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Post by Lexi Barry on Jul 26, 2013 0:36:37 GMT -5
Sorry I just posted! I started typing this earlier, but I just finished so its a tad over midnight!
The Fault In Our Stars by John Green
I loved this book so much!! It was clever, witty, and made me think about how much life is valued. Imagine if you had cancer, what would you do? Would you live life to the fullest? Find love? Both? This story is of a girl named Hazel Lancaster, a girl who had stage 4 thyroid cancer. It all started when her mom and dad made her go to a cancer support group. She hated it and was really depressed with her life, she honestly did not see any point in living. That is until one day at cancer support group this boy by the name of Augustus Waters showed up. He was witty, funny, and challenged Hazel. They hit it off straight from the start. By the end of the group session he had asked her out and she was already going home to meet his family. She and Augustus became really good friends and soon had a romantic connection as well. He also had cancer, osteosarcoma, and was commonly referred to as "Gus". She made Augustus read An Imperial Affliction because it was her favorite book. This book sounds so interesting to me and I wish it was a real book! So Augustus read the book and when he finished he texted Hazel asking if that was really the ending to the book. The last line was a huge cliffhanger and made them wander what happened to Anna(the girl in the story who had cancer). Since the author, Peter Van Houten, was still alive, Hazel and Augustus both emailed him asking about the book. He refused to answer their biggest question, unless they met him in person. Hazel could not afford to meet him in person so she wasn't expecting to meet him. Augustus came to the rescue for Hazel, as I like to call it. Augustus still had his "wish"(the thing cancer patients get from the Make-A-Wish foundation), and he offered to share his wish with Hazel and meet Peter Van Houten. Hazel was thrilled and that made her love Augustus even more.
I am going to stop talking about the actual plot now because I really don't want to spoil the ending for anyone reading this. I loved this book so much, that there is no word strong enough to express my love for this book. I fell in love with the characters and their personalities, the plot; and I felt as if I was actually there with them experiencing what they were. I could not have asked for a better book to read this summer, because this has by far been my favorite. I already loved John Green as an author so I was thrilled to read this book! I know it doesn't sound too pleasant-two teens who have cancer and fall in love-,but I promise that if I (smiley, happy Lexi) can read this, then you can too. This is probably one of my favorite books I have ever read and I can't think of any book that could top it. John Green is a tearjerker and makes your heart strings pull. He is an amazing author and anyone who likes romance and determination would love this book!! I give it 5 billion stars and 2 billion thumbs up!!!! Amazing book, amazing characters, and perfect author! I would not have changed a thing! Well done John Green! I am impressed like normal.
I chose this book because I love John Green and I wanted to see if this book was really good, because of all the hype I had heard about it! I was definitely expecting a lot from this book and it did just that! My expectations were met and had even been surpassed! I was so impressed and mesmerized by this book that I did not want it to end. I couldn't even set it down after I started reading! I would definitely recommend for everyone in the entire universe to read it and love it just as much as I did. I love John Green and all his books! Another job well done!
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Post by Jordan Darrow on Jul 26, 2013 0:55:24 GMT -5
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee is one of a kind. The time period was set in the 1930's "Deep in the heart of Dixie." This book is about a family of three, a father, Atticus Finch, a son, Jem, and a daughter, Scout. The father, who is a lawyer, always taught his children to stand up for the innocent. The children watch their father live by his words when he defends a black man who is accused of the rape of a young white girl. Throughout the novel, the children learn who is a mockingbird and what makes them that way. I chose this book because I have always been fascinated with the South. I absolutely enjoyed this lovely book!!! I would recommend this book to anybody who enjoys reading a classic!
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Post by John Paul Rischard on Jul 26, 2013 13:37:29 GMT -5
For my second review, I read The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chboskey.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower is about boy named Charlie, a very quiet freshman in high school. He isn't considered a geek, but he is definitely not popular. He is incredibly smart, but very socially awkward. He makes two new friends, Sam and Patrick, seniors who run with a group of friends that is unique. Overtime, they consider Charlie to be a Wallflower, because he is caught between trying to live his life and trying to hide from it. They help Charlie through tough waters like first dates, parties, drugs, family dramas, sex, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. In some ways, they help him feel infinite, and help him start feel better and open along the way.
I chose this book because my sister Annie loved this book, and I also saw the movie and thought if it was this good, the book must be even better!
