Thursday, December 11, 2014

The Devils Arithmetic Summary

Hannah and her family are now sent to the concentration camps. She keeps telling them what is going to happen next but nobody listen to her.  Hannah has to through some tuff times. The German's make the people work so hard that their arms almost fall of. They only feed them potato soup and cold hard bread.  Jews are dying faster than fly's. The Germans are burning them in the smokestack or killing them in the gas chamber. Every week the general come in the camp and chooses people whether they die or they stay alive. Hannah has to try to convince the Jews to fight back and not be bystanders. She has to tell them whats is going to happen next if they want to live. 




A connection that I made was that I went to a Holocaust museum and I saw how people where being treated at the concentration camp. I saw how they killed the Jews. It was a genocide. We had the chance to talk to a Holocaust surviver. She talked about how everybody had to wear a Jewish star and that her parents sent her and her sister to a another person that would take them. After the war the parents came back for her and lived a happy live. 

Thursday, December 4, 2014

The Devil's Arithmetic Summary

So far in my book the main character is Hannah.  She is a Jew. Her whole family is celebrating passover. Which is a type of tradition that involves a lot of food and prayers. Hannah hates all this celebration stuff. She has a brother named Aron. When celebration your suppose to drink some wine. Hannah has a little to much fun and gets dizzy. Then her grandpa tells her to open the door for Elijah. Which is a tradition they also do. When she opens the door there is no one there. Then she starts dreaming with all that wine. She goes in almost another dimension into a Polish Village. The years turn into 1942. Everyone calls here "Chaya".there. She doesn't know what it means.  Soon the Nazis take her and all the villagers away. Only Hannah knows what awaits.

One sign post that I found in my book was Again & Again. People kept saying Chaya to Hannah. I believe it has a meaning to it. I believe it means life and beauty. I think they keep calling her that because she has a meaning to be there in the Holocaust. She knows what happen in the past now she is going to help the people escape from the camps and help them survive.

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Holocaust Review


There were a lot of bystanders during the Holocaust but the true heroes where the up standers. I think many people stood by and watched the Holocaust take place for many reasons. First probably the people were scared of getting caught by the Nazis. If you hid a Jew and the Nazis found out you will get killed with the rest of them. Second they probably thought they couldn't do nothing about the problem. They felt like their words or action wouldn't do anything to stop such a big problem. Third probably the people didn't care about the problem. They were doing nothing about it. They could of helped little by little but instead they didn't do nothing. They made the problem grow bigger.  

I think the people that did stand up were heroes. They risked their life's to help other in need. They probably couldn't take the idea of people just getting killed for their race. They had to step up and take action. If I were living in that time period I would try to hide some Jews in my house or gather some of the Jews and take them long away for them to be safe. I will also take out all the propaganda from the streets so the Jews won't feel bad.

Friday, November 21, 2014

The Gadget Summary

So far in my book really weird stuff is happening. The main character in my book is a boy named Stephen. His dad is one of the best scientist in the United States. His dad and other scientist are trying to make a weapon that will end Hitlers army and win the war.  He was living in London but since Germany bombed London, Stephen mom sent him to the U.S. where his dad is living. His dad is living in a town filled with soldiers and scientist. Stephen make a new best friend called Alaie . The scientist are building a top secret device. Stephen and Alaie have to find out what this big secret thing is about. They go through series of obstacles to find out information.

The Plot is the favorite part of the book for me because Stephen goes to a field trip and gets kidnapped by guys disguise by nuns. He kicks and screams but the sound of bands are so loud. He manages to escape but the nuns keep chasing him. I can predict that Stephen will not be captured, he will be saved by someone.

Thursday, November 6, 2014

N.E.R.D.S Summary

  So far in my book Jackson tries to make new friends. He follows some nerds around and see's if they could be his friends. He discovers these aren't just normal nerds they are secret highly trained secret agents. He follows them into their secret lair. It his filled with technology and gadgets. Thats were the nerds train so they could save the world everyday. The boss of the nerd team is also the best secret agent of the world. He is undercover as the janitor for Jackson school. He tells Jackson if he wants to be in the team.  Jackson has to make the biggest decision of his life. If he joins he has to dedicate all his time to the team and the missions. If he doesn't he his going to disappoint the team and he is not going to have any friends.


Jackson has to decide if he wants to join the team. The principle is already mad at him for being late to class and if he joins he his going to be late to every class. Jackson realizes that the nerds are the kids that he bullied when he was popular. The nerds don't like him so he has to find away for them to like him.



Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Fight for fair treatment of workers: Don't buy Nike Article & The Sweatshop Poem


The article I read was a fair treatment of the workers in Nike factories. They are trying to fight for their rights because they are being treated unfairly. Nike was paying the workers $1.25 a day. These wages fail to provide the basic necessities of life of Indonesian workers. Also the bosses in the factories torture and abuse the workers. They kick them, slap them and throw stuff at them. I think they should do something about it and the workers should stand up for them. This article was upsetting because it shows that people take advantages of other people and make them work in the the hot sun and fumes.


The poem was about a girl that was working for many hours in a sweatshop. In the poem it states that the girl feels like a machine that never stops and just keeps working and working. Also she says she feels like a slave. The article talks about a workers perspective in a sweatshop. It shows how people are being treated in sweatshop. It makes me also sad because the girls says she feels like a machine and a slave.

