"Where She Went" by Gayle Forman- jenny ochsner

Jenny Ochsner 
Period 5 
"Where She Went" by Gayle Forman

Rating
5 stars

I have read this book several times since last year. It has a great love story in it and it tells you about Mia's recovery since the accident. 


Setting
The time frame is around 2011, about 4 years after the accident. It's mainly in New York City. 

Main Characters
Adam- He seems to focus on himself more than other people now. He doesn't liked being asked too many questions and he gets upset when people talk about Mia. He seems more of a sad person now. Almost as if he has to force himself to get up every morning and force himself to start the day. 
Mia- Mia is a fighter. She tries hard every day to live knowing her parents and brother died. She lives with the pain of having scars and has to walk with a limp. She has a kind heart and does what she does. She is a very busy person and appears to be alright without Adam. Or so it seems.

Plot 
Adam is about to go on tour with his band.
Adam goes to Mia's concert in  NYC.
They go to a small restaurant. 
They travel the city together.

Main conflict
Mia blames Adam for making her stay. In the first book he sits by her bed side and begs her to live. The problem seems to be external because Mia is blaming Adam for wanting her to live.
" It would've been easier to die. It's not that I want to be dead now, I don't. I have a lot that I get satisfaction from, that I love. But some days, especially in the beginning, it was so hard. And I couldn't help but think it would've been so much easier to be with the rest of them. But you-- you asked me to stay. You begged me to stay. You stood over me and you made a promise to me, as sacred as any vow. And I can understand why you are angry, but you can't blame me. You can't hate me for taking your word."


The genre is drama and romance. I think people who enjoy people falling in love again would enjoy this book. "If I stay," both the movie and book, remind me of this book.

BZRK

BZRK Reloaded By: Micheal Grant

Matthew Zafonte

Period 4

Rating:⭐⭐⭐⭐

I liked the book because it was filled with action and excitement it always had me on the edge of my seat.

Setting:

• The story takes place in New York some time in the near future where technology can control people.

Characters:

Sadie: A rich 16 year old with dark hair and brown eyes.

Noah: 16 year old brown haired kid who is a member of BZRK.

Alex: Noah's older brother who is a veteran who is in a mental hospital. 

Events:

At the end of the first book they are in a battle where Vincent is captured and chained between two trains.

Nijinsky steps up to be leader after Vincent gets his arms ripped off and goes insane.

The Armstrong twins get Bug man on their side and get biots into the presidents brain so he can control her.

Main Conflict

The BZRK cell is left in pieces when they loose a battle to the Armstrong twins who are conjoined brothers with a plot to rob mankind of its free will.

Recommendation:

If you like Sci-Fi books you will like this one

  

Every Day- Katherine Haddy

Blog by Katherine Haddy
Period. 2



Every Day 
By: David Levithan

5/5 Stars:
             I gave this book five stars because it always leaves you wondering, like who's body A is going to be in next and this book also has a bit of romance in it but not over the top like most teen books.


Setting:
            The setting in this book is never the same, it constantly changes from body to body and town to town. They communicate using e-mail and don't mention much of cell phones so I'm guessing it takes place in the 90's and in Maryland.


Main Characters:
            Although the main character does not have a body and is just a spirit, they go by the name A, the other two main characters are Rhiannon and Justin who live in the same town and go to the same high school.

A:
          A is our narrator and the mind we are stuck inside of, every day they wake up in a new persons body and has 24 hours to be them. They are a spirit of existence and always has been, since they don't have a body of their own A goes by the pronoun "They".

Rhiannon:
           Rhiannon is the girl friend of Justin and the romantic interest of A. She is a teenage girl that has relationship issues with her boyfriend and is scared of being alone, she knows it is hard to be with someone like A but follows him through his journey in hopes there is a way to be with them for good.

Justin:
          Justin is, of course, the boyfriend of Rhiannon and a body that A took over at the start of the book. He is verbally abusive to her and her friends that sometimes includes A. He has no memory of the day A took over his body and went to the beach with Rhiannon and feels like anyone that is in A's body is flirting with Rhiannon, he gets jealous but still continues to treat her poorly.

