"I Funny", Pages 0-258, Soiler alert. HEHEHE

*Prompt*- Do any of the characters feelings change through out the story? Explain why or why not.

      This week I have been reading "I Funny" and I really like it. It is about this boy who is crippled from a young age but still likes to make jokes. He starts out as a loser but makes his way up to the top when he enters a competition for stand up commedians. Of course he wins and makes it to the next rounds of the competition, while also improving on his social life. The irony of it all is that he is a "stand up" comedian and yet he can't stand up. Right now he is talking to this weird foreign kid who says that the only reason he got to this point is from pity votes, not talent. But of course, because this boy has such low self esteem he believes him and he is very doubtful. His chances don't look good.

        The main character's feelings change very rapidly. Jamie starts with very low self-esteem, gets bullied, and lives in a garage. Then his uncle tells him to join the competition afetr about half an hour of non-stop joking. He lets his uncle know he isn't doing it, then does it, and wins. He then is happy, his whole life was turning around. He wasn't bullied anymore, had more good friends, and just seemed much more happier. He even got some girl's attention. That became his downfall. They where sitting on a bench looking at the stars when she asks him something very personal, she asked him how he went to the bathroom. Of course, that was right before the competition and he ended up bashing her in a line of jokes. He was low yet again.

        The other character that I would like to explaint the feelings of is "cool girl" (that's really her name in the book). She is a very popular girl who happens to have caught the attention of this jokester. She always had a very high self esteem until out of the blue she had to ask Jamie how he went to the bathroom if he couldn't stand up. Then when he bashed her in front of hundreds of people and won, well she was done with him. She wouldn't talk to Jamie for almost two weeks, then he got thrown over a 10 foot drop and broke his ribs. The bullies where after him again. He apologized and they made up as usual, and on that note i'm done.

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"Unstoppable" SPOILER ALRT. Stanley Suter

*Prompt*- Explain how you have been surprised by what your reading.

        This week I finished the book Unstoppable by Tim Green and I both liked and disliked it. It was a very good story, a superstar foster child, Harrison, is forced to work and ends up accidentally killing his "dad". He was beaten non-stopped until he was saved and transfered to a much nicer family. They don't make him work and let him play football, his life dream. Then one day he is hit in the knee with a helmet and can't do anything without being bothered. Harrison is taken to a hospital and is thought only to have a small tear in the cartilage in his knee. However when they take the MRI he is found to have bone cancer. Finally he goes into surgery to get the tumor removed and when he wakes up he can't find his leg, its gone.

        I was surprised at how he acted, saying that his parents didn't have to keep him if he couldn't play. He acted as though they wouldn't keep him even though he should have known, they where such nice people and obviously loved him so much they wouldn't give him away! They took him in and wanted him to call them mom and dad but yet I think he had this feeling that he wasn't family and was expendable. This also raises the thought that he didn't think he was like family because he worried he would be given away if he did anything wrong.


        I also think that it was surprising how they would take his leg off without asking him first. He could decide wether he wanted to be legless or maybe somehow find another way he could live. I would feel like they totally disregarded my thoughts on the matter. To take off my leg when all I thought was happening in the operation to take out a healable part . Then, what made me really angry was the part where they couldn't find the medicine to help push away the sickness and make him feel much less nauseous. He was in total pain for about two weeks before he was able to go home. To take off my leg and not be able to supply comfort is just, well cruel.

The Son of Neptune 0-425

 *Prompt*- Does the title fit the story? Why or why not?



       This week I have been reading "The son of Neptune" and I really like it. It is a sequel series to the Percy Jackson books. I'm at the part where Percy, Hazel, and Frank are about to go into battle with the giants. Percy had forgotten his memory ever since he met lupa the wolf who was working for the god Juno/Hera. He lost the gift of achillies when he walked into camp through the romans sacred river, the Tiber. Now after having a friendly meet and capture with the Amazon women, they have accumulated the fastest living creature in the universe (also usable on water). He only knows that he had a cyclops brother, and a girl friend named Annabeth but ever since drinking gorgons blood (anti-dote) he is slowly regaining his memory.

