The Hunger Games- Suzanne Collins

                                                                      THE HUNGER GAMES.                              Matt Fischer

                                                                                by Suzanne Collins


    The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a action fiction book about a teenage girl named Katniss Everdeen. It is in the future and America has been split up in to 12 districts and there is a Capitol with all the important people. The people in the districts live in severe poverty. To add to it every year there is a game in witch a boy and a girl from each district are chosen to fight to the death in  giant arena.
   The story is told in Katniss' point of view. Katniss' young sister, Primrose, has had her name for the first time in the reaping. Katniss comforts her by telling her that she will not be called. The sisters dress up and go to the reaping. A woman named Effie Trinket walks on stage and pulls a piece of paper and calls out a name "Primrose Everdeen". The crowd is silent. The peacekeepers grab her but before she gets on stage Katniss shouts out "I volunteer!! I volunteer as tribute!!". She walks up on stage quivering in fear with tears running down her face. Katniss was the first person ever to volunteer for the Games in district twelve. Then Effie picks from the boy's side. She pulled out the slip of paper and read "Peeta Mellark". Peeta was a bread baker and decorator at his moms bakery. One rainy night Katniss was outside curled up by a tree. She heard pesetas mom yelling at Peeta because Peeta had burnt some bread and she told him to feed it to the pig. When he stepped outside he saw Katniss and threw the burnt bread at her. They got on the train to go to the Capitol. On the train they meet their trainer, Haymitch, a previous winner of the games some odd years ago. He is a drunk but is smart. In the games tributes need sponsors. Sponsors can send care packages to the tributes to help them win or just last longer. To get sponsors Katniss and Peeta have to act like they are star crossed lovers to win the capitol's hearts. They arrive in the arena and they win!!! The intended audience is teenagers. It is an action fiction. The author kept me interested because the book had lots of action. The authors style was very effective.
   The book made me feel awesome. It did not however change any ideas I held before I read the book. It did not bring up memories of any books I have read before or any authors.
   The book was good!!! The book was really good!!! The book was really really good!!!
 I recommend this book to everyone in the history of ever!!!


                      Matt Fischer
                         10/16/13
                         ***************** 1000000000/1000000000
 

Book Title: The Boy Next Door
Author: Lauren Dower
First Copy Right Date: October 2006
TYPE OF BOOK: Fiction etc.

The general plot is the girl Teryn knowing the boy Jeff for 11 years of her life. At the beginning of the story she makes it seem like they don't like each other as friends because he is always saying means things to her and calling her names, but then you start reading the book you get to notice that they are really good friends and that is their way of playing around. The overall theme of the story is that at the beginning is summer and they love to hang out and play around. But one day her and her friends go to the pool and star talking about boys and then they ask her (Teryn) who she likes, her answer was simple as ever, she said (Nobody). That's when her friends start saying you should go out with Jeff (her guy best friend). The thought of her hearing this horrifies her, yet she doesn't say anything at all. Then way back at the end of the story she starts realizing she might have some feelings for her FRIEND Jeff.



The story is told by the girl, which obviously makes her the narrator. Anyway I think the whole point of the book is to make people think that girls and boys cant be best friends. But who knows maybe they can maybe the cant. Maybe the author might want to confuse the audience by making them think that just because the book starts with them being friends then people are going to think that at the end they end up being together. Well they don't, at the end of the book her last words were; Jeff is my friend. F- R-I-E-N-D. I don't like boys "that" way. Besides, all that matters at this exact moment is getting hooked up to Jeff's brand-new video game and destroying every last one of his killer robots. That's my plan. And I'm sticking to it. Until, of course, the butterflies come back again. The intended audience is definitely "US' the "TEENS". The genre of this book I think it is part of many things for example: romance, drama, mystery etc. The books fits into all of this because it has every single one of those things in probably every chapter. The reason the author kept me interested in this book was because I love books that have a little bit of something. I think the author style is effective for the audience because the book is FOR teens and the book is ABOUT teens.



The book didn't affect me at all. I just thought that it was interesting and fun to read. I did not change any ideas that I held because of it. It fits in with what I thought because when I saw the book I thought it was going to be something I liked and when I did read it and finished it, I was right. Yes it did bring up memories from other books called dork diaries.
In my opinion I thought he book was really good. Its about many things I am interested in. For example the girl and the boy being really good friends, knowing each other since they were born. Yet her friends thought they were perfect for each other. My recommendations for this book is I think people should give it a chance. It is very educational. It also lets teens know what might happen when you have gotten to middle school and that no matter what you have to keep going.

MELISSA CRUZ
PERIOD 4TH
12/14/13
**** 4/5

Bone - Jeff Smith

   The fourth book of Bone is about three cousins that go on a journey to protect the valley from the rat creatures. There are three Bones but the main carachter is Fone Bone. They are protecting themselves from the evil rat creatures by building walls around a little town called barrel haven.
   The book is in a third person view and captures the audience by pictures. That is what fascinated me. The author intended his book for mainly kids from age 7 and up. Bone is a graphic novel with pictures that help the reader understand what is going on in the book. The author used pictures to keep me interested because I don't like books without pictures. The author wrote this book beautifully for his intended audience.
   Bone by Jeff Smith did not in any way affect my personal life. It did not change any belies I had or opinions or standing point on anything. It made me remember the time I read a graphic novel once in sixth grade.
   The book was fantastic almost no criticisms on it. If I could change one thing though I would change the way the rat creatures looked. They didn't look like rats at all! They looked more like big purple hamsters. I would totally recommend this book to any one and everyone.

