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I have been reading “Percy Jackson The Lighting Theif” by Rick Riordan. I am not exactly sure how long I have been reading but, I am on page 213. I believe that “The Lighting Theif” is a fantasy because I am pretty sure that all the characters and some of the settings are made up.
In the beginning of the book the protagonist, Percy, is at a school for troubled kids with a teacher that absolutely targeted him. Or at least a teacher that was never at his school according to all the kids. Even though he is confused he tries to forget about the “never existing teacher, Mrs. Dodds,”. Once school ended he took the bus home and had to wait until they fixed the bus when it broke down. While they waited, Percy saw three women knitting a sock in front of a fruit stand. Little did he know when you see those three lady that means he is going to die. Even though Grover, Percy’s best friend, told him to stay with him Percy left to go home anyways. Once he got home instead of his stepdad greeting him after 6 months he just cares if he has any money. Finially his mom came home and they made plans to go to the beach. Once they got there, there was a huge storm. Knock! Knock! Knock! Grover came and was panting “I have been looking all over for you.” He exclaimed. Percy’s mom was in terror, not because Grover had goat legs but why Grover came. After explaining about Mrs. Dodds and the three ladies at the fruit stand. His mom demanded that they go into the car. After they drove for a while, a big bull man came charging at them! Sadly his mom disappeared into thin air, but with his friend unconscious Percy broke off one of the monsters horn and destroyed it. He woke inside a big camp place. Turns out one off his teachers who was in a wheelchair at his school was a centaur, half horse. Once they learn Percy was a demigod and son of Poseidon, lord of the sea. Also he was accused of stealing Zeus’s lighting bolt and had to go to Olympus to prove he didn’t steal it. He had to people with him one the quest, Grover and Annabeth (daughter of Athena, goddess of wisdom and battle). They have to fight monster after monster until they get there. Percy’s hard life just got much harder.
I think the theme of the book is that if you are with your friends you can get through anything. I think that is theme because Percy was nervous about going to Olympus, but he is getting through it because of his friends.

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This week I finished reading I Am Malala and countinued to read Michael Vey. I read 123 pages this week and it took me 2 hours to do. The genre of I Am Malala is memoir. I know this because in this book Malala is writing about and looking back on past events that have happened in her life.
I Am Malala is about Malala Yousfazi, a brave girl who took a stand and fought for her education. Malala’s home, Pakistan, was invaded by the Taliban when she was young. The Taliban would tell the citizens of the places they controlled that they couldn’t do certain things, such as going to school. The Taliban would hurt anyone who rebelled against them, but some audacious girls, such as Malala, continued going to school. Malala even took it one step further, and spoke out against the Taliban in public. Because of Malala’s protest, the Taliban shot Malala thinking it would silence her, but it didn’t. Malala used the publicity from the shooting to broaden her protest against the Taliban, saving everyone in Pakistan.
The theme of this book is that one should work to get what they want, even when it may seem hard. This is the theme because Malala wanted an education for herself and her fellow schoolmates, so she worked hard and eventually, against all odds, got it.
My favorite part of this book is when Malala was in the hospital recovering from the shooting. Because, even though it was a long road to recovery, Malala never lost hope and stayed strong throughout the whole thing.
I rate this book 5/5 stars, because it has the right amount of suspense and action. Also, Malala makes sure to mention her home life too, reminding the reader that she is just an ordinary girl

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I read about one hour and 30 min
The book going wild in about a girl name Charlie who moves to Arizona from Chicago. At first she does not like it there. However she makes two friends named Mac and Maria. She soon discovers a package in a box while she was looking for her soccer gear. The package contains a bracelet. She puts it on and without knowing it she gets amazing animal powers. My favorite part of the book is when she finally activates the last two powers she has because I was anxious to see what all her powers would be. I would give it a 5 out of 5 stars rating because I never wanted to put it down.

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The Magicians Nephew
0-132
2 hours

Genre: The genre of this book is probably fantasy and that’s because all the major things that have happened in this book are not realistic, like magic.

Rating: I would give this book a 4.5 because it is descriptive adventurous and fun and I like how the author draws you in. The book overall is nice, but since it was based on old London the people have accents and the book is a little hard to understand. I really like this book and would recommend someone to read it.

Favorite part: My favorite part was when Polly and Digory are in the lost city of Charn and when the evil queen saves them and they are about to leave she says let’s go, both kids get suspicious and then ask why and she says to them. “ To your world of course.” After it takes them a few minutes to understand and they find out that she was going to conquer their world. That was my favorite part.

Theme: The theme of this book probably; Beginning and End. Because when Digory and Polly reach Charn a world that has ended it felt scary, dark, sad , and negative to them they really didn’t like the place. When both kids kids entered Narnia the world that started right when they entered the world they felt calm, warmed, and loved, by the loins singing and by the young sun which made the kids happy and they wanted to stay there rather than leave back to the real world. That’s what I think.

Summary: A girl named Polly and a boy named Digory decide to go on an adventure through the townhouse attics to the forbidden house while they where going the enter Digory’s Evil uncles study. The evil uncle sends them to another world where they meet an evil queen. The evil queen traps them to bring her to their world and she startes destroying London. So Digory and Polly try to stop her and accidentally bring her, uncle Andrew (Digory’s uncle), a cabby (horse driver), and horse with them to the land of Narnia. Where they find a loin.

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Wonder is a book by  R.J Palacio. The story is about a boy that had a medical condition where his face would look bad. He would always act like a normal kid. For example he likes Star Wars like other kids. When he was a little kid he was home schooled then later on his mom said that he should go to regular school. When he went there, he ran into a problem where the kids would start bullying him and start making fun of how bad his face was. After the boy started making friends. In reality in the book the boy was a very nice person. He would respect others and respect others that even hate him.
Theme: the theme so far is no matter when you are judged by your body everyone’s in this world deserves respect.
Genre: I think this genre is realistic fiction because this could happen in real life. A boy can have medical issue where his body could be messed up.
Rating: I rate this book a 4/5 because it teaches you a lesson that if you are judged of how you look you deserve the same amount of respect that’s everyone deserves

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1 hour 20 mins
60 pages
Title: Okay for Now

Rating: boring. it’s just really boring and nothing exciting is happening.

Summary: Doug moves from his hometown with his abusive father to anew town where he gets a job as a ice cream delivery boy. He wants to make friends and for his father to be nicer to him.
Theme: you might be in a bad place right now but it will get better. I think this because when he first moved he hated the place but now he is starting to enjoy it.
Favorite part: I don’t have one it’s a very  boring book

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At least 2 hours
430 pages
Genre: Dystopian
Book: Divergent
Summary: Divergent is about a girl named Beatrice who lives in a city where the citizens are split into factions. There are five factions: Abnegation, Erudite, Candor, Amity, and Dauntless. Each factions represents something that they think is important. However, Beatrice is something rare called Divergent. Divergent is when you fit into too many of the factions and your brain works different than everyone else’s. Beatrice faces many obstacles for being Divergent and she has to keep her Divergence a secret to protect herself.

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This week, I started the book “ The Last Monster” , by Ginger Garret, and read the whole book in 2 hours and 30 minutes. “ The Last Monster” I think is a fantasy book, because it contains knowledge and descriptions of monsters and people that only if you believe in it you see it like “Olympia” . My favorite part of the book is when the “book” is talking to Sofia and stabilizing her into reality.

Theme : Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. This theme is apt for this book because Sofia believed so she saw the monsters no one else believed except Dr. Capistrano so no one saw. Sofia saw so she saw the beauty of the monsters and their feelings.

Rating :  Give this book a 4, this book was Avery nice try by the author but the thing is there are few passages in the book  that are a little confusing and many times weather intentionally or unintentionally the author jumped between the situations, but it was an amazing book otherwise.

Summary : Sofia, a cancer survivor middle schooler, and because of her abnormality she never felt special. In fact invisible ... Suddenly, a day came to test her abilities of her care, bravery, and flexibility. A day that changes her life when a book in her closet, which allows her to talk to the Artistole’s last student, a Greek philosopher, Xeno. It also allows to see the beauty and the unknown of monsters. Now Sofia has to display her attention to her school, initial crushes, and mostly her monsters.

