I read Jurassic Park in Digital Citizenship class and I thought it was ok. There is another book in the series called The Lost World also by Michael Crichton. I am reading that one right now. Jurassic Park is about taking dinosaur D.N.A. and trying to clone it into the real world. They have a separate island full of dinosaurs. There is a T-REX, there are also a stegosaurs and a spinosaurs and a bunch of more little dinosaurs. Some of the raptors get on a boat and it is on its way to homeland and they can’t contact the boat and that is one of the very small problems. Some other problems are the electricity goes out and the T-REX gets out of his designated area and roams the island that Has people on it that feed the animals. Then they find out the raptors start reproducing in a asexual manner. There is also a movie about this book. The book is way better. The book takes a little bit to catch on but once it does it’s like wow! I don’t read books often but this book will suck you in. I think all of you should read this book.
Crossover by Jeff Rud is a book that attracts and draws the attention of the reader right away. The main character in the story Kyle Evans is stuck in a dilemma between justice and the sake of his senior year season of basketball. Kyle’s Basketball team is said that there going they are going to win it all this year but an act of vandalism reduces the team’s chance of winning. Members of The eagles (Kyle’s team) were suspended after destroying stage props in the stage performance Oliver! ; therefore weakening the team. Crossover is one of many books included in the series Orca Sports. The books in the series are easy reads for people who like drama, action, and mystery. Once I read the first book of the Orca Sports series I was hooked; the books are so interesting with surprise after surprise leaving you addicted to the novels.
Counterfeit son review When serial killer, Hank Miller is killed in a shoot-out with police, his abused son Cameron adopts the identity of one of his father's victims in order to find a better life. When I first read that sentence I thought it might be good. When I first read the chapter there was nothing really going on, but when you get to chapter 3 then it gets interesting. The more you get into the book the better it gets. This book is mainly about a young boy who adopts the identity of one of his dad’s victims to have a better life. It slowly turns out to be a bad idea.
Fallout Ellen Hopkins Reviewed by Megan Grimes. I personally think Fallout is the best book in the Ellen Hopkins trilogy. It finishes off the series perfectly and is different from the other two books because it doesn’t just tell about Kristina’s life; it tells three different peoples stories impacted by Kristina’s methamphetamine addiction. Once I started reading it I was hooked, just like all of Ellen Hopkins books it was fantastic. Fallout is a book about three different kids living three different lives, connected by one thing: Kristina. It tells the complicated stories of Autumn, Summer, and Hunter and how their messed up mom, Kristina made them have these complicated lives. I recommend this book to any high school student and even adults. Once you start reading it, you won’t be able to stop!
Blood Red Road is a awesome book set in the future. The whole world is pretty much nothing but a desert because the Wreckers, (who are meant to be us), have used up everything. Saba, an eighteen year old girl, has met no one in her life apart from her twin brother (Luke), her little sister (Emmy), her dad and mom- though her mom died giving birth to her little sister. Saba blames her little sister for her mom’s death so she hates her for it. One day, some tough looking men on horseback murder her father and kidnap her twin brother. Saba is soon thrust into a long and terrifying journey in search of her brother. This book is great because it is told from Saba's point of view and everybody speaks almost like the cowboys do in those western movies, but I couldn’t really get used to that part. The book is actually part of a trilogy, Rebel Heart is the next one after it but I haven't read it yet. If you're looking for a gripping book to stick your nose in then I recommend Blood Red Road.
This is a really good book. I have really enjoyed it. My favorite thing about this book is that there is action right at the start of the book. I like hockey and this is what the book is all about. In the book there is competition between two players fighting for the number one job. If you’re looking for a book that is a quick easier read that captures your attention right away this would be a good book for you. It starts off by having a competition but as things get close to finishing we have a huge story appear. People cheating, goalie suspended for something she didn’t do, things get really interesting. So if you’re a hockey fan but like to have suspense in your book and you like a short mystery this would be the book for you. If you didn’t know the competition was between a boy and a girl you’re in for a real treat as things get big.
