Other Broken Things

Skylar Miles period.2

Other Broken Things By C.Desir

• A Rating of 4 stars 

• The main setting of the book takes place in an old house meant for AA  meetings
• The main character Natalie is a 17 year old girl who is just trying to find her way in life but things just keep bringing her down so she ends up turning to alcohol

• In Other Broken Things Natalie starts off in the book straight out of rehab because she was with her friends and being reckless, they drove a car intoxicated and she now has to attend six months of AA meetings. Natalie attends the AA meetings frequently and ends up meeting a potential love interest named Joe however he's quite a bit older. Natalie is pretty much all on her own throughout the book she loses a lot of friends because they just want to party and Natalie is still trying to get better.

• The main conflict of the book is when Natalie meets Joe at AA meetings, Natalie ends up falling in love with Joe but the issue is, is that Joe is over twenty years older then Natalie! Regardless of the situation they know they cant be anything more then friends but Natalie's already going through a lot with recovering and trying to deal with her "new life" temptation becomes extra harder for her.

• I would defiantly recommend this book to anyone who could maybe relate to Natalie or is going through a lot because this book really does just put it how it is no sugar coating. However some aspects in "Other Broken Things" is rather dark it covers sexual assault, alcohol and drug abuse and self harm but I defiantly think its worth the read. If you have ever seen or read "recovery road"  relates to other broken things a lot. 

Review of The Lost Years of Merlin Anthony Achurra P2

Anthony Achurra P2

The Lost Years of Merlin by T.A. Barron

I give this book 5 stars, I really enjoyed it. 

    The book starts out on a beach and ends on the island of Fincarya, a mystical island. 

    The main characters are:

• Emrys, also known as Merlin is the main character of the book.
• Branwen, who come to find is actually named Ellin of the sapphire eyes. She is the apparent mother of Emrys.
• Rhia is Emrys best friend. She is a forest girl meaning she has grown up in the forest. She can also talk to trees.
• Shimm, (although very little) is a giant that befriends Emrys and Rhia.

    The book starts out with Emrys washing ashore on an unknown island. As he looks along the beach he see's an oak tree, as he looks more to his left he see's a woman lying on the beach who had obviously washed ashore along with him. Emrys later finds out he has powers and accidentally kills his bully while becoming blind in the process. When Emrys finds out he has a second sight he leaves to discover his origins. This is where he meets Rhia and Shimm.

    The main conflict in the book is the king of Fancarya, Stangmar who is trying to destroy Fancarya by bring evil power over the island.

    Anyone who is into things that involve magic, journeys, and conflict would love this book.

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Stars:
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I gave this book five stars because it is very entertaining. It is funny. It is sad. It is nerve racking. This book makes you feel everything and it is great. when I was reading this book I felt like I really knew the character and everything he as going through.

Setting:
This story takes place in Florida mostly at a boarding school called Jefferson lake. It is Modern day I think around 2104/2015. The story is over the course of about a year with some flashbacks.

Main characters:
The main character in this book is Lee Adams he is sarcastic funny  and sweet but he is also depressed, has major anxiety, and claustrophobia. Lee's parents died when he was 15 in a car accident so his 19 year old brother is his guardian.


Main plot:
Lee is still struggling with the fact that his parents are gone after attempting suicide he was moved to a new boarding school {Jefferson Lake} he makes new friends and meets a girl which he cant really get close too due to the anxiety and claustrophobia. him and his brother are pretty close but they do tend to fight a lot but they always push through while trying to get over his depression and all his other disorders he is trying to have  normal life which turns out to be not so easy. Lee has panic attacks all the time whenever he gets too close to someone so he is just trying to overcome it.

Conflicts:

Internal conflicts: Lee deals with his anxiety and his depression and his claustrophobia all while still dealing with the death of his parents. This is all messing with his emotions and he is just trying to keep it together. He uses art to get through it.

External conflicts: Lee has lots of panic attacks. so when he meets a nice girl he wants to get close with it is a little more difficult than your average relationship. just holding her hand could make him freak out.

Recommendation:
I definitely recommend this to people who like to feel all the emotions. and who want to go on a crazy emotional adventure. it is a super good book.

Kite Runner English 2 Period 5 Kai Thongsrisubskul

The Kite Runner

5/5
Amir deals with his guilt over the course of the book as he grows up in Kabul, and moves to the United States.

Setting: Kabul, and California

Amir is growing up in Kabul with his Father Baba and a Hazara boy named Hassan. The title of the book comes from one of Amir and Hassan's activities which is Kite running. Competitions would be held where people would cut the strings off other kites, with their own kite, while the other person would catch it as it falls to the ground.

Events:
Assef, who idolizes Adolf Hitler believes that the Hazaras are to be servants fights Amir and Hassan using brass knuckles. Hassan dodges Assef and pulls out a sling shot and aims it at Assef's left eye. Assef leaves but swears revenge.

Assef gets his revenge on Hassan, and Amir watched and never told anyone. Amir deals with guilt throughout the rest of the book.

