Hopefully over the summer, you read at least two novels of your choice.
1) Briefly tell me what you read, including the titles and authors.
2)
I want to know what you liked about the books, what you learned and,
more importantly, what matters to you about the books' content.
37 comments:
I read Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Volumes 4 + 5. Demon Slayer is a series about demons and demon slayers. The story follows Kamado Tanjiro and his road to becoming a top rank Demon Slayer, a Hahira. Tanjiro comes home one day from selling coal to find out that his whole family has been slaughtered by a demon. Well, everyone except for his sister Kamado Nezuko who has been turned into a demon. Tanjiro works very hard to become a demon slayer and make the demon that killed his family pay. In the fourth and fifth volumes, Tanjiro and his friends Hashibira Inosuke and Agatsuma Zenitsu go to a mountain top for their next demon-killing job. Tanjiro and Inosuke go off into the mountain together while Zenitsu goes another way on his own, due to getting lost trying to find them. Zenitsu finds himself facing the heads of other deceased demon slayers that have 8 legs on them, looking like a spider. Tanjiro and Inosuke fight a demon that controls people via invisible strings.
-Alia L
Over the summer I read two fiction books, the first was written by Jennifer A. Nielson and titled “Traitor’s Game”. It is about a girl named Kestra who is summoned back to her home after being in exile for three years. On her way home she is kidnapped by a group who intend to use her to defeat Lord Endrick the ruler of Antoria (her home). He is a very powerful being and Kestra’s father just happens to be his bodyguard. If she tries to warn anyone, the people close to her will be killed.
The second book I read was written by Kate Alice Marshall and titled “Rules For Vanishing”. This book is about a girl named Sarah who goes looking for her sister, Becca, who disappeared a year earlier. Becca had went looking for the ghost of Lucy who had been determined dead decades earlier after vanishing along a mysterious road. Becca had been hearing whispers and after hearing the story of Lucy she went to find the road. One year later, and now Sara and her friends are going to get Becca back but what they soon figure out is that the road to Becca has rules, rules that must be followed.
What I really liked about these books was how different they were. They both offered a unique story and were different than any other mystery or fiction book. What I loved most was that the books weren’t predictable and kept you interested. Overall I liked the books and thought they were pretty entertaining.
I read two books this summer: Dan Brown's "Inferno", and Douglas Adams' "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". Both were really fun to listen to on my road trip to Florida. I can't fully remember the details of either book, but pretty fun to read or listen to.
10/10 -Grayson R.
Over the summer I read Black Clover 1+2 the story follows a young man named Asta who lives in a world where magic is everything. Once he turns 15 he goes to get him grimoire a magical book that grants its user a boost in their magical power and allows them to use more offensive and defensive spells. But Asta never receives one and finds out he was born with zero magical powers. So upset he goes and does some strength exercises but his friend Yuno gets ambushed so he goes and helps him but struggles for a while until out of nowhere a 5 leaf grimoire which is said to have a demon residing inside it appears in front of him which has the ability to negate any magic and he takes down the foe freeing his friend.
-Kaden Garvey
I read the books Speak by Laurie Anderson and Super Crunchers by Ian Ayres. I thought speak was very interesting because it started off pretty slow with a little bit of acton here and there. But towards the end, the whole story started to come together and it was all resolved. Super Crunchers was a bit boring to read because it was just a lot of different examples of how all you need is data and you can pick or predict perfect things. It was cool seeing the whole process that goes into thinking about numbers in a nw, smarter way.
The first novel that I read over the summer was City of Bones by Cassandra Clare. In this novel the main character(Clary Fray) discovers that she is a descended from a line of shadowhunters,shadowhunters are people who are half angel warriors who protect humanity form human forces. After her mother disappears, Clary joins forces with a group of shadowhunters and enters a downworld, which is a alternate realm filled with demons, vampires, and a host of other creatures. Clary and her companions must find and protect an ancient cap that holds a key to her mothers future.
