Talk about a book
you read that you found
interesting, provocative, or even mildly engaging.
interesting, provocative, or even mildly engaging.
Identify the title (and author if you remember), and then write a paragraph telling about the book. You could talk about the basic plot and characters if it is a fictional book or some of the topics or ideas if it is a nonfiction book. Be sure to discuss the parts that were most interesting to you as a reader. Also talk about why you would recommend this book to someone looking for an outside reading book--what makes it a good read? What kind of person would like this book?
When I was in early middle school I read a book called "The Invention of Hugo Cabret". I can't remember the author, but I remember adoring the book. It was a couple thousand pages, but what I found so interesting about it, besides the plot, was the fact that there will have at random moments in the book where a few pages will have animations to help you really visualize things. There was a movie released last year entitled "Hugo" that was based off of the book. The premice is that a young boy named Hugo works in a train station changing the clocks after the passing of his father and uncle. He was left to run the clocks because he was the only person left who knew how to. Though the begginning starts rather grim, the story takes an imaginative step in about the middle of the book. This is the type of book a creative type would read. I myself am quite creative, so for me reading this was a quite enjoyable experience. If you love the cinema, artistic literature and things of that nature, i recommend this book for you to read in your spare time. I have not read it since I was that age, but I finally just saw the movie this past summer and enjoyed it very much. The pictures in between the book make it perfect because there is so much description going on and so many details in the text it can be hard to picture what it would look like. Because the author is also a very talented artist, he drew the pictures in to let you know what it is you're looking at and help you visualize what is going on in the book. I recommend it if you want a quick easy book to read, that you will actually enjoy reading. But again, artsy types are the main focus of this book. But then again, if you don't want to read it, you can just see the movie adaptation. Though the book is by far much better.
ReplyDeleteCindy Dam
ReplyDeleteA book that I found interesting,provocative, and even mildly engaing is Perfect Chemestry by Simone. They book contains alot about people and how they can be different but yet be so alike. The two main characters in this book is Alex Fuentes And Brittney Ellis. They go to a very diverse school with many different social classes and races. Brittney being the head cheerleader and Alex being in a gang. They story prolongs to them basically falling in love but the interesting part about it was how they had so much hatred towards eachother that is taught them the abilities they had on eachother, the hatred eventully fueled to love. It all started with a dissapointed chemistry partner, making brittney stuck with alex, she thought so bad of it and wouldve wanted to have any other partner besides Alex. It just funny out it worked out so well. I would reccommend this book to anyone who loves emotional love stories, im not such a big fan but I didnt hate it at all.
Tyler Gibson
ReplyDeleteA book ive read is Milkweed by Jerry Spenelli. This book is about a young Gypsey boy who has no name. He has no home and in order to survive he steals from the rich in the streets. Eventually he meets some other orphans who end up being his family. This takes place in warsaw during WW2. The story is interesting because its in the view of a kid (Age 7-10) who has no education what so ever and must learn about the terrible things happening around him. I would suggest this to anyone who is interested in learning more about the holocaust and see whats going through the head of a child at this point.
Sophie Wisoff
ReplyDeleteOver the summer, I did not read any books that intrigued me. However, last school year in global class, I was assigned to read "A Long Way Gone." This book was memoirs of a boy soldier who faught in his country, Sierra Leone. It made me laugh, and it also made me cry. My favorite part of the book was when Ishmael, the main character, was removed from the army and brought to almost like a refugee camp. He had been so accustomed to the war, and his fellow soldiers, that he didn't want to leave them. He was forced to leave and he was not given a choice. A Long Way Gone was really eye-opening about child soldiers and also about war. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in global history and war.
