Closed For The Season Alex's Book Summary

Closed For The Season

By Mary Downing Hahn

Closed For The Season is a Horror type of book because of how it's mood is being set. It starts off when a family moves into a new house. Logan is one of the main characters and his family moves into a new home, what didn't know about the house was that the owner of the house was murdered in that house. Arthur is another main character and he is the neighbor next door to the house. Logan doesn't really talk to Arthur because of how "weird" he is. There is also an amusement park nearby which is where most of some creepy things happen. When I say creepy things I mean that a lot of murders happen in that park and no one goes in there. Arthur tells Logan these stories and they both go and try to follow them and solve them.
       What I mostly think about the book is that if you like horror or mystery then this is the book for you. I say it's the book for you because Logan tries and solve mysteries and some interesting stuff happens down the way. Something that nobody has told Logan and his family that in there new house, they have a wall that's full of money hidden inside. This book is such a mystery and horrifying in it's way that why I like it, I like many books with different genres. I like new things and this book is me trying something new and if you like new things then definitely read this book. 

Native Americans Being Marginalized? Alex's Response

Shanice talks about in her essay that how will people find out that she is Native American. She talks about how many people are in her tribe and even outside of other tribes. Shanice Britton grew up in the indian reservation center in Covelo, California. She tells the reader about what tribes you can be involved in so she is in five tribes named Wailaki, Yuki, Pomo, Concow and Nomalaki. The meaning of her essay that she wrote is that she isn't different from any other teenager besides her being Native American. Since she is in five tribes she has a lot of traditions and clothing that they wear on one of her special days. In her community in where Shanice lives is really "comfortable" because everybody knows everybody which makes her feel that type of way instead of other cities where they make you feel like a stranger. She also talks about how she can keep the tribes running because her tribe died and now she doesn't know the language they spoke, anyway she still goes to ceremonies and figures it out there.

  Now that Shanice is seventeen she now has entered a college and the percentage of Native Americans that go there is .07%. Not many Native Americans around in school areas so when Shanice attends her college people always ask her questions about her culture on how she celebrates it. Shanice doesn't mind the questions because since there is only such a small majority of Native Americans it doesn't offend her. She doesn't always care about others, she cares about herself too because she is just like any other person there at the school by trying new things and trying on new clothes and even eating new foods. After reading this story it makes me and other readers think about how anyone can become successful by just following your dreams and also by trying new things because since she is Native American nobody is going to judge you on who you are, nobody is going to judge you on the way you wear your type of clothes or even on how you speak. It makes me think about you just being yourself the person that you are.

Question = What is the purpose of Shanice Britton’s essay? What does she want the readers to know about her and Native Americans living today?

Tolerance Blog

I think that tolerance to me means something that your being told what to learn. Also I think it deals with your behavior on how you feel. Once you get the meaning of tolerance I think that when get the hang of it then you will be better at things and then you'll handle things more easier than before. If your little brother picks on you and you start to get angry then that's something that you tolerate, instead of pushing or yelling at your brother you tolerate it. By living a more tolerant life you will just accept the things that are offered and given to you instead of being picky or fussy about it. 

Fallen Angels Alex's Book Summary

Fallen Angels 

Walter Dean Myers

By: Alex Aldape  

Fallen Angels is a book that is based on a war to fight in Vietnam while Perry is in the United States Army. Richie Perry is the kid that has graduated from high school and has moved on into the army at age seventeen. He is a African American kid that lived in Harlem which is located in New York where he grew up in so he is very known around his area. So most people that know Richie don't call him Richie they call him Perry. It was kind of a joke before because when he said he was going into the Army people already started calling him by his last name so he could get use to it. So now that Perry is in the Army he meets a few new friends that go by the name of Harold aka "PeeWee". PeeWee is his closest friend that he met out of everyone in Vietnam. 
      What I personally think about the book is that you don't know what your going to expect on the next page you read. Every page you read is a whole different story when you finish a page, in the beginning of the book it's giving off how Perry meets all of his friends in the Army. After Perry had met some of his friends then that is when he was put into combat. When Perry was put into combat he always finds a way to make himself feel good when he is there by being provided by his new friends.  

The Invisible Chap

There is a young chap named Alex, Alex moved to a new area from his previous location in Lyonville. Alex now went to a brand new area in Berlyn, he didn't know the people, didn't know the surroundings and buldings that were there so he decided to stay inside all day in his house for months and months. There was no space or room for anything he wanted to do so the chap stood inside his room all day everyday, he was feeling depressed and he didn't as much space and much area as he used to before. Alex was invisible from his other fellows from his previous area in Lyonsville which was amazing and his favorite place he could of ever of been.

You Can You Will By Joel Osteen: Alex's Book Summary

You Can You Will

Joel Osteen

By: Alex Aldape

Joel Osteen's book You Can You Will is a type of a "motivational book" by making yourself a better person. Joel Osteen is a pastor in Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas by doing his speeches in front of thousands of people. The beginning of the book is talking about a actor in the 1980s-present that was homeless at one point of his life for awhile. He lived in his old and broken down car that he owns that's overlooking Los Angeles on a hill where he dreams about himself being the biggest actor in the world. His name today is Jim Carrey, he took himself a check out for $10,000,000 and put it into his wallet so he can have his dream in his pocket so he doesn't give up on it. What this book is explaining in the first few chapters is that you can have a picture of your dream printed out for you to see and you can put that picture anywhere, so when you wakeup you can see that dream everyday and not lose focus or confident on it.
      My thoughts on the book is that it can help anyone out in there future and keep your dream on your mind. I really like this book more than any other book because this one talks about your future and goals that you want to accomplish. I want to accomplish my goals myself and this book motivates me to not forget about my dream and my goals. I had this book recommended to me by my sister because she had read the first book by Joel Osteen, I would also recommend this book to anyone else because if you have goals you want to achieve then this is the book to make you concentrate on it. This book was a nonfiction book so if anyone enjoys a this type of genre than this is a thumbs up for you and you will enjoy it. 

Were Were Liars By Emily Lockhart: Alex's Book Summary

We Were Liars 

Emily Lockhart
By: Alex Aldape

In the book We Were Liars I usually like every book I read but We Were Liars is a book I really enjoyed and I would really recommend it to anyone that might enjoy it. In this book I feel that this is one of the books by the author that really made her famous for her. We Were Liars was taken place in Beechwood Island, Massachusetts USA on there own little private island. The main family that takes place is the Sinclair family, the Sinclair family even has it's own phrase they say "No one is a criminal, No one is an addict and No one is a failure". That saying is what proves the who the Sinclair family is. In the beginning of the book Cadence Sinclair Eastman gives a little description about her life and what her surroundings are. Cadence explains her whole life throughout the book are also shares how they got into there own personal island. Cadence is main character throughout the whole book telling her own story about her life and her families life. 
     Towards the end of the book Cadence and her cousins family had a rivalry between each other. During the summer Cadence and Gat set fire to the big house to finish off the rivalry. Now that I gave off a lot of information in the book it's now your turn to read the book. I really liked how the book started by giving off a map of the family tree and also finishing off the book in a weird way that I would've never of known. I totally recommend this book to any reader because I felt that in this book it started off as an adventure type then it transitioned to a action book towards the ending which is interesting.