Reading Response The prophet of Yonwood

            I am not too far into the book so far and will only talk about how I think the book is because this book did not reach my expectations. I am not sure if I’ll be able to write good books in the future so I am rating the book based on the books I’ve been reading recently. The graphic novels like Maximum Ride and the Stonekeeper was very good and I won’t include those books because they were graphic novels. But the Hunger Games series was great and I think that’s the only books that I blogged about since the beginning of the year, not including the other graphic novels that I read. I chose this book because I read the blurb and the first word was “War”. I expected fighting through the book. I haven’t read too much so I can’t say that there wasn’t fighting, but this book was just talking about an eleven year old named Nickie and how she is suffering because of the war taking place where she lives. She is in the small town of Yonwood in North Carolina and then a fire spread near her home. Even though this war affected her very badly she decided to find a way to help the world out so people don’t suffer the way she did.

Reading Response on "The Stonekeeper’s Curse"

                Now I finished the second book of the Amulet series called “The Stonekeeper’s Curse” and as I expected it was better than the first book. I forget what the first book was really about and so it was a little difficult understanding the second book completely. This happened to me with another book which I think was called “Maximum Ride”. It was confusing because I was reading book five before reading any of the other books in the series that came before it. I understood most of the Stonekeeper’s book because some new characters were still being introduced because they weren’t fully into the climax yet. Usually in most books, once the main character is in the climax not many new characters are introduced.                   

            I liked this book because it was very intriguing, both the pictures and the words were bringing me into the book. It felt like I was there, with the characters while they were fighting and looking for cures. I think that the author Kazu Kibuishi did a great job in giving and drawing every single detail. I am not exactly sure if Kazu Kibuishi drew the pictures but who did do it did a great job. In this book a girl finds an amulet and then she can’t take it off of her. She has to make a choice, to either fulfill all of the duties of the amulet and have her mother cured or decide not to be the stonekeeper and have her mother die.

            I hope that if I were to be a writer one day I would write graphic novels just the way these writers do. I want to draw or however they made those pictures just as good or even better. Some of those pictures could have been done on a computer. In the end this book was great and I hope to read more books like these graphic novels I’ve read.

             

Reading Response Maximum Ride book 5

            I’ve recently been reading some enjoyable books. Even though the books were easy to read I still decided to read them. I like picture books because then the story is even clearer. Along with the detailed words would be an even more detailed image of the described person, place or thing. I read the book Maximum Ride 5 by James Patterson which wasn’t my favorite comic book but it was close to the top of the list. It wasn’t better than “Amulet” but it was still great.

            This book was about people with super powers and basically they had wings and they were able to fly. They weren’t exactly humans because they were made by mad scientist and they were given feelings of actual humans. They were smart and they knew how to joke around and outsmart other humans. Even though I started this series with book number 5, I still understand what’s going on. I don’t understand some parts when there is a character that comes in the middle of the book that was there like only in book 1. The unimportant characters are the ones that are more difficult to understand.

            In conclusion, I liked the book a lot and I was a great book. It was confusing at some points because I started at book 5. I think that I will read the rest of the series and maybe the books that were already made. I’m going to read the other books to understand the book a little more.

Child Soldiers are Victims of Warfare

           In my opinion child soldiers are victims of warfare and there isn’t another way for me put it. I think that a child being involved in warfare is a terrible thing and war its self is a terrible thing. The people that recruit children into wars might actual target the kids that have lost their parents and or don’t really have a choice because they’re alone. Children whose parents have died or have been separated from them might go to military bases to ask for help. But an article that I’ve read told me that the military forcefully recruited children with these problems into their army.

            The child soldiers are told to kill people and after they fight they usually have traumas and don’t feel well. The child soldiers don’t get treatment and the needed attention instead they get drugs to make them not feel the pain. A child soldier, Ismael Beah, had to fight in wars and was interviewed. He said that it took him a really long time to face the traumas. He said everyone received drugs and that this got rid of some of the pain the child soldiers experienced. I don’t know in what way these child soldiers can be considered perpetrators, well besides the fact that they still choose to kill people.

            I don’t agree with the child soldiers being perpetrators but I can see why people would say that. These child soldiers have the choice to pull the trigger and kill their “enemy”. These child soldiers probably don’t know their enemies and so they are only killing them because they are told to do so. So that proves my point even more. The child soldiers are being told to what to do and so in that case they don’t really have a choice. This is why I think child soldiers are victims of warfare.

