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I read the book The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien and I made a pixel art of the dragon Smaug

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Over the summer, I read the book, The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han. The book revolves around a teenage romance. The protagonist, sixteen-year-old, Belly Conklin, spends every summer with her mother and brother at the beach house of her mother’s best friend, Susannah. Susannah has two boys—Conrad and Jeremiah. Since a little kid, Belly has always had feelings for Conrad. And now that summer’s here, she’s thrilled to be reunited with the two brothers.  Although, as the summer progresses, Belly finds that the brothers she knew last summer aren’t the brothers she now knows. Throughout the book, Belly finds herself not only dealing with the unsettling change between Conrad and Jeremiah, but she must also navigate her feelings. In conclusion, Belly finds herself stuck in the middle, confused on how to bring the two brother’s relationship back to “shore”, where it should be.

Throughout the story, the beach house is the persistent, and main plot. Since there are actual seasons of the play, the beach house location actually exists. The beach house is located at 1733 Futch Creek Rd, Wilmington, NC 28411. Online, I was able to explore the exterior, and interior of the house. The exterior to me, is the definition of a summer house. I learned that the house had an outdoor swimming pool along with a dock that has a perfect view of the lake, nearby trees, and houses. I also managed to learn that the beach house is surrounded by many islands, like Figure Eight Island, trees, hills, ports, along with many beaches. Overall, the surrounding houses have the same exterior, an outside swimming pool, and a dock just like the beach house.

In addition, this book was a perfect summer read. I found myself really enjoying the book. I’ll definitely make sure to go ahead and read the other books in the series.

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I read the book "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott this summer. The story follows four sisters: Meg,
Jo, Beth, and Amy reside in New England. Their father is at war, so they only live with their mother, "Marmee". The family becomes victims of significant loss of wealth, and they encounter challenges while trying to cope. These sisters befriend Laurie, the rich boy who lives near them. This book shares their struggles and how important it is to cherish family.

I Will Always Love You

By: Whitney Houston

“I Will Always Love You” is a great song to describe Jo March because right as the song begins, it says, “If I should stay I would only be in your way so I’ll go, but I know I’ll think of you every step of the way” which goes hand in hand with Jo leaving her mother and her sisters to go to New York and follow her dreams writing and teaching literature.

Survivor

By: Destiny’s Child

“Survivor” describes Jo and Laurie's fight perfectly. In the line “You thought that I’d be weak without you, but I’m stronger, You thought that I’d be broke without you, but I’m richer,” Jo can survive without Laurie and his money because she is a strong, independent woman and her and her family have survived without riches for many years and can provide for themselves even as young women

everything i wanted

By: Billie Eilish

“everything i wanted” describes Jo’s dream to be independent, write stories, and be unmarried because she believes she doesn't need a man or children. Many people at that time did not take women seriously if they wrote or worked for themselves and believed women needed a man and children to live a successful life, which shows that no one respected her nor her dreams of independence, and by her marrying Fredrick she is able to live her dream of writing without being judged and not supported by society “I had a dream I got everything i wanted not what you’d think, and if I’m being honest, it might’ve been a nightmare to anyone who cares.”

champagne problems

By: Taylor Swift

“champagne problems” describes how Jo led Laurie on and was always fooling around with him but could be with him and broke his heart “Your mom's ring in your pocket My picture in your wallet Your heart was glass, I dropped it Champagne problems”.  “You had a speech, your speechless Love slipped beyond your reaches, and I couldn't give a reason Champagne problems.” This line shows how Laurie poured his heart out to Jo and how he couldn’t control his feelings for her, and she rejected him and “couldn’t give a reason” why.

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The Novel I read was The Outsiders, written by S.E. Hinton, tells the story of a teenager, Ponyboy Curtis, and his struggles of family life and society where he doesn’t believe he belongs, he believes he is an outsider. The story also tells of how Ponyboy, as part of a gang, gets mixed up in a catastrophic meeting with members of a rival gang in town. The two gangs, the Greasers and the Socs, come from different financial backgrounds. One of the themes portrayed in the movie as well as in the book is that despite their financial differences, as people, they are very much the same. Sherry and Randy, at different times, had conversations with Ponyboy about how their problems are the same. Ponyboy grows throughout the novel/movie and begins to see that the world is not just black and white. Ponyboys fascination with the colors of the sunset and the countryside show that he has grown to see the world as a whole.

I enjoyed the movie and noticed the reference to Sodapops horse, Mickey Mouse, as Two-Bit was always seen wearing Mickey Mouse on his shirts. I also learned later, that the author played a role as a nurse in the movie. Even though the movie followed the book very closely, the book was able to portray a more detailed look at Ponyboys life at home and the struggles he faced there.

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Avery Grambs from The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes.

Avery starts out as a high schooler living in New Castle, Connecticut. Her parents aren’t there to help her as her mother is dead and her father left, leaving her sister Libby in custody of her. Through her circumstances, Avery is amazing in school and has dreams to major in actuarial science in college. She also has dreams to travel all around the world. She works in a diner to help pay rent. She only has one best friend who she always texts named Max. Max moved to a different town but her and Avery have continued to keep in touch.

Tobias Hawthorne is a philanthropist, with billions of dollars left to leave to his grandsons and family. Somehow, Avery is invited to the reading of the will. To no one’s belief, Avery is the heir to Tobias Hawthorne’s fortune. This fortune includes 4.6 billion dollars and if anything should happen to Avery, the money is given to charity. Avery is astonished and the Hawthorne family are in complete shock that the fortune was given to a complete stranger! Everyone starts getting into heated arguments, since Grayson Hawthorne, the grandson of Tobias, was supposed to be the heir. Luckily Oren, Avery’s new bodyguard is there to protect Avery.

Avery now has to live in the Hawthorne mansion for a year for the fortune. She thinks about declining and leaving to her old life trying to make do, but the money would really help. The Hawthorne brothers are Xander, Jameson, Grayson and Nash (all are grandsons of Tobias). Together they all try and find out the mystery of why Avery was given all the money. The Hawthorne's are skeptical of Avery's knowledge and knack for riddles, but Avery's mother always used to show her riddles and quizzes. Many things occur while finding out the mystery. Her and Jameson become very close. She has to deal with paparazzi coming from all directions and asking her outrageous questions. Her fashion taste, and the way she speaks is heavily judged upon. People try killing her!! Throughout her whole entire time at the mansion, Avery has not bought a single thing with all the money she has. She has had things bought for her, but she has never bought for herself. This illustrates that Avery is greedy about everything she has gotten from the will. She grew up in poverty, playing garage sale board games, and now money doesn’t affect her. She also still has a kind heart even with all she has had to endure. She cares deeply for her sister throughout it all, and still tries to talk to Max about everything, even though her parents don't like them talking. In the end she helps the Hawthorne's find out the mystery. She has had a drastic change from being a smart high schooler just trying to get by to becoming famous with billions of dollars, the whole Hawthorne family and a huge riddle.

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This summer I read the book, “the 57 bus”.I drew the character Sasha from the book “the 57 bus”. Sasha is agender, they don’t identify as either gender, and they prefer the nongendered pronouns instead of masculine or feminine pronouns. Sasha identifies as genderqueer, which means that they “question” their gender. In the book, as Sasha discovers more about themselves in the book, they realize that they feel more comfortable in their skin by wearing a skirt. They get this skirt from their fiend jasmine. And the book continues they learn the hard way that there are hate crimes against people like them when some boys set their skirt on fire. She gets 3rd degree burns all over her legs.

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During the summer, I read James Patterson's "Ali Cross". The story revolves around Ali Cross, whose friend Gabe Quails goes missing, and the last time he saw him was at school. Ali's father, Alex Cross, is a well-known detective who has passed on some of his skills to Ali. Throughout the book, Ali faces many obstacles while locating his friend. I drew a scene from the book where Ali searches for Gabe at his house after his disappearance.

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The book I read was the summer I turned pretty. The book was about a girl named Belly who went to a summer house with her mom and brother, and her moms best friend and her two sons. In the picture above it shows Belly’s favorite stuffed animal. The bear was a important in her life because she got it from her childhood crush, Conrad. He won it at the boardwalk for her when she was younger and she has kept it since then. This

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Over the summer I read a book called, Ali Cross.

Ali Cross is the son of the famous detective, Alex Cross. Ali has a friend named Gabe, who mysteriously disappeared one Friday afternoon.

On this Friday afternoon, Ali and Gabe were walking home from school, the two boys parted ways to reach their homes to then play games online to start the fun of their Christmas break.

But their families will soon get the devastating news that Gabe never mad it home that afternoon, a few days pass and still no sign of Gabe. Ali devoted his time to find his dear friend and bring him home to his family. For my project, I drew a missing poster as a symbol that represents the worry of families when a loved ones goes missing.

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The novel, “The Summer I Turned Pretty” by Jenny Han takes place of one of the summer at a beach house, with so many memories from the other summers. There’s this girl names Isabel (Belly), she just turned sixteen. She always goes to this beach house with her mom, brother (Steven) and Belly’s moms best friend (Susanna) and her two sons, Conrad and Jeremiah. Belly has always gone there when she was born. Then this summer changed. Belly’s relationships with Jeremiah and Conrad, had made her personal growth and discovery. Jeremiah was Belly’s best friend, he would always make her feel fitted in when she was hanging out with the three boys. Belly’s relationship with Conrad was confusing. Belly always loved Conrad but this summer she had mix feelings about Conrad. Jeremiah and Conrad both have been having feelings for Belly. Belly always had memories at cousins even though if they were or good she would always remember them. Belly will always have this one memory that she will take her whole life. It’s about the picture I drew. It is Junior Mint, a polar bear, that Conrad won for her at the board walk when she was thirteen. The polar bear represents her first heartbreak. Belly has never put it away ever since she got it. This represents that she never got over her love for Conrad and her first time getting heartbroken. The polar bear shows her that he will always care for belly. This whole book is about Belly being a teenager, fitting in, friends, family and young love.

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This summer I read “Bondis Brother” by Irving Roth and Edward Roth. Grandpa Shimion and the father own a lumber business and during the holocaust the grandpa knew the business was going to fail due to the Nuremberg laws or the Nazi anti-Jewish Laws. The grandpa thought of a way to save his business from the antisemitism. His plan was to make a trusted family friend Mr. Albert Meleznik the owner of the business so it would be a Christian owned business. Albert agreed, then after three months he came back again and asked to be payed more money. The grandpa and father agreed. Albert came back in four months and asked for more and more, he became greedy. This resonated with me because it shows me that greed, wealth , and power can change a close friend for the worse. I drew this picture to show the greed of Albert because of how greed and power changed him for the worse.

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The Names They Gave Us By Emery Lord

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The book I read is called “Ground Zero” and it’s bout two kids who have went through tough times. Brandon with 9/11, and Reshmina with the Taliban attack

On a beautiful September morning, it turned into the opposite, especially for Brandon Chavez. A 9-year-old boy who witnessed 9/11. His dad worked on the 107th floor on a restaurant called “Wonders of the World” in the Twin Towers in NYC. Brandon wanted to go to the mall by himself because he got suspended for punching a bully in the face for stealing his wolverine gloves, and he was trying to defend his friends. When he tried to get the gloves, the elevator got stuck with many people. They worked together to get out. When they got out it was very smoky. Brandon was nervous about his dad and called him. He told Brandon that he had to get out. A man named Richard was working with it into getting out. They had to evacuate. They got stuck on a stairway with many people. After they got out, Brandon couldn’t see anything when he ended up in the mall. He found out 2 people and Richard couldn’t see anything also and they weren’t blind. It was just pitch dark. He didn’t notice he was holding a Tasmanian Devil figure in his hands and Richard said it gave them luck. They witnessed the buildings collapse. Richard took Brandon home, and Richard was happy to hear his wife’s voice again after he survived. Richard took Brandon to his home just like Brandon’s dad promised Richard.

