I Am The Cheese by Robert Cormier

Walden Two

Walden Two is about a modern utopia where kids work for labor and
learning how to do work when they get older. It seems scary to me
that they’re doing this. They might get hurt like working in the
factories. They mostly do what they can do. They also have
classwork. They don’t get hard jobs. They’re mostly planting flowers
and cleaning rooms and things like that. They only work at age seven;
below those ages, they don’t work. Also, at age seven, they get to
eat at the cafeteria, where below those ages they have to eat in their
own rooms. It’s mandatory because they want them to be safe. It’s a
growing procedure for them. They can learn to grow up and be
responsible after that.

bridge to terabithia

this book is ok not the best thing it is pretty easy to read it hopefully gets more interesting

SCORPIA by Anthony Horowitz

Walden Two

For an assignment in psychology I had to read the book Walden Two by B.F. Skinner. In the first two chapters this book is about Two young men named Calvin and Steve who just returned from service during world war two.

Specials

I breezed through Specials, the conclusion to the trilogy that contains Uglies and Pretties. It was still mostly a quick, thrilling read. There wasn't too much to think about or to ponder. I did have to wonder why I kept reading, knowing that the main character would come out on top. I didn't think Westerberg would give the series an unhappy ending (and I was right). However, despite the fact that Tally is almost invincible in this book, and has better fighting technique and tools than any of her opponents, Westerberg still manages to provide believable twists that keep her struggling. For example, her opponents might have gained new weapons that give them an unexpected edge. She might uncover an unknown base of operations. Frequently, she and her teammates rush into unknown situations with a little too much bravado, almost setting themselves up for a struggle. Other times, I'm not sure how she will get out of the current jam. The plot could go down several different paths, so I keep reading to see whether she will get caught and have to deal with that, or whether she will escape and travel somewhere else.
I think there's also an element of satisfaction in watching her win. One dramatic escape is almost movie-like. The machine chasing her dies just before it catches her. On reflection, I suppose that's corny and predictable (isn't there a rule that killer machines cannot run out of gas or destruct until they are inches away from the hero?), but I also get a moment of relaxation when everything turns out okay. Maybe that's why I read books, because I know everything will be okay.
I appreciated the ending. Westerberg has written these books full of twists and turns, complications and developments, all mounting to an epic battle and a moral dilemma. It could be difficult to resolve the series, but not tie everything up too neatly. The ending has to reward all the struggle the characters and the reader have been through. Often times, the last chapter of a book like this is throw-away fluff that makes everything suddenly turn out great for everybody. Once the big battle is done, once the villain is defeated, how do you keep the reader engaged without a "happily ever after" ending? I'm glad to say that Westerberg found a very clever ending. It didn't pacify Tally's strong desires. It didn't leave everything perfect. It didn't defy the logic of the book's world. It was a brilliant way to both utilize Tally without changing her character and answer the question in the reader's mind. He found a way not to throw away everything he had built in the three books.
The only question now is, what happens in the next book? There is a fourth book, Extras. I'm not sure if that's a continuation of the story or a side story or material he couldn't fit in the first three books. There's no mention of any group of people called Extras. Maybe it's just like the special features on a DVD. Maybe it will be sketches, deleted scenes, early drafts, and an interview with the author.

Pretties

Pretties, by Scott Westerberg, appeared to be the sort of book I would hate. It's part of a wildly popular series (does nobody write single books that can stand alone anymore?), and the main characters are supermodel attractive. So I had to read it to see just how bad it was. It turns out to be a very gripping futuristic sci-fi book. Actually, the emphasis on physical attractiveness is portrayed negatively. It's a dystopic novel, meaning it imagines a future where advances in technology create a seemingly perfect world, but one where people are controlled and don't live full lives. It's the opposite of a utopia, where society's problems have been eliminated and everybody is happy. In a dystopia, as in this series, 1984 by George Orwell, or Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, society's problems have been eliminated, but the soul of life has been killed. However, Tally, the main character, only slowly realizes this.
These sorts of novels always raise a series of questions. What cost is worth resulting peace? Is an absence of strife the same as harmony and co-existence? If somebody engineers all this, for as we saw in Jurassic Park, it takes a lot of work to thwart nature and the natural impulses, how do those people live and carry out their orders? Most of the time, a dystopic society only succeeds because most of the people are blissfully unaware. However, somebody must be very aware of what is going on. Why do those people never revolt? What do human beings want? Would it be possible to satisfy everybody with one system? If people don't know what they are sacrificing, are they really missing out?