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I have finished my book called “The voyage of the Frog” and I have also started the book called “Ungifted” and have gotten to page 30. The genre of the book “Ungifted” is probably realistic fiction because it is about various different characters in different schools, talking about their life. My summery. There are various characters like the principle, a kid from the school of the Principle, and a kid from  another school, I don’t know what the want is quite yet, but I think it is that they all want to be very smart because in each new chapter it says the IQ of the person, but yet again nobody can be the smartest forever and nobody is perfect, I don’t know the so and then so I can’t talk about this part. I think the theme is that maybe nobody is perfect because they talk about their struggles and they wish they were more better. So far my favorite in the book is in the beginning when a student pulled off a very massive prank on the basketball team and the leader of the prank got sent to the principals office, but after that the kid was promoted in schools and went to a better school with special skills. So far I would rate this a 4 because right now when each chapter ends it ends off at a good end on that character and each chapter has a bunch of details to make me feel like Im in the book with the character.

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112-226

2hrs ½

Realistic Fiction

Because…..

The setting and time period are real, since the book is set during World War 2 also where the protagonist lives is described as it would look like back then. Although parts of the book are real, some are fiction. For example, the characters aren’t real people and what Liesel does in the book (the protagonist) could happen but it’s not definite.

SPOILERS-ISH AHEAD!!! TAKE CAUTION ⚠️

Summary

Somebody

Is Liesel, the protagonist. She is very intelligent and preserves the majority of the time in the book.

Wanted

She wants to have a good education, since she never had one growing up during this harsh time.

But

Liesel wants her education back so much she starts to steal books whenever she gets the chance.

So

One day, while Liesel is doing her work (laundry for other people and in this case for the mayor) she glances at the sight of a book peeking out to the right of the door when she picks up the mayor’s laundry she snatches the book right when he turns around without him knowing.

Then

When she dimes back the mayor’s wife knows that Liesel had stolen a book. But she doesn’t punish her for taking it without her permission, she allows Liesel in and shows her a room she thought she’d never see.

Favorite Part

My favorite part is when Liesel puts aside all her thoughts about this one kid she beat up for making fun of her and when she helps him when he needs it the most. (Not going to spoil)

What do I rate my book?

9/10

Because as I’ve said many times, it contains words that are hard for the mind to understand and words that are too inappropriate for the mind. Though, it has those flaws it told me an amazing story that I’m not done with and can’t wait to finish.

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I read for about 200 minutes this week and finished 2 books (500 pgs.)
The name of my book was “the misadventures of the family Fletcher this book is realistic fiction.
In the book “The misadventures of the family fletcher” there are four main protagonist who are adopted brothers. They all what to just live normal lives, but struggle to do so in many ways. Sam the oldest brother, is a star soccer player and a generally popular kid. When he decides to join a play, things start to fall apart. Eli one of the middle children is very smart and finally convinced his parents to let him go to a private school for the special gifted, but when it turns out he hates it, he has trouble telling his parents who spent a fortune on it. The other middle child Jax wants to have a good first year at his new school. It started off okay, but then his best friend decided he was cool for Jax, will he work it out? Finally the youngest kid Jeremiah (frog), is just a happy kindergartener who loves his imaginary friends, but when one turns out to be real the family owes him some apologies. Will they work it out? Read the book.
I would rate this book 3/4 because it was funny but with 4 main characters it was it confusing at points.

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Total Pages: 220 pages

Total Time: 2 hours and 20 mins

Genre: Fantasy. I believe my book is fantasy because it includes different magical elements. For instance there are dragons, magic wands, trolls, transfiguration, spells and much more. These examples prove that Harry Potter is fantasy because the elements are all some sort of magic.

Summary: Harry Potter is a brave, young 11 year old boy who lives with is awful uncle aunt and his cousin Dudley. They treat him extremely horribly controlling his every move. This all changes once Harry sees a surprising letter in the mail addressed to him. He soon finds out the truth about his parents and their magical world. And before you know it Harry has gathered all his school supplies and is heading on a train toward Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. There he learns all kinds of magical spells potions and much more. He even gains himself a spot on the Gryffindor quidditch team. But it's not all fun and games at this magical school, he now knows that there is a soon to be stolen sorcerer's stone from the castle. Him and his new friends Ron and Hermione try to stop the thief.

Theme: The theme of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone is it often takes bravery and courage for one to make the world a better place, whether your sacrificing your own life or stopping a thief from stealing. I think this is the theme because all Harry and his friends needed to help stop the stone from getting stolen was bravery. If him and his friends didn't have the courage to stop the thief from stealing they wouldn't have saved the stone from being stolen.

Favorite Part: My favorite part of the book was when Harry, Ron, and Hermione would slip out of their beds and sneak around the castle. I like this part because it always had a lot of suspension because you didn't know if they were going to get caught or not.

Rating: 5 stars. I rate this book 5 stars because it had a lot of suspense and a great plot. I like the basic story, or the plot, and I like how the author wrote the book, her style of writing.

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It Just Takes a Pill

I didn’t read much because I couldn’t find a book that interested me, but I did read part of a book called It Just Takes A Pill. I read about 70 of this book, but I read for 2 hours this week.

I think this book is fantasy, because the when the protagonist takes a pill, her world complete changes, the pill is magic. In real life you can’t take a magic pill that can change your life, and other people’s.

Scarlett, the main protagonist, comes down with a sinus infection. Her mother takes her to the doctor hopping he can help her get better before homecoming. Scarlett on the other hand doesn’t want to go to homecoming, because she had nobody to go with. Although she doesn’t want to go, she does want to get better so the next day she picks up the pills from a strange lady, and back at home she takes the pill.

I’m not sure what the theme is yet but I think it could be that friendship are stronger then any problem, because her best friend is always trying to make her feel better even in the beginning when she is sick and needs help going home, or when she is homesick, she brings her chicken noodle soup. Plus my prediction is that later when they are under the spell Scarlett will need her friends help, but I’m sure the theme will change.

I don’t have a favorite part in the book, but what I really do like is I feel like the author, really gets the mood and characteristics of a teenage girl onto paper. The author adds little side thoughts and sentences here and there that really show and understand how a sick, annoyed teenager would feel.

I rate this book a 3.5-4. It is definitely not my favorite book, but I do like the plot and the story, but I think I might abandon it.

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I read 360 pages in 2 hours. I think my book is realistic fiction because it talks about things that could possibly happen in real life.
The book Okay for Now is about eighth grader named Doug who moves to a new home in Marysville with an abusive father and a cruel brother. At first, Doug dislikes his new town, calling it stupid. However, he soon meets Lillian, a girl who he befriends and in turn, she gets him a job at her dad's deli. He also meets Mr. Powell, a librarian who teaches him how to draw after Doug sees Audubon's Arctic Tern drawing at his local library. As Doug slowly gets accustomed to his new town, his brother Lucas comes back from the Vietnam war. Seeing Lucas injured makes Doug rethink his life and start to try and break out of his family's reputation of being thugs and criminals. At the same time, Doug is trying to get all the paintings in Audubon's book back where they belong.
I think the theme of the book is growing up through life experiences because throughout the book, Doug slowly learned that Marysville isn't as bad as he thought after meeting everyone and made multiple friends.
My favorite part of the book was when Mr. Powell put Doug's drawing of the Arctic Tern in place of the original, because it was just a really nice moment.
I would rate the book 4.5 out of 5 stars because it was pretty good. I enjoyed how the characters changed over time.

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This week I read 127 pages of the book “So Far From the Bamboo Grove.” I read 2 hours and 20 minutes. The genre of this book is historical fiction because it tells of a real event in history.

In this book, the main character, Yoko, has to leave her home in northern Korea because the Koreans didn’t want Japanese like Yoko living with them. However, the trip has proven to be very dangerous because of the many Korean scouts with guns ready to 🤬 along Yoko’s escape route. Yoko, her mother, and her sister somehow manage to get enough food to stay alive and get on a boat to Japan. Unfortunately, Yoko's Mother died because of shock that her own parents had died because of bombing. Yoko and her sister are now earning money in Japan, and going school. They are waiting for their brother, Hideyeo, to come home. I did not finish the book.

