What really went down in Drums Girls and Dangerous pie

In Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnen Blink is about Steven Alper, an eighth grader who describes himself as a "skinny geek". When Steven's brother Jeffery ends up being diagnosed with Leukemia, Steven has to make very mature decisions to keep his brother safe. Steven who loves to play the drums more than anything else went to his drum teacher and said to him that his family couldn't pay for drum lessons so he had made the decision to quit and even almost gave his "special sticks" to his drum teacher to make up for the payment of that week. Steven had to kick the girl of his dreams out of his house because she had a cold and that could badly effect his brother. Steven even went to the hospital with Jeffery when Jeffery didn't have his toy with him.


When Steven's family's  financial position was down in the dumps, he made the decision to stop his drum lessons so that his family could save money.His life is all about the drums so this is a really mature choice for him to make. He wouldn't have done it to unless he really thought it was the right thing to do. This shows that Steven makes mature choices for his brother's well fare.

When Steven kicked the girl of his dreams out  of his house my jaw dropped. He knew that because she had a cold, his brother night not be safe with her around and no matter how much he wanted for her to stay in his house Jeffery was at risk and Steven was mature enough to say no. That's what it means to be a good brother.

Steven even took it upon himself to make Jeffery feel safe and comfortable when he went with Jeffery when Jeffery didn't have his toy, Matt Medic. This is proof that Steven wants the best for his brother and that when he can make Jeffery feel good he will. Another example of how Steven Alper makes mature decisions for the sake of his brother's well being.

What really went down in D,D,and DP? Steven Alper went down, maturity went down, brotherly love went down, love went down. Maturity went down. By making these mature decisions Steven Alper helped his family start up again, and even  though they were in a tight spot he helped his family get back on their feet and start running again.

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Mallorca

     Hello my name is Aidan Arbona and my last name originates from an island off the east coast of Spain called Mallorca. Two years ago my family and I decided to investigate the origins of my father’s last name. We almost stayed at a hotel owned by a family named Arbona, but settled on a hotel in an ancient town called Soller in the northwest corner of the island where it was dry and dusty, yet warm and bustling around with many pepe. Although it was sandy and dry, the island was mountainous and the beaches had clear, cool water and were very rocky. My mother heard from the owner of the hotel, who spoke English, Spanish, German, and Catalan, that there was a beautiful beach over the mountains. So we decided to pack our goggles and swimsuits and started an adventure that I will never forget.

     When we started out, I stated “this is going to be awesome!” not knowing the horrific experience that we were about to have.  It turned out that to get to the beach we had to traverse a beaten-down narrow road scaling the side of the mountains. “Steve, look at that!” my mother said happily as my father drove white-knuckled down the hair-pinned death trap. “Sorry honey I’m driving down a narrow road on the side of a mountain, I’m trying to look at the road” stammered my father (who is afraid of heights). As we swerved on a hair-pin turn, a huge tour bus almost ran into us and barely missed. “Holy _ I can’t believe what just happened! That guy is a horrible driver.”   Little did we know that this trip would be one to remember and one we would never be able to forget.

     Even though it was the most dangerous trip I’ve ever seen sights that were as beautiful than on that mountain. As we were driving, we saw three types of things: rivers and forests, natures finest creations, the green plants, I remember that the air was humid and soggy. “Well at least it was only a onetime thing with that bus, right?” When I finished asking that, another bus proved me wrong.

     When we finally made it to the beach it was cold and beautiful. The water was so clear that even from a distance you could see fish, around the water was a very rocky landscape which made it seem natural to the extreme. When I began to swim under the water it was very cool but still I could see fish swimming with me.

So in the end, to see that beach, the drive really was worth it. It being the crying, screaming, amazement, stressing, yelling and blaming. 

     

     In the end we decided that the trip was worth it the cloudy sky dusty ground and amazing people. We didn't skin my mother alive and the drive back was quicker. The best thing to come out of it though was the fact that I am no longer am I afraid of heights.

Shel Sliverstein we thank you.

This is the hardest review I have ever done because it's a poem book. Everything on it by Shel Silverstein is a very amazing imaginative book
because there really isn't a main character I'll be talking about the growth of Mr. Silverstein. One of his first poem books was a book named Don't Bump the Glump. This book lead to a path way of completely amazing poem books like this one was. many people started to realize that this guy was a really good poet. His rhymes although cooky and childish were some of the best things I've ever had the pleasure of reading.

