Hopefully over the summer, you 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.
30 comments:
Over the summer, I read two fiction books. The first book I read was Pet Sematary by Stephen King. From this book, I learned that the laws of nature should not be broken. You shouldn't do something that is not natural or there will be consequences. This was my first scary book, and it was important to me that I found a new genre of books. I also like the scariness of the book, it made me want to keep reading. The other book that I read was Undefeated by Tim Green. After reading this book, I learned what it truly means to be unstoppable, and how to push through even if you lose something very important in your life. This book was important to me because it's about football. It is fun reading books about football because I will understand what's going on inside the book.
Braden B
Evelyn Reynolds
To Kill A Mockingbird
By: Harper Lee
I personally believe that the meaning behind the book was amazing, I really enjoyed how they covered the issue of race wall at the same time having plot twist along the way.
I Don't Want To Be Crazy
By: Samantha schutz
The meaning to this book was amazing it talked about mental illness and how you can cope with it, I don't have an mental illness but it helped to educate me with how to help someone with one.
I read "They Both Die At the End" by Adam Silvera and "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs over the summer. Both books I read and enjoyed for different reasons. I enjoyed "They Both Die At the End" by Adam Silvera because it was melancholic, and the moral of the story was to live as if there was no tomorrow because there was not for the two main characters. It was a heartwrenching book but I enjoyed the relationship between the two. For "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children", I enjoyed the action and fantasy in the book. The contents of the romance, but never straying away from the main plot, made the book all the much more enjoyable.
The books that I read are:
1. Black Beauty the author is Anna Sewell. I liked this book because it was written about a horse that is a mustang and is bought to a great place but have some problems.
2. The running dream the author is Wendelin Dan Draanen. I liked this book because its about a girl who runs but loses one of her leg in a car accident but continues to follow her dreams instead of giving up.
Though I did not read any novels during last summer, I did read the books "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "The Giver" during my previous school year. I definitely enjoyed reading "The Giver." It was really deep. I even watched the movie after reading it. The book taught me that you can't have high points in life without low points. "To Kill a Mockingbird" was not as good as "The Giver," but I still enjoyed reading it. There were a lot of times during the book where I became bored, but there were also plenty of times where I was intrigued. My favorite part was probably the court case. "To Kill a Mockingbird" taught me about racism during the Great Depression.
XG
I read The compound and Fallout by S.A. Bodeen, I liked The compound because It seemed like it could happen in reality yet not really and I thought it had a good twist. I liked Fallout because it had some good twists in it to, and the Fallout book was a sequel to the Compound book so I wanted to continue the series.
I like to read a lot of sports books I don't know what the authors names are. What I liked about the books was how they always taught a life lesson in them.It helped me I learned for example, don't listen to others what tell you, you can't do anything because you can what matters is what their trying to teach the person who's reading the book what life lesson it has taught you. How does it relate to our life and what type of person you are.
I read "The Girl with the Peral Earing" by Tracy Chevalier, and "The Truth About Forever" by Sarah Dessen. What I liked about The Girl with the Peral Earing is that is a story about new things and how life can quickly change in a moment, and about how she was just trying to live her life, and the guilt she carried for things she could not control. What I liked about The Truth About Forever is that it a story about a girl coming to terms with the death of her father and how she moves on from the grief and loss, it is also about listening to you feelings and finding love.
This summer I read The Book Thief and The Fifth Wave. The first book I read was The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. This book was incredibly interesting from beginning to end and it gave me a better understanding about what life was like during WWII. The entire book had lots of highs and lows which made it an interesting read. The book carried lots of emotion and overall was a perfect read. The second book I read was The Fifth Wave by Rick Yancey. This book was more of a fun read rather than an educational one due to the fact that it followed more of an "out of this world" concept. This book had a lot of action in it which made it fun and interesting to read. Both of these books were really beneficial to read and I enjoyed having the chance to read them. -Isabella G
This summer I read The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares. The book was really fun to read and it was a relatable book for a teenage girl. It was cool to see their very different lives during a summer away from their friends. This book taught me that everybody goes through their own problems and troubles. That everybody is different and despite that we can all get along. The other book I read was Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom. This book was a good life lesson that you life is in your own hands. You can live your life anyway you want and you can choose how you live. Morrie was brave, kind, and he lived the way he wanted to.