Abbey Cloutier
ReplyDeleteThe book Tears of a Tiger is a book about and high school named Andy. Andy is a big basketball star, and at the end of a big game him and his buddies start to drink. on the way home they get into a very bad car accident which kills his best friend. Andy blames his fault for drinking and driving. Andy is stuck with the memory of his friend burning to death in the car which was on fire. Andy is scared my his friend screaming his name for help, until the flames compleatly consumed him alive. this is a great book because you see Andy stuggles, and how he trys to move on with life. but the voices and thoughts will haunt him for the rest of his life
Taylor Nielsen
ReplyDeleteThe Perks Of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chobosky is a great novel and I recommend that everyone reads it. The character Charlie is going into highschool and he is dealt with a handful of new things that he has to overcome. He experiences new things such as drugs,and alcohol, his first kiss, and he also deals with being bullied. My favorite part of the novel is when Charlie meets his first friends, Patrick and Sam, who eventually become his best friends later down the road. They slowly become closer and closer as they do more things together. Their friendship is fun and sets a good example of a good friendship. Anyone that enjoys reading books about realistic events should consider reading The Perks Of Being a Wallflower. You see how Charlie copes with high school which is interesting because everyone goes through the same things as Charlie in high school. Overall, its a great book with an interesting storyline.
Jacob Cornish
ReplyDeleteThe book i read was the Prince of the Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zaffon. This book was a very good horror book that i never wanted to put down. There were a lot of good scenes in the book but the ending was by far my favorite. A boy named Max Carver, who is the main character, stumbles upon some creepy and disturbing secrets about the house he recently moved into. He keeps investigating throughout the book and towards the end is where everything gets uncovered. Max finally finds the ship he had been looking for the entire book and when he tries to go inside with his sister and best friend, the prince of the mist appears. The prince of the mist fights all three of them and max's sister gets badly injured. Eventually Max's best friend Roland, kills the prince of the mist. The ending was my favorite part not only because all of the secrets get uncovered but also because it shows courage and bravery from the three main characters.
Carley Pratico.
DeleteThis book seems really interesting. I'm not all that into horror stories, but this sounds like it has a really good plot, and a great mystery. I really hope I get a chance to read it.
Over the summer I read "Halo: the Fall of Reach" It is about the upbringing and Battles of a group of genetically altered super soldiers called Spartans. These Spartans are called upon to save the human race from extinction by the hands of an alien group known as The Covenenant. The book explores the idea of when human survival is at stake, how far is one allowed to go to ensure the human race's survival. i would recomend this book to anyone who likes to read scifi futuristic books and/or to anyone who likes to read books pertaining to war.
ReplyDeleteHelen Leet:
ReplyDeleteThroughout my reading expierence I have really enjoyed reading the Harry Potter series. I have only gone up to book 5, which is the Order of the Phoniex, but so far I have enjoyed all of them. My favorite one was the Goblet of Fire, and although it was one of the longer books(about 700-800 pages)I really liked reading it. It is about when Hogwarts hosts the Triwizard Tournament and 2 other schools come to Hogwarts to compete in the games. Instead of summarizing it, my absolute favorite part was when Harry and Cedric come out of the maze and Voldemort kills him. It was so intense in that part of the book, and even though I saw the movie first, the book made it so much better. It was a sad part and I couldnt stop reading it. Cedric's father was very upset and after Harry went on to battle Voldemort. After this whole thing was done and over with Harry still lives on Cedric's legacy, because during the games they had a very great friendship and they both helped eachother out since they were both from Hogwarts. I personally enjoy this series because it shows the true meaning of love and friendship, which is really important to me. J.K Rowling does a great job of showing both those qualities(plus more) through her writing of Harry Potter books.
Zeynep Balto
ReplyDeleteIn the summer i read book which name is Jane.And the writer is again Jane because the story is about her life. In the book Jane is a really good actor and she has 2 little son one of them is 5 and one of them is 3 years old. she broke up with her husband but she had a boyfriend 21 years old and she is 28 years old. In the book after 1-2 chapters she learned that she had a cancer first she couldn't believe that or she didn't want to believe.When she went to doctor she understood that she had cancer. After these she knew that she had 2 little sweet sons and she decided to not gave up. She had a lot of chemo and radiation her hair was also gone but she put her picture without hair in the book she was so brave. She was more stronger than the person who is healthy. the story is about this woman I won't tell you the en of the story because i want you to read it believe me it teach a lot of thing for life.