Reading Response on "The Stonekeeper"

Spoiler Alert

           I just finished reading the “Amulet’s” first book “The Stonekeeper” and it was by far, the graphic novel I have read since the bone series. In sixth grade, one of the most enjoyable graphic novels was the bone series and I wouldn't mind reading one of the books right know. “The Stonekeeper” by Kazu Kibuishi was very interesting and I couldn't stop reading it. I’m pretty sure that this book has a sequel because this book says “book one”. I hope that I am able to read the rest of the “Amulet” series.

            In this book Emily, the main character, gets a hold of an amulet, accidently and decides to keep it because she thinks it looks cool. Emily doesn't know the powers behind the amulet until her mother is in trouble and she tries to save her. The only way Emily can use the amulet’s power is by focusing and calming down. If Emily masters the power of the amulet, she can go back in time and save her father from dying and go back in time whenever she wants to. But when accepting to be the amulets master, there will be consequences and sacrifices. Emily didn't really have a choice because Emily said that she wanted to save her mother and the amulet said that I can help you but you have to accept to be my master. I don’t want to spoil the book anymore, read the book for yourself and enjoy.

            I don’t really know how many more books are in the “Amulet” series but I want to read the rest of them by the time I finish middle school. I searched it up online and found out that there are at least 5 books in the series. So I’ll hopefully be able to read 4 more of the books soon. I want the rest of the books to be even better than the last, but I guess I have to read them to find out how they are.

            In conclusion, the book “The Stonekeeper” as you can tell is one of my favorite books. Emily got a magical amulet and knows how to master the powers of it and use it at any time. There are 4 more books in the series that I want to read as soon as possible. I want to read the second book by next week. I don’t know what to say about the other characters so I’ll just say I recommend this book to anyone who likes any type of graphic novels.

Reading response on Diary of a Wimpy Kid

            I read the book Diary of a Wimpy Kid a few days ago and as usual it was funny. The author Jeff Kinney really knew how to make the reader laugh when it came to telling short funny jokes at the right time. I think that this book was a success and that even though Jeff Kinney made six more Diary of a Wimpy Kid books he should still make more. I don’t think he should make more if he isn't willing to because then it probably won’t be as good.

I’m pretty sure I read all The Diary of a Wimpy Kid books that Jeff Kinney made just because it started getting boring reading his old books over and over again. The First Diary of a Wimpy Kid Kinney made wasn't called anything else and this book made him famous. He made the rest of his books because the first one was a great success and that is why Kinney is kind of famous. The reason why this book was good was because there were jokes that young teens could relate about. There was also family problems that a lot of people were about to understand and also relate with. Like the youngest child in the family being spoiled with the parents love. The oldest is always being mean and acts bad and I don’t really remember what the middle child is supposed to be like. That’s why I think The book was better than most book and funny for a lot of people.

I’m pretty sure I read all The Diary of a Wimpy Kid books that Jeff Kinney made just because it started getting boring reading his old books over and over again. The First Diary of a Wimpy Kid Kinney made wasn't called anything else and this book made him famous. He made the rest of his books because the first one was a great success and that is why Kinney is kind of famous. Most great books turn into movies and so Kinney decided that making a movie off of the book would be a fine idea. Kinney didn't know if the movie would be good or bad so he just went along with the idea of making the movie. Apparently, I think the movie wasn't too good and kind of messed up a lot.

In conclusion, the book and series Diary of a Wimpy Kid is great and I would recommend this too kids, young teens and anyone with a sense of humor. This book was a success because of the jokes and because most of the readers were probably able to relate with some of the characters in the book. I think that making a movie off of this book wasn't the best idea because it didn't turn out to be too good. Anyways, this book was great and deserves to be read by more people. 

reading response part 2 The Invention of Hugo Carbet

                This book wasn’t much different from the movie. I can say that Hugo had a stronger or you can say a bolder personality. The book didn’t change much from the movie, basically the only difference was that you were able to know what some characters were thinking. I think that the fact that the book was made was great. I can almost say it is better than the movie. I can’t say that the book was better was because the movie was way more visually appealing.

            A difference from the movie was the character thoughts. One thing that happened in the book and movie a lot was Hugo almost getting caught and Hugo getting caught. In the movie you weren’t able to know what Hugo was thinking nor were you able to know what any of the other characters were thinking. I remember in the movie, at the beginning, Hugo tried to steal a toy and almost got cought, then he ran and hid in a vent, Hugo was sweating and closing his eyes. That same scene came up in the beginning of the book, but this time Hugo was thinking that they would probably capture him and take him to a foster home. The book was being much more detailed and telling the reader what exactly Hugo was thinking.I think that books overall are more detailed and clear than movies.