Ava H
I read people you meet on vacation by Emily Henry.The other book I read was the dutch house by Ann Patchett. The book people we meet on vacation was about a girl who meet a guy at college.She is a social media travel influencer so they went on trips together for years then,something happened that put their friendship to a halt for two years.Then they got together for one more yearly vacation after two years and they fell in love. The dutch house was about a family who lived in this house, there mom left when they were little. The kids had a dad but he had a accident and passed away so the kids were left with the evil step mom who kicked them out of the house and took all the inheritance. Then the kids fought to use as much money as they could.Along the way the experienced a lot. What I liked most about the books is the fact they were stories of peoples lives even if they were made up i still liked hearing about peoples lives.
Aryam Mamo
1. Black Beauty the author is Anna Sewell. I liked this book because it tells a story about a mustang( horse) that is brought to a great home but has many obstacles.
2.The running dream the author is wendlin dan daraanen. I like this book because its about a girl who runs but loses one of her leg in a car accident but she keeps going to persuade her dreams.
This summer I read both The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne and Eleven by David Llewellyn. In the first book I read I really enjoyed how mysterious the book was. I wasn’t expecting the book to have a lot of mystery within it, but since the main character was a little boy and didn’t know everything going on around him it added that mystery factor that I liked. I learned more about how concentration camps runned and how cruel the soldiers were to the people in them. The content that mattered to me the most in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas was how brutally the prisoners in the concentration camps were treated during this time in our American history.
The second book I read, Eleven, was during a time of terorism in the United States. I liked this aspect of the book because I was able to learn more about what had actually occurred on the day of 9/11. While reading this book I was also able to get a feel for how the people suffering from these attacks were feeling. I liked how this book's content mainly focused on one person and how 9/11 affected their life.
-- Carlee H
Seth McClendon
Over the summer I read two novels: Prisoner of War, The enemy above. The books were written by Michael P. Spradlin. The first book I read was Prisoner of War. I really liked the parts of the book once Henry joined the navy. Next, I learned how much our Veterans go through. Lastly, what mattered about the book's content was that even just one motivation can help a lot. The second book I read was The enemy above. The enemy above was just like the prisoner of war novel. The book's content and what I learned were just like prisoner of war’s content.
I read a book called "Bud Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis I really enjoyed this book it about a boy trying to find his father during the great depression and taught me that tons of people go through so much and don't have parents in their lives. The second book I read was called "refugee" by Alan Gratz was about a kids experience sailing across the sea with his family and about how he made it to the U.S. It taught me that during the war tons of refugees get rejected while others aren't going through much
I read the giver by Lois Lowrey. also, I read where the red fern grows by Wilson Rawls. I liked the giver because it is a very nice dystopian book with deep themes. and where the red fern grows because it is funny and sad, and it is a good story about
a boy and two dogs. Aedan O
Over the summer, I read two books. The first book is Flags of our Fathers, By James Bradly. What I like about it is that it is non-fiction, so the story felt very real. I learned about The war that took place at Iwo Jima. and How 6 men turned the tide WW2. This book matters to me because This is a piece of history and I want to learn more about it. The second book I read was, Tomorrow when the, by John Marsden. This book was a non-fiction book about a group of kids who went up to a place called hell on a trip and t find the mysterious hermit. When they got back to town the town was taken over by the military and the town was not safe. What I liked about this book is that it was kids so I related. What mattered to me is that I know many sides of the story.
Jack.S
in 7th grade i read a book called hatchet by gary paulsen, this book is a survival noval. i don't really remember barely anything about this book because i read it so long ago. Ari.
I read "The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy" by Douglas Adams and "100 Deadly Skills" by Clint Emerson.
I liked the style of writing in "100 Deadly Skills" and the last few chapters of "The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy" where quite interesting.
In reading I learned lots of things, such as "moss filters the taste in water but not contaminants". In "The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy" I didn't learn much of anything. What matters to me in a book is that it is interesting.
Henry .S
1) Over the summer I read the books of The Magic Misfits 4 by Neil Patrick Harris which is about a group of kids doing magic tricks and the book The Brightest Stars of Summer by Leila Howland which is about sisters that go on a summer vacation with a lot of drama.
2) What I liked about The Magic Misfits 4 by Neil Patrick Harris is that it is the end of the sequel which I had been reading ever since I was little and it was nice to finally end it. The book had a lot of mystery and cliffhangers throughout the story which made me want to read more. The Brightest Stars of Summer has a lot of drama with boys and the sisters which I really enjoyed to read because I can relate more with the characters. The setting of the story was near a beach which I loved because it set a whole other mood to the story. - Daniela S.