The theme of my book is that love will persist through difficult times. This is the theme because even through the hardships they faced, Yoko’s family helped each other and cared for each other. This shows that love is still there despite hardships.
Spoiler Alert!

My favorite part of “So Far From the Bamboo Grove” was when Yoko and her mom and sister made it to Japan, because it made me feel relieved, although not for very long, that they made it to their destination.

I rate this book a 4 out 5 stars because the book was very action packed, and makes you want to keep reading. It is also has powerful emotion throughout the book. The reason why you may want to choose another book is because it is overall pretty depressing and there are scarcely any happy moments. However, if you like books with action, survival, and danger in them, this book is for you.

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Biography of Larry Bird
100 minutes and 66 pages ( 1-66)
Genre: Biography because it has all of the elements of a biography and it says it is a biography.

Larry Bird was one of the greatest Celtics players of all time. But he had the struggles to get there. His childhood was the opposite of the dream. He was very poor, with his parents eventually needing to divorce when they didn’t want to. His dad eventually ended up committing 🤬 which added onto Larry’s problems. He ended up getting into basketball when he was 13 and remixed he had a natural talent. That is when you knew he was going to have success. All he wanted to do was practice basketball, getting up at 6:00 in the morning to shoot freethrows  and he couldn’t get enough of basketball. He loved his grandmother more than anything and she was a big motivation. In high school, he was an all star witha  brilliant coach tot each him everything there was to basketball, including leading their team to victory in the state finals. Then there were struggles in college. He transferred between a few and eventually settled down in one, not to mention he was extremely poor. In the end, he eventually went to ISU and he was an all Star there as well of course. After his records and crazy college life with problems alongside the way, he made the Celtics in the NBA. He played with legends such as coach Red, Dave Cowens, Tiny Archibald, Danny Ainge, and ML Carr. This biography tells the crazy stories that Larry Bird encountered in the NBA, including records never seen before, crazy rebounds and stats, and fierce rivalries between other historic competitiors. It also shows many hilarious stories about friends and sorrows with the difficulties. Ultimately, it is a pretty good book about the crazy and powerfully life about Larry Bird and you will learn about what this man is really about.

My favorite part so far about this story is how much he loves to practice. When he broke his finger, he still went out to shoot and he scored many of them. He got up super early just to practice basketball. Eventually, people had to pull him off the court just to do something different. He was a crazy man!
I think a theme of this book can be just because you don’t start strong and don’t have a great life doesn’t mean things will not turn around, you need to be positive and have Peres era he and it can lead to success. I know this because he started off with a very rough childhood and he kept a positive attitude and things eventually turned around for him.

I rate this book 3.5 stars because although it is a good book, it is a little hard to stay with and a long biography to read, not the page length but there is just so much information and it will be hard to stick with. Many people wouldn’t like the book either just because of the topic but overall it is a good book but there is a lot of information in it.

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This week I read the book Found by Margret Peterson Haddix for 1 hour and 32 minutes. The theme for the book so far could be fear and curiosity drives people to do things. In the story, Katherine (Johna’s sister) was curious of files that a FBI agency has so she took a photo of them. This shows that Katherine was curious of what the files had in them that when she had the chance she took a photo of documents which is illegal. Also, Chip another character was scared of being alone in a room with a stranger that he decided to break the conditions of the meeting and try and transmit their meeting. This shows that Chip didn’t want to be alone so he broke conditions with someone that he took so long to arrange. I recommend this book because it is very intresting and hard to put down because  the plot starts out really slow and gets bigger and more intresting for example, (WARNING SPOILERS) mysterious letters came and then more strange things happened.

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Land of Stories; Worlds Collide by Chris Colfer
Total pages: 338
Total time: 2 1/2 hours
I think this book’s genre is fantasy because there is lots of fictitious parts of the book. Also, the book has different “realms” and characters from well known books in it, which would make is fantasy.
Land of Stories; Worlds Collide is about two twins named Alex and Connor. Alex, a smart, brave and vivacious young women’s. She obtains special magical powers at a young age which will change her life forever. Connor, a not as smart and definetly as brave young man is a talented writer who tries to connect his real life experiences in the fairytale world to his wetinf for regulars people to read. This is the sixth book in the series The Land of Stories. Alex and Connor are two twins, a girl and a boy, who are find that there is such thing as a fairytale world. They try their hardest to not let it interfere with their personal lives in the “Otherworld” (aka Earth), but it is very hard to separate yourself from one when you are part of two different dimensions. In this book, the villains and witches from the fairytale world attempt to take over the “Otherworld”. They curse Alex into using her magical abilities for the worst and use young children’s to make a gingerbread army. Little do they know, Connor is off with his fairytale friends gathering an army of their own. The fights are very intense and the writing is very easy to sympathize with and you feel like you are in the scene with the characters. I haven’t finished the book yet, which is usually where the best part is.
I believe the theme of this book is that good prevails over evil, no matter how  hard the journey to success is. I think this because the good characters who are trying to stop the villains to take over the “Otherworld” has a very hard time getting to where they need to be in order to stop them, yet they have gotten there and they are on the right track to stopping them.
My favorite part of this book is when Connor is in a Central Park while Alex is cursed, and zconnor calls out Alex’s name and tries to remind her of who she really is, and for a second, she fights the curse andproves that  she is stronger than anyone believed she was.
I would rate this book a 5 out of 5 stars because it has the suspense and journey that any good fantasy book needs. Also, the characters are very likeable and it is very easy to connect yourself with any of the characters.

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112-226

2hrs ½

Realistic Fiction

Because…..

The setting and time period are real, since the book is set during World War 2 also where the protagonist lives is described as it would look like back then. Although parts of the book are real, some are fiction. For example, the characters aren’t real people and what Liesel does in the book (the protagonist) could happen but it’s not definite.

SPOILERS-ISH AHEAD!!! TAKE CAUTION ⚠️

Summary

Somebody

Is Liesel, the protagonist. She is very intelligent and preserves the majority of the time in the book.

Wanted

She wants to have a good education, since she never had one growing up during this harsh time.

But

Liesel wants her education back so much she starts to steal books whenever she gets the chance.

So

One day, while Liesel is doing her work (laundry for other people and in this case for the mayor) she glances at the sight of a book peeking out to the right of the door when she picks up the mayor’s laundry she snatches the book right when he turns around without him knowing.

Then

When she dimes back the mayor’s wife knows that Liesel had stolen a book. But she doesn’t punish her for taking it without her permission, she allows Liesel in and shows her a room she thought she’d never see.

Favorite Part

My favorite part is when Liesel puts aside all her thoughts about this one kid she beat up for making fun of her and when she helps him when he needs it the most. (Not going to spoil)

What do I rate my book?

9/10

Because as I’ve said many times, it contains words that are hard for the mind to understand and words that are too inappropriate for the mind. Though, it has those flaws it told me an amazing story that I’m not done with and can’t wait to finish.

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I have read for a total of 10 hours and have 1112 read pages. I have read the books “The Book Thief,” “Scythe,” and “So. B. It”

Genre:

“The Book Thief” tells the story of a Liesel Meminger, a young girl turning 13 in 🤬 Germany. The story focuses on all the joys and sorrows of Liesel, her foster family, and Max, the Jewish man they hide from the Nazis. However while it takes place during a historical time period, “The Book Thief” is not all facts. Instead, the novel focuses on the Holocaust and World War II as told by Death, the narrator.