Main Events:

• When A entered Justin's body at the beginning of the novel, they met Rhiannon at school and instantly had an interest in her. Feeling this way towards her made A brake his own rules and skip school with Rhiannon and go to the beach for the day, even though A knew this was not normal for Justin to show this much affection and effort towards his and Rhiannon's relationship.
• A entered Amy Tran's body, who only lives an hour from Rhiannon, and chose to drive to her town and find her, this is the first time A had seem Rhiannon since the day at the beach. When A finally found the high school and Rhiannon they tried becoming friends with her and it surprisingly worked.
•  A tells Rhiannon about how they live, waking up in a new body every day, and at first she wasn't sure but then she believes them but knows that they cant be in a relationship due to their situation, but still, A drives to Rhiannon and emails her as much as possible.

Internal Conflict:

• A wakes up in a new body every day and has to choose either to follow the rules he has been living their entire life by or brake the rules and follow their heart

External Conflict:

• Rhiannon and A's relationship will not work out well because A does not have a body, they are just a spirit.
• Every body A is in talks to Rhiannon and Justin thinks every one is flirting with her and gets mad but continues to not treat her right.

Recommendation:

       I would definitely recommend this book to any one that likes fiction, I was recommended this book due to my love for Harry Potter, so for any one that likes the HP series I suggest you give this book a try.

               Blog By: Hunter Galbreth
Period 2





Andre Dawson
By: Andre Dawson






4 stars **** I give this book 4 stars because, It's not a boring book it's actually really entertaining  to predict.  I wanted too give this book a five but i don't really like baseball that much other then that its amazing.



Setting: This novel takes place in a town called Miami, Florida This novel talks about baseball and how good this guy was, he was a very poor guy, Andre took home a gold metal in 1987.



Main Characters: Their are three main Characters..... Andre, His Mom, and his Dad That live in Miami, Florida.



Andre..... Is the first person we meet in this novel , Hes the one who plays baseball and talks about his past or it and his future.


Mom...... Is the second one we meet she is really happy and nervous about her son playing a dangerous sport.




Dad.... Is happy about him playing a sport and hes the one who change his life and taught him about god.




Main plot: Is All about his life like baseball and his poor family.
 






Conflicts:

Internal: Andre struggles with school and baseball and his doesn't like his home life.



External: Mom and Dad don't get along much because one likes baseball and the other thinks its very dangerous.



Internal: Andre doesn't know how to react about his parents fighting over this sport he really likes and wants to play.



Recommendation:
I would recommend this book to the people who like baseball and who like fighting parents.

blog by Trent Kaski
period 2




                                                     Crossfire Trail by: Louis L'amour

Four stars ****
This book deserves four stars because it always has enough going on to keep you from zoning. The only reason I didn't give it five stars is because sometimes it takes awhile to get to the real action.

Setting
The setting is in the 1800's, At first is was on a ship but then the characters rode to a Wyoming ranch.

main character 
Rafe Caradec is the main character and is tough and determined. his only goal is make sure he keep's his promise he made to his friend Charles Rodney. His promise was to make sure the Rodney ranch went to Charles daughter.

main plot events
At the beginning Rafe is at end of his work year on a ship that he got tossed onto when drunk. Rodney died and told him about the ranch. As he heads over toward the ranch he learns that two of the roughest men around wanted the ranch and Charles daughter.

conflicts
internal conflict: Rafe is going to have to fight two on one and he couldn't handle breaking his promise.

external conflict: He will have to fight to keep his promise.

Recommendation: I recommend this book to people who like westerns.

the eye of the world

blog by Gabriel Crowdus
period 2


The eye of the world 
by Robert Jordan

Four stars****
 I give this book four stars mainly because i was only able to read about half way. it was vary good up until that point and i am sure it would have had a nice ending.

Setting
 The setting takes place in a time similar to the story's that Tolken had begun. the only differences are the names of the races, creatures, and places. there are a different style of ring wraiths but there are a lot more than nine, and the don't look for a ring. Another style of orcs are trollocs. they are twice the size of a man win a mans body, fur, and a snout of another animal( they are not vary intelligent either). there is a new spin on magic and spell casters. only a woman can wield magic and survive, and men who survive grow mad or die a terrible death if not trained.


main characters

there is one main character and 7 other side show main characters. the main one is a son of a farmer with a shady history. three others live in a place called emondsfield, there home village, with the main character and are roughly the same age. the others are visiting when the story and adventure begins to take place.


plot
young men at a curtain age are being hunted, for the purpose of recruited and thrown into the service of an evil "dragon".(a person that is like an Anti Christ in this world). this dragon is more powerful than any of those who claimed to be a dragon before him. rumors say that he wiped out all the magic casters sent to stop him. and is raising army's never herd of before. clans never seen together before are gathering for one purpose. to wipe out the light of man.

