In the novel, Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, Louie is tortured by being dehumanized and isolated while being a POW. Throughout the book, Louie is being treated poorly by his captors, but resisted giving up. One example is in chapter 17, Louie was being transported to a camp and is put on the ground. The text states, “Louie said something to Phil and immediately felt a boot kick into him...” (page 181).
Sarah Koenig's Serial based upon the murder of Hae Min Lee and the investigation and legal proceedings that followed the murder. The primary suspect during the investigation, Adnan Syed, was eventually found guilty after a mistrial and has since spent his time in prison with an impeccable record. Both Adnan and Hae were outstanding students involved with various extracurricular activities and were generally considered friends, even after they broke up. Hae ended the year long relationship under what seemed to others as amicable terms. The primary motive the investigators presented was that the murder was simply a crime of passion.
Allied Old English is faced with the problem of having to pay slotting allowances of approximately $250,000 to obtain supermarket shelf space for Sorrell Ridge in order to expand into the California market. Under this introductory marketing plan, Sorrell Ridge would have to distribute 2 million 50 cents off coupons through inserts in LA newspapers and launch a new product, boysenberry conserve. In return, Bromar would be committed to securing distribution in stores for 90% grocery volume within three months of introduction. Allied desired to be the first to enter the California market with an all-fruit product line ahead of its competitors J.M. Smucker and Polaner.
The book that i read was “HEAT” by Mike Lupica. This book was basically about a 12 year old baseball player trying to make it big to the pros. I really like this book but it’s not the best book i ever read. 1-10 i rate this book a 8.
Cinder by Marissa Meyer is a book that is loosely based of off the story of Cinderella. Cinder is a cyborg, mechanic in New Beijing 126 year after World War IV. She lives with her two stepsisters and her stepmother. They all live in a time with a disease called Letumosis or the Blue Plague which is killing many. The doctors are trying to find a cure and use cyborgs as test subjects.
Public Enemy Number Two The book I chose is called "Public Enemy Number Two" that is about how Nicholas (main character) was framed for a jewel robbery. Now Nick needs to get out of jail, recover a vase from an underground hideout and defuse a ticking time bomb. The main character is bad at keeping secrets because he is a very quiet person.
A story of a young girl ripped away from all fun and friends throughout her high school years all because of a dark secret she hides that no one must find out. Ripple by Mandy Hubbard is a fictional teen book about Lexi, a girl who hides herself from the world to hide her secret, a secret so big that her boyfriend died because of it, or did he? The main character Lexi tries to go through high school unnoticed, but when old friends bully her, and cute foreign guys start noticing her, will she be able to stay unnoticed. The conflict that drives the story is what is that deep dark secret
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.
For my book, I decided to read Simon vs. the Homosapien’s Agenda by Becky Albertalli. I chose to read this book because its topic of coming out of the closet hits very close to home for me, and I saw the trailers for the movie, and became very interested. The book centered around the coming out story of 17-year-old Simon Spier. Early in the book, he starts exchanging emails with an unknown person at his school known as Blue. Soon, things turn sour for him when he accidentally leaves his emails with Blue up on a school computer, where Martin Addison takes pictures of them and threatens to out Simon if he does not help Martin get Abby Suso, (one of Simon’s best friends) to like him.
“Masterminds takes readers on a wild ride with terrific humor a surprising mystery, and characters you can’t help but root for” (Brandon Mull). Eli Frieden lives in the most perfect town in the world: Serenity, New Mexico. Similar to Pretty little liars: The Perfectionists the inhabitants think themselves fortunate to live in a place where, unlike the rest of the world there's no murder, deceit, and corruption. In fact, Serenity just might be too good to be true. but one day Eli rides his bike at the edge of the city and grows horribly ill and tries to put the situation out of his head until Randy annoucess to everyone at school hes being shipped to his grandparents house to live for no valid reason which leaves Eli and his friends flying with
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.
My book is Heaven is Paved with Oreos, By Catherine Gilbert Murdock. Summary: Sara Zorn is an average 14-year-old girl. She’s smart, funny, awkward, shy. Sara has a crush on her best guy-friend, Curtis Schwenk, but doesn’t realize it, saying she isn’t a “boy-liker”.
This week I have been enjoying the book The Potion Diaries: The Royal Tour. The main character in this book is Sam Kemi, a hard-working girl determined to save her grandfather. Samantha is wise, passionate, and resourceful. To start off, Sam is very wise. Sam knows lots about potions, life, and friendships for her age.
I read 2 very different books this summer. I read “Death Cloud” by Andrew Lane, and “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton. I enjoyed getting to know the character and their morals in the different books. Both book had very different time frames, very different neighborhoods, and very different people. I enjoyed getting to know the gang’s idea of family in “The Outsiders.”
William Pollard famously said, “Without change[,] there is no innovation, creativity, or incentive for improvement” (qtd. in Lairmore 1). The film, Dial M for Murder, was first produced in 1954 and was remade in 1998, called A Perfect Murder. While there are similarities and differences between the two films, both are different when considering about how people view the social relationship and how people are seen in the society, as well as the expectations toward one’s partners.
