Izzy Schwarz
Amazing Grace
Megan Shull
Fiction
Just Right
210
1. I am really loving this book right now! I think Amazing Grace by Megan Shull is a really fun read. Right now, Grace, or Emily O'Brien is looking for Teague, her date to the annual Medicine Hat ball. She waits for him at her house and when he doesn't show up she feels like she had been stood up. Ava then lets her use the snow mobile to try and find Teague. She goes to his house and see's a sketchy guy that she saw at a party but then he clears the air by telling her that he is Teague's brother. She finally finds Teague back at her house and they take off to the ball. At the ball they eat lots of fresh food, dance and do native ceremonies. During the ceremony, Emily meets Teague's grandfather. Emily realized that she already knew his grandfather from her therapy. He was a man that she saw there but never talked to.
2. I am really enjoying this book so far! It is so different from any other book I've read and it has so much detail. I love the way Megan Shull writes the chapters, they are short and they go by so fast which to me, makes the book feel shorter. I really hope this author has more books because she is new to me and I really like her. I think that it is so cool how each character is so different from one another and they each have a big purpose. Also, the plot is really easy to follow and there are no blank spaces in the book.
3. There are many themes to choose from but I think the most prominent one is love and sacrifice. When Grace/Emily decided that she wanted to quit being a professional tennis player and a model she was taking a BIG risk. She knew she would loose all of her endowments and everything the "famous life" ever gave her. She sacrificed this for a normal teenage life back, with family and friends and school. Sacrificing this life meant that she could be with her mom and make new friends. When Grace finds out that she has to go to Alaska for a few months she was upset at first but she knew she would still have a normal life.
4. My favorite character right now would have to be Teague. This is because when Teague saw Emily lying on the side of the road he helped her clean up and was just so nice to her from there on out. Even though Teague had no clue of who Emily/Grace was, he accepted her and was so nice to her from the very beginning. Teague also gives off a really nice vibe, he seems honest and nice and fun to be around.
5. Right now I do not have a favorite character but if I had to pick one it would be Grace's mom. This is because Grace's mom is kind of oblivious to Grace's feelings. In the beginning she totally accepted her quitting her life but she doesn't contact her at all and she doesn't realize that the whole reason Grace quit was to be with her mom who she never saw.
6. I think Grace will have to tell Teague who she really is but as soon as she does, he will accept her just like he did before, for who she is. I also think that Grace will stay in Medicine Hat but her mom will be with her. I think that Ava knows Teague from living in such a small town and being around for so long.
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Sadie Hyde
What My Mother Doesn't Know
Sonya Sones
Holiday
Finished
1.) The ending of What My Mother Doesn't Know I thought was really intersesting. In my opinion the ending was not the best. I thought that it was really sudden and I personally did not know what was going to happen after it ended. I was left with so many questions. This is why I was thankful that there was a sequal because it answered all my questions from the first book. The ending to this book was just how Sophie chooses to sit with her new boyfriend Robin Murphy instead of her two best friends.
2.) I really enjoyed this book because it was so unique. I thought that this book was so origonal. I liked how the pretty popular girl falls for the "gross" loser kid which is so unusual, and you never really know how it is going to work out. This story for me was so hard to put down and I could not wait to read this book then the sequal so that I knew exactly what would happen to this couple that no one thought would happen or work out. This book kept me on the edge of my seat and always wanting to know what was going to happen. I also really like how this book was formatted, it made the book so interesting.
3.) I thought that sacrafise was a major theme throughout this story. How Sophie scrafised her reputation and friends to be with the one that she loved. Sophie decided that instead of needing to be popular or cool she would much rather be happy by dating Robin. By doing so she gives up her social life. I think that the last chapter was really where sacrafise was shown the most because it is where Sophie decides she will allow everyone know that she likes Robin.
4.) My favorite charcter is Robin. Robin is really sweet and nice. He is so raeal in front of Sophie and he understands everything about her, also they have the same interests which makes him and Sophie connect even more. I love how at the end of the book when break is almost over Robin knows that Sophie most likely will act like nohting happened and tell noone because of the popularity and different people both Robin and Sophie hang out with. My favorite part is when Robin is wrong and Sophie goes to sit with him, and the smile that is across his face was amazing. I like how Robin knows he is an outcast but he doesn't let that stop him from chasing his dreams with Sophie.
5.) My least favorite character is Grace. I do not like Grace because she is all about herself and is really mean towards Sophie, not intentionally but I feel like somehow there is always a little hatred within those two. I think Grace makes everyone else feel bad about themselves like when Grace gets a new boyfriend and says all this stuff about how in love they are, and it makes Sophie and Rachel their other good friend feel bad about their relationships.
6.) In the end of this book I expected that Sophie would choose to sit with her firends at lunch the day that school got back, but what really happened was that Sophie followed her heart and sat with Robin. Even though that the ending was not at all what I had expected I really like how it happened. The ending had a really good twist to it.
What My Mother Doesn't Know
Sonya Sones
Holiday
Finished
1.) The ending of What My Mother Doesn't Know I thought was really intersesting. In my opinion the ending was not the best. I thought that it was really sudden and I personally did not know what was going to happen after it ended. I was left with so many questions. This is why I was thankful that there was a sequal because it answered all my questions from the first book. The ending to this book was just how Sophie chooses to sit with her new boyfriend Robin Murphy instead of her two best friends.
2.) I really enjoyed this book because it was so unique. I thought that this book was so origonal. I liked how the pretty popular girl falls for the "gross" loser kid which is so unusual, and you never really know how it is going to work out. This story for me was so hard to put down and I could not wait to read this book then the sequal so that I knew exactly what would happen to this couple that no one thought would happen or work out. This book kept me on the edge of my seat and always wanting to know what was going to happen. I also really like how this book was formatted, it made the book so interesting.
3.) I thought that sacrafise was a major theme throughout this story. How Sophie scrafised her reputation and friends to be with the one that she loved. Sophie decided that instead of needing to be popular or cool she would much rather be happy by dating Robin. By doing so she gives up her social life. I think that the last chapter was really where sacrafise was shown the most because it is where Sophie decides she will allow everyone know that she likes Robin.
4.) My favorite charcter is Robin. Robin is really sweet and nice. He is so raeal in front of Sophie and he understands everything about her, also they have the same interests which makes him and Sophie connect even more. I love how at the end of the book when break is almost over Robin knows that Sophie most likely will act like nohting happened and tell noone because of the popularity and different people both Robin and Sophie hang out with. My favorite part is when Robin is wrong and Sophie goes to sit with him, and the smile that is across his face was amazing. I like how Robin knows he is an outcast but he doesn't let that stop him from chasing his dreams with Sophie.
5.) My least favorite character is Grace. I do not like Grace because she is all about herself and is really mean towards Sophie, not intentionally but I feel like somehow there is always a little hatred within those two. I think Grace makes everyone else feel bad about themselves like when Grace gets a new boyfriend and says all this stuff about how in love they are, and it makes Sophie and Rachel their other good friend feel bad about their relationships.
6.) In the end of this book I expected that Sophie would choose to sit with her firends at lunch the day that school got back, but what really happened was that Sophie followed her heart and sat with Robin. Even though that the ending was not at all what I had expected I really like how it happened. The ending had a really good twist to it.
