Over the summer, I read the book Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen, who has written twelve New York Times bestsellers for teens. In the book, Sydney’s brother Peyton is put in prison for hitting and paralyzing a young boy while drunk driving. Because of this, Sydney decides to transfer from her private school to the town’s public school to avoid the attention. At her new school, no one knows that she is Peyton’s sister except her new friends, Layla and Mac. They bring her into their family and make her feel loved. Sydney becomes very close to them, but her mother, on the other hand, doesn’t particularly care for Sydney’s new ‘family’. The best part of this book are the interesting and engaging characters. One of the most interesting characters …show more content…
Based on his first impression, Sydney was quite intimidated by him. After they got to know each other, they ended up becoming very close friends. One aspect that makes Mac so interesting is how he changed. When he was younger, he was overweight and unhealthy. According to Layla he “Lost thirty pounds, for starters. And when he started eating better, his skin cleared up” (132). Another example is Mac’s relationship with Sydney. He makes Sydney feel so loved and cared for that she starts spending more and more time with him and less and less time with her real family. My final example is how determined he is to get a good education. He’s a really smart kid and wants to study math and science but his family wants to hand the family business down to him. His persistence and determination to go to school makes him an engaging individual. One final compelling character is Layla. Layla was Sydney’s first friend at her new school. She took Sydney into her own quirky family and made her feel important. She is such a loyal friend to Sydney. Even though Sydney was a little unsure of Layla in the beginning, they ended up becoming really close friends. Sydney wanted to pay Layla back for the help she gave, even if it meant going against her family’s rules, which shows how loyal they are to each
In my opinion I thought that this book was a very good book. In this chapter I will describe the setting, theme, plot and conflict etc. This book had a few different settings like
I read Rules by Cynthia Lord, I haven't truly heard much about the book before I read it. This book is about a girl named Kathrine who has to deal with her autistic brother David. Through out this book Kathrine looks at all the negitives about having David. Things start to look better once she has made a new friend Jason. Kathrine starts to reflect on her self and relieze that her or her brothers life could be worse. Jason can't speak or walk and can't do anything by himself. Even if Jason was Kathrines friend it didn't mean that she didn't feel embarrassed to be artound him or her brother. Mean while Kathrine has a new nabior Kristi who she despetly wanting to be friends woth, but not have her brother ruin cause of his crazy actions. Through
All of these characters weave a tale that takes the reader through many twists and turns and provides hours of easy reading enjoyment.
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
One of the things about the book that I personally liked was the characters, some of them were easy to relate to, even if you couldn't you could relate someone you knew with them. For example, David is not one of the main characters from the story but the more you learn about him, the more you realize how ambitious he is, wanted to change his career path almost every week, standing up to Mr. Neck. I think he's one of the things that helped Melinda find her voice.
The novel that I am reading is All we have left and it’s by Wendy Mills. Aila is a Muslim and she got caught with cigarette in her hand. Her parents don’t trust her anymore and she wants to go to a program that is a NYU and it’s for drawing program she just can’t go because of her mistake. Alia told her mom that she hates and her mom and runs out of the building and the reason why they don’t trust her because the last time she ran away from home. Now, Jesse is going to Nick’s house and her friends are telling that he’s not right for her but she thinks he is. She goes to his house and he tells her about the bombing of 9/11 and she remembers her brother’s death in the twin
Throughout the book I felt connected to one character, that character was George. George and I share similar qualities and our lifestyles can relate. One major characteristic I found in George is his ability
This is a very important part of the book because it shows the reader that the
So far i over the course of reading i have enjoyed many aspects about the book . The enthusiasm, intensity and little bits of amusement make the book very intriguing and fun to read. However mostly the characters have caught my eye so far over the course of the book and two main characters have played a crucial role in the story and how it plays out from different point of views. Harry gold is my main character in the story so far, and he fits the hero role that is implanted in almost every book or movie.
I really liked the book. It was very enjoyable to read. I would recommend it to my friends, because I think they
My favorite character in this book would have to be Peter. He was a little bit of a tough guy yet timid, but wasn’t afraid to fight for his siblings lives. Peter was the oldest amongst his brother and two sisters and was most likely the brains and brawn of the bunch. In this story, Peter has to fight off a wolf to test his courage or, in Aslan’s words, win his spurs. He returns victorious and is knighted by the lion called Aslan. His brother Edmund, a very mischievous boy and a bother to his sisters Lucy and Susan, looks up to Him though he never admits to it. Peter was definitely the highlight of this book.
All in all the stories in this book are very important to the book. This I think is
And also when I read about the goblins where they are lived. Also, when the Princess lost herself to their house and she meet her great grandmother at the secret part of their house. And her grandmother is a mysterious in the story because the people on their house didn’t know about the queens at the top of the house, only the Princess. I like also when the Princess and Curdie meets and he saved the Princess from the goblin. And it becomes interesting with me because in that story shows the good relationships of father to daughter, nanny to Princess, grandmother to her grand-daughter, and also to her friends. And also the moral lesson that we can adopt and we can apply to our daily lives. It becomes interesting with me that their house has a secret part, and only the Princess are the one who went there and that place was his grandmothers room. And her grandmother lived only by eating the pigeons egg. I also like in the story is when the Princess do his promises, she did not break
Choose a character out of the novel; describe the characters personality and placement in the novel.
I loved this book so much. There is so much action and is so much better and exciting with so much amazing detail and description. This is one of my favorite books ever. When you read it, you don’t want to put it down and it makes you feel like you are with the characters in the book and you know them so well. I recommend this book to anyone who can read at this level.