The main characters of this book are Malia Clover, Daria, Oliver, and Jules Clover. Malia Clover more commonly known as Moon or Luna is young girl learning more about her family and the world. Luna is 15 during the time frame of the book and is very smart. The fact…
“You have to stand up for some things in this world.” Marjory Stoneman Douglas once said. In the science fiction book, Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix, Luke is a young boy called a shadow child, a third child forbidden by the government. Luke isn't allowed to go outside anymore because of the new big houses popping up, and the woods going down. One day he sees an unfamiliar face in one of the houses, and he is so eager to go over.…
Have you ever worried about hiding from everyone around you? Probably not. Well the main character in the book Among the Hidden had to. Margaret Peterson Haddix, the author of the book, made the main character Luke, have a very unordinary life. Luke starts off by living a life of closed doors and no light.…
Today, when the country of Dominican Republic comes to mind, some ideas that are commonly associated with the country consist of vibrancy, festiveness, beaches, and exoticism. What many do not realize is that the Dominican Republic was once a disastrous place to live in. In Before We Were Free, Julia Alvarez explores this world and the harsh circumstances that the characters deal with. It is a captivating piece of historical fiction in which the author focuses on the three themes of freedom, power, and maturation. Alvarez develops the main character Anita’s unfortunate situation through the theme of freedom.…
Jose had told the Mirandas about the car, but they didn’t believe him. He has failed in his task of helping her and in getting that one…
Reading is important for teenagers because good reading skills are essential to getting into university or college. Many teenagers do not like reading and it takes a while to find the perfect book. Flowers in the Sky by Lynn Joseph is a good book for teenage girls, even though they may not like reading. In this book, Nina Perez a fifteen year old girl moves from Dominican Republic to New York. In New York, she uncovers her own strength and independence; as well as discovering disturbing secrets about her older brother, Darrio.…
When I moved away from my house in Colorado, I always missed it. So I always thought about going all the way back. It's just like the novel Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech when Sal moved away from her barn in Bybanks, Kentucky.…
Despite all of the pain that was surging through his body, he would not give in. He knew that if he told the police where the bag was, it would be over. Everything that Jose Angelico had done to try to make things right…
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon is an action-adventure book by Grace Lin. In the cold, black Valley of Fruitless Mountain, a poor, young, Chinese girl named Minli sets off on an adventure to change her family’s fortune by meeting The Old Man of the Moon. The Old Man of the Moon is the god-like man who controls destiny. Minli meets many fantastic and magical creatures along her way to the mountain, including a dragon made from paper who accompanies her. I would give Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 5 stars because it is an amazing book.…
Fritz Lieber is a fascinating author that draws the reader into another world. The kind of world where creatures will have 5 eyes instead of two, men walk around in a nuclear wasteland, and men hide in fear of the radiation that is now covering what was earth. Lieber had written stories about science fiction as well as several renaissance era stories. He grew up and lived through most of Americas darkest times. His thoughts were completely reasonable for around the time he wrote these stories he was in his thirties to forties where there was a growing fear of who would push the nuclear button first.…
The Girl Who Fell From The Sky “When I discover who I am, I’ll be free” – Ralph Ellison. In Heidi Durrow’s The Girl Who Fell From The Sky, the main character Rachel tries to discover who she is in order to have the freedom to define herself. Rachel is a young biracial girl with beautiful blue eyes who is suddenly forced to move to Portland, Oregon and live with her strict African-American grandmother.…
In the Novel Under A Cruel Star, Heda Margolius Kovaly sheds light on the repercussions of not only the German concentration camps in World War 2, but also shows how the War led to the adoption, practice, and repercussions of a hostile communist government. In this novel courage, not only in a power to survive, but in a power to provide for family, is the most prevalent issue brought about in Hedas retelling of her time in the concentration camps and her time as wife to a communist official. One of the most endearing facts about Heda in her retelling of her experiences is that fact how despite everything that she had observed, participated in, and been subjected to she still remained “human” in that she was not misguided by hate and anger but…
Moon Shadow is a young man that is curious and fearful of the strange place his father works in. Lastly, Rachel is experiencing the fact that she is turning eleven and has to face her emotions of confusion, and being not confident of herself. Moreover, these characters faced life changing challenges that had a direct impact on their lives. Brian faced loneliness and hunger when he crashed and was stranded in an unfamiliar place. According to page 7, Brian was ready to give up until he remembered what his teacher said,” stay positive and stay on top of things...”.…
Falling in love can make you do things that you wouldn’t think of doing normally. Feelings like this can make you question who you are as a person, and what sacrifices you will make for the person you are falling for. After reading “Catch the Moon” By Judith Ortiz Cofer, I saw that her point of the story was love can change a person in a good way, by making the person feel like they can improve their life and make better choices, not only for themselves but the person/people they love. Yet in “The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant” by W.D. Wetherall his theme is pointing more towards love can make you change into something you’re not for approval and ending with disappointment, regret, and sometimes guilt. Both stories were written around love, but they are different, conflicts, changes, resolutions, and ultimately their themes.…
A crowd forms in front of a government employment agency, as it does every day, waiting - often in vain - for job announcements. one of the unemployed laborers who participates in this daily ritual, is selected to hang posters in the city, a job requiring a bicycle, which he has long sold in order to sustain his family's meager existence for a few more days. He and his wife, return to the pawn shop with a few remaining possessions, their matrimonial linen, in order to redeem the bicycle. During his first day at his new work, his bicycle is stolen. He combs the city with his young son, in search of the elusive bicycle.…