The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian-Sherman Alexie

Summary

The story is about a teenaged named Arnold "Junior" Spirit. Junior lives on the Spokane Indian Reservation, where he discovers that alcohol is more important to most people than an education is. So Junior decides to transfer from his reservation school to Reardan High, a white school that is more than twenty miles away. Once Junior arrives he notices that he is the only Indian in that school. His best friend Rowdy will never speak to Junior again because he is a traitor. Most of the students there treat Junior treat him like an outcast. Junior must fight to improve his social standing both on and off the reservation. He surprises himself when, as a freshman, he makes the varsity team and eventually even becomes a starting player.

Connection

I can relate to Junior because in my old school in elementary i remember I went to a school were there mostly was all white people. At that time I couldn't speak english that good. I didn't want to talk to anybody because I was afraid that the kids will laugh at me. I kept practicing and trying to learn as much as I can. I started to talk to more kids and they didn't laugh at me. My english was getting better. In the story it says that Junior felt lonely cause he was the only Indian. This shows that Junior wanted to work on his social skills so the kids would talk to him and not be an not feel like he was invincible.

The Giver By- Lowis Lowry

Summary
So far in my book it's about a young boy named Jonas. He is an eleven-year-old boy who lives in a controlled society some time in the future. In his community, there is no suffering, hunger, war, color, music, or love. Everything is controlled by the Elders right down to who you will marry, who you receive as children, and what you will be assigned as a job. 
The Elders are the only one with the memories. No one else has memories. They can't remember what they did in the past. Jonas wants to figure out why do they do this. The people have no freedom because they have to do what they are told. It's almost as they were slaves.

Conflict
The conflict of the novel is that Jonas is about to turn 12. This is the age when it is decided by the elders what job you will be given as an adult. This shows that the people are not treated fairly. They have no decision on what they can work. The other conflict is that Jonas is trying to figure out why the elders do this.

The Invention Of Hugo Cabret- By - Brian Selznick

Summary
So far in my book Hugo finds out that the mechanical man writes the signature Papa George. Thats the godfather of the little girl. The little girl is named Isabella.  Hugo thought it contained a secret from his father. Isabelle immediately started to blame Hugo because she thought he stole it. The mechanical man also drew the picture of the rocket going in to the moons eye. That was Hugo fathers favorite movie. Isabelle and Hugo go to Papa George's house and shows him and his wife. Papa George goes into tears and tells them were they got it from. Hugo tells him from a mechanical man. Papa George show's them a bunch of pictures that he use to draw. One of them was the rocket going into the moon's eye. He starts ripping them because he didn't want to remember. Hugo and Isabella are confused because why would Papa George have these pictures? Who really is Papa George?

Prediction
I predict that Papa George has something to do with the mechanical man. I think he created it or helped built it. I shows that he has something to do with it because he started to go into tears and rip his drawing when they showed his the picture of the rocket going into the Moon's eye. Hugo fathers said that only magicians had these mechanical machines. Could Papa George be a magician?