Code Talkers Book Review

The book Code Talkers was a good book. It is about the navyjo marines of WWII. Navyjo is a indian tribe and language. Navyjo people were wanted for the marines to talk there language so if enemy transmission picked up a radio signal the enemy would not know what they were saying. I was in between on this book i liked it and did not like it. The reasons why I liked it because it had many details about some of the most famous battles in WWII such as Iwo Jima. But the reason i did not like it because there was not a lot a battle just details. I would recommend this book to kids from 10-15 in age who are starting to learn about WWII in school. The reason because it has many facts about the war in it. Out of all books I've read it really didn't really remind me of any book I have read. But overall it was a good book.

Hate List

Don't Read this if you have not read the book the Hate List!!!!!!!!! (: This book in my opinion was very, very good. It is mainly about a high school shooting.There are a couple scenes in the book that have to do with drinking. There are a couple of scenes that some people are held at gun point. It also has some graphic scenes too. It has a lot of bad language in it and I recommend this book for 7th grade to adult age group. This book at the end had like a moral to it. The moral to this book would be think befor you act and be careful with who you hang out with. Valerie hung out with Nick, Nick influenced Valerie to drink and do things that she isn't supposed to. I don't really like the fact that a lot of people in this generation can relate to this book. This book was well written and is also fast pace Just a side note this book has a lot of bullying issues. If you are someone that gets influenced very easily I do not recommend this book to you. This book is a very good book! If you read it I hope that you like it as much as I did. (: ~Kaitlin (:

The Foretelling

Hey, it’s me again. I recently read the Foretelling.

The Foretelling- The foretelling is about a girl named Rain, whose mother is Alina, queen of the tribe of women as tough as Amazon women. They fight other tribes of men, women, and both to protect everyone. They believe that everything, including the bears, their people, horses, and even the bees are their sisters. Rain is trained in weaponry and receives a mare at the age of thirteen. Rain’s life is pretty average, until the prophecy. The Black Horse. She realizes that there is much more to her life than she can see. She now knows that her life will never be the same again.

Now on to what I did and didn’t like in the book I finished reading, The Foretelling. I liked the suspense in the book, like when Rain was told the prophecy. Some of the things that they talked about were not really appropriate for middle school, but other than that I liked everything else.

I would make sure that the person who picks up this book likes to read and is open to a lot of weird topics in a book. I would say that you should be in middle school before you read this because of some of the content is not for people in elementary school.

I would compare this book to the Hunger Games because there is a lot of killing by people to protect themselves, just like the hunger games. One thing that is different than the Hunger Games is that the people are born into this life forever, in the Hunger Games you are picked and you die or get lucky, win, and go home.

-Serena

Feather's

I just finished the book called Feathers. My opionion was it was very good comparing I am not that big of a reader. The book was mainly about how a boy named Frannie goes to school and when his teacher is talking all about hope. When a new kid comes to school named Jesus Boy because he is white and looks like Jesus. When nobody is his friend and is very mean to him. Especially Trevor he is the class bully but when Jesus Boy stands up to him sees how mean he is and just silent. While on the other hand his family. On how his brother is deaf and they are having allot of family problems. it reminds family's feather's is the thing with hope.It reminds of the locomotion series. I absolutely loved this book and encourage anyone who has a loving heart to read because for a little book, this sure is a powerful one.

The Mazerunner

***ALERT!! Do not read unless you Have Read MAZERUNNER. SPOILERS ARE IN THE FOLLOWING REVIEW. ***

Hey, it’s me again. I recently read The Mazerunner.

The Mazerunner- Thomas wakes up in a box, remembering nothing about his life. All he knows is his first name. He soon arrives in a place, that the inhabitants call “The Glade.” The moment Thomas arrived he feels like he’s been there before, but he doesn’t remember coming here. The glade is surrounded by a gigantic maze, and each day when the doors open the runners go to their section and run the maze hoping to find the way out. Each night, right before sunset, the runners must get out of the maze before the doors to the maze close, or be stuck in there until the doors open the next day. Then the next day another box arrives with another person, even though there is not supposed to be another person until the next month. Then, when the box opens, there is the first girl ever to arrive in the glade. She brings along a dark prophecy. Everything is going to change.