Mike Jeffries
Mike Jeffries
The Last Apprentice: Slither
Joseph Delaney
Fantasy/Adventure
Just Right
179
1) The Last Apprentice series is usually about a boy named Tom, who is a seventh son of a seventh son, and is in training to become the county's next spook. The spook is the person that rids the county of the dark. The dark usually consists of Witches, Ghosts, Ghasts, Boggarts, and other evil creatures. But in this story, the plot and narration is about another creature in another land. The creature is called a Haizda, and he goes by the name of Slither. Slither takes the shape of a tall man, but with a red face, sharp claws, and a tail. Slither, and all other Haizdas have the ability to shrink in size, and grow bigger in size, and their main diet is the blood of people and other creatures. In the beginning of the story, Slither comes across a farmer who he has known for a long time. Slither has an interest in the man because he wants to kill and suck the blood out of the farmers three children. Nessa, Susan, and Bryony. One day the farmer is trying to put his bull back into its pen, but the bull gets spooked, and charges right into the man and impales him with his horn. Slither, who lives in the forest a few miles away from the farm, smells the blood, and runs over to see what happened. He sees the farmer and knows that he only has minutes to live. The farmer, in his lasts minutes, makes a bargain with Slither. The bargain is that Slither must get the farmers youngest daughters, Susan and Bryony, to their cousins house safely and unharmed, and in return, Slither gets to keep the farmers oldest daughter, Nessa, to himself. Slither accepts the bargain, and when a Haizda makes a promise they must keep it until it is fulfilled. So far in the book, Slither and the three daughters have been on a hard journey with cold and snowy conditions to get Susan, and Bryony to their cousins house. But in order to get them there safely, Slither must take all three of them through Valkarky. Valkarky is the city of the Haizdas, and anybody in that city who isn't a Haizda, is a slave, or the next meal. So will Slither be able to get the three daughters out of the city alive.
2) It has been really interesting reading a book in a series that has completely new characters in it, and a whole new setting in it. Delaney does a very good job of keeping you interested in a brand new plot, when you are so use to another plot that you have been reading about for ten books. His awesome use of detail and cliffhangers at the end of every chapter makes the book a gripping page-turner. After reading ten books in a series with the same author, I thought that I would get tired of reading the series, but Delaney keeps me interested and never seizes to amaze me.
3) So far in the book, I think the biggest theme is illusion of power. Throughout the book, you think that Slither is the most powerful, and whatever he says goes. But on a few occasions, Nessa has been able to manipulate Slithers actions and has been able to persuade him into doing things for the benefit of all of their lives. So far, you never really know which one has complete control over the other. I can't wait to read the rest of the book and see if this remains an important and big theme, or if a new theme comes along and turns out to be bigger and more important than the theme of illusion of power.
4) My favorite character in the book so far is Slither. In the beginning of the book, you think of him as a ruthless monster. But as the story goes along, you see him show care for the three daughters, and you see him show trust to keep up his end of the bargain with the dead father. Most importantly, you see him be brave enough to fight himself. In any moment in the book so far, he could have killed all three of the girls, and sucked the blood out of them, but he hasn't. I think we will see him become a real person, with true feelings and emotion throughout the rest of the book, and not just a blood-sucking, rampaging monster.
5) I really don't have a least favorite character in the book, but if I had to go with someone than it would be Susan. She is the middle sister, and she has whined and complained a lot throughout the journey. It is very scary to have your father die and then have some scary monster bring you on a dangerous journey and try to get you to your cousins house on the other side of the land, but look at what Tom Ward went though. I know he isn't part of this book, and I know Susan has never heard of him her whole life, but he had to the leave his family when he was 10 years old and go fight of the dark with a scary looking man who he has never seen before in his life, and face the chance of death on multiply occasions. I just think Susan should be a little bit more brave, and I think she will become more brave throughout the rest of the book.
6) I have no idea how the book is going to end, but I do hope that one of the characters of the normal plot reveals themselves to Slither, and the rest of the girls, and I have a strong feeling that either Slither, Nessa, Susan, and Bryony will have a great impact on he main plot, and I hope they will be able to somehow team up with Tom and his friends and take down the Fiend and the rest of his forces and be able to live in a world without chaos, and live in a world with peace.
The Last Apprentice: Slither
Joseph Delaney
Fantasy/Adventure
Just Right
179
1) The Last Apprentice series is usually about a boy named Tom, who is a seventh son of a seventh son, and is in training to become the county's next spook. The spook is the person that rids the county of the dark. The dark usually consists of Witches, Ghosts, Ghasts, Boggarts, and other evil creatures. But in this story, the plot and narration is about another creature in another land. The creature is called a Haizda, and he goes by the name of Slither. Slither takes the shape of a tall man, but with a red face, sharp claws, and a tail. Slither, and all other Haizdas have the ability to shrink in size, and grow bigger in size, and their main diet is the blood of people and other creatures. In the beginning of the story, Slither comes across a farmer who he has known for a long time. Slither has an interest in the man because he wants to kill and suck the blood out of the farmers three children. Nessa, Susan, and Bryony. One day the farmer is trying to put his bull back into its pen, but the bull gets spooked, and charges right into the man and impales him with his horn. Slither, who lives in the forest a few miles away from the farm, smells the blood, and runs over to see what happened. He sees the farmer and knows that he only has minutes to live. The farmer, in his lasts minutes, makes a bargain with Slither. The bargain is that Slither must get the farmers youngest daughters, Susan and Bryony, to their cousins house safely and unharmed, and in return, Slither gets to keep the farmers oldest daughter, Nessa, to himself. Slither accepts the bargain, and when a Haizda makes a promise they must keep it until it is fulfilled. So far in the book, Slither and the three daughters have been on a hard journey with cold and snowy conditions to get Susan, and Bryony to their cousins house. But in order to get them there safely, Slither must take all three of them through Valkarky. Valkarky is the city of the Haizdas, and anybody in that city who isn't a Haizda, is a slave, or the next meal. So will Slither be able to get the three daughters out of the city alive.
2) It has been really interesting reading a book in a series that has completely new characters in it, and a whole new setting in it. Delaney does a very good job of keeping you interested in a brand new plot, when you are so use to another plot that you have been reading about for ten books. His awesome use of detail and cliffhangers at the end of every chapter makes the book a gripping page-turner. After reading ten books in a series with the same author, I thought that I would get tired of reading the series, but Delaney keeps me interested and never seizes to amaze me.
3) So far in the book, I think the biggest theme is illusion of power. Throughout the book, you think that Slither is the most powerful, and whatever he says goes. But on a few occasions, Nessa has been able to manipulate Slithers actions and has been able to persuade him into doing things for the benefit of all of their lives. So far, you never really know which one has complete control over the other. I can't wait to read the rest of the book and see if this remains an important and big theme, or if a new theme comes along and turns out to be bigger and more important than the theme of illusion of power.
4) My favorite character in the book so far is Slither. In the beginning of the book, you think of him as a ruthless monster. But as the story goes along, you see him show care for the three daughters, and you see him show trust to keep up his end of the bargain with the dead father. Most importantly, you see him be brave enough to fight himself. In any moment in the book so far, he could have killed all three of the girls, and sucked the blood out of them, but he hasn't. I think we will see him become a real person, with true feelings and emotion throughout the rest of the book, and not just a blood-sucking, rampaging monster.