“The Coming of the Horseclans” has a great story to tell. It uses strong verbs and, at many points throughout the story, gruesome details. This series of books tells of a chief named Milo, living in the twenty seventh century, post-apocalyptic America. He must lead his tribe back to their homeland near the sea to fulfill the “Prophecy of Return.” He is aided by huge prairie cats and large, vicious horses, who he communicates too using “Mindspeak”, a telepathic bond between man and animal alike. Milo has a condition known as the “Curse of the Undying,” which means he is immune to death by ordinary means. The Ehleenoee people believe he is a terrible spawn of the devil, and have sworn to stop his alliance, and therefor victory, with the other tribes by any means.
This book, while fantastic and entrancing, loses its charm throughout the story at multiple points. The tribes seem to have a great amount of meetings and it is sometimes very hard (for me, at least) to follow along and keep track of what all is being said. There are so many different tribes with oddball names, such as “Ehleenoee,” and “Kahtahphraktoee,” that it is sometimes very hard to keep track of them all. Adams explains the scenes as action is occurring, for instance, as Milo is slaying the Ehleenoee mercenaries, it is describing more of the environment in better detail, so a lot of my mental imagery was proven wrong, which forced me to start that paragraph over again. I found this very frustrating at times. Although this book isn’t a “You can just breeze through it” read, it is definitely worth a shot.
While this book has its problems, it isn’t to be overlooked. The author captures the settings and actions of all the characters very well, and explains them in great detail. Although, as mentioned in my last paragraph, the timing for these details can be off, it definitely paints a clear, and often gruesome, picture in your head. Adams excels at making all of his characters defined, and their constant personality holds the story together nicely. I felt the characters were extremely concentrated. The protagonist is a calm, prestigious man, while the main antagonist is a dirty, perverted monster.
“The Coming of the Horseclans” is, at times, a very difficult read, but when you start to understand the style of writing, it is an extremely good novel and a story that you will always remember. I am looking forward to continuing with this series.
Burned by Ellen Hopkins. Review by Cola Gauthier. I have never read any reviews on this book but it is the best book I've read (personally). I don’t read much and I only like books that are interesting from start to finish. This book can relate to most teenagers of how they feel about things and some situations they are in. I have fallen in love with this book and the characters I could read it again and again. When I started reading this book I could not put it down. This book is actually so intense its feels as like you are in the story yourself, it also the story makes you have various emotions reading it. My friends have told me before that it is a good book, but it’s beyond good. When you first look at the cover and read the title it doesn't make sense to what the book might be about, for me I thought it was a typical story about school drama. Burned is so more than that. The main character, Pattyn at first has a passion for a boy at school but when her father finds out, he sends her off to her aunt's in the wilds of Nevada to find redemption. What she finds instead is love and acceptance. Until she realizes her old ways will not let her go.
I read the book Cinder, by Marissa Meyer. It’s set in the future when the world has united after the fourth world war. Linh Cinder is an adopted cyborg; she can’t recall anything before she was adopted at age 11. She has been told she got into a hover accident and her biological parents died. This is suspicious because the hovers are too advanced to get into an accident. The man who adopted her had died as well and now Cinder is left with her step mother. Cinder’s younger step sister comes in contact with the plague going around and is only expected to live a few days. The step mother volunteers Cinder to test the latest antidote for the plague, she turns out to be fully immune to the disease so she may go home. The author writes the book as if there’s a narrator but knows Cinder’s thoughts. Then it is switched so the narrator is telling Prince Kai’s thoughts. A lot of the story is similar to Cinderella. I like the book except for when the author switches views because it doesn’t seem significant or needed. Other than that I thought the book was cleverly written and keeps you interested.
Book Review Eragon This review is about the book by Christopher Paolini titled Eragon, the first book in the inheritance cycle. This book is a great read for those that like fantasy, action and magic. The story takes place during the medieval times when serfs and lords existed as well as the strong belief about magical creatures, magic and races other than humans. Now to the story, this book is about a young man named Eragon while hunting, suddenly gets blinded by a light and in its place laid a beautiful blue stone. Not being able to catch anything, he takes the stone home thinking it may be traded for some money or food. But little does he know that the stone he picked up would change his life in a way he least expects. Truly a great book to read that even me who does not like to read very much was sucked into it to the point of not hearing and not being able to pay attention to my surroundings often forgetting that I am in school inside my class when we have free reading time. For a person who does not like to read like me, Eragon will get you started. A personal opinion; the best part about this book to me is waiting In anticipation on how the main character would develop alongside his friends and comrades, how his new future or fate would affect him and how he will try to adapt to his new surroundings.