The second novel that I read over the summer was Wild Blue by Stephanie Ambrose. So this book is about the details of the lives and the World War II experience of pilots, bombardiers, navigators, radio operators and gunners flying B-24 bombers of the U.S. Army Air Force against Nazi Germany. This book was very interesting it didn't have much to talk about but it was very fun to read.
Carter L.
Over the summer I read Iron trial it's a fiction book. The iron trial is about a boy who goes to a magic school but during his time there he makes friends and foes and finds an old book that tells of a special kind of magic that only a few can use he soon finds out that he can use that type of magic as he learns more spells he also loses some control of his magic.
I read Ahsoka, Ahsoka is an ex-Jedi that is in hiding from the empire on hopping around small unknown planets. She stays on one farming planet for a while and meets all the people. The empire starts taking over the planet and Ahsoka and her new friends start a rebelion. Her friend gets captured and she starts a rescue mission to free her but when she's freeing her they almost get killed and that is when Ahsoka reveals her powers to the world. After staying in hiding Ahsoka decided that it would be easier if she left the planet so the others could be saved. So she leaves on her ship and meets an old friend while flying through space.
I also read A New Dawn, A New dawn takes place about ten years after Ahsoka. It is about a different ex-Jedi who has been hiding his true identity. Over the course of the book, he meets a new friend named Hera and her droid hopper. Hera is a really good pilot and Hera and Kanan are vigilantes that fight against the empire. On one of their missions they meet Sabine a girl kicked out by her family and on another mission they meet Zeb the last of his species.
Over the summer I read The Oscar Dog and The BFG.
The Oscar Dog is a Non fiction book by Brett Titus. Oscar is a Dutch shepherd who is based in denver police department. Oscar is an odd looking dong with large eyes and huge feet. During the book Oscar and his master (officer). THey fight crime on the streets in denver.
THe BFG is a fiction book about a young girl who meets a giant and brings her to this land. The main giant is nice and caring about the girl. However there are other giants who eat young kids. The girl and the BFG (Big Friendly Giant). The book has many adventures with the two including where they go to see the tree where dreams are made. But no more spoilers!!!
Over the summer, I read 2 fiction novels. The first one I read was Confessions of a shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella. To summarize, this book was the story of a young adult named Rebecca Bloomwood. She is always coming up with excuses for why she spent more money on an item, and the book shows a series of bank letters written to her, talking about her debt. I enjoyed the humor of this book and it was fairly easy to understand. This gave me some fun lessons on how to money manage and handle situations involving debt and money issues. The second book I read was A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning, by Lemony Snicket. This book showed the obstacles and mysteries of the life of the very wealthy Baudelaire orphans who recently got disappointing news that their house perished in a terrible fire. It introduces the villain, Count Olaf, who has the life goal of stealing their fortune. I enjoyed this book because I got the enjoyment of watching the tv series afterwards which was fun to compare between the two. The novel taught me to be thankful for my family and life in general, and I would definitely recommend this boom to others who enjoy action, along with a simple heartfelt story of three innocent children.
This summer I reread Harry Potter, A book about a wizardry school that houses a child with a dark past. Harry Potter is a boy whose parents were killed by an evil wizard. Harry is sorted into one of the four houses in the school, Gryffindor. Harry has to face off against an evil teacher who we think is very timid throughout the book. I really enjoyed rereading this book because it was the main book that got me into reading initially.
I read "The Blind Side" and it is about Michael O'her who was growing up in the sketchy part of Tennessee and was living with a friend until he went to "Briarcrest christian school" were he started to live with a family called the Tuohys were later he gets adopted by them and becomes an NFL player for the Baltimore Ravens.
Kaden. H
One book I read over the summer was "Grenade" By Alan Gratz. It was a book about a young boy from Okinawa named Hideki. The book took place in World War II, when Americans invade the island of Okinawa. Hideki was tasked by his school to a take a grenade and use it to take out one or many Americans. The book is about his journey through the invasion of Okinawa, and any people he meet along the way.