Brenna Remillard
ReplyDeleteLast year I read The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. It tells the story of Hazel, a young girl with cancer. She attends weekly cancer support groups, and while there one week she meets Agustus Waters who only has one leg. The two of them grow very close very quickly. This is one of the most realistic fictional books I have ever read. It's not about a girl's cancer being magically cured after 3 years because she met the guy of her dreams. It has nothing but realistic situiations, except for Agustus because no guy is that perfect. That is why I enjoyed it so much. If you are the type of person who gets attached to fictional characters (like I do) then this might not be the best book for you. However, if you're tired of storys about vampires, fake romances and things similar to that then I suggest you give this book a try.
Tucker Sheely
ReplyDeleteA book that I read this summer was Catching fire by Suzanne Collins. This was a good book with lots of action and many surprises. The book takes place in the land of Panem, on a land that used to be known as the United States of America. there was an uprising and the uprising was crushed so the capital forced each of the 12 districts in the country to send kids into the hunger games. the main character in the book is Katniss, the daughter of a deceased coal miner in district 12. In the previous book Katniss was forced into the hunger games and won, along with another boy from her district, Peeta, the son of a baker. They win the hunger games. in this book, The previous winners of the hunger games have to fight once more because it is the 75 anniversary of the hunger games. There is a lot of action and many unforeseen events take play. I thoroughly enjoyed this book.
Evan Goodspeed
ReplyDeleteThe book that I read was called Steel. I forget who the author that wrote the book was called. Its about young girl who has been tainning for a big fencing tournument againts her long time rival. She ends up in the past where pirates were very common and fights againt blackbeared. She than returns back to her normal timeline.
Sahar Shakeel
ReplyDeleteOver the summer, I read "Kids of Kabul: Living Barely Through a Never-Ending War" by Deborah Ellis. This nonfiction book talks about how the author went to Afghanistan to show the world how life was to the women, and their children of Afghanistan. Each chapter is told by a child, a mother, a wife or a widow’s point of view and they say what has happened, what the war did to them that changed their life forever. What astounds me is the living conditions to what these people have to live through in a country that's currently in war. Things that are normal to them, like losing a family member by a bomb, giving away daughters for money, or having to feed little children with not enough food, is not normal to us because we don't experience this everyday like how the citizens of Afghanistan does. But these things that happen to them shouldn't be normal to them which makes this so terrifying. I love this book a lot because it shows that words are greater than actions and these words are incredibly powerful. It talks about how all women and children all need rights to live in a country peacefully. But even as bad as it sounds, there are actions taking place which makes me happier to see that maybe in the future, Afghanistan would be a safe place for all.
Radine Anne Nieva
ReplyDeleteDuring summer I read a book series called the Series of Unfortunate Events: the Bad Beginning. It is the first book of the series. It is about the adventure of Violet Baudelaire,the oldest daughter and a young inventor; Klaus Baudelaire, the second oldest son and an intelligent brother who loves to read books; and Sunny Baudelaire, the youngest daughter and a baby who have sharp-tooth. They are trying to escape to Count Olaf who is their fist guardian after their parents died in the fire. Count Olaf is the villain in the life of the Baudelaire siblings. He is filthy and greedy and he will do anything to kill the Baudelaire siblings so that he can take the fortune that is left by the dead parents of the siblings. My favorite parts in the book is that when Violet invented a grappling hook, from metal rods and torn clothing to save Sunny who is trap in a bird cage by Count Olaf. I think that it is a good reading to students in elementary and middle school and to foreign students who is starting to learn english. Because it has a good vocabulary words that will help the students to expand their vocabulary. And to those people who want to read adventure stories like me.