I read the book Wonder By R. J. Palacio. This was my second time reading the book. Wonder is about a little boy who has a face deformity, he is made fun of at school and by other kids. Auggie has to learn how to overcome what people think of him. This book has a really good meaning behind it, to me Wonder means to stop caring what other people around you think and if it makes you happy you don't have to change. The other book I read over summer is The Giver by Lois Lowry. I have read this book two times. The giver is about a community that is very strict about rules. In the community each family has a Mom, Dad, Son and Daughter and when you turn 12 you get your job the one you will have for the rest of your life. In the community if you do something wrong you get released, that means you get killed. The main character Johan
did not agree with the rules of the community.
Maya Delaney
This summer I read dear martin and executive power both of these books were about real life situations. Dear martin is a book about a black teen who goes to a private school but still live's in the hood but because he goes to a private school where there are only a few black kids there he just isn't able to understand what is happening to his real community. Everything comes in to picture for him when his best friend and him gets shot and his friends dies because they were playing music to loud. He was also racially profiled again by people saying he pulled a gun out. Executive power is a about A american agent who works for the CIA as a opervate for a covert counter terrorism unit. He is trying to stop major terrorist attacks a kidnappings. he is americans assassin for terrorists.
Fineas B.
Sophia Calvanese
This year for summer reading 2021 I read two books, Gossip Girl by Cecily Von Ziegesar and Flipped by Wedelin Van Draanen. One of my favorite parts of Gossip Girl is the way Serena changes her personality after she was kicked out of boarding school. Before Serena was sent to boarding school, she only wanted to be around Nate or somebody else that has a wealthy family. Near the end of the book she met a boy named Dan who wasn’t on the rich side of NewYork. Serena met Dan by trying out for a student lead film. They both were invited to the directors older sisters concert. Serena was able to meet who Dan really was instead of looking at his wealth and moving on. Because of Serena's personality Change, it’s my favorite part of the book. For my second book, Flipped, my favorite part was watching Julie Baker have such a connection with a tree. To most everyone, that tree was just talking up room for a property, but to Julie that tree was beautiful. It was beautiful to her because it wasn’t just giving you a sight, but if you climb into it more, the view. The love she gave off to the tree made it my favorite part of the book. Both characters give off meaning full lessons that although we heard, we don’t understand and apply to everyday. In my opinion, these are my favorite parts of Gossip Girl by Cecily Von Ziegesar and Flipped by Wedelin Van Draanen, and the meanings they give off to me.
Nic Rosenau
Summer Reading blog post
The two novels that I read over the summer were The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien and Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher. In the Hobbit, I loved the style of the book and what I mean is that it was a mythical dystopian novel. I learned that greed can take control of you if you're not careful and you should keep a sharp eye on it. The thing that mattered to me in the book's content was how much detail the author went into for the littlest of things.
The other novel Whale Talk was a good book because it was a nice mix of something more realistic, it was not a true story but it was a good book to read with The Hobbit. I like the story and the setting it took place in, it helped me get around the idea of going into high school. The book taught me to spend as much time as I can with my family because they're not gonna be here forever. What mattered to me about the book's content was that it showed how the main character did the thing he was good at even when he had a huge setback, because he was very athletic but he had very bad anger issues so he had to learn how to control them.
I read The Knife of Never Letting Go and The Ask and The Answer. Both books are written by Patrick Ness. The Knife of Never Letting Go is about a boy and a girl traveling across a planet to find Haven, the safest settlement on their planet. They have to be fast though since they are trying to outrun an army. Along the way, the boy discovers secrets about his original settlement. In The Ask and The Answer, the boy and girl arrive at Haven only to discover the army already took over the city. The boy and girl get separated as they are forced to join different sides of a new war that is just beginning. They make big mistakes though as they figure out how to get to each other. When they finally get to each other and defeat their enemy, the Spackle, the people native to the planet start another war and they must let their enemy go. I really liked how well the author described how the main characters were feeling, and portraying their emotions. Also, I enjoyed how in the second book, the author gave chapters in both the boy and girl's points of view. He did a good job of showing the pressure of making the right decision and how those decisions not only affected the character making the decision but also how the decision affected the people around the character. - Cara T
Over the summer I read paper towns by John green and the outsiders by S. E. Hinton. I enjoyed the books because they were fun to read and very interesting
-----Myla Murphy
Over the summer i read "people we meet on vacation" by emily henry. The reason i liked his book was because it was about someones life even though it could have been made up. The other book i read was "The Dutch House" by ann patchett this story was also about people's lives and i really like when they are about peoples lives because they are entertaining and you can also relate to them.-Caley Skeeters
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