Monday, June 2, 2014
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Divergent by Veronica Roth is set in the future in five different factions. The characters are Tris, Four and other training participants. Tris is the main character and it is told from her point of view. First, we find out that she has to take a test to decide what faction she’s going to be in. Next, she is chosen to be in the Abnegation faction, and then she tries to move up to a different faction. Later, her parents come to visit her and give her advice about what to expect.
My reaction to this book is that it is really adventurous. It reminds me of the Hunger Games because the characters have to try to survive. The writing is interesting because they talk about fighting. I really love this book!
Monday, May 12, 2014
Zom-B by Darren Shan
Zombies are taking over Ireland! Zom-b is a fantasy book
written by Darren Shan that takes place in Ireland. B is a young girl who gets
abused by her dad at home and has troubles at school. She finds out that
zombies are everywhere in Ireland and she tries to keep herself safe.
My reaction is I like the idea of zombies attacking Ireland
because zombies are cool.
B’s dad is racist in the book and I don’t think it’s a big
deal because people are racist now. Living in Ireland seems like any other
place to live. I didn’t understand the book because it was lame and boring.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Dork Diaries By: Rachael Renee Russell
How would you feel if your friends wouldn’t let you join
their club? Niki is a teenager and is nervous when she first starts going to
her new school in the realistic fiction book Dork Diaries by Rachael
Renee Russell. She doesn’t fit in with the other people yet because she doesn’t
know anybody that goes there. Then, she becomes friends with Chloe and Zoey.
Later on, she enters the school art show and she finds out that Mackenzie
joined it, too. Mackenzie is a popular girl that teases Niki. Niki feels
uncomfortable about the art show, because she thinks that Mackenzie is going to
win.
My reaction to this book was mainly boredom.
I liked it because I understood what was going on. Some parts were repetitive like
when she kept talking about the boy she likes. Some parts were funny like when
Nikki blew up her science project because she put the wrong chemical in. I think this book is good for a middle school girl
because it has a lot of gossip.
Friday, February 28, 2014
Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps by Andrea Warren
Jack doesn't eat but when he does, he has watery soup and bread that tastes like saw dust. This book is non-fiction biography of Jack Mandelbaum. Jack is a 15 year
-old boy who lived in Poland but was forced to go to the concentration camps in
1939 until 1945. Jack meets Moniek who is the same age. He helps Jack and they work together. SS men
are a part of Hitler’s military and they run the whole camp. They tell
prisoners what to do, control meals, and beat/kill. His family needs to move He
gets a job and then gets sent to a concentration camp. He gets very small
portions of food and works really hard. Sleeping there was really
uncomfortable. He is treated badly but some people help him.
My Reaction
I
have read over half the book and I’m surprised Jack isn't dead. At first when
he had to live in the ghetto, it was dangerous because a lot of guards and
soldiers. In the concentration camps, he doesn't get enough food and he could
die from when he has to do hard work. He also was trying to keep his friends
alive by helping them eat twice. He could have gotten killed if he got caught. I
hope that Jack will survive throughout the rest of the book.
Friday, January 17, 2014
Blog Post #4: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Hard Luck by Jeff Kinney
The book I read was called Diary of a Wimpy Kid Hard Luck by
Jeff Kinney. It’s about a boy named Greg that is trying to survive middle
school. He is having trouble with middle school because Greg’s friend Rowley
has a girlfriend and their friendship is not close anymore. Ever since Rowley
got a girlfriend, Abigail, they haven’t been hanging out with each other.
Right now I just read that Greg’s grandparents are coming to
his house and he is excited because he never sees them. They are coming to
visit and it’s special because they live far away. Greg has cousins that are coming
over and they are really wild. Their names are Malvin and Malcolm. They have a
lot of pets that they are going to bring to Greg’s house. Also, Greg’s Aunt Cakey
told Greg to go take a nap for no reason and Greg said that he was too old for
naps. His Aunt just sent him to go take a nap anyway.
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