America by E.R. Frank. Schuster Children’s Publishing Division, 2003 Genre: Fiction
This boy named America had a bad childhood. Mother not wanting him or anybody else except one person. One night visiting him mother he never came back, he was stuck there. The only way to fit in with his brothers was to be bad and meaner than them. As he gets older he leaves off to many places that keep him for a while and tries to help. There are therapist and medication. By the end he is able to be on his own but realizes he doesn’t want to leave and thinks about the lady who was the only one to keep him when he was young. And after a long time he goes to visit. But soon after she had died but he gets one thing from her he keeps it around his neck now always.
“ America is a jagged, beautiful story of triumph, love, and understanding in the face of neglect and depression.” -Teenreads.com
This book is really great, not like some books I have read. This one has a lot of feeling in it and you can feel it in yourself. With all the stuff that happen to America it’s very strong feeling. There is a lot of meaning to what E.R. Frank has written. This book can go beyond the pages. It tells of how things can change and life will go on if you let it also it can get better no matter what.
I have not read any other books by E.R. Frank. This one was really good and I expect other would be too. The way it’s written in with meaning and truth along with a lot of feeling in his perspective. And you get put in his shoes also not sure what will happen next in certain parts.
“ We’re angles, Me and Brooklyn, and Ty, and Liza, and Lyle, and Clark Poignant, and Dr. B., and Fish, and Wick, and Marshall, and Ernie, and Tom, and we’re all different. Some of us are the color of leaves, and some of us have blue edges around our wings, and some of us are sliver, and we can fly.”(24)
This was a great book and I liked it a lot. It showed me how people can care and put up with so much for a person. It showed me that this could happen in some cases very similar. What some people have to go through and how some people are troubled. It was sad to read how no one wanted him but he found his way through all the pain and realized the truth about some stuff he was not sure of. The only think that makes me question is the end. What happened to him and all the others?
Monday, December 7, 2009
Thursday, October 15, 2009
First Quarter Outside Reading Book Review
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead. Penguin Group, 2007 Genre: Fiction
Vampire Academy is about a princess vampire and her guardian. They had ran away from their special academy then two years later the people trying to get them back finds them and brings them back. As their high school life resembles ours with hating and heartbreaking. He princess Lissa and her best friend Rose is her guardian. Rose is human and vampire which makes her Dhampire. And Strigoi are trying to turn Lissa into one of them, and Rose must protect her. Their life is different coming back after being away for so long, Rose is basically on lockdown so she doesn’t try to run away again and have many rules not to break or she will be kicked out and then Lissa would be alone. Lissa also seems to want to help Rose for once, but she ends up getting carried away, and it is not good. She seems to be turning like what had happened before they ran away. Will it repeat the past? If you want to know what happened next then you are going to have to get the book.
“A dark and compelling world! Rose is sassy, dangerous -my kind of girl.” -Gena Showalter
This book is one of a couple other books she had written. This is also the first of a series. She writes in Roses’ perspective and it stays that way. The only time it is in Lissas’ perspective and Roses’ is when Rose goes into Lissa mind. Then have sush a strong connection and you and just feel it. That they have a very special and unique bond. I haven’t read any other books by her but plan to later on.
“The guy’s dark eyes lingered on the now covered bite a moment longer and then met mine. I returned his look defiantly and quickly jerked out of his hold. He let me go, though I knew he could have restrained me all night if he’d wanted.” (11)
This book was great! I don’t like reading, but I enjoyed reading Vampire Academy. It made me want to keep reading. There was a lot of turns and suspense. She put a lot of great effort on this book and it paid off. There is so much detail and description that it is almost as if I was there tagging along with them the whole time.
Vampire Academy is about a princess vampire and her guardian. They had ran away from their special academy then two years later the people trying to get them back finds them and brings them back. As their high school life resembles ours with hating and heartbreaking. He princess Lissa and her best friend Rose is her guardian. Rose is human and vampire which makes her Dhampire. And Strigoi are trying to turn Lissa into one of them, and Rose must protect her. Their life is different coming back after being away for so long, Rose is basically on lockdown so she doesn’t try to run away again and have many rules not to break or she will be kicked out and then Lissa would be alone. Lissa also seems to want to help Rose for once, but she ends up getting carried away, and it is not good. She seems to be turning like what had happened before they ran away. Will it repeat the past? If you want to know what happened next then you are going to have to get the book.