The Manticore Robertson Davies The Manticore is an interesting book set in the past I like this book because it is a mystery book it takes place in east London, the Manticore is about a guy named David Staunton who finds out his father’s dead. Then he finds an analysis to help him. But then also finds out that his father’s death was homicide marked by strange symbols like a stone that ended up in his mouth when he died and different symbols like a Manticore which is a monster with the head of a man the body of a loin and the tail of a scorpion.
The book I was reading is called Impulse; it had some interesting detail and some not so interesting detail. Impulse is about a few teenagers that have been through some hard struggles throughout life and have been majorly affected by it. The actions these teens chose to deal with the situation were not very good decisions, they chose self-harm or harm towards others. After choosing the decisions of suicide attempts, these three teens quickly became locked up in a psychiatric facility. They each live with a dark past filled with abuse but slowly they begin to open up to one another and build tight bonds. One of the main characters ended up killing his abuser, one character had sex with a teacher and the other watched his mentally ill mother die. Also in the story there is cutting, abortion, bi-polar disorder, over achieving and a character who thinks he is gay. At the end of this story it became pretty intense because one of the protagonists dies a really violent death. I myself didn’t like this book because it wasn’t something that popped, it wasn’t anything special. It got boring at points of the book, but the one thing that I did like about this book was the free verse writing, which was an interesting thing because it made the book easier to read and a bit easier to follow. One part that I did like about this read is the detail they put in when talking about what they have done to harm themselves and the detailing of what happens in a psychiatric facility. Like I said, the book itself wasn’t the best but some of the detailing it. Ellen Hopkins is an amazing author and she has some really great books, but this one just isn’t for me.
Jurassic Park
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BY: Michael beyak
I read Jurassic Park in Digital Citizenship class and I thought it was ok. There is another book in the series called The Lost World also by Michael Crichton. I am reading that one right now.
Jurassic Park is about taking dinosaur D.N.A. and trying to clone it into the real world. They have a separate island full of dinosaurs. There is a T-REX, there are also a stegosaurs and a spinosaurs and a bunch of more little dinosaurs. Some of the raptors get on a boat and it is on its way to homeland and they can’t contact the boat and that is one of the very small problems. Some other problems are the electricity goes out and the T-REX gets out of his designated area and roams the island that Has people on it that feed the animals. Then they find out the raptors start reproducing in a asexual manner. There is also a movie about this book. The book is way better. The book takes a little bit to catch on but once it does it’s like wow! I don’t read books often but this book will suck you in. I think all of you should read this book.
Crossover.
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By:
Jordan Allen
Crossover by Jeff Rud is a book that attracts and draws the attention of the reader right away. The main character in the story Kyle Evans is stuck in a dilemma between justice and the sake of his senior year season of basketball. Kyle’s Basketball team is said that there going they are going to win it all this year but an act of vandalism reduces the team’s chance of winning. Members of The eagles (Kyle’s team) were suspended after destroying stage props in the stage performance Oliver! ; therefore weakening the team. Crossover is one of many books included in the series Orca Sports. The books in the series are easy reads for people who like drama, action, and mystery. Once I read the first book of the Orca Sports series I was hooked; the books are so interesting with surprise after surprise leaving you addicted to the novels.
Counterfeit son review
ReplyDeleteWhen serial killer, Hank Miller is killed in a shoot-out with police, his abused son Cameron adopts the identity of one of his father's victims in order to find a better life.
When I first read that sentence I thought it might be good. When I first read the chapter there was nothing really going on, but when you get to chapter 3 then it gets interesting. The more you get into the book the better it gets.
This book is mainly about a young boy who adopts the identity of one of his dad’s victims to have a better life. It slowly turns out to be a bad idea.
Fallout
ReplyDeleteEllen Hopkins
Reviewed by Megan Grimes.