Another book I read over the summer was "The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict" By Trenton Lee Stewart. This book is about a boy named Nicholas Benedict with narcolepsy (a sleeping disorder) and he lives in an orphanage. The book is about his adventures in his orphanage.
The only books that i have tried to read i never got through but the books i will read is dr.seuss books. My favorite dr.seuss book that i have read so far was green eggs and ham. I say that because before i read it and even before i heard about it i would never try something new. When i first read it tho i started to try some more new things then when i started to read more of dr.seuss's books i got into trying new things. Also i noticed that in his books he always has some kind of good message to tell kids and even adults. - Angel.H
The first book I read over the summer was "The Boy In The Striped Pajamas" by John Boyne. The Boy In The Striped Pajamas is about a young boy named Bruno who has to move away from his house in Berlin due to his father being a Nazi. Bruno is very against the idea of moving away from all of his friends in Berlin but he soon settles into his new home. He notices that there is a barb wire fence surrounding a concentration camp. One day he decides to go exploring and meets a new friend along the way.
The second book that I read is called "The Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold. This book is about a young girl named Susie Salmon who was murdered on December 6th, 1973. On the day of her disappearance, her parents become very worried and start calling around to try to find out where she is. A couple weeks after she disappeared, The police find a huge piece of evidence that leads to her death.
Over the Summer I read Wheelmen by Reed Albergotti and Vanessa O'Connell along with the book Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowen. Wheelmen was a good book. It depicted Lance Armstrong and the US Postal teams doping during Lance’s sevin Tour of France wins. This book went into detail about how doping was carried out on the team and who was involved. It also explained the different types of doping and how they work, along with the events that lead up to Lance’s confession years later. The second book I read was Black Hawk Down. This book described from many different perspectives the disaster in Mogadishu. The book went into detail about each person's individual experience and tied them all together to create a summary of the event. This book did a great job of using all factual information in a way that made it read like a novel.
Sean C
Over the summer I read two books. The first was We Were Liars by E. Lockhart. The second book was To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han.
I really enjoyed reading We Were Liars. The reason I enjoyed this book so much was because of the backstory and the character development. The way the author illustrated the friendship between Gat and Cady was incredible. From the moment Gat came to the island being an outsider and then developing into this friend and lover was really good. I learned about the effects of crippling migraines and what they can cause you to do/believe. The book mattered to me because of the idea of patriarchy and trying to uproot it. I found the way that the characters tried to make an impact on the patrhicary really interesting.
For my second book I read To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before. I liked this book because I was able to keep reading. The relationships between Lara Jean and her lovers was really important because you could really relate to and understand her personality. I learned that not everyone is happy with your choices and you'll just have to deal with that.
During the summer I read two fiction books, they were the first two Hunger Games books ,by Suzanne Collins. In these books Katniss everdeen is a teenager who is forced to fight to the death in an arena with other teens, throughout her journey she starts to realize she has a chance to fight back against the capitol that is making her fight in the arena.
I really liked the action and adventure that took place in both of these books, whenever I picked them up I couldn't put them down. In these books I learned how lucky we are to live in a country with democracy, because in the books I read, I learned how misorile and hard it is to live under a dictatorship. Overall I loved these books and would absolutely recommend them.
Tobin O.
Over the summer I read two books, the first book is titles "Inside Your Ride" written by Tonya Johnston. This book was written to help riders that are looking to improve their mental and physical abilities with there horse. In this book you learned about goal setting, staying in the moment during your ride, and helping you visualize your ride. The second book I read over the summer was written by Elizabeth Letts and titled "The Eighty-Dollar Champion". This book was a true story about a horse named Snowman. The book was about Harry De Leyer looking for a horse at an auction and on one of the trucks headed to slaughter, he saw a grey horse that was all beaten up. Harry ended up buying the horse for eighty-dollars. He then turned the horse into a champion show jumper.