        The title does not fit the story because (assuming Rick Riordan is talking about Percy) Percy is Greek, not Roman. In Greece Neptune would be considered Poseidon. How ever it is also reviled in the book that Frank was the son of the sea god. Even if this was that case, I don't agree with the title. Frank had none of the powers that the sea god had. He had archery, Apollo, and his family gift is that he "could be what ever he wanted to be".  The final meaning for that is that their might be another sea god at one of the camps, like tyson, only smaller and with two eyes.

        The title does however fit the story in other ways. The prophecy that Ella knew said "The Son of Neptune will drown..." and percy thought he would drown in Alaska. Another way the title fits the story is that after Percy woke up he was attacked and found the Roman base. Their version of Poseidon, the sea god, was Neptune. The final way that I can think of where the title fits the story is when it is revealed that frank is Percy's like great-great-great-great... uncle, or family member. That means frank is partially related to the sea god. And because he is Roman, he happens to be related to Neptune. I think its safe to say I just blew your mind.

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The Story of my Dramatic, Fear Infested Life. By: Brad "Bam" Bamford - As seen in The Dead

            "There not zombies, just - diseased."


     It all started with the video. It has been two weeks since the disease struck, and right now, I feel I am our only hope. We are running out of food and our shelter is faltering. The mothers and fathers have taken down our barricades and our system of “lock” isn’t helping us much. Two of our best men almost died because we couldn’t get the 200 pound wardrobe out of the way in time. Then there is the crew. We have the fashion king, the wimp, Wikipedia, and Jack. As I was saying before, just before the disease struck a video showed up on Youtube. It had a little boy on a    video camera screaming and crying, saying that the "mothers and fathers" had taken Sammy, and now they had come back for him. Now we didn't think too much of it at the time, but no kid is that great of an actor, and just after that it became most watched ever on Youtube. Then the video was taken down, then Youtube, finally the internet. Thats when we found out something was really going wrong. And this is where I had to end up, with our world practically falling apart!

          So now, as we just set off because of lack of food we were attacked, our group cut in half and were picked up by a man who should be sick, and his little kid. They said that they where going to their own little family place and that we where not welcome. A giant fight broke out and we all rested - well restlessly. In the morning it turned out he was sick and we barely got away to the museum of WWII, got me a nice spiked club and armor, where told we wheren't welcome again. The good news, I happened to lead our group into a couple of other kids. Immediately after we set off, we reached a supermarket and found a truck full of food. When the other boys saw the body, well you can just guess who had to get him out. So I climbed in, opened the door, kicked him out, then hurled. It also happens I  became leader for my "heroic" actions and am now the representative for my group, no being let back into the museum. One of the people that we picked up, the girl, is pretty suspicious. She wouldn't eat any of the food I gave her and she denies telling where she came from.

        I just shot Jack. Of course, it was all due to my awesome "leadership skills". We were heading to jacks house so that he could complete unfinished business. So, we see about 200 army vehicles next to a cricket stadium and im struck with genius. Why not get guns and supplies to make this trip even easier? I send Ed to get the medical supplies and pistols while we find the food and better weapons. I guess curiosity just sparked that the whole army was parked outside of a sports stadium. We walk in to find it filled with people, only they where not alive. In the base of the stadium, there was what looked like a halfed finished construction site. only not for building, but bombs for destroying. We ran as fast as we could back toward the exit we hear the moans of the sick. We had only one option as others rose, go towards the base. As another stroke of genius hit me. Shoot the bomb. The whole stadium collapsed with myself in a pocket of darkness. I heard footsteps and shot. Only my target was Jack. He seems ok other than the heavy bleeding in his side. We have to keep moving.

        We are leaving the museum to get away from the fire eating at north london. The main bridge had bottle-necked and was shaking because of the weight on top of it. As soon as we where over half-way across the bridge the great mass of kids was pushed forwards. So I sent half of the muscle down toward the mouth of the bridge and the other to clear the front where a fight had broken out. A gunshot sounded and we were allowed down the bridge, closely being followed by the sick. I had to get out of the truck. I ran back to fight the diseased, letting all the anger I possesed from the world on the people who ruined it. They quickly overwhelmed us. We had to use our remaining strength to get down toward the docks.  We boarded the ship as fast a possible and immediatly left. No one knowing how to steer, we had the fear of washing out to sea. The crash solved that problem. We hit a pillar and boarded the lifeboats, giving us a bit more controll. Intell we finally hit land, right next to the Tower of London. We decided to stay there because it was fit in all ways. Easily defendable, big, had weapons, and new recruits. 