There’s another main character in the story named Reshmina who is 11 years old and lives in Afghanistan near the Pakistan border. She has a brother and a sister named Pasoon and Marzia. She had to go through the Taliban taking over the country, and especially her village near Asadabad, a city in Afghanistan. Her sister Hila has been killed in the middle of the most important day of her life. A missile hit right on the wedding. She tried not to remember that memory, but she couldn’t get that memory away. She found an American soldier named Taz (Brandon). Taz was severely injured, and Reshmina couldn’t help him, but inside her said to help him, which would risk her life and her family. She snuck him inside Reshmina’s house. Her mother found out and was very scared. If the Taliban find out Reshmina snuck an American soldier in her house, not just her would be killed, but her whole entire family. Reshmina really wanted to get out of here. Pasoon wanted to join the Taliban, but Reshmina thought it would be a terrible idea. They also found a toy plane, and they were fighting over it like how they did when they were kids. Instead of Pasoon usually laughing, he started to cry, and went on his way to join the Taliban. He had to follow him. She went to a graveyard she was familiar with. She also went to a poppy field, and a little while she had to watch them burn. She tried to escape with many people in the village, until they got trapped in a cave everyone went in. Reshmina thought Taz was just ruining the country. Taz told his story on how his father died in 9/11, and how he remembered a Tasmanian Devil figure give him luck with surviving. He came to Afghanistan for comeback with 9/11. Taz tried to help her by giving her money, but Reshmina couldn’t understand. Taz offered Reshmina to leave, but she declined it. Taz was okay with it, because if she changed her mind he might pick her up and leave Afghanistan.

The lesson to both those stories were “It’s you and others against the world”. Teamwork could help with hard times.

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Over the Summer I read the novel  “ The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins. In the novel there are 12 districts and every year in each district they have to pick one boy and one girl between the ages of 12 and 18 and send the kids to fight to the death until there is only one alive. Each year the games scenery is different to make the games more challenging but every year the players start by standing on platforms around the cornucopia. Katniss is 16 living in district 12 her father died in a mining accident so she has to illegally hunt in the woods to earn money and get food for her family. This year katniss’s sister prim is chosen but Katniss volunteers instead. I drew the cornucopia because its a very important place in the book that holds many weapons and important items to give players an advantage in the games.

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Over this summer I read the book Forrest Gump by Winston Groom I also watched the movie Forrest Gump directed by Robert Zemeckis. The film and the book are about Forrest Gump's life and how he became a part of history while overcoming his low IQ, but both the movie and the book are different in their own way.

Robert Zemeckis the director of the award-winning film Forrest Gump did not use the same storyline the book had with the movie. Robert changed a few details from the book for the movie. In the book Forrest shows occasional moments of high intelligence in things relating to math and physics which is not in the movie. The movie also had a different way of how Forrest Gump and Bubba met, In the book Forrest and Bubba met during a football game when they were attending university together.

In the end both the book Forrest Gump by Winston Groom and the movie Forrest Gump directed by Robert Zemeckis message is to live life to the fullest.

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This summer I read the book "The Shack" by Wm. Paul Young. It was a very deep cutting book and I have wrote a poem that describes what the book meant to tell the read, ie the central idea.

In "The Shack," there's this man named Mack,
His daughter's hurt, he's on a tough track.
In a shack, he meets God, a surprising fact,
And they help him heal, that's the main act.

The lesson is, even when life's a mess,
Love and forgiveness can bring happiness.
No need to stress, just kindness, I guess,
That's what "The Shack" wants to express.

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I read the book "Song of the crimson flower" by Julie C. Dao.
In this book, Lan, the main character, is the daughter of a wealthy nobleman. She is under the impression that the person she loves, named Tam, is in love with her. However Bao, another character in the story, proves her wrong by sharing that he has been writing and sending letters and gifts to her as Tam. Lan learns that Bao has been the one who was in love with her the whole time. In Lan’s rage, she rejects Bao cruelly, breaking his heart. He runs away, and accidentally finds the river witch, who was known as a myth for being an evil witch. The river witch curses him, telling him the only person that can undo the spell is someone he loves, and he must go to the gray city to find his mother who can break the spell. The spell gives him 2 weeks or else he will fade away. Since he is in love with Lan, she can ward off the spell for some time, so she volunteers to go on a trip with him to find his mother. Bao has come to despise her, but in Lan’s guilt, she chose to come along to make amends.

They start off rocky, but start to become closer, and kinder to each other. Later on in the story, Lan finds the river witch and curses her out for what she did to Bao, because she had grown to care for him more. Towards the end of the story, Bao starts to fade away because of how much time they had wasted. In final efforts, Lan confesses her feelings to Bao, and Bao starts to come back to life. Lan had managed to break the spell with her love for him. In the beginning of the book, Lan was mean to Bao, and then regretted her actions. Bao didn't want anything to do with her after her cruel rejection. However, towards the end of the book, she fell in love with him and they became engaged.

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The book that I have chosen is “The outsiders” by S.E. Hinton The book is about a boy, Ponyboy and his crew. They were known as the Greasers. Greasers are poor boys that would come together to try and help each other through things. There is another group, a wealthier group of people. They were known as the Socs. The sos and the greasers didn't like each other. Ponyboy and one of his friends had a bad run in with the socs. This led to them having to test their ability to help one another as friends and for them to see how bad the harsh realities of the social divide were between the two groups of people.

This book was turned into a movie. The movie follows the same outline as the book. It shows the divide between the social groups and how the boys have to work to show their loyalty and friendship to one another through the story. The movie allows you to see more of what the boys really go through while they are telling the story. I think that the movie did a great job of showing what the story was really about. Showing all of the hard times that the greaser boys went through and how they had to deal with it all.

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I read the book “Here in the Real World” by Sara Pennypacker.  Ware is the main character in the story.  He is a boy the they described as being in his “own world”.  In the beginning of the book, we find out that Ware is forced to go to a Summer Rec program after his grandmother fell and needed to be in a rehabilitation center.  Ware was not happy and recalls previous years at the Rec center.  He remembered a counselor laughing at him.  Ware wondered why being apart from the other kids was so wrong.  This time around, his parents wanted him to have “meaningful social interactions” because they were concerned that most times he liked to be alone.

Ware meets Jolene at the abandoned church near the Rec Center.  In the beginning their interactions were limited and hostile.  But eventually they work together to help each other and develop a great friendship.  As the story develops, you begin to notice the changes in Ware emotions.  Ware was given a video camera by his filmmaker uncle. He told him that he was not weird just because he sees the world differently.  Ware used the camera to help show people his world.

Towards the end of the book, Ware tell his mother that he had a great summer, but also admitted that he did not go to rec.  His mother was shocked that he did not attend the Rec program.  Ware tells his mother that he overheard her say that he was anti-social and wishes he was “normal kid”.  Ware’s mother apologized, but at this point in the story Ware felt better about himself.  Ware gained more confidence after his filmed gained a lot of attention. He had finally accepted who he was as a person and so did everyone else.

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Over the summer I read the book “Daisy Jones & the Six” by Taylor Jenkins Reid which is an interview style book around a fictional 70s band. Throughout the novel you learn about the growth, success, and the eventual fall of the band. The band, The Six, is comprised of 6 band members, a drummer, bassist, rhythm guitarist, guitarist, and singer. However, after a collaboration with an up and coming solo artist Daisy Jones the band changes to now include her. This officially changes their name to Daisy Jones & the Six. The novel is told from the perspective of the band looking back on their days as rock stars and them explaining why they broke up at the height of their careers. It explains the internal conflict and drama between the band members and how this is impacted by outside forces seen in the 1970s. This novel was made into an Amazon Prime mini-series in March of this year. This series, while being a good adaptation, took many liberties with the novel. The major change was even though one of the band members didn’t contribute to the interview in the novel he was mentioned in many of the stories the band mates told was cut from the series. This made the name of the band being “the Six” an interesting choice, because now instead of them being the Six because there are six band members who can’t decide on a band name, there are six band members and the singer's wife who may be labeled as the sixth person. Another part that was changed in the show that I’m unsure if I enjoyed was some of the interpersonal drama between the characters was changed and made more intense or less intense in other cases. While for the sake of television it was nice but after reading the book it wasn’t my favorite addition. Though by far my favorite part of the show was the addition of the songs. All the songs that were mentioned and brought up in the book were then given full lyrics at the back of the book once the story concluded. In the series they created a score and had the actors learn the instruments their characters play to record the songs and make it seem as authentic as possible. I very much enjoyed this, it added so much life to the show and their performances because it is truly them playing all the songs created for the show. Overall, I enjoyed the book to show adaptation of the book, “Daisy Jones & the Six”

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This summer I read the book "The Summer I Turned Pretty" by Jenny Han. The Story follows Isabel Conklin [Belly], who is about to turn sixteen, as she and her family reunite with Susanna Fisher and her two sons, Jeremiah and Conrad. Both of which have been a crush of Belly's.
For as long as Belly can remember her, her Mother, and Steven her brother have always gone to the "Summer house". The house which I have drawn above has been home to love, heartbreaks and above all true and undeniable happiness.
When Belly returns to the summer house this time though something just feels different. She's older, she's prettier, and the boys have changed too. Everyone is older now. As the summer goes on her love for Conrad deepens, although he is very much different. He has a girlfriend and he smokes and he doesn't talk anymore. Everyone couldn't figure out what happened. That was until the Deb Ball. Jeremiah escorted her but then suddenly disappeared right before the dance. That was because he found out his mothers cancer had come back stronger than ever. The book ends with everyone finding out about Susanna's cancer.

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I read Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard. I drew lighting to represent the main character, Mare Barrow. She is a seventeen year old girl who lives in a world where people are divided by their blood. People with silver have powers while people with red blood don’t. Mare is a red but one day she discovers that she has lightening powers. The red flag with the yellow Sun represent the scarlet guard which is a group of people who are apposed about the way they live. The silvers always have better thing while the reds are meant to serve them and are poor. They are also force to go to war if they don’t have jobs at the age of eighteen. The Scarlet Garuda mission is to have equality between red and silvers and their logo is a sun. This can also represent the leader of the group, Farley and Mare since she is a part of the guard.

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This summer I watched the documentary Yogi Berra. I also read the book Yogi. Yogi Berra is one of baseball's greatest catchers despite everyone making fun of him because of the way he looks. Some even said he just doesn’t look like a baseball player. Yogi Berra was a first-generation Italian-American who grew up in a St. Louis neighborhood called “The Hill,” where he was surrounded by recent immigrants and raised with a sense of community informed by Italian traditions. Yogi Berra is a cultural icon whose fame transcended the baseball diamond. “Yogi-isms'' such as “it ain’t over till it's over” and "a nickel ain't worth a dime anymore” People think of Yogi as funny, but as his manager Casey Stengel once put it: "They say he's funny. Well, he has a lovely wife and family, a beautiful home, money in the bank, and he plays golf with millionaires. What's funny about that?” In the documentary I watched it really explains that Yogi got made fun of all the time even being referred to as the Yogi Bear Lawrence Peter Berra got the nickname Yogi during his teenage years, when he was playing American Legion Baseball. One afternoon, after attending a movie that had a short piece on India, a friend Jack Maguire noticed a resemblance between him and the “yogi”, or person who practiced yoga, on the screen. Maguire said “I’m going to call you Yogi” and from that moment on, the name stuck. Berra appeared in 21 World Series as a player, coach and manager from 1946-85. He won 10 World Series rings as a player with the Yankees and played in 75 World Series games, both of which are all-time records.  Yes yogi had so many accomplishments but what’s not talked about as much is  that yogi had a great personality and showed great character.  He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972. In 2015 he was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He played 19 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) (1946–1963, 1965), all but the last for the New York Yankees. He was an 18-time All-Star and won 10 World Series championships as a player—more than any other player in MLB history. Yogi Berra was an overall amazing player and an amazing person. Yogi showed that it doesn’t matter what people think or say about you. And one of yogis greatest yogi-isms  "Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical.

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I read the book Race to the sun by Rebecca RoanHorse. The drawing I drew shows Na’ashéii Asdzáá (spider women) who makes an appearance in the novel to support the main character. In Navajo mythology, it has been said to be a protecter to humans. However, it’s also been said she casts her web to capture and eat misbehaving children.She is important to the story because she guides monsters layers like the hero of Nizhoni through the glittering world to the house of the sun. I based this drawing off readriordan.com which shows what she likes in the novel.

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I watched the documentary “It Ain’t Over” which is about the life of Yogi Berra. Yogi Berra was a legendary American baseball player known for his wit and numerous championships with the New York Yankees. Yogi Berra was born on May 12, 1925 and grew up in a small italian neighborhood in St. Louis. Yogi Berra's journey into baseball began as a young boy playing in local sandlots. His dedication to the sport and passion helped get him to the major leagues. He made his MLB debut with the New York Yankees in 1946 and quickly became known for his skills as a catcher. Yogi Berra was famous for his humorous sayings known as "Yogi-isms." These sayings, such as "It ain't over 'til it's over" and "When you come to a fork in the road, take it.”  Berra's incredible hitting ability, combined with his mastery behind the plate, made him an invaluable asset to the Yankees. He was an 18-time All-Star and won three American League Most Valuable Player awards. His record of 10 World Series championships remains unmatched to this day.