Summary:

“The Book Thief” is narrated by Death, who tells us the tragic story of Liesel Meminger. It begins in January 1939, and ten year old Liesel is traveling by train with her mother and her little brother Werner. Liesel and Werner are being taken to the small town of Molching, just outside of Munich, Germany, to live with foster parents Hans and Rosa Hubermann. However, Werner dies on the train of mysterious causes having to do with poverty, hunger, cold, and lack of medical treatment. Before Liesel arrives in Molching, she attends her brother's burial in a snowy graveyard. She then steals The Grave Digger's Handbook from the cemetery after it falls from a young grave diggers coat, the first of many times she would steal a book. The thing is though, Liesel can't read. Soon Liesel is reluctant to enter the Hubermann house on Himmel Street, but is coaxed by her new, kind, foster father, Hans, to whom she takes an immediate liking. She's not yet sure about her foster mom Rosa, though. Liesel begins school, but suffers because she doesn't know how to read yet. She also meets Rudy Steiner, who is soon to be her best friend (and soon to be her partner in book and food thievery). One night, Hans finds The Grave Digger's Handbook hidden in Liesel's mattress after her usual nightmare of seeing her brother dying on the train. This is what inspires him to begin teaching her to read. When Liesel learns to write, she begins composing letters to her mother, desperate to find her, but these letters go unanswered. Finally, we find out that her mother has disappeared. So when a book burning is organized to celebrate Adolf Hitler's birthday on April 20, 1940,  Liesel becomes aware of what it really means to be living in 🤬 Germany. She finds the mound of literature being burned fascinating but also disturbing. Now that she can read and write, she has come to see great value in books and words. When Liesel hears a 🤬 spokesman calling for death to communists as well as Jews, a light bulb goes off. The only thing she knows about her father is that he was accused of being a communist. She realizes that Hitler is likely behind her father's disappearance, her brother's death, and her mother's disappearance. When Hans confirms her suspicions after the book burning, Hitler becomes Liesel's sworn enemy. She soon learns that this is a dangerous conflict for a young girl in 🤬 Germany when Hans warns her against voicing her anti-Hitler opinions in public. This conflict helps drive Liesel to steal her second book, The Shoulder Shrug, from the burning pile of books. Turns out that Erik Vandenberg, a Jewish man, saved Hans's life during World War I, giving up his own life in the process. After the war, Hans visited Erik's wife and young son. Now after all that time, that son is twenty-two and is hiding from the Nazis. His name is Max, and Hans is his last hope for survival. Upon learning of his situation, Hans secretly helps arrange for Max's journey to Himmel Street. When the desperately starving and exhausted young man arrives, Hans and Rosa hide him in their home. At first, Liesel isn't sure what to think of Max, but they soon become fast friends. Meanwhile, Max's arrival and his suffering produce a change in Rosa, for the better. Liesel is amazed to see her courage and her softness. However, hiding a Jewish person in your home during World War II is one of the bravest and most frightening things a German person could do. It means a constant state of anxiety for all involved. For Max, it means extreme guilt for putting the lives of those he's come to love in danger. But, above all, it means friendship for the residents of the Hubermann home-a very complicated friendship. Liesel has also entered into a complicated almost-friendship with the mayor's wife, Ilsa Hermann. Ilsa saw Liesel steal the The Shoulder Shrug from the fire. She also pays Rosa to do her laundry. When Liesel comes to Ilsa's house on laundry visits, she invites Liesel into the library to read. When Ilsa has to stop using Rosa's services, Liesel, in rage, begins stealing books from her, though Ilsa doesn't mind. Everything changes in October of 1942 when a parade of Jews comes through Molching on the way to the nearby concentration camp entitled Dachau. Hans feels compelled to offer one of the Jewish prisoners a piece of bread and is whipped along with the prisoner by a 🤬 guard. Now Hans is desperately afraid the Nazis will search his house and find Max, so he sends Max away that very night. His house is never searched, and Hans scolds himself constantly, waiting to be punished for his mistake. One day, Liesel sees the 🤬 secret police on Himmel Street, and Hans thinks they are coming for him. Turns out in fact, they are coming for Rudy, who has recently shown himself to be a great student and athlete. The 🤬’s want to take Rudy to a special training school. However, his parents protest and essentially make a trade. So Rudy stays home, but his father, Alex Steiner, is forced into the military and has to leave home. Around this time, Hans is also forced to join, as punishment for giving the Jewish man bread. With Hans and Max gone, Liesel does her best to go on. She reads to the residents of Himmel Street in the bomb shelter during air raids, steals with Rudy, and helps Rosa. One night, Rosa shows her the book Max left for her, a book written on painted-over pages of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf. It's called The Word Shaker and includes a story by the same name. In February 1943, just after Liesel's fourteenth birthday, Liesel and Rosa get word that Hans is coming home. He broke his leg in a bus accident, and his sergeant is transferring him back to Munich, and then, for a while life was calm. In August of 1943, Liesel sees Max again. He's marching through Molching to Dachau. She walks with him in the procession. Liesel learns that he was captured some six months earlier, about five months after he left the house on Himmel Street. The 🤬 guards didn’t like Liesel's courageous display, and Liesel and Max are both whipped. Rudy then stops Liesel from following Max any further and possibly saves her life. Soon after, Liesel decides to give up books and Ilsa Herman's library. Ilsa presents her with a blank book, encouraging her to read, and Liesel begins writing the story of her life, called The Book Thief. She writes in the basement, and she's doing just this when Himmel Street is bombed. Everybody she loves dies while they sleep. In despair over their deaths, Liesel drops her book, but it's picked up by Death. Since Liesel has nobody left, the police hold her, not sure what to do with her. Soon Ilsa Hermann arrives and takes her in for a time. Alex Steiner comes home soon after, and Liesel spends time with him. As the novel comes to an end, we learn that Liesel has died after living a long and happy life with a husband, kids, and grandkids. Then we learn Max survived the concentration camp, and he and Liesel reunited at the end of World War II. But, we don't learn what happens to Max after that. The novel ends with Death giving Liesel back her book, The Book Thief, as he's taking her soul away from her body far after Molching was bombed.

Theme:

Love is like a war, easy to start, difficult to stop, and never forgotten

Rating:

I would rate this book a five out of five because it is a very intriguing story full of suspense, keeping me on the edge of my seat the entire book. Also the author does a great job at expressing the love that Liesel felt for her new family, I was heartbroken when everything she knew and loved became ashes because of the bomb. The author really slows down the important parts and is really good at explaining her feelings. He also does a great job at describing certain things like the way Liesel acted when she lost everything in a matter of minutes. One of the main reason I like this book is because of the insight that Death gives on Liesel's life, interrupting every few pages.

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I read 378 pages in 3 hours and 20 minutes and finished the book Greenglass House.
I believe the book is a mystery book because it is about someone stealing useless items that mean a lot for the people for some reason. I also believe it’s a mystery book because all the people in th story have a reason to being in the same place and kinda get you thinking why? and what?

Milo the adopted son of Nora and Ben Pines, owners of the Greenglass house inn for sumuglers wants to have a peaceful and relaxing winter break with his parents. Out of a sudden, a handful stranger who have never been in the hotel start pouring in the house bringing strange stories with them. Between all this commotion, the daughter of the cook Meddy, finds herself helping out Milo and his family with all the guests. Milo isn’t too amused with new chores he now has to attend until the next day, a bag watch and notebook disappear. Milo and Meddy make it their quest to find all the missing items and who stole and the purpose of it. Milo ends up learning more than he would have imagined about the house he has lived in for his whole life.

I think the theme of the book is even in the darkest cranny, there is a lot to learn. I think this is the theme because the book shows that even the smallest detail is important and not always will you find everything in front of you.

My favorite part of the book was when one of the guests (George Moselle) tells her and Clem (another guest) reasons of being in the Greenglass house. It is my favorite part because it put two parts of the book’s puzzle and opens up more information to decipher the grand thief and the secret behind the inn.

I would rate the book a 5 since it has some unexpected twists to the plot and the mystery itself is a riddle full of redherrings  to mess with your mind. It has an excellent plot line and incredible characters not easy to forget.

