Jungle Of Bones Book Report

Judging by the covers and the synopses of the books, Jungle of Bones, The Beginning of Everything, and Gated, you wouldn’t think they would have anything in common. However, they do. The main characters in each book face and overcome very difficult conflicts that are very different at first, but then reveal that all relate to each other in one way or another. The first way these books are similar is that they all have to do with “survival”. However, survival in the books have three different connotations. In, Jungle of Bones, survival is the more literal connotation, meaning the main character, Dylan, is actually trying to survive and keep alive in the depths of the Papua New Guinea jungle. Where in, The Beginning of Everything, survival for Ezra is just making it through senior year of high school after losing all popularity. Lastly in Gated, survival for Lyla is simply learning the truth about the “end of the world” and escaping the cult-like community she’s been living in. In all three of these books, whether the connotations …show more content…
Also, this book had the most compelling factors such as personal relations (mine), a tragedy, and also a bit of romance. The second best book was Gated. This book is second because of the instance climax, the rest of the book was slow, and hard to stay into. Although the action makes it exciting, the rest of the writing was weak. The third or lowest ranked book was Jungle of Bones because it simply wasn’t challenging enough and the plot was very boring. In conclusion, I read three very different books that ending up relating to each other in ways that can’t be shown just by reading the text; you have to think. I also learned that all books can be similar in one way or another. These books not only strengthened my literature skills but also taught me to think about the text and take in instead of glancing over the