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I read It's Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han. This book is the 2nd book of “The Summer I Turned Pretty” where Belly, Jeremiah, and Conrad  love and loss at their summer beach house. Belly's confused between the brothers, Conrad and Jeremiah. After Susannah's death, Jeremiah and Conrad’s mom, their summer tradition breaks causing emotional disruption. But love, friendship, and growing up are explored throughout the book. At the end of the book it ends on a cliffhanger. Belly chooses Jeremiah but Conrad confesses he loves her too.

For my drawing I chose to draw Belly, her brother, Jeremiah and Conrad all together. Just how Susanna would want them to be together after her death. They are taking their yearly photo in front of the house which they do ever summer.

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Those Crazy German’s, by Steven Somers, is a light hearted travel guide for anyone traveling to Germany. The author talks about many different things to do when traveling and how to understand German culture. For example, most restaurants don’t have a Host or Hostess. You should always seat yourself, and the biggest festival of the year is Oktoberfest.

Oktoberfest begins on the third Saturday of September and goes for two weeks. Around 6 million liters of beer are consumed during the festival. But drinking beer isn’t the only thing to do at Okteberfest. Throughout the country all the fairgrounds are filled with rides, games and a lot of German food.

For the most part, people think of sausages and potato’s when they think of German food. Those are big parts of the German diet, but there are also other things to choose from. Their a meat and spinach ravioli called Maultaschen is very popular. They also eat many fruits and vegetables.

Those Crazy Germans is an excellent resource for anyone planning a trip to Germany. Overall, the book had many good ideas and suggestions for traveling throughout the country.

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This summer I read A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen. My book was about the aftermath of World War 2. A young girl named Gerta lived in East Berlin with a father who was wanted, her mother and two brothers. The government was still under the control of Russia so it was like they were still under the control of the nazis. All people who lived the East Berlin wanted to go to freedom to the west but eventually a wall was put up to prevent that from happening. However before that wall was put up her father and older brother escaped so her family was torn apart. Throughout the book she tries to escape the east with her oldest brother.
I chose to create a spotify playlist for Gerta. The first song that Gerta would have in her playlist is Unstoppable by Sia. This would be in her playlist because somehow Gerta wants to escape East Berlin and enter a life of freedom in the West. Gerta and her brother, Fritz, begin their escape by digging a tunnel into the west side of Berlin. Through many challenges and obstacles they are unstoppable.

The second song is Look What You Made Me Do by Taylor Swift. I think Gerta would relate to this song. All because of the Stasti and East Berlin Government, people are being forced to do things they shouldn’t have to do in order to survive. In Gerta’s case, as well as many others, the Stasti made her want to leave, now she’s full of secrets and lies.

Dig Dig Dig from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs another song Gerta would have on her playlist. I chose this song because as stated in the name all they can do is dig and hope they can make it out of East Berlin in time (before being discovered).
The last song that Gerta would have on her playlist would be Don't Stop  Believin’ by the Journey. I chose this song because in order to co plate their mission to dig for freedom they have to believe and have motivation as well as determination.

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This summer I read the book Race To The Sun featuring the main character Nizhoni Begay as she discovers her own abilities and the fact that her family is descended directly from the Hero Twins. Nizhoni's abilities enable her to recognize and combat demons that pose a threat to the Navajo people, the Earth, and her family. The main villain is a monster and his goalie the story is to kidnap Nizhoni because of the special powers she gained from her mom who left her leaving her children with their father who is more focused on business than his own kids. Therefore Nizhoni is forced to go on a big adventure to control her powers to take down the monster.

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I read a book by Jordan Toma, a motivational speaker, published a book titled I’m Just A Kid With An IEP. In this book he expressed his struggles in school such as letters being flipped as he read and his disability.  Jordan had anxiety when he had to read out loud to his class. His fear made him so nervous; he would misread some of the words and stutter. Jordan also had trouble focusing and did not want to take his medicine. His battles in school were constant reminders of his failures and his disability, which took over his life in his school aged years.  However, his parents were all ways there supporting him and helped him become a successful person in life, especially his mom.

Jordan has improved his mindset by never backing down or giving up. This growth came by never stopping even if he failed multiple times. This happened throughout his life when he kept on trying to pass different exams. He realized that he had to build more belief and hope in his self through encouraging himself with self-talk. Jordan also risked his friendships by choosing to keep on studying rather hanging out with his friends. Jordan began to inspire the most important person in the world, himself.

In conclusion, Jordan has inspired many kids with his motivational quotes and his story. He acknowledges his mom, previous boss, and wife for being there for him like an inner coach. I felt like this was a wholesome book for kids with special needs. It could comfort them to use their disability for good to encourage them. Lastly, the motivational quotes and self-talk encouraged me a great deal.

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I read the book, Don’t Close Your Eyes. The main character Rachel, changes because of the way she acts towards certain individuals. For example, in the beginning of the book she acts cold to her peers because she is unsure of herself and what’s going on. Later, she meets a friend who helps her turn into a kinder soul. He guides her into life and tries to understand what she’s going through. They end up becoming a couple and flourish as new people.

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This year I read the book “They both die in the end” by Adam Silvera. In my illustration I put the phone call from death cast which will tell both of the main characters that they will be approaching death within the next 24 hours of getting the call. Hearing this news they both try to live their best life in the little time they have left.

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I chose to read the book, The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton.  The book The Outsiders is about a fourteen year old boy named Ponyboy Curtis. He and his two older brothers, Sodapop and Darry, all live together in the lower-class neighborhood of the East-Side. They are not just ordinary people living in the east side: they are greasers. A greaser is someone who is poorer than both the middle class and those living on the west-side: someone who would steal something, who would drive a nice, old car, and would use a lot of hair gel. Hence, the name: greaser. They are the exact opposite of the Socials. The Socials, Socs for short, are the rich west-side kids. They like to jump greasers, and have parties all night. But they are also very well educated. Ponyboy is part of a friend group, and every member has something to bring to the table. He and one other member of the group, Johnny, must escape from their hometown due to killing a Soc when fighting a group of them one night in the park. In this novel, Ponyboy learns many things, such as the value of brotherhood, the violence that can be fueled by hatred, the protection that friends have to offer, how to reconcile, to learn to get rid of hate, and what a true friend is.

For The Outsiders, there is also a movie that goes along with it. Watching the movie The Outsiders was an amazing experience. I felt like I was in the movie because the actors made it feel like you were with them. The movie really captured the essence of what the book was. However, even though I liked watching the movie, I really like the book better. When reading the book, I was able to understand more about what was happening, and the book dove deeper into action, feelings, and thoughts than the movie did. Most of the movie was very accurate; like where Ponyboy asks Cherry if she can see the sunset from the South Side, and she responds with exactly what she says in the book. However at the end of the movie, I did see that they left a few details out that would have made the movie a lot better. For example, towards the end of the novel, when Johnny is in the hospital due to being badly burnt, his mothers comes to visit. Johnny says that he doesn’t want to see her. Two-bit and Ponyboy, who were standing right beside Johnny, decide to leave. On their way out, they see Johnny's mother, and then they understand why Johnny always hangs around someone’s else’s house. In the movie, this doesn’t happen at all. They don’t show Johnny’s mother at all, which is something I think is very important. If Johnny’s mother was in the movie, I think that it would show more about  why Johnny always hated his house. Nonetheless, I still think that the movie was excellent, and the book was too. I feel like the movie made the book come alive, and it was really nice to watch.

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During the summer i read the book "Here in the Real World" by Sara Pennypacker. The main character of the book is a boy named Ware. In the start of the book Ware is a very anti-social kid, he has very few friends and keeps to himself a lot. Many people including his parents think he is a very strange child due to his nature of staying alone. This was first described in an early chapter where there is a flashback of a younger version of him in a rec center, it is then where we see a worker at the rec laugh at Ware for not wanting to mingle with the other kids. As the story continued you can notice Ware change, he makes a new friend named Jolene, a girl who he met at the abandoned church. Ware started to become more open, started to talk more, starting to express himself more. And finally at the end of the book Ware quote "Broke out of his shell," meaning that he is now a social kid, he becomes the talk of the town for making a moat at the abandoned church for birds. He still has that one friend named Jolene but he has made more, such as a bartender at his local bar and another girl name Ashely. Ware has changed a lot from the start of the book to the end becoming a social kid in the end.

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This summer I read the book called "Hatchet By Gary Pualsen". This image show a big event in the book where Brian "The Main Character" used his gift which is a hatchet to help him survive in the wilderness after being stranded for a while. so he decided to use his materials to help which was Called a Hatchet. He used the hatchet to cut down trees and etc. As a result the hatchet was a gift from his mom before being stranded.

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I read the book Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. The main character was stranded out in the wild and at first was scared and didn’t know what to do and throughout the story changed. At first when he first was there and he was lost and felt like giving up. He started to change he got more motivated to get home and made a fire and shelter. Towards the end he had no hope that a helicopter was gonna rescue him but he was still determined to survive and made a weapon to fish. This shows how the main character of the book changed throughout the story mentally.

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The Glass Castle is a memoir written by Jeannette Walls, the story is told through Wall’s perspective. Following her and her family living a lifestyle that we see as unconventional moving from place to place when they run out of money or what her dad calls “doing the skedaddle '' one of those places Walls and her family ends up in is Battle Mountain, Nevada. Battle Mountain is famous because copper was discovered there in 1866 and one of the main reasons the Walls family moved there is because Walls father said there was gold at Battle Mountain. Walls recalls Battle Mountain as the place she spent the happiest time in her childhood.

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The movie adaptation I read was The Outsiders by S.E Hinton. This movie is about two types of people called the Soc’s and the greasers. The Soc’s would go after the greasers because they felt like they were better than them because they had a lot of money. One time when the Soc’s were going after one of the main characters PonyBoy gets attacked by the Soc’s his friend Johnny kills the Soc. Him and Ponyboy have to run away before they get in trouble. Ponyboy and Johnnys friends at home fight to clear their name so they can come back home. On their way back home their friend Dally picks them up and they saw a school on fire with kids still inside. They all got out of the car and saved the kids. This shows that you shouldn’t judge someone by how much money they have or how they look because everyone thought the greasers were bad people.

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This summer I read “ Frankenstein” the main character in the book wanted to achieve something that no one else has achieve before which is brining a dead person alive again the main character of the story was so fixed to bring this person back to life that he ignored everything else to create this zombie looking like monster. in the end of the book he regretted making the monster and the monster made him suffer

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The film adaptation I choose to watch was To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. This movie is a result of the novel written before the film was produced. This movie is all about a lawyer and his family living in the 1930s during the Great Depression. The father (Atticus Finch) is assigned to a case where a black man (Tom Robinson) is accused of rapping a white girl. Even though Tom was innocent the court found him guilty due to his skin color. This can connect to todays world because sadly even today racism and prejudice still occurs due to one’s skin color. I truly believe that one day people will look past this and try to understand eachother not based on skin color and race.

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This summer I read "The Worst Class Trip Ever"  The book was about the Whole 8th grade going on a field trip to Washington, DC. The two main characters are Wyatt and Matt, they both get on the plane and two people are sitting behind them one big guy and one small guy. Wyatt and Matt think that the two people behind them are terrorist because the small guys has a small bag that he is keeping to himself and the big guy has a big bag that is above him, they both think that there is a bomb in the bag. After that they see that the people are looking at pictures of the white house. A little after they go to the hotel and Matt stole something that he thinks is a detonator. Wyatt finds out that he stole that when they arrive at the hotel. Now they are scared that the people might come after them for the detonator. And they were right they both came two their hotel room and took Matt with them because they took their detonator after this they meet up and Wyatt gives the detonator and They give Matt.

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Over this summer I read the biography American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin and watched the movie Oppenheimer directed by Christopher Nolan which both portray the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer and those around him who influenced the creation of the atomic bomb.

Both the film and the book portray Oppenheimer in a positive light while also staying partially neutral in their stance on him. The authors of American Prometheus used quotes and opinions of those around Oppenheimer to convey the way many felt about him. The authors seem to have their own opinion on him when they described Oppenheimer as a brilliant scientist and a charismatic leader while referring to him as “an enigma”. In the film Oppenheimer the director, Christopher Nolan seems to have his own perspective on Oppenheimer while still portraying him in the movie in a neutral tone, although he is the protagonist and main character of the movie. In the movie, the people around Oppenheimer have very strong views on him, some such as George Kennan view him as a good friend and see him in a very positive light while others such as Lewis Strauss have negative opinions on him and don’t trust him due to personal grudges. Both the directors and authors of the film and book use people in Oppenheimer's life as a way to convey opinions and stances on his life.

