40 Book Challenge 12/15/14

The Maze Runner by James Dashner

Prompt:
-Describe the setting – when and where what you are reading takes place

-Which character do you like best? Why?  Which character do you like least? Why?

Pages: 40-158

     The book The Maze Runner, takes place in a maze. They are in the middle of the maze and trying to escape it. The middle part in which they are in is the size of several football fields surrounded by big walls of stone. It is called the Glade. On the north east side is the Gardens, the gardens consist of the crops are grown and the water is pumped, it never rains in the Glade. Then there is the Homestead on the north west side, that is were the boys sleep. Behind the Homestead is the Slammer, it is a place like a jail. Then on the south east side is the Bloodhouse, there is where the livestock is raised and slaughtered. Finally, on the south west side is the Deadheads where there is a thick forest with a graveyard. In the center of the Glade is a metal elevator and the Gladers call it "The Box."Supplies and newbies come through there.

    The character I like best is Minho.I really like him because he is a Runner. The Runners are the only Gladers that are allowed in the Maze, they are really cool to me. He is really fast and noble to Thomas. In the book it states, "... he stayed strong while I turned into a panty-wearin' chicken... I nominate this shank to replace me as Keeper of the Runners." That shows that he has courage to give Thomas his job because what Thomas showed on that night with Minho. Minho respected people, like Thomas.


    My least favorite character is Gally. He is basically the bully of the Glade. He is just jealous of Thomas and the leaders. He is very stubborn and just hates anyone who is better than him. In the book he says, "I think it was all an act. How could he have done what he did out there after just a few days? I ain't buying it. I think he's a spy from the Creators." Basically Gally is just blaming him just because he doesn't like Thomas, he wants him in the slammer for a month. I really do not like Gally, he is one of the Keepers, but he is a negative and horrible one.

40 Book Challenge 12/08/14

The Maze Runner by James Dashner

Prompt:Who are the characters? Describe who they are, what they look like and how they are connected.

Pages: 0-40

     Some characters in The Maze Runner are Thomas, Gally, and Newt. Thomas is the main character, and is the newbie in this suspicious location called the Glade. All he knows about him is his name, just like every other boy in the Glade. Thomas is about 16 years old, and in the story he is described as the protagonist of the story. He is not to tall or to short, has dark brown hair and is muscular. Thomas is brave, loyal, and clever. Thomas' good friend is Chuck, his enemy is Gally. When he arrives to the Glade he notices that he remembers something about the Glade...


   Another character is Gally. He is known as the nemesis of Thomas, as they liked to call him that in the book. He is connected to Thomas because Gally states, "I know you, I saw you in the Changing and I'm gonna figure out who you are..." Gally actually bullies him on the day Thomas arrives, not knowing what to do. The physical appearance of Gally is he is a black-haired guy who was about fifteen and tall and a bit skinny. He also had a small nose, that resembles a deformed potato. He thinks he is the leader of the Glade, even though he is just the guy that picks on the newbie.

     Another character is Newt, he is the second in command in the Glade (after Alby). Very sarcastically and very direct he becomes Thomas' friend and spends time explaining the way the Glade and Maze work. His physical appearance is he is very tall and muscular boy with long blonde hair. He is an overall average joe, he is a nice guy.

40 Book Challenge 12/01/14

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

Prompt: 

-Write a summary on the book.

-List the personality/characteristics of the main character (feelings, interests, behaviors, etc.)

Pages: FINISHED BOOK

*WARNING SPOILER IN PARAGRAPH 3*

     The main character, Brian Robeson was on his way to visit his dad, but the the pilot had a heart attack while flying the plane! The pilot died, and the plane collided into the Canadian forest and Brian was all ALONE. He was there in the forest with a Windbreaker and a Hatchet nothing else. One thing that was killing him was the divorce between his mom and dad, it was the Secret, he was filled with anguish because of what happened between his parents. He must find a way to survive alone, he does not know how much time he has...

    Brian at first tends to be very, babyish and weak and scared. The way he reacted at first with landing. His behavior was "I'm done, I'm going to die."Very negative based on what had happened, he didn't think of later, what to do to live and survive. He would just give up and lie on the ground crying. I know I'm kind of sounding harsh but he was just doing nothing to help himself. It states in the book, "He was there lying in the soft, moist sand being eaten alive by mosquitoes. He then fi
nally cried himself to sleep."

