Entry 9

The book I have been reading the past hour (none stop) is called Heroes Don't Run which is a hard story about a young man wanting to honour his father's death by joining the marines and learns of death and true misery. It is a short, but complicated story. Adam which is the young man's name runs to his grandfather in New York to make him sign a contract to let him join the army. After several put offs, Adam is finally at boot camp where he is trained mercilessly and cruelly by several officers. Adam reminds me of my teacher in 3 rd grade because they both worked hard to protect their students/soldiers even though they were put down a lot. Adam also sounds sort of like me in the way that he is definit about his decission, untill the truth slaps him in the face. Adam meets an official on the battle field named Rosie whom I really admired because when a shell bomd blew nearby them, they were