5) I really don't have a least favorite character in the book, but if I had to go with someone than it would be Susan. She is the middle sister, and she has whined and complained a lot throughout the journey. It is very scary to have your father die and then have some scary monster bring you on a dangerous journey and try to get you to your cousins house on the other side of the land, but look at what Tom Ward went though. I know he isn't part of this book, and I know Susan has never heard of him her whole life, but he had to the leave his family when he was 10 years old and go fight of the dark with a scary looking man who he has never seen before in his life, and face the chance of death on multiply occasions. I just think Susan should be a little bit more brave, and I think she will become more brave throughout the rest of the book.
6) I have no idea how the book is going to end, but I do hope that one of the characters of the normal plot reveals themselves to Slither, and the rest of the girls, and I have a strong feeling that either Slither, Nessa, Susan, and Bryony will have a great impact on he main plot, and I hope they will be able to somehow team up with Tom and his friends and take down the Fiend and the rest of his forces and be able to live in a world without chaos, and live in a world with peace.
Raffi Barsamian
Raffi Barsamian
Dice-K
Ian Browne
Biography
118
1. Daisuke Matsuzaka is a Japanese born all-star pitcher. He recently has been offered to play for the Boston Red Sox. In a 60 million 7 year contract with a no trade clause. I am currently reading about Daisuke's first season with the Red socks. He played his first game on April 5, 2007 against the Kansas City Royals, he pitched 7 straight inning giving up no runs with 16 strike-outs and 10 hits. This start was foreshadowing what looked to be a great season. Terry Franconia who was the head coach at the time exclaimed how pleased he was with Matsuzakas performance. All throughout the 2007 season Matsuzaka showed exceptional skill and ability in his pitching. His success carried the Boston Red Sox thorough the playoffs and to the world series. In game 3 of the series Matsuzaka started and led the team to a 10-5 win over the Colorado Rockies. Matsuzaka claimed the title as the first Japanese pitcher to start and win a world series game. In game four the Boston came out on top and in Daisuke Matsuzaka's first major league season he won the world series.
2. So far I really am enjoying this book. Since the Red Sox are my favorite baseball team I'm learning more and more about them. Things that I would have never know about the team I now know. Like how if there is an international player that your interested in. The team has 30 days to sign the contract or else they are allowed to pull out of the deal. I also really like how informational the author is. Every small detail about Matsuzaka's life is integrated into the biography. When Matsuzazka came to the united states for the first time, he was very emotional. He had never been outside of Japan and beginning a new life in a new country was a very new. The author did such a good job of describing his emotion you could feel what he was feeling.
3. I believe the theme of this book is perseverance. When Matsuzaka was younger he couldn't find his rhythm. He struggled with his technique. The coaches sat him for many games. He began to believe e would never be able to succeed in baseball. He couldn't figure out the reason why he wasn't able to pitch, until he changed his arm motion. all the problem was, was that is arm motion was too straight. Once he was able to turn is arm he was able to hit the strike zone almost every time. He did extremely well in high school, and never looked back. from then he went on and did great things. He eventually went on to play in the Japanese Professional League.
4. My favorite character is definitely Daisuke Matsuzaka. Since he is my favorite pitcher is Matsuzaka I am really enjoying reading more about him. I really am able to admire him and see all that he has done in Japan and in America. From the outside you cant really get a chance to admire sports players, but when you are able to see what they have been through and experience you really gain respect for them. Also there is so much more appreciation for what happens behind the scenes. From the money aspect to the game aspect there is so many things that are needed to be done. With all these things that need to happen many different people are involved.
5. My least favorite character in Matsuzakas couch at his old team in Japan. The head coach of the Seibu Lions was very unhappy when he heard when his star player decided to join the Boston Red Sox. He said very unpleasant remarks toward Matsuzaka. I didn't like the fact that this happened to Matsuzaka because he earned this, and to have his coach put him down was very saddening.
6. My prediction for this book is that Matsuzaka will greatly succeed. He will really thrive with the Red Sox. I also think he will go on to do many great things. I think he'll break records and win awards. Matsuzaka will be the next big ting in baseball. I also predict that with Matsuzaka the Red Sox will be able to win another World Series. Matsuzaka has shown to be a very big contender in the Cy Young award, which is an award for the best pitcher in the major league, I believe Matsuzaka will be able to win the award with ease.
Dice-K
Ian Browne
Biography
118
1. Daisuke Matsuzaka is a Japanese born all-star pitcher. He recently has been offered to play for the Boston Red Sox. In a 60 million 7 year contract with a no trade clause. I am currently reading about Daisuke's first season with the Red socks. He played his first game on April 5, 2007 against the Kansas City Royals, he pitched 7 straight inning giving up no runs with 16 strike-outs and 10 hits. This start was foreshadowing what looked to be a great season. Terry Franconia who was the head coach at the time exclaimed how pleased he was with Matsuzakas performance. All throughout the 2007 season Matsuzaka showed exceptional skill and ability in his pitching. His success carried the Boston Red Sox thorough the playoffs and to the world series. In game 3 of the series Matsuzaka started and led the team to a 10-5 win over the Colorado Rockies. Matsuzaka claimed the title as the first Japanese pitcher to start and win a world series game. In game four the Boston came out on top and in Daisuke Matsuzaka's first major league season he won the world series.
2. So far I really am enjoying this book. Since the Red Sox are my favorite baseball team I'm learning more and more about them. Things that I would have never know about the team I now know. Like how if there is an international player that your interested in. The team has 30 days to sign the contract or else they are allowed to pull out of the deal. I also really like how informational the author is. Every small detail about Matsuzaka's life is integrated into the biography. When Matsuzazka came to the united states for the first time, he was very emotional. He had never been outside of Japan and beginning a new life in a new country was a very new. The author did such a good job of describing his emotion you could feel what he was feeling.
3. I believe the theme of this book is perseverance. When Matsuzaka was younger he couldn't find his rhythm. He struggled with his technique. The coaches sat him for many games. He began to believe e would never be able to succeed in baseball. He couldn't figure out the reason why he wasn't able to pitch, until he changed his arm motion. all the problem was, was that is arm motion was too straight. Once he was able to turn is arm he was able to hit the strike zone almost every time. He did extremely well in high school, and never looked back. from then he went on and did great things. He eventually went on to play in the Japanese Professional League.
4. My favorite character is definitely Daisuke Matsuzaka. Since he is my favorite pitcher is Matsuzaka I am really enjoying reading more about him. I really am able to admire him and see all that he has done in Japan and in America. From the outside you cant really get a chance to admire sports players, but when you are able to see what they have been through and experience you really gain respect for them. Also there is so much more appreciation for what happens behind the scenes. From the money aspect to the game aspect there is so many things that are needed to be done. With all these things that need to happen many different people are involved.
5. My least favorite character in Matsuzakas couch at his old team in Japan. The head coach of the Seibu Lions was very unhappy when he heard when his star player decided to join the Boston Red Sox. He said very unpleasant remarks toward Matsuzaka. I didn't like the fact that this happened to Matsuzaka because he earned this, and to have his coach put him down was very saddening.