-Maddie Z.
Gigi P.
Over the summer I read one novel. It was called "The Desolations Of Devils Acre." and it was the last book in the Ms. Peregrines Home for peculiar children series. The series is written by Ransom Riggs. The series follows a boy named Jacob Portman, and his adventures that pursue after the untimely and rather violent death of his grandfather. Throughout the series, Jacob discovers he's Peculiar, which means he has an enhanced ability of some sort. There are monsters hunting the Peculiars called Hollowgast, and they are invisible to the Peculiars, except Jacob. His Peculiarity, as it's called, is to see the monsters.
One thing I liked about this book, in particular, was how fast-moving it is. There's not much downtime between actions in the book. Another thing I liked was the photographs. In the Ms. Peregrines series, there are photographs in the books. They are strategically placed throughout the chapters to help give better visuals to the readers. When describing an important character for the first time, there's usually a picture of said character, or what they look like, on the next page. The author went through thousands of photos to find the correct ones for the book. I learned about the impact photos can have on readers, especially if they're in the book. One thing that impacted me was the death of an important character that has been in the series since the first book. It was very saddening and put value on her life.
One of the two books I read over the summer was called "The notebook". I had seen the movie to this book before I read it and the book is always better than the movie so I decided to read it. What I liked about this book from what I had already known is that it was from a later time period than when the movie first starts. Also, it switches perspectives between the two main characters in the book, unlike the movie. The book also mentioned things that the movie had not about the characters' times apart. I enjoyed reading this book, and it was in my opinion better than the movie.
The other book I read over the summer was called "The Silver Kiss". This book is not usually the type of book I read but it was still a decent book. This book was about a girl who had a tough home life with her mom in the hospital and her dad not home much. Not to mention her best friend was moving away. While all this was going on she met a not-so-ordinary boy late at night in the park. They couldn't stop thinking about eachother and kept running into each other. One night while she was out on a walk she discovered his secret of being a vampire. She helped him kill his older evil brother and then he left the city.
Overall I liked these books.
I read The Fault In Our Stars by John Green and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs. I really liked both of the books but I prefer The Fault In Our Stars. It was just a really good page-turner and I could not put it down. It was a sad book and a lot of tougher topics like cancer and death, but it was so good and had a really good message. Overall I would recommend this book to anyone, however, if you do want to read this book, be prepared to cry as it is a really sad book.
The second book I read was Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. It was a really good book. All of the otherworldly aspects that came into play really tied the whole story together. That fact that Jacob would almost time travel was really cool to me. I loved all of the unique abilities all of the kids had and how they all worked together to fight the Hollowgasts. Overall I would definitely recommend this book to anyone as it is a super good book.
-Abigail Pfanstiel
The first book that I read over the summer is called Dear Martin by Nic Stone. In the book, a successful African American student named Justyce becomes involved in racial profiling. He struggles accepting that he's a good kid when he's put into multiple bad encounters with the police handcuffs. Something that I liked about this book is that it realistically portrayed one of the biggest problems in our society which is racism. Something that I learned from this book is that you can't really fit into both sides of society, all you can do is be yourself. In some ways, I related to the book in terms of family stuff and similar conversations I've had. The second book that I started is called I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez. In this book the main character, Julia looks for the truth behind her older sister's-Olga's- secrets who had recently died, she finds more and more unsettling truths about her family's past. Something that I liked so far from the book is that I personally could relate to the main character, although I don't have it as bad I still have dealt with issues similar to some of her own. I've learned to be more appreciative of my situation as I could have landed in a situation like hers. An important moral that I've seen is that not everyone is what they appear to be.