     Like every character in a book Brian developed. Towards the end of the book he developed a mind that helped him live in this harsh environment by himself. He also had background information on the forest and how to survive. In the book it kept going back to how before all this happened he would watch nature shoes and read books about nature. It's good to have some background knowledge. He stayed positive. When you stay positive, positive things will come to you. He then found eggs to eat, he got lots of fish, and he then got rescued just by surviving and staying positive. All you need to survive is to be positive and knowledge, oh and a hatchet!

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40 Book Challenge 11/17/14

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Prompt: Describe the most important event. Give some reasons why you think it is the most important event.
Pages: 1-32

     The most important event in Hatchet is when the plane crashes. Thirteen-year-old Brian is in this little small plane, only him and the pilot. He is going to go visit his dad in Canada. The pilot suddenly has a heart attack and dies. Brian is left alone in the plan not knowing what to do. He then lands the plane, and he is still alive...

     I think that is the most important event in the book so far because it sets up the whole bo

ok into place. It shows the new setting, new way of mind, and also new conflicts and problems. He is now in the Canadian Wilderness, no sign of anything but trees. He must not have the feeling of the Secret inside him or it will drag him down, he cannot survive with great despair. His parents have gotten into divorce, it doesn't mean that he has to go into depression otherwise it will lead to other problems, social problems. He must be positive or he will not get far. New problems  in the wilderness will include water, food, shelter, and animals. This is the main conflict of the book, it is basically what the whole book is about, surviving in the wilderness.

Prompt: Is the setting described well enough that can put a picture of it in your mind? Why or why not?

    The setting in Hatchet is the Canadian Wilderness. It of course has an abundance of trees everywhere. Yes I do think that the setting is being well described and I can picture every detail in my mind. The author conveys, "He pulled his legs out of the lake and crawled on his hands and knees until he was away from the wet-soft shore and neat a small stand of bush of some kind."  I image a boy about my age coming out of the water with pain but also grief in his eyes, he is coming out of the water very tired because his plane just crashed! Then I see him near a small bush and him laying down and closing his eyes. It also states, "...until his back was against a small tree were he sat facing the lake, watching the sky get lighter and lighter with the coming Dawn."The author is describing a sunset near the lake were Brian was leaning on a tree because

he was so tired.

40 Book Challenge 11/10/14

Allegiant by Veronica Roth
Prompt: Analyze the impact word choice has on the meaning or tone of a text. Analyze how dialogue or specific incidents reveal information about characters. Make sure to include textual evidence.
Pages: 217-451

          The word choice in the story brings a negative connotation. The story includes words like violent, dishonestly, damage, and death. These words all have some type of negative connotation that brings the negative tone to the story. Violent has an aggressive outcome, and connotation. In the story there is many hardships the characters have to face together. Like all human nature people have different opinions so then depending on their opinion sides are built, and violence occurs between the two sides. In Allegiant there are two sides, the ones that respect Evelyn's choice and the Allegiant (that is what the group is called that does not obey Evelyn's choice). Then later the Allegiant have an uprising and they plan to battle the other side for power, they want life to go back to normal. The article states, "You know, the city is still on the verge of a revolution," she says, an the light turns blue. "The Bureau's whole reason for resetting our friends and families is to stop them from killing each other. if we stop the reset, the Allegiant will attack Evelyn, Evelyn will turn the death serum loose, and a lot of people will die." That shows us that there is violence, lots of it, and if it isn't stopped then everyone, even innocent people will die. Now that is very negative, and the word has a negative connotation. 


     Tris and Tobias are a couple, and there is lots of dishonesty in there relationship. Dishonesty has a negative connotation, this has a meaning on the text based upon that there is lots of people that are not honest. They do that to protect the ones they love. It makes the tone of the text more negative but also positive in a way because you are protecting the people that matter meaning that you must lie to another. DAMAGE, damage is a word that brings a very bad tone in the story. In Allegiant the people that genes are good are called genetically pure and the genes that are not great are genetically damaged. Tobias thought he was GP, but turns out it may seem like he is but when you look at his x-rays they are negative, meaning damaged. When he hears that he is GD he is devastated, if you are GD then you are just another person, not at all unique. All of these words bring on a negative meaning on the story. Then these, depending what you did wrong these might lead to death.