Linnea Peldo's Book Blog Period 2

Orphan Train 
by Christina Baker Kline

Rating:
5 stars! ☆☆☆☆☆

This novel was well deserving of a 5/5 star rating, as it told a moving story of two women, both casualties of strings of foster homes, who each struggle to transcend a past forged by isolation and hardship. This book refused to be put down until the last word was read, and was definitely a heart-wrenching page turner.


Setting: 
This setting of this novel moves between contemporary Main and Depression-era Minnesota. Christina artfully alternates between telling the life story of Vivian Daly, who as a young Irish immigrant was sent by rail from New York City to an uncertain future, and Molly Ayer, a seventeen-year-old whose troubled adolescence leads her to seek answers for her past. The chapters switch smoothly from olden day Midwestern America with orphaned young Vivian to the year 2011 on the peaceful coasts of Main, where the unlikely pair begin a friendship together. 

Main Characters & Events:

• Molly Ayer has been in the foster care system since she was 9 years old. Her loving father was killed in a car accident soon after her eighth birthday, and her mother, overcome with grief for her late husband, began a downward spiral of drugs and alcohol. Because of her remaining parent's lack of care, Molly was then placed into foster care. After 12 foster homes, Molly is finally placed with Ralph and Dina. She trusts no one, has no friends, and takes on a Goth look for protection. However, after stealing Jane Eyre from the community library Molly is given a punishment of 50 hours of community service, where she meets Vivian Daly.
• Vivian Daly's story begins in New York City in 1929, where she has emigrated from Ireland with her family in search of a better life. On one fateful night, the tenant apartment that the family is staying in catches fire, and in a sick twist of fate, Vivian, whose birth name is Niamh Power, is left the sole survivor of a family of six. Niamh is then given to the Children's Aid Society by the German couple who had previously lived across the hall from the Power family. A few weeks later Niamh, along with other children, are Minnesota-bound on the Orphan Train in search of new homes. On the train, Niamh is given the task to care for a toddler named Carmine, who helps her get to know Dutchy, a teenage boy taken off the streets in order to start a new life. When the train finally reaches Minnesota and the children are chosen by couples in need of children to call their own, Dutchy and Niamh make a pact to find each other in the future. Niamh lives through three foster homes, the first, where she works as a seamstress named Dorothy until the stock market crash of 1929, and the Byrne family can no longer afford to house her. In the second foster home, Niamh lives in squalor, and is almost raped. Love is finally shown to her in her last foster home, where she is given the name Vivian. This last family is where she grows up safely and meets her first husband, who ends up to be her long lost friend from the Orphan Train, Dutchy.   

Although the novel follows the lives of Vivian and Molly in vivid detail, Orphan Train contains snippets of the lives of other characters, as well. 

• Ralph and Dina: Molly's current foster parents. Dina detests Molly, and the feeling is entirely mutual, but Ralph and Molly form a shaky form of friendship.
• Jack: Molly's boyfriend, and her first true friend. Jack sees through the facade that Molly puts up to hide her true self, and Molly respects him for his insight. Jack is also responsible for organizing Molly's community service project at Vivian's home, which begins the pair's acquaintance.
• Dutchy: Vivian's friend on the Orphan Train, and her late husband.
• Byrne family: Vivian's first foster parents, who name her Dorothy.
• Grote family: Vivian's second foster home, one in which she is almost raped. 
• Nielsen family: Vivian's third and final foster parents, by whom she is loved and later adopted, and is given the name "Vivian" after their beloved daughter.

Conflict:

The main conflict of this novel was more a battle of emotions, rather than an actual skirmish. Both Molly and Vivian endeavor to make sense of their turbulent pasts, and strive to overcome feelings of abandonment and isolation. These battles of wills and emotions give a name to the many internal conflicts that both women are continually faced with throughout the narrative. 

Recommendation: 

I would definitely recommend this amazing novel to anyone who enjoys a one sitting read. Once started, this story is impossible to put down! As it follows a true course of history, this novel has multiple educational bits as well, with information about a time in our past that is sometimes forgotten. Christine Baker Kline's Orphan Train will hold you captive as this fascinating tale unfolds!