SAVED RACE


THE GENRE OF THE BOOK IS YOUNG ADULT WHICH ALSO REPRESENTS ARE GROUP.AS YOU CAN SEE WE ARE YOUNG ADULT GIRLS WHO MAY FACE SOME OF THE CONFLICTS REAR IN SOME OF THE BOOKS.YOUNG ADULT BOOKS MOSTLY SHOW A YOUNG TEEN MATURING IN LIFE.THIS BOOK IS AN GOOD EXAMPLE OF THIS GENRE.

THIS GENRE I AM VERY FAMILIAR WITH.TO BE HONEST THIS HAPPENS TO BE MY FAVORITE GENRE.I CHOSE THIS BOOK IT SHOWS LIFE AS A TYPICAL TEENAGER MAKING IT THREW HER HIGH SCHOOL YEARS.I WOULDNT SAY THAT THIS STORY BREAKS THE MOLD AT ALL.

SAVED RACE(GENERAL OVER ALL OF THE BOOK)

THE MAIN CHARACTER IN THE STORY SEEM REAL BECAUSE SHE FACE THE REGULAR STUFF THAT A TEEN WOULD FACE BEING A SENIOR IN HIGHSCHOOL.lOVE COULD GET THE BEST OF YOU AND PEOLE COULD TRY TO BRING YOU DOWN.

THE CONFUSION SHE HAS I COULD RELATE TO.ITS EASY TO BE STIL STUCK ON AN OLD RELATIONSHIP AND FORGET ABOUT THE ONES WHO ACTUALLY CARES BECAUSE YOU WANT THE BEST FOR YOU.YOU JUST CANT LET IT AFFECT YOUR LIFE.IN HIGH SCHOOL YOU HAVE TO PUT YOUR WORK FIRST.

NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO IN LIFE THERE WILL ALWAYS BE THE PEOPLE THAT TRY TO BRING YOU DOWN.YOU PUT THEM PEOPLE TO THE SIDE AND ALWAYS KEEP YOUR HEAD UP NO MATTER WHAT PASSES YOU BY.THATS WHY I THINK THE CHARACTER SYMBOLIZES A REGULAR TEEN IN LIFE.

******DO YOU AGREE THAT LOVE CAN GET THE BEST OF YOU******

SAVE THE RACE(CHAPTER2)


THE MAIN CONFLICT IN THE STORY IS THE GURL IN COLLEGE THAT EVERY BODY BELEIEVES HAS A PERFECT LIFE. TO BE HONEST SHE REALLY DOESNT SHE TURN IN HER PAST LOVEE RELATIONSHIP AND THE TENSION FALLS ON HER RACE.DOES SHE FALLS FOR THE RIGHT ONE AND DONT LET THE RACE GET IN HER WAY.

THREW THE STORY SHE NEVER LOOSE FEELINS FOR HER PAST LOVE YET SHE FALLS FOR SOMEBODY ELSE.THESE CONFLICTS OUR NORMAL TEENS IN HIGHSCHOOL.BEING A SENIOR MOST LIKELY YOU WOULD.SHE DOSNT LET THAT STOP HER OF WHO SHE WANT TO BE.SHE STILL STRIVE AND KEEP UP HER GOOD GRADES.

RACE CAN BE THE ISSUE IN MANY CASES IN HIGH SCHOOL WHITE PEOPLE WOULDNPICK ON HER BECAUSE OF HER COLOR AND BECAUSE SHE WAS TRYING TO BE SOMETHING.SHE STILL KEEP HER HEAD UP.


******DO YOU THINK MANY TEENS COULD FACE THIS DURING THERE HIGH SCHOOL YEARS?*******

"So B. It", By Sarah Weeks (pages 37-70)

Do you empathize with the characters? Are their voices genuine, are they believable?

As I read more into my novel I find myself empathizing more with the main character Heidi, who is telling the story. She has no knowlegde of her past, only what she can remember as she has gotten older. Heidi does not know her birthday, who is her father or her mothers real name. All of these unanswer questions haunt Heidi's everyday life and she finds herself needing to know the truth as the years past. Her mother is the only person how may know the these simple yet life changing answer's but due to her mental disability, Heidi's mother does not even know her real name. In her mind her name is "so be it". The search for the possible truth has become Heidi's obsession and I don't blame her. If I were in Heidi's place I think the anxiety of all the "what-if's" would have destroyed me. Everyone has a history, and with a simple story we fill in the blanks as to what we didn't know about ourself and all our chapters are complete from begining to present time. Like knowing about all the times we kicked in our mothers womb or the way our fathers had to run and get our mothers ice cream and dill pickles to sooth their morning sickness. But worst of all not knowing your last name, your idenity, Heidi is in a rough time in her life when all she wants to know is the simple details that will satisfy her hunger for the past. Her past has become her quest, I feel her voice is genuine and true.