One thing that I liked was the action. I love books with action and I can’t stand books with no action. Like when Minho, Alby, and Thomas are locked in the maze. It is full of action at that part. One thing that I didn’t like was the ending. It is Teresa and Thomas talking to each other and then it is the end. I don’t know how anyone can call that an ending. I can’t stand it when someone ends a book like that.

I would recommend this book to anyone who likes action, suspense, a good book that’s better than the Hunger Games, and can handle a little confusion. I would say that the reader should probably be in middle school because anyone below that could get even more confused than anyone above that age.

This book reminds me of The Hunger Games because of some of the things that happen in the book. Like the maze is like the arena for the Hunger Games to take place in. In the Mazerunner many people died, and the creators had some tricks up their sleeves, like the grievers, just like the creators of the Hunger Games. Also, in both books the people that go to the maze and arena are chosen, not by the person themselves, but by the creators.

-Serena

Ship Breaker Review

I just finished reading Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi and found myself really enjoying it. Ship Breaker is a post-apocalyptic novel centering on Nailer, a poor worker who disassembles ships for scrap metal, who finds a rich girl shipwrecked after a violent hurricane hits the area.
I really liked how this book progressed, for the most part. The only thing I wish was that the ending have been a little longer, it felt like it stopped abruptly to me, I wanted more! Aside from Nailer, I didn’t quite feel like I got to know the characters very well. What was known of the characters, I loved, whether it was love to hate to, love to figure out, or just plain love. The plot stays on target, and doesn’t ramble about pointless aspects.
I would recommend this novel to mainly younger teens. There are a few rough spots in terms of languages and some mild violence, but other than that, it’s fine. If you liked The City of Ember, then you may like Ship Breaker, but keep in mind Ship Breaker is written for an older audience. Overall, I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a fast-paced, interesting, thought-provoking novel.

Ship Breaker Review

The book Ship Breaker does have a decent premise story wise, the main character Nailer works on Ship-Breaking yards in a post apocalyptic Louisiana. After a series of unfortunate and fortunate events Nailer comes across a damaged futuristic Clipper Ship, owned by the Patel family, with the only survivor Nita Patel. As usual many events follow that will change the life’s of all the characters.

While for me this idea is sound, it has a few problems in the way the author does this story. For instance the book, at least for me, has some pacing problems. The book starts out slow, and the story does not go anywhere for the first 100 or so pages out of a 323 page book. Something like this would be no problem if the book was longer, but it’s not. It also seems a little too short and not following out some ideas to the fullest extent. Leaving many questions unanswered, some topics talked about then just abandoned never to be heard of again. Talking about abandoned things I must talk about the ending. The reason I say abandoned is because it seams like the author had some sort of time constraint and rushed straight through it, leaving me very disappointed and unsatisfied. Along with a unsatisfying end there is an unsatisfying love story that to me is just plain awful in its execution, and in the rushed ending totally abandons this relationship.

I would recommend this book to someone who wants a short read, is okay with a book tat cuts corners and at points rushes itself so much that the story doesn’t even have time to catch up. Also they have to be able to read plenty of language, be able to deal with graphic scenery. Along with a love story that doesn’t work at all. The book does remind of a movie I saw once called Book Of Eli, which is not a good thing because it took place in a post apocalyptic world with most of the same problems minus one or two.

Half Way Home

DON'T READ UNTIL YOU'VE READ THE BOOK, THIS REVIEW WILL CONTAIN A FEW SMALL SPOILERS AND A MAJOR SPOILERS!!!!!!

This book so, so, so, so weird, but in a good way. It show the struggles of being different. Along with a unique part of human nature; that if something proves unprofitable and/or not completly pleasurable, we'll destroy it no matter the cost.

