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Book Report #4 The book I read this quarter was Glory Be by Augusta Scattergood. Its Lexile level is 680. This book is about a 11-year old girl named Gloriana Hemphill, who now comprehends how much racism is a problem in her hometown in Mississippi in 1963.
Alexandra Miles is not you average high school senior at Spencer High School. Alexandra is an expert at manipulating her peers in order to take what she wants, and this year it’s to be crowned Homecoming Queen. Throughout her life she competed in beauty pageants, and has never lost one. Though this year she is struggling to keep her head above water because of her father’s death and her mother’s lack of attention. This doesn’t make Alexandra soft, if anything, it makes her stronger.
I have, and it is about babysitting. The author Emily North and the illustrator Rick Powell made this book to be a realistic fiction. The main characters are Laurie, Jimmy, and Tina also, it takes place at Jimmy and Tina’s parents house. The conflict is that Laurie likes to make bracelets and she went to the kitchen to get them cookies and milk and Tina and Jimmy spilled the box with the bracelets and beads. Next she was worried about her masterpiece bracelet and the blue bead.
The story Criss Cross, by Lynne Rae Perkins is based on a group of fourteen year old neighbor friends from Seldom. They all have hopes and dreams that this spring something good would happen to them, because they were afraid of their future, especially Debbie. Debbie is a young teenaager who wishes she were someone else, really anyone else, especially the models on the magazine. She is also constantly worrying about if she would ever find love. Lennie is a boy who is extremely smart about everything!
The book that I chose to read for the first quarter is called “The Princess of Iowa”. This book was written by M. Molly Backes. I was really excited to read this book because it mentioned Iowa on the front cover. This book is about a teenage girl named Paige who is from Iowa. She is very popular and her life seems to be perfect.
Bread Givers by Anzia Yezierska tells the story of Sara Smolinsky, a ten year old Polish immigrant living in the ghettos of New York with her family. The main conflict of the book is centered around Sara’s relationship with her father, Reb Smolinsky. Sara carries more progressive, American ideals, while Reb is stuck mentally in the Old World. Reb is extremely religious and believes in traditional values and gender roles, which creates a struggle for Sara when she attempts to leave home and become her own person. Sara’s assimilation into American society is very different compared to Reb’s.
In the story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates, Connie (protagonist) is a fifteen-year-old teenager who physically attempts to behave like an adult by tampering with her appearance and participating in activities habitual to adults (going to restaurants and theaters with boys). As an adolescent, she’s morally ambiguous and thus safely explores adulthood. Arnold Friend, an ingenuine and strange character, pulls Connie away from her infantile fantasies to the grave reality of being an adult woman. The author uses the motif of a bilateral persona evident in Connie’s and Arnold Friend’s characters to illustrate the theme that entails the abrupt transition that Connie’s rebellious and childish spirit is forced
The book I read was Finding Cinderella by Colleen Hoover and I read this book because of a suggestion of a friend. The setting for this book takes place in current day society where teen pregnancy is frowned upon and teenage love isn't supposed to last forever. The point of view is first person by the main protagonist Daniel Wesley has lost so much including his mysterious Cinderella. The author uses symbolism so well when nicknaming the girl from the janitor's closet Cinderella in the way that she came in the janitor's closet, falling and she left memories in which all Daniel had to do is find the right face to match the memories just like Cinderella and the shoe. Daniel met his first and maybe even last love in a dark janitor closet on his
This book is about a young man named Miles Halter, who becomes friends with Chip, Alaska, and Takumi. The three of them take Halter under their wing to introduce him to how the campus works by drinking, mischief-making, and smoking cigarettes. Halters favorite class is Religious studies (that is what Green went to study in college). There was one night when Miles, Takumi, Chip, and Laura pull a prank on the principle and the kids that only stay at the boarding school on the weekdays, the plan worked perfectly. Chip and Alaska were drinking to celebrate how well they all did and Miles got to make out with Alaska (he liked her).
The book Crush Witten by Jon Blake (1995) this is a short book relating to teens it is a typical love story that has some comedy so it is not all serious this is a well-written book that is easy to read I read some books this is one of the belter ones. This book would be great for people that have trouble this story is told in a first-person point of view. Ian teases Jamal about his crush on Rachelle.
She is a cold, sniveling woman, and you bend to her!” (Miller 22). This ties up her jealousy and pride perfectly;
The book I chose to read for my book review was “ Killing Mr.Griffin”. It is about 5 high school students who hate their english teacher Mr. Griffin and come up with a plan to kidnap him. Their main purpose is to just torture and make Mr. Griffin think he is going to die. The plan takes a tragic turn and results in Mr. Griffin's death. The plan simply falls apart in a domino effect of terror and grief.
“Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto is about a boy named Victor in seventh grade who has a crush on Teresa, another student. Victor likes Teresa so much, he embarrassed himself while trying to talk to her. “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto is a good book to recommend to middle school readers because it is relatable and entertaining. “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto is a good book to recommend to middle school readers because it is relatable. Since “Seventh Grade” is about having a crush, many middle schoolers would be able to relate to this story since middle schoolers also have crushes.
Paper Towns by John Green The realistic fiction novel Paper Towns by John Green is full of mystery and excitement. Quentin Jacobsen, the protagonist, is in for the ride of his life when, Margo, the most popular girl in high school, show up at his doorstep one night and recruits him to help her prank her friends who have betrayed her. When Margo go miss the next day, Quentin become depressed, but when he finds clues to where Margo is, he is determined to find her, and relay all the feelings he has held in for years. Quentin seems like a very laid back and sarcastic type of boy.
I just finished There is a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom by: Louis Sachar and it was amazing. Bradley goes from a “monster from outer space” to a friend to most. Bradley was hated by everyone. That is until Jeff comes. The book was very emotional, funny, and sad.