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Pages: 200
Time: 3 hours
Genre: Refugee is historical fiction because it takes place during the Holocost, when Jews were fighting for their lives, not knowing if they would live through the night.
Summary: Josef, Isabel, and Mahmoud, all want freedom. But where they live, and what is happening around them, may interfere with their hopes. So, they decide to leave home. Josef going to Cuba, in escape from the Nazis, Isabel going to Florida, in escape from Fidel Castro, president of Cuba, and Mahmoud, running away from the Syrian civil war. Then, they face a journey across oceans, and country boarders.
Theme: “Freedom, can be like the heart and soul of one’s life. Other than family, what else does one have?” I think that this is the theme of Refugee because all three of the protagonists are fighting through tough times. They are all running away from something, seeking freedom, and safety. Practically all that they have left is their families.
Favorite Part: My favorite part of Refugee is when Josef has his Bar Miztvah, the coming of a Jewish adult. They are on the boat in the Atlantic, and it is the first time in a very long time, that Josef has felt truly happy. I love this part because I can relate to him. After this year, in November, I will be having my Bat Miztvah (bar for boy, bat for girl). After a long, and hard year for me, I will become a Jewish adult.
Rating: I rate Refugee SO FAR, a 4.9 (out of 5)because it is an amazing book, very, very well written, but I just don’t like how it jumps between points of view. I always get stuck on one point of view, and then all of a sudden, it switches.
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The book that I read this week is Half A Chance by Cynthia Lord. In total I’ve read 120 minutes and 110 pages. The genre of my book is realistic fiction because it is about a regular girl and her friend who experiences many adventures throughout the summer.
Somebody: Lucy, the new girl in town, who just moved into a house by the lake.
Wanted: To find friends for the school and summer so she isn’t alone.
But: Megan, a girl who Lucy thought was her friend took Lucy’s new friend Nate.
So: Lucy kept distance from Megan but continued to hang out with Nate.
Then: Lucy is friends with Nate and Megan Is friends with Nate but the girls aren’t friends, so they have just been distant.
The motif for this book is friendship and the theme is, “Every friendship has flaws, just like the people apart of them” Because Lucy and Nate’s friendship has flaws because of Grandma Lilah, Nate’s Grandma who may be sick, and because of Megan. Which aren’t the same problems for them, but Lucy has flaws such as her connections with her dad and Megan.
My Favorite part of the book isn’t when they first go on Loon Patrol, which is when they go kayaking and check in the loons to see how they’re doing, I liked this part best because the author was very descriptive about the photos Lucy took along the way. You could picture the photo exactly, the loons the egg and the lightings.
I would rate this book a 4/5 because although this book is very descriptive it can at times be hard to tell what the problem is and why people are upset.

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I read 151 pages of The Mostly True Story of Jack, by Kelly Barnhill, in two hours. The genre of the this book is fantasy because it involves magic. It’s about a boy named Jack who moves from San Francisco to Hazelwood, Iowa, a mysterious town, filled with strange people, like Jack’s aunt and uncle, who somehow always know what Jack is doing. But while while his aunt and uncle are benevolent, the Mayor, Mr. Avery, is trying to thwart Jack for reasons hat have not been revealed. However, what has been revealed is that Mr. Avery has access to magic, and is trying desperately to expand his grasp, and his power. I think the theme of this book is, so far: no matter what happens, keep pushing. I think this because, though Jack’s parents are going through a divorce, and all his life Jack has been ignored, he still keeps living normally. My favorite part of this book so far is, when Gog and Magog attacked Mr. Perkins. I will keep the detail to a minimum to avoid spoilers, but I liked this part because Mr. Perkins is my least favorite character. I would rate this book 4 out of 5 stars because, though a five in the middle of the book, it starts slow, and takes a while to set itself up.

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Book: Double Identity by Margret Peterson Haddix ( just started)
Time read: 1 hr 30min
Pages read: 1- 75
Genre: The genre is realitic fiction because your parents can make you stay with a relative without telling until your at their place.
Summary: Bethany and her family were a happy family, her 13th birthday is on the way, and that’s when her mom starts crying, her dad starts getting worried about her mom. One day her dad takes them into the car and drives them across a lot of state borders. When they reach a house her dad tells her that she’s going to be staying with an aunt she never knew existed. Then she keeps hearing the name Elizabeth, and people stop and stare at her like they’re seeing a ghost. It’s like people know someone that looked just like her... Elizabeth. Finally her Aunt Myrlie tells her who Elizabeth is. (I can’t tell who because this is a HUGE spoiler)
Favorite part: My favorite part is when Aunt Myrlie tells Bethany who Elizabeth is and the story of her because it was sad but interesting to know because of the way Aunt Myrlie told Bethany.
Rating: I would rate this book a 4.5 out of 5 because the book is kinda slow because I really wanted to know who Elizabeth was until I FINALLY found out.
Theme: I think the theme is Your eagerness to know something can make bad choices because when Myrlie went out Bethany went to the memorial she saw when they were going to the Y and was eager to know if it was Elizabeth’s. People could’ve actually done told to her when she went out there because her parents didn’t want her knowing who Elizabeth was.

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Where The Red Fern Grows

Total time read: 2 hours
Total Pages Read: 114

Genre: Realistic Fiction
Summary:
Where The Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls is about a man who finds a lost hound in a dog fight in the streets. This causes him to remember memories from when he was a young boy. The story is about his life as a young boy. When he was a child, he had always wanted 2 hounds for hunting. He saved up enough money for 2 years just to buy his own 2 dogs. Once he gets the dogs he trains them to hunt raccoons. This process in total takes about 3 years for him to finally go hunting with his dogs. He becomes the proud owner of 2 amazing "🤬 hounds." He tells the amazing stories of the things him and his dogs did together.

My Rating So Far: So far I would rate this book 7 out of 10, because I haven't finished the book yet so I don't want to say it is 8 or 9 stars yet, but I am enjoying what I have read.

My Favorite Part: My favorite part of this book is probably when the protagonist, Billy, catches his first raccoon. This is my favorite part, because the dogs had treed the raccoon in the largest sycamore tree in the forest. Billy was determined to cut down that tree even if it took him a year. After 2 days of cutting he thought he would have to give up. He prayed to God for help and that is what he got. Right after he asked, a strong wind blew down the tree and he caught the raccoon. This shows that Billy is an admirable character for his determination and resilience.

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The Secrets We Keep by Trisha Leaver

Start on Monday: 92

End on Thursday: 229

Total pages: 137

Total time Monday: 28 minutes

Total time Tuesday: 30 minutes

Total time Wednesday: 40 minutes

Total time Thursday: 34 minutes

Total time: 2 hours 12 minutes

Genre: Realistic fiction

Why: I think the genre of my book is realistic fiction because although the events are a little far-fetched, they could happen because there is no magic or anything like that, and it takes place in current times.

Theme: Even if one believes everyone will be happier if oneself lies about something greatly important, the truth may change someone's life for the better.

Why: I think my book has this theme because Ella lies about herself and pretends to be Maddy because she thinks everyone liked Maddy better, so she doesn’t want to let them down.  Later though, we find out that so many people, including her mom, dad, Josh, and Bailey liked Ella better.  Now all those people are sad because they think their favorite friend or daughter is dead.

Rating (1-5): 5

Why: I would rate The Secrets We Keep by Trisha Leaver a 5 because it is extremely well written.  The detail makes me feel like I am there, when the characters are sad I am sad, when the characters are happy I am happy.  The story is just amazing and it always keeps me at the edge of my seat.  It is difficult to put the book down when I am done reading for the night because I just need to know what happens next!

Summary: Maddy and Ella Lawton are identical twins and seniors in high school.  Maddy is super popular, and Ella only has one friend, is super smart, and is totally okay with that.  One night, when Ella is driving Maddy home from a party, they get in a really bad accident and Maddy dies.  At the hospital, Ella’s memory is foggy and everyone believes she is Maddy, so she thinks she is Maddy too.  Later, when Ella’s memory comes back, she realizes she isn’t Maddy but doesn’t want to let everyone that loved Maddy down, so she pretends to be her.  Ella has to learn everything about her sister to play the part accurately.  Ella’s best friend figures out that she is not Maddy, but her boyfriend and parents and everyone else hasn’t figured it out yet.  Ella realizes though that her parents loved Ella more than she ever knew.  After going through everything in Maddy’s closet, Ella figures out that Maddy took bad pills while she was on the hockey team.

Favorite part:  My favorite part was during “Ella’s” burial service because it actually was Maddy that was being buried.  It was super weird for Ella to see her own gravestone.  Also, it was nice to see that Ella wasn’t afraid to be mean to Maddy’s friends when they showed up at the service and they barely even knew Ella.

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I read for 2 hours 100 pages.

The genre of Stay Alive is realistic fiction because a plane could crash like this but it is possible.

Summary: A small group of kids and two adults from a small TV were on there way to Alaska. Then the engine stopped leaving the plane to crash and also leaving the small group stranded next to a lake in a Alaskan forest. So they gathered al they could to make a shelter, get food, and make useful tools. Later on they were still alive but struggling the winter was getting colder and the food was running out. They need to be rescued or they are in trouble.