over the break I read Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas its about a boy named mav who is growing up in violence his best friends name is king and in his gang there are members like shawn and p-nut and his cousin dre. Mavs dad has been in prison since Mav was seven years old. Mav and king are known as little homies but Shawn and P-nut are known as big homies and they are the ones who fight the other gangs including the garden disciples. Mav had a one night stand with kings girlfriend at the time lesha who later gave birth to a boy king junior who was later revealed to be mavs kid. After hearing the news Mavs girlfriend breaks up with him. Mavs life takes a turn when his cousin dre is shot and he gets his previous girlfriend pregnant. he starts flunking out of school doing drugs all the time with king. Mav gets a gun and goes to kill who he is sure who killed dre he puts the gun to his head but cant pull the trigger. he gives the drugs and gun back to king and decides to quit the gang life he gets back with lisa and gets a job and his GED. I really liked this book because it was fun to read and it kept you on your toes
The first book that I read was called the ballad of songbirds and snakes. The book was written by Suzan Collins and it was part of the Hunger games series. This book is about the back story of President Snow from the main story. President Snow but his real name is Cornelius Snow and he is part of the first group of trainers of the people in the hunger games. He is supposed to train this girl from district 12 named Lucy Gray. With this relationship, he was trying to save her at all costs but was caught cheating to do that. With this cheating, he was sent to spend time in names military as a punishment. As he was there he meets back with Lucy Gray and they try to escape but something stopped the so Cornelius came back to real life but Lucy was never seen again. My second book is the first Harry Potter and it's about Harry's first year at Hogwarts. He and his friends get in trouble here and there but they survie and go on to the next year.
Over the summer I continued reading a series called: The Beginning After The End. This series follows our protagonist Arthur who awakes as a newborn baby, shortly after abruptly dying in his former life, in which he was known as king Grey. Arthur has all the memories from his previous life but is trapped in the body of a baby. During this time in which he couldn’t even control his own body, he had a lot of time to think, and eventually decide that he would live this new life to its fullest and be better than he was before. As time went on he grew older and gained more control over his body. Because he was now able to control his body, he was finally able to go look at his mother’s library and gain some knowledge of his new world. He would frequently sneak out of bed to read, and would get caught reading early in the morning and put back to bed. He learned that his new world had magic and something called a “mana core” that determines the level of magic you can use. Arthur decided to learn how to train his mana core and eventually got to a level where his parents realized they need some of their old friends to help him reach his full potential. As his parents, old friends were traveling with Arthur and his parents they were attacked by bandits, and Arthur fell off the mountain they were on while trying to protect his mom. - Lincoln C
Over the Summer I read the books; Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli and The Other Boy by M. G. Hennessey. The first book, Stargirl is about an abnormal girl who comes to Mica High as a tenth grader after being homeschooled for 15 years. Because she has been homeschooled, she doesn't know social norms nor does she care for them. Being so different she inspires the entire school body to be themselves and out of the box. Her huge popularity suddenly shifts and makes Stargirl question herself, and if what makes her different from others, makes her weird.
The second book, The Other Boy, is about a boy named Shane Woods, and his experience of middle school as a secretly transgendered teen. When his school bully figures out his previous identity in elementary school, Shane worries about his future and how all his friends will react to his secret. He also has to deal with his father who struggles to accept Shane and his transition.
I both liked as well as disliked these books. The books have great contrast and a unique story. The reason I disliked Starirl is that the book tended to skip time a lot and just made the book feel less meaningful, although the ending was nice. I didn't really have any complaints about The Other Boy, it had a nice ending and I got through the book super quickly. I was motivated to read The Other Boy, while Stargirl lost my interest so I was less motivated to continue reading it.
I read two fiction books over the summer, both of which had very similar genres. The first book I read is titled "My Heart and Other Black Holes" and was written by Jasmine Warga. The book follows Aysel who has been struggling with depression and serious motivation issues. When she thinks about suicide, she feels she can't do it alone, so she visits a site where you can find suicide partners. She meets Roman on this site and they start planning how they want to go. Aysel soon realizes she doesn't actually want to die, but she also doesn't want to tell Roman. He soon notices and tries to end his life on his own because he wants to keep her "safe". After his failed attempt, they make a pact to stay alive because of what it would do to their families.
