The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon
1hour
The book starts off with Christopher, who is going for a midnight stroll and suddenly sees his neighbor's poodle lying on the grass dead. He runs to help the dog and sees a fork stuck into the dog's side. Mrs. Shears, the owner of the poodle, calls the police. Once the police arrive, they ask Christopher a series of questions that he does not understand. Out of fear and confusion, he hits the police officer and gets arrested for assaulting a police officer.
Christopher is a very smart boy. He can name every prime number up to 7057 and can name every country in the world and its capital. He also likes astronomy. Christopher is not very good with interacting with people. He is not very social, and he can never tell what people are thinking with their facial expressions.
July 19, 2013
Turnabout blogged by Haley R.
Title: Turnabout by Margaret Peterson Haddix
5 hrs.
In this book an agency goes to ask two old women if they want to be young again. But there were consequences. The elderly women just heard "be young again" and agreed. So instead of growing older each year, the grew younger each year. And when they started to get in their teen years the were worried because they were too young to do certain things as in jobs. And they were starting to wonder what happens when they reach zero. Now the agency won't give them any answers.
I would recommend this book because there is never a dead spot in the book so far.
5 hrs.
In this book an agency goes to ask two old women if they want to be young again. But there were consequences. The elderly women just heard "be young again" and agreed. So instead of growing older each year, the grew younger each year. And when they started to get in their teen years the were worried because they were too young to do certain things as in jobs. And they were starting to wonder what happens when they reach zero. Now the agency won't give them any answers.
I would recommend this book because there is never a dead spot in the book so far.
July 18, 2013
An Abundance of Katherines blogged by Will K.
I have 8 hours to report.
I read An Abundance of Katherines by John Green. The main character, Colin, only dates girls named Katherine, and he has dated 19, and they've all dumped him. After he is dumped by the last Katherine, dubbed Katherine XIX, he is so depressed that he decides to take his best friend, Hassan, and go on a road trip. He doesn't care where or when, he just wants to leave. So he drives and drives and he sees on a roadside sign "Headstone of Archduke of Austria-Hungary." They pulled over because Colin was obsessed with mattering. He wanted to be remembered for doing something, and he thought that he had to make some great discovery or make lots of money, but the idea that it might just come to him, like it came to the Austro-Hungarian Archduke, a fellow who did nothing his whole life, waiting to become monarch of his country, and would be remembered for a long time because he died and caused the first world war. He mattered by chance. This idea appealed to Colin, so they went to see it. When they got there, to a town called Gutshot, Tennessee, they took a tour and met a girl named Lindsey. Then the move into Lindsey's house with her mother and get a "job" recording people's stories of the old times in Gutshot. They meet Lindsey's friends and boyfriend, and they have all sorts of adventures, including pig hunting, and multiple trips to the local Taco Bell.
I read An Abundance of Katherines by John Green. The main character, Colin, only dates girls named Katherine, and he has dated 19, and they've all dumped him. After he is dumped by the last Katherine, dubbed Katherine XIX, he is so depressed that he decides to take his best friend, Hassan, and go on a road trip. He doesn't care where or when, he just wants to leave. So he drives and drives and he sees on a roadside sign "Headstone of Archduke of Austria-Hungary." They pulled over because Colin was obsessed with mattering. He wanted to be remembered for doing something, and he thought that he had to make some great discovery or make lots of money, but the idea that it might just come to him, like it came to the Austro-Hungarian Archduke, a fellow who did nothing his whole life, waiting to become monarch of his country, and would be remembered for a long time because he died and caused the first world war. He mattered by chance. This idea appealed to Colin, so they went to see it. When they got there, to a town called Gutshot, Tennessee, they took a tour and met a girl named Lindsey. Then the move into Lindsey's house with her mother and get a "job" recording people's stories of the old times in Gutshot. They meet Lindsey's friends and boyfriend, and they have all sorts of adventures, including pig hunting, and multiple trips to the local Taco Bell.
Labels:
dating,
mathematics,
relationships,
road trips,
Will K.
A Monster Calls blogged by Andrew W.
Yesterday, I reviewed The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan. Today, I shall report on A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness (inspired by Siobhan Dowd). This is a picture book, but it's fairly dark and deals with some mature themes. A troubled boy named Conor, with an ailing mother, a divorced father, and a slightly unpleasant grandmother, is paid visits in the night by a huge monster, made of a yew tree. The monster tells Conor three tales in exchange for a fourth tale told by Conor. The boy thinks he knows what the fourth tale is, but dreads its coming even as the monster tells him a tale of royal backstabbing and intrigue, a tale of an apothecary and a holy man, and even a tale of Conor and his schoolyard bully. Finally, it comes time for the fourth tale: his recurring nightmare about losing his mother to a fiery monster, aka. cancer. The monster forces Conor to relive the nightmare, and helps him cope with the loss of his mother and make amends with his grandmother.
Missouri Driver Guide 2 blogged by Mikayla W.
I read, again, The MO Drivers Guide for half an hour. This time I read bout stopping distance and braking distance. I also read about how to drive at night and what to do in emergency situations at night. Also emergencies due to bad weather, such as rain, snow, and ice. The most important thing was about DWIs and what the normal alcohol level is for certain ages and how to stay in shape to drive safely. The point system is also very important to learning how to drive. The book also described titling of vehicles, registration and insurance.
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