“A dark and compelling world! Rose is sassy, dangerous -my kind of girl.” -Gena Showalter
This book is one of a couple other books she had written. This is also the first of a series. She writes in Roses’ perspective and it stays that way. The only time it is in Lissas’ perspective and Roses’ is when Rose goes into Lissa mind. Then have sush a strong connection and you and just feel it. That they have a very special and unique bond. I haven’t read any other books by her but plan to later on.
“The guy’s dark eyes lingered on the now covered bite a moment longer and then met mine. I returned his look defiantly and quickly jerked out of his hold. He let me go, though I knew he could have restrained me all night if he’d wanted.” (11)
This book was great! I don’t like reading, but I enjoyed reading Vampire Academy. It made me want to keep reading. There was a lot of turns and suspense. She put a lot of great effort on this book and it paid off. There is so much detail and description that it is almost as if I was there tagging along with them the whole time.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Biking toward laughter with friends
Money for a lot of people is the most important thing these days, but how does the people with very little money live on. Is there something they use to replace money? Or do they just hate life and everything? Does money really buy happiness? Or is being with the people you love, more than money can ever give you?
The sound of wind through my hair, and bike tires on gravel. Faster then the speed of lightning! As I make my way down this hill I feel so alive. Little bumps are no match for a diamondback! I stay remained on the seat till I catch some air. Jolting forward as I hit the brakes till I slow down enough to turn the corner. Then I have to work my way up hill again.
I value something’s that is worth money, but not for that reason. It was Christmas morning. As I stepped downstairs skipping the second to last stair so I miss the creaky one. It was quite and peaceful, but cold so I grabbed a sweatshirt. I couldn’t wait for everyone to get up. I waited eagerly hoping it wouldn’t be much longer. When they did get up we went to our living room and opened up presents. We were almost done and my mom said when you are done Cindy to go to the basement. I said OK and finished up.
We all went to the basement it was very cold so I wanted to hurry up. Then she told me to go to the side room. As I went in I saw the awesome purple bike. It was a diamondback bike. That meant it was a dirt bike so would be easy to go through woods and on normal pavement and it gets yearly tune ups and all that kind of stuff. I gave her a hug and then got stuck bringing it up stairs. It is not that heavy so easy to move around. I love it and it gets me places faster than walking and when I can’t get a ride. Also it is environment friendly too.
“OMG! What is that?!” I shouted at Jess, and JJ added “It is her face!” Then a huge burst of laughter came about all of us. “You got to take a picture, everyone get in, on the count of three get ready….1…..2…..3!” and after the snapshot sound went off we moved.
I value something that no one could ever put a price on. A beautiful day to go outside and JJ suggested we do. JJ just found an application on my computer that uses my webcam. He said there were are all these features that we could play with and one of his favorites he said is the reflection. Where you can see only to one side and it reflects back. There are two of all of use and the person in the middle is really funny looking with their face messed up if it’s not exactly in the middle. We got into weird poses and took pictures to remember this. After most of them I ended up on the ground and laughing till we couldn’t breath.
JJ started to do full body videos so we backed up. And Chris came up with a joke of making people disappear. He had me standing next to him then pushed me to his left and then “POOF!” I would vanish because on the screen you can only see from the middle to the right and the other side is reflected. It looked so cool and amazing; it was the best feeling and amazing memory.
What I value the most is precious memories with friends. I still love some of the valuable things in life like getting a new bike or something special from a friend. To me money doesn’t bring true happiness only my friends do. When I look at a bike and my friends you can clearly see the differences. Unlike the bike my friends are alive and can have fun with me the bike on the other hand is a bunch of metal and plastic which doesn’t show if its’ happy or sad. Having friends is so much more than a bike. Having a bike thro is what gets me to my friends’ house on certain days. A lot of the time no one can drive and walking is just too long of a wait to see them. That’s when I grab my bike on nice days and glide my way there. If I didn’t have a bike I would still go but it would waste more time without being with my friends, and to me that matters the most. In any day is a good day to hangout and it’s the best days when we have a goofy day and make each other laugh.