The next book he wrote (that I have) was a huge book called A Light in the Attic. To this day it's his most well known book. It had more hilarious poems than ever before and It had some of the best poems I've ever read contained inside. Most people have read this book and if you've never read it, just do it okay, for the people of the universe .

His writing only got better and he proved that when he wrote, Where the Sidewalk Ends. This book was a master piece and most likely one of the best books I've ever read. It provided his hilarious drawings, poems, and made up foods and animals. Take for example his poem "How to Make a Hippo sandwich". I still read that poem when ever I read that book. He also included an even better format for poems to and made many a short stanza poem.

In my opinion though his last book Everything on it. Was his best book. It had timeless stories and you could waste days reading it repeatedly. Mr. Silverstien topped himself with this book. Reading a book like this is like a child reading a Doctor Suess book. When you think of Shel Silverstein you think of a great man. I admit he looks like a pirate, but I rate everything he's ever written a 10/10, this time I'm not going to let you comment about what you think he's rated. 10/10 that's final.

Marked by Athena

 Rick Riordan thank you  for writing many amazing books that we love. Percy Jackson, Hero's of Olympus  and the Kane chronicles. I never would have suspected that you would   end your book in a sorrowful way.
I finished this book a long time ago but I didn't review it because I had other projects going on. So sorry about that. This book has many good things about it but first I should tell a brief retell.

Pretty much all that happens in this book is adventure, romance, battle,adventure, myth,romance, battle, in this exact order. Listen I get that Rick is just trying to appeal to older audience but still I believe that there's more romance in this book that anything else. Really all the plot is, is to stop Gaia from coming back. I don't under stand though why all the people they fight are giants.

In case you were wondering that was all my retell. I understand that you want everyone to realize that your focusing on the Romans now but really, why Rick, why did you completely destroy every good aspect of mythology when you made the roman gods complete @#$&(%&#. You had to ruin everything didn't you? By the way Mr. Riordan the Edilion if that's how you spell it are golems not spirits. Plus they're rouge.

Although I thought the but was at least a 9/10 but those issues make it a 7/10. Mainly the point base was decreased because most of the mythology is inaccurate, but it was weakened by it's unoriginality. So Mr. Riordan in the next book please make these issues disappear, thank you.

This is my This I believe essay.

Hi guys and gals I'm sorry that I can't post about Fear because I haven't even made it to the 1/2 way mark. Soooooooooo, enjoy this this I believe essay :).

I believe that two heads are better than one. For me, the first thing I ever do when I go to someplace new is attempt to make a friend. I know that I won’t be alone if I have a friend. When I first came to MS51, I was a little nervous.  I got on class 603’s line and talked to the first person I saw. My friend Schon and I met that day and we are still friends. This helped when I first went into class, when I went through those class doors I wasn’t afraid anymore. When I met my other friends, I had people who I could spend my lunch time with playing sports.

            When we were preparing for the statewide tests, it was always a relief to know that our stress was disappearing as we were talking and playing. This made it easier to go through the day and easier to sleep at night. When it was time to study, we helped each other and made it easier to focus on what we needed to learn. That helped us prepare as a group for the test.

            Thanks to all my friends, I started to take up rock band at Brooklyn Music Factory, where I only made more friends. When I was in my band, I realized that a band wouldn’t be complete without all of the members. That collaboration between band mates could never be the exact same experience twice. Even when some band mates didn’t show up, though, we still did what we had to do and enjoyed doing it.

            Now, as I’m writing this, I have been taking magic lessons with my Uncle Randy. As I’ve been doing the magic tricks, I’ve found that’s it’s always easier to learn and practice with him than without him. He made it easy to work with him because when I messed up he wasn’t mad, no, he was always kind and patient, he made sure I knew something before I moved onto something new. Believe it or not, when I was in Kansas, I even used most of my time to do magic instead of video games! That’s how much I enjoyed working with my uncle.

            With the help of my friends and family, I’ve come further than I could possibly have expected to do alone. After being backed by many a friend, I stride forward.  Now, because of them, I’ve realized that two or more heads are better than one. This I believe. 