6. My prediction for this book is that Matsuzaka will greatly succeed. He will really thrive with the Red Sox. I also think he will go on to do many great things. I think he'll break records and win awards. Matsuzaka will be the next big ting in baseball. I also predict that with Matsuzaka the Red Sox will be able to win another World Series. Matsuzaka has shown to be a very big contender in the Cy Young award, which is an award for the best pitcher in the major league, I believe Matsuzaka will be able to win the award with ease.
Elizabeth Gooch
Elizabeth Gooch
Pretty Little Liars: Flawless
Sara Shepard
Realistic Fiction
Just Right
71
1. In the book Pretty Little Liars: Flawless by Sara Shepard, Aria, Spencer, Hanna, and Emily are all teenage girls being harassed by the mysterious A. Currently in the book, Emily is having conflicts with A and her neighbor Maya. Emily isn't sure of her feelings for Maya and A is threatening to expose them either way. Throughout the book, A sends text and other notes to the girls forces them to do whatever A wants or threatens to expose their secrets. Some of these secrets, their even hiding from one another.
2. I do really enjoy this book so far. The author is pulling me in as a reader by withholding much information about A and the girls. Sara Shepard keeps me guessing who A could be, with and without the information that the girls find out. I also really the characters and reading about their relationships with one another throughout the book. They all have very interesting lives that makes me want to keep reading. This is not a new author to me, I have also read the first Pretty Little Liars novel and books in her other series The Lying Game.
3. I think one main theme in this book is Empowerment. This theme seems to mostly appear in characters, especially A. A is empowered because A is able to make the girls do whatever A wants because if they don't, A will tell everyone about what happened with the Jenna Thing. And the Jenna Thing is when they girls, including Ali went to Jenna's house and put a firework in her tree house without knowing that Jenna was in there, and she was blinded. Somehow, A knows about this too even though they swore to never tell anybody. A also makes Hanna question her social status with haunting of her past self, and has Spencer's family disown her. A also breaks up Emily with her boyfriend, and threatens to out Aria about her relationship with Ezra. A has much empowerment over the girls.
4. My favorite character in the book so far is Spencer. I like Spencer because she has one of the most interesting stories of all the girls. After Ali's body was found her parents still shunned her because she is with her sisters boyfriend, Wren. They don't seem to acknowledge that she is going through a hard time and it is captivating to read about how Spencer copes with this, and mourns her friend death. She is an academic overachiever and continues to get very stressed out trying to live up to her family's expectations. She also can make some pretty poor decisions with A, which leaves the reader wondering how she will fix what she has broken.
5. My least favorite character in this book would have to be Melissa, Spencer's sister. Melissa is always trying to control Spencer and puts a lot of pressure on her. She also get her parents against Spencer when she finds out her boyfriend is cheating on her with her sister, even though she didn't like Wren that much. She is always cruel to everyone and doesn't consider how other people may feel. She is a very mean character who tries to make life for Spencer as hard as it can be. And I think that sounds a lot like A's job...
6. I think A is about to release something to not only the girls, but the whole town of Rosewood. A is always pushing them and pressuring them to do things that they don't want to do and threatens them with the Jenna Thing. I think A is going to make Aria tell her parents about her relationship with Ezra, which is strictly prohibited. And if she doesn't tell them, I think A will. I think this is going to happen because A has already sent Aria a note telling her that A knows about that relationship, A even has pictures.
Pretty Little Liars: Flawless
Sara Shepard
Realistic Fiction
Just Right
71
1. In the book Pretty Little Liars: Flawless by Sara Shepard, Aria, Spencer, Hanna, and Emily are all teenage girls being harassed by the mysterious A. Currently in the book, Emily is having conflicts with A and her neighbor Maya. Emily isn't sure of her feelings for Maya and A is threatening to expose them either way. Throughout the book, A sends text and other notes to the girls forces them to do whatever A wants or threatens to expose their secrets. Some of these secrets, their even hiding from one another.
2. I do really enjoy this book so far. The author is pulling me in as a reader by withholding much information about A and the girls. Sara Shepard keeps me guessing who A could be, with and without the information that the girls find out. I also really the characters and reading about their relationships with one another throughout the book. They all have very interesting lives that makes me want to keep reading. This is not a new author to me, I have also read the first Pretty Little Liars novel and books in her other series The Lying Game.
3. I think one main theme in this book is Empowerment. This theme seems to mostly appear in characters, especially A. A is empowered because A is able to make the girls do whatever A wants because if they don't, A will tell everyone about what happened with the Jenna Thing. And the Jenna Thing is when they girls, including Ali went to Jenna's house and put a firework in her tree house without knowing that Jenna was in there, and she was blinded. Somehow, A knows about this too even though they swore to never tell anybody. A also makes Hanna question her social status with haunting of her past self, and has Spencer's family disown her. A also breaks up Emily with her boyfriend, and threatens to out Aria about her relationship with Ezra. A has much empowerment over the girls.
4. My favorite character in the book so far is Spencer. I like Spencer because she has one of the most interesting stories of all the girls. After Ali's body was found her parents still shunned her because she is with her sisters boyfriend, Wren. They don't seem to acknowledge that she is going through a hard time and it is captivating to read about how Spencer copes with this, and mourns her friend death. She is an academic overachiever and continues to get very stressed out trying to live up to her family's expectations. She also can make some pretty poor decisions with A, which leaves the reader wondering how she will fix what she has broken.
5. My least favorite character in this book would have to be Melissa, Spencer's sister. Melissa is always trying to control Spencer and puts a lot of pressure on her. She also get her parents against Spencer when she finds out her boyfriend is cheating on her with her sister, even though she didn't like Wren that much. She is always cruel to everyone and doesn't consider how other people may feel. She is a very mean character who tries to make life for Spencer as hard as it can be. And I think that sounds a lot like A's job...
6. I think A is about to release something to not only the girls, but the whole town of Rosewood. A is always pushing them and pressuring them to do things that they don't want to do and threatens them with the Jenna Thing. I think A is going to make Aria tell her parents about her relationship with Ezra, which is strictly prohibited. And if she doesn't tell them, I think A will. I think this is going to happen because A has already sent Aria a note telling her that A knows about that relationship, A even has pictures.
Ben Browne
Ben Browne
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
J.K Rowling
Just Right
248
1. I am currently reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, by J.K Rowling. Earlier in the chapter Filch took Harry, Hermione, and Ron to Professor Mcgonagalls office to be punished. She accuses them of concocting the whole dragon story to lure Malfoy out of bed and get him into trouble. As punishment, Mcgonagall deducts fifty points from gryffindor for each of the three wrongdoers. Harry is horrified that his house will lose 150 points. When the bad news is circulated the next morning, Harry quickly falls from his pedestal as quidditch star. He considers resigning from the quidditch team, but Wood convinces him that doing so would be useless. Harry then decides that he should not to get involved in anymore acts that could deduct more points from his team.
2.At this point in the book I am feeling like the others. I am really enjoying the read. Throughout the year I have really enjoyed reading J.K Rowling's books. They all have great detail and great plots. I would have liked it if I had read the books in order instead of reading them all mixed around. Sometimes the plots get mixed around but since the plots are so good you can easily figure out the order of the books. Overall this book has been very good. Maybe not as good as the goblet of fire but still very good overall.