The sound of wind through my hair, and bike tires on gravel. Faster then the speed of lightning! As I make my way down this hill I feel so alive. Little bumps are no match for a diamondback! I stay remained on the seat till I catch some air. Jolting forward as I hit the brakes till I slow down enough to turn the corner. Then I have to work my way up hill again.
I value something’s that is worth money, but not for that reason. It was Christmas morning. As I stepped downstairs skipping the second to last stair so I miss the creaky one. It was quite and peaceful, but cold so I grabbed a sweatshirt. I couldn’t wait for everyone to get up. I waited eagerly hoping it wouldn’t be much longer. When they did get up we went to our living room and opened up presents. We were almost done and my mom said when you are done Cindy to go to the basement. I said OK and finished up.
We all went to the basement it was very cold so I wanted to hurry up. Then she told me to go to the side room. As I went in I saw the awesome purple bike. It was a diamondback bike. That meant it was a dirt bike so would be easy to go through woods and on normal pavement and it gets yearly tune ups and all that kind of stuff. I gave her a hug and then got stuck bringing it up stairs. It is not that heavy so easy to move around. I love it and it gets me places faster than walking and when I can’t get a ride. Also it is environment friendly too.
“OMG! What is that?!” I shouted at Jess, and JJ added “It is her face!” Then a huge burst of laughter came about all of us. “You got to take a picture, everyone get in, on the count of three get ready….1…..2…..3!” and after the snapshot sound went off we moved.
I value something that no one could ever put a price on. A beautiful day to go outside and JJ suggested we do. JJ just found an application on my computer that uses my webcam. He said there were are all these features that we could play with and one of his favorites he said is the reflection. Where you can see only to one side and it reflects back. There are two of all of use and the person in the middle is really funny looking with their face messed up if it’s not exactly in the middle. We got into weird poses and took pictures to remember this. After most of them I ended up on the ground and laughing till we couldn’t breath.
JJ started to do full body videos so we backed up. And Chris came up with a joke of making people disappear. He had me standing next to him then pushed me to his left and then “POOF!” I would vanish because on the screen you can only see from the middle to the right and the other side is reflected. It looked so cool and amazing; it was the best feeling and amazing memory.
What I value the most is precious memories with friends. I still love some of the valuable things in life like getting a new bike or something special from a friend. To me money doesn’t bring true happiness only my friends do. When I look at a bike and my friends you can clearly see the differences. Unlike the bike my friends are alive and can have fun with me the bike on the other hand is a bunch of metal and plastic which doesn’t show if its’ happy or sad. Having friends is so much more than a bike. Having a bike thro is what gets me to my friends’ house on certain days. A lot of the time no one can drive and walking is just too long of a wait to see them. That’s when I grab my bike on nice days and glide my way there. If I didn’t have a bike I would still go but it would waste more time without being with my friends, and to me that matters the most. In any day is a good day to hangout and it’s the best days when we have a goofy day and make each other laugh.
Friday, September 11, 2009
Chapter 25: Where the adventure begins (The missing chapter)
The Child called It- David
Briar Rose from Briar Rose- Becca
In a Poland airport
David’s mom had him away from the family again but this time outside. He was sitting on the grass so still that he was like a tree so he wouldn’t get in trouble. As he was alone he was thinking “I really need to get away before she kills me.” Then a local squirrel came down a tree the was there he was collecting nuts and stuff but had something odd in his mouth it was green. The squirrel didn’t notice him being all very quite and went near him. Then David had move and scarred the squirrel so he dropped all his nuts and the green thing in his mouth on the ground. David being curious he picked it up and to his surprise it was money, and he knew what he needed to do. He ran out of there so fast leaves were flying. He knew where the was an airport and decided he need to go before he died. He didn’t have too much money so he got the cheapest plain ticket and it was to Poland. And then he was off.
Becca was on her way to Poland to find out the truth about her grandma. As she reached the airport she got her stuff and waited to find her Poland translator in a big white area with lots of people and noise and lots of chairs. All of a sudden this boy who looked very out of shape and hurt came by. “Are you o.k.?” Beacca asked. “Oh who me?, No one ever asks about me?” David replied. “Well I am not no one, and I look like you are all alone and I wanted to see if I could help.” Becca said. David said scarcely “Well, ummm I guess I really do need help. You see I have an abusive mother and I ran away.” Becca was shocked and wanted to help so she said to him to sit down at the blue table near McDonalds and that they would get something to eat and they would talk some more.