Matt Fischer
11-7-13
Mr. Lankford 4th ***** 5/5 stars

        My book is The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Its a book about 12 districts that have to offer up one man and women to compete in the yearly hunger games, a fight to the death with 24 competitors. They train them for the course's of the arena and what to do to survive. Katniss Everdeen is introduced in the beginning of the book as a hunter that goes in the woods and hunts animals to provide for her family with her friend Gale.Primrose Everdeen and Peeta Mellark's name is drawn for the 74th Hunger Games, And they are not prepared for the danger's ahead of them. Katniss is so scared for Prim her little sister that she runs out and volunteers as a tribute for the Hunger Games.

       The Narrator is Katniss, she is telling the story in a first person point of view. She tells about the hardships in district 12 and the pain of her sister's name being drawn. She doesn't understand how or what she is supposed to do to prepare herself because their mentor Haymitch is a drunk that doesn't care, but Peeta reach's out to Haymitch and talks to him about useful tips to survive and how to get sponsors while Katniss is in the dark on the subject, she doesn't know who to trust. The audience is probably younger teenagers because in the book its about 24 teenagers fight to the death, and it is Science Fiction or Utopian and dystopian fiction. The author keeps me interested by the training and her anger towards the capitol and the will to survive that she has. She doesn't want to die and in her mind she knows that she won't die.

       This book affected me by making me think about what it would be like to be in one of the competitors shoes. At such a young age having to fight 23 other competitors or die trying. It really gets you thinking and makes you thankful that you have the stuff that you do and a family and you have food on the table and have freedom. After reading this book I do look at the world differently. I see it as a gift and I am thankful for that gift. This book doesn't really remind me of anything because it is so unique and non-comparable to any of the books that i have read.

       I like this book it talks about hardships and surviving in an arena and questioning your every move on if you should do it or not. I didn't like some of it in the arena but overall its a good book.

Alexander McGriff
11/7/13
Rating: 4/5
     

Book Title: Dork Diaries

Author: Rachel Renee Russell

First Copy Right Date: 2009

Type of Book: Humorous Book Serious

General Subject Matter: Doesn't say

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  Its about a 14 year old girl named Nikki, she thinks of herself as a dork and she has always wanted to fit in. She has a diary, she loves to write everything that happens in her life about it and the way she is treated. Basically what the moral story of the book is that always be who you are not who people want you to be.

          The story all start by Nikki saying that her birthday she wanted a phone, all because the CCP (cool, cute & popular) girl had one. She loves to write in her diary no matter what but she is always saying how others at her school treat her especially MACKENZIE. Mackenzie is the most popular girl in school, people have always kissed up to her because they want to hang out with her. Even Nikki. The author Rachel Renee Russell had written the book for her daughter Nikki, which I'm guessing that the story might have been actually based on the authors daughter. This book is a Real Based on true story of life, maybe some things were actually made up. The way the author kept me and many other people interested in this book was by having the book written so well and creative. Especially the way she put mean girls in the book and always the dorky one. The style of the author is great because I think many people enjoy reading it, it really well and intended written.

           The way the book affected was that it made me want to read it more and read not just that book but all of the Rachel Renee Russell book's, in my opinion they are amazing. At first my idea of the book when I saw just the cover was aww man this book is going to be for little girls and blah blah, but then then I started to read it and realized it wasn't its probably for all ages or whoever wants to read it. It never really brought memories because I have never read a book so fun and entertaining that made me want to read so more.

             The way I would criticize this book would be by saying that is beautifully written and that she has got to write so many more. Two of the things I would recommend the author to do would be write a book the same way she is doing it now but the only difference is to add mystery to it and the other is she needs to make movies out of them. I would love to see a movie of that book

                                                                            MELISSA CRUZ

                                                                                  PERIOD 4TH

                                                                                      11/06/2013

                                                                       RATING: 5/5 ***** 

The Giver - Lois Lowry

 I decided to read The Giver this six weeks, by Lois Lowry.  The book was first published by Lois Lowry in 1993; it's a Science Fiction book, based around  a Utopia that was created in the future.  It has some pretty crazy ideas, so you need to be sure you have an open mind! The story begins with a boy names Jonas, and he's about to enter a ceremony that will decide his future for him.  He's really unsure when the assembly leaves him unsure of his future, but when he finds out he'll be the new Receiver, things begin to change for him.  After reading the book, I really felt like the theme was built around the idea that all people should have the freedom to choose; we never pay attention to it, but some people in the world don't get the right to make all their own choices.
    I think that the narrator in this story is telling the story from a third-person-point-of-view.  It's a limited perspective though because we only get to see what's going on from Jonas' perspective.  The plot revolves around Jonas and his job selection, but I also think that it's a criticism on utopias--I don't get how they can be a perfect or ideal place like the definition says. But, keeping that in mind...the audience is probably for young teenagers, introducing them to some complex ideas, yet doing it in an easier way; it's definitely considered science fiction.  I think the author used foreshadowing and tension to really build up my interest, as I didn't know what was going to happen from one moment to the next. Lowry effectively created this style by using easy word choice, an interesting concept and a protagonist that I could relate to--they all helped keep my interest.
    I think the book really impacted me after reading it.  I always think that my life is hard because I've got homework or school or chores, but in reality, I should be grateful for the things I have.  Sure, I have to do some things I don't like, but in Jonas' world, they didn't have any choices on things. They had to wear the same clothes, and do whatever job was chosen for them.  I think it definitely is a world I don't want to live in.  It sort of reminds me of the world in The Hunger Games; it's a very similar style.
    I do like the book overall because it has an interesting concept, but there are definitely some things that I don't like about the book itself. I won't ruin the ending for you, but me, I didn't like it.  Definitely had issues with the way it ended. But, keeping that in mind, I think you should definitely read it.  If for anything, so you can tell me what happens, or at least what you think happens.

Mr Lankford
10/16/2013
Rating: 3.5/5