A Single Shard This book that i read was about these three men who was potters. One day the master of the potter store who was named Min went out and had to go find another potter who was good at it. Because Min had a large order to get done for a good person he knew so he got this boy who was 13 years old and he was a really good potter. So the next day the boy came and started done pottery for the large ordered he had coming up so Min started the boy on the potting wheel and started working on the large ordered he had. Some of the main characters who was mostly in the whole book was Min the potter master,Tree-ear was one of the boys and crane man was also a potter in the story.…
Mr. Terupt Falls Again Do you believe in happy endings? You will want to in this outstanding novel, Mr.Terupt Falls Again. You are in for a real treat with the sixth graders at Snow Hill Elementary School. In this novel, there are many main characters who each have their own struggle.…
In “The Safe” by Tim Gautreaux and “Running out of Music” by Constance Squires, both authors demonstrate the power of connection utilizing symbols, conflict and characterization. The sewing machine in “The Safe” and the records in “Running out of Music” both illustrate unification through art. Art, an expression of human imagination, can connect people by conveying certain emotions, such as awe, in individuals. Comparably, the gold plated, sewing machine also transmits similar emotions.…
Paperboy Review The book Paperboy, by Vince Vawter, tells the story of a boy, nicknamed “little man”, who takes his friend’s paper route while he is with his grandparents on their farm. “little man” does not normally talk to many people due to his speech impediment. This makes it difficult for him to get his thoughts out as well as have a normal conversation. As he is filling in for his friend he meets many people, some of which are interested in what he has to say which is surprising because he has never had anyone interested in what he had to say because of his stutter and he was just a kid.…
Your annoying little brother just got diagnosed with leukemia, and you feel all the attention in the family has fallen on him. Welcome to Steven Alper's life. Steven is the main character of Jordan Sonnenblick's Drums, Girls, + Dangerous Pie, a young-adult novel, which takes place in Pennsylvania, in present times, during Steven Alper's 8th grade year. Steven's younger brother Jeffrey (whom he can't stand), is diagnosed with leukemia and all attention shifts towards the new cancer patient. Steven becomes very insecure about Jeffery's cancer, and tries to keep it a secret from his friends, teachers, and peers.…
Finn is a young boy in the first grade who is reading below level. Finn Enjoys reading in his spare time, along with being with family and shopping; his favorite color is pink and enjoys princesses such as the TV show, Sofia The First and movie Anastasia. Finn likes both Fiction and Nonfiction books, his favorite genres are Fairy Tale, Folk Tales, Poetry and Funny stories. Based off of Finn’s interest survey I am concluding that the norms for typical gender roles are nearly nonexistent.…
My book I'm reading is called Fish in a Tree. It is written by Lynda Mullaly Hunt. The book is about a girl named Ally who has gone through to fourth grade without knowing how to read or write. She struggles to make friends because she is so different from everyone else. Ally may not read or write very well, but her new teacher Mr. Daniels notices that she does think outside the box more than any other student he has had in the past.…
Being tracked or followed can be very terrifying, especially when you are hiding from the government. After reading Trackers by Patrick Carman, the phrase "you can't trust your own shadow," comes to mind because this book will make you want to your surroundings to make sure you aren't being followed. This book starts off with a boy named Adam and his dad working in an electronic store where it is constantly filled with customers. Adam's dad decided to give him a small room in the back of the store, for anything he wanted.…
Kristin Characters and point of view Characters: The main character in the story is Ponyboy Curtis, who’s fourteen. He has brown, almost red hair and greenish eyes. He’s smart and is always getting good grades. However, he never uses his head outside school that’s why he keeps getting in trouble.…
Books end up on the censored or banned list because are reported to have content that is believed to be harmful to the reader. For children’s books, many complaints are made by parents who think the content of the book could harm their child’s mind or may be an inappropriate topic to learn about. Some of the main complaints are made due to: religion, sexual orientation, political views, violence and “obscene” language. Goosebumps should not be banned because it contains no offensive language and the central character never dies, the protagonists can be both male and female, they can contain good moral lessons for children and promote family values, the books depict protagonists escaping doom with their own wit and ingenuity, and young readers love simple language and easily-followed yet engrossing plots. Goosebumps was banned primarily because it caused fear among the children.…
Florian, an ordinary 7th grader, had just moved to Washington D.C from Romania. His first friend he makes in Washington is a girl named Margaret, who is also a 7th grader from the school Florian will be attending, Alice Deal Middle School. Margaret is originally African, however, was adopted to American foster parents. She also plays for her school’s football team. As Florian and Margaret grew closer every day, they found out their hobbies,…
In the book “Drums Girls And Dangerous Pie”, the main character, Steven, went through the five stages of grief (Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance). After his younger brother Jeffrey fell and had a really bad nose bleed, it turned out he had leukemia. In the book “Drums Girls And Dangerous Pie” Steven goes through the first stage of grief, denial. The book said that Steven believes the emergency room doctors are wrong, and Jeffrey had a bad nose bleed.…
Click, Click. The universal drumline code for “relax.” This one marked the end of the homecoming halftime show. It was sub-par, nothing too great, nothing too bad. I was pleased at the time, but as I walked back I was given reason to think I shouldn’t be.…
The title of the book is “The Other Wes Moore” that was written by Wes Moore, and the major subject of the book is that two boys with the same name has different fates. Throughout the ECR I will refer to the incarcerated Wes as The Other Wes and the author Wes as Wes Moore. The Other Wes was a product of his environment because of where he was raised and because of the people he looked up to. Wes Moor was different from The Other Wes because he grew up living off of people’s expectations of him. The purpose of the book is to show that life is what you make it, it’s up to you if you want to be successful or a drug dealer.…
Oftentimes when a person experiences a loss or a loved one going through a fatal illness or disease, they go through what is called through the five stages of grief. In the novel Drums, Girls, & Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick, the main character Steven Alper goes through the five stages of grief. Because Steven’s little brother, Jeffrey Alper is found to have leukemia Steven starts to suffer the symptoms of the stages of grief. The five stages of grief being denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. The first stage the main character Steven goes through is denial. To be in the stage of denial means to refuse the reality of the situation. For example, when his mom tells him that she is taking Jeffrey to Philadelphia…