Becca gave him a rest from talking so he could eat, and he was stuffing his face wit food and she could tell he hadn’t eaten in days. He had said, in between the bites, “So why is such a nice lady like you doing in Poland?” “Well I am in search of my grandmothers past.” Becca said trying to help get his mind off of his troubles. “My grandmother died not too long ago and she had always told me this story and it was about this princesses and got put under a deep sleep and then a prince kiss her awake.” David nodded to assure her that he was listening. “When she died she left this box with pictures and newspaper stuff inside. She had told me that in the story the girls name was Briar Rose and she said that she was her, I decided to take up this opportunity to have an adventure and find out the truth, “Is she a real princesses?” David stopped and was very interested in what was going on with her life and wanted to know more, it was like a movie, but only this was real and not made up and he wanted to find out the ending. If he was to just walk back out of Becca’s life again then it would be like leaving in the middle of a movie and he didn’t want to. He asked “Do you think that maybe you could help me more and take me with you. I never had much of and adventurous life and I have nothing else to do?, Please, I don’t know what else to do with myself now after escaping the pain form my mom.” Becca felt bad for David and decided she would make a little boys’ dream and help him out. “Yes” Becca replied.
As they finished the talk Becca found her translator and they left on an adventure to find the truth, with her new friend.
Briar Rose from Briar Rose- Becca
In a Poland airport
David’s mom had him away from the family again but this time outside. He was sitting on the grass so still that he was like a tree so he wouldn’t get in trouble. As he was alone he was thinking “I really need to get away before she kills me.” Then a local squirrel came down a tree the was there he was collecting nuts and stuff but had something odd in his mouth it was green. The squirrel didn’t notice him being all very quite and went near him. Then David had move and scarred the squirrel so he dropped all his nuts and the green thing in his mouth on the ground. David being curious he picked it up and to his surprise it was money, and he knew what he needed to do. He ran out of there so fast leaves were flying. He knew where the was an airport and decided he need to go before he died. He didn’t have too much money so he got the cheapest plain ticket and it was to Poland. And then he was off.
Becca was on her way to Poland to find out the truth about her grandma. As she reached the airport she got her stuff and waited to find her Poland translator in a big white area with lots of people and noise and lots of chairs. All of a sudden this boy who looked very out of shape and hurt came by. “Are you o.k.?” Beacca asked. “Oh who me?, No one ever asks about me?” David replied. “Well I am not no one, and I look like you are all alone and I wanted to see if I could help.” Becca said. David said scarcely “Well, ummm I guess I really do need help. You see I have an abusive mother and I ran away.” Becca was shocked and wanted to help so she said to him to sit down at the blue table near McDonalds and that they would get something to eat and they would talk some more.
Becca gave him a rest from talking so he could eat, and he was stuffing his face wit food and she could tell he hadn’t eaten in days. He had said, in between the bites, “So why is such a nice lady like you doing in Poland?” “Well I am in search of my grandmothers past.” Becca said trying to help get his mind off of his troubles. “My grandmother died not too long ago and she had always told me this story and it was about this princesses and got put under a deep sleep and then a prince kiss her awake.” David nodded to assure her that he was listening. “When she died she left this box with pictures and newspaper stuff inside. She had told me that in the story the girls name was Briar Rose and she said that she was her, I decided to take up this opportunity to have an adventure and find out the truth, “Is she a real princesses?” David stopped and was very interested in what was going on with her life and wanted to know more, it was like a movie, but only this was real and not made up and he wanted to find out the ending. If he was to just walk back out of Becca’s life again then it would be like leaving in the middle of a movie and he didn’t want to. He asked “Do you think that maybe you could help me more and take me with you. I never had much of and adventurous life and I have nothing else to do?, Please, I don’t know what else to do with myself now after escaping the pain form my mom.” Becca felt bad for David and decided she would make a little boys’ dream and help him out. “Yes” Becca replied.
As they finished the talk Becca found her translator and they left on an adventure to find the truth, with her new friend.
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