This book is centered around a young boy who was geneticly grown in a vat along with 499 others. They were supposed to age in the vats untill they were thirty. But something happened and the 59 of the 500 that lived out in to the world as 15 year olds.

This book is very Pro Life vs. Pro Choice. All of the kids who didn't live were aborted. The book shows that when you abort the majority and leave the minority the world becomes a terriable place. The other main contrivesal part is that the main character is geneticly engineered to be different then the rest.

This book is only for readers who are open to diffrent ideas, contrivesal topics, and a slight challenge.

~Dana

P.S. Teko the Hedgehog is like a mini Vinnie!!!!!

Review of Ship Breaker

DO NOT READ THIS IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THIS BOOK!!!!!!!




Ship Breaker is a post apocalyptic book. It is about a young teen that has to work as a ship breaker. It is inappropriate language in some parts but anyway is pretty good.

I didn't like the ending of it because; it doesn't fit the book at all. The book is very action pact. I like the fact that most of the characters in the book are around our age (12-15). I also didn't like the fact that it cussed a lot.

This book I recommend for a 7th- adult age group. This book has a lot of inappropriate language. It also is very graphic in some places. For example, if someone has a cut the author describes the cut in great detail. If the cut has blood spewing out of it the author will tell you about it. If like for example if someone gets caught in gears of a boat it is kind of disturbing to read the way he describes the pain the person is in.

You can't really compare this book to any others. It is like its own story. I haven't read a book quite like this one. It seems so life like. I think that some people can relate to what Richard Lopez does.( abuse children). It was really scary in some places but not terrifying.

Well there is my review! Hope you like it =)!!!

~Kaitlin

Review of Ship Breaker By:Pablo Bacilupi

In class we read the book Ship Breaker. In this book, the main character, Nailer, was in a ship breaking crew on Bright Sands Beach. he found a shipwrecked clipper ship and a young beautiful girl. He hides himself and his new friend on an island until his dreams are interrupted by his nasty brutal father. He goes on a journey to find this girl "people" and to seek safety from his father beyond Bright Sands Beach. I was satisfied with the book, and a tiny bit disappointed. The plot of this book was good, but personally I wish I had understood it better. In the process of reading this, I didn't understand snippets of the book. Overall, I enjoyed it and would maybe recommend it but only to someone who I think can handle it. I was talking to my mom about this book and she asked if I would recommend this to my little sister. My sister Sarah, (who is 11) had gone through the Hunger Games, but I am not certain that she and her peers are ready for this type of literature. I would not recommend this to anyone but a middle school aged student or above. Children who are younger than maybe 12 years old are not ready for content and language like this. There was a generous amount of foul language throughout the text. That was the only downfall of the story. The only thing is once you get through the first 5 chapters you get used to the language in it. I would compare this book to Bread and Roses Too. In that book Rosa and Jake, two people from very different worlds meet and become friends. Jakes dad was a druggie and cussed and coincidently so is Nailer's dad Richard Lopez. In Ship Breaker Nita is a swank from Britain and Nailer was a kid that climbed through ducts scavenging copper wire. Again, two very different people from very different worlds meet. Ship Breaker is a story when you read it, you get to know the characters and start to feel what they feel. Pablo B. did a terrific job of creating a good environment with details that are so visual, you can imagine them in your head. This book was very enjoyable to read, but I would only recommend it to a certain age group. In the future, I would consider reading this again. Personally, I will probably recommend this to friends of mine because it is a very well written book.

SHIP BREAKER

Ship Breaker is about the life and struggles of a young ship breaker Nailer Lopez. Nailer has a terrible life. He find a ship that could allow him to lead a better life, but he has to choose - save the lone survivor or take all the riches from the boat.

I like this book because it has a different take on the world. It shows how different a life can be for a teenager then my life is. I don't like it because the ending doesn't feel like it ends the book in a good way. I think it needs an epilogue so we know what happened to the characters. I think it feels like he just stopped writing in the middle of the story, unless he's planing to write a sequel then it was a good place to stop.

