Tracks

This week I read the non-fiction book Tracks written by Robyn Davidson. The book is a first hand account of when she took the journey of walking across the Australian desert. It was a 1,700 mile long walk where she only had a dog and four camels. She faces all of the challenges that come with the desert and then some. It was a really inspiring book where I really got to know the character, who was such a strong person. Overall I really enjoyed this book and I feel like so would many others.'

Glory Be

by Augusta Scattergood 

Glory Be is not a great book but not a bad book. It is about a girl named Glory who lives in Mississippi during 1964. The town she lives in is starting to integrate and she is learning how hard it is for some people to except others. Glory has to learn to be her own person because he best friend and her sister change during the summer and they separate. 

The Canning Season

by Polly Horvath

This book is about a girl named Ratchet who lived in a basement with her mom who cares more about looking good around people than her daughter. One day, out of the blue, her mother tells her that she is going to stay with her great aunts and sends her there without any clothes or belongings at all. I liked this book because it was very originaland had interesting characters.

Sold

by Patricia McCormick

This book is about a 13 year old girl named Lakshmi. Her family was happy until their crops were washed away and her father said she needed to get a job to help support her family. This job ends up being prostitution. I didn't love this book, but it was pretty good. It was a very original story and had very interesting characters.

Walk Two Moons

By Sharon Creech

This book is about thirteen year-old Sal Hiddle who's father moves from her home in Bybanks, Kentucky that she loved to a small house in Euclid, Ohio to be closer to a woman named Margaret. She thinks that her father and Margaret are romantically involved in some way, but she later discovers that that is not at all the case. I kind of liked this book because it was a pretty interesting story and the characters were well developed, but some parts got a little boring.

All the Light We Cannot See

 By Anthony Doerr

This book is about a blind french girl, Marie-Laure and German boy, Werner who try to survive the horrors of WWII. Marie-Laure and her father move to Saint Malo to live with her Great Uncle when the Nazis occupy Paris. Werner, who is an orphan, has an incredible talent for building and putting things together which lands him a spot in the academy for Hitler Youth. This leads him through the war and into Saint Malo where him and Marie-Laure met. I liked this book because I think that this time period is very interesting and I also liked the characters.  

The One and Only Ivan

By K.A. Applegate

This book is about a gorilla named Ivan who lives in a circus. He is friends with some of the other animals especially Stella the elephant and Bob the dog. When Stella dies Ivan decided to make sure her friend Ruby doest have a life in captivity. I really liked this book because it was a very unique story and fun characters.

Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

This book is about four girls who have been best friends forever. When they find a pair of pants that magical fits all of them perfectly they decide to share them and send them back and forth during their first summer apart. I really liked this book because all of the character had really interesting stories and were all very different. The characters were all interesting and very well developed. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes realistic fiction books. 

Number the Stars

by Lois Lowry

This book is about a girl named Annemarie who is living in Denmark during WWII. Her best friend, Ellen is a jew and the nazis have started to relocate jews so they take her in and try to protect her and her family.
I liked this book because the characters are all developed really well and there is enough description to really know what is going on but not too much that it was boring.

Son

By Lois Lowry

This book is about a girl named Clair who washes up onto the shore. She remembers the feeling of having a child in her stomach so she goes on a quest to find her child. I liked this book because it was an original story and it had a lot of details, but not to may that it gets boring. This week I will read the Silent Boy.

Confessions of a Murder Suspect

By James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

This book is about a girl named Tandy who has grown up in an extraordinary family with brilliant parents worth millions of dollars. There is no junk food or anything unintelligent in their household. Two of her three brothers are extremely athletic and her other brother is an art prodigy and Tandy herself has a talent of surprising emotion. There all seem to be going amazing places until it all crashes down when their parents are found dead in their room. Their is no signs of forced entry or anything which leaves the prime suspects the kids.
I really liked this book. I have read other books by this author and loves all of them. The writing is very good and there are good characters and original plots.

Ember in the Ashes

By Sabaa Tahir

This book is about a girl named Laia who's brother is arrested for treason so she goes undercover in a military academy in exchange for help from scholars who say that they can help her save her brother from being executed. I liked that the plot of this book was very original and I also really liked the characters.
For a book group later this year I would like to do a realistic fiction book.

Headphones

You create a bubble of solitude

The wondering whispers of bitterness can't get past your barricade

You are my life interlude

When I succeed you are the accolade 

Breathing sweet sounds of ecstasy into my mind 

Filling me with bliss

When you play it seems like the stars are aligned 

Your magnificent melody makes alley worries fall away into the abyss 

The Siren

by Kiera Cass

This book is about a siren named Kahlen who lures strangers to their death, but when she meets a boy and starts to fall in love with him she worries what will happen to them when they find out that he is human. This book was pretty good, but I didn't love the plot because it didn't seem very original. I did like this book, but I like some of Kiera Cass's books better like The Selection.