I am The Messenger

I am starting to read an interesting book by the name of I am the Messanger by Markus Zusak (the author of the book thief). As I have only just started to read it I will give a brief background on the book and state my inferences. I will also say how much I am enjoying the book at the end of each entry.

The way the book starts is simple, the main character, Ed, and his friend are being help up in a bank robbery. His friends proceed to talk trash to the robber who gets very angry. The robber after getting the money tries to steal Ed's friend's car, but Ed uses the robbers own gun to stop him. Ed then receives a playing card with addresses on it.

I left lots of details that make the book more impressive but still I don't wish to ruin it for you. Any way I believe that he is going to go to the addresses on the card and then get caught up in something bigger than himself. Probably leading into some misadventures that put himself and his friends in peril. For right no though all I can do is keep reading. So far I enjoy the book stay tuned for next weeks update.

Hurricane Song by Paul Volponi

Hurricane Song by Paul Volponi is a touching book. It takes place in New Orleans when hurricane Katrina hits the city. The main character, Miles, his father, and his uncle got stuck in the city when their truck broke down, and they had to go to the Super Dome. They went through many adventures and finally learned the true meaning of family. This book talks about how a father and a son don't really understand each other or love each other, but as the story continues they find love while enduring pain.

At the beginning of the story, the two don't understand each other. Miles' father is a jazz musician and that is the one and only thing he cares about in the world, while Miles only cared about football and his dreams about being a pro athlete. These two drives clashed, as exemplified in one chapter of the story when, for Miles' birthday, instead of receiving a football from his father, he received an African drum. Also, his father acted distant around his son, always thinking about his trumpet first and Miles later. "Pops," as Miles calls him, even pushed Miles to get a job at "Pharaohs," the jazz club where Pops played.

When they are in the Super Dome, they start to understand each other a little better and start to be a little more selfless. One of these moments is when Dunam and Caine, two gangsters, come and threaten to burn down the row that Miles and his family live in unless they pay them. Miles stood up and talked to them and soon after his father was protecting his son. When a few others were getting ready to fight, Miles payed Dunam and Caine and made them leave, so that his father and everyone else wouldn't get hurt.

They started to finally love each other and understand each other when they escaped the Super Dome as they were trying to find Pharaohs. They saw two men stealing a piano and a suit of armor from a different jazz club. As they went to fight them, Miles beat up the first one, but the second one was very strong and almost killed Miles. His father used his prized trumpet to hit the man over the head and save Miles. Afterwards, Miles’ father told Miles that he couldn't lose his son no matter what. Miles then took the piano back to the jazz club so that his father could rest easy about it being safe.

In conclusion, Hurricane Song teaches us that while we have fights with our parents sometimes, and we tell ourselves we hate them, we eventually find that we love them and they love us. Miles and Pops disagreed about lifestyles, one believing that sports were what mattered most and the other valuing music above all else.   Through their experience in the hurricane, Miles and Pops realize that family is the most valued thing in their lives.

The Perks of Being a Wall Flower

The Perks of being a WallFlower by Stephen Chbosky is a beautiful book. It has social commentary that shows us how numb we have become to what we say, it has beautiful descriptions of friendships and amazing story lines. Chbosky wrote a masterpiece and  I believe that this is possibly one of the best books in  the world at the moment.

When Chbosky wrote this book he knew exactly how to write a masterpiece that added realism to fear this causes us to realize what people who are different have to deal with. As an example from the book Patrick a gay teen gets called horrible things and at one point in the book gets into a fight with 5 people on the football team because of the fact he wasn't like anyone else. Chbosky also talks about drug abuse as the main character, Charlie, goes through issues with hash brownies, marijuana, and L.S.D. which he started because of personal stress.

Chbosky also created a group of friends that make all of the issues that they go through all right as they share they're memories together. As Charlie befriends this group and becomes more comfortable with them Chbosky brings up the issue of influence, as Charlie's friends introduce him to acid and other drug entioned in the last paragraph. But no matter what they always help him out of his other issues.

This bonds together for a great story and an amazing deal of stress fear and relief. Chbosky is an amazing author and as it was his first book that he had ever wrote it is incredibly amazing that it's this good. I recommend it for any sentient being including dogs and eagles so on so forth. As a numeral score I give it 97.7/10.0.