Pretty Ugly

     I'm reading a book called Pretty Ugly and so far it is a pretty good book. Its about a a girl named Jamee who is under a lot of pressure by her parents and teachers to be just like her older sister Darcy. But Jamee wants to be a cheerleader and doesn't care about grades as much as her older sister. She then meets a small skinny girl trying out for cheer leading too. They became friends but the other girls trying out started bullying the little girl because they didn't like her appearance and just doesn't like her.

     My question is why does appearance matter so much in modern life today? Everyone in the world today gets judged by how they look, what they wear and all type of things. I don't understand why everyone has to judge other people. To me its stupid to judge people by how they look and what they wear. Its silly.

     Another question i have is why do girls always seem to bully each other for the stupidest reasons? Boys do this too but girls get mean, in my book for example the cheerleaders took a picture of the two girls to together and edited to make it look like they were dating and sent it to everyone in the whole school. That can really hurt someones feeling and someones reputation. Boys maybe fight but then make up and become friends again. In my opinion girls are way more cruel to each other then boys are and really try to hurt each others feeling in a horrible way.

     Overall The book was very good so far and i want to finish soon and find out what the girls do about the picture and all the bullying that is going on to them. All i know is that it is going to be very cruel and mean. i recommend this book to read overall.

The Test

     The book I just finished reading was called The test from the Bluford high series. It was about this girl who went back to her high school to tell kids about her teenage pregnancy experience how it happened And all that. It was actually a really good and interesting book. One thing I noticed in the book was there was a really big social issue of teenage kids getting pregnant and the father not wanting to be apart of it.
    One example I saw of that social issue was that the guy never talked to her or called her he just used her for unprotected sex. Then once she told him that he got pregnant he promised to call and to try and help but then after about a week he avoided her and never called or even texted her. I think that this happens a lot in the real world because when teenagers have kids they don't want it to ruin there life so they try and run from it. It's always the boy though because the girl is pregnant so she really does have to deal with it.
    Another social issue I noticed was running away from home and daddy issues. The father of the pregnant teen was never really apart of her life, so when she got pregnant her mom and her got in a huge fight and she tried to run away. The first place she tried to run to was her fathers house. He said she could spend the night but she over heard on the phone him telling her mom that he didn't want her there and that she needed her to go home. It was really mean and showed how some dads really don't wanna get involved no matter what.
    Overall I thought it was a really good book and there were a bunch of social issues. I thought it was good however that the girl was trying to tell these kids to not make the same mistake she did. This book reminded me of the show Degrassi because the same thing happens and the father refuses to help to not ruin his social life. It's a really big issue and really messed up.

     I just Finished my Book secret in the shadows about a sophmore in high school named Roylin Bailey. Throughout the book it just seemed like nothing he did ended up well in his social life, and no matter how hard he tried things did not go his way. He had a really good friend in the building who was an elderly man and who kept him company throughout his whole childhood. One day while the man was asleep Roylin decided to take his money to borrow for a birthday gift for this girl he met. The main was sent to a nursing home but the super in the building said that the man had a heart attack from the lost money so he could get Roylin to do whatever he wanted to keep his mouth shut. It was pretty ridiculous.

     One thing in the book that happened to show nothing went Roylins way was that after he went through all the trouble to borrow the money from the man to get this new girl an expensive necklace, she ended up just using him for the gift and dropped him completly. So then he had to do all that work and go through all that stress for no reason.

     There was also kind of an ethical dilemma in this story. Roylin thought he basically caused the death of a man in his building yet he decided to try and work so the super would keep it a secret and not tell anyone about it himself. The author did an amazing job of having a lot of intense moments at the end of the book. For example when Roylin finally tells his new friend about how he cause the death the friend comes up with all these ideas to see if its actually true. And the last scene of the book was when the super comes to the house to realize that they know he was lying the whole time. The author made the whole ending insane and intense.

     Overall i think the book was a really good book and the author did an amazing job of making key parts more important then others also a good job of showing how Roylin was having a tough time and in the end a new friend ended up helping him out big.