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

N.E.R.D.S-National Espionage,Rescue and Defense Society Summary


So far in my book N.E.R.D.S its about a boy named Jackson is secret spy. He is the popular kid in school and everybody looks up to him. The teachers love him.  Him and his friends make fun of the nerds in school. He thinks he has it all but, his whole world is about to flip up side down. He goes to the dentist and the dentist tells him he needs braces. They give him a big metal headset. When he goes to school he quickly finds out who his real friends are. All of his friends stop talking to him and everybody calling him a nerd. Jackson has to figure out how he is going to overcome this obstacle.


This book that i'm reading is science fiction. I like this book because I always wanted to be a spy when I grew up. I wanted to catch bad guys and get all the cool gadgets. I didn't like that just because Jackson got braces nobody talked to him. I will always read a science fiction book because the interesting. I liked that Jackson kept finding friends.

Thursday, October 23, 2014

Down To The Last Out- Summary

Summary-

My book is about a man named Biddy Owens who lives for baseball. He his the equipment keeper and scorekeeper and sometime right fielder for the Birmingham Black Barons. He his in the Negros League. White baseball owners don't want to add to many black players to there team because of the racial tensions but that doesn't let Billy down. The only blacks that the owners want are the ones that react a certain way and not get offended by racism. Billy's team is one of the best Negro baseball teams there is. The civil rights movement is in motion. The people are watching Jackie Robinson and Larry Doby now that they see that black don't care if you make fun of their skin. Billy want's to be like them.

Conflict & Theme-

Billy and his whole team gets screamed at and people saying racial words. The civil rights movement is a go and blacks are fighting for their rights. In the book it say that white's are yelling out the N word. I think the message is don't let nothing get in your way. Even if white's tell billy that he can't go in that restaurant
or theater and there saying racial words he still goes forward and follows his dreams.

Thursday, October 16, 2014

Scope Magazine: Call of Duty Summary

The article Call of Duty was about a soldier and a man's best friend.  Jose was in the army and got ask to train a military dog and take out any IED's in Afghanistan. It was a German Shepherd named Zenit. Jose and and Zenit have to go through a series of challenges and they have to react fast but, Jose worst nightmare was about to come true.

This article brought back memories because my uncle was in the army with his dog named Zipper.  Zipper also had to sniff out bombs and make sure it was save for soldiers to walkthrough.
Jose didn't give up on wanting to keep Zenit and had to wait long months until he got his  best friend back.

Saturday, October 11, 2014

Mike Lupica: Game Changers

Summary:

Ben McBain is every football team player.  He can play any position you put him in. His favorite position is quarter back, but the thing standing in his way is the coaches son. His name is Shawn O'Brien. His father is a retired professional quarterback and wants Shawn to be just like him. Ben quickly finds out he struggling. He has to much pressure. The whole team is depending on him and doesn't want to disappoint his dad. Ben has a decision whether to help Shawn or to become a quarterback. He just has to follow in what he believes in.

POV: The point of view is first person because the narrator talks in I, me and mine. You read the narrators thoughts and ideas. Ben says "I need to show shawn he is a great quarter back"and " I was so mad at myself for no catching that ball"

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Mike Lupica: Game Changers Summary

SUMMARY
I started a book Called Game Changers by: Mike Lupica. So far in my book Game Changers is about a boy named Ben who loves football. He is in his middle school football team called the Rams. His whole life he wanted to be a quarter back but the only thing standing in his way is the coaches son. His name is Shawn O'brien. He is always the quarter back for the football team. His dad is retired All-Star quarterback. The next struggle he has from playing QB is he is to small. The coach puts him as wide receiver. Ben always tries to be the all star of the team and show the coach he has a good arm to be QB. Ben will never give up on his dream to become quarterback.

CHARACTER ANALYSIS 
Ben is a determined player. Although ben wasn't the quarterback he will still try hard and lead his team to victory. Ben is also athletic because he plays football and mostly every sport with his friends everyday.


The Treasure Of Lemon Brown Summary

I think this story is a great story. The story Lemon Brown is about a teenager named Greg. He is tired of his dad giving him lectures and telling them what to do in life in order to succeed.  Greg is walking down the street and see and old building with the the door slightly open,so he decides to go to it because it was dark. He wondered the room looking for what was there and there was only old dirty stuff like a torn couch and rags everywhere. A man came out named Lemon Brown. He is wearing old and torn clothes. He has rags tied up to keep him warm. Lemon & Greg start talking and become friends. Lemon Brown start telling him story about his life. He used to be a Blues singer that made good money. Then his world turned up side down. His wife died. Then his son went to fight in the war. One day Lemon sees a not on the table. It says that his son was killed in the war. The army sent him the stuff that his son had left when he died. The only thing he had was his father clippings and harmonica that Lemon gave to him. Lemon taught Greg to appreciate what you have. So greg went home happy and wanted to hear his dad lectures.

Sunday, September 21, 2014

Dog Tags:Prisoners Of War Summary

So far in my book ''Dog Tags: Prisoners Of War'' the main character is a teenage boy named Rivera. He is in United States army. He is fighting the Nazis. He is a medic for the army. He helps out the injured. His best friend in the war is called goldsmith. He thinks the war is and easy job but his world is about to turn upside down. When Rivera hears someone call ''medic'' he jumps out of his fox hole and scurries to the person. He sees that its their commander. He got shot in the lungs. He is in a pool of is own blood. Then a bomb hits a tree and the tree falls on Rivera. He his unconscious. Then he wakes up. There is no one there, everybody retreated. It just him alone in the cold forest. Then he sees a dog. The dogs collar is held by his owner that is dead. Rivera can tell the dead soldier is a German. Every time the dogs sees him, he wants to rip Rivera face off.