Jeremiah T
December 12th
Tangerine
1-21


Prompt: Summarize


                           The book Tangerine is about a boy named Paul who lives with his mother, father, and brother. They moved to Florida from Texas. Paul has very poor eye sight, even with thick glasses on he still can't see. He says that he can see what his parents cannot see, but he hasn't explained it yet. His older brother plays football, and plays the kicking position.  He can kick a field goal from 50 yards away. He sneaks out at night sometimes and then Paul can't sleep. There house is basically on top of a Muck fire. It's coal under ground, and when lighting strikes, theres smoke everywhere. All around the house by the second floor windows. All they can do about is wait for it to rain, or close all the windows in the house. Paul went to a nearby lake and checked it out, he heard a splash but no one or nothing was in it. The home owner says there are Koi in the lake down the street from the house. Koi is basically a giant goldfish. So if you go early in the morning you will be able to see them.

                          Attention always shift away from Paul to his older brother. The attention is always about football. The home owner has a son who plays football as well. He will be holding the kicks for  Paul's brother. I wonder if they will become best friends or enemies.  Erick (Paul's brother) says the coach wants him to be a star at the new high school. I think Paul may be a little jeaouls  of Erick, because he always blames him for everything.


                            I recommend this book to anyone 10 and up. It's a little boring, but I'm able to keep reading it. There's nothing really to graphic in the book yet. The narrator is Paul writing down in a journal on his computer. You wouldn't even think he has bad eye sight with how descriptive he is. Paul doesn't attention seek or doesn't pout when he doesn't get something. He's pretty Melo and keeps to himself.
         

"Never Fall Down"

12/4/14
Never Fall Down
Pages Read: Finished book
Prompt: Summary of the book



        The year the book started in was 1975, but finishes in 1984. That's 9 years of surviving,starving, sickness with no medicine, and fighting for your life. Arn must be the toughest character ever. He's gone through so much, more than you can imagine. It's just unexplainable. The way the author uses word choice is powerful. I felt I was in the story that I was sitting right next to Arn and I was his shadow. I mean it's probably one of the best books I've ever read.
       His personality changed a lot from the beginning till the end. He starts off nice and has feelings like the rest of us. Liked his next door neighbor nada favorite candy, had fights with his sister normal stuff. Then the war started happening, so everyone is traveling on feet, carrying their houses on their back from the youngest child to the oldest man. So you see men, women, and children just dyeing, in their sleep and sometimes they just drop dead to the floor. If they don't die like that the Khmer Rouge shoot them.
       This story reminds me a little bit of the Haulucaust. You got the Khmer Rouge (Nazis) and their leader Angka (Hitler). It's so similar the army treats everyone unfair, even the rich people. If you don't do whats told or break the tiniest rule they will kill you. Then Angka is the leader of them that tells everyone what to do, just like Hitler did.
       I recommend this story to anyone in 6th grade or up. This has some pretty brutal scenes in it. Very descriptive words that made every bone in my body shiver. Plus appropriate age does a big part. They do some things and say some things that kids shouldn't read about, so I strictly say 6th or up.