IT by Stephen King

Holes

So far the book is good. I have only got to page 12 so I do not know much.But it is good.

Warriors

Sorry I wanted to update it so that is was easy to get to.

She's come Undone

I am reading the book "She's come Undone" by Wally Lamb. She is on Summer vacation right now. This book is about this girl named Dolores Price, who has a father who "loves her and her mom" VERY much. He hangs out with her for a whole week. Gives her a pool witch she has wanted since she was a little girl and plays around with her for the entire week. Dolores's mom is at her moms house visiting for a week. What Dolores doesn't know is that her father is going to leave her and her mom after this week. He asks all innocent and then when her father leaves (actually leaves) she wonders why he gave her everything she wanted that week. Since the father left life has been a little hectic for them. They go and live with Dolores's grandmother. After Summer vacation is over she starts back up in school. She starts back up win school. She is the 3rd smartest in her class. No one likes her. Thats all i have for now.

DRAGON KNIGHT

I am just starting to read Dragon Knight and it is getting really good because of one of the main characters just battled a big ferocious snake. I think this book connects to other dragon books because of all of the mystical creature you would find in other dragon books. I think these books connect to the book Eragon in a similar way.

Singularity

Last night, I started Singularity by William Sleator. It's a bit of a sci-fi book dealing with time travel, but it's also scary. Last night, about four chapters in, I had to stop reading it because the menace of what was in this empty house actually freaked me out. At first Harry, the narrator, is terrified by everything about this old house, and describes every moment with foreboding. You expect something to leap out of the shadows at any point. After Harry and his brother get used to the house, there is another unknown that, because of its mystery and power, becomes threatening.

While I'm curious to see how this unknown power will develop, I'm annoyed by Barry, Harry's brother. His character is supposed to be annoying; part of the story is the tension between the brothers. However, he's so annoying that I don't enjoy reading about him. Maybe he'll get eaten up by a monster or something.

DRAGON QUEST

I am two chapters of finishing Dragon Quest. what I like of this book is all of the battles happening in the book and the characters of the book. There is mostly different characters in the book and new ones popping out of the book and there are some that are hard to pronounce. I like the battle mostly because of who will win.

IT by Stephen King

IT has gone back to when they were kids and it is reallllllllllllllllllllllllllly confusing. IT first started out with S.K telling about Derry (the town they live in) and the clown killing people. Then IT changed to telling about the kids, then the adults, then about other character, then about adults, then about kids!!!!!! IT's hard to follow because S.K keeps going back and forth in time.

War Stories

I seem to be reading about war and refugees a lot. I'm almost through What Is the What, which continues to heap on more and more varieties of tragedy and atrocity. I've also started Katherine Paterson's new book The Day of the Pelican, another novel about a real-life modern bloody conflict which the US largely ignores. Reading these stories, learning about the government-sponsored massacres and butchering in Sudan and Kosovo, makes me wonder what we're doing in Iraq. This willy-nilly raping, burning, and slaughtering still happens daily in places like the Congo, and we only catch rumors of it. We choose to stay on the sidelines because we don't want to get involved in "tribal disputes" or "regional conflicts," as if the right to kill people in order to grab their land is a sacred piece of one's culture.

The Day of the Pelican reminds me of Number the Stars. Both stories feature young girls living in the build-up to war. Serbian soldiers stand at corners, an unobtrusive but menacing shadow on daily life. The girls coming from home from school temper their natural exuberance so as not to raise suspicion. As if running down the street is illegal, or ten-year-old girls are plotting the revolution. I wonder what happens to a young man, be he German or Serbian, that he looks for an excuse to harass young school girls. How does one build up the hatred or blindness that sees these people as annoying, expendable things? And when do I do that? True, I'm not kicking people out of their homes, but how would I act if I had a large gun and responsibility? Do I see the brotherhood in everybody, or are there people I write off?

on the far side of the mountain

in this book the writing is vary detailed for example: the birds right wing has specks of brown and a white patch on its left. It is a good book

_EAGLE STRIKE_

I Am The Cheese by Robert Cormier