Amir and Baba move to the United States where Amir marrys, but recent events call him back to Kabul

Recommendation:
I would recommend this book to anyone that is interested in reading about a boy turn into an adult as he deals with guilt almost his whole life

The Kite Runner
By: Khaled Hosseini

Main Setting:
The setting in the beginning of the book is in San Francisco, California in 2001. Throughout the story the author is telling us a memory from his young age. The memories take place in Afghanistan in 1975.

Main Characters:
Amir:
Amir is a young boy and is part of the Pashtun tribe. He is 12 years old and lives with is father in San Francisco. His mother died five days after he was born from complications during childbirth. His best friend is Rahim Hassan. He feels deprived of a emotional connection with his father. Amir thinks that his father wishes he were more like him, and that he blames Amir for his mother's death.

Rahim Hassan:
Rahim Hassan is Amir's best friend. He has been a servant and is loyal to Amir and his family. He is always been kind, forgiving and good natured to people. While Amir trys to get an education, Hassan stays and helps Amir's father around the house.

Baba:
Baba is Amir's father. His major concern is that Amir has no courage for himself and will not be able to take care of himself throughout his life. He always trys to set an example for Amir to follow.

Plot Events:
Neither Amir or Hassan had a mother. Amir's mother died a few days after child birth, and Hassan's mother ran away after he was born. On page 7, a soldier makes fun of Hassan and says that he slept with his mother. This makes both boys angry and shows how much they miss their mothers. They never had the experience of a mother's love.

When Baba was younger, he won the kite-fighting tournament. Amir enter in the competition but never won. Amir feels that if he wins the tournament and brings home the kite, then he will please Baba and make him proud. Only then will Baba forgive Amir for killing his wife and Amir's mother.

In chapter 3 of the story, Amir tells a story about his father's accomplishments. Baba had opened an orphanage, and then later became the most successful businessman in the city. Baba has become very successful and has lots of advice to give to Amir.

Main Conflict:
The main conflict in the book is between Baba and Amir. Baba is very successful and he wants Amir to be just like him. Amir is quiet and wants to make his father proud. Baba also blames Amir for killing his wife during childbirth. This is Person vs. Person conflict.

Book Type:
This book is a drama. The story is dramatic and has many twists and turns.
The book did not remind the group of any other books.

The Book Thief

Ryan T. Berry period 5

"The Book Thief"

by Markus Zusak
The Blog is by Ryan Berry

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_Thief

this is just where i got the image from.

My rating on "The Book Thief" is 5/5

why I rated the book this is that it is a very good book to experience.

The main setting in the book

the stage is set for World War 2 and Adolf Hitler takes power in Germany and the book burning begins which for Leslie aka the book thief is way to drawing for her not to take a book.

The main characters:

Leslie

Rudy Steiner 

Max Vandenberg 

Leslie's foster parents (which for some reason are un-named)

Plot events

in this book the "Night of broken glass" occurs which is when we find Max a Jewish man trying to escape being sent to a camp.

Schooling also occurs where we meet Leslie stealing her first book a history book.

running on a track pretending he is in the Olympic games as a young kid is Rudy Steiner.  

• Explaining the main conflict 

• What is the problem?: The Nazi party is leaving no food for the people and Rudy and Leslie plan to steal something from them, however breaking into the mayors house to get food changes when Leslie is around in a Library full of books. 
•  external conflict?: The conflict  is very external but internal is extremely visible Leslie's foster parents are trying to figure out what to do with this man they have living in their basement.

• Give a recommendation for the book

• Who would like it?: people who love a good mystery and an historical fiction
• What genre is it?: historical fiction
• What other books/movies/TV shows remind you of the book?: the movie Stalingrad where the Russians have been invaded in Stalingrad by the Germans and what is left of the Russian soldiers find a lady and protect her.
• This has been "The Book Thief" blog by Ryan Berry

Nathan Viall

Nathan Viall

2/21/17

Period 5

This World We Live In

By: Susan Beth Pfeffer

I would rate this book 5 out of 5 stars

Setting: this world we live in takes place in a post apocalyptic world.

Main characters: there are a lot of important characters in this book but I'm going to focus on the three most important main characters. The three characters are Miranda, Mom, and Matt. Miranda is the most important character because she is the one who is telling the story. The personality trait that she shows throughout the story is that she complains about everything. Mom is in charge of what the family does and tells people who does what in the family. Matt is the oldest boy in the family who does a lot of hard work like being out all day getting fire wood. He has a very optimistic attitude or a " things need to get done" attitude.

Important events in the plot:

     

     #1.) The city quit delivering food to people. People who were strong enough had to travel to city hall to pick up food. Eventually they stopped giving out food all together.

     #2.) Since they couldn't get food, Matt and his younger brother Jon had to travel 15 miles to go fishing so that they could get food. It took them a week to do the trip. Their mom was greatly effected by Matt and Jon being away that long. She was always very worried when they were away.

     #3.) Matt and Jon came back from the fishing trip with a girl. the girl and Matt were "married". Mom didn't like the idea of them being married. Also she didn't like it because it was just another person to feed.

   The main conflict: The main conflict in the story is that the family is struggling to survive. This conflict is an external conflict. The type of external conflict is person vs nature.

People who would like this book are people who are into apocalyptic type of books. The genre is post apocalyptic and dystopia. I think other books or movies that are in this genre would remind me of this book.