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“My mind is like wonders
Things I hear is like thunders
What Carrie’s on before I must face
So I hope is that I must embrace”

The Book I have chosen is 96 Miles and it is about 2 boys named John and Stew who have been isolated at Nevada with food and water from their dad to last them months. But they are robbed during a black out and they lose all their supplies while their dad is out of town. So now John and Stew must go and walk 96 miles in the hot desert to go and get help.

In the beginning of the book John and Stew are collecting water from their toilet from an abandoned house so they can start to set out to go 96 miles from the Nevada desert to Brighton Ranch. They only have 2 canteens of water left and only a little bit of food left. In Johns eyes he thinks Brighton Ranch is his and Stews best chance at survival. But Stew is against that idea of collects toilet water and he says they should take a 16 mile detour to a reservoir instead.  They are both on edge and they are both annoyed at each other because they don’t agree with each other, but they decide to just start walking and they will decide once they figure something out.

In the middle of the book John and Stew meet 2 people while they are walking, they meet a brother and a sister Will and Cleverly. They both were heading to the same direction so they formed a group for a little bit until Will and Cleverly got to where they were going. But they had a problem because they didn’t have much food to split between 4 people for long. The next day they decided to continue walking together and once they reached their destination they wanted to ride horses to their house in Las Vegas. But then Stew gets dizzy and falls in Johns arms.

In the End of the book Stew and John are close to their destination and they decide to do a strategy of running a mile and then walking a mile and right as they were close to Brighton Ranch they spot his dads friends house Nate and they see Nate but Nate gets his gun on them because he didn’t know who they were until looking and he helps them get to Brighton Ranch by their house. John and Stew are happy they finally made it and are able to relax now and they are full of hope the black out is over and on a phone their dad leaves a message that he is safe and he is heading back home.

John and Stew have changed since the beginning of the book because since on their journey they were scared at the begin and didn’t really know what would happen and if they would be ok. But his meeting Will and Cleverly they felt safer and had people to talk to and they got stronger together as a group and learned that friendship can make a person different.

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Into enemy waters is a book about a world war 2 story of the demolition squad who became the navy seals and there are 3 people in the navy seals bing west part of the last platoon marine combat veteran and jhon c mcmanus and captain Michael v goshgarian most of these people used to be young and decided to put there lives at risk by joining the war in Germany and Tokyo

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This summer I chose to read the book "The Summer I Turned Pretty," by Jenny Han. I drew a significant place in this book for the main character, Belly. Belly travels up with her mom and brother to a lake house where their family friends stay, who are also, Susannah, Jeremiah, and Conrad. In the back of their house there is a pool. This pool is significant to Belly because, "At night when I [Belly] couldn’t sleep, I’d sneak downstairs and go for a swim in the pool." (Page 30). She would do this also to clear her head if she couldn't sleep for that reason either. Until Belly was tired she would do laps then go up to her room and sleep. So in this drawing I drew a place where she felt calm and relaxed.

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This summer I chose to read, The Summer I Turned Pretty, by Jemmy Han. In this drawing I drew the pool that is written in the book the help calm Belly (

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(Football genius) This book was about a 13-year-old boy that had a love for football in two ways. He really liked playing football but also he really liked watching football and his mom gets a job to work for the Atlanta falcons which is NFL team. So he gets to be there with his mom and meets a lot of cool players as he's there. The players find out that he has a talent where he can predict the next play and get it right every time. One of the players sees this and brings it to the head coach. One of the coaches love the idea to bring them on the team, but one of the other coaches hates the idea because he wants to be head coach so then the owner of the team found out about this and fired the assistant coach and the owner met the kid and made him a waterboy and paid him a lot of money so that they could win games.

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In the beginning of the book Ali Cross written by James Paterson, Ali was a 10 year old boy who was facing many challenges. One of the big challenges he faces is trying to find his lost friend Gabe. Ali and his four friends were forming groups of people and social media pages to try and find his friend. While this all occurred, on Christmas Eve night Ali’s house was robbed and although everyone else didn't think of it as more than a robbery, Ali thought Gabe might have been involved with the robbery. Another challenge Ali faces is his Dad going to court. Alex Cross, Ali’s father, is a detective, as he went to do his job at a house that also had been robbed on Christmas Eve night, the man in the house was being very forceful with Alex. The man had fallen on cement and knocked unconscious, the mother had seen this and thought that Alex had pushed him over which led to him having a court case. In the beginning of the book, Ali Cross, these are the challenges that Ali faced throughout the book.

In the middle of the book Ali cross written by James Paterson, 10 year old Ali has many challenges that he and his friends overcome.  During Ali’s search for his best friend, he gets into a fight and is grounded. Although this happens this doesn't stop him from trying to find his friend. He says “Then I looked closer and saw that it wasn’t a word, exactly. It was a bunch of random letters, QUBUQ. Which I also realized, no those weren't just random letters.  Not at all QUB was Gabe’s screen name in Outpost and QUBUQ was the same thing forward and backward.” This allowed Ali to realize that maybe he did still have a chance to save his best friend Gabe. Ali ready to find his friend Gabe in the game but he had to wait a little longer as his friend Gabe left him a note that said “Be back here at 2 am.'' After Ali was told to do this he stayed up until 2 am to finally check on his friend but it didn't really go as he planned. “Listen, I dont have alot of time. But I know you’ve been trying to find me, and I need to ask a huge favor. … Stop looking for me.” After Gabe said this to Ali, he was confused on why not to but Ali could not just stop after all of this, so he kept looking even though Gabe told him not to. These are the challenges in the middle of the story that Ali faced.

At the end of the book Ali Cross written by James Patterson, Ali and his friends are faced with even more challenges. After Ali was told not to look for Gabe he continued to but he didn't tell his friends that he had talked to Gabe because Gabe had said not to, but this didn't end too great after he finally decided to tell them. “Hey, listen, you guys, I need to catch you up. … I talked to Gabe.” after he told his friends he didn't get the reaction he was expecting to get. After he told his friends they all decided to log off and not talk to him for the rest of the night which meant that he was on his own now. As we approach the end of the book Ali spots someone walking down the streets which looked like Gabe so he followed him, but that didn't go well. “Gabe? … you need to come home Gabe. It's safe now. … he wasn't looking at me anymore. He was looking behind me. And when I turned around another guy was standing there, I didn't recognize him but I knew right away who it was. Ramoon Qualls.” Ali then realized why he shouldn't have followed Gabe to where he went because Gabe was being forced to do these things like steal, and rob houses all because of Ramon Qualls. In conclusion these are the challenges Ali faced throughout the book.

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This summer, I read Harry Potter and The Chamber Of Secrets, which continues from the original book, the Sorcerers Stone. In it, Harry attends his second year at Hogwarts, where strange murders and petrifications begin to afflict the students, teachers, and even the ghosts. Harry and friends discover the chamber, and must fight for their lives to escape.

The picture provided was made by putting together a series of images for the background, with my own drawing taking the spotlight.

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I read the book We Dream Of Space by Erin Entrada Kelly. The book is about three siblings who dream of something bigger and they wish to escape the reality they live in.  This is a poem to represent the book.

Let’s start at the beginning

Bernadette a child of 3

an astronaut she dreams to be

As she watches the world spin

she learns about the world she’s in

Conflict like a meteor strike

Mom and dad don’t think alike

Always yelling or in a fight

Older brother Cash

Younger brother Fitch

Cash is about to get ditched

His friends heading to high school

but he stays in the baby pool

“He can’t keep his cool!”

That’s my other brother Fitch

Random outburst of emotion

always causing a commotion

All different worlds in motion

My family is a intricate galaxy

By: Valeriana Pirozzi

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We Were the Lucky Ones  by Georgia Hunter, takes place during a really hard time in history, World War II. It's about a family called the Kurcs who are from Random Poland. The family is made up of the mom and dad, Sol and Nechuma, and their five kids, Addy, Jakob, Mila, Genek, and Halina. Each of them has their own story, and the book tells us about all the different things they go through during the war.

When the war starts, the Kurcs' lives get turned upside down. They're Jewish, and the Nazis start treating Jewish people horribly, so the family has to split up and go into hiding in different places. Some of them end up in different countries, like France, Italy, and even Siberia in Russia. They all face really hard challenges, like not having enough to eat, being separated from each other, and having to hide their true identities.Addy, who is a doctor, has to leave his wife Herta behind and escape to France. Jakob, the engineer, gets taken to Siberia with other Polish people and has to work really hard in bad conditions. Mila, who loves playing music, joins a group of people fighting against the Nazis. Genek, another sibling, joins the Polish army and then ends up in France too. Halina, the youngest, is hidden in a convent to stay safe.

The book goes back and forth between each family member's story, showing us their struggles and how they try to survive. They face danger, fear, and sadness, but they also find moments of kindness and hope from people who help them along the way.

As the war goes on, the Kurcs keep hoping they'll be able to find each other again and reunite as a family. After the war, the family has to deal with the trauma from everything they've experienced. It's not easy for them to go back to their normal lives, and they have to learn how to heal and move forward. The book shows that even in the darkest times, people can be really strong and brave. It also teaches us about the importance of family and the bonds that can keep us together, no matter what challenges we face.I really liked how the book made history feel real by showing it through the eyes of this family. It's a sad story, but it's also inspiring to see how they never gave up, even when things were really tough. It made me think about how lucky we are today and how we should always remember the people who went through hard times like this so we can learn from the past

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I chose the book "Heartstopper" Volume 4 by Alice Oseman. This story is about 2 boys, Nick and Charlie. Nick is a English Boy in year 11 in an all boys school who plays Rugby With his "mates". Charlie is a year 10 who stays close with his 3 friends Tao, Issac, and Elle. Charlie is an outed Gay boy who is often teased by the other boys. Nick and Charlie get seated next to each other in one of there classes. They soon form a friendship and soon start dating. I made a playlist for Nicholas Nelson(Nick). The Following song are mentioning Keeping the relationship a secret>"Line Without A Hook". In the book Nick wanted to keep there relationship a secret but soon people started rumors about Nick and Charlie. Nicks Favorite singer is Tayler Swift the song "Paper Rings" Explains There Love And How they have a great Relationship. The song "Tree House" And "Undone-The Sweater Song" These songs connect with Nick because Nick has friends that teased Charlie and he slowly started to ignore them or just started hanging out with Charlie's friends because his friends were not very nice. The Songs "Boy Bi" And "Mr. Lover Man" Are Corresponding with Nick Being bisexual and people keep asking him  if he likes boys or girls and that he should choose one gender.

If you look more into the playlist you will see the following topics: Caring for Boyfriend, The LGBTQ+ rubbing of on Nick, Overthinking, Staying in relationship, and how time goes fast when your in an relation ship.

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Playlist For Nick Nelson (for Summer work)

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Playlist For Nick Nelson (for Summer work)

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This summer, I read the book, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis. This book is about 4 kids who go inside a wardrobe and find a magic world that is covered in snow by an evil witch. This scene is when the first child, Lucy, goes into the wardrobe and finds a faun named Mr. Tumnus who refers to Lucy as a “Daughter of Eve”. He is very polite to her at first as seen when he invites her over for tea. However, he is doing this as a lore because he is working for the evil witch, who desires a Daughter of Eve.

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The book I chose to read was “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins. In this illustration that I drew the girl laying down,rue just died from being killed by one of the other tributes. Katniss the girl that is standing next to her was in an alliance with rue and they became friends and had a good relationship. Katniss was too late to save rue and was very sad that she died. She sang to rue until, she was completely dead and tried to win the games for her.

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I read the book “Holes”, written by Louis Sachar. The story is about a boy named Stanley Yelnats, who is sent to a juvenile detention camp in the Texas desert for a crime he didn't commit. At Camp Green Lake, the boys are forced to dig holes in the dry lakebed as part of their punishment. As Stanley and his fellow campmates dig, they uncover many secrets behind Stanley's past.
I chose to do my assignment on the character Mr. Pendanski. He's one of the counselors for the camp group that stanley's in. He's very compassionate to the boys and is the nicest of all the workers. The boys even call him mom sometimes.