     How specific incidents and dialogue reveal information about the characters is because that is their behavior and how they react to things, what there instincts based on the problem. In the story Tobias states, "I notice, however, that Peter only pretends to inject himself–when he presses the plunger down, the fluid runs down his throat, and he wipes it casually with a sleeve. I wonder what it feels like to volunteer to forget everything." That shows through Peters actions that he WANTS to forget this life, his life, his behavior shows that since he did not inject himself with the liquid, that will not let him forget. Christina states, "It's basically one of your parents against the other one, " Christina says. "Isn't there something that you can say to them that will stop them from trying to kill each other?" "Something I can say to them?" Tobias says. "Are you kidding? They don't listen to anyone. They don't do anything that doesn't directly benefit them" So there's nothing you can do. You're just going to let the city rip itself to shreds." Tobias is being very selfish. His parents have betrayed him lots of times, but he should be wiling to help save thousands of lives. He is being very selfish and already giving up on his parents. His behavior is unnecessary.
   
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My Reflection on Poe

     This week I have been learning quite a lot about Edgar Allen Poe, very famous writer, he had a crazy life back in the 1800s. Now he is a one of the most known and famous writer of all times! 

    The differences between living in the 1800s and the 2000s for Poe was... His parents died a year after he was born, they died from diseases that were more effective back in the day because they didn't have many vaccines and it was easier for people to die by diseases (that could be the reason why Poe died). Then he was taken in by a tobacco merchant, now there is no tobacco merchants legally, only illegally. Also, he married his 13 year old cousin, now that is illegal. His stories were also not widely known because there wasn't really a way to exchange with technology, also people thought it was very weird that he made his own genre. It is way easier now in the 2000s because of all the new technology. Now people really admire his work in many ways. Finally, he died a death of mystery, I bet if he died in the modern day
we would of known of how he died...

    Some similarities between living in the 1800s and 2000 is that Poe had to go through his father leaving his family, people still today leave people because of how they act. Also, he lost his mother and wife from TB, and people still get it and may die from it. Poe was an orphan, there are many orphans today sadly. He would also move so much, and many people today move based on similar reason back then, like environment, new life, education, and the people in the community. 

    Poe's life was a very tragic one, his life did effect his writing very much. Poe's life was very sad, his mother died of tuberculoses and also her wife. His dad abandoned his family and abandoned him. He had to move many times and he has faced lots of rejection. His stories are very dark and sad. His life effects his writing very much, it is his feelings that are his writing, his words are his emotions. He is a poet and an author, his writing is poetry and poetry is what people feel or think of inside. His life affected his writing very much.

40 Book Challenge 11/3/14

Allegiant by Veronica Roth

Prompt: List at least three problems the characters faced? Which was the most life changing? Describe how the character(s) accomplished their problems.

Pages 157-217

    A problem that Tris has had to face is taking down Jeanine Matthews. Tris had to sneak through her high tech security system and kill her to stop her plan. Her plan was to get everyone that was Divergent killed, and to have everyone else in their factions. Tris accomplished to ruin her plan by establishing an army of Divergent people, the faction less, the Dauntless, and the Abnegation. She then went into the Erudite compound and captured everyone and kill Jeanine Mathews. With the help of Evelyn, who is now the new leader of Chicago.

     Another problem that Tris went through was when she was held captive by Jeanine Matthews. During the war she was captured by Jeanine. Her brother lowered her to her and she was then captured. Then one of her old friends saved her because she was supposed to die but her friend put a different liquid in the tube that was supposed to kill her. Then she escaped with him.

   A problem that Tobias has faced was his father's trial. His father has done many things to upset the people of the court. He abused his family, betrayed his faction, and put young people's life in danger. He was then sentenced to leave Chicago immediately. Tobias was neither sad or happy. That was also a problem for Tobias' Dad, he was the one that would have to leave Chicago.

     The problem that was most life changing was taking down Jeanine Matthews. Tris went through many obstacles that is life changing for her. During it she lost her mother and father, her mother and father were trying to protect her and died. Then she lost her best friend Will, he was in a simulation so he was trying to kill Tris and Tris shot him and died. She also lost her brother's trust, he had betrayed her and worked for Jeanine Matthews. And a lot of her friends have betrayed her to go to the side of the Erudite. It has changed her life because she lost people physically and emotionally.



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40 Book Challenge 10/27/14

Allegiant by Veronica Roth

Prompt: Who are the characters? Describe who they are, what they look like and how they are connected.