I love this book. I'm not lying at all. It makes me feel like I should appreciate my life a lot more, and it helps me know that I need to live in the moment, and feel infinite.
I think all teens who have ever felt alone or sad in their life would love this book, just like I did.
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Post by Jacquelyn Hooper on Jul 26, 2013 14:49:32 GMT -5
Hey guys! Sorry this is a day late, I've been having some MAJOR technical difficulties.
I read the Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks. I chose this book because after reading Safe Haven (also by Nicholas Sparks), I've fallen in love with his characters and writing style. I took our summer reading book club assignment as an opportunity to introduce my peers to Sparks' writing as well. You may be surprised to hear that more boys than girls were a part of our book club, despite Sparks being a romantic author. Even more surprising, most of the boys genuinely seemed to enjoy the story.
The Lucky One takes place in present day North Carolina. A young U.S. marine named Logan Thibault goes off to war in Iraq, and in the process finds a picture of a beautiful woman (around his age) standing in front of three evergreens and a ferris wheel. Logan's best friend Victor convinces Logan that the picture is his "lucky charm". At first, Logan doesn't believe Victor at all. However, once he survives several battles that he truly has not right to, he admits that maybe, POSSIBLY, there is something more to the picture than meets the eye. After Victor's sudden death in a boat accident, Logan sets out to find the girl in the picture, his intentions set on thanking her for saving his life. He ends up walking from Colorado to North Carolina with his dog Zeus. He arrives, meets the girl (named Beth), her son Ben, and her grandmother "Nana". He gets a job working at their family kennel, and quickly becomes good friends with Ben and Nana. Elizabeth takes a bit longer to warm up to him, but before you know it they're falling head over heels for each other. Unfortunately for them all, Beth's crazy ex/ deputy Sheriff Clayton is willing to do everything in his power to keep them apart so that he can steal her back for himself. At the very end, there is a huge lightening storm. Ben overhears the bickering from the adults and runs outside to his rickety old tree house, a place which makes him feel safe and alone. Little did he know that the storm would break the bridge over the creek as he crossed, and send both Clayton AND Logan running to his rescue. Logan and Ben made it out alive, but Clayton died that day, heroically trying to save his son.
I absolutely loved this book. It was so unpredictable, so intriguing. Despite what some of you may think, I recommend this book to BOTH genders, as long as you're interested in some action, suspense, mystery, and of course a little romance.
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Post by zachloflin on Jul 26, 2013 17:04:37 GMT -5
The second book I have read this summer is called the 39 Deaths of Adam Strand. It was written by Gregory Galloway.
This book is about a 17 year old living in a small boring factory town in Iowa. Adam lives with his mother, father, and older brother (the brother soon leaves for college). Adam has a dark mind. For most of his life he has been sad, but not depressed. He calls it boredom but you can infer that it is sadness. The book starts leaving little to wonder about the name. Adam, the narrator and main character, tells us that he has successfully killed himself 39 times. They weren't failed attempts. He actually killed himself. The only problem was that hours later he would just wake back up. Not a scratch to be found.
Adam had his "favorite" ways of killing himself. He liked to jump off high places (yes he enjoyed killing himself). He especially liked jumping off of a bridge into the Mississippi River. The river was the main place the book took place. Adam loved the river. He and his friends biked down every day in the summer to go fishing in the river even though they never caught anything. Ever.
After Adams first death his parents were scared and in awe of what their son had done. They knew their was something wrong. Adam was looked at by every scientist that even cared. But nothing was found. And life returned to normal. Until he did it again. And again. And again. The town began to get annoyed. They would find him washed up on shore in the river and drive him home (no one bothered with the hospital anymore). To this point Adam had only tried jumping. But just like everything else Adam did he seemed to get bored with jumping.
Adams friends didn't seem to care that he tried to kill himself. I mean they thought it was strange but they still hung out with him. When one of his friends got his drivers license they began driving around town in a truck. One of them had the brilliant idea to go to the local grocery store and steal the shopping carts so they could throw them out of the back of the truck so they could see the sparks on the old country road. Everything was going fine and they were all having fun including Adam until he got the same urge he seems to get before he jumps from the bridge. All of the sudden he stood up in the bed of the truck and jumped out. Just like usual he woke up back in his bed with his disappointed parents looking down at him. The next day he went back to the river and tried to light himself on fire. Same result. The day after that he shot himself with a shotgun. Adam told us that he regretted shooting himself. He felt bad for his dad who had to clean the mess up. This is the only death he said he shouldn't have tried. After these attempts he went back to jumping.