3.A theme that I have noticed so far in this book would have to be Curiosity. Most of the characters throughout the book have shown some bits of curiosity. Harry later in chapter 15 goes off in to the woods with Malfoy. They see a mysterious creature drinking the blood of a recently killed unicorn. Malfoy and his friend run away and leave Harry in the woods. Harry is so curious that he stays and watches the being drink the blood until a sentaur comes and takes him back to Hagrid. Harry later finds out that the being was Voldemort.
4.My favorite character would have to be Harry. He is such a strong person even though he has had to come over such bad things happen in his life. He is always trying to help others and himself. He also really cares for the lonely game keeper Hagrid. Hagrid is not thought of as a person who works at Hogwarts just some guy who lives off in the woods. But Harry realizes how good of a person he is and they are instantly friends and they always look at for each other.
5.My least favorite character would have to be Malfoy. He is so mean to everyone, including Harry. He and his friends always bully him and make him feel bad. Malfoy thinks he can do this because his dad is a very important person in the world of magic. He also is very mean to Harry, Ron and Hermoine's favorite person at Hogwarts, Hagrid. He thinks that he is just a dirty person who lives in the woods, even though he is a very nice person.
6. I think that in the next few chapters that Harry will finally confront Malfoy and give him a piece of his mind. Maybe they will fight or maybe the teachers will break it up before anything can really happen. Also I think that maybe Voldemort might appear again, seeing that he is so close to Hogwart's and the two will have a battle to the death and in the end Harry will win with the help of his friends.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
J.K Rowling
Just Right
248
1. I am currently reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, by J.K Rowling. Earlier in the chapter Filch took Harry, Hermione, and Ron to Professor Mcgonagalls office to be punished. She accuses them of concocting the whole dragon story to lure Malfoy out of bed and get him into trouble. As punishment, Mcgonagall deducts fifty points from gryffindor for each of the three wrongdoers. Harry is horrified that his house will lose 150 points. When the bad news is circulated the next morning, Harry quickly falls from his pedestal as quidditch star. He considers resigning from the quidditch team, but Wood convinces him that doing so would be useless. Harry then decides that he should not to get involved in anymore acts that could deduct more points from his team.
2.At this point in the book I am feeling like the others. I am really enjoying the read. Throughout the year I have really enjoyed reading J.K Rowling's books. They all have great detail and great plots. I would have liked it if I had read the books in order instead of reading them all mixed around. Sometimes the plots get mixed around but since the plots are so good you can easily figure out the order of the books. Overall this book has been very good. Maybe not as good as the goblet of fire but still very good overall.
3.A theme that I have noticed so far in this book would have to be Curiosity. Most of the characters throughout the book have shown some bits of curiosity. Harry later in chapter 15 goes off in to the woods with Malfoy. They see a mysterious creature drinking the blood of a recently killed unicorn. Malfoy and his friend run away and leave Harry in the woods. Harry is so curious that he stays and watches the being drink the blood until a sentaur comes and takes him back to Hagrid. Harry later finds out that the being was Voldemort.
4.My favorite character would have to be Harry. He is such a strong person even though he has had to come over such bad things happen in his life. He is always trying to help others and himself. He also really cares for the lonely game keeper Hagrid. Hagrid is not thought of as a person who works at Hogwarts just some guy who lives off in the woods. But Harry realizes how good of a person he is and they are instantly friends and they always look at for each other.
5.My least favorite character would have to be Malfoy. He is so mean to everyone, including Harry. He and his friends always bully him and make him feel bad. Malfoy thinks he can do this because his dad is a very important person in the world of magic. He also is very mean to Harry, Ron and Hermoine's favorite person at Hogwarts, Hagrid. He thinks that he is just a dirty person who lives in the woods, even though he is a very nice person.
6. I think that in the next few chapters that Harry will finally confront Malfoy and give him a piece of his mind. Maybe they will fight or maybe the teachers will break it up before anything can really happen. Also I think that maybe Voldemort might appear again, seeing that he is so close to Hogwart's and the two will have a battle to the death and in the end Harry will win with the help of his friends.
Friday, March 8, 2013
Rachel Falb
Rachel Falb
Uglies
Scott Westerfeld
Dystopian
Just Right
Just Finished
1) The end of the book was a total shock to me. David and Tally break everyone free from the officials and they all escape. When Tally finds Shay, she finds that she is pretty and she can't believe that this happened. David finds his mom and he finds out that his dad, Az, has died. David is torn and Maddy knows that it will be hard for them to recover. They all head out of the city and out towards the ruins. Maddy and David go the ruins to be alone and everyone else camps out near the river hiding from the officials. Once they all meet together, Maddy finds a way to cure people's lesions so they can be pretty, but they are no longer brain washed. She wants to try the medicine to see if it works. The only pretty that she has access to is Shay. Because Shay is brain washed, she won't take the medicine because she likes being perfect and pretty. The only way for Maddy to figure out that the medicine works so she can help people, is if she can try it on a pretty. Tally volunteers to become pretty and when she comes back, she'll take the medicine to see if it works. David doesn't want her to go because he thinks the operation will change her and she'll never be the same. He doesn't want the officials to treat her the way they treated his father. The book ends with Tally being picked up by a hover car to be taken into the city for her operation.
2) I really enjoyed reading this book. I took a break and read something else when I was in the middle of the book because I was kind of getting tired of this book. It reminded me a lot of other Dystopian books so I found it a little slow. I eventually came back to the book and I am glad I did. The ending was not like most Dystopians, so Westerfeld definitely pulled me in and made me more interested. For example, in the beginning of the book, I thought that Tally was going to go to Smoke and see that Shay and David have fallen in love, but by the end David and Tally end up being very close. I think that it is nice that Westerfeld leads you on to predict one thing is going to happen, but the ending ends up being the opposite. For example, I thought that Tally was going to go to Smoke and report everyone there. It turns out that Tally ends up loving it there and can't imagine going back. She brings the officials to Smoke on accident. I definitely enjoyed this book though and would recommend it to anyone.
3) A theme that I have seen appear in this book is relationships. Some of the relationships are very tight, like the relationship David has with his parents. Some of the relationships are weak though, like the relationship between Tally and her friend Peris. This theme mostly appears in the characters because all of the relationships happen between the main characters of the book. One place where I see this occur majorly is between Tally and Shay. Their friendship started when they were trying to re connect with their old friends who had turned pretty and they met up when they were trying to sneak back into Uglyville. They then became very close, but the relationship was weakened when Shay told Tally her plans of escaping to Smoke. Once Shay left, their friendship fell apart. When Tally joined her in Smoke, they started to regain their old relationship. Once David and Tally became friends, Tally seems to focus more on him. This is one main place where I see the theme of relationships appear.
4) My favorite character is Shay. When Tally comes to Smoke, she is so excited and glad that she has come to join her event though it is a huge risk to travel so far by herself. Shay doesn't suspect what Tally is up to, which shows how loyal she is to Tally. She doesn't think that Tally would ever do something like that. Not only does Shay include Tally but when Tally takes David from Shay and they become very close friends, she stays calm even though she doesn't like this. She liked David, but now that Tally has taken him from her, she feels alone because her two close friends are a couple now. I feel badly for her and that her two closest friends barely speak to her. Once Shay becomes pretty, she feels that it is her fault that Tally never got what she wanted, to become pretty. These are some reasons on why she is my favorite character.