Pages 108-157

     The book I am currently reading is Allegiant. The main characters are Beatrice Prior and Tobias Eaton. They are the characters that make the story engaging, how they develop and how they are connected with each other.

        "Beatrice was a girl I saw in
stolen moments at the mirror
who kept quiet at the dinner table.
This is someone whose eyes claim mine and
don’t release me; this is Tris."
  

     One of the characters, personally my favorite, is Beatrice  Prior aka Tris. Her parents include Natalia Prior and Andrew  Prior. She is very outgoing,  divergent, strong-willed, shows  curiosity, intelligent, and is brave. Her physical appearance is  she is 16 she has a narrow face with a long, thin nose. She has  straight blonde hair, later in the series she cuts her hair shoulder  length. Her tattoos include: three flying birds on her collarbone  (which symbolize her mother, father, and brother), on her right  shoulder is the seal of her old faction, Abnegation, and on her  left shoulder she has a seal of her new faction, Dauntless. She  is Divergent, meaning that she has different outlooks on things,  basically different from other characters in the book. She was  born Abnegation then later changed to a Dauntless initiate. She  is a very powerful girl in this book, how she develops into a  brave and fearless ally.

"I don't want to be just one thing, I can't be. 

I want to be brave and I want to be selfless, 

intelligent and honest and kind."

   

     Another main character is Tobias Eaton aka Four. His parents are Marcus Eaton, and Evelyn Eaton. He is very quiet, mysterious, intelligent, kind, selfless, honest, and brave. His physical appearance is he is 18, he is very muscular and has a very structured face. He has dark brown hair and is 6 feet. His tattoos include all four faction seals on his back (abnegation, dauntless, amity, erudite, and candor). He is Divergent. He was born Abnegation then later changed to a Dauntless initiate. He would train new Dauntless initiates. He is a very quiet character that develops into a manly man.

   

     How these characters connect is they have the same goal and are in love while trying to accomplish their goal. They have finally made it away from the city and out into the outside world, they meet new people and face it. They have different but basically same problems, and they are both Divergent.

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40 Book Challenge 10/20/14

Allegiant by Veronica Roth

Describe the major conflict. What side are you on?

Pages 69-108

     In Allegiant the major conflict is the people from Chicago want to outrun Evelyn, Four's mother (also new leader), because her decisions aren't the best for some of the rebels there. There are two sides the people who think Evelyn is wrong and the people who follow Evelyn. The author explains to us that the people that are against Evelyn have started a group, the Allegiant. 

     The Allegiant have many missions, the author stats them, "In accordance with the intentions of our city's founders, we have two goals: to overthrow Evelyn and the factionless so that we can reestablish the factions, and to send some of our number outside the city to see what's out there." They have sent people out, mostly dauntless initiates, to find more Divergent people outside the city to gain the Divergent population. They then will overthrow Evelyn and her people then go back to the factions system. 

     Evelyn's side wants to keep everyone trapped inside the city and to have no factions. She wants to hide all the secrets on all of the factions like Jeanine Mathews wanted it, except no killing people hysterically. She has many of the people on her side including the factionless which have a big number in size. She will do anything to anyone if they try and stop her.

     I personally agree with the Allegiant because they have a more free type of government. They also don't hide secrets that may even get people killed. I think it is fine to go back with the faction system instead of just being held captive in the city. They allow people to leave the city, as long as they come back. 

"The Lady or the Tiger?"

       Every Heart stopped beating, every breath was held, every eye was fixed immovably upon that man.

       As he went to the door the crowd was hysterical and as he finally opened the door.... A tiger asleep, not awake nor hungry. The crowd gasped in shock, their faces had no slight movement. The king came upon the tiger in rage and kicked him awake. The tiger jumped on his paws, the first thing he saw was the youth. He had sprinted to him, but the youth got a sword from the princess! He grabbed the sword and sliced the tiger's head just like cutting a very juicy watermelon. The crowd grew with applause and the king gasped, walked over to the young man and said, "If you are worthy enough to kill this tiger, you are worthy enough to marry my daughter!" The princess came running down to leap into her new husband's arms (which were filled with blood) and kissed him! After that they lived happily ever after in the kingdom, less barbaric.

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1st Quarter Reflections

         Wait..... We're already done with the 1st Quarter?! It went by fast, I actually have learned and accomplished a lot. I'm excited for the 2nd Quarter already!