            In conclusion, the book, The Invention of Hugo Carbet was indeed good and predictable only because I watched the movie. I was actually pretty interested in reading the book. Hugo would always think what he would do after getting in trouble. He would think what all the other people would say then he would say to himself no one cares about me. This was one of the reasons why I liked this book. Hugo was a smart boy, That knew how to survive sort of on his own.

reading response part 1 The Invention of Hugo Carbet

The book The Invention of Hugo Cabret seems like a nice book so far only because it looks like it’s going to keep me interested, literally. This book is full of images and this book also got a gold medal. I haven’t read too much of this book yet but I already know the plot and it is good. I’ll definitely finish this book by next Sunday and have a full reading response based on the full book instead of half movie half book.     

            When I started reading this book I thought it was only going to be images but it wasn't.  It had images and then after a few images it would have a description on what was going on in the images. Like at the beginning of the book, Hugo tried to steal a toy from the store. This is what the images was showing, a little boy scared, then a little boy running, then a little book being grabbed by an old man (owner of the store). I forgot the movie and I was wondering what was going on and then the book gave me a description.   

            I like the idea of this kind of book. It isn’t like other books because it has a lot of images and then a chapter. Most books don’t have pictures but the books that do only have a few, and I’m not talking about children’s books. This book is a major motion picture book. If I were to flip through the book I’d probably remember a lot of the movie.

            In Conclusion, I’m not too far into the book yet and will progress rapidly in the next few days. This is a great way to make a book especially if the book is made because of the movie or vice versa. I will probably make a book like this in the future if I am an author. 

Mockingjay reading response part 2

            The third and final hunger games Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins wasn’t her best book. The last half got boring and was really slow paced. Most of the book was predictable. I can say that the ending of the third hunger games was terrible because it makes me think that there will not be a forth hunger games. I no longer think that this book was too good because while reading this book I’ve zoned out. I don’t want to spoil this hunger games for anyone who reads this, so I won’t say too much about the book.

In this book, Katniss Everdeen thought about Peeta too much which I thought was stupid because he tried to kill her. Even though it was because of the capitol Peeta tried to kill her, she still should be scared of him. I expected Katniss to kill president Snow and she… I am not going to say it because I don’t want to spoil it. I think district two should hate the capitol, not as much as the other districts, but enough so that they don’t have to think twice before fighting against the capitol. I already mentioned this in my other response but district two receives more supplies; like food, water, weapons and more. District two started to fight near the end of the book but they should’ve fought earlier when it was more necessary.

I really disliked the ending and will definitely not spoil it because you probably won’t read the book then and the first half was okay. I expected Mockingjay to end with people from the capitol and president Snow in the hunger games. That would’ve been an epic ending for me. I also expected the capitol to have a smarter fighting technique. When a wave of tar came and almost killed Katniss and her crew all the capitals traps were activated and didn’t hurt Katniss and her crew.

In conclusion, most of the book was good and packed with action. It was probably hard foo Suzanne Collins to think of something to keep the reader immersed into the book. The book was still interesting, I can’t say it wasn’t. Mockingjay was just too predictable.I hope Suzanne Collin thinks of a way to make a fourth hunger games, but if it is hard to do and hard to make interesting then its fine if she doesn’t.

Am I Blue? Reading Response

In the short story Am I Blue by Bruce Coville gays were discriminated and people were prejudice towards them. People like Butch Carrigan were prejudice. Butch beat up Vincent because he was gay. Gay people are made fun of and not accepted all the time and although gay people were not okay with being discriminated and made fun of they find   ways to avoid stuff like that. 

Melvin told Vincent a way that gay people avoid being made fun by name calling. People call gay people faggots and queer and so gay people tried to find a way to make that less offensive. Gay people call each other queers and faggots to take the word from people who try to hurt them. Melvin said “My friends and I call each other faggot and queer,” and then “to take the words from people who try to hurt us.” This was one way gay people avoided name calling.

Vincent learned that Melvin lost his life because he was gay and that he was killed. So another way to avoid people noticing that you’re gay is by protective coloration. Melvin was able to do it because he is a fairy but a way to hide that you’re gay is by wearing more masculine clothing. This is another way gay people avoid discrimination.

In conclusion, Vincent learned that it is okay to be gay but not fully okay to show it because of some people. He learned that he can be discriminated if people know that he is gay. Vincent found a way to be hurt by people calling you names. He also found out how not to let people know that he is gay. I personally don’t know anyone that is gay but I probably won’t be prejudice or discriminate them.