-Fin
Many a book share this topic and that's good because that means we can relate to them. That makes for a better story.

I hoped you liked my this I believe essay, good day.

Pitacus Lore vs. Suzanne Collins part four.

     Hello my viewers, today's blog is a very special blog.  Why you ask? It's special because it is my tenth blog. Well with that aside lets get to the things I didn't like about the Rise of Nine. Well the few things I didn't like about this book were A. the fact that the only things that were going on were basically battles and talking and moving around. B. The fact that Lore turned the C.I.A. against the people. Finally C. The fact that the author made himself the most powerful person of all time.

     I hate to admit it but the repeated battles, the amount of talking, and the driving, flying, and other forms of transportation take up the entire book. There are some parts of the book where people randomly attack the main characters no joke. When I mean random they get attacked by aliens, people in India, the C.I.A., giant monsters, and for all we know in the next book they could be attacked by armed ducks ( Pitacus Lore if you're reading this please put in the part in your abut armed ducks that would be downright awesome, so if I made it seem as though I don't want the ducks, please forgive me.)

     Listen I like the C.I.A., they're literally the spies of America. I enjoy talking about them and really enjoyed how they beat the K.G.B. in deadliest warrior (that show is awesome I support Deadliest Warrior and you should watch it.) So Why, Why did Lore turn them against us and make them look like idiots and villains. This in my opinion is the worst issue in this book. Why, because you seem to like making a fool out of most Americans Lore.

     Listen Lore your an amazing writer but seriously did you have to make your self pretty much a god. I understand, if I were a writer like you I would probably do the same thing, but because I'm not I a going to criticize you about it.You really like having your characters worship you don't you, you made it so that without you there would be no story and you also made it so that all the characters were fighting over who is you. I bet that you made one of the characters resemble you exactly didn't you Lore.

     To sum this all up I'm going to say what I rate each book and why. The Hunger Games could have and and sould have been a 9.5/10 but it's major flaws and strange story and character development bring it down to a 5/10. Now the Rise Of Nine could have been a 9.5/10 too but it's minor flaws bring it down to an 8/10, but  there's a likely chance that there will be ducks in the next  book raising that 8 into a 9.75. If you think that I'm judging unfairly and have read all of these books then leave you're #/10 ten for each book in the comment section below.

   

   

Not Such an Evil Fairy

In Ted Poston’s “Revolt of the Evil Fairies”, the narrator is put through something I

would never wish to go through, and that is discrimination. You and I  may not wish to admit it

but you and everyone else has had discrimination in their lives. The discrimination that the

narrator endures is very heart-breaking because it is done by African Americans with light skin

to African Americans with dark skin. The dark-skinned people were never allowed to have any

high paying jobs, their children’s opportunities were crushed by their teachers, and the dark-

skinned children always got in trouble while the light-skinned children thrived.

The story takes place in a colored grammar school in Kentucky in the early 1900s. The

Narrator, a dark-skinned boy, says in the text that “The yallers had the best of everything. They

held most of the teaching jobs in Booker T. Washington Colored Grammar School.” “Yallers” are

very light skinned African - Americans. This means that the dark-skinned people didn’t get the

opportunities to go to a good college or to get a good, well-paying job. If they went to a good

college they would still be despised by the Yallers because they are thought of as lower class.

In the text, it is also plain to see that the “yallers” are given priority over the “blacks”.

In the play, all of the good characters wore white and all the evil characters wore black. Also,

you had to be “yaller” to get the part of Prince Charming, Sleeping beauty, or any important

good fairy. Poston writes, “most of the Good Fairies usually turned out to be extremely light in

complexion, with straight hair and white folks’ features.” The narrator also says “sometimes

a lucky dark-skinned girl would get the part of a good fairy, but not one with a speaking part.”

Another example is that the teachers pass over the fact that the narrator did well in class and

got high grades (in fact, he says that he “got the best grades in his class”) and give the best role

to the “yaller” who did worse. So, even if a “black” was better qualified, the teachers’ priorities

were set on the child with lighter skin.