          I am doing the 40 book challenge, I'm on my 12 book! 38 more books to go... The book I am currently reading is Allegiant by Veronica Roth, it is the third book in the series of Divergent. I am totally hooked on these books, they show lots of creativity in each book with great detail and support. I like this series better than the Hunger Games series, and that series was great! 

         Throughout this quarter I have learned little things like 20*89+(-20) and bigger things like how to write a paragraph that actually makes sense and is not repetitive. I learned how to annotate more in depth with every article I come to. I learned how to right a topic sentence for the paragraph, to have supporting details, and to always have textual evidence so the reader doesn't think your making things up. I have experienced more genres than just the main ones. I have learned lots of things this quarter and I can't wait to learn more!


         I have also learned things in the world. I have learned about Ebola a lot! Articles and articles and pages and pages on facts about Ebola. Now it's in the US... Time to pack my bags and leave! Just kidding, I have also learned about Malala and what she went through in her life to fight for rights for women and education to kids all around the world. Something that kinda scares me is ISIS, we have been learning about it in class, I wonder if terrorism will ever end...

        I have achieved and I have gained more knowledge a lot in this quarter, on to quarter 2!

40 Book Challenge 10/14/14

Allegiant by Veronica Roth
Prompt: Characterization/Conflict
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      In Allegiant there is many indirect and direct characterization. Indirect is based on the actions of the character. Some indirect characterization was when the author was describing that Tris was anxious because of all the over exaggeration that Christina's Mom was saying. Also, when Tris saw a bunch of girls in bright colors right away she knew that they were Amity girls because of their clothing and how they acted.

    The other side is direct characterization, direct is when right away a character or the author states that the other character is happy, depresses, and etc. Some direct characterization is when Tris says that Uriah is unhappy because he lost two of his great friends. Also when Tobias describes how Tris is very depressed because of what happened with Lynn.

    The setting affects the character because in Allegiant the setting is in Chicago, but not the Chicago we know. This Chicago is separated by walls so no one goes outside. So because of that it kinda drives people insane and want to go outside of the walls, and explore. It effects many of the characters thoughts and actions, the leaders of the area has rules so no one may leave the area.

    The conflict in the story is the war between the people and Erudite, actually that was the conflict but the new conflict is the new leader, Evelyn, and her rules is she wants everything to go back how it was, but some people don't want that..... So there is lots of character development with Tris because she changes her point of view on life, to take less risks. Tobias changes too, he thinks differently about his mother, Evelyn.

40 Book Challenge 10/3/14

Insurgent by Veronica Roth

Are the characters realistic?

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        In Insurgent by Veronica Roth has very realistic characters to me. The main character Beatrice Prior, aka Tris, she seems real to me because she relates to regular people in this world. She is Divergent, being Divergent just means having more than one type of characteristic. In our world everyone has multiple characteristics, based on their personality, like you can be smart (Erudite) and peaceful (Amity). In the book it explains that everyone only can be one thing (Erudite, Dauntless, Amity, Candor, and Abnegation), one personality and if you are more than one of the examples then you are to be captured and killed. Tris in the book seems like a very real character based on the fact that everyone has many personalities and anyone could have many different characteristics.

   
      A character in Insurgent that to me is not that is not very realistic is Jeanine Matthews, the head of the Erudite faction, she would always try and control everyone and make a fearless army. The crazy thing was she controlled everyone with some sort of serum, where they where controlled by her and a computer. I thought that nobody could be that so controlling. She was very intelligent and no one really liked her because of what she did. The author states that she was trying to keep everyone in one city and to keep everyone in order, I think that is kinda crazy.



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Banned Book Vlog

This is my Vlog. It talks about the Hunger Games by Suzzane Collins.

Book List Challenge

1.Rules by Cynthia Lord

     Rules is one of my favorite books because it really connects to me on what I have to deal with. The main character is the older sister, Catherine, and her brother has autism. Autism is a mental disorder when you don't think or act like other people. Like when people in the book they would think of him as a very weird and crazy person. My brother has signs of autism but does not have it. He is basically a normal kid but just thinks differently. My brother is actually very smart, he just misbehaves and gets lazy.n the book, Catherine learns how to deal with his brother and I have learned how to too. This book basically gives me a different perspective on how to deal with my brother and how he thinks. 