The book was published around 1998, and at the time you could say Mr Pendanski was about 21. It doesn't state his age, but just using the context clues written in the book and some scenes in the movie his age is right around there. Doing a little math I discovered that he was probably born around the 70’s. When making the playlist I tried to implement some classic 70’s hits. Seeing as Mr Pendanski is the only staff on the camp who is actually caring, I tried to put more laid back songs, such as “Hotel California” “Careless Whisper” and “Lean on me”. The students also call him mom sometimes, so I tried to add some songs that cater towards that as well. These songs are more feminine, which is “Dancing Queen” “I Will Survive '' and “If I Can't Have You”. There's also parts of the book where Mr Pendanski is more strict, following the other staff's lead. For those bits of his personality I have intimidating songs, which includes, “Free Bird” “Highway To Hell” and even “Physco Killer”.

If you click the link it will bring you to the full playlist on Spotify, with even more songs that fill the topics i've stated. Its honestly a good mix, i'd definitely

recommend.

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One piece (east blue)

In the beginning, Gol D. Roger the king of pirates and the owner of the one piece which was in the end of the grand line was being executed in a town called loguetown even though he had the power to stop his execution he chooses to let his reign of being a pirate to inspire a new generation of pirates to hunt for the one piece. Well after GolD. Rogers ' execution  in a town called Foosha village lived with a boy named luffy. Also in the town of foosha lived the red haired pirates which was led by their leader shanks which luffy looked up to and was inspired to be a pirate and have a pirate crew just like shanks, while talking with shanks at a bar in Foosha luffy eats what is known as a devil fruit which gives the consumer unique abilities but it costs them by losing the ability to swim. The type of devil fruit luffy ate was the gum gum fruit which made him a rubber man which means he can stretch his limbs, after noticing that luffy ate the gum gum fruit shanks scolds luffy because luffy was one of the best swimmers at foosha which was now gone because of the devil fruit. After a little while a couple of bandits walked into the bar and started trouble, but since shanks is a level headed leader he didn’t stop them and was passive the whole time, frustrated by this luffy scolds shanks in not handling the situation and then proceeds to pick a fight with the bandits, after noticing luffy's bravery he thinks that luffy has a great potential in being a successful pirate and luffy promised shanks that he’ll will surpass shanks, find the one piece and be the next pirate king, touched by his words he gave luffy his straw hat before he departed. 10 years later at the age of 17 luffy is ready to set sail to begin his pirate journey.

In the middle, a barrel washes up on a passenger boat with the workers thinking the barrel has alcohol in it. Then seconds later a pirate ship shows up and starts hurling cannonballs at the passenger boat and starts raiding the ship, the pirates are no other than the Alvida pirates led by Alvida herself. One of the members is a chore boy named Coby sees the barrel also thinking it has alcohol in it starts rolling it to Alvidas ship and is stopped by the other pirate members who want the alcohol, so one of the members punches a hole through the barrel and out comes Luffy. The pirates start to attack luffy with swords but his rubber ability stops it and the pirates start to flee him. After a while luffy and coby find an empty room and coby talks about 2 years ago he was going fishing and got kidnapped by Alvida and has been working against his will as a chore boy. Then Luffy finds Alvida and without a sweat launches her really far with the gum gum pistol attack. Before Luffy launches Alvida she mentions a pirate hunter swordsman roronoa zoro who’s captured at a navy base. Zoro also has dreams like Luffy but he wants to be the best swordsman in the world. At the base Luffy steals Zoro's swords from the navy and says to Zoro he can have them back if he joins his crew, Zoro swiftly agrees then Luffy frees Zoro and they both fight off and defeat the corrupt navy officer Captain Morgan. While departing Coby stays behind because he wants to be in the navy and work his way up. While sailing Luffy and zoro land in orange town and encounter a thief named nami and another devil fruit pirate named buggy who ate the bara bara fruit which allows him to detach his body parts but control them. And coincidentally buggy and shanks were in the same pirate crew working for Gold Roger but were very minor. And luffy and zoro help save orange town from the buggy pirates and luffy launches buggy’s body parts very far away. Then after saving her nami temporarily join the straw hats and set sail to syrup village. In syrup village they meet a boy named Usopp who is a devious liar and skilled sharp shooter (with a slingshot). Also in syrup village is a girl named kaya who’s born into wealth, sickened by this a former pirate captain Kuro disguised himself as a butler and tries to kill her, Usopp knowing this tries to warn the town but everyone is sick of Usopp crying wolf because he always warn that pirates are attacking but they’re not. In order to stop Kuro Usopp asked Luffy and the other straw hat members to help him and after an intense fight the straw hats were victorious, and in return Kaya's family gives the straw hats a new ship called the going merry and Usopp joins the straw hats. After all of their adventures the straw hats stop at a sea restaurant named baratie, at baratie they meet a chef named sanji whose goal is to sail to the all blue where all of the world's fish can be found. The owner Zeff who is  sanji's adoptive dad was a former pirate but stopped after saving sanji as a little kid and opened a restaurant. While the straw hats are dining a member of the kreig pirates shows up and causes a ruckus and zeff kicks him out with force, sanji who was annoyed served the krieg pirate because sanji thinks that everyone who goes to his restaurant deserves food. Even though sanji eased the pirates tension he still went to Don krieg himself to go to baratie and raid it. When Don kreig arrives he starts to terrorize the restaurant and patrons but he is a lot more powerful than the other bad guys luffy has faced and luffy has a long battle with him but it’s interrupted by one of the 7 warlords of the sea hawk eye who is the strongest swordsman in the world and it’s shown by him slicing Don krieg's ship in half. While given the perfect opportunity Zoro who’s dream it is to be the best swordsman offers a duel with hawk eye but hawk eye goes easy on zoro and uses a tiny dagger instead of a usual sword, but even at an advantage zoro's 3 sword technique is no match for hawk eye. Admitting defeat Zoro forfeits but is ashamed of himself for doing so he lets Hawkeye use a finishing blow on his normal sword and slices zoro across his body. Severely wounded Zoro is miraculously alive but is very traumatized by what just happened but he uses it as motivation to better himself and hope one day he’ll defeat Hawkeye. Meanwhile, to Luffy and Don kreig luffy eventually defeats Krieg and recruits Sanji as their cook.

At the end, while the straw hats were trying to leave, Nami betrays them by stealing the going merry to her home village cocoyashi. While at cocoyashi it is revealed that for many years cocoyashi has been under siege by the Arlong pirates which were fishman pirates who are a human and fish hybrid but they are very powerful fighters and 10x more powerful in the water. Back when nami was a child In cocoyashi she lived a normal life with her sister and adoptive mother bellmere but one day the arlong pirates showed up and set up base at cocoyashi and started to rob everyone and ordered the villagers to always kick up to them. Bellmere, who was an ex marine refused to kick up to the Arlong pirates so in return Arlong shot and killed bellmere. Nami and her sister nojiko traumatized were left motherless and they lived with some other villagers at cocoyashi. After what happened young nami wanted to stop it so she decided to work for Arlong so she can get the money to pay off the village for 100 million berries as agreed by Arlong. Currently in the story she has almost the amount to pay but the navy confiscates all of her treasure and when the straw hats showed up they all teamed up on Arlong and took back cocoyashi village and nami who was very grateful permanently joined the straw hats. When realizing how much of a threat luffy is the marines manage to take a picture of luffy and give him a 30 million berry bounty. After all the trouble the straw hats encountered they set sail to the famous loguetown which was right near the grand line. Luffy who looked up to Roger was very excited to see where he was executed. Meanwhile two very familiar pirates who also teamed up together landed in loguetown. The pirates' names are Alvida and buggy. A lot has changed since luffy first encountered them like Alvida who’s a lot thinner and attractive because she ate the sube sube fruit which makes people lose their focus on her beauty. And buggy who before landing in loguetown was looking around for his missing body parts and got them back. Meanwhile the marine captain in loguetown named smoker who ate the moku moku fruit which makes his body smoke to avoid being attacked, heard luffy was in town so he catches up with him and challenges him to a fight and says “if you want to make it into the grand line you have to fight me first” which luffy agrees to but runs into buggy and Alvida who were also looking for him so luffy had to run but buggy managed to catch him and bring him to the same execution platform that Roger died. But right before buggy executes luffy a lightning bolt hits buggy which gives the straw hats ample time to save luffy and leave loguetown and head and enter the grand line to pursue their pirate dreams of catching the one piece.

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“The Berlin Boxing Club” by Rob Sharenow takes on the life of Karl Stern, a young kid living in Nazi Germany. In the beginning, Karl struggles with living in a place where people hate people like Karl, where he is bullied profusely. Later in the story, Karl discovers a boxing club and embraces his talent, revealing how good he is at the sport. As he progresses through boxing, he becomes peers with his fellow boxers but faces societal challenges with the rise of the Nazi power opposing a threat to people like Karl. At the end, Karl is shown to have embraced his success through determination and optimism, as he pursued his true passion of becoming a boxer.

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The day was November 4th and the air was crisp with a bite

Nobody could see the fire which ‘twas in sight

Richard a young developing man, could change his entire existence with the flick of a finger from his right hand

2 people living different lives but different how so

Fighting different struggles trying to be a strong buck or a docile doe

Decisions are made in fractions of a second

Things we do and say must be concrete without reckon

Owning up to mistakes and taking blame

Makes you the biggest man of all with none of the fame

The book, “The 57 Bus” by Dashka Slater, shows the character development of 2 young adults who are growing and learning who they are. They fight 2 different struggles and live different lives, but their dilemas all revolve around the idea of their identity and discrimination among race and gender. With Richard being an African American and having a troubled past,  and Sasha being part of the LGBTQ community, their battles often are different but can be resolved by people being acceptant of peoples differences whether they are social or hereditary. If people showed more empathy towards one another, social issues such as the ones displayed in this book would not be so common in everyday life.

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This summer I read “Heir to The Empire” by Timothy Zhan. This sci-fi novel introduced a powerful,smart,evil,artistic character, Grand Admiral Thrawn into Star Wars. Thrawn met a dark Jedi named Jorrus Saboath. That Dark Jedi wanted Priccess Leia’s twins. It’s reason us readers still don’t understand since this is a trilogy of books. Thrawn agreed to help find Leia and Luke and draw them in. He sent his Noghri(a species in Star Wars) to hunt for Luke,Han and Leia. Luke found himself trapped in space. And Mara Jade led Karrde to find Luke. She wanted to kill him because Like ruined her life. The planet Luke was taken prisoner on had this interesting species native to that planet. The yslamari,that species does not allow the use of the force. They repel it away so Luke didn’t have the force or his lightsaber. Eventually Han and Lando showed up to the planet to find a code dycrypter. Little did they know Luke was there. Eventually Thrawn showed up. He suspected that Luke was there. He was right. But he left to the sulis for the final battle. The fallen empire needed ships badly so all of the events the mole miners he stole and the ships Thrawns been gathering led up to this moment. He lost it as says “minor pushback”. Thrawn is an amazing character and is very interesting. He Studied the art and culture of enemy’s to understand them more. A clam and collected character and an amazing military expert. I love the book I read and I recommend it if you are looking for a sci-fi story that is fun and intense.

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This summer I read the sequel to the book divergent: insurgent. In this story, our main characters, Beatrice, Tobias, Caleb, and Tobias’s father are running away from the Erudite for stopping their simulation to gain control the Abnegation. They run away to the faction-less, A.K.A: those who failed to fit in with their faction. Tobias speaks with the leader of the faction-less and discovers that they are suspected to have the most divergent population because once a divergent is caught, they are taken because they are suspected to be dangerous. I the faction list also want to reshape their city to have no factions and let everyone do what they want Beatrice over here’s this and thinks that the ideas crazy because it'll feel like nobody knows who they are. They eventually leave the faction-less and are brought in by the Candor, which then interrogate them with a truth serum. They end up staying there for a few nights, and during that time Beatrice and some of her friends go to spy on the air, a date and see what they are planning to do. They end up getting caught and are shot with a blue disc. The end up saving some of the people in the building and Beatrice was saved by Tobias. Beatrice found out that the blue disc injected a serum into her. They found out that the serum injected the simulation into Beatrice and that they were trying to take over the dauntless. They continue to go on the run to regain their freedom. But even after the events of this book, things are still not done for them.

Here is the poem I wrote the sum up the situation in the book insurgent, enjoy.

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The book I chose to read this summer was “The summer I turned pretty, it’s not summer with out you” this book is about a girl named belly her brother Steven her mother laurel and her mothers best friends family. Throughout this book you learn about the loss of the best friend Susannah and how each character struggles with her death. Susannah’s death come with large problems such as the selling of her beach house.  As well, there is also a love triangle between the characters Belly, Conrad and Jeremiah, this causes a lot of conflict between the characters. Overall this book is filled with emotion from each individual and they have to figure out how to work through it to save summer.