Adam liked a girl. Her name was Jodie and they had known each other since they were 3. This embarrassed Adam because he felt that if you knew someone for that long you should only be friends. Jodie never went down to the river with the rest of the guys. She wasn't as impressed by the river as the rest of them. Jodie and Adam talked on the phone almost every night. This was because Adam almost never slept and Jodie would wake up because she had nightmares. Adam felt as if she was the only one who understood that he wasn't doing all of this for attention which is what the whole town though about him. Jodie kept Adam from jumping some nights. Adam had one more girl that he was friends with. Maddy, a 10 year old that Jodie babysat. Maddy took pictures of everything. Anywhere she went she had a camera around her neck so that she could capture that chunk of that moment in the world. I know that it might sound weird that he friends with a 10 year old, but Maddy was probably the only cheerful and happy character in the book. That is the reason I think Adam was friends with Maddy.
During the summer Adams best friend, Todd played baseball. Adam, Jodie, and Maddy went to every game. Adam said that every game was a different thought process for each person who watched. There wasn't a single person in the stadium who was watching the same game. Once Todd's season was over he hung out a lot more with the rest of the guys. But that summer he acted weird after the baseball season was over. He would show up late to the river and then he would leave early. Or he wouldn't show up at all. Adam said that he was the only one who noticed this strange behavior. Probably because he liked Todd more than the others. One day when Adam was looking at Maddy's pictures he noticed one that made his heart sink to his stomach. Apicture of Todd and Jodie kissing came across the screen of the camera. Gut wrenching irony. If Adam had thought their was any shred of a reason to live that one picture destroyed it. He had actually stopped jumping during baseball season because Maddy and Jodie were a reason for him to get up every morning. But after seeing the picture he didn't even want to jump anymore. It would have been to quick. He wanted pain this time.
Adam began to drink anti-freeze. Every night. He didn't leave his room. He stayed there all day all night without conversing with anyone. Once again he got bored with the anti-freeze. Adam went to the bridge again. Bad mistake. He jumped, woke up in his bead, just like usual. Only this time when he woke there were no parents. Just a laptop that was on YouTube. he went over to it and saw the first video on the home page: 'The Resurrection". The image the video used was of his hometown bridge. He clicked and immediately wished he hadn't. It was a video of his last jump. and it had gone viral. It was all over the news. People had jumped off other bridges in other states to see if they would wake back up just like Adam had. They didn't. Adam looked at his phone. He only had texts and missed calls from Jodie. They all said sorry. Adam threw his phone in the river. From this point on Adam begins to realize that the whole thing has become a huge joke to everyone else. This is when the mental battle starts and I'll leave it up to you guys to find out what happens.
I saw a review of this book on YouTube. That's how I found it.
This is a VERY dark book. But Galloway brings up brilliant questions in this book. Is one life more valuable than another? Is a baby born 3 seconds ago more important than a 99 year old who is going to die 3 seconds later? I mean that question is nearly impossible to answer. And that's just the beginning of the thought provoking questions of life and death that Galloway brings up. It isn't just a suicide book. It's a book of questions. And a book of different perspectives. Like the baseball game. No one in the stadium is watching the same game. What a different way to look at it. Or at least that's what I got out of it. I also loved his dialogue. Short and to the point. There aren't any 5 page long conversations.
You might enjoy this book if you can get past the grimness of it and see the tiny bits of humor and the thoughtful dialogues. And be a little bit patient. The start isn't going to wow you. Give it time and it's an instant page turner.
