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?

The Invention Of Hugo Cabret- By - Brian Selznick

Summary
So far in my book Hugo made a bet with the toy booth man. The man said if Hugo cleans up the store and fixes his broken toys he might consider giving him the notebook with all the drawings and secrets. The old man niece said she will help get the notebook if he let's her see what's inside. Hugo doesn't want know one to look at the notebook. Over a few weeks the girl and Hugo became good friends. Hugo needs the notebook fast because his dad gave him this mechanical man. Its made of clockworks. It really rare. Hugo dad told him that he want's him to fix it up before he died. If he fixes the mechanical man will write a secret message. Hugo is trying to fix it without the notebook but there is only one part missing. It needs a heart shaped key. Hugo realizes that the girl has the same key. Why would she have it?


Conflict
The conflict is that Hugo needs his notebook with all his dad drawings so he could fix the mechanical. The Old man took it from him and now Hugo has to work for him until the Old man decides to give it back to him. This shows that Hugo will do anything to get that notebook back. Also the mechanical man needs a heart shaped key in order for it to work. The little girl has the same key.

The Invention Of Hugo Cabret- By - Brian Selznick

Summary
So far in my book there is a young boy named Hugo. He lives in the walls of a busy train station. The only thing that he has is a notebook filled with inventions and secrets that his dad left behind before he died. One day Hugo tries to take a toy from the toy booth. The old man catches him. He won't let him go until he empties his pockets. Hugo takes out his notebook. The man opens it and is amazed by the work. The old man takes the notebook and let's Hugo go. Hugo can't let him go. The old man goes into the cold streets of Paris. Hugo has to go after him to get is notebook back because it contains secret inventions.

Character Analysis
Hugo is brave little kid because he lives alone in a busy train station. In the text it says his dad died and he is all by himself. He has to take care of himself. This shows that he his brave. Hugo is also courages because he tried to steal a toy from the toy booth. He also followed the old man into the cold streets of Paris. This shows that he really wanted his note book because it contained secrets.

The Experiences of Native Americans- By Victor Hernandez

Native Americans were marginalized in society in many ways. It all started in 1879 when a man named Captain Patt wanted to take the Native American children an show them the "way's of a white man". Captain Patt asked permission from the parents if he could take the kids to a new school named Carlisle that he built. Captain Patt wanted to mold these Native American children into being more civilized. He believed they needed to completely abandoned the "Indian-ness". His saying was "Kill the Indian,save the man". They didn't care if the Native Americans didn't want to do this. They even cut of their hair and made them wear different clothes. They wiped the kids for not behaving or not doing something correctly. Then they just started to bring Native Americans by force without their parents giving them permission. The kids got home sick and 2 girls set their room on fire. The Native Americans were not seen as people. They pushed back and now the Native Americans have their own land that the U.S Government can't touch.

The purpose of Shanice Britton’s essay is trying to show that Native American people are the same as us. They wear the same clothes and go to school. She watches MTV and goes on Facebook just like the rest of us. They do the same as any other person but they just have some traditions like any other race. They live in houses with electricity and running water. When theres a basketball game the whole town goes to see the game. Just because she is Native American doesn't mean she is different. She wants people to see Native Americans are the same as any other person in this world.

If You're Reading This- Trent Reedy

SUMMARY
Someone keeps sending his dad letters to Mike. He wants to know who it is. Each letter gives Mike a mission to complete. Like get an A or get your drivers license and take a chance with a girl. Mike try's to accomplish all the goals that his dad wanted him to do. But the biggest mission may be at home and the story's in the letters is more intense than he ever imagined.  Mike's goes through big obstacles to accomplish the goals. He try's to contact his dad army division to see if they any information about his death. What seem's odd to Mike that his dad was killed August 28, 2005 and in the letter Mike's dad said that he only had 249 days. If he only had 249 days left in September 04 he should been back home by the time he was killed. Could this be the last letter? Could Mike's dad still alive?

Signpost
One signpost that I found was ToughQuestion. Mike keeps asking himself if he could accomplish all the goals that his dad wants him to do. Some goals are easy but some are harder then they seem. He doesn't know if he should tell his mom about it too because she doesn't want to make her cry.