This picture is significant to the book because it displays the beach where the characters would go to clear their heads, open up, and talk to one another. The beach helped solve there issues because it was a safe spot for them to be honest with each other.

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I chose to read the book The Closer by Mariano Rivera.In this book we see the character of a struggling Panamanian boy who came from poverty not knowing anything about the outside world.Mariano Rivera loved playing baseball in his small hometown of Puerto Comito.It was noticed by others that he was a good athlete.He had dreams of becoming a professional in what he loved most. After getting a much of attrition and moving out of his country to play baseball Mariano got serious and decided to put all his trust and faith into god to lead him he goes on a very long journey and has a successful career with champions and milestones but he also gets humbled to remember that he wasn’t the one that got him there,god did. Mariano eventually retired from baseball and focused on his faith and family forever changing and being grateful for his opportunities.

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I chose the book “The Summer I Turned Pretty” by Jenny Han. “The Summer I Turned Pretty” is a story about Belly, a girl who spends her summers at a beach house with her brother, her mom, and her mom’s best friend's family. Belly has been in love with her moms best friend’s son, Conrad, for as long as she can remember. But there's also Jeremiah, Corads younger brother, who has always been Bellys best friend. As the summer goes on, Belly’s relationships with Conrad and Jeremiah become more and more complicated and she starts to question her feelings. Throughout the book, Belly experiences love, friendship and self-discovering moments as she navigates the complexities of growing up.

For this book, there is a new series called “The Summer I Turned Pretty” which relates to the book. Although I loved watching this series, I liked reading the books better. This is because the books allowed the readers to dive more into Belly’s thoughts and feelings, while the series brings the story visually with the actors, settings, etc. I think the book allows you to relate more to the characters due to it being more intimate. Some of the things that were in the book were not in the series which I liked by making it different for those who read the book, however I think that adding these moments would have been great for the story line and for the viewers to decide if they shipped Belly and Conrad or Belly and Jeremiah. The book and series were different and similar at the same time. I really enjoyed it and many others might enjoy it too.

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The book I chose is called Just Fly Away by Andrew McCarthy and is focused on a girl named Lucy Hollow who lives in a New Jersey town, Lucy finds out her father had a past affair that she never knew about. One day Lucy finds out about her fathers affair and finds out he has an 8 year old son named Thomas. This caused Lucy to doubt everything that has happened to her. Lucy starts to feel disgusted because her father never told her family anything about having another child. The mother thinks it's fine and forgives him while Lucy is just disappointed and disgusted by her fathers actions and is also disappointed in her mother for forgiving him, meanwhile her sister didn’t care about what was happening. Now Lucy feels distant from everyone close to her because she has to keep a secret that she wish she never knew. Later on Lucy flees to Maine where her grandfathers home is and discovers the truth about her family.

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The Hunger games is a book placed in the setting of a post apocalyptic world where the lives of working class people are toyed around by the upper class for their entertainment. The people in the universe live in the North American country of Panem living in 13 districts varying in wealth and jobs. The main character of the story Katniss Everdeen is a poor teen that comes from district 12, one of the poor districts. Every year children are picked by lottery to compete in the hunger games, a battle Royale death match for the fun of the upper class districts. This year though Katniss's sister was chosen for the hunger games but Katniss couldn’t allow this to happen so she volunteered as tribute in place of her younger sister. The area that I chose was similar to the book’s actual hunger games arena located in America and accurate to the thick and twisted forest that the characters were to survive in, as the book narrates their survival story it makes multiple references to the tough and unforgiving environment around them.

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August "Auggie" Pullman has a dramatic metamorphosis in R.J. Palacio's book "Wonder" as he deals with the difficulties of entering fifth grade with a facial deformity. When it comes to his appearance, Auggie has always been the target of endless glances and whispered talks, which has left him feeling insecure and self-conscious. He often withdraws into his imagination where he is simply another regular kid since he sees himself as an outsider and feels the weight of his distinctions deeply. But as the narrative progresses, Auggie's interactions with friends like Summer and Jack as well as his encounters with the outside world gradually help him overcome his self-doubt. His sense of humor and tenacity start to come through, captivating the minds of people around him.

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I read The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han. The book is about a 16 year old girl named belly (Isabel) who goes to the beach house in cousins Massachusetts, she has spent every summer there since she was born it was her mothers best friend Susannah’s house. Susannah had 2 boys Conrad and Jeremiah. Belly had always had a crush on Conrad, she would obsess over him and she has every single summer. The picture I drew is of junior mint a stuff animal Conrad won for her at the boardwalk when she was 13. It is significant because since the day she got it she never put it away. It was always on her bed in her room. Her keeping it there shows that she has still not gotten over her first love and most likely will not. It is a symbol of Conrad and his soft spot for belly.

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This summer  I read the MILLIONAIRE MINDSET AND SUCCESS HABITS by H.J. Chammas and I have also listened to a podcast called  The School Of Greatness. It‘s titled 3 Succcess Habits that will guarantee u powerful results. I think these both relate to each other because the both talk about habits u need to start making to better yourself and make you achieve your goals and dreams. The topics they both have in common is to have the will and resilience to make change to become successful. Further more they relate to each other because the both talk about how repetition  and patience programs our  subjective mind and that our subjective mind controls our actions as people. Overall my thoughts are that keys to success is to study yourself and the world, learn about what you’re good at so that you can develop and make your own environment and be Successful. At the same time you need to have the will to make that step to make that change to study yourself and become better as well as being willing to do what other people won’t do or at least try but will give up. Lastly what I learned as a key to success is have awareness and realization that you will fail but realize that failure is a good thing if you choose to take action and try to improve.

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In "The Lost Hero" by Rick Riordan, the main character Jason Grace undergoes significant change. He starts with amnesia, struggling to remember his past and his identity. Throughout the story, he discovers his true heritage as a demigod, his role in a prophecy, and his connection to the gods.

As the plot unfolds, Jason transforms from a confused and uncertain individual into a leader, making tough decisions and forming strong bonds with his friends. He learns to harness his powers and face challenges head-on, embracing his destiny and his unique abilities. This journey of self-discovery and personal growth is a central theme in the book.

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I read the Percy Jackson series, it’s a 5 book series and it’s about the Greek gods and their half mortal half god children in their camp fighting monsters across the country. I chose the character Annabeth Chase.

daddy issues - the neighborhood
I chose daddy issues by The Neighborhood it represents the issues Annabeth faced in the first few books regarding to her father. She felt unloved and unwanted after her father married her step mother and she had step siblings. It resulted in her running away from home and living at camp.

what was I made for? - Billie Eilish
I chose what was I made for? by Billie Eilish because it serves as a representation of how hurt, betrayed, and damaged Annabeth felt when she found out Luke (one of her bestest friends) betrayed her and the entire camp. She felt lost and actually contemplated in joining him but couldn’t betray Percy and the rest of the camp.

the other woman - Lana del Rey
I chose the other woman by Lana Del Rey because it showcases hoe Annabeth felt like “the other woman” in the later books when Percy started having a little crush on a girl named Rachel. She felt like he didn’t care about her anymore and didn’t show her as much attention.

safe and sound - Taylor swift
I chose safe and sound by Taylor Swift because it relates to when Annabeth was about to fall into a really deep pit and Percy couldn’t hold on to her anymore, he decided that she’ll never get away from him again and decided to hold her while they fell together.

daylight - David kushner
I chose daylight by David Kushner because symbolizes how Annabeth kept one struggle throughout the entire book series which was pride, her fatal flaw. The song shows how she kept showcasing her pride without even realizing and it led to her downfall.

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I chose the book Five Nights At Freddy’s: The Sliver Eyes. The character I drew is Charlotte Emily. She is the main character in the book and is her prospective we see throughout the book. I decided to draw her because she is my favorite character and she is one of the main focus in the book.

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Over the summer I chose to gradually reread “Out of my Mind” by Sharon M Draper. The book was about the story of a mute child named Melody, who has a physical disability that leaves her bound to a wheelchair and incapable of speech, yet despite this outward appearance, she is unbelievably intelligent. It is about her upbringing when she was given a device that allowed her to type what was on her mind, and she would be able to make the device speak for her.
I chose to draw how I saw Melody. I drew her as an owl (more specifically, a barn owl). Owls are typically extremely observant creatures, having large eyes to see what’s going on, yet when they try to “speak”, it comes out in screeches, babbles, or squeaks. Behind their eyes, they are extremely intelligent animals being able to calculate where to go and how to go about things in a matter of mere milliseconds. This owl in my drawing (or Melody), in particular, is in captivity. This represents how Melody was trapped in a wheelchair, trapped in her own mind where she couldn’t speak, until she was given the special device. This could be similar to the rehabilitation and eventual release of an owl in captivity.
The owl is in a dark place, which resembles Melody’s outer body being unable to do or say anything she wants, while in her mind, I decided to show a wide variety of colors. The words are the ones in which she memorized, as she had a strong obsession with words and a photographic memory that allowed her to remember even the toughest of things.
I specifically chose the Barn Owl due to its appearance - its eyes are entirely dark. Some could describe them as soulful, though others may describe them as frighteningly deep, and thoughtful. Despite their bodily restrictions, there is a sort of wisdom and strong intelligence hidden behind their appearance, and through their eyes is a direct way of finding that intelligence.
Even through the hardest of times, Melody would pull through, just like the owl.

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I read the book "They Both Die at the End"

by Adam Silvera. The book takes place in New York City Manhattan. In the novel the two main characters Rufus and Mateo receive a phone call that there lives will both be over in the next 24 hours. The book is about the two characters' adventures as they avoid all of the present dangers of Manhattan. The setting includes a large compact area of buildings. Because of the buildings there is a very dense population which can lead to crime and dangers getting out of hand more intensely and more frequently.

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This summer I read the book The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han. This book is about belly (Isabel) her brother Steven and her mom spending every summer at her moms best friends summer house with her two boys named Conrad and Jeremiah. The image that I drew is their summer house. The reason I drew their house is because it’s very important to every one of them and it makes them all feel like a one big family. During the book a lot of significant moments happened inside and even outside this house as well. In conclusion, I felt it was important to draw the house because it was a key feature throughout the entire book.

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I decided to read "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys. As the characters deal with the difficulties of war and the traumatic situations they encounter, the major characters in "Salt to the Sea" go through substantial changes and character growth. Joana, a determined and loving Lithuanian nurse, is committed to assisting others at the beginning of the book. She adopts a maternal stance and has a strong love for everyone around her. As the plot develops, Joana's strength is put to the test even more as she struggles with her own feelings of guilt and obligation to the people, she is responsible for. She discovers how to confront her history and find a means to move on through her encounters with the other characters. Florian initially appears as a reclusive and distant Prussian art restorer. He is responsible for protecting a priceless work of art, which is a great weight for him to bear. As the plot develops, Florian's defenses are exposed, revealing his weaknesses and the motivations behind his acts. He must learn to let go of the past and appreciate the value of relationships with people along the way. Emilia is a young Polish woman who has gone through horrific trauma. As a result of the terrifying occurrences she has observed, she begins the story in a condition of fear. Emilia experiences one of the most noticeable changes as the story progresses. Despite her difficult past, she comes to trust and connect with people. Emilia gains a sense of belonging and the courage to face her own past through her contacts with the group. The contrast to the others is provided by Alfred, a complex figure. He is a young German sailor who exudes false aspirations. His dreams and delusions regarding his part in the conflict become more and more obvious throughout the narrative, illuminating the perilous effects of misinformation and skewed self-perception. The narrative of Alfred serves as both a warning about the perils of unrestrained nationalism and a demonstration of how notions of valor may be skewed.

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The book that I read was Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World. This book is a work of nonfiction by Mark Kurlansky that traces the history of the North Atlantic cod and its exploitation as a resource by humans, showing how our relationship with the natural world has changed through our history with this fish. Within the book, kurlansky references the role that cod has had in the establishment of British colonies in the Americas, especially in New England where it’s cod fisheries allowed for the areas to become independent of the British government which is what is illustrated in this drawing.

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I read the book Race To The Sun. This illustration shows when Nizhoni gives the turquoise necklace to Spider-Woman, which was given to her by her mother. Nizhoni gave the necklace as an offering.