The theme of the book is, teamwork is always important especially in survival situations. That is the theme because their teamwork is what allows then to be successful in building a shelter and making up jobs.

My favorite part of the book was when the adult was supposed to be watching for a plane but he fell asleep when the plane passed. I thought that was funny because he had one job and he blew it.

I would rate the book a 4 out of 5 because every decision is crucial and if they mess up there in trouble.

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Book: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (#2 in the Hunger Games trilogy)
Time read this week: About 3:30:00
Pages read: 1 to 200
Genre: The genre of this trilogy in fiction because there is no such thing as the 12 districts or the Hunger Games (I hope).
Summary: After I finished Wildwood, I wanted to start reading the Hunger Games series and I COULD NOT put the first book down. The Hunger Games is about 12 districts who sacrifice both a boy and a girl as tributes to participate in the Hunger Games. The Hunger Games is a challenge for the 12 to 19 year old tributes to fight to the death and be crowned as the Hunger Games Champion...... all for a reality TV show. In district 12, 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen is an ordinary teenager, except for the fact that she spends most of her time illegally hunting just to keep her family alive with her best friend Gale. But when her sister is chosen as the girl tribute, she couldn’t help but take her place along with Peet’s Mellark, the chosen boy tribute. For the first few days in the Capitol, the tributes are living in the lap of luxury with exquisite meals and a great place to stay in. But, they are then thrown into the arena with the 22 other tributes from the 11 other districts to fight to the death with nothing but the clothes on their backs and a pile of supplies first come first serve. So, Katniss had to muster up all her courage and fight for survival making both allies and enemies along the way. She also had to play this fake star-crossed lover thing with her fellow tribute Peeta for the sake of entertainment. But in the end, who is actually going to have to eat the berries? So, the sequel is about how the Capitol reacts to Katniss and Peeta’s plan to “show them up” so neither has to die. But, that means they will have to do whatever the Capitol tells them to, or result in serious consequences for not just them, but their loved ones, too.
Theme: I think the theme of this book is to always be loyal to those you trust because you really need to be careful about who you are willing to trust. And you have to also commit to any alliance you make because if you don’t, they will find a way to get back at you.
Favorite Part: Well, as much as I loved the first book, I have to say the second one is going kind of slow and there isn’t nearly as much action. The only part that drew me in a little bit was when Katniss and Peeta found Gale in the district square locked up being whipped to death and try to save him. (Pretty harsh, right?)
Rating: I rate the first book a full 5 out of 5 stars! But I rate this one maybe a 3 out of 5 because I definitely think It could use WAY more action, but it has a good plot so far.

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I am reading the book Mr. Terupt Falls Again by Rob Buyea. This is a realistic fiction book. I read 81 pages in 2 hours.

Summary: Mr. Terupt’s class went to the carnival and were enjoying the rides and fun carnival games, when suddenly a crowd gathers around something. The crowd was surrounding Danielle’s grandmother. The ambulance came and took Danielle’s grandma to the hospital because her grandma had a heart attack. After that, Danielle tells her parents the secret that they were hiding from her.

Theme: You should always help people in need.

I think of this because Danielle’s grandma needs help and after the surgery Anna and her mom helped Danielle’s grandma feel better by making her do exercises.

My favorite part of the book is when they are having the boat contest because that part was pretty funny.

I would rate this book a 4.5 out of 5 because this book is very good, but some parts are sad.

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One of the books I read this week was I Survived the Attacks of 9/11
Total time read: 3hrs
Pg read: 248
Genre : Historical fiction because the characters are made up but this is based on a true event.
Theme: Fear is like a monster, courage is the only weapon against it.
Rating: I would rate this book a 5. Historical fiction is my favorite genre and this book pulled me in from the first page.
Summary: The day of the attacks of 9/11 Lucas and his uncle were playing football. A planned attack by a tribe from Afghanistan hit the twin towers. Just because his uncle was a firefighter they were saved. Lucas was saved, not even a tiny bruise on him but uncle was injured badly.
Favorite Part: Some person was thriving for his life and Uncle Benny saved a strangers life and risking his.

Thank you for reading and I hop you read this book.

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Pages read: 61 pages
Total Time: 2 hours
Genre: Realistic fiction because this story might actually happen in real life.
Summary: Doug Swieteck, the protagonist in the book “Okay For Now” wants to change how his life is, he wants to change how his father talks with him, he wants to change his brother from being a jerk, and he wants to save the book painted by an ancient artist named Audobaun- but the pages of the book keep getting swelled to random people and the book keeps falling apart. So Doug is having a hard time finding all of the paintings from the book and a bunch of events happen after that. Then, after that a bunch of events happen again, but if you want to now what happens you need to read the book.
Theme: The them of the book: “Okay For Now” is: If you keep trying to make something happen, it will happen at one point. This is the theme because Doug keeps trying to find the pages and keeps trying to convince the buyers to give the pages back, and at the end of the book Doug got almost all of the pages of the book back.
Favorite Part: I can not tell my favorite part because it would be a spoiler, but a clue that no one but the people who read the book will understand is that my favorite part was the play.
Rating: I rate this book a 5/5 because every detail is there to help you imagine how the character feels, acts, and thinks.

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Total time read: 3 hours
Total Pages: Started and finished book today.
Genre: Historical Fiction because the characters are fictitious based on research by the author but the events are historically accurate.
Rating: 5! Any book that pulls me in to read ALL DAY LONG earns a 5. I loved the two main protagonists and felt drawn and inspired to them and their sisterly relationship.
Theme: The familial bond is stronger than the destruction of war. I chose this theme because the two sisters are forced to do anything to survive the atrocities of WWII. Their bond and their family struggle to survive as the war presents violence and cruelty beyond their imagination...yet, they retain their spirit and their bond despite hardship.

Favorite Part: I had so many. If I had to pick one it's when Vianna forgot her fears and anxieties and saved her sister Isabella from getting caught by a 🤬 officer.

Summary: Vianna and Isabella are sisters who feel abandoned by their father and grief-stricken by their mothers untimely death. Both girls have very different personalities and deal with the war they find themselves thrust very differently,  Vianna is forced to live with two 🤬 occupiers while trying to protect her young children while she grieves the loss of her best friend, her two unborn children and her prison of war husband.While Isabella rebels against the Germans and becomes part of the French resistance, she risks her life and her family's life to save over a hundred downed WWII RAF pilots.

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Title:The Truth About Twinkie Pie
Total time read:139 pages
Total time read:120 minutes
Genre:fiction
Summary: This book is about two sisters Gigi and Didi . Gigi is a cook and Didi is a junior dropout and now a hairstylist. There mom disappeared one day and now it’s just them. They have moved from South California to the north shore. Gigi has been in higher grades because she is very smart so when they moved she was in her own grade. Gigi didn’t have many friends she always thought if you followed the recipe to succes they you can always do anything just follow the recipe.
Theme: The theme for this book is always believe and follow the recipe and you will succeed.
Favorite part: My favorite part in this book was when she puts very sweet recipes in the book because they have like 4 cups of sugar.
Rate: 3/5 because I am just in the beginning and everything has been the same.

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I read This I Believe for 2 hours and read 120 pages.
The genre is short story/biography because it’s about several different peoples life and how there beliefs shaped there life.
I would rate it 4.5/5 because almost all of the stories make me think about how different people think about life and how different cultures live life. But there is a couple of stories that are really depressing. For example one story was about a gang killing this girls brother but she still puts flowers on the gang members grave because she believes everyone deserves flowers on there grave.

Since there are around 50 stories I’m only going to summarize my favorite one, called Be Cool to the Pizza Dude by Sarah Adams.
Sarah Adams believes that everyone should be cool to the pizza dude; it’s good luck, because it helps with forgiveness by letting go if the pizza delivery car cuts you off in traffic. Also it helps you practice empathy because you need to understand they aren’t enjoying giving strangers pizza there just doing to get money. Lastly it helps show equality because you shouldn’t judge the pizza dude because you don’t know why he’s the pizza dude.