5) My least favorite character is Tally. In my last blog post, I talked a lot about how Tally is only concerned about becoming pretty and not about her friendship. As the book has progressed though, I have learned a lot more about Tally. Not only is she only concerned about how she looks, but when she gets to Smoke she should have told the truth. I can understand how Tally would want to see what Smoke is like before she turns them in, but she should not have waited so long and then kept the transmitter. She should have told people who were more experienced so they could tell her how to disable the transmitter without bringing the officials to Smoke. This would have resolved a lot of problems and Az would then most likely still be alive. Tally is also my least favorite character because she doesn't understand that David needs space. David had a very close bond with his father so when he dies he is heart broken. Tally needs David because she is so shook up about everything that has just happened, but she doesn't realize that David needs to spend time alone with his mother. He needs space to be able to fully recover from the tragedy and Tally needs to mature and realize this.
6) The ending of this book was not what I expected to happen. I predicted that Tally and Shay would live in Smoke for the rest of their lives. Once Smoke was discovered, my predictions changed and I wasn't sure what was going to happen. When Tally is escaping from the officials and finds David hiding in a cave I knew that they would try with all of their power to save Smoke and rebuild it. This is what I predicted, but in the book Shay gets turned into a pretty forcefully by the officials and I never thought that this would happen. Another thing that happened that I did not expect was for Az to die. It was so shocking and Westerfeld never gave any warning. I expected that both Maddy and Az would live and Tally would see them again once they came back from the ruins. Westerfeld did a very good job with making things very unpredictable and exciting.
Uglies
Scott Westerfeld
Dystopian
Just Right
Just Finished
1) The end of the book was a total shock to me. David and Tally break everyone free from the officials and they all escape. When Tally finds Shay, she finds that she is pretty and she can't believe that this happened. David finds his mom and he finds out that his dad, Az, has died. David is torn and Maddy knows that it will be hard for them to recover. They all head out of the city and out towards the ruins. Maddy and David go the ruins to be alone and everyone else camps out near the river hiding from the officials. Once they all meet together, Maddy finds a way to cure people's lesions so they can be pretty, but they are no longer brain washed. She wants to try the medicine to see if it works. The only pretty that she has access to is Shay. Because Shay is brain washed, she won't take the medicine because she likes being perfect and pretty. The only way for Maddy to figure out that the medicine works so she can help people, is if she can try it on a pretty. Tally volunteers to become pretty and when she comes back, she'll take the medicine to see if it works. David doesn't want her to go because he thinks the operation will change her and she'll never be the same. He doesn't want the officials to treat her the way they treated his father. The book ends with Tally being picked up by a hover car to be taken into the city for her operation.
2) I really enjoyed reading this book. I took a break and read something else when I was in the middle of the book because I was kind of getting tired of this book. It reminded me a lot of other Dystopian books so I found it a little slow. I eventually came back to the book and I am glad I did. The ending was not like most Dystopians, so Westerfeld definitely pulled me in and made me more interested. For example, in the beginning of the book, I thought that Tally was going to go to Smoke and see that Shay and David have fallen in love, but by the end David and Tally end up being very close. I think that it is nice that Westerfeld leads you on to predict one thing is going to happen, but the ending ends up being the opposite. For example, I thought that Tally was going to go to Smoke and report everyone there. It turns out that Tally ends up loving it there and can't imagine going back. She brings the officials to Smoke on accident. I definitely enjoyed this book though and would recommend it to anyone.
3) A theme that I have seen appear in this book is relationships. Some of the relationships are very tight, like the relationship David has with his parents. Some of the relationships are weak though, like the relationship between Tally and her friend Peris. This theme mostly appears in the characters because all of the relationships happen between the main characters of the book. One place where I see this occur majorly is between Tally and Shay. Their friendship started when they were trying to re connect with their old friends who had turned pretty and they met up when they were trying to sneak back into Uglyville. They then became very close, but the relationship was weakened when Shay told Tally her plans of escaping to Smoke. Once Shay left, their friendship fell apart. When Tally joined her in Smoke, they started to regain their old relationship. Once David and Tally became friends, Tally seems to focus more on him. This is one main place where I see the theme of relationships appear.
4) My favorite character is Shay. When Tally comes to Smoke, she is so excited and glad that she has come to join her event though it is a huge risk to travel so far by herself. Shay doesn't suspect what Tally is up to, which shows how loyal she is to Tally. She doesn't think that Tally would ever do something like that. Not only does Shay include Tally but when Tally takes David from Shay and they become very close friends, she stays calm even though she doesn't like this. She liked David, but now that Tally has taken him from her, she feels alone because her two close friends are a couple now. I feel badly for her and that her two closest friends barely speak to her. Once Shay becomes pretty, she feels that it is her fault that Tally never got what she wanted, to become pretty. These are some reasons on why she is my favorite character.
5) My least favorite character is Tally. In my last blog post, I talked a lot about how Tally is only concerned about becoming pretty and not about her friendship. As the book has progressed though, I have learned a lot more about Tally. Not only is she only concerned about how she looks, but when she gets to Smoke she should have told the truth. I can understand how Tally would want to see what Smoke is like before she turns them in, but she should not have waited so long and then kept the transmitter. She should have told people who were more experienced so they could tell her how to disable the transmitter without bringing the officials to Smoke. This would have resolved a lot of problems and Az would then most likely still be alive. Tally is also my least favorite character because she doesn't understand that David needs space. David had a very close bond with his father so when he dies he is heart broken. Tally needs David because she is so shook up about everything that has just happened, but she doesn't realize that David needs to spend time alone with his mother. He needs space to be able to fully recover from the tragedy and Tally needs to mature and realize this.
6) The ending of this book was not what I expected to happen. I predicted that Tally and Shay would live in Smoke for the rest of their lives. Once Smoke was discovered, my predictions changed and I wasn't sure what was going to happen. When Tally is escaping from the officials and finds David hiding in a cave I knew that they would try with all of their power to save Smoke and rebuild it. This is what I predicted, but in the book Shay gets turned into a pretty forcefully by the officials and I never thought that this would happen. Another thing that happened that I did not expect was for Az to die. It was so shocking and Westerfeld never gave any warning. I expected that both Maddy and Az would live and Tally would see them again once they came back from the ruins. Westerfeld did a very good job with making things very unpredictable and exciting.
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Annie Green
Annie Green
Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone
JK Rowling
Fantasy
Just Right
175
Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone
JK Rowling
Fantasy
Just Right
175
1. Right now I am reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s
Stone by JK Rowling and in the story right now Harry is learning what it’s
like to go to the Hogwarts School of witchcraft and wizardry. Ever since Harry
arrived there have been twists and turns at every corner. Him being famous for
something he doesn’t even remember. Having a whole world hidden from him till
his eleventh birthday. Being a wizard and having no one tell him! He was so
excited to leave the home of his aunt and uncle who are muggles (non magic
folk) and go to this interesting school. Now Harry has gotten used to the popularity
and the world of his new friends. As he gets further into the school year he
meets two friends Ron Wesley and Hermione Granger. On Halloween night Harry and
Ron have sat down in the great hall ready for the feast when all of a sudden
there defense against the dark arts teachers runs into the great hall and tells
everyone the there is a troll in the dungeon. When the headmaster gets everyone
under control Harry and Ron slip a way to find Hermione who is in the girls
bathroom near the dungeon.