I personally think Fallout is the best book in the Ellen Hopkins trilogy. It finishes off the series perfectly and is different from the other two books because it doesn’t just tell about Kristina’s life; it tells three different peoples stories impacted by Kristina’s methamphetamine addiction. Once I started reading it I was hooked, just like all of Ellen Hopkins books it was fantastic. Fallout is a book about three different kids living three different lives, connected by one thing: Kristina. It tells the complicated stories of Autumn, Summer, and Hunter and how their messed up mom, Kristina made them have these complicated lives. I recommend this book to any high school student and even adults. Once you start reading it, you won’t be able to stop!
Blood Red Road Book Review
ReplyDeleteAuthor: Young, Moria
Blood Red Road is a awesome book set in the future. The whole world is pretty much nothing but a desert because the Wreckers, (who are meant to be us), have used up everything. Saba, an eighteen year old girl, has met no one in her life apart from her twin brother (Luke), her little sister (Emmy), her dad and mom- though her mom died giving birth to her little sister. Saba blames her little sister for her mom’s death so she hates her for it.
One day, some tough looking men on horseback murder her father and kidnap her twin brother. Saba is soon thrust into a long and terrifying journey in search of her brother. This book is great because it is told from Saba's point of view and everybody speaks almost like the cowboys do in those western movies, but I couldn’t really get used to that part. The book is actually part of a trilogy, Rebel Heart is the next one after it but I haven't read it yet. If you're looking for a gripping book to stick your nose in then I recommend Blood Red Road.
Book Review
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Sigmund Brouwer
This is a really good book. I have really enjoyed it. My favorite thing about this book is that there is action right at the start of the book. I like hockey and this is what the book is all about. In the book there is competition between two players fighting for the number one job. If you’re looking for a book that is a quick easier read that captures your attention right away this would be a good book for you. It starts off by having a competition but as things get close to finishing we have a huge story appear. People cheating, goalie suspended for something she didn’t do, things get really interesting. So if you’re a hockey fan but like to have suspense in your book and you like a short mystery this would be the book for you. If you didn’t know the competition was between a boy and a girl you’re in for a real treat as things get big.
Michael Newton digicit 9 period 1
ReplyDeleteThe Coming of the Horseclans.
By Robert Adams
“The Coming of the Horseclans” has a great story to tell. It uses strong verbs and, at many points throughout the story, gruesome details. This series of books tells of a chief named Milo, living in the twenty seventh century, post-apocalyptic America. He must lead his tribe back to their homeland near the sea to fulfill the “Prophecy of Return.” He is aided by huge prairie cats and large, vicious horses, who he communicates too using “Mindspeak”, a telepathic bond between man and animal alike. Milo has a condition known as the “Curse of the Undying,” which means he is immune to death by ordinary means. The Ehleenoee people believe he is a terrible spawn of the devil, and have sworn to stop his alliance, and therefor victory, with the other tribes by any means.
This book, while fantastic and entrancing, loses its charm throughout the story at multiple points. The tribes seem to have a great amount of meetings and it is sometimes very hard (for me, at least) to follow along and keep track of what all is being said. There are so many different tribes with oddball names, such as “Ehleenoee,” and “Kahtahphraktoee,” that it is sometimes very hard to keep track of them all. Adams explains the scenes as action is occurring, for instance, as Milo is slaying the Ehleenoee mercenaries, it is describing more of the environment in better detail, so a lot of my mental imagery was proven wrong, which forced me to start that paragraph over again. I found this very frustrating at times. Although this book isn’t a “You can just breeze through it” read, it is definitely worth a shot.
While this book has its problems, it isn’t to be overlooked. The author captures the settings and actions of all the characters very well, and explains them in great detail. Although, as mentioned in my last paragraph, the timing for these details can be off, it definitely paints a clear, and often gruesome, picture in your head. Adams excels at making all of his characters defined, and their constant personality holds the story together nicely. I felt the characters were extremely concentrated. The protagonist is a calm, prestigious man, while the main antagonist is a dirty, perverted monster.
“The Coming of the Horseclans” is, at times, a very difficult read, but when you start to understand the style of writing, it is an extremely good novel and a story that you will always remember. I am looking forward to continuing with this series.
Burned by Ellen Hopkins.
ReplyDeleteReview by Cola Gauthier.