The second book I read is written by Jennifer Niven and is titled "All the Bright Places. This book follows Violet and Finch who are both struggling with different mental issues. They soon become close due to a class project they were assigned. Finch really brings Violet out of her comfort zone and (mostly) out of her depression, even though he is still struggling. Eventually, Finch reaches his end.
What I like about these books most is how you could never predict what was coming next. They also were full of exciting and unique events. All in all, I felt these books were pretty good and I enjoyed reading them.
-Charlotte E
One of the books that I read over the summer was a book called thinner. Thinner was written by Stephen King, and is a short horror novel about a layer named Billy Halleck. The book follows Billy as he gets into a car crash with a gypsy woman. Given Billys influence in town and a general prejudice against gypsies he brushes the accident under the rug. But he ends up having a curse placed upon him by the father of the gypsy woman. The curse makes him get thinner and thinner. I liked this book because it had very nice imagery, and a nice aspect to horror. The content mattered to me because it is the type of book that I am most interested in.
Another book that I read over the summer was a book called the song of achilles. The song of Achilles is a greek mythology love story between a young mortal prince named Patroclus and Achilles who is the son of Phthia's king Peleus. I liked this book because it was a very interesting setting. It was set in Greece during the greek mythology time. The contact was also really detailed and gave a lot of background which made the book easy to understand if you've never heard much about greek mythology.
- Bella Lewis
Over the summer I read two fiction books both written by Jerry Spinelli,the first book I read was "Crash". Crash is about a boy named Crash Coogan who is very good at sports but also loves to bully and fight people. Crash has a best friend who's name is Mike Deluca who also likes to fight people and plays football. One day, a new girl arrived to school, her name is Jane. Crash had a crush on her, but Crash eventually finds out that the new girl likes talking to a boy named Penn, who is also a new kid who moved in next door to Crash, and Crash then found his worst enemy.- Layla Garcia
Over the summer I read the fictional books The Alchemyst by Michael Scott And Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. The first, The Alchemyst, is about these two tenagers named Sophie and Josh who got caught in a battle with dangerous beings called elders. Now that they have been seen helping the side of good elders they must now work with the good elder"s human agent Nicholas Flamel on a quest to protect a powerful artifact and stay alive.
The second book, Ender's Game, is about Ender who is genetically engineered to be a tactical leader from a child and is tested as well as trained to extremes to defeat buggers, a race of aliens who are smarter, have better tech, and communication. This book specifically outlines the challenges he went though and how he was built into a leader.
over the summer I read The fault in our stars by John Green. I also read Little women by Louisa May Abbott. These two books are very different in the sense of The Fault in our stars is a book about these kids having cancer, and Little women is about these 4 daughters who are going through life with a war. I enjoyed reading these two books over the summer.
Ashley Seavall
One book I read over the summer was "Grenade" By Alan Gratz. It was a book about a young boy from Okinawa named Hideki. The book took place in World War II when Americans invade the island of Okinawa. Hideki was tasked by his school to take a grenade and use it to take out one or many Americans. The book is about his journey through the invasion of Okinawa, and any people he meets along the way.
Another book I read over the summer was "The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict" By Trenton Lee Stewart. This book is about a boy named Nicholas Benedict with narcolepsy (a sleeping disorder) and he lives in an orphanage. The book is about his adventures in his orphanage.
-Caedon Hynum
During the summer I read a series Called "Komi Can't Communicate" made by Tomohito Oda these books are about a girl being socially awkward as a first year in high school, she thinks that she just can't make friends but when in reality everybody thinks she's just being a "silent cool". her entire goal at the school is to make 100 friends, but she can't find the courage to talk to people until a boy named Tanado talks to her, at first she doesn't know what to think of this, but this boy can read her expressions and can tell what she's thinking so Tanado and Komi become friends. With the help of Tanado's silent translation skills, Komi is able to talk to other people and make more friends
-Royce Gomez
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