Trapped Book Report

When High School comes around, everyone goes through changes to their life. In Sleeping Freshman Never Lie there is a boy named Scott who is starting high school, and goes through many changes with his friends, family, and life. He meets up with his friends from middle school in the beginning of the year, but soon meets new people and has new friends, in this book many of the characters change and experience some of the same things as Scott. This book is a journey through his high school experience, and all the changes that happen in his life during his freshman year of high school. Wesley changed the most in Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie because he switched from being mean to a nice guy, and

Within the book You Lost Me by David Kinnaman, the author discusses why young Christians are leaving the church and rethinking faith. He gives us an overview of the trends within the mosaic generation. Through this overview, we as student ministers can better understand the generation in which we are ministering to. With this understanding, we can reach these students and bring them back to their home, that is the Church. In this report, I will discuss the book by chapter and finish with my reflection.

Scott is short, smart and pretty witty, he’s essentially the narrator of the book. He has an older brother and a soon to be born baby brother whom he’s writing a high school “survival guide” of sorts to. Throughout the book we follow this book lover through is first year at J.P. Zenger High. Also, he’s a red head (learned at the very end).

Forge is the second novel in the Seeds of America Trilogy, a historical novel series by Laurie Halse Anderson. Geared towards middle-grade readers, the trilogy focuses on the story of Isabel, a 13-year-old African-American slave as she fights for her freedom and that of her younger sister as the events of the American Revolution rage around them. Praised for its historical accuracy and exploring themes of family, race relations in colonial America, and the intersection of major historical events with the lives of its historical characters, the series explores lesser-known moments in the era and incorporates actual quotes and documents from the period. These include the Declaration of Independence and Thomas Paine’s Common Sense. The first book

Jim Heynen describes, “How beautiful! People said when things outside started to shine with ice. But the freezing rain kept coming.” The story, “What Happened During the Ice Storm” by Jim Heynen, is about farm boys going to collect pheasants in the middle of a raging ice storm. Every animal was safe except for the pheasants. They were frozen in place along the fence and could not see anything through the ice. After a careful analysis of the story, the reader can understand the theme, how people act in challenging situations, and human nature through imagery, diction, and figurative language.

They are all nervous, some more than others. But, they all calm down after meeting their new teacher, Mr. Terupt. He's smart, kind, and knows how to handle them all. Shortly, they become very comfortable around him. One day, the class becomes excited because Mr. Terupt attaches the last link that reaches to the floor. This means they will get a “free day” because of their hard work and good behavior! The class decides to go outside to play in the snow on their free day. It's all fun and games until a prank turns into a freak accident. As Mr. Terupt lays in a coma, the classmates wait patiently because “...patience makes the world go round…,” as said by

Unwind is a book filled with three main characters who are escaping their “fate” of being unwound. Unwinding is a process in which every part of a child between the ages thirteen to eighteen is removed and donated to others in need of a healthy limb or organ. Connor is one of the main characters, he found out that he was going to be unwound because he found a bill his parent’s paid to go to the Bahamas, without him. He decides to rebel against his destiny and runs away from home, encountering some other characters and conflicts along the way.

book tells the story of the high school experiences of a fourteen-year-old boy named Scott

He believes he’s awful at sports. He broke one of his fingers playing basketball at his school’s gym. A few other things I learned about him is that his mom died by driving him to school. He was affected by this.

A normal day can turn into a day filled with icy cold snow and warm hot chocolate just by one call. One call that gives everyone around the school district a sigh of relief that they can curl up back in their comfy beds and sleep for an extra two or more hours. Some may wonder how one call makes everyone’s day so much better: it is because it is a call from the school saying there is no school today due to icy conditions. Upon hearing this one can be sure that their phone will be buzzing with ones friends asking what they are doing today, or maybe one snoozes through all the texts and continues to curl up in one’s warm blankets, with dogs heating ones feet. No matter what one chooses to do there always seems to be a trend as one gets older. This trend is that in the grades kindergarten through fifth grade, children love snow days to stay outside and play; then in grades sixth through ninth, children love snow days to stay inside and watch movies; finally children tenth through twelfth grade, children love snow days to again go outside and play.

First period. Sora looked out the window on the other side of the classroom. The rain smashed against the glass like hailing bullets. She frowned, but turned back to the lesson. Second period. It was supposed to be the first day of soccer tryouts, but with the rain that seemed highly unlikely. Sigh. Third period. It was still raining and she was losing hope it would ever stop. Fourth period. Fifth. Sixth. Last period. Half past. Fifteen minutes. Five minutes. After the last bell rang and the rain hadn’t stopped she knew there was no more time for the field to dry. She changed her shoes and picked up her umbrella. Her mom was working at the flower shop so she’d have to walk home today. As she crossed the parking lot she glanced at the soccer

Sam- He is a 13 year old kid from Chicago. His dad is a public figure who is always rallying against racism. He believes what his father thinks is right until he hears about the black panthers. The black panthers are a group who use guns and violence to resolve their problems. He looks up to his brother Stick. By the end of the book he joins the black panthers and is willing to take Sticks place.

Everyone wants to be apart of something big. They want to be well known and important. Scott Weems, an athletic student, is in a “bull’s-eye in history” when he is stuck in his high school with other classmates. Snow encapsulates Scott and his friends while they fight for survival. No one knows if they are going to live. In Trapped, Michael Northrop uses comparison and first person narration to create the setting.

In this book, you follow the life of Sam who has never had a completely normal life. At Sam’s young age his brother died in a fire and ever since then, he has been haunted by vivid nightmares that leave him gasping for breath. His parents keep reassuring him that these dreams mean nothing, but, they are keeping something from him. On one ordinary day of school, Sam’s life changed forever when he was snatched from his class by a team of strange people who took him on to a plane, and then taken to a place called The Academy, where he finds out the truth about his life. Sam and his new friends, Alex and Eva, have been told about a prophecy that speaks of thirteen people who can save the world

heard that it was possible for us to get a snow day but before I went to bed I saw it wasn't even snowing so I figured we wouldn't have one. I looked out my window and saw it was super windy and snowing very hard. I got super excited since I couldn't even seen my neighbors house. Usually if we couldn't see that it meant we had a snow day. I pulled the news on my phone to check if we had a snow. First thing I saw was that over a hundred schools had one! Surely we would be one of them. I scrolled down to the bottom since Zeeland is always at the bottom. “What” I yelled inside my head. “How on earth do we not have a snow day” I thought to myself.