Why Is Summer Reading Important To Me

Each year, the students of my middle school dreaded only one thing about summer: “summer reading”. Not only were the required books notoriously dull, they were also difficult to relate to as a twelve-year-old with problems typical of adolescents. As an avid reader, this disappointed me. I had no issue with the written assignments about the reading that needed to be completed, but each year I was left wishing the book had been more interesting. When I was in seventh grade, this dry spell was broken for the grade above me. My mother’s best friend had twin daughters in eighth grade. During one of the weekly breakfast dates between my mother and her friend, the woman could not stop raving about the summer reading book her daughters had been completing, …show more content…
What was once a magical place to him in his young adulthood has slowly turned him into an outwardly unfriendly man, who is essential to the operation of Ruby Pier due to his extensive knowledge of each attraction. The novel takes a dramatic turn very early on in the plot, when a free-fall ride’s cable snaps and is about to drop from several feet up straight down onto the pier. Eddie is controlling the horrified crowd when he notices a young girl sitting directly under the falling cart. He runs to push her out of the way, and he is struck and killed. Eddie then goes to heaven, and one by one he meets the five people who his life affected the most. Incredibly, some of the people who Eddie affected the most are people who he had never even met before. This had an immediate impact on me, causing me to stop reading for a few minutes solely to think about the fact that my life might impact many more people than I think. This made me think about the value of every human life, and that if it would be possible to have a list of every person that our lives affect in some way; the results would most likely be