2.So far I am really enjoying this book because I love all the
twists and turns in the plot that you don’t find in many other books. A lot of
books I have read lately have been very predictable and they all remind me of each
other but not this book. Normally I don’t like fiction novels because they are
fake and unconvincing but this one I think is very different from the rest and
it pulls you in and makes you want to
read more and you don’t even notice that the things happen in the book are
completely unrealistic. I think that the way the author wrote this book is
really interesting because I think all of the characters have been developed really
well and there is a whole background story that goes along with this novel that
the author has start to uncover.
3.A theme I have noticed so far in the book is fear of failure
I see this them mostly in the main character Harry. Harry came from knowing
nothing about this life and growing up with Muggles to one day being told he
was a wizard and he was going to a place to study transfiguration, herbology, and
defense against the dark arts. When Harry gets there he is scared that he will
be a terrible wizard because more of the first years at Hogwarts have grown up their
whole lives living around magic folk and Harry was only introduces to this lifestyle
a few short days ago. He is scared that he will be terrible in his classes and
make a fool of himself because he is supposed to be one of the greatest wizards
of all time.
4.My favorite character in this story is Dumbledor, Dumbledor
is the headmaster at Hogwarts, Although me as a reader don’t really know much
about Dumbledor the characters in the story talk about how great he is all the
time. The reason Harry is so famous is because when he was very young a dark
wizard named Voldemort was very powerful and was feared by almost everyone in
the wizard world. He went one night to Harrys home and killed his parents with
a well-known killing curse but when he tried to kill Harry he failed and has
not been seen since that day. Something about Harry stumped the dark lord that
day and no one really knows what it is. The only other wizard besides Harry
that Voldemort fears is Dumbledor and I think that’s really cool.
5.My least favorite character so far in the story is Malfoy.
Malfoy is a boy who is also a first year at Hogwarts and he is mean and rude. In
the beginning of the story on the train to Hogwarts Malfoy sees Harry with Ron
and he tells Harry that Ron is the wrong sort and Harry should not be friends with
him. Then later in the story Malfoy makes fun of a boy in Harrys dormitory
named Neville because he is not very bright. Neville receives a gift from his gran
called a remembrol and it helps people remember what they have forgotten and
Malfoy takes Neville’s gift away from him.
6.A prediction I have about
this book is that I think Harry and Ron will save Hermione and they will get
her out of the bathroom before they have a chance to encounter the troll. I
think that kids will run into the professors when they try to sneak back to
the dormitory’s because the professors have gone down to address the troll and
get it out of the school. I think that the three of them will get in trouble
for not being at their dormitories like everyone else.
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Rachel Hall
Rachel Hall
The Truth About Forever
Sarah Dessen
Realistic fiction
Just right
140
The Truth About Forever
Sarah Dessen
Realistic fiction
Just right
140
- The main character is going out on a Friday night with the catering crew. Macy is used to being a tom boy and she doesn't really care about what she looks like. But, when she goes over Monica and Kristy's house they decide to try and dress her up. They put her in a very tight pair of jeans that fit her, and a very low cut tank top that she definitely isn't used to wearing. She has her first beer when she's out this night, and it was definitely a memorable night for her. The girls see how flirty Macy is with Wes and so they think that Macy doesn't like Jason anymore, which is not the case. So, the girls start to tell Macy how they don't like Jason and that she should go after Wes. She doesn't choose between Jason and Wes at the end of the chapter but you know enough that you could guess she doesn't want to leave Jason.
2. I really enjoy the book. The thing that I think I enjoy most is that there are so many plot twist. Like you can sort of think that you know whats going to happened and then you flip the page and it's the complete opposite. I also just really like the characters, each individual character came into the book with their own life story and other things that happened to them. There were no two characters that were so alike that I got them confused. I also like that you get to see a lot of Macy going out of her comfort zone and trying new things, that she normally wouldn't have. For example just changing her clothes, rolling her hair, and having her first beer. Those are all things that she hasn't done before but she found to enjoy being able to test out and experiment with.
3. I think that a major theme in this book is acceptance. Macy has to accept the fact that her father had a heart attack at a young age and that she won't be able to give him that last hug and just to let him know that she loves her dad. Not only in this book, but acceptance in life is a huge theme. There is not single human that was, is or ever will be walking on this Earth and be able to say that they lived the perfect life. But especially in this book, I feel like Sarah Dessen couldn't have made this theme more visible to me. Throughout this book you see that it's not just a story it's a lesson that's teaching you, you can't always just be passive. You have to just be yourself, and being accepting is a huge aspect of that. I see this mainly in the characters. The characters see that if they spend all this time wondering about why some people don't accept them, then they're missing out on a HUGE part of their life. So once they see this they let go and just be themselves.
4. My favorite character is Kristy. Kristy is one of Macy's good friends and she honestly is my favorite because of how unique she is. When she was twelve years old she got into a terrible car accident, and had to go to the hospital. At the hospital they had to give her an operation on the back of her head, which means they had to shave all of her hair off. Why I like her isn't just because she had to go through this terrible thing, but what she did with what she got. Kristy is very open to talking about it, and it tends to happen a lot since she has scars all over her face and head. Since she has all these scars, some people just come right up to her and ask her what's wrong with her. This is what makes her my favorite character, is because she doesn't get offended by this. Kristy would much rather have someone come up to her and ask her point-blank, rather than just staring at her and thinking up ways of why it happened.
5. My least favorite character is Jason. We only see a little bit of him at the beginning and he seems like this great guy and that Macy is lucky to have him. But it bothered me a little bit that he still wanted to be dating Macy even when he was leaving for overnight camp for 2 moths. At the beginning of the book Macy says that Jason is perfect, and that's exactly what she needed. I think that was a little bit of a stretch though. I don't think that they should've stayed together for 2 months when they weren't even near each other. I personally don't think that long distance relationships work. So it was almost annoying that Jason wouldn't sit down with Macy and just say that because he's going away that they should just break up for the time being and then maybe when he gets back they could try to go out again. If he was so "perfect" he would've known that it wasn't right to let her wait for him like that.
6. I think that Macy will leave Jason for Wes in the ending. When Macy meets Wes when Jason is away, they immediately hit it off. Wes isn't the kind of guy that Macy is usually interested in. From how we know Macy she likes to feel safe and doesn't like going out of her comfort zone. So, finding out that she might have feelings for this new guy that she met over Jason is very hard for her to picture. When she's with Jason, they don't always have the most exciting of times but he makes her feel safe. I don't think that she's really thinking about what's going to happened when they break up or if they meet different people when they're apart. Which is what is happening with Wes. I think that once Macy finds a new comfort zone, maybe with Wes she'll like it a lot more than with Jason. I want her to end up with Wes in the end because from what I know now, I like Wes more. Wes seems more fun to be around and just like a living in the moment kind of guy.
