I am reading one of Matt De La Peña top novels, I will save you. In chapter one, it takes place at the beach. It never said in the story where the beach was at. The main character is Kidd. He have no mom or dad, and he is leaving at a group home. He also carries around a philosophy of life book and write lessons he learned in it. Next is the second main character, Olivia. Kidd is in love with her and she is his best friend. But, Oliva might love Devon. Now that brings me to the last main character, Devon. He is Kidd best friend and worst enemy. He is Kidd worst enemy because he is always flirting with Olivia. This book is kind of set up like a diary. There no dates tho, just a title. I don’t like diary books because I rather read a book with
Francisco is his schools basketball star, Reingbow is his girlfriend, and Vincent is his best friend. In the following paragraphs, I will be explaining how the characters in the book experienced losing and gaining friendships, experiencing adversity, and jealousy. The main idea of this book concerns
The book centers around an incident involving Allison Huguet and Beau Donaldson. One night, Allison was hanging out with a group of childhood friends when she was invited to a party at Beau Donaldson’s house. When the party was winding down, the friends decided to stay
The book That was Then, This Is Now is about to really good friends Bryon and Mark starting to go their separate ways. Bryon was a 16 year old hustler who lived in a hood. His mother was poor and she had adopted his best friend Mark. Mark was an illegitimate who was adopted by new parents that got in a drunken fight and killed each other. Mark was a thief, and he always got away with everything that he possibly could do. Teen kids in there element who thought they could rule the world, everything was theirs and that nothing could possibly go wrong. They did everything bad together smoke, drink, jump kids for their money, steal, skip school, take drugs and get into gang brawls.
-Based on the title and images on the cover, what do you think this book is about and why?
Gladys: I am afraid of for my daughter’s safety. My husband’s angry outbursts are out of control.
People who enjoy realistic-fiction novels that include sibling rivalry, sports, making life changes, and the tension of a dysfunctional family environment will be interested in reading this journal writing from the first person perspective of Paul Fisher. This novel includes characteristics of middle school encounters ; therefor, ages 10 and up will appreciate this
In the beginning of the book I met the main characters Willowdean and Bo but i'm going to have to tell you their story so you can understand what all happened. So their story first just started with Will working in a fast food restaurant called Harpys’. Harpys’ is where Will met Bo and that’s where it all started. Willowdean met Bo at work and they started talking but she didn't think Bo liked her because he was so skinny and muscular a jock I should add and she was just a big girl that didn’t feel confident in herself. Willowdean liked Bo a lot and for him he liked her a lot to. So when they started talking it was during shifts, on breaks, and when they got off work walking to their cars. One day when they were walking to their cars he asked
Richard Alvarez is a 17 year old youth who was placed in residential treatment in Tucson, AZ on January 7, 2016. Richard identifies himself as a multiracial, Navajo and Mexican, heterosexual male. Richard reports that he is creative and maintains positive relationships with his father and two younger sisters. He states that he is open to this placement, but indicates little hope regarding the ability for any treatment to relieve the severe depression he reports he is experiencing.
On their way to the Gold Coast the boys talk up a storm about everything but rugby and Daniel is very nice and comforting to Sione when he is having a rough time trying to convince himself that he fits in to the Valley team. Will this good bonding time start off a great friendship or will they have another friendship breakout? If you’re interested, then you should defiantly read this great novel.
In the novel That Was Then,This is Now, we encounter two main characters. Bryon Douglas and Mark Jennings are two teenage boys from the same hometown with totally unique views on how to live life. Bryon Douglas is a 16-year-old boy, tall and strong with dark hair and dark eyes to match. He has a baby face that makes him look like a “St. Bernard puppy” that catches all the girls. Mark Jennings is 15 years old and lives with Bryon. He is short and compact with golden-brown hair and eyes. He has a sympathetic smile that gives him the look of a “friendly lion”. Although Mark and Bryon are best friends, you would never guess they were so close due to their opposite personalities.
This novel was set during the post war period, this was a time when independence and rebelling against parents and law was more important than doing the right thing, during these times of independence, and teenagers needed friendship more than anything else.
The book starts out being about an author writing a book about the day the first atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
So with this project I’m just coming out with what I’m thinking while I’m reading the book instead of giving you paragraphs. So I’ll just give you a quick run down of the book, It is basically about how the main character Belly (I know it’s a weird name) goes to her beach house and they only go there every summer. Her moms best friend goes with them, (and here’s a twist) Belly’s mom’s friend has two boys, Conrad and Jeremiah. The twist is that Belly has a crush on both boys or at least Belly’s brother thinks she does. But secretly I think she does too and i also think that everyone else in the book thinks that too. But here’s the thing Belly has had a past with Conrad, they’ve had a relationship too, but it ended quick. I think that it is crazy that she is now liking two guys and they’re both related to
The book focuses mainly on a woman named Celie, who has lived a hard life already when, at the age of 14 she begins
The main characters are Noah and Jude, who are in their teenage years. They are the ones that tell the story by alternating chapters. Noah doesn’t really have a lot of friends in the beginning, but as the story progresses, he makes friends with Brian, who will be introduced later. Jude, however, is very popular at the beginning. But, as the story goes on, she begins to change and she stops hanging out with those people and becomes a totally different girl.