Secrets in The Shadows

     I just Finished my Book secret in the shadows about a sophmore in high school named Roylin Bailey throughout the book it just seemed like nothing he did ended up well. He had a really good friend in the building who was an elderly man and who kept him company throughout his whole childhood. One day while the man was asleep Roylin decided to take his money to borrow for a birthday gift for this girl he met. The main was sent to a nursing home but the super in the building said that the man had a heart attack from the lost money so he could get Roylin to do whatever he wanted to keep his mouth shut. It was pretty ridiculous.

     One thing in the book that happened to show nothing went Roylins way was that after he went through all the trouble to borrow the money from the man to get this new girl an expensive necklace, she ended up just using him for the gift and dropped him completly. So then he had to do all that work and go through all that stress for no reason.

     There was also kind of an ethical dilemma in this story. Roylin thought he basically caused the death of a man in his building yet he decided to try and work so the super would keep it a secret and not tell anyone about it himself. The author did an amazing job of having a lot of intense moments at the end of the book. For example when Roylin finally tells his new friend about how he cause the death the friend comes up with all these ideas to see if its actually true. And the last scene of the book was when the super comes to the house to realize that they know he was lying the whole time. The author made the whole ending insane and intense.

     Overall i think the book was a really good book and the author did an amazing job of making key parts more important then others also a good job of showing how Roylin was having a tough time and in the end a new friend ended up helping him out big.

I hunt Killers April 27th

     I just finished my book "I hunt killers". It was such an amazing book from the start. It hooked me from the start because the very first scene if the setting of a murder and the serial killers son is scopping out the crime scene trying to figure out whats going on and how the murder was done. It got my attention right away because its such an interesting way to start. The author in this book does such a good job of getting the reader really into the book and get attached to the characters very easily. He got me very attached to not only the main character but to a a lot of secondary characters as well. He made every character in the book feel like a main character when you are reading it, He also does an amazing job of showing inside thoughts of the main character about his thoughts of murder and his father who was a notorious serial killer. The author tries to show that the kid can try and do the opposite of what his father did and tried to grow his son up to do as well.     
      The author also does a great job of showing how the chief of police believes in the serial killers son even though his dad was a killer he believes the son can grow up to be different. When the 2nd string of murders was commited a lot of people thought it was the son because it was in the same pattern his father did it and they thought he was trying to follow after him. Also the son knew everything about the murder before the public found out so all fingers were pointed at him. The chief however says to the kid that he believes it wasnt him and that he was going down a different road then his father did. The chief was one of the only people in the book who believes in him and the author does a great job of showing that.     
     Overall I hunt killers was a very good book and I think if you like books that get you really attached to the characters and the overall story. You would love this book because of how well written it was and how strong all of the characters are.

The Fallen

     I just finished my book the fallen and it was a very well written and exciting book to read. It was basically about how the main character went to high school and was involved in a lot of bad doings. He got in a lot of fights and disrespected a lot of people in the building. His little brother Heuro was shot and killed the year before that is why he moved to this new high school and he hasn't fit in since. He and his boys have been trying to find out who killed Heuro and they have been wanting revenge. They finally find out and they plan to go to his house and shoot his till he dies. He does not have the guts to do it however and tries to stop his friends by telling the cops. No one gets arrested but the leader of his group finds out and he wants to kill him now because he tried to betray him.

     I think the author did a really good job showing how even a kid put in a bad situation can rise to the top and do the right thing. The main character could have gotten revenge but he did the right thing and ended up turning in the leader because the leader was trying to do the wrong thing and he was going to kill the main character. 

     Overall the book was very good and i recommend it to anyone who is interested in these kinds of books and is of the age 14+ maybe 13 if you are very mature. I am excited to read more books by this author.

Walter Dean Myers

     Walter Dean Myers is my favorite author of all time. He knows how to do everything you want in a book so well! the scenery details he includes and the character emotions and connections are out of this world. Not one of the books i have ever read by him have ever disappointed me when i finished or when i started.

    All the books i have ever read by him i am gonna put in a list so anyone reading this blog post can run over to the library and check these amazing books out!!!

Hoops

dope sick

shooter

the beast

Fallen angles

monster

harlem

scorpions

slam

And a couple more that i cant remember right at this moment but every one of those books were very interesting and hard to ever put down...

     So to wrap up this post overall Walter is an amazing author and i recommend his books to anyone 14 years or older!!!! Maybe 13 if you are very mature

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