When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead was a very interesting book. The whole book connected in some sort of way, which made the ending amazing. Miranda lives in New York with her mom. After three years of trying, her mom finally got on the $20,000 Pyramid. She also received her first note. Miranda, the main character has different relationships with characters in the novel.
Miranda and her friend Sal have an odd relationship. Sal is Miranda’s friend. They walked everyday to and from school until the day Sal got punched. Miranda and Sal were walking home from school was day and they were walking past a group of boys in an alley. An older boy was punching another boy. Then, a boy came right up to Sal and punched him in the stomach. He “was bent
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The laughing man lives on the corner. He sleeps under a mailbox. Some kids created nicknames for the him; Quack (short for Quackers), Kicker, and the laughing man. Miranda was nervous to go near him. They called him a CSP, or crazy shaped person. No one ever knew what he would do if you walked pass him. Belle, the owner or a store by where the laughing man lives, just thinks that he is lonely. The laughing man also repeats the words: BOOK BAG POCKET SHOE under his breath. Those words are where Miranda finds the four notes. She realizes that after the laughing man dies and she has to deliver her letter. When Miranda walks home from school, she passes the laughing man. He makes some weird sounds and says strange things. When AnneMarie, Miranda’s friend, passes the laughing man, he says,”Angel”. One day after school, Sal was walking home. He sees Marcus and starts running. Marcus starts chasing after him because he wanted to apologize to him. Sal, Marcus, and now Miranda are all now running. Marcus yells, “Hey! Hey-kid! Stop!” because he is running in the middle of the street. A truck is coming and doesn’t see Sal. Miranda covers her ears and says to herself, “Sal is going to die! Sal is going to die!”. Then suddenly the laughing man comes out and kicks Sal out of the way. The laughing man gets hit by the truck and Sal hits the ground, hard. The laughing man dies and Sal ends up with three broken ribs and a broken arm. The laughing man saved Sal’s life. Miranda and the laughing man have a weird relationship.
When you reach me was an amazing novel. In the end, everything connected. All in all, the book was fabulous and I highly recommend it. Miranda learns so much as a character. As a reader, I learned as well. In the novel, Miranda had interesting relationships with the characters. When you reach me is a marvelous novel and a must read for young
Overall, I think it's an amazing book because it's written so well, and it just has such a good storyline. I would recommend this book too all teenagers who love fictional/romantic books because I think it's worth reading it, even if you don't like reading. Cassandra Clare does know how to play with the readers emotions! If you read this sequel you will find yourself craving more and more.
8/4/16- Miss Rojas thought Mr. Perez was taken too long to get the laundry ready for the laundromat. She yelled at her to hurry up. He did not say anything. Then she did not like the shoes he was putting on Aleena. She told him the sneaker did not go with her outfit and that he should put sandals on her. Mr. Perez argued for a few minutes, defending why he was putting sneakers on Aleena. After a few minutes of going back and forth, Mr. Perez put sandals on Aleena.
Margaret Peterson sets her cliffhanger mystery book, Haddix: The Missing Found, in a modest neighborhood in Ohio. This book is in first person point of view, being told by the main character, Jonah Skidmore. The tone is fearful because Jonah voices his fears to his friend, Chip, multiples times throughout the story and usually has a fearful attitude when trying to overcome obstacles. Haddix: The Missing Found, is about a group of famous children from history who were stolen by futuristic time travelers and sent back to the 21st century as babies. These babies were soon adopted by random families around the world, and had a normal life. However, when they got to be around 13 years old, they start to get threatening letters sent to them telling them that they are, “one of the missing” (Peterson 20). These kids proceed to venture on a journey to find the person who is sending these creepy letters, and go through many obstacle along the way. Overall, I thought that Haddix: The Missing Found was a great read because it was very mysterious and kept me guessing the whole time I was reading, and I found that the characters were really relatable.
Overall I think this is a great book. I would recommend this book to others but you would have to read the first two books before this one. I would recommend this book because it has a great story line and there is never a dull moment.
Five minutes later we were out the door. Cecile despised us now she kicked us out of her house with no money whatsoever. Now it was just Vonetta, Fern, and I who were three girls out on the dangerous streets with no money. The first thing I knew I should do is to comfort my sisters. It was my fault that I got us into this mess. Then Vonetta cut in and stopped my train of thought. Literally, she banged me on the head. That bang was the kind of bang was the one we gave each other if something bad happened because one of us did something that caused it. “Why didn’t you break up our fight like you always do Delphine?” asks Vonetta harshly. I had an answer but I knew they wouldn’t like it. “ Yeah!” Fern grunted angrily. At that moment because of ...