I think the theme of the book is don’t judge someone by what they believe in.
I think this is the theme because every story is about what people believe and why they believe it. This shows that the book wants you to understand more people and there lives by showing that the way a couple families live doesn’t mean everyone has to live that way.
My favorite story was the be cool to the pizza dude but my second favorite story so Far was A Daily Walk Just to Listen because it was a very different perspective on the way people live life and how somethimes you just neeed to take a walk to slow life down.

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This week I started the book, The Last Monster, by Ginger Garrett, and read 151 pages in 2 hours and 15 minutes. The Last Monster is a fantasy book because it includes monsters and talking books, things that aren’t real. My favorite part was when Sofia saw the book for the first time and how the author described the moment.

THEME: Your family will always help you through thick and thin, whether you realize it or not. I chose this theme because Sofia’s mom always helps , whether or not Sofia realizes it.

RATING: I rate this book a 4.5 because even though the plot was great, the author could have described the characters a bit more.

SUMMARY: Sofia, a cancer survivor middle schooler and amputee, has never felt special. Even though she is the only kid in school who has survived cancer and has a fake leg, she feels...invisible. Suddenly, one day a mysterious and ancient book lands in her closet. A book that allows her to talk to the Greek philosopher Xeno, one of Artistotle’s lost students. It also allows her to see monsters and also cure them. Now Sofia has to deal with surviving middle school, first crushes, and most importantly of all with healing and protecting monsters.

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Pages read 318
Time read: 9 hours total
Warning Spoilers (for Mrs. Garrett)
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED
Book: The Nightingale
Genre: Historical fiction because it takes place in France when Germany took over and fiction because its from two girls perspective
This Book is about again two lost sisters, one, Isabelle lives with a very..... "Bad" (a lot worse but for the sake of language) who abandoned her again and again. The other, Vianne is living a successful life with a husband and daughter in a mansion. Well one day Germany took over a part of France (which is where Isabelle lived) so she was sent away(again) but she was transported by a different family (whose car later broke down) and lost that family. Then she met a guy named Gaet (with a accent on the e) who left her like a day later, she continued her travels and found herself at she sisters house. Months later Germany came over to Vianne.
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Pages read: 108 the end of book
Time read 1 hour 30 minuets
The genre of O survived the big winter storm is realistic ficthion because the event happened in real life but but the story didn’t happen and the characters are not real people
Summary: JOhn an eleven year old boy was just about to finish the winter but he heard on the news the deadliest blizzard is about to come. He lost his family and alot  of people died and alot  of people lost their homeshe  was stuck in the middle of the snow blizzard but he found out how strong he was. I rate this book 4 stars I rated this book 4 stars because I experienced it once I forgot my keys inside and it was a very big snow storm. My favorite part of this book is when John was stuck in the middle of the snow storm. The theme of this book is persevere and you will get whatever you want. This is the theme because John persevered and he survived the snow blizzard.

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This week I finished Bicycle Spy and started to read When You Reach Me. The author of Bicycle Spy is Yona Zeldis McDonough and the author of When You Reach Me is Rebecca Stead. Total time read this week was 2 and a half hours. I would rate Bicycle Spy (because I just started the other book) 4/5 stars because it has a fast, intense pace that throws you over the edge, anything can happen at any point in the book. It is also very suspenseful and there is lots of sacrifice. I think the genre for this book is Historical Fiction because it is at the time of the Nazis in Germany. The theme of this book is to never give up and to keep on trying. This book is about a boy named Marcel who loves to ride his bike and he dreams of one day competing in the big race, Tour De France. But since Germany has started to occupy France, just going for a ride can be challenging and deadly. But things get worse when he figures out that his best friend is Jewish and has been discovered as a Jew. He must get her out of France. I can’t tell my favorite part because that spoiles the whole book but I will say that there are many favorite parts and I would recommend this book to anyone who likes the Alan Gratz books (Refugee and others)

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I’m reading the book “Holes” by Louis Sacher. I’ve read 140 pages in 1 hour and 30 minutes this week (so far). The genre of this book is like a mystery/realistic fiction. A boy named Stanley was put into camp green lake because he stole a famous athlete’s shoes. But, Stanley claims he was innocent and the shoes just fell out the sky and into his hands. Stanley blames his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather but of course nobody believes him. Camp green lake isn’t exactly a lake, well it used to be. Stanley have to dig holes that are 5 feet wide and 5 feet deep each day. Stanley have made some friends during the process and became pretty popular. But Stanley doesn’t know why he has to dig holes every day, but he is getting clues while finding things. The theme for this book right now is hard work pays off, but at the end of work. My favorite part of the story is when and how Stanley makes friends because it is interesting and kind of awkward. I rate this book a 4.8 out of 5 because the story has clear description a little sense of humor and a lot of cliff hangers.

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Book:The Girl who drank the moon
Pages:140
The genre of my book is Fantasy because it involves magic, dragons, and monsters.
The summary of my book is there is a baby girl who is sent to a witch. The witch, Xan, accidentally feeds her moonlight instead of starlight which fills her with magic. Then she starts doing wrong stuff and suddenly loses her memory. Now she is forgetting everything.The theme is that Be careful of every step. I chose this theme because when the witch fed her moonlight instead of starlight, she made a big mistake. My favorite part is when Luna turned the river into cake. I like this because she did this with her magic and Xan got so mad. I rate this book so far 4 out of 5 because some parts are boring but overall it is good.

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pages read: 116

Time read: 2 hours

The gender of the book, Lions Of Genre: Little Rock is historical fiction because it takes place at the time of segregation and the story did not actually happen.

Summary: Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine is about a quiet girl named Marlee. As more African-American kids get integrated into the Little Rock, Arkansas schools, some older grades start to close. Marlee’s school stays open and in her new class, there is an African-American girl named Liz. Liz is not afraid to talk to anyone which takes a lot of guts being an African-American around those times. Liz and Marlee soon start to become friends and Marlee even talks a little bit to Liz. Will Marlee and Liz be able to stay together or will they be separated because of their race?

Theme: I think that the theme of the book is that skin color is nothing compared to kindness. I think that this is the theme because Liz is African American but she stands out for her personality and how nice she is to everyone not for her skin color.

Favorite Part: My favorite part so far is when Marlee lets Liz sit with her at lunch and Marlee actually talks to Liz. This is my favorite part because it shows that skin color really doesn’t matter because Liz stood out for being kind. Not her skin color.

Rating: So far, I would rate Lions of Little Rock a 4.5/5 because this is an amazing book and I can’t wait to read more of it.

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218-End
100 min
Historical fiction

Since for anyone reading this I don’t want to spoil the ending.
Josef, Isabel, and Moumoud are all torwards the end of their trip and crazy stuff is happening to them. Josef’s ship was brought back to Germany while his dad had jumped over board because of his condition. So Josef and his family would be going without him, now Isabel who had a turn for the worst and ended up having her ship getting blown off coarse overnight when they were sleeping. That made them end up in the Bahamas. Now Moumoud who has had multiple stops and night mares is getting near the end of his trek.

I think the theme is that not everybody can have a happy ending.

I think my favorite part was when Josef straightened up his dad at the doctors and made him behave, that made me like that Josef could also be trusted to be in charge.

I’d rate this book a total 5-5 stars because there is so much drama, action, and surprises along the way.

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Pages read: 100
Mins read: 150mins
Book: my life as a gamer

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Pgs: 1-106
Time: 1:40:00

This book is a biography because it is about a real persons childhood and all of the events and characters are real.

The book that I read this week was Knucklehead by Jon Scieszka. The book is about the author Jon and his action packed and crazy childhood. Growing up with five other brothers in Flint, Michigan, the six of them would get into some trouble like swearing in class and playing violent outside and pretending to have war and making each other cry. The book talks about Jon’s crazy childhood and how hard it was for his parents to raise them. Eventually, Jon’s parents numbered the back of their shirts and color coded their clothes.

The theme of this book is “Thr craziest and wildest of families can be the most happy ones”. I think this is a good theme because as wild as Jon’s house was, his family and him still seemed to be happy and love each other.

My favorite part was when the nuns at Jon’s school get mad at them for swearing, the nuns make them right all of the swears that the kids know, Jon rights stupid in all different forms and other bad words in just different forms. I liked this part because it was funny to see Jon’s creativity and his unwillingness to actually tell the nun the amount of swears he actually knows.