One thing that I find even more disturbing than the other two problems is the fact

that the light skins never got into deep trouble like the dark-skins did. For example, in the text

when Leonardius hits the narrator over the head with the prop sword, Leonardius did not

get in trouble. The teachers said it was probably by accident. However, when the narrator hit

Leonardius, the narrator got in huge trouble because he was dark-skinned. This shows that the

teachers think the narrator has worse behavior because he’s dark skinned. They even give him a

much greater punishment than Leonardius by exiling the narrator from the play.

All in all, I believe that this is more than enough proof to make you realize what type of

discrimination the African Americans put themselves through. The “yallers” got the better jobs

and the better opportunities, they got priority over the “blacks”, and they were protected and

supported. I hope this essay has made you think about discrimination within societies, and this

is still happening in the present. An example is that many “blacks “ today still get lower pay and

slower promotions than most whites.

I believe that this is a very sad, but amazing story. I feel as though this really did affect my life to because as someone who isn't truly an adult or even close to being a true teen I don't get so much respect shown to me, I'm just the kid anyway. The narrator has it even worse than me because he's a kid and he's dark-skinned. Neither of those titles give him respect. Imagine if you were in his shoes. Wouldn't it be a frightening experience because of what the others think of you? I know it would for me.

Pitacus Lore vs Suzanne Collins part Three.

    Now it is time for the beginning of the reasons why I think The Rise of Nine by Pitacus Lore, is better than the Hunger Games. Reason one: The character development was clear, you didn't have to think about it because it was obvious. Reason two : The past actually has a role in this story and so does the way they live. Reason three: The plot is very emotional and climactic.

     In I am Number Four, John Smith has moved to Paradise, Ohio. In the beginning John knows that he's on the run from aliens, but he never knew what was about to happen. After meeting his girlfriend  you knew something bad was going to happen and you were right. At the end of the book a huge battle occurs and John's cepan, or more like a foster parent, Henry gets murdered in front of his face. This changed this perky main character into someone very sad and depressed for the rest of the book.

     In the entire series the past has a major role. It tells the main characters about what they have to do and what they need to win against the Mogadorians. In the Hunger Games, the past isn't important at all and has no meaning in the story. Also in the Hunger Games arena the only thing that changes is the nature and the cities that they battle in.

     Although the story line in The Hunger Games could been very dramatic, I feel that it fell short. Pitacus, though, picked up a story line like the Hunger Games, a very violent, partially romantic, sci-fi story, and brought it to its full potential. He did this by making sure that almost every character the main characters meet could change the entire plot line. He made every character have emotions and have a story behind them, I feel that this is something Suzanne struggled with.

Pitacus Lore vs. Suzanne Collins Part 2.

     When I finished last weeks blog I had said the reasons why I had disliked the Hunger Games and I had left you at the edge of your seat waiting for why I thought The Rise of Nine was better. Later in the week I was conversing about books with one of my friends and when I said that in my opinion, I did not think it was well written the death threats started pouring out of their mouth. So I have decided to make this a 4 part blog and in this section of the blog I'm going to tell you about the few ways I liked it.

     In the hunger games series I found that the most interesting characters were not Katniss and Gale. I always liked Peta and well um... I can't really think of anybody as interesting as Peta especially in the third book. In the third book of the Hunger games Peta is tortured beaten and held prisoner by the capital and that changes his type of character drastically. He was already controversial and spoke only his point of view and then he becomes enraged and his wounds from his tortures become more and more visible. As his interviews with the capital go on Suzanne describes every disgusting detail of his torture.

    Another thing I like about the Hunger Games is that They always give you cliff hangers. Like fr example each chapter starts something new so it can become addictive. Although I definitely  didn't feel this way about the books I know I did for a few chapters. Especially the ones with guns and killing. In the third boo this happened a lot even a bit too much.

     I can't believe I'm saying this but this book actually builds suspense. Not in an amazing way but it works. I mean the books always build up to a climactic victory or loss. Some times it even shocked me about what happened in the book. Also as you can guess it sometimes surprises me.


     

Pitacus Lore vs. Suzanne Collins. Part one.