Carley Pratico
ReplyDeleteOver the summer i read "The City of Bones," by Cassandra Clare. The story begins with the main character, Clary, and her best friend, Simon, going into a teen club. Once inside, she sees a young guy chasing a young girl. The girl starts leading the boy towards the supply closet. Clary assumes probably what you are thinking they are going to do, but Clary suddenly realizes that no one else seems to notice that the girl is there. The girl and boy disappear into the room. Clary pushes through the crowd of people to try and see what's going on. When she reaches the supply room, the girl is holding a whip, the boy she was louring is bleeding and on the floor, and there are two handsome strangers with her. The strangers are shocked that Clary can see them. the boy on the floor dies and it is revealed to Clary that that boy hadn't been human, but was in fact a demon. The blonde boy introduces himself as Jace and explains as much as he can to a mundane or human. Simon then begins to call Clary's name and the beautiful strangers are forced to retreat. A few nights later, Clary and Simon go to a poetry reading. Suddenly when Clary looks out the window Jace is outside and seems to be waiting for her. Clary demands an explanation for what exactly happened the other night. Jace reveals that he is of a race of rare people called Nephilin.Half human and half angel. Also known as Shadow hunters or demon hunters. . during there talk, Clary gets a panicked call from her mother, telling her not to come home. Clary hears noises in the background and is frightened that something bad is happening to her mother. Suddenly the line goes dead. Desperate Clary tries to call her mom but there's no answer. She runs home to find her Apartment in shambles, her mother is missing, and no clues as to where she was. A demon pounces form the shadows and attacks Clary. Jace had been worried and followed Clary, and easily slayed the demon. However, during the battle Clary got mortally wounded and passes out. With no one else to take care of her and no safe place to go, Jace takes Clary to his home, The Institute, a place for shadow hunters. Once there Clary is introduced to Jace's suruget brother and sister, Alec and Isabelle. It is then revealed to Clary that she is also one of the Nephilin, and that perhaps her mom is more than she appears to be. Clary must join up with the shadow hunters to find her mother, uncover a past and a power that is lost to Clary, find out who is responsible for her mothers disappearance, and retrieve and sacred Nephilin relic, that had been lost for centuries called the Mortal Cup.
Andrew Canavan
ReplyDeleteOver the summer I read "It's All About the Bike" by Robert Penn. It's a book about the authors quest to build the perfect bike. Throughout the book he travels from Wales to New York City to California selecting the best parts for his dream machine. He learns about the origins of cycling and discovers that having the right bike can make all the difference. I enjoyed this book because I am an avid biker. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn more about how all the parts of a bike work together and the history of bicycles. I think this would be a good outside reading book for anyone looking to learn something new.
Rebecca Boodhoo
ReplyDeleteThis summer I read Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher. I loved this book. The author was phenomenal at developing the characters and imagery.This book is set up different then most books. It has a narrator but shes talking about what happened in the past meanwhile a character in the book is also listening to her narrate her story, while we see what happens to him. In one chapter of the book she talks about her first kiss. She explains that it happened exactly how she always imagined it would and how it was perfect for her. She also made it clear that all that had happened that night was a kiss. She then goes on to explain what happened the next day at school when the boy she kissed lied and spread a rumor that they did more then just kiss. She talks about the taunting and horror that she endured throughout high school and how it lead her to her suicide. This part of the book made me take a different view on how I lived daily. It made me realize that maybe everything I hear in the halls aren't true. This book helped to me to be a lot more insightful and compassionate toward the feelings of others. Its a great read. I recommend it to anyone who likes books that are realistic.
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ReplyDeleteJesika Thomas
ReplyDeleteOver the summer I read the book Paper Towns by John Green. It was a really cool book about a kid named Quentin Jacobson and his search for Margo Speiglman. Margo is a troubled girl who runs away from home a lot. Every time she runs she leaves clues behind for people to decode and find out where she went. Quentin realizes that this time she has left the clues behind for him. The most interesting part to me were the clever characters and how lively and real they felt. This is a real swell book because of the themes and lessons it covers. It is also very funny and written really well and creatively. I would suggest this book to people who like mysteries.