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Post by katiemaupin on Jul 26, 2013 21:48:01 GMT -5
My next book review is over Looking for Alaska, by John Green. I've read The Fault In Our Stars by John Green already this summer, which is why I chose to read this book, and it's safe to say he is now one of my favorite authors. The plot of Looking for Alaska involves a boy named Miles Halter who leaves his hometown and family to join Culver Creek Preparatory High School. He is, however, not a bad kid. He is obsessed with people's last words, and uses Francois Rabelais’s- "I go to seek a Great Perhaps"- as his reason to go to Culver Creek. He's tired of his routine and boring life and hopes there is more out there. When he first arrives, he meets his roommate, Chip. Or as everyone calls him, "The Colonel". The Colonel gives Miles his nickname, Pudge almost right away. It is a joke at the expense of Miles skinny frame. The Colonel then introduces Pudge to Alaska Young. Alaska is a bit different, (and possibly bipolar) but Pudge likes her right away. Apart from Alaska, The Colonel introduces Pudge to Takumi, and the three quickly become friends. Pudge and Alaska bond, and Pudge gets to know Alaska better, finding out that her mother died of an aneurysm when she was eight years old, and although she saw it happen, she did not understand what was going on and did not call 911. The more Pudge gets to know Alaska, the more he likes her. The only problem is that he is dating a girl named Laura, and Alaska also has a boyfriend. One night, however, Alaska and Pudge get together. Late that same night, Alaska woke him and The Colonel up, crying, saying she had to leave right away. Even though they knew she was drunk, the helped her leave then went back to sleep. The next day, there was an assembly telling the students that Alaska had been in an accident and passed away. Her car crashed into a truck that was turned on its side on the highway, and the steering wheel had smashed her chest. Of course The Colonel and Pudge felt it was their faults, and tried to find out more information. After much investigating, they talk to a police officer that was on scene at the time of the accident, and he tells them suicide is a strong possibility. They later realize that it happened on the day after her mother had died, and they think she had forgotten to go visit her grave, and felt terrible about it. John Green never tells you if it was an accident, or if she was drunk and angry and decided to take what Pudge called the 'straight and fast' way out. I think him not giving you a straight answer on what happened to Alaska is one of the stronger points of the book. It makes you more invested in the book emotionally, and gives you something to think about even when you're done with the book. Another strong point in the book was simply the way John Green writes. He makes you feel as if you can relate to whoever the narrator is, making the book hard to put down. In conclusion I think basically anyone, regardless of gender or age, would love this book.
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Post by mikaela on Jul 29, 2013 19:33:30 GMT -5
My third book is Perks of being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. This book is about a very shy, reserved boy named Charlie. He tells his tale of his first year of high school through journal entries and refers to the person reading the book as his “friend”. Charlie explains his first few weeks of high school being difficult not having very many friends. As the book goes on, he meets very fun, outgoing friends that show him to live in the moment. This book tells of all the crazy adventures they have together while trying to survive high school.
I chose this book because I saw the movie and it looked interesting. My mom bought the book for me for my birthday, but I never got around to reading it. I had seen it on the list and I figured this is the time! I did really like this book even though some parts were awkward and Charlie all around seemed awkward as well! He really addressed many questions that I thought about and I even had a countdown till I was a senior. Charlie learned as did I that high school is fun and enjoy it while it lasts! I recommend this book to kids going into high school or anyway who has been through it to know what it’s all about.
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Post by Emily Michalak on Jul 29, 2013 20:16:15 GMT -5
For my third and final book, I read Believing by Wendy Corsi Staub. It is the second book of the Lily Dale Series, following Awakening. After helping police close Kaitlyn Riggs's case, Kaitlyn, as an apparition, begins to show Calla visions of another missing girl in the woods. Calla decides to anonymously give information to police about the recently gone missing Erin Shannahan, but little does Calla know that their killer is now after her for helping police find his victims. Even though Calla believes in the spiritualism in Lily Dale, she must learn how to use her gift wisely and safely throughout Believing. Besides trying to stop Kaitlyn and Erin's killer, Calla must worry about her senior year at a new school, making friends, and boys.
I read this book because I had read the prequel to it and had to know what Calla was in for next. I am glad I read this book too! Calla as the main character makes the book very relatable to. Her decisions and actions are very realistic for a teenage girl. This book is also about a topic I am not very familiar with: spiritualism, so it makes many parts of the book very intriguing.
This book is great for different types of readers. If you like suspense and murder mysteries, this book would be a good choice to read. If you also like ghost stories and apparition actions and characteristics, you might like this book.
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Post by Caden Hawley on Aug 2, 2013 20:23:07 GMT -5
For my book I read Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. In this book an unlikely pair of friends, George and Lennie, are laborers in the vegetable fields of California. George is small and smart, while Lennie is Big and has the mind of a child. Like many other laborers they are very poor, but George and Lennie are different. They dream of something bigger, a acre of land and a house to call their own, and they have a plan to get it. But when Lennie accidentally gets them in trouble everything is jeopardy. Lennie runs away into the woods. Will gGeorge join him or hunt him?