I'd recommend this book to middle school maybe event 9th and 10th grade students. It has a little bit of language but it fits the setting. This book is also for people who don't care if it has violence in it.

This book is not like anything I've ever read before, and I read a lot. It might be similar to Half Way Home in the way they portray humans as greedy.

Overall this book was kinda, sort of, maybe good. It wasn’t may favorite at all, but it wasn’t the worst.

~Dana

How i pick a book by Abbie Wright

I pick a book by looking at the cover, reading the back, and reading the first two pages. I evaluate the first three to four chapters by knowing the setting and knowing the main characters. I will probably quit the book if I feel that I don't know the setting or the main character(s). In a book, I look for good sentences that describe the settings or events. Also, I look for humor or some factor of mystery. I almost never give up on a book. If I do, it is because I cant get the "feel" of it. For example, I can't read The Hobbit, no matter how hard I try. I can't get the feel of it.

How I Chose a Book

The way I evaluate whether or not I will read a book is actually very simple. The first thing that I will do is if I am trying to pick a book off a shelf I will pick up each book until I find a cover that catches my attention or interests me. Then I will check who the author of the book is and if I’ve read any other books by them and if I did not like the book or books by them I will put the book away. However if I do not know whom the author is I will read the back of the book and decide whether or not I want to read it. If I already like this author I will usually just go ahead and read instead of reading the back of the book. Then I decide whether or not I like the book or not based on the first ¼ or ½ of the book. 

Review of Maze Runner

The Maze Runner is a very visual book – the images of the Maze, the Glade, the Homestead are all well-drawn. The Grievers are disgusting and horrifying. This book would make a fantastic film. I absolutely can’t wait to read the second – and third – books in the trilogy. This is one of those books when you are about 100 pages from the end, you are trying to catch and understand the details, but are reading it as fast as possible.The Maze Runner reminded me of why I love to read. It pulled me into this sick, messed up world and wouldn't let me leave. I was trapped with the characters, suffering with them. I could relate to the characters, mourn with them, become afraid with them, and even feel nauseous with them. The only words I could get after finishing it were "Whoa" and "I can't wait to read the next one!" This book has left me speechless and impatient to read the next one. When I was reading it, it drastically reminded me of the Hunger Games. With the characters being trapped in an "arena" or in this situation, maze, and being if you will "observed". In this book the author makes you feel like you are actually living in the maze, and feeling what the characters are feeling. I was satisfied when I finished the book, but the ending was kind of abrupt. It left you thinking, "Hey..wait..did I miss some pages?!?....that can't be the end!" I loved how at the end of a chapter, it built up a climax towards the end of the chapter, and then you wanted to keep reading. If I could, I would read this book 24/7 and never stop, that's how exciting it is. For example of the cliff hangers, "Thomas moved up behind him to get a better look at the note in her hand. He stared at the mangled body of the mysterious girl. He felt like he knew her. Somewhere. He peeked at the note in Alby's hand. Scrawled in black across the crumpled piece of paper that said..SHE'S THE LAST ONE. EVER." It makes you want to continue. Sometimes when you have a book with cliff hanger endings, the next chapter is from a different persons point of view. Personally, that makes me want to skip the chapter and see what happened next.

Sadly in this book, I found myself cheating. When the story was very fast, I would just look where the page ended and I knew the chapter ended and was like JUST GET ON WITH IT!! Because I wanted to know that bad. Later, when I realized I was doing that, when it was close to the end of the book, I would take my hand and cover up the end of the chapter and take the words line by line. It almost killed me, but it didn't spoil the ending. To wrap it up, Maze Runner is one of my favorite books of all time. I really enjoyed reading it, and would recommend it to any friend that loves a good book.

MCA's Literature Blog: Evaluating and chosing books

MCA's Literature Blog: Evaluating and chosing books: "When I’m choosing a book I look to see if the cover looks at all appealing. After that then I read the back of the book to see..."


This is a cool way to pick a book