Jeanette was nervous because she had not yet learned how to Sausalito. While at the dance Jeanette met up with a friend she knew as Kyle. The worst thing happened to Jeanette Sister Maria announced “Every sister grab a brother.” It was time to Sausalito. Jeanette was worried and knew if she went out on the dance floor she would be embarrassed and fail her adaptive dancing test. Jeanette could not remember the dance steps. As Jeanette began she was knocked down by Mirabella. At that moment Jeanette loved Mirabella for getting her out of an embarrassing moment. Jeanette turned her back on Mirabella and yelled at her telling her she had ruined the ball. Yes at this moment Mirabella became the scapegoat and had been used as the scapegoat. Mirabella was kicked out of the school.
I found the book to be easy, exciting reading because the story line was very realistic and easily relatable. This book flowed for me to a point when, at times, it was difficult to put down. Several scenes pleasantly caught me off guard and some were extremely hilarious, namely, the visit to Martha Oldcrow. I found myself really fond of the char...
The time was now six in the afternoon, and the children had to start putting their Halloween costumes on to be ready for their party down the street. Lucy was dressed as a beautiful mermaid. Lanie was an adorable candy fairy, and last, but not least, Luke was dressed as a rowdy cowboy. Playing his cowboy role, Luke started lassoing his sisters with his rope. On their way to the party, I could see Mary and John’s patience level with Luke was about to explode. The parents were trying to pull Luke away from roping his sisters, but he resorted to attempting to rope the
One day recently, Cynthia Newton 's 12-year-old daughter asked her for help with homework, but Newton didn 't want to help her, because she was too busy on Facebook. So her daughter went upstairs to her room and sent an e-mail asking her for help, but Newton didn 't see the e-mail, because, well, she was too busy on
This old man and woman had been together for quite a while. They had been through thick and then. After the crash, they had been admitted to the hospital at which Mel works at, and they were given a less than likely chance of pulling through. Despite the odds, both of them pulled through, but the old man became depressed (Carver 157). The old man confides in Mel, telling him that he was depressed "because he couldn 't see [his wife] through his eye-holes." Mel continues, " '[T]he man 's heart was breaking because he couldn 't turn his goddamn head and see his goddamn wife." (Carver 158). These two old geezers have true love. They cannot live without one another, for they have true
When she and her Ma got home, it was almost dark outside. Frances saw something suspicious, her brother(Mike), shouldn’t be out at this time. Once they got inside, Frances and her mother tucked in all the children and went to bed themselves. Frances was still wondering about Mike, “What was he doing?” She fell asleep falling wiry of her younger brother. When she up, they had breakfast, and headed to their jobs. Frances was still wondering what Mike had done. “Was he stealing? No, their Da(father) had taught them better than that before he fell ill and died. She had never seen her mother cry until then.
The book has touched my heart and my soul. The book is a strong book with astonishing characterizations and environment description. In some places in the book, I was greatly touched and went on crying. The book has strong feelings and emotions. The ending was the perfect thing. I’m extremely happy to read it and it was worth it.
I really enjoyed If I Stay by Gayle Forman, because It’s a story about a girl going through hard times and who just experienced an car crash with her family and is stuck in a out of body experience while in a coma. Each chapter in the book lead me to want to read more and never put it down to figure out whether or not Mia is going to stay or give up.I like how the author made the book in Mias perspective and made it feel like that is how someone would really think if they were able to see everything while in reality at a hospital unable to wake up because she is in a coma. I also like how the author shows how Mia is feeling about her parent’s death from the car crash and how she reacts to seeing her brother barely holding on. I absolutely loved how the book made me think to myself on
The person behind him was exposed, holding a bloody pocket knife and that damn black spiral notebook. Miranda. I screamed, and students looked over at me, wondering what the commotion was about. Miranda stuffed the pocket knife in her notebook, keeping her eyes on me, and then she walked away, covering a blood stain on her dress with her
Quick to react, one girl steps forward from the crowd and takes control of the situation. Preventing Al from further injury by grabbing both sides of his head, the brave young senior moves with the seizing boy, fighting to hold him steady. She does not cry nor do anything but instruct a teacher to “YES, call an ambulance.” Al thrashes, not breathing, upon the white speckled linoleum.