I have never read any reviews on this book but it is the best book I've read (personally). I don’t read much and I only like books that are interesting from start to finish. This book can relate to most teenagers of how they feel about things and some situations they are in. I have fallen in love with this book and the characters I could read it again and again. When I started reading this book I could not put it down. This book is actually so intense its feels as like you are in the story yourself, it also the story makes you have various emotions reading it. My friends have told me before that it is a good book, but it’s beyond good. When you first look at the cover and read the title it doesn't make sense to what the book might be about, for me I thought it was a typical story about school drama. Burned is so more than that. The main character, Pattyn at first has a passion for a boy at school but when her father finds out, he sends her off to her aunt's in the wilds of Nevada to find redemption. What she finds instead is love and acceptance. Until she realizes her old ways will not let her go.
I read the book Cinder, by Marissa Meyer. It’s set in the future when the world has united after the fourth world war. Linh Cinder is an adopted cyborg; she can’t recall anything before she was adopted at age 11. She has been told she got into a hover accident and her biological parents died. This is suspicious because the hovers are too advanced to get into an accident. The man who adopted her had died as well and now Cinder is left with her step mother. Cinder’s younger step sister comes in contact with the plague going around and is only expected to live a few days. The step mother volunteers Cinder to test the latest antidote for the plague, she turns out to be fully immune to the disease so she may go home.
ReplyDeleteThe author writes the book as if there’s a narrator but knows Cinder’s thoughts. Then it is switched so the narrator is telling Prince Kai’s thoughts. A lot of the story is similar to Cinderella. I like the book except for when the author switches views because it doesn’t seem significant or needed. Other than that I thought the book was cleverly written and keeps you interested.
Book Review Eragon
ReplyDeleteThis review is about the book by Christopher Paolini titled Eragon, the first book in the inheritance cycle. This book is a great read for those that like fantasy, action and magic. The story takes place during the medieval times when serfs and lords existed as well as the strong belief about magical creatures, magic and races other than humans.
Now to the story, this book is about a young man named Eragon while hunting, suddenly gets blinded by a light and in its place laid a beautiful blue stone. Not being able to catch anything, he takes the stone home thinking it may be traded for some money or food. But little does he know that the stone he picked up would change his life in a way he least expects.
Truly a great book to read that even me who does not like to read very much was sucked into it to the point of not hearing and not being able to pay attention to my surroundings often forgetting that I am in school inside my class when we have free reading time. For a person who does not like to read like me, Eragon will get you started.
A personal opinion; the best part about this book to me is waiting In anticipation on how the main character would develop alongside his friends and comrades, how his new future or fate would affect him and how he will try to adapt to his new surroundings.
The Manticore
ReplyDeleteRobertson Davies
The Manticore is an interesting book set in the past I like this book because it is a mystery book it takes place in east London, the Manticore is about a guy named David Staunton who finds out his father’s dead. Then he finds an analysis to help him. But then also finds out that his father’s death was homicide marked by strange symbols like a stone that ended up in his mouth when he died and different symbols like a Manticore which is a monster with the head of a man the body of a loin and the tail of a scorpion.
Impulse Book Review
ReplyDeleteBy: Faith Straub
The book I was reading is called Impulse; it had some interesting detail and some not so interesting detail. Impulse is about a few teenagers that have been through some hard struggles throughout life and have been majorly affected by it. The actions these teens chose to deal with the situation were not very good decisions, they chose self-harm or harm towards others. After choosing the decisions of suicide attempts, these three teens quickly became locked up in a psychiatric facility. They each live with a dark past filled with abuse but slowly they begin to open up to one another and build tight bonds. One of the main characters ended up killing his abuser, one character had sex with a teacher and the other watched his mentally ill mother die. Also in the story there is cutting, abortion, bi-polar disorder, over achieving and a character who thinks he is gay. At the end of this story it became pretty intense because one of the protagonists dies a really violent death. I myself didn’t like this book because it wasn’t something that popped, it wasn’t anything special. It got boring at points of the book, but the one thing that I did like about this book was the free verse writing, which was an interesting thing because it made the book easier to read and a bit easier to follow. One part that I did like about this read is the detail they put in when talking about what they have done to harm themselves and the detailing of what happens in a psychiatric facility. Like I said, the book itself wasn’t the best but some of the detailing it. Ellen Hopkins is an amazing author and she has some really great books, but this one just isn’t for me.