**What would bother you more knowing who your father was but he did not want to be a part of your life or not knowing your father at all?

the characters in GossipGirl seem very real and believeable. They all are very typical teenagers where most happen to be very rich and are able to do whatever they please. Almost all of them act very snobby except those who are not part of the very rich and famous.Everyone that is there is there because they have fashion designors as moms or famous lawyers as dads. Jenny and her big brother Dan go to a very rich and prestigous private school but they are there on a scholorship. The other characters such as Blair, Serena, Nate, and Chuck are the ones whose parents pay for their education. But all of them have problems that any other teenager might have. The problems that these characters have are problems that any teenager could relate to. Jenny, who doesnt have much money wants to fit in with the in- crowd; Nate was caught buying drugs and now has to go to rehab; Serena and Blair have a unofficial best friend competition going on.One of the characters who remind me of someone i know is Serena. Serena reminds me of my big sister jennifer. Both of them have a pressence that is as if nothing is wrong in their world; everthing is perfect. Both of them have a unofficial battle with their best friends because they want their friend to have a downfall because they seem so perfect.
***Would you be jealous of your best friend if she appeared to be "too perfect"?***

In GossipGirl, I was pulled toward Jenny and Blair. They both are in some few ways similar but mostly different. I was pulled toward Jenny alot more because she was trying really hard to be something she really was not. Jenny really to fit in with Blair and her girls but they never really paid her too much attention. Blair and her friends would treat Jenny really wrong making her do stupid pranks as if to "initiate" her into the group. Jenny really would try hard to do these stupid things so she could fit in with the popular girls. As i was reading this book, i would begin to feel sorry for Jenny. She would really really try hard to get into Blair's clique. Jenny would try to sit and talk to the girls and they would ignore her. The girls would even go as far as walk away from her when she tried to eat lunch with them.
As far as Blair, I was drawn to her for something different. Blair really was trying to a certain college. She really messed up her inyterview for the college so when she was offered another, she really went all out. Blair went shopping and even got a brand new hair cut. But she didnt expect to fall in love with her interviewer. he was a older guy who happened to be one of her dads friends. I was drawn to Blair because the was she was acting was a facination to me. I dont know anyone who acts the way she does and it was weird to me. Blair acts over-dramatic and really thought that the guy really wanted to be with her.
I think I was drawn to Jenny because I felt sympathetic to how she was being treated. She was treated so bad and she still wanted to be friends with the girls who did her wrong. There were times in the story where I wished I could really help her or give her advice about those girls and how she should be treated. with Blair I also wanted to give her advice on how to have a good interview. She shouldnt have tried to get into a relationship with her the person who has such a impact on her future.
***How far would you go to fit in with the most popular, most evul girls of the school?***

"SO B. It", by Sarah Weeks (pages1-36)

First Impression of book:

My first impressions of the novel was that I would have an immediate connection with the main character, Heidi. Heidi is a young girl how's age is unknow still but what is revealed right into the reading is that her mother is mentally challenged. This factor of the book caught my attention and hasn't let go. As I read into the novel more I am intersted to know what a regular day is like for Heidi and her mother. And what kind of obstacles have they faced to get where they are and what are they still left to face in the reading. I think my interst comes from the fact that my son who past away would have been mentally challenge if he survived. He had no oxygen to the brain for over ten mintues and the doctors said there was a big chance he would be in a vegetable sate or mentally disable for the rest of his life. All I cared about was having my son..normal or with a disability. I never got the chance to know what it would be like to live with a person who was mentaaly challenged and I think this book will give me some insight of what I might have faced. And even some closure.

What would you do if faced with the reality of raising a mentally disable child or putting the child in a home where professionals could give him the cared he/she needs?

*I say a mother's love can cure all.

TURNING THE PAGE BY ASHLEY SMITH

My book os the rules of survival and every time i read it i never want to put it down. The book it very interesting to me just the way the writer layed it out you can really tell that the writer put alot of stime and thought in to this book.The rules of survivl is a book about three young kids trying to make it threw thee hard life they have living with there motherwhoo in this case abuses them, does drugs , is in and out of the house at all times, etc.. The book is very touching as i mentioned in my other blogsIn the book there is a peortson telling the story and it is the older brother to me i can kind of tell the how he is felling just by the way he is telling it i know that sounds weird. But the way he is telling the story you can tell he is in pain not just for him but for his sisters to.Matt the kid tellling the story in the begining of the story was so desprate that before he even knew Murdoch he visualized him as his father and ho whe thought he would come in and change his mother and change all three of there lives. Which in this case is somewhat true cause once you read on more Murdoch is this great guy that matt wanted him to be, he puts up with the stuff there mom did but ends up leaving, But doesnt forget them him and there aunt and da are palnning something to help them to get them all away from there mom because matt can leave anytime he wants and never look back but he wont cause of his sisters so he neds a different way to deal with this and he just might get.What would you do if you were in a relationship and knew that the parent as treating there kids like this?