I read this book because it was recommended to me by a friend as a summer reading book.
This book is a great book. If you like classics I would definitely read this book.
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Post by Jourdyn Scott on Aug 4, 2013 14:12:58 GMT -5
The third book I read was Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher. It is about a girl named Hannah Baker, who commits suicide. Hannah leaves seven audio tapes, that are passed around to all of the people mentioned in them, explaining why she killed herself. On the tapes are thirteen reasons. Our narrator, Clay currently has the tapes and is forced to listen to all of the reasons and live through her story. I chose this book, because I read it in 6th grade and it was my favorite of the year. I really enjoyed this book, and being older i understand more than I did in the 6th grade. I would recommend this book to anyone, because I think everyone could relate to at least one of the many characters mentioned.
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Post by Ashton Boda on Aug 4, 2013 16:44:16 GMT -5
For my third and final book review I read Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. The book is Janie a woman who just wants to know what true love is like and didn't find it until her third marriage. When she was sixteen years old she was forced to get married because her grandmother was about to die. Her grandmother arranged the marriage to make sure she would be taken care of. Soon after she got married she ran off with a different man hoping that later she could fall in love with him. Their marriage was great at first but soon she realized that she would never love him. He didn't treat her very well. He belittled her and beat her. They were married for twenty years when he died. A few months after her husband died she met Virgible a.k.a Tea Cake. She soon fell in love with him and they got married. They weren't married for very long, about three years, when Tea Cake got very sick and started to go mentally insane. One day he tried to shoot her and, in self defense, she shot and killed him. She never forgot him and thought every day how thankful she was that he finally showed her what it was like to be in love.
I chose this book because I like love stories. The fact that she was married three times made it a different type of love story.
I really enjoyed this book. It was different than books I have read before. I found it inspiring that even in her old age she never let go of her dream to find true love. She waited. I did almost cry at the end of the book because she had to kill the only man she ever loved to protect herself and others.
If you like romance novels this book is definitely for you.
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Post by ikes on Aug 6, 2013 15:04:21 GMT -5
I read "The Old Man and The Sea" written by Ernest Hemingway. This book tells a story of a great battle between a very experienced fisher veteraned by age engaged in a battle between one of the world biggest marlin. Although most of the story is about the battle on the fishermans line they tell us the backstory of a boy the fisherman had always fished with. It had been 85 days since the old man had caught a fish so te boy is not slowed to fish with him. As a result the boy is not with the man when he hooks the marlin. The old man has the marlin caught on his line for four days. The blood from the injured marlin attracts many sharks. The old man is able to fight of many but loses his harpoon. The sharks then eat the marlin leaving nothing but the Skelton. When the old man returns he falls asleep. The boy worried sick over the days he has been gone comes to tears as he finds the man in his bed. As he awakes they both decide to fish together again. Outside the house everyone is marveled at the gigantic skeleton of the fish. The old man is honored once again. I chose this book because it is a classic and Ernest Hemingway is a tremendous and well known writer. I found that the book was very enjoyable even though is was about a man fishing. Anyone can really enjoy this book for almost any ages.
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Post by Konrad Sartorius on Aug 7, 2013 14:39:41 GMT -5
I've recently read a book called Lord of the Flies by William Golding. The story begins with British schoolboys coming out the wreckage of a plane crash which in turn was fleeing the wreckage of the Old Order (via nuclear war?). At the beginning the boys band together and elect a Chief and establish a little replica of their homeland, Britain, with order and peace. But as infighting over priorities, such as hunting or a rescue fire, and fear of a beast, slowly begin to wear at the boys comradely and their society begins to unravel. Inevitably the boys split into two factions, the Hunters, who seek to kill the beast and hunt, and the supports of Ralph, who desire a focus on rescue. Eventually war breaks out and the hunters start killing others and eventually Ralph is the last survivor of his faction and begins to be hunted!. He is chased and flees for his life and in the end they set fire to the island. Eventually members of the Royal Navy spot them and come to his rescue. The story ends with Ralph weeping, weeping at the suffering of others and loss of childhood innocence. I chose this book because I has previously read it and enjoyed it and knew I would be able to write a book review. I enjoyed this book as it is a gripping read from start to finish, and it shows why a free society combined with a strong government is necessary for the safe guarding of each other. I think that anyone interested in the topic of governance and why it is necessary, or anyone in for a good adventure story should just read this.