Monday, March 4, 2013
Ashley Hanlon
Ashley Hanlon
Uglies
Scott Westerfield
Fantasy
Just Right
48
1. Right now in the book Tally is still an ugly, whereas her best friend Peris has been turned pretty. Tally and Peris have been best friends forever, they even put scars on their hands to show that they will always be together. Tally decides she wants to see Peris so she wants to break into New Pretty Town. Pretties spend all their time partying so during one of their parties Tally sneaks in, its a costume party so she can easily mask her ugly face. At Garbo Mansions, where Peris lives is where the party is happening. At every pretty party there is always two bungee jumps where two of the guests gets to fly off the side of the building, once Tally sets off the fire alarm, some of the pretties begin to question her identity of a pretty so she decides to steal one of the bungee jumps and she flies off the side of the building and returns home back to ugly town. But, instead of being chased by pretties the wardens (older pretties who act as cops and run the town) start to hunt her down. Tally runs into another ugly who also likes to break into New Pretty Town, Shay. They become fast friends and bond over being lonely because all their friends are now pretty. Shay shows Tally how she quickly gets in and out of New Pretty Town, a hoverboard. Shay teaches Tally how to ride a overboard and tells her how they only work over metal, because they are magnetic. Also, there are crash bracelets and belly sensors that come with the board.
2. So far I really like this book. I love the advanced technology that Westerfield uses. He writes about hoverboards, crash bracelets, and belly sensors. Its so much fun and interesting to read about how the pretties and uglies use their technology. Also, the whole plot is different than I have ever read. It's about when kids turn sixteen they go under a major surgery which they turn pretty. All throughout the kids' childhood they dream how they will look when they turn pretty, there even games and devices to predict how you will look after the surgery is done that the children use to have fun with. There is also a board in each one of the uglies dorms where they can plan outfits and order them and they will become instantly 3D. I thought the advanced technology throughout Uglies was very interesting and fun to read about.
3. A theme I see in this book is perfection. The whole plot in Uglies is when kids turn sixteen years old and they go under a surgery and become what their society believes as 'perfect'. Children's games and books are also based on what they will look like after their surgery is complete. While these kids grow up they are taught how imperfect they are. But, their parents tell them that when they turn sixteen they can be fixed and turned into something beautiful. As the kids grow the only thing that they desire is to be accepted and pretty. Being a pretty to them is everything. When your pretty, your happy, and you have more fun. So, being perfect is what every ugly wants.
4. My favorite character would have to be Tally. Tally is my favorite so far because I have only really gotten to know her. I like how she is a rebellious teenager who goes against the society. She breaks the rules. Everyone else thinks she is naive for going against the rules because if she gets caught there is possible where she will be forced to stay ugly forever. But, I like how she goes to get what she wants and goes against the rules. She's a free spirit and a mysterious girl, so you don't always know what she's thinking which keeps the reader on their toes.
5. My least favorite character would have to be Peris. I haven't learned a lot about Peris but what the writer has mentioned about him seems like he is an awful, self-absorbed person. When Tally goes to sneak into the pretty party, when she goes to meet Peris he tells her "yeah we're still friends, just...be prettier." This is kind of a punch in the face to Tally, he even got the scar the two of them made together removed. She always thought that they would be best friends forever, but ever since Peris became pretty and perfect he's kind of forgot about her.
6. I think Shay and Tally will become new best friends because they will be able to become pretty together because they have the same birthday so they will get their surgeries done together. I also think that when Tally turns pretty and sees Peris she will be prettier than him and he'll want to be best friends with her again. But, I think there will be a plot twist and Shay and Tally or just one of them won't get their surgeries done on schedule. I think they will get into some trouble with the wardens.
Uglies
Scott Westerfield
Fantasy
Just Right
48
1. Right now in the book Tally is still an ugly, whereas her best friend Peris has been turned pretty. Tally and Peris have been best friends forever, they even put scars on their hands to show that they will always be together. Tally decides she wants to see Peris so she wants to break into New Pretty Town. Pretties spend all their time partying so during one of their parties Tally sneaks in, its a costume party so she can easily mask her ugly face. At Garbo Mansions, where Peris lives is where the party is happening. At every pretty party there is always two bungee jumps where two of the guests gets to fly off the side of the building, once Tally sets off the fire alarm, some of the pretties begin to question her identity of a pretty so she decides to steal one of the bungee jumps and she flies off the side of the building and returns home back to ugly town. But, instead of being chased by pretties the wardens (older pretties who act as cops and run the town) start to hunt her down. Tally runs into another ugly who also likes to break into New Pretty Town, Shay. They become fast friends and bond over being lonely because all their friends are now pretty. Shay shows Tally how she quickly gets in and out of New Pretty Town, a hoverboard. Shay teaches Tally how to ride a overboard and tells her how they only work over metal, because they are magnetic. Also, there are crash bracelets and belly sensors that come with the board.
2. So far I really like this book. I love the advanced technology that Westerfield uses. He writes about hoverboards, crash bracelets, and belly sensors. Its so much fun and interesting to read about how the pretties and uglies use their technology. Also, the whole plot is different than I have ever read. It's about when kids turn sixteen they go under a major surgery which they turn pretty. All throughout the kids' childhood they dream how they will look when they turn pretty, there even games and devices to predict how you will look after the surgery is done that the children use to have fun with. There is also a board in each one of the uglies dorms where they can plan outfits and order them and they will become instantly 3D. I thought the advanced technology throughout Uglies was very interesting and fun to read about.
3. A theme I see in this book is perfection. The whole plot in Uglies is when kids turn sixteen years old and they go under a surgery and become what their society believes as 'perfect'. Children's games and books are also based on what they will look like after their surgery is complete. While these kids grow up they are taught how imperfect they are. But, their parents tell them that when they turn sixteen they can be fixed and turned into something beautiful. As the kids grow the only thing that they desire is to be accepted and pretty. Being a pretty to them is everything. When your pretty, your happy, and you have more fun. So, being perfect is what every ugly wants.
4. My favorite character would have to be Tally. Tally is my favorite so far because I have only really gotten to know her. I like how she is a rebellious teenager who goes against the society. She breaks the rules. Everyone else thinks she is naive for going against the rules because if she gets caught there is possible where she will be forced to stay ugly forever. But, I like how she goes to get what she wants and goes against the rules. She's a free spirit and a mysterious girl, so you don't always know what she's thinking which keeps the reader on their toes.
5. My least favorite character would have to be Peris. I haven't learned a lot about Peris but what the writer has mentioned about him seems like he is an awful, self-absorbed person. When Tally goes to sneak into the pretty party, when she goes to meet Peris he tells her "yeah we're still friends, just...be prettier." This is kind of a punch in the face to Tally, he even got the scar the two of them made together removed. She always thought that they would be best friends forever, but ever since Peris became pretty and perfect he's kind of forgot about her.
6. I think Shay and Tally will become new best friends because they will be able to become pretty together because they have the same birthday so they will get their surgeries done together. I also think that when Tally turns pretty and sees Peris she will be prettier than him and he'll want to be best friends with her again. But, I think there will be a plot twist and Shay and Tally or just one of them won't get their surgeries done on schedule. I think they will get into some trouble with the wardens.
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