Pride & Prejudice(63 Pages)

The first 63 pages of Pride & Prejudice, by Jane Austen, is great. The Bennet family and the Bingly family are looking for their soul mate. At a ball Mr.Bingly meets Jane, the eldest Bennet, and has a crush on her. Elizabeth somewhat meets Mr. Darcy and secretly has a crush on him; he, also, has a crush on a Elizabeth but has too much pride and his higher in social hierarchy, to admit it. Jane gets sick after traveling horseback through rain to get to Mr.Bingly's house, where Mr.Darcy is, and has to stay there until she is well again. Elizabeth Bennet comes to visit her sister and wants to talk to Mr. Darcy but can't get alone with him. Will Mr.Darcy admit his love to Elizabeth? Will Jane get better? Will Mr.Bingly marry Jane?

Lord of the Flies

"Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!"

Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, is 235 pages filled with conflict. A large group of British schoolboys are stranded on a deserted island with no adults and rules that are not followed. The main characters are Ralph, the chief, Piggy, and Jack. Ralph becomes leader, Jack doesn't like his rules, and leaves him, Piggy, and the two littluns, Sam and Eric, to survive by themselves while he and all the hunters kill pigs to eat, this all happens at the end of the book. Throughout a good part of the book the hunters search for the beast. When I started reading this book a question kept going through my mind, "Why is it called Lord of the Flies?", it is called this because the head of the first pig they killed was cut off and put on a stick and they idolized it, flies eat the pig head, thus, Lord of the Flies. Do the schoolboys ever get off the island? Or will they end up killing each other trying? Read this fantastic book and find out for yourself. I reccomend it to everyone!

My Weekend

This weekend I went to the Jr. Fresno Relays, gave my dog a bath, and, of course, celebrated Mothers' Day. In Jr. Fresno Relays I got 7th in long jump and got a little sunburned. NEVER for get sunscreen...especially if you're sitting out in the sun for 5 hours. When i gave my dog a bath, (which he really needed since he hasn't been bathed in a month(P.U.), he tried to jump out of the tub. It's not very fun to catch a wet, smelly, and dirty dog trying to jump out of a bath. We celebrated mother's day today. First, my family went to church. Secondly, we went to Panera Bread for brunch. And lastly, my mom opened all of her Mother's Day cards.

the Total Tragedy of a Girl named HAMLET

The Total Tragedy of a Girl named Hamlet, is 285 page book by Erin Dionne is filled with embarrassment, drama, confusion, and lots of Shakespeare. The main protagonist is 8th grader, Hamlet who deals with a 7 year old ready-for-college sister, a pair of mean girls, emarrassing parents, a failing grade in pre-algerbra, unwanted "talent", and boys. Hamlet's sister Desdemona(dezzie) goes to school with her and ruins her life by becoming friends with Hamlet's "enemies". Saber and Mauri, the main antagonists. Saber and Mauri pretend to be Dezzie's friend so they can pass English.Also, to add to all her other problems, Hamlet keeps finding origami pigs in her locker from her secret admirer. Does Dezzie realize Saber and Mauri are just using her for her intelligence? Will Hamlet's parents ever be normal? Will Hamlet find out who that secret admirer is that keeps putting origami pigs in her locker? Find out by reading this dramatic, funny, and interesting book. I recommend to everyone!

Uprising

Uprising, a 345 page book by Margaret Peterson Haddix, is a about threes girls, Bella, an Italian immigrant, Yetta, a Russian Jewish immigrant, and Jane, a rich girl from America, caught in a fire that changed America. Bella and Yetta work at a place called Triangle Shirtwaist Factory and go on strike. Jane and her high society "friends" drive past their strike; long-story short, Jane becomes friends with Bella and Yetta after ahe ran away from home. While in the factory someone was smoking and there cigarette ended up in a pile of fabric scraps and that one little spark became monsterous and spread to the nineth and tenth floor. Yetta and Bella survived, but Jane ended up getting trapped by the fire and was burned alive!

Back in the early 1900's trying to survive wasn't all that easy. That's where the story took place, in New York city between 1909-March 25, 1911. Uprising is about three girls just trying to survive...in more ways then one. The best audience for this book is fifth grade and older because you need to be mature to read it because of all the sadness.
I would recommend this book because this book teaches you that you should never hold a grudge because you never which breath is your last. One example of that is Yetta. Yetta got angry with her sister because her sister got married and had a baby. Then, Yetta got caught in the fire and had to jump out of the building, and while she was in the air she started to regret refusing to see her sister and always being mad. Another example is Jane. Jane ran away from home because she figured out her father was the one who hired people to beat up the strikers (aka Bella and Yetta). She refused to ever go back there again, and since she stayed with her friends, she was killed by the fire. Even though she died she died fighing for what was right.
This a great book to read!! I recommend it to all who are mature and understand how tragic this time was!

Dragon Road

Dragon Road, a novel by Laurence Yep, is 320 pages all about basketball and the journey of two. Calvin and his friend Barney, who live in Chinatown, San Francisco, dont have mauch money. Since they can't get real jobs and are great basketball players they decide to play on the street for money. At the end of one of Calvins and Barney's games a coach and a manager, Topper and Jack, show up and offer them a spot on their traveling basketball team. They agree and go on to play against other basketball players who dont get scammed for money. At the end of their adventure Jack leaves because he doesn't want to put up with that team anymore, but Topper decides to stay with his team for another year. In the end, since Calvins father waqs always drunk and never seemed to care for Calvin, CAlvin realizes that his father loves him in his own special way when he saw the scrapbook that his father made.

Among the Brave Book Critique

If you are a third child, YOU could be in danger!! Among the Brave is about a cowardly boy, Trey who joins his enemy yto save his friends. Trey becomes a part of the Population Police and goes on a life-changing adventure. The best audience for this book is ones who have read the first four books in the Shadow Chiildren series. That way it makes more sense.
I recommend this book because the author foreshadows many times making anyone not be able to put the book down. One example is after Trey has rescued his friends and they are all safe the last sentence of the chapter is But what did that mean about their futures? One of the strong points in the book is when Trey rescues all of his friends from the Population Police while impersonating a Population Police officer. That was a strong point because the emotion of it is so strong and the way Trey saves his friends is just amazing! One weak point that stood out to me was the beginning. It seemed slow, but it stll introduced the story very well. Another strong point in the story was when Trey takes on a mob of angry and hungry people. The reason they are practically starving is because the Population Police created a new law that people can't sell or buy food unless they work foe the Population Police. That caused one person from every family to line up and wait for hours to join the Population Police for food.
I would recommend this book to all who have read the first four books in the Shadow Children series. Though others who haven't read the first four books could probably read it too because the author gives a very good and clear description of the story.