ThE House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros the House on Mango Street is a book about a naive girl named Esperanza, and the EXPERIENCE of growing up in the ghetto as a child. This book visits many of the ghettos demons such as prostitutes, drugs, and rape. Esperanza's EXPERIENCE as a child shapes her to be who she is today. I thought that reading this book was painful and unenjoyable because of how naive esperanza is as a little girl.
Sammy and Juliana in hollywood by Benjamine Alire saenz Benjamine Alire Saenz crafts a masterpiece with Sammy and juliana in hollywood. This is a story about a boy named Sammy Santos and his STRUGGLES with love, loss, and friendship. Sammy falls in love with a girl named Juliana, but when juliana dies sammy develops a sadistic character.
Antigone After two BROTHERS have fought for a throne and only one remains, antigone, tells the story of the sister of the two brothers dealing with the kings madness and her grief. This was the model for a greek drama, our greek play project was based off this play. In almost every play that was made, followed along a similar plotline of antigone.
Unholy Unholy is the sequel to unwind. Unwind is about a boy named connor who is stuck in an unfair world. From ages 12-16 parents can choose to "Unwind" their children if they feel they are troubles and beyond help. Unwinding is when a child is taken apart bit by bit for their body parts. (Organs, muscles, bones, etc.) Connor was sent to be unwound and ESCAPES the Juvy cops. On his way to freedom connor falls in love with a girls named risa and becomes best friends with a tithe names lev. A tithe is someone who is gifted back to god as part of their RELIGION (Unwound) Connor, Risa, and lev start a journey on discovering the chilling truth of unwinding, and the mission of stopping it ALTOGETHER This book was amazing. I would not change a thing in the world about it!
Unsouled Unsouled is the third part in the Unwind dystology. This book continues Connor, Lev, and Risa's journey to stop unwinding. This book also CONTINUES Cam's journey, the rewind. A rewind is someone who has been put together using different pieces of different people. This book is one of my favorite books so far this SEMESTER i have read.
Hatchet Hatchet is a true tale of manhood. When brian robertson is stranded in the middle of the canadian wilderness, he has to rely on the little supplies he has left and the land around him to survive. Brian goes through a transformation that will not only leave his life changed forever but others around him as well. I really enjoying this novel, even though it was a very easy read it, I felt like i was right in brian's shoes. My heart wrenched anytime something dreadful HAPPENED to him. Readers really feel a connection to brian.
Into The Wild into the wild by john krakauer tells of a your man named chris mccandless who abandoned all that he once had to live a nomadic life. after reading this novel i IMMEDIATELY became obsessed with john krakauer and read his other novel, into thin air. Even though I DON'T NECESSARILY agree for all that mccandless did, he is still a very inspiring figure in my life. he stands for something greater than just adventure; true happiness.