and struggling because she can't tell her family.
This summer I read 2 books. The first one being "Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton and the second one being "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green. "Belles" is a book about these girls called Belles and they have the power to turn the normal people or the gris into beautiful. The beginning of the book is ultimately about there fight to be the favorite. Although once you get further into the book it is about defending the honor of the Belles and defending the queen. The main character in the books name is Camille and she is not at first appointed the favorite but eventually she does become the favorite. "The Fault in Our Stars" is about a girl named Hazel who falls in love with a boy named Augustus. This may sound normal except for they both have cancer, they met at a support group. In the book Augustus uses his one wish to take Hazel to Amsterdam to meet the author of her favorite book. I am really glad that I read both of these books this summer.
During the summer break, i've read a lot more books than two. The two that I put on the list was "The Fifth Wave" by Rick Yancey and "Stain" by A.G. Howard, and I enjoyed both. "Stain" a touch more than "Fifth Wave" because I prefer more fantasy oriented style stories than more realistic survival stories. "The Fifth Wave was a well written book about Cassie Sullivan who is one of the last people on earth unlucky enough to survive. She meets Evan Walker who is an alien that's invading earth, he hunts down the survivors of the waves. They end up meeting and go out to rescue Cassie's little brother Sammy or "Nugget". "Stain" was a more imaginative piece of literature than "Fifth Wave" with the protagonist Lyra being born under a prophecy (typical story) but has a strong character growth throughout. There not my favorites but are definitely worthwhile books to read for pleasure.
Over the summer break I read "The boy in the striped pajamas" by John boyne. It was such a strong book to the mind that makes you think a lot about religion, holocaust, and how people are. It was a well written book on a boy who was one of the officers sons and a boy who was in the camp. It was a heartbreaking story of the good and the bad between race and religion. It was horrible that during the holocaust that is what kids would see or feel. Its devastating that people who were different were treated as though they needed to die. And most did. The novel was very well written.
The fifth wave was a great book written by a great author. It was so thrilling and i never wanted to put it down. The fifth wave was a story of a girl battling for her life, trying to find family, and figuring out what was going on. I have so many theoris on this book its insane. Its also crazy how one person could just controll you and your mind.
This summer, I read a book called "Counting by Sevens" by Holly Goldberg. I liked the general concept of the book, and the writing structure throughout as well. The book was based around a 12 year old adopted girl, who is extremely intelligent. THe turning point of the story however, is when her parents pass away in a car accident. The rest of the story is mostly on how she deals with it, and the people she meets along the way that help her get through the event. I think that dealing with struggle can be very difficult, so this book shows how you and others can get through hard times.
This summer I read book called "One of Us Is Lying" by Karen McManus. I really enjoyed reading this book because it was a mystery book and that is my favorite genre. I loved how it showed the different sides to each story and how everyone perceives the the story. The man theme of the book was similar to the breakfast club, five student were sent to detention and only four come out alive. They try to figure out who the murderer is and the motives of each student. The book goes through how each student is dealing with the death and uncovering the murderer. This book taught me that each story has 2 sides, or in this case 5. I also learned to not judge a book by its cover because not everything is as it seems.
Over the summer I read the first book of the series "Divergent" by Veronica Roth, about a city split up into different groups of people called factions. Tris, the main character, joins the dauntless who believe in bravery and being ready to defend yourself at any given time. But then Jeanine, the leader of erudite, creates a serums that puts the dauntless under her control, and she creates an army that destroys the other factions. Tris and her boyfriend, Four are Divergent though, which means they aren't affected. So they go and stop the serum and flee to another faction to hide. The book was so good I had to read the second one, "Insurgent". In this book Tris turns herself in to the erudite to get studied because she is the strongest divergent. This is how she is able to get in with Four and kill Jeanine. After that, they find a video that Tris's mom risks her life to hide from everyone. It said that there where other people outside the wall and that they weren't the only ones. So everyone is shocked and Tris and Four start heading out there. I can't wait to finish the series, I can't stop reading it.
Over summer break I didn't read I read my favorite book of all time the book is called "The Last Song" by Nicholas Sparks, It's also a movie,the movie is also called "The Last Song". The cast is the same in both the movie and the book, Liam Hemsworth and Miley Cyrus. They dated during "The Last Song" made in 2009 and got married December 2018. However I enjoy reading books that have movies just to see how different the details and stuff like that are. But it's such an amazing book/movie. Also sadly the couple recently divorced. But the movie and the book are so amazing. 10/10 recommend!
Over the summer I read "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen. It is a true story about a boy named Brian who was in a plane crash and was the only survivor from it. The plane ended up crashing in a lake in a forest. Brian had to survive for 54 days by himself with nothing but a hatchet. Meaning he has to hunt for his own food and use things he finds to build a shelter and try to stay alive. The story that is told leaves readers on the edge of their seat. I don't usually like reading but this is a book I would 100% recommended to everybody!
The first book that I’ve read is ‘W pustyni i w puszczy’ by Henryk Sienkiewicz. This story is suppose to teach us to tolerate people that are from different countries, believe in different religion or that are just different than us, especially because everyone’s different. It’s also about being brave, not giving up and always having hope that everything’s going to get better.
The second book that I’ve read was ‘Everything, everything’ by Nicola Yoon. This story is telling us that we should not ever give up, true love exist, there is always way to get out even from a really bad situation, and that you can find a way to be happy no matter what you have to deal with in your life.
Over the summer i read two novels. The first novel i read was "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" This book was about a little boy who was born with water in his brain and he lived in the compuned but he notice that he was smarted then alll of the other kids.His family decided that he could go to the rich area for school but he had to walk on the highway to get to school and from schoool.The second novel is "speak".This novel was about a girl who was always involed and loud until one day she loses her voice. Once everyone finds out she lost her voice everyone stops talking to her and they all start making fun of her/bulling her.After i read these two books i will start trying to find more books like these.
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