All Star !!

I nominate Sarah as an All Star because her blog post really seem to capture my attention. They are interesting and they really make you think about what you're reading and whether you like books with just typical endings or a book that has an ending that you would never, in a million years, think of. I like that i can really hear her tone of voice in her writing , and i can tell she puts a lot of thinking, and effort in her work.

  Sarah's blog post

But what about the children ..

I love my book so far. Though there are things that make me think hard about how others felt after 9/11. My book is Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer . In the book of noticed among other things that the words Extremely, and Incredibly are used a lot . But in this blog post I want to talk about how much i feel for the people of 9/11 and how the author does a great job at getting this message across.

When we think back on 9/11 . Yes,we think tragedy, lost, government, and occasionally think about the families that have lost there loved ones, but do we think about  the children and what they could be going through now after all this has happened . In the book, reading how close this little boy is with his father and then losing his father just like that , is heart breaking . I know that hearing the fact that my dead was suppose to be doing construction work there in that building that day but didn't go, makes me relieved that i still have my father . I thank god for it . I feel for Oskar . The sad part about it is , Oskar is only 9. imaging kids who are like 9 months, whos fathers died that day . They won't even remember their father when they get older . That's sad and it makes me glad to still have mine .

I hope that people who read this book feel the way i feel while reading it . Reading about how Oskar is feeling . He say;s the worst day when referring to 9/11 . He says in the book "When dad was tucking me in that night before the worst day .. " This shows me that he is hurting , he's said . I can also see that he really does have the mentality of a 9 yr old boy . I couldn't imagine going through something like that , especially not at that age. I think Oskar is one hell of a strong 9 yr old boy that lots of people can learn from . 

It's not always about the reward .

In my book Vanished by Meg Cabot the main character Jessica Mastriani cares more about others than herself, and that i love. She isn't self absorbed and cares more about the well being of there's than herself . The way Jessica cares for people throughout the book truly shows that sometimes , it's not all about you .

Jessica has power that is getting her all this attention of a sudden that she doesn't really need. Especially, not with her brother Douglas hearing voices and all . This she realizes and as the press come around and they start surrounding her house, it is causing Douglas's voices in his head to start up again  . Jessica feels that all this attention is messing with her family so she goes away asuming that the press would follow her . That they did and Douglas was able to recover from his incident .

If it were me in this situation i too would have left so that My brother/sister could get better because hat wouldn't be fair to my family , to put them through it . I can see that in the book , Jess's family has always been behind her in everything she does. Even when they had learned that she has psychic powers they were supporting her in using them for the greater good . i feel that now family should have to suffer because of another family member.

When Jessica gives a runaway boy 10 grand because he was being abused by his father , i truly felt touched . She had only known this boy for maybe two days and she already felt like she loved him and that she couldn't let him go back to his rotten father . This shows that not only is Jessica generous , but she's caring .  

This book truly show's that you should put people before your own needs and not do it because of the reward you may get, but do it because of the greatness you will feel in the end . You may feel some sort of accomplishment in what you've done and shouldn't that mean more ?

Should We Change the hurricane .. ?

In the book house rules by Jodi Picoult. There was one line that really stuck out to me. " In reality, you don't ever change the hurricane, you just learn how to stay out it's path" I love the meaning behind this line because, when you think about it on a more personal level, you can't change people's mistake's, you just have to let them make those mistakes and learn from it. I;ve began to realize this. "You can't change the hurricane .." 

Independent Reading :House Rules

I am almost done with my book house rules. i am finally at the part where Jacob is on trial. So far it is looking good for Jacob, but how long will that last. i dont want to know whether Jacob is going to go to jail or not, i really just want to know if he did or not. like did he really kill jess ogilvy his tutor. In some ways i think he's capable of it, and in others i think hes not. Well i'll just have to wait and see.

Independent Reading

My book House Rules by Jodi Picoult has made me think about the world in a completely different perspective. Jacob hunt, a 18 yr kid with Asperger's syndrome has been accused of commiting a murder. I stilll have not made up my mind as to whether i think Jacob did it or not. There are moments when i think "how could a child with Aspergers syndrome be capable of such things" but then i think "he's done other things. Maybe not as bad as this but they were still pretty bad". Jacob sometimes may seem as if he's the smartest person in the room, but the next, just a little thing will set him off. I hope Jacob didn't do it, especially not to his own tutor, Jess Ogilvy. Well this book has touch me, and made me think a lot about children with Aspergers.