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This summer I read the novel titled Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. The book stars a boy named Percy who finds out he is the son of Poseidon The Greek God of water. He stays at Camp Half Blood. A camp full of Demigods all alike. One of his first activities was playing capture the flag at camp. In the book this version of capture the flag uses swords shields and helmets styled like ones from Ancient Greece. In the game he is ambushed by the opposing team lead by Ares cabin. He is cut and bruised but he uses the water to heal him and the symbol of the green trident appears above his head. He and the rest of the cabin learns that he is son of Poseidon. I drew the helmet he wore in this scene as it symbolizes the beginning of his dangerous endeavors to eventually find the lightning thief. The blue plume also symbolizes his connection to water and how he can use it at his benefit. As a whole though him dropping in battle symbolizes him being put in danger now that he is the son of the one of the big three. From now on he has been left as a target for attacks from all kinds of creatures. Overall this was an excellent text full of twists and turns and was an exciting read with each chapter making you want more. So in the the end this was my rendition of Percy’s helmet from Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan.

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I read the book Refugee. It had three characters, Josef, Isabel and Mahmoud. They all in in different places being in Cuba, Syria, and Germany. And they are all kids who are refugees and sharing their journey.  And I learned all these places are harsh. And I looked up all the places. And the kids mainly try and survive through bombing, betrayals, and drowning. At the end the kids come to together and all their stories connect.

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I read the book Refugee. It had three characters, Josef, Isabel and Mahmoud. They all in in different places being in Cuba, Syria, and Germany. And they are all kids who are refugees and sharing their journey. And I learned all these places are harsh. And I looked up all the places. These characters went through so much danger, bombs, drowning and betrayals and just mainly trying to survive. And although the kids are separated in different continents at the end their stories tie together.

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“The novel We Were Liars by E. Lockhart is a shocking and twisted tale about the seemingly perfect Sinclair family who hides their secrets, lies, and flaws behind their tall and handsome builds. The story takes place on a private island off the coast of Massachusetts, where the Sinclair family spends their summers.” -Los Angeles public

Race - Alex G

This song talks about how the writer finds out what they believed In “was a hoax”. Just the same as how Cadence finds out her big secret is that her closest family is deceased, and she’s been lied to this entire time. Cadence not even being able to look at her family the same way. Realizing she’s been hallucinating the entire time. “You’re starting to look really weird, oh yeah. Your face is out of place, and I can’t make you out”. She no longer can trust her family, or her own mind. As it was making up these fantasies for an entire summer.

Leaving Tonight - The Neighborhood

This song talks about being trapped in your own thoughts and not being able to get rid of the intrusive thoughts. And how you can’t tell reality from delusions. “And I, I thought it'd be easy to run but my legs are broken”. This shows how no matter how hard they try, they can't move on like they thought they could. “It looked to me like all the sidewalks had started walking. I swear to God the voices wouldn’t shut up, ooh”. This quote tells how the writer feels like they don’t know what’s real vs. fake, and how they're trapped in their own thoughts. Very similar to Cadence.

How to disappear - Lana Del Rey

This song talks about missing someone, a significant other to be exact. Almost as if they’ve disappeared. Similar to how Cadence's longtime lover, Gat, somewhat disappears for a entire summer. When Cadence realizes that she hallucinated an entire summer of spending time with Gat. While really making up these scenarios are her brain's way of coping with Gats death. “And pretend that you're still here. This is how to disappear”.

Eventually - Tame Impala

This song also relates to Cadence and Gat’s summer romance. They try again and again promising not to hurt each other, but it always ends with one of their hearts in pieces. “I know I always said that I could never hurt you. Well, this is the very, very last time I’m ever going to”. Gat’s death was the last pain he ever brought to Cadence.

Everybody wants to rule the world - Tears for fears

The reason everything came crumbling down in Cadence's summer fantasy is because Cadence, her cousins, and lover all are fed up with the injustices of the world and their family. Attempting to take matters into their own hands. Realizing if they were going down they were going down together. Similar to the lyrics “Holding hands while the wall kept tumbling down” Which in the end did lead to “The liars” demise ending in untimely deaths of ¾ members.

Hey kids - Molina, Late Verlane

This song in general has a sort of unsettling tone to it which is very similar to the undertones this book sometimes gives. “Hey, Kids. Into dust together” Showing how “The liars” didn’t want to be in a world that had so many unfair and inhumane things constantly happening. They didn’t just want a change, they wanted to be the change. But together through thick and thin, but ending in a twisted and sinister way.

Matilda - Harry Styles

This song is about a girl who’s never really appreciated for the things that matter in her family. Which is very similar to Cadence's role in her family. As she is the stereotypical “Sinclair” in her family. Her family is full of selfish narcissistic women and children who on,y care about appearances. Leaving Cadence never feeling enough to fulfill the unnecessary high standards and expectations of her family.

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I chose to read the book “The greystone Secrets: The strangers” by Margaret Peterson Haddix. This book is about 3 siblings whose mother spent hours working in her soundproof office, never letting the kids go inside. One day the mom went on a “trip” and never returned. The kids became suspicious and went into the mothers office. There they found a secret door to an alternate dimension almost identical to the real world. Everything in this portal was the same however it was an inverted version of our world. Even the people were almost the same. But in this alternate dimension, the kids mother got trapped and needed saving.

Although it’s not a documentary, i watched the show “Stranger Things” which relates to this book. In the show, there is a group of friends. One day one of the friends goes missing and gets trapped in an alternate dimension. This dimension is a mirrored version of our world but with monsters and no people. Together the group of friends find a gate to this dimension and they work together to save their friend, and kill whatever monsters are there.

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Sisters by Raina Telgemeier

5 facts about San Francisco and Colorado

San Francisco

1. Famous music group the Beatles gave their last full performance as a four piece on august 29, 1966 at candlestick park in San Francisco.

2. You can visit “the full house house” in San Francisco where the show full house was filmed during the entirety of its run.

3. The Great Depression resulted in banks failing for a lot of cities, San Francisco was not one of them.

4.  The only national historical monument cable cars that can move are the cars in San Francisco.

5. The first immigrants from china found their home in San Francisco in 1848.

Colorado

1. Colorado is one of the few US states with in-n-out burger available.

2. Denver, Colorado is the only city that has turned down an Olympic bid.

3. Colfax avenue is the longest commercial street that can be found in America.

4. Leadville, Colorado is the highest incorporated city that can be found in the US.

5. The first cheeseburger was made in Denver by a man named Louis Ballast in 1935.

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In the book “We dream of space” by Erin Entrada Kelly, the three main characters named Cash,Bird, and Fitch goes through a major change.

In the beginning of the book, Cash likes to play basketball with his friends. He broke his wrist from slipping on ice and is at risk of failing 7th grade for the second time. Cash had no hope of passing 7th grade ever since he broke his wrist. Cash didn’t really cared about passing his classes. Some of his friends even started to make fun of him for failing 7th grade. Throughout the book the school basketball coach thought that Cash was really fast at running and encouraged Cash to tryout for track but before he can even tryout he has to get his grade up to a passing average. After the basketball coach encouraged Cash, Cash gain confidence and was determined to do his best in each of his classes in order to be able to tryout for track.

In the beginning, Fitch has a hard time controlling his temper against others. The only thing Fitch likes to do is mostly playing major havoc at the arcade. One day someone in school named Amanda Piper said something that he didn’t like, that’s when Fitch raged and called Amanda Piper a fat cow in front of the whole school. Later on when Fitch was suspended for 2 days he started to feel uncomfortable to move on if he weren’t to apologize to Amanda Piper and his twin sister named Bird. When Fitch apologized to all two people that he called names on he felt much more comfortable. Fitch became more caring to his sibling and others. Fitch even took Cash and Bird outside to eat dinner because Bird always wanted to eat as a family.

In the start of the book, Bird dreamed of being NASA ‘s first female shuttle commander. Bird loves learning about star constellations and learning about space. Bird is responsible and the most caring in the family. Bird was prepared for the challenger space launch in class but then something unexpected happen to the launch, the space shuttle exploded and failed to launch. When the space shuttle failed to launch Bird felt discouraged that she would never be a space shuttle commander, Bird thought that all her information that she wrote down was for nothing. Towards the end of the book, Cash and Fitch felt bad for Bird and they encouraged her to keep following her dreams.

In conclusion this shows that each three characters need a little help from each other to reach their goals. Each three character changed in a different way.

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I read the book Ali Cross by James Patterson, a story about a young boy named Ali whose friend Gabriel Qualls goes missing. Ali’s father is famous detective Alex Cross, who he picked up a few skills from. In the book, Ali decides to take matters into his own hands and investigate his friend’s mysterious disappearance on his own. The scene I drew shows Washington Latin Middle School, the last place Ali sees Gabe before he went missing.

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Through participating in a book club, I read the book The Great Divorce by C.S Lewis. This book describes a group of people that travel from hell to heaven and explains why they chose to go back to hell. The choice involves not being able to give up the sin that was keeping them from God. For the summer reading project, I chose to listen to a podcast about the book, titled, “A Holiday from Hell” from Wheaton College. An interesting concept taken away from the podcast is that humans can become so comfortable in their environment that they may not desire change. This is seen through all the ghosts who were comfortable with hell, when in reality they should not. Another concept that is significant is freewill with the idea that people go to hell because they chose hell through their decisions. They specifically mentioned that idea of hell being locked from the inside as the souls there do not want to be with God, not the other way around. Furthermore, it was discussed that the theology presented in this book was meant to counter a heretic idea about heaven and hell which was presented in another book. My favorite part of the book was the addition of theology with an example being the meaning of love discussed. Specifically, a woman was using the death of her son as the medium to distance herself from God. It is mentioned that the woman's anger was not out of love for her son and if she truly loved her son, she would have kept God close. This suggests that her love was not authentic because it was selfish.

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The book I read this summer was The Summer I Turned Pretty. This book follows the main character Isabell Conklin a 16 year old girl otherwise known as Belly. Every year Belly spends her summers with her mom and brother at her moms best friends Susanna beach house with her two sons Conrad and Jeremiah. Belly has been in love with Conrad for forever but doesn’t think he loves her back.  But this summer Belly grew up and both him and Jeremiah see her in a whole new way. The  first night at the beach house the boys go to a campfire party and leave Belly with the moms. Belly wants to go to so she sneaks out and walks down the beach to the party. There she meets a boy named Cam. Belly and Cam stay together for the rest of the night and after that go on a few dates, but Belly decides to end things because she is still caught up on Conrad. Belly celebrates he 16th birthday and gets many presents expect from Conrad he states he forgot. In the drawing above is Belly looking for the car keys in Conrad’s room and stumbling across a necklace that she knows was meant for her. The infinity sign was a old childhood memory her and Conrad shared which means he still cares about her. Just as she thinks things are going back to normal her and Jeremiah kiss and she finds out Susanna who has beat cancer before cancer has returned and she’s not going to beat it this time. Now Belly has to deal with her favorite person dying and chooseing which brother she will love.

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In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, a group of school boys from Britain are stranded on a deserted island with no grown ups after a plane crash.  Ralph, the protagonist finds a pink and white conch and is determined with the help of his new friend Piggy to use this conch as a symbol of order, democracy, and civilization. The group of boys pick Ralph as their new chief. They now use the conch to call assemblies and regulate who can speak. Although Ralph and Piggy thought the conch would work well, it doesn’t because Jack Merridew, the antagonist, doesn’t believe in authority. Jack is focused on hunting while Ralph and Piggy are focused on getting rescued. The tension between Ralph and Jack rises as Jack departs from the group and makes his own tribe where he is chief. Majority of the boys sneak away to join Jack’s tribe of savages. They paint their faces, do ritual dances, and hunt. Jack’s tribe kills Piggy and with Piggy goes the conch shattered in pieces. The tribe also kills a boy named Simon. At the end of the book the boys are rescued but the island is destroyed by flames set by Jack. To conclude, the conch is used as a way for the boys to govern themselves but takes a disastrous turn as the book shows the darker side of humanity.

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In the novel “Long Way Down” most of the novel takes place in an elevator where the main character named Will Holloman is able to talk to his dead brother and more dead people is his family. In the left sketch we have Carlson Giggs, who is a former friend of Shan and the killer of Shawn Holloman shooting a gun at Shawn and killing him. In the right side of my picture we have Shawn’s younger brother Will who’s is wanting to seek revenge.

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I read Thinking in Pictures, by Temple Grandin. This is a nonfiction book where the author talks about her experiences as an autistic person and an animal behaviorist. She spoke several times about her experience in the cattle industry throughout out the book. In one instance she talked about her help redesigning the squeeze chute at one of the many ranches she worked at which helped her boost her career in the handling and slaughtering of cattle. I decided to draw a billboard promoting her squeeze chute on a side of a road in the middle of a field and wanting to be creative I also drew the one non organic animal that represented a cow, he is a tractor from the movie “Cars,” grazing in the field looking at the review on the side of the billboard “Big enough for a cow the size of a tractor!” The tractor in the drawing is autistic, like Dr. Grandin and myself. The tractor was thinking “cow = me ?” He wondered to himself does this mean that if a cow was as big as him it would be classified as a tractor, or if he was the size of a cow would that make him a cow?

