The Mystery Of Andy Greenwood

The main character in this book is Steve Klakowicz. Steve was abused emotionally and physically, since he was put in his new foster home. Steve was abused non- stop his foster mother would take his hand and make him hold it on the stove, his hands would burn so bad that he would have to go to the hospital. He was

This book is called Forged by Fire, by Sharon M. Drapper. In the book Gerald has to grow up with many challenges. The book takes place in the Hazelwood area. Gerald is a three year old boy who lives with his single mom. Gerald's mom is a major drug addict, she doesn't really take good care of Gerald. If he were to have a “accident”, she would make him keep it in his pants or not change him till the end of the day as a lesson to him. Gerald has many problems to deal with in this book, but the main one is having to deal with Jordan, his mom's husband who abuses all 3 of them, Monique (mom), Gerald, and Angel (sister). But worst of all Gerald has to deal with the fact that Jordan is sexually abusing Angel.

The boy is Harry lee and was just a regular school boy until now. Harry was bullied his whole life by a kid named Jamie. Jamie was a jock who thought he was the top dog and always picked on Harry in particular until lately. Harry was at school when he saw a kid being bullied just before he went into the hall and after seeing this he realized enough is enough.

Prison Boy by Sharon McKay is a very powerful story about unprivileged children living in poverty. In this novel Pax lives in an orphanage where he meets young Kai, and since the day they met Pax was his devoted protector. When the head of the orphanage unexpectedly dies, Pax is forced to work to earn money to help him and Kai survive. In this novel Pax demonstrates courage and protectiveness. This is a deeply moving and emotional story.

“A Child Called It”, is a true story of the author, Dave Pelzer from age 4- 12. Pelzer narrates his past and tells the story about a young boy who is beaten, starved and tortured by his mother. Dave encounters inhumane actions and abuse from his mother and almost death. He was beaten every day, was only fed every now and then and had to wear the same clothes 24/7, therefore smelling really badly. Dave was forced to be the family slave and would receive punishment if he didn’t complete his chores on time. These punishments became more cruel and brutal as time went on.

My book, Because of Mr. Terupt, by Rob Buyea, is about a group of kids in Mr. Terupt's home room at Snow Hill School. Mr. Terupt is new to the school and is about to take one heck of a journey. The fifth grade's school begins with Mr. Terupt getting to know the kids. Jessica, the new kid who is thankful for Mr. Terupt. Peter, tries to get away with his schemes but Mr. Terupt as always knows how to correct his behavior. Anna, can't make friends because of her mother's past. Jeffery doesn't like school. Alexia tries to start drama, Danielle, tries to put a stop to Alexia's drama, Luke, likes Mr. Terupt's style of teaching. As the year goes by the kids get rewarded. The kids agree on playing out in the snow, the principal, Mrs. Williams also agrees.

This novel set in 1935 is about a 12 year old boy named Moose who moves to Alcatraz Island where his father can work as a prison warden and his Autistic sister, Natalie can attend a special school in San Francisco. Moving to the new place, he misses his old baseball team and struggles for recognition in his new school. He never sees his Dad because he is always working and Natalie demands all his mother's attention. Natalie is rejected from the special school, crushing his parents' hopes for Natalie's education. Moose now must take care of Natalie after school while his mother teaches music lessons and he must find a way to deal with Natalie's screaming fits and constant needs.

In the story, Twain recounts his visit fabricated at the appeal of a acquaintance back East, to an old man called Simon Wheeler in a california mining camp. Wheeler tells Mark Twain a bright adventure about a miner, Jim Smiley. According to Wheeler, Smiley loved to make bets; he would make a bet on anything. Wheeler relates some of Smiley’s gambling escapades, one of which includes a frog. Critics frequently cite this adventure as an example of a tall tale and Twain’s use of humor and exaggeration in his words.

The book “The Alex Crow” by Andrew Smith tells multiple stories, but the main story revolves around Ariel, a shorter than average fifteen year old boy. Ariel lives a mostly happy life in his village until the FDJA, a group of rebels, attack his village. Ariel survives the attack by hiding in an old refrigerator at the school, when he reemerges from the refrigerator, he leaves with some soldiers. “When I came out of the refrigerator, there honestly was no place for me to stay. I had to go along with the soldiers who’d come to the village after the gas attack” (Smith 48). Soon after Ariel is adopted by the Burgess family, from Sunday, West Virginia. Max, Mr. and Mrs. Burgess’s fifteen year old son, does not welcome Ariel, which makes it difficult

The book I read was called Hoot. It was created by Carl Hiaasen in 2002. The book was granted a Newberry Honor for 2003. It is largely based on environmentalism, and protection of endangered species. At the beginning, Roy was being harassed by a large, unseemly bully named Dana. On the street, there was a eerie boy, who ran extremely fast. Roy had moved to Coconut Cove from Montana, which he was extremely disappointed about. Meanwhile, Coconut Cove, was getting a new pancake house, but it has been delayed because of vandalism. Curly, the foreman on the plot, is reporting the quandaries to Officer Delinko, a local police officer. While reporting the issues, Officer Delinko trips in a hole. Officer Delinko takes irony in Curly's nickname. He

This book is basically about a 14 year old boy named Jimmy Little and he’s on the run with an escaped convict which is his dad. At first, Jimmy stays with this lady named Mama Jean. There is reasoning for him staying with her. First of all, his mom is dead and his father is in prison at the time. After the first couple of chapters his father surprises him at Mama Jeans place. It is awkward for Jimmy because it is his very first time seeing his father face to face. His fathers’ name is Crab. Crab comes to take Jimmy from Mama Jean to go on a road trip because Crab says he has found a job in a different state. Mama Jean is worried at the time but then she lets Jimmy go on with Crab. Jimmy feels slightly home sick while he’s with Crab and he continually

Over the summer I read a book called Reality Boy by A.S. King. My first impression of the book wasn’t actually a good one. I usually read action books and was never really into books of this genre. Despite my initial thoughts I really enjoyed it. 5 year old Gerald Faust is angry, especially when his anger and behaviour led his mother to sign a contract putting them on a reality tv show, only making him angrier but this time known as the crapper, and in front of the entire world. Gerald has had a very troubled life so far. The people in his life don’t realize this but Gerald or “the Crappers” only form of defense when he was little was to defecate on the kitchen table

Have you ever been falsely accused of something you didn't do? Well, this happens in the realistic fiction book, Holes by Louis Sachar. I strongly believe that you should read this well developed book, for it has fascinating characters, the great message, and the astounding plot. The 14 year old and main protagonist of the story named Stanley Yelnats goes through a series of unfortunate events that leads him into an abusive camp. He is overweight, lonely in school, and gets bullied frequently. In the camp, the requirement every day is to dig a hole five feet deep, and five feet across in every direction. Because of the many kids in the camp, the landscape is full of holes, and looks dry and beat up. Stanley eventually finds out there is more

The school he attends when he is a little older is a school by any means, but there is great turmoil. Often the older boys pick on the younger ones and while this may be brought to the attention of the director (the principle, headmaster etc.) the older boys would be punished but it would be so overlooked that as soon as they were finished being punished, they would return from their beatings and give them back tenfold to the young boys who told on them. This section is actually one of my favorite parts.