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Having one choice to be loyal between the things you love is hard. Magonia, by Maria Dahvana Headley is a fiction chapter book about a girl who get’s taken away from our world and is found by another. I believe that Aza will choose the right decisions for all humanity. Aza Ray Boyle is the character that’s most focused on in this story. In the story, Aza has a vicious lung disease and prevents her from doing normal things. She has breathing problems and visits the doctor daily. Aza knows that her disease will kill her sooner or later. Aza’s depressed and she doesn’t care anymore because of her disease is killing her. Aza’s personality changed in the story because after she died, she got welcomed into a new world called …show more content…
Aza is responsible for all of humanity- including her love, and her new home. She has to choose between Magonia and humanity on Earth. Aza learned many things. Aza learned that she has to do things on her own. In the story Aza learns that Magonia and Earth are in a war against each other. This war affects her a lot because on Earth is all of her family, and Jason, her significant other. It’s life or death for both worlds. Aza knows the consequences of her choices. This book overall is a very good book. The author described the things perfectly and express how the characters felt in specific ways. This book was very descriptive and the way the author described it was easy to picture. This book can make your imagination go wild. The author describes the things Aza witnessed explicitly. The author makes you picture the things on your own and let’s your own imagination do it’s thing. I rate this book 8/10. Aza did do her responsibilities right and made the correct choices. This book applies to our lives in society because choosing between loved ones is a hard thing, especially when there’s a huge consequence to it. It motivated me by how you can get good things out of being independent. I would definitely recommend this book to

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