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The book I read was called Dread Nation, by Justina Ireland. It is a science fiction novel about a zombie apocalypse during the American Civil War. The story is told from the point of view of a young colored woman who faces the issues of what remains of slavery alongside the walking dead. The image I drew depicts the turning point of the story where the main character is abducted and transported to a place called Summerland on a Civil War era train.

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A satellite image of the Ostional Nacional Wildlife Refuge in Ostional, Costa Rica.

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One of the books I read this summer "Spy School: At Sea" by Stuart Gibbs. This book follows the journey of a young boy and his friends attempting to [spoilers ahead] stop a cruise ship from being used as a nuclear bomb and destroying the Panama Canal.

There are multiple settings in this book, though a really interesting one is a town called Ostional in Costa Rica. In this town, there is a Wildlife Reserve. During Costa Rica's rainy season, thousands upon thousands of turtles come to the beach to lay their eggs. According to both the book and the reviews on Google Maps (Google Earth didn't work so I had to find a substitute), it's absolutely beautiful to watch.

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The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han is a book in the perspective of a girl named Isabel but everyone calls her Belly or Belly button. Every summer since before she was even born her family has gone to her mothers best friends summer house in cousins beach, Susanah (her moms best friend) has 2 sons, Jeremiah and Conrad. Belly has loved Conrad since they were ten and she was insanely in love with him. A few years later when she returned Jeremiah saw her differently and started to have a major crush on her, but he knew she wouldn’t have feelings for him because she loves his brother. The same summer she came back she looked stunning, and Conrad knew she loved him so he played games all summer making her think he loved her back, then hurting her then playing the games all over again. Towards the end of the summer they finally start dating and a few months before Belly’s prom she asks out Conrad. Sadly the night didn’t turn out how she wanted it to because he ended up breaking up with her because he needed time to heal from the loss of him mother caused from cancer, meanwhile Jeremiah just wanted Belly, yes he was devastated about his mom, but he wanted Belly to be there with him, he wanted her to hug him and help him get through the loss.

Love you more- Ashley Kutcher

“There’s two thing I know for sure, I love him, but I’ll always love you more” is exactly what Belly feels through the book because she’s been in love with Conrad since she was younger but this year at cousins, she’s realized how much Jeremiah has been there for her and when Taylor said she liked Jeremiah Belly was jealous. She knows she can’t like both brothers but is having a hard time choosing one.

Snap (High and fast)- Rosa Linn

This song is perfect for Jeremiah because when he and Belly finally kissed, they “Dated” for a week but soon she realized she had to choose Conrad. When she told him that she wanted Conrad, Jeremiah was really sad because he believed that he was the only one that actually truly loved her. When Jeremiah needed Belly the most(Susannah’s death), she was with Conrad.

Caught on fire- Roy Shakked

Jeremiah should have known that Belly was going to end up choosing Conrad because she has loved him since they were little and  would never give up the chance to date Conrad.

Riptide- Vance Joy

Conrad was in love with Belly (Isabel) and they have had a bunch of cute moments together like when he got her Junior Mint and when they would run down to the ocean when they were together.

Cruel Summer- Taylor Swift

Belly had wanted Conrad since she was younger and she would think about him all the time and he was one of the big reasons why she always looked forward to the summer. She waited on him for a while but when Conrad liked her back she had two amazing options. Him, or his brother, Jeremiah.

All for nothing(I'm so in love)- Lauv

Belly's love for Conrad started when she was ten and always dreamed of dating him and living the rest of her life with him. When she finally started dating him, she asked him to go to prom with her but little did she know that he was going to break up with her that night and she could have never imagined that that was going to happen

Never really over- Katy Perry
This song represents how Jeremiah feels about Belly, he knows that she's dating his brother, Conrad but he can’t overcome his feelings for her because he loves her so much but he thinks that she doesn’t feel the same way towards him.

LoveGame- Lady Gaga

“I wanna kiss you, but if i do then i might miss you babe” is how Jeremiah feels when Belly asked “why won't you kiss me?”

Call it what you want- Taylor Swift

In book two Belly finally choses Jeremiah and she's so in love with him and happy with him. That's how the lyrics “I want to wear his initial on a chain round my neck, chain round my neck, not because he owns me, but cause he really knows me” represent this part of the book

Our song- Taylor Swift

Jeremiah and Belly love going on long car rides and listening to music and singing along, they always have an amazing time together and are the cutest couple in the book.

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The book, A Good Girls Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson, follows the story of a senior named Pip. Pip is required to make a senior passion project and decides to use it as an opportunity to reexamine a crime that happened in her town a few years prior that was never really solved.
The crime involved Andie Bell, a popular senior, and Sal Singh who was her boyfriend at the time. Andie Bell was allegedly murdered by Sal Singh, who then killed himself. When Pip starts her project, she decides to get information from the alleged suspects' brother who then became her partner to help her figure out what actually happened. Pip interviewed everyone who was even the slightest bit involved with the case. Pip encountered many obstacles while trying to figure out who actually killed Andie Bell.
I decided to make a spotify playlist for Pip.

No body, no crime - Taylor Swift ft. HAIM
"I think he did it. No, no. He did it." This lyric relates to Pip because as she is further looking into the case she notices how all the signs at evidence points to her best friends father but she doesn't want to believe it's true.

Somebody's Watching Me - Rockwell
Pip relates to this song because throughout the book someone has been telling Pip to stop her investigation on the case in fear of her finding out. She then feels like someone is always watching her through everything she does.

Are You Satisfied? - MARINA
"High achiever, don't you see?" This lyric relates to Pip because she is seen as someone who will always do the most that she can. For example, not hanging out with her friends to do her homework. She also relates to the lyric because she never gave up on figuring out the person who actually killed Andie and was always working on her project .

Pretty Boy - The Neighborhood
Pip relates to this song because she ends up having a romantic relationship with Sal's younger brother, Ravi Singh. She notices that whenever he is with her she feels safer which relates to the lyric: "As long as I got you, yeah I'm not afraid to die"

People Watching - Conan Gray
Pip relates to this song because as she was trying to figure out who murdered Andie Bell she was observing people's lives. For example, she was looking at some of her prime suspects facebook accounts to see if there were any clues that would show her that they were the killer.

Borderline - Tame Impala
"Gone a little far" Pip relates to this lyric because when she was trying to figure out who committed the crime, the person watching her would give her notes telling her to stop. The person then ended up killing Pip's dog in fear of Pip getting too close. After that happened, Pip thought that she went to far in her investigation and should stop.

The Adults Are Talking - The Strokes
"They will blame us, crucify and shame us" Pip relates to this lyric because while Pip is interviewing people, they say how she should stop what she's doing, say how she won't get anywhere and how Sal definitely
killed Andie.

Oxford Comma - Vampire Weekend
"Why would you lie about something dumb like that?" Pip relates to this lyric because as she is interviewing Max Hastings, a former friend of Sal, she notices how he was lying about small details which were easily proven to be true.

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I read the book, "The Sea of Monsters", by Rick Riordan. I like the series, "Percy Jackson", So I chose to read the series' second book. The books are about Greek Mythology and how some kids are demigods due to the gods having children.

I watched a documentary about Greek Mythology. It taught me about the gods in Greek legend. It also taught me what happened like how a Titan had children but kept eating them. But the Greek God Zeus escaped from him. The documentary was interesting and very helpful with information.

I watched the film adaptation of The Sea of Monsters. It changed some of the story and when things happened. It was very similar to the book. However, the movie did change some stuff. After Percy and his friends went on a boat to find another friend that Percy's enemy kidnapped, they left after almost being kidnapped and went to an island. This didn't happen in the movie. They were kidnapped in the movie and they had to use the items they had to escape. They went to a different area instead of an island after. The book and movie had differences although they were similar.

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The book I chose was the Soviet soldier vs Finnish soldiers. During the winter and continuation wars the book talks about the soldiers tactics and communication etc of those army’s. The winter war took place during November 1939 to march 1940 so the start of ww2 in when a faked border incident caused the Soviet’s to invade. The Finn’s fought the Soviet army as fiercely as they could but the war ended in a pyrrhic victory ( a victory won with to great a cost to have been worthwhile) for the Soviet’s. The Finn’s lost at least 25000 people and 10 percent of their land mass in the war. The continuation war saw the fins join the nazis in operation Barbarossa and invade the Soviet Union. After getting back the land they mostly entered static trench combat until 1944 were they were pushed out. The photo is in kuuterselka a battle in the continuation war. I chose this book because I see a similarity between it and the Ukrainian war happing now. I also like to learn about ww2.

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The book that I read is "We Were the Lucky Ones" by Georgia Hunter which is based on real events. This book has different perspectives, each of the perspectives being of those in the Kurc family. Throughout the book we learned about the Kurc family and the struggles they had to go through during WW2. The family being separated and the obstacles they had to face to reunite. One of the many perspectives in the book is of Genek and Herta. Genek is one of the many children of Sol and Nechuma, Herta is Geneks wife. During WW2 when the jews were getting evicted from their homes and many were being sent to camps, Genek and Herta got sent to one. Their way of getting transported there was through a cattle car. There was around three dozen bodies inside and the smell wasn't pleasant. During the time Genek and Herta were in the cattle car they witnessed horrifying things. Since it was winter people were getting sick, this led to many of them dying and being thrown out of the cattle car. Not only that but there was many mothers, and Herta was pregnant. She witnessed the children dying and then the mothers also dying. After the horrifying trip, they arrived in Altynay, Siberia. In WW2 around 1.7 million poles were sent into slave labor in camps located in Siberia. Many poles died during their time in these camps. A lot of them were forced to work in forests which there was guards pointing at them with rifles. It was very cold in Siberia and there wasn't any way of escaping.

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Leonardo  Rafuna- The Years of Rice and Salt

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Leonardo  Rafuna- The Years of Rice and Salt

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The alternate history book, “The Years of Rice and Salt”, written by Kim Stanley Robinson explores a world different from ours where in the 14th century the Black Death that swept over Europe was far more deadly, killing 99 percent of Europe instead of the 30 percent of Europe it did in our world. The first chapter of the book follows the perspective of the Mongol soldier Bold Bardash. Bold is a horseman and a scouter in the army of the Chagatai Khanate, commanded by the great Khan Temur the Lame. One day, Temur Khan sentences Bold to death when he is suspected to have the plague after he and his scouting party find the ruins of a town that was abandoned during the height of the Black Death. Luckily, while Bolds execution is underway, chaos strikes the army and he is able to escape his execution and flee into the empty wasteland of Eastern Europe. During his time in Europe he encounters slave traders who capture him and bring him to the slave markets in the sprawling city of Alexandria. Alexandria was like nothing Bold had ever seen before. The city was beautiful and built near the shore of the Mediterranean Sea, so it has a huge view of the ocean where Bold could see ships coming in and out of the harbor to trade. Because of the trade there are markets everywhere that sell everything from huge clay jars to bottles of cloth, the biggest market being the slave market where people like Bold were captured from all over the world to be brought to here and sold. Despite the horrible yet lucrative slave market, the book portrays the city beautifully and it helped me understand a lot about Alexandria today which is still a huge city that holds the title of 2nd largest city  in Egypt and the 9th largest city in Africa. It does all of this while accounting for 2/5ths of Egypts national production power and exporting large amounts of oil and cement.

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I chose Shutter Island by Dennis
Lehane and this is where the novel
is supposed to take place and also
where the movie was filmed.
Peddocks Island
Island in the Boston Harbor. U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels arrives to Shutter Island with his partner Chuck Aule to look for a escaped patient from Ashecliffe Hospital. But while a hurricane is a upon them the hospital isn’t what it seems to be.

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This summer, I read the book, “We’ll Always Have Summer,” by Jenny Han. It’s the final part of the three part trilogy. This final book talks about how the main character, Belly, has to decide between two brothers, who have also been her lifelong friends. She’s been in love with the oldest brother, Conrad, for as long as she can remember. However, her feelings change when the younger brother, Jeremiah, admits his feelings to her. In the last part of this trilogy, Belly has to decide if she wants spend the rest of her life with the person she settled for, or fight to be with her true love, Conrad. Her character changes throughout the story because she realizes no matter who she’s with, she will always feel and be connected to Conrad.