First Impressions

My book is called because im worth it: a gossip girl novel, by Cecily von Ziegesar. I picked this book because i like the book as well as the T.V. series. I read a couple of chapters and so far I like it. It's about 6 rich teenagers who live in the upper Manhattan area who go to the same private school. There's Blair, who will do anything as long as it benefits her and very spoiled and has all the best clothes only because her mom is a fashion designer; than Serena who was kicked out of boarding school but everyone still seems to love her anyway, she's also Blair's best friend; threre's Nate, Blairs boyfriend who lets anybody control him; Chuck, Nates best friend, who is very coniving and sneaky, he will do anything to get to the top; than there's Dan and Jenny, who are brother and sister. They are not rich and only go to the private school because they have a scholarship. Dan is really into poetry but likes Serena, while Jenny is very naive and will do anything Blair says to get into the "in" crowd. But the main subject of the story is a person who has a internet blog who writes about their lives. Nobody knows who it is because the person goes by GossipGirl hence the series name. GossipGirl knows everything that happends with all of them no matter how big or small and it all gets posted to her blog. So far it is very interesting and it keeps me on my toes because i never know whats going to happen next.

"Sold", by P. McCormick (finished)

Did you feel that the book fulfilled your expectations? Were you disappointed?

Throughout the novel, I enjoyed the reading and was satsified will the details and how realistic the book seemed. My only disappointment was at the end of the novel because it leaves the reader will many unanswered questions and which did not fulfill my expectations. The whole reading was about a young girl's struggle to get freedom from her slavery and return to her beloved family but, the novel ends with no sloid evidence of weather the main character fails or does in fact return. I feel the matter in which the novel ended made the reading pointless because the reader is left with so many doubts about the characters. I know I grew a bond with the many character, as I do with all the charcters I read about and not knowing what happens to her life weather good or bad bothers me.

I feel all novels should end in closure, may it be with death or happiness, a new life or sorrow. The biggest impact a book has on a reader is the end, so a writter should put their all into leaving an amazing impression with the reader, so they would continue to read thier works. I can't be sure if I will ever read another piece of litature witten by Patricia McCormick. I feel if I would have liked "Sold", it would have been a greater chance that I would continue to read her novels...now I have doubts. If you were in my place, like the novel but not the ending, would you give the author a 2nd chance by reading another one of their novels or stop reading their books completely?

"Sold", by P. McCormick

How do characters change or evolve throughout the course of the story? What events trigger such changes?

The main character of this novel will change in stages into the strong women she becomes at the end because of the experiences she will face throughout the reading. At the begining of the novel the reader will encounter a young girl, who is nothing more than the definition of innocence, shy and resectful. Never steps out of line and stays in her "place", regardless if she approves of the the situation because to her family come before anything...... even herself. She is satsified even when she has not eaten in a few days, just knowing her baby brother has eaten and willing to work to fix the roof that will not hold up any longer, even when she has no clothing. But soon that person will be broken down into a weak priceless slave when her step-father sells her to a hore house. That experience will change the person she was forever and make her into a unwilling slut and victim of countless rapes. The only thing that does not change in her is her love for her family and because of that, she will grow the will and power to find a way out of slavery by becoming as horrible as the people who is keeping her locked away. Strong and fearless she will make an escape from the abuse and return to her sister and baby brother, no matter what it takes or how many men she has to sleep with to pay off her debt! If faced in the same situation what would you do?

UNDERSTANDING BY,ASHLEY SMITH 1-189

In The Rules of Survival i am starting to understand alot more. The characters in the book arell different in there own ways which makes the story so good. The Rules of Survival is a painful story but it also teaches you what other people are going threw in there life. When i started to read the book it caught my attantion and now reading on it still has a hold on it. This book should be read by all kids in high school i really don't know the reason why but i really think that it would teach them alot. Usally in these kind of books its only about one person going threwabuse in there life and have nobody there to help them or even ayone there who understands biut in Rules of Survival there are three victims and they all are there to help eachother threw the pain that there mother is causeing them.This book really mad me made because if you trhink about it ther are kids out there being abusesd by there parents and nobody is doing anything about it. And that kids with good life's don't appreciate what they have like the better life but the ones who dont have nothing appreciate life the most.I just wish that people like nikki the mother in the book would stop talking there anger out on there kids they were brought in to this world for you to love and charrish not beat down and make feel like crap because you want to feel bettr about there self.
wht do you think about kid's being abused?