13 Reasons Why is written by Jay Asher. His form writing in this is from two different points of views. The first view is from the girl who committed suicide (Hannah) and secind point of view is Clay, the guy who liked Hannah.
Hannah made thirteen different tapes before she committed suicide. Each tape has a reason to why committed suicide. She sent all these tapes to the thirteen people that affected her in one way or another. As each person gets the box of tapes they have to determine why she sent these tapes to them and what they have to do with her suicide.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Monday, October 18, 2010
The Giver
The Giver is written by Lois Lowry. This book is pretty short, it's only 179 pages long. I read this book back when I was in middle school but reading it now, I got a better understanding of it.
This book is about a community that leaves without feelings and withou t differences. The only differences that anybody has is the jobs that they are assigned to. Jonas is a Twelve and is given the job as a Giver. The Giver is the one who experiences all the feelings that the community doesn't feel. It's also the Giver's job to make sure that the community doesn't experience feelings gain any knowledge that they don't have. Jonas now has to make a decision is he going to stay in the community and do what he is assigned to do or is he going to leave and have a life of his own.
This book is about a community that leaves without feelings and withou t differences. The only differences that anybody has is the jobs that they are assigned to. Jonas is a Twelve and is given the job as a Giver. The Giver is the one who experiences all the feelings that the community doesn't feel. It's also the Giver's job to make sure that the community doesn't experience feelings gain any knowledge that they don't have. Jonas now has to make a decision is he going to stay in the community and do what he is assigned to do or is he going to leave and have a life of his own.
Monday, October 11, 2010
Speak
Speak is book you will never forget. It makes you wonder about the other people around you. This book is written by Laurie Halse Anderson. This book has about 200 pages in it. There is also a movie about the book. It follows the book very consistently and doesn't change the order of the events.
The story that is told in this book is about a girl (Melinda) who goes to party with her friends and ends up being raped by one of the guys (Andy) that is there. Melinda panics and calls the cops but she doesn't tell anyone about what happened. Everyone at school turns their back against her and becomes angry with her because she called the cops and busted the party. Later on, the girl (Rachel) that she used to hang out with starts dating Andy. Melinda decides to tell Rachel about really happened that night and she decides to tell her that Andy was the one that did it. At first, Rachel becomes angry with Melinda and tells her that she is just jealous but, eventually Rachel believes Melinda and breaks up Andy. Andy becomes angry with Melinda that she exposed the truth and tries to rape a second time but doesn't succeed.
I really enjoyed the book and the movie. This just goes to show that people tend to judge before they get the facts about something that really happened. I recommend this book to everyone. Even though it wasn't a true story, the story itself made you believe it really happened.
The story that is told in this book is about a girl (Melinda) who goes to party with her friends and ends up being raped by one of the guys (Andy) that is there. Melinda panics and calls the cops but she doesn't tell anyone about what happened. Everyone at school turns their back against her and becomes angry with her because she called the cops and busted the party. Later on, the girl (Rachel) that she used to hang out with starts dating Andy. Melinda decides to tell Rachel about really happened that night and she decides to tell her that Andy was the one that did it. At first, Rachel becomes angry with Melinda and tells her that she is just jealous but, eventually Rachel believes Melinda and breaks up Andy. Andy becomes angry with Melinda that she exposed the truth and tries to rape a second time but doesn't succeed.
I really enjoyed the book and the movie. This just goes to show that people tend to judge before they get the facts about something that really happened. I recommend this book to everyone. Even though it wasn't a true story, the story itself made you believe it really happened.
Monday, October 4, 2010
Go Ask Alice
Go Ask Alice is written by an Anonymous author and is about 214 pages long. The format of this book is in a journal form as if you were reading from someones diary. In her diary, Alice talks about her troubles through her teenage years.
Alice is a teenage girl who becomes addicted to extremely dangerous drugs. She doesn't only write about her addiction to new drugs, she speaks about her relationship with her parents, and how she being accepted into different groups of people. One of the main drugs that she talks about a lot is LSD. She mentions how it affected her and later on her struggles as she runs away from home. During time that she runs away from she witnesses different things that her "friends" would do for drugs or to get high. She also realizes that when she home she was safe and that her parents were also there for her. She eventually comes back home and things start to get bettter for her but then things turn against her once again and maybe this time it's for the worst.
I think this book would be great for anyone between 14 and up. Some of the things that she witnesses or talks about can be somewhat graphic. But I think that anyone who reads this book will realize different things about life and how fragile life can really be. I loved this book and hope that if you read it you will enjoy also.
Alice is a teenage girl who becomes addicted to extremely dangerous drugs. She doesn't only write about her addiction to new drugs, she speaks about her relationship with her parents, and how she being accepted into different groups of people. One of the main drugs that she talks about a lot is LSD. She mentions how it affected her and later on her struggles as she runs away from home. During time that she runs away from she witnesses different things that her "friends" would do for drugs or to get high. She also realizes that when she home she was safe and that her parents were also there for her. She eventually comes back home and things start to get bettter for her but then things turn against her once again and maybe this time it's for the worst.
I think this book would be great for anyone between 14 and up. Some of the things that she witnesses or talks about can be somewhat graphic. But I think that anyone who reads this book will realize different things about life and how fragile life can really be. I loved this book and hope that if you read it you will enjoy also.
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