After Ever After: Summer reading challenge Post #2

After Ever After
Finished
Prompt:Pick a character(s) from the book and describe how he/she is like one or you own family members.


     When reading this book, I realized that on character stood out to me. This character is Tad. Tad is a 13 year old boy who had cancer. Due to cancer, he was put in a wheelchair. Tad is a very sarcastic person who puts up walls to certain people. Tad is also one of those people that if he accepts you, he is a very kind genuine person. I feel that Tad is very similar to my brother in the sense of personality.

     My brother Marco, and Tad are both people that seem kind of intimidating at times. They can be super serious but they can both be super super funny.Both Tad and my brother are people that love love love sarcasm. They sort of have sarcasm as a daily routine. Another way Tad and Marco are very similar is how they treat there sisters.

     Every single brother in the world that has a younger sibling wither it be a sister or brother tease them. Tad and my brother love to tease their sisters (me.) They call us names boss us around and tell us that we are bothering them but deep down, I now that my Brother loves me and deep down, Tads sister knows that he loves her. These are just some of the ways that Tad and my brother Marco are similar.

Summer blog posts #1 - "After Ever After" *SPOILERS*

Prompt: Pick your 2 favorite parts of the book and describe why you like them.
Pages: FINISHED

     When I was reading After Ever After, I fell in love with multiple parts, and I wanted to cry at some parts.Overall I loved this book,but there were some parts I loved the most. MY first favorite part was when Tad, one of the main characters, showed up the New Jersey state education system and refused to take the state test if it meant it might hold you back a year if you don't pass. My second favorite part of this book was when Jeff, another main character, accepted Tad's middle school diploma at their 8th grade graduation because Tad hap relapsed and had gotten Cancer again, and sadly, died.

     The reason I love it when Tad stands up against the New Jersey education system is because of how brave Tad was. Tad was a boy who could hardly walk and is a person that really only care for himself, it takes a lot of courage to do something like that. The reason I also lot this part in the story is because he did this whole thing for his friend, Jeff. Jeff had brain damage from his cancer treatment and it made math super super hard for him and math was part of the statewide tests.

     The reason I love the part when Jeff accepts Tad's diploma is because Tad and Jeff had been soooooo much and after Tad's death, he had broken down.Tad and Jeff were so close to the point where Jeff thought he could never move on and when he walked up to the stand, he realized that Tad was still with him and that nothing could change that.

MILKWEED

Prompt:Draw 4 objects that represent your reading. Write a paragraph for each, telling
what each item has to do with your reading.

pages read:33-59

This wee for my last blog, I wanted to do something that has to do with drawing since I really didn't do much with drawing this year. 

So, I found this prompt and decided to pick my 4 images to be 1)The Nazi sign & Jackboots 2) The Jewish star 3) a miniature glass dog 4) A yellow ston on a necklace.

The reason I decided to do the Nazi sign and Jackboots is because in the book, the Holocaust is going on and the Nazi's are ruling a lot of Poland. Particularly Warsaw Poland where my main character is living in. The reason for the Jackboots is because the main characters, Uri and Misha, call the the nazi's that invaded their town Jackboots because of the boots they are wearing. That is pretty much their label.

The reason I drew the Jewish star is because the main character, Misha, is out at night and then witnesses the Kristallnacht (Nigh of Broken Glass). This was when a bunch of german people grouped up and went to Jewish houses, stores,cars, ETC. to cause mayhem and damage. If people did not break the glass, in the book, the people would draw the star of the front window and tell people no to eat,spend time, or spend money there. Misha then goes on to tell himself that he is glad to be a Gypsy and not a Jew.

I drew a small glass dog to represent the relationship Misha has with a young Jewish gir. Misha met this little girl by going into her garden one day and eating her tomatoes. After their first encounter, he would bring a loaf of bread to her backdoor everyday/week and waiting for him would be a small little present that the little girl would leave for him.

lastly, I drew a yellow stone on a necklace to represent the only thing that Misha has from his family that he doen;t even remember. The necklace primarily is for Gypsies just like how the Jewish star is for Jews. This stone is important because it is all he has of his past. He doesn't even remember his real name.

