https://padlet.com/wiltonps/8h5jvg3k1jvm2c67 A Padlet of my Reading Life from the Beginning of 7th Grade. en-us 2020-10-26 12:45:24 UTC 2025-10-05 12:01:03 UTC hello@padlet.com 26sullivana3_1 https://padlet.com/wiltonps/8h5jvg3k1jvm2c67/wish/861458729 "The rules were that whoever has the most mellifluous voice will win this singing competition." The announcer paused dramatically as the audience recalled the array of voices they had heard earlier in the evening. The announcer went on. "Like I said before, the winner will receive a gold cup, and $700. The judges will now announce the top 3 singers." And with that, he strode off of the broad stage.]]> 2020-10-26 12:53:24 UTC https://padlet.com/wiltonps/8h5jvg3k1jvm2c67/wish/861458729 26sullivana3_1 https://padlet.com/wiltonps/8h5jvg3k1jvm2c67/wish/861513472 Sarah is the type of person who follows a schedule down to the very last minute. Claire, on the other hand, is always discombobulated - never following a schedule of any kind.]]> 2020-10-26 13:07:56 UTC https://padlet.com/wiltonps/8h5jvg3k1jvm2c67/wish/861513472 26sullivana3_1 https://padlet.com/wiltonps/8h5jvg3k1jvm2c67/wish/869303791 I am going to read The Fountains of SIlence by Ruta Sepetys. I have read  Girl In The Blue Coat also by Ruta Sepetys, and it was amazing, so I am really excited to start another one of her books. ]]> 2020-10-28 12:33:21 UTC https://padlet.com/wiltonps/8h5jvg3k1jvm2c67/wish/869303791 26sullivana3_1 https://padlet.com/wiltonps/8h5jvg3k1jvm2c67/wish/871563961 2020-10-28 22:30:31 UTC https://padlet.com/wiltonps/8h5jvg3k1jvm2c67/wish/871563961 26sullivana3_1 https://padlet.com/wiltonps/8h5jvg3k1jvm2c67/wish/872849249 When I searched "books like Cane River", this book came up on multiple different websites (ex. goodreads). I loved reading Cane River, and so I am really looking forward to starting Gap Creek. ]]> 2020-10-29 12:36:04 UTC https://padlet.com/wiltonps/8h5jvg3k1jvm2c67/wish/872849249 26sullivana3_1 https://padlet.com/wiltonps/8h5jvg3k1jvm2c67/wish/872865711 This is a trilogy by Ally Condie. The three books are as follows:
1. Matched
2. Crossed
3. Reached
So far I have read Matched and Crossed, and they were really good, so I am hoping to be able to read Reached very soon! This trilogy reminds me of The Giver by Lois Lowry because it has a society, and everything - from the moment you are born, to the profession you will have, to the day you will die - is planned out seemingly perfectly. Cassia (the main character in Ally Condie's trilogy), and Jonas (the main character in The Giver), are both "society rebels", trying to question everything and forge their own paths. They both definitely are similar and different to each other. ]]> 2020-10-29 12:41:25 UTC https://padlet.com/wiltonps/8h5jvg3k1jvm2c67/wish/872865711 26sullivana3_1 https://padlet.com/wiltonps/8h5jvg3k1jvm2c67/wish/875046135 2020-10-29 22:14:58 UTC https://padlet.com/wiltonps/8h5jvg3k1jvm2c67/wish/875046135 26sullivana3_1 https://padlet.com/wiltonps/8h5jvg3k1jvm2c67/wish/875087211 2020-10-29 22:41:51 UTC https://padlet.com/wiltonps/8h5jvg3k1jvm2c67/wish/875087211 26sullivana3_1 https://padlet.com/wiltonps/8h5jvg3k1jvm2c67/wish/875211254 Book/Author - Summer at Little Beach Street Bakery - Jenny Colgan
Setting - Mount Polbearne
Conflict - When Polly Waterford is fired from the job she loves by a stranger, she feels like life isn't worth anything anymore. Not to mention, she has to return her beloved pet puffin - Neil - to the puffin colony. Her boyfriend (Huckle) comes up with a seemingly crazy idea that will help Polly move on. But is she ready to forge another path for herself?
Themes - hope, happiness, perseverance
One of the Secondary Characters affects Polly Waterford the Most.: 
Malcolm affects Polly the most because he fires her from the job she loves, and has worked hard for. Malcolm ruins everything she's put towards running her own bakery in a matter of seconds.


]]> 2020-10-30 00:05:41 UTC https://padlet.com/wiltonps/8h5jvg3k1jvm2c67/wish/875211254 26sullivana3_1 https://padlet.com/wiltonps/8h5jvg3k1jvm2c67/wish/875241105    - I really sympathize with Polly when she is talking to Malcolm, because she is always tongue-tied around him. wHen she is around him, she cannot get what she really wants to say out.
   - I wonder if Polly would have still founded a new mobile bakery is Huckle hadn't been around to support her through the toughest of times. 
- I empathize with Polly when she feels almost completely destroyed (when she loses her bakery), and has to start over again.]]> 2020-10-30 00:23:53 UTC https://padlet.com/wiltonps/8h5jvg3k1jvm2c67/wish/875241105 26sullivana3_1 https://padlet.com/wiltonps/8h5jvg3k1jvm2c67/wish/876114220 Crossed by Ally Condie, is a window for me because the way that the people in that book live is totally different from how we live. First of all, in the society (in the book Crossed) everything is planned out for you. The society tells you who you will marry, what profession you will have, what you will wear, what you will eat, and the day you will die. All in all, Crossed, by Ally Condie, is a window for me because the way people live in that book is totally different from how we live.]]> 2020-10-30 12:33:55 UTC https://padlet.com/wiltonps/8h5jvg3k1jvm2c67/wish/876114220 26sullivana3_1 https://padlet.com/wiltonps/8h5jvg3k1jvm2c67/wish/876142089 When we started this unit, I set three goals for myself. However, along the way, those goals were changed to:
1. Read as many books from one author/ start to read a series (or trilogy).
2. Read 25 books (or more).
3. Read more out of my comfort zone.
I met all three of my goals. Firstly, I started to read a trilogy (Matched, Crossed, and Reached). Secondly, I read 25 books. And last but not least, I read a romance novel (Summer at Little Beach Street Bakery), and a domestic fiction/saga book (Cane River). Throughout this unit, I have learned how to identify myself in books, and I have learned about other people's identities, and how to understand them even if I don't share the same interests, and even if we don't share the same culture and backgrounds.]]> 2020-10-30 12:44:44 UTC https://padlet.com/wiltonps/8h5jvg3k1jvm2c67/wish/876142089