                                                        2.The Giver by Lois Lowry
      The Giver is another one of my favorites because it really talks a lot about how we should enjoy the freedom we have in the USA. In this book they are very controlled and not able to make their own choices, like in some countries they are very controlled too and run a way different government than ours. In The Giver some strict rules was you could only call your dad father and your mom mother and also you can not do whatever you want, it is chosen for you. This novel helped me appreciate what I have and now I have a new perspective on this subject.



3.Divergent by Veronica Roth
     Divergent is a great example of how you make your choices. In Divergent you grow up in a faction and then at a certain age you could pick what you would want to do, but you could get kicked out if you don't pass the initiation. I think it is better that now we have our own choices instead of just 5 choices and if you make the wrong choice you fail. It impacted my life with the great creativity and thought of this book, it also lets me appreciate our great american government and think about my choices more clearly and thoughtfully.



4.Fault in Our Stars by John Green
    The Fault in our Stars is one of my all-time favorites, it shows compassion, love, and strength. It really impacted me on what and how people deal with cancer. It also is very devastating in a dramatic way. It is very compassionate and makes you feel sorry for people. It has impacted me on how to think and about love, because who doesn't love love.



5.Wonder by R.J Palacio
    Wonder has impacted me on how people are treated different just because they are different. Auggie, the main character, has a disorder and he is faced with many challenges that he overcome. People would bully him just because he looked different for his peers. This book has showed me a new perspective on how being bullied feels, and looking different means you are treated differently. The book shows him being bullied but he ignores it and doesn't care, I really now know how people feel so I would not liked to get bullied or bully someone just based on how they looked.

                 6.Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
    Gathering Blue was kinda depressing, it showed me a lot of emotions that people can feel. The main character had a messed up leg, so she couldn't do much. After her mother died she didn't know what to do, everyone in the town hated her except for her friend. Then the main board took her in to make a dress for the singer, so she was then praised. This book showed me that no matter if you have something is broken or you have a disorder that everyone has a use in this world, you just got to find it.


7.The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
    The Hunger Games has showed me that the world can be very cruel in the worst times, and that our way of life is way better than how it is in the book. Now, I always thought this world was unfair and not the land of the free, but now that I read this novel it kinda changed on what and how I thought. In the book you are chosen to fight to your death and only one person lives, so I thought that was just sick and cruel, and that is what kinda changed my thought on the subject of how our world generates.

     8.The Chicken Soup for the Kid's Soul by Mark Victor      Hansen, Jack Canfield, Patty Hansen

      The Chicken Soup for the Kid's Soul showed me many different stories of kids and their problem, so this book showed me courage, strength, fear, family, and true friends. Everyone has a story, and you get to pick the way your story ends, but not how it gets to the ending. This book had lots of sad stories about kids getting bullied, family and friend deaths, and school, it showed me a whole new perspective on everything that is kinda hard to deal with, it actually helped me think about what was happening in my social life. I love how this book shows me different kids stories so that I know I'm not the only one battling through life.

9.My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead
    My Side of the mountain is basically showed me a whole new perspective on nature. I always kinda hated nature, but it is actually a beautiful thing. In this book a young teen runs away from home to live in the woods, he is faced by challenges but also loves it. He also says a lot of facts in this book on how to survive in the wild. I think that now nature is very beautiful and how many resources it has to offer us.



10.The Lightning Thief  by Rick Riordan
   This novel showed me a lot of creativity in just 377 pages. This book was my first real novel I read, I loved all of the creativity and the word choice put into it. It showed action and also facts about Greek gods. This book showed me a new perspective on writing, word choice, and especially imagination that is a great piece of quality in your work.

All About the Author

           

           Hey, it's Evelia aka Evie, I'm a 7th grader. One of my favorite thing to do is play softball for my travel team, my position is catcher and outfield. I also like to play basketball for my school's girls conference team for 7th graders. I also like drawing and or doodling in my free time.

           I also love to read! My favorite book is The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. I also love the Divergent Series by Veronica Roth. Something else I love is MUSIC, well who doesn't?!? My favorite song is "Bang Bang" by Jessie J, Ariana Granda, and Nicki Minaj. My second favorite song is "Take Back the Night" by Justin Timberlake, he is mine!

          The best thing I totally love to do is eat! My favorite kinda food is seafood, especially lobster, crab, and sushi. I also love to eat Italian food, my favorite is pasta. I totally love sports! I play and love softball, basketball, football, and volleyball. I go for the Chicago White Sox and my favorite players are Gordon Beckham and Paul Konerko.

         
         Now that is a lot about me Evelia C. Thanks for reading!