    The Rise of Nine by Pitacus Lore is in my opinion a better than any book written by Suzanne Collins.   Collins' books to me were never quite well written and for me the only reason I even read the three horrid books known as the Hunger Games trilogy was to make people stop telling me "Hey dude you should read these books they're awesome." I personally, I repeat personally, (because if you don't  agree with me notice that this is my opinion) believe that the writing in her books was poor. Sometimes I think that the only reason anyone even likes those books is because that they're so brutal. I have also noticed that these books have no real deep story-line.  In fact, the only reason it has a story at all is to lead up to the third book where the entire book series turns into a readable CALL OF DUTY.   The Rise of Nine, coincidentally the third book in its series, in my opinion has a story and plot better than any of the Hunger Games books.

     In the first book of The Hunger Games series, the story line make sense.  She rescues her sister from the Hunger Games by joining herself. She then trains for the upcoming Hunger Games. Then the games begin and she and her "friend" Peta kill a bunch of people and survive the Hunger Games, and no it wasn't the first book I had problems with, mainly it was the second book.

     In the second book Collins couldn't find a way to continue the story without repeating the same plot line of the first book. She couldn't think of anything original so she made her characters have to go through the Hunger Games a second time. This time though all the past time victors would also be contenders.  At first I thought to my self, oh okay, this might be interesting. I noticed that in the sequel there was a lot less action and character development than in the first. In the end I'm not going to ruin your excitement but something COMPLETELY RANDOM DESTROYS THE HUNGER GAMES AND SAVES EVERYONE.

                                                                                            Stay tuned for Part two where I show you how much greater the books Pitacus Lore wrote are than Suzanne Collins.

Dang, this is one bad fever.

     Fever by Laurie Halse Anderson, (Yes the person who  wrote both Chains and Forge. If you didn't read my blogs about them do it now while you still can!!!) is a very emotional book. It takes place in Philadelphia in 1793, when a huge yellow fever broke out and thousands of people died. Matilda, the main character, lives with her mother and grandfather and older sister and servants. Life is going perfectly well until one of their servants dies of a (not so) mysterious cause and  people start spreading rumors of the yellow fever. Then, as many guessed, it escalated. The next day, hundreds of people are dying, and, of course, people like our main character are oblivious until it becomes an epidemic.  Matilda's mother catches it, and tells Matilda and her grandfather to leave the city. While they're  trying to get to the country, they get stopped and sent back.

     In my opinion, this book is full of cliches and is definitely not Anderson's best work, although the author shows lot of disgusting details about the fever. If don't  believe me, well here is an example, straight out of the book for you: "Mother flew off the pillows and was violently ill, vomiting blood all over the bed and floor."
Besides the fever, I wish there was more detail based on this time period.

    Matilda doesn't go through much change, and her traits are also cliche main character traits such as, loving, perky, or nervous. There wasn't a climax either.  Compared to Chains and Forge, Fever doesn't have the type of complex story line her other books do.   In Chains, Isabel gets beaten, and clearly changes her attitude from beginning to end because of it. In Fever, though, Matilda loses her grandfather and one of her friends but her attitude does not change, she doesn't seem to grow. So maybe it's a good book, or maybe it's not. Anyway in the comments, please tell me what rating this book is to you after you read it, or even if you only read this blog. Bye and read me next Sunday.

Revolt of the Evil Fairies.

     Revolt of the Evil Fairies by Ted Poston is a perfect example of how far racism can go. In the Booker T. Washington grammar school for colored people, light skins still get priority over dark skins. A forceful example of this is Ted's memory that "a major part of the school play was picking the good and bad fairies, and strangely enough the good fairies always had light complexions while the bad fairies always wore black costumes and were dark skinned."  Another way he shows the prejudiced society is that the white people always sat in front and the blacks in the back, and the people with enough money got box seats.  The teachers, of course, planned it this way knowing it would please the whites. A different piece of evidence of  racism is that only the light skinned African Americans got good jobs, such as becoming a doctor, artist, or business man.
   

     Even though he tried very hard to become the lead role of Prince Charming because his crush was playing sleeping beauty, a "Yaller" (a very, very light skinned African American) named Leonardius (who by coincidence also liked that girl) got the role. This led to a feud. Eventually, during the performance of the school play things got out of hand when Leonardius got away with hitting Ted, in an act of revenge Ted struck out at Leonardius and then everybody started beating each other up.