I would rate this book a four out of five because the six boys are always getting into trouble at their home and also I really liked some of the crazy stories from Jon’s childhood and on top of that, I like the style of the book meaning I like all of  the pictures of Jon when he was a kid and how every chapter was a new story of Jon’s childhood.

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I read Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick this week
This week, I read almost 4 hours altogether,
And read from page 1 of the book to page 382, as well as other books.

The genre of this book is realistic fiction.
This is because all of the elements are 100% possible in the real world, and none are fantastical, mythical, sci-fi, or horrific.

Summary:

Ben, a boy who has just lost his mom, wants to find his father, who he has never met. The problem is that he recently became deaf in an accident (there’s spoilers), when he already was hearing impaired. His solution is that he finds a boy in a museum in New York City, where he is trying to find his dad, and befriends him. He can talk to the boy, who teaches him sign language. After, he talks to the boy about running away from his aunt, uncle, and cousins to find his father.

I don’t have an exact theme yet, but I have an idea:

The theme of Wonderstruck so far is: Kindness is more important than punctuality.
A reason for this theme is that when Ben first tried to ask about his father, he was laughed at and shunted away, and a door was slammed in his face. However, when Ben met the boy at the museum, the boy and his family took the time to talk to him.

My favorite part of the book so far is (spoiler alert) when Ben found his cousin Janet wearing his mom’s clothes and dancing to her music, smoking and looking at his mom’s old things. I like this because it shows that Janet missed Ben’s mom too, and that she still wanted to preserve her personality.

So far, I would give this book 4 stars, because of the fascinating plot, the complex characters, and the details and dialogue that add to the story itself.

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- Book  -  Greetings from WITNESS PROTECTION

Author - Jake Burt

Total Time  -  2 hrs 37 mins

Total Pages  - 116 - 242

Rating  - ⅘ I’d rate this book a ⅘, so far, because it is slow paced but so very interesting.  There is a lot of suspense, so you never know what will happen next. Since the story is based off of the main charecter always being on the run, the story is always changing chapter to chapter adding new things and getting rid of the old.

Genre  - I think the genre for this book is Realistic Fiction because, the characters in the book use phones wear the clothes we do and are humans. Also, the protagonists go to school have families and drive cars. They live the same lives we do,  so therefore it is a realistic story but still a made up one. So it is realistic fiction.

Theme  -  I think the theme of the book, Greetings from WITNESS PROTECTION, is “Your family will always love adoptive or not.” I thought this was one of the many possible themes for this book because, Niki, the main protagonist, has lived in an orphanage ever since her grandmother died. Now that she has joined a family on the run to help them hide from criminals, she thinks everything is gonna change, but she never thought that she would actually feel like she truly belongs. She had initially thought that this whole “Witness Protection” thing would be practical role-play, but instead now she thinks she wants her life to remain like it is, she loves her new family and they love her back. (Except for her new brother.)

Summary  -  Nicki Demere is an orphan and a pickpocket. She also happens to be the U.S. Marshals’ best bet to keep a family alive. The marshals are searching for the perfect girl to join a family of three, mother, father, and son on the run from the nation’s most infamous criminals. After all, the bad guys are searching for a family with one kid, not two, and adding a street-smart girl who knows a little something about life in secret, may be just what the marshals need. Nicki, along with the Trevor family have a lot to keep an eye out for, but somethings to think ahead you just need to look into the past.

Favorite Part  -  My favorite part of the book was when the author showed us a text message recording of the criminal learder cercatore, and another man speacking about top secret things. (I can't explain the full conversation because of spoilers!)

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This week I read: Theodore Boone, The Accused By: John Grisham It is part of the Theodore Boone Series. I read for 1 hour and 30 min, from page 156 to the end (pg. 271)

This book is about a 13 year old boy named Theo. He knows a lot about the law. Both of his parents are lawyers and he wants to be a lawyer when he grows up. One day in school, Theo, who never gets in trouble, gets called to the principal’s office. Mrs. Gladwell, principal, is there with 2 detectives. The detectives say that Theo is the prime suspect of a robbery at the Big Mac electronic store, the night before. Theo never robbed the store. The detectives check his locker and they find a few exspensive Linx 0-4 tablets, it looks as though Theo robbed the store and hid the tablets in his locker. Theo is framed! The next day, after school Theo goes to his bike to go home. The tire is slashed! Someone is targeting Theo. Everyone who knows Theo, including Mrs. Gladwell do not believe Theo robbed the store. But that doesn’t stop kids at Theo’s school to call him mean names like “jailbird”. Will Theo be able to prove he is innocent before he gets sent to juvenile? Read to find out!

I think the theme of the book is to, “at first you don’t succeed, try try again!”
My favorite in the book was when Theo got into a fight with Baxter and Griff whe they called him a jailbird.
I would rate this book 5/5 stars because it was a really good book and it kept me engaged until the end.

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Pages Read: 100

Time: 1 1/2 hrs

I am reading the book Ship Breaker which is a science fiction book. It if sci-fi because it takes place in the future and has characters that are half man and half dog.

Summary: Nita wanted to get back to her father. So, her and Nailer traveled to Orleans II, but someone caught Nita. So, Nailer convinced someone to help get Nita back. Then, they set sail to try to find her.

My favorite part of the book so far is when they are hiding with Nita before they travel to the Orleans II because, even though it isn’t super action packed, you get to see the characters build relationships and how they interact with each other.

Rating: I would rate my book 3/5 stars because it is somewhat action packed, but there are also some boring parts, and I don’t particularly like the plot.

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Pages- 1-95
Time-about 70 min.
Book- Hatchet
Genre- Realistic Fiction (kind of)
Theme- Keep on persevering

Summary- In the book Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, the main character is Brian and he is a victim and survivor of a plane crash. The pilot had a heart attack while the plane was in the air. Brian was in alot  of pain when he came out of the plane and he was thirsty so drank pond water but he wasn’t sure if it was safe. Then he was starving because he hadn’t eaten in 2 days so he went on a search for food and after a while he found berries or grapes. I think it was so then he got all happy ate a whole bunch of them.

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Johnny Arteen time: 2 hours pages read:103

First up Josef, lives in Berlin, Germany, he is a Jew. One night Josef’s dad was arrested for going to his job, I know that sounds weird but Hitler made a rule that Jews can’t go to their jobs anymore, but Josef’s still went to his job so now he is being arrested for it and he went to a prison that did something to him for 6 months, after that happened Josef’s family went to go to Cuba because it wasn’t safe anymore and when they were about to enter the ship a shadow came over them and it was their father but he was different, skinny, and didn’t have any  muscles like he did before. Josef’s dad went with them on the saint. Luis and their journey  continues.
Second, Isabella she lives in Havana Cuba. Isabella’s dad got arrested for trying to leave Cuba. One day Isabella, her dad, and gramps went to the market to get some food but something happened and her dad got in the fight and her dad got beat up by a police for some reason and another police came and took the other police off of Isabella’s dad when the police was being drakes away he said “you have 3 days to get out of Cuba” so Isabell went to her friend Ivan’s house and asked his dad if her family and his family could get out of Cuba with the boat that he is building Isabella said that she could get the gas by selling her trumpet and when they did get out of Cuba they might not make it to Florida.

Last Mohammad lives in Apollo, Syria and this as you might have heard in social studies Syria is getting bomed by ISIS so Mohammad’s family is trying to make it to Germany but the have to go through the refugee camp and Turkey and the Mediterranean Sea but its not that easy. After the passed the refugee camp they have to sleep in a mall to wait for their boat to cross the Mediterranean to get to Germany.

The thing that Josef, Isabella, and Mohamed want is TO GET OUT OF THEIR COUNTRY to get a better life and be safe.

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I read for one hour this week
30 min on Monday and Tuesday
The genre of the book is fantasy because the main character recives a magical bracelet.

Charlie Wilde moves from Chicago to Arizona, before she gets to Arizona she finds a package with her name on it. While she is looking for her soccer gear, she finds the package in a box. She takes the bracelet out of the package and puts it on. Suddenly she without her knowing it she gains the speed of a cheetah and the strength of an elephant. But her newfound powers are unreliable and she does not know how to trigger them.

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