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12/17/2013 "Chesapeake" Pages 0-61

 Prompt- Describe the Main characters.

        This week I have been reading Cheasapeak, and it might very well be the most detailed book I have ever read. It starts out that a giant indian leaves his village because of a reason unknown. He makes it all the way down the choptank river and stops in the very fertil land, only to find its inhabitants very gentil and practically takes over the village single handedly. He proves himself in battle and they warship him as their leader. In the village there is a myth about a "giant canoe" and the true story about the men with their white skins is passed from leader to leader. As he passes down the information to the next generation of leader and leaves to live somewhere else, he is called back to see the giant canoe.

        The first main character I would like to describe is Pentaquod. He is the indian who is many heads taller and many fists broader than the other indians. He is very wise and clever, but we do not know why he left his village in such a hurry. He and his tribe help each other learn of new food sources and better ways to live, with Pentaquod being from the tribe of hunters, and the Village being very good builders. Many people in the Village trust his decisions, not even questioning when he picks the next leader, a street smart warior.

        The next main character I would like to describe is the white man named Captain Smith. He is the most frustrating person you could have. He sets off in a 100 ton ship and brings a scribe to write the adventure. Then he tells his scribe to make him look more heroic, then tells him to make Pentaquod  stupid and the indians hostle! Personally I think that it was because he was jealous of his height. For another reason unknown, he wakes up his scribe in the middle of the night and tells him to erase the part about them finding their gold. He even tells him that they never found the river in the first place. That is where I left off...

Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Cabin Fever Pages 0-207

*Prompt* Describe the main characters.

        This week I have been reading Diary of a wimpy kid and, its really frustrating. A blizzard hits and it becomes too dangorus for Gregs dad to come home, so he stays in a hotel while Greg, Rodrick, Gregs mom, and Manny suffer at home. The power goes out and Manny is missing so Rodrick, Mom, and Greg. Greg gets up the next day to hear nocking on the door, and its Rowley. He is standing there with a plate of cookies asking for Greg to come outside and play, and then Greg got suspicious. He went to the circuit board and saw all of the switches off ecxept for the one in Mannys room. Thats where I left off.

        The first character I would like to describe is Manny. This is my least favorite character, mostly because he can do anything he wants and won't get in trouble, but he's a tattle tale. If I had someone like that in my family (which I do), he would not be using me like he is Greg. The second character I want to describe is Greg. He is a little wuss (or wimp) who is so stupid at times it isn't even funny. He lets his little brother push him aside and his big brother mess with him 24/7 without doing anything about it.

        The third character I want to describe is Rodrick. Rodrick is the hardcore teenager, hoping to hit gold in his band carrer instead of getting a practicle job. He gets in trouble very often and lives in the basement like a pig. The final character I would like to describe is Rowley. He is a big clumsy follower who will do just about anything that Greg tells him to do. At one point in the series he even agrees to play a game where he has the only chance of getting hurt and gets his arm broken.

The Giver Week of 12/2/13 Pages- Finished

Prompt: Do you like what your reading? Why or why not?

        This week I finished the book "The Giver" and the ending really confused me. So, jonas and Gabriel set off on a journey to 'Elsewere' all on superstition from The Giver. Well, they run out of food as they reach the wilderness and are filthy. They keep going until they get to a big hill, drop the bike and transmits his last memory of warmth into Garbiel. They he gets on a sled slides down a hill and hears music.

        At first I loved the book. It was full of detail and explained everything throughly. The memories coming into play even made it better. It talked about his relationships with his friend and his family, every thing was fine. Then he started with the bad memories, with war, seperating himslelf futher and further from his family and friend until it seemed he really didn't have one with them. he stopped talking to Fiona, Asher, and Lily a little past the middle of the book and the relationship with his father and mother was much less past the part of release.

        Then towards the end I wasn't into the book as much because I knew what was coming. he seperated himself fully from his friends and family from a plan with the Giver and only Gabe as a companion. When he left is when things became confusing, he kept hurting himself and seeing new creatures that he described horribly. The part I hated second most was when he when on a sled down the hill because it really made no sence unless he was halucinating and dieing. The WORST part was... The book ended!