     I personally enjoyed this story because it was very emotional and true (in my opinion) and in the end it was very funny to me. It showed what troubles African Americans were going through in their own public. So all in all I think it passes by as a pretty good story.


   

   

Another book Forged!

   The book Forge by Laurie Halse is special in many ways and is one of the better books I've read this year. It captures hold of human emotion in many different ways. In this book it takes place with Curzon from Chains joining the army and saving the life of another boy. The internal thinking is very advanced  and the description is to, an example of this is "the rebel boy dropped his musket, bent over with a mighty groan, and puked. My belly went sour too, but I choked back the bile." This is a very detailed description of what he saw and the way it was written made it sound as though he was really saying it to you. The character also changes from beginning to end but always stays a patriot.

   A way he changes is that he starts to understand what evil the world produces. In the past he looked up to his master and thought of him as one of his heroes, but it turns out  that his master is just like the Locktons to Isabel, vicious and unforgiving. He's shocked when this first happens because he has no idea Bellingham wants him back, proof of this is when he says "is there a maid to take my jacket?" and thus his former master gets him in court and gets him as a slave again. I would love to do more but  that would need me to refeal huge spoilers. I mean huge, so read me neext tie bye.

I'm just bound by chains

       In the book chains by Laurie Halse  a black girl named Isabel's master dies of old age and is sold to a family of loyalists. These loyalists named the Locktons treat her and her seven year old sister horribly , and this changes Isabel forever. Before Isabel was sold to the Locktons she was living the live any slave would dream of. She had work but was not over worked, she did not get brutal, unjust punishments, and was cared for. This shaped her to be smart and some what delicate. When she was with the Locktons  they treated her like a true slave, verbally abusing her and psychically. Then later on in the story they even take her sister away from her. This mentally, is very challenging and this causes her to partially lose it.

       She may have completely lost it if she had not met Curzon another salve who later becomes her best, only friend. Curzon is a patriot, he strongly believes that America should be free. In some of his dialogue  like this example  " Some day I will be a soldier, not just a slave, and help America." He also was always there for her, when her sister was sent away he helped her carry her water all the way back to the Locktons manor. He was a very large help to her mentally because se could relie on him
     
       She later was branded and because of this she saw the world in a different way. Her internal thinking states that she found bravery from her brand mark by saying "this brand stands for Isabel." You can also infer from this that she got brave enough to escape with him.

                                                                  

OH MY GONE!

    Hello everybody, It's Aidan here with an interesting discovery. I have recently finished the the 3rd installment of the Gone novels  by Michael Grant. The story begins with everyone over 14 vanishes from Perdido beach, California. Now with only children left they have to create a civilization from the ashes of what was left behind from the old city. Not to mention that the kids (not all of them) have super powers, yes that's right super powers.
          When this happens surfer dude Sam Temple and his friends Qinn, Astrich, and Edilio try to find a way out of Perdido beach only to find that they are trapped there. Also he has another problem, evil kids lead by Caine, Diana, and Drake from a private school near by try to take control of the area and succeed for awhile. Then as you would expect a huge rebellion breaks out and tghhe good guys win an average yet intriguing book.

    Now the second book gets a little more complex by bringing prejudice into play. In the second book Hunger an insane kid named Zil Sperry starts the human crew. A group of radicals bent on taking over Perdido beach or is what is now know as the F.A.Y.Z. I would explain what this means but this has no importance to my blog. Anyway as if this wasn't bad enough Caine is back and another battle starts up and in the end Caine and Sam team up to take down the real villan known as the Gigaphage.

    In the third book Lies An all out war starts, people come back from the dead, and a seven way battle begins as the Human crew  burn down Perdido beach as Caine is locked in combat against them and Sam, while Sam is fighting Caine, the Human crew, and zombie Drake. In this book every thing gets way to complicated but it's so much easier when you read it. Any way like the other books drug problems and alcohol problems were every were but in this, my goodness a girl named Mary jumps off a cliff with a bunch of little kids just to see her mother because some crazy woman named Nerezza tells her to and total chaos begins.

     If you can keep track of what I said in this blog I'm amazed beecause this is easily one of the most complicated, messed up, strange series I've ever read, and that's saying alot because I'm an active reader any way that's all for now, but wait actually read the books because i  actually liked them allot and I'm not even done with the series so stay tuned for more