My 40 Book challenge!!!

     This year was a pretty good year for my 40 Book Challenge. I have been introduced to many new genres that I normally would not read,like Historical fiction, or poetry, scifi, and Mystery. Overall, including the book that I am almost done with, I have read 10 books. I know this seems like very little bu compared to last year where I only read 3, I have excelled a lot.  I feel that I have gone into more difficult and higher level books where it may take me a little while to fully understand what I just read. When I was in 6th grade, I would read books with really big print or graphic novels. This year I have gotten out of that habit and reading longer thicker books.

     Thinking about the 40 Book Challenge in 8th grade is kind of making me excited. I have come to loving books a lot more and it I actually enjoy doing it in my free time! I have a feeling that I actually will excel over how many books I read this year, next year in 8th grade. I will be exposed to even more books, books that i truly never thought I will read. Do I know what type? No. I guess I will just have to wait and see. Personally, I can't wait until 8th grade!

Milkweed

Pages read: 15-33
Prompt:Pretend you are famous reporter on TV. Write a story about what you’ve read
for the evening news.

    Welcome to channel 8 news. We are reporting to you from Warsaw,Poland in September 8, 1939. We come to you for a breaking story about a young boy who is doing things in this city for himself and for others, but mostly making friends along the way. Later we will show you the devastation of when a family is separated. And later, the weather with Jerry Spinelli.

     Our first breaking news involves a group a children that were hiding in a barbershop. When interviewed about why they would steal food, none replied except for a bor named Uri and a boy named Misha. They claimed that they stole for the sake of the group. That they were  "family who had to protect each other." When asking Misha why he stole he replied with a simple "I don't know. It's all I've ever known to do. Uri says that we have to stay away from the Jackboots and get our own food instead of the food from the "Tanks". The rest of the children are still in questioning but we will be filling you in all week.

    Our second story still involves this little courageous boy and his story, Misha Pilsudski. He grew up a gypsy with 7 brothers and 5 sisters. Her mother and father where well knows wherever they were. Whether it was when his mother would tell people the name of the person someone would marry, or when his father was successfully trades a horse, they were loved until they were in Warsaw,Poland. After a "Jackboot" purposely bombed their families 7 wagons, everyone was split up. All little Misha had was his favorite horse Greta, and his parents. But after a while, a group of people tore him from his family never to see them again . . .

     

Of Mice and Men *Spoliers*

Prompt: After reading, I wonder…
Pages: 37-finished

     I just finished Of Mice and Men and I have to admit that the ending is not what anyone expected.  After Lennie kills his bosses wife, he runs off without telling anyone and this made me think, Why didn't Lennie go and tell George?He does trust him with all his heart, right?

     Also, when Lennie is at the Salinas river,sitting there in the brush, what cause Lennie to hallucinate his Aunt Clara and a giant bunny. Was it the shock that he wouldn't be able to tend the rabbits at his,George's, and Candy's dream land? Or was it that he did know that what he did caused a life and it was getting to him?

     Lastly, John Steinbeck ends his book with Lennie dying, slim comforting George who killed Lennie, and all the other men shrugging off Lennie dying. We never find out what happened after Lennie dies. Like if George and Candy still get their dream home, if Candy gets mad at george for killing Lennie because he wanted to do it. I thought that Steinbeck did an amazing job with this book but he should of ended it differently.

MILKWEED

*Summarize what you just read

*Pages read- 0-15

Although I have just started this book by Jerry Spinelli, I have gotten a lot of details about the characters and settings in the book. So far I have met Uri. A teenager that helps out Stopthief. Stopthief  is the main character. 

     Stopthief got his "name" after being chased by police men saying "stop thief" after Stopthief stole a piece of bread from a rich lady. While running away, Uri saw that Stopthief  take the bread that he was going to steal. After Uri noticed how young stopthief was, he decided to help him out buy showing him some shortcuts away from the police men.

     After losing the police, Uri leads Stopthief  to  his secret hiding place. After arriving,to the the Barn (The secret hiding place) we meet a bunch of Uri's friends. When they meet Stopthief, they make fun of him because of his small structure. Sofar, that is all I have read. 



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