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Post by Hayden Doyle on Aug 7, 2013 15:46:00 GMT -5
The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan. This is the third book I read this summer, chosen because I read the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series when I was younger, so when my friend told me Riordan had started a spin-off of those books, I couldn't resist.
This is the second book in this series. The first one follows a teenager who wakes up on a bus not knowing where he is or even who he is. He meets two other kids, they find a camp for demigods, and they go on a quest to save the world. That was all fine and dandy in the first book, but the second book pretty much follows the same story line. The book begins with Percy Jackson, who doesn't know who he is or where he is. All he knows is that he is a demigod, he remembers the name Annabeth, and he is being chased by monsters. He finds refuge in a Roman camp for demigods, where he makes two friends. Then, who would of guessed it, they have to go on a quest to save the world. Yes, it is a little bit of the same stuff, but there are some differences. For instance, instead of the reader not knowing anything about the main character along with the character, the reader has a five book series to get to know the main character.
Speaking of which, there were a few little throwbacks to the old books. Those times where you catch one and you think you're really clever for catching it, even though everyone else catches it too. If you can get past repetitive story, and a tendency to be a little corny, there aren't too many bad things to say about the book. It's not the best book that Riordan has written, but it's not horrible. If I were to compare the first book to this one, I'd say the first one is a little better. I don't like the supporting characters as much in the second book as in the first one. Really they're kind of boring, compared to the ones in the first book. But they don't ruin the book or anything. As for the dialogue, it wouldn't be a Riordan book without good dialogue.
I know Riordan can do better, and he has, so I'll be looking for that in the next book in the series, The Mark of Athena. I don't expect this series to be as good as the Percy Jackson series, it was actually really risky to start a new series, but he seems to be making it work so far. I can't really ask for more. This is a good book for all ages to read. I'd recommend both this series and the Percy Jackson series to anyone and everyone. Of all the books, this is probably my least favorite, but I'm still going to give it a 3/5.
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Post by Lexi Barry on Aug 7, 2013 23:26:47 GMT -5
   To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
My last book I did this summer was To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee( My AP book for the summer). I really enjoyed reading this book simply because it is a classic. It is very dramatic and took place in Maycomb, Alabama(fictional) during the 1930's. The main characters are a young girl that goes by the name of Scout Finch and her brother Jem Finch. This story shows how they mature over the time period of 3 years and takes place during The Great Depression. They used to innocently love spying on their strange neighbor Boo Radley, who never left his house according to all the rumors. At first they are nieve to the racism in their town, but when their dad(Atticus) defends a black man(Tom Robinson)they learn fast how cruel people can be towards one another. Tom Robinson was accused of raping and beating a young white teenage girl, Mayella Ewell. They said that the attacker was left handed, but the thing is, is that Tom Robinson is crippled on his left hand and is not capable of beating her with it. However, her dad Bob Ewell is left handed and Atticus(Jem and Scouts dad) thinks he did it. Sadly whenever Tom was being transported to prison he was killed. They said it was because he tried running away like a "crazy" man. It is horrible what they did to Tom. Later we find out that it was in fact Bob Ewell who beat his daughter, not Tom Robinson. Scout and Jem were headed home from a Halloween Pageant when they were brutally attacked by an unidentified man. Scout was not harmed due to her costume, but Jem was unconscious. Another man carried Jem home and got him home safely. Later we find out that Bob Ewell attacked them and Boo Radley carried Jem home and killed Bob Ewell. The police officer said not to arrest Boo, but to say that Bob "fell" onto his knife. I think that was clever and very nice of him.
I chose this book because it is a classic and I wanted to read a classic. Also because everyone has told me it is an amazing book. I agree that it is simply amazing!:)I would recommend this book to anyone who loves classics, adventure, and standing up to what you believe in no matter who stands beside you. This book has such an amazing theme and we should all take note to it. Do what you want, not what other people are doing. My opinion of this book is amazing and I give it 5 million stars and 2 thumbs up!! Another great read this summer!!! I loved it so much!!
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