Wendy Mass Theme

“ The year began with the hanging of one man and ended with the drowning of another,” (3) the man who was hanged was a man named Ronald Ryan. “ What did he do….We won’t worry about that now….Whatever he did, I ask you, is it right to take a man and hang him, coldly, at eight o’clock in the morning? ” (5)

The Haunting of the Sunshine Girl is a thrilling book by Paige Mckenzie. It explores the theme that nothing has to be done alone. Everything started on Sunshine Griffith’s sixteenth birthday, throughout the year Sunshine has been faced with a series of tests followed with her new powers. Every since she was young, Sunshine knew she was adopted, but who has she inherited these powers from? While Sunshine’s life changes forever, the people she loves change affecting everything. The whole story is described in detail affecting the imagery, characters and the two point of views.

Using your plot development above, write a summary of your story in Ms. Mullins’ classroom during writing this week (more to come on that when you have writing tomorrow). The story Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass

The theme of the novel is to not follow the crowd, because it may lead you into the wrong direction. Truly followed the populars and dropped her friends who “saved her in the 6th grade.” This teaches middle school girls to have more

The book Found by Margaret peterson has a big part of the book where the author tries to bring out is the theme. The theme she tries to bring out is teamwork is needed in order to succeed. She shows this theme in the beginning, the middle, and in the end of the book.

❖ The cat The most significant symbol in this story is the white cat, with its pink eyes. Pink is the color of her spirit. This “cat” symbolizes that grandmamma. Actually in China, cat is a kind of symbols of death. They are always supernatural. Grandma was old and when she saw the cat, she had already prepared to die.The

Miss. Nelson is Missing is a simple, light-hearted play based on the children's book of the same name. This play is about seven boisterous elementary school students who have driven their teacher, Miss. Nelson, insane by rejecting her many attempts at making learning fun, disobeying and belittling her. Miss Nelson is put under a lot of pressure by Principal Humleker to ensure that every one of her students earns an A on their exam. Miss. Nelson is a kind and caring teacher who only wants the best for her students. However, Miss Nelson has reached the end of her rope with these children when they take advantage of her good nature. As a last resort, she disguises herself as Viola Swamp, a ruthless substitute teacher to scare her students into learning everything they need to know for the test; and maybe a thing or two about respect.

Doug MacLeod’s ‘I’m Being Stalked by a Moonshadow’ is an astounding novel, aimed for adolescents aged between 12 and 15. This book was published in 2006 by the ‘Penguin Group', and it consists of 205 pages. Doug MacLeod’s novel centers on the theme of romance and teenage drama. The brain-twisting story revolves around a typical young teenage boy named Seth Parrot, who lives in the suburb of Kinglet with is extrovert family. At the start of the novel, he faces major difficulty trying to spot his ideal girlfriend to match his abnormal affections in a girl. But when he realises that he is fully and utterly in love with a well-formed feminine, Miranda, more bad news slowly evolve. He discovers that Miranda’s father, Mr. Jeff Raven, is the mortal enemy of Seth’s parents. Mr. Raven isn't the only inconvenient thing that emerges into Mr. and Mrs. Parrot’s life. Mr. and Mrs. Parrot’s relationship starts to gradually grow apart, making Seth more determined than ever to make his parents fall in love again. The story has many waggish, breathtaking events occurring every five pages of the book,

High Noon, which is an old western type of movie, is about a sheriff named Will Kane that has to fight to save his town. "The Most Dangerous Game", which is a short story about a man named Rainsford who has to fight for his survival. High Noon and "The Most Dangerous Game" have similar main characters and similar story patterns, but have a different overall theme.

This book tells the story about Brie a 15 year old girl who died because of heartbreak. This book tells the story about how Brie handles the five stages of grief with the help of resident soul, Patrick, who is also her guide to the afterlife by revisiting the aftermath with a broken heart. The story tells how her life changes after she died. How things about her family, friends, and her boyfriend Jacob

When this romance initially commences, Leo notices people treating him differently as if he is an alien. This is because Stargirl is an extraordinarily typical girl who doesn’t track the culture of the school. She plays an ukulele, keeps a pet rat in her tote bag, treats everyone with kindness and serenades them in the lunchroom on their birthdays. As a result Leo requests Stargirl to transform her identity so she can fit into the school, and people won’t look down upon them. He wants her to conform into the society. She adjusts her name into “Susan”—an “ordinary” high school girl. The reader discovers in this progression that she is discontented pretending to be what she isn’t. Ultimately, she is happiest when she is factual to herself. As she articulates “Every once in a while someone comes along who is . . . a little more in touch with the stuff we’re made of, it’s our identity what really perceives who I am rather than assimilating I rather enjoy myself as who I really am. ” (Spinelli, Stargirl 177). This advocates that perhaps one can take a message from her and be a little truer to one self. Rather than following what others say and having no genuine identity, it is vital to build up an own identity a way one can be referred to as.

Throughout the novel Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli, several topics across the novel contribute to the overall theme. From identity, conformity to bullying, the topics of Stargirl cover everything under the Mica sun. Conformity is touched after everyone in Mica Area High School is described as conformists, blending into one another. Identity is challenged by Stargirl as she breaks away from conformity. Bullying makes its debut after the kids at MAHS reject Stargirls quirky ways. Overall, the Stargirl novel puts a fresh take on the underlining theme most people aren’t true to themselves unless they are confident.

Stargirl was another fantastic book Jerry Spinelli. He added interesting characters, such as, Leo the quiet and shy one, Stargirl unique and fun one, Dori Dilson Stargirl only friend, Archie the wise and elderly one, Kevin Leo’s friend that likes the stoplight, and Hillari Kimble the popular bratty one. This book takes place in MICA, Arizona. Now, in paragraph one I will discuss the plot of Stargirl. Next, I will talk about the theme in Stargirl. Finally, I will evaluate Jerry Spinelli`s job on the novel Stargirl.

How far will you go to have your wishes granted? The award-winning novel, “Need,” written by Joeele Charbonneau, is about a group of teens who receive an email from a mysterious website informing them they can get a “need” by inviting their school mates. The overall message or lesson of the novel being taught is nothing is ever free, it's always a price to pay. Whether it's time, effort, or something else, theirs is always a tradeoff. This theme is revealed through the characters' choices.

Directed by Kirk Jones, “Nanny McPhee” is a touching, and inspiring children’s comedy film that engages its audiences with the themes of obedience and discipline; yet, sometimes it takes rebellions to bring a family together. The film directs the audiences back to the Victorian England, where a widowed undertaker named Cedric Brown is to take care of his seven unruly young children, who have a history of driving away every nanny in the agency. After being told by the nanny agency that there are no more nannies available, he heard a mysterious voice telling him what he needs is Nanny McPhee, however, he went back home after finding no contact information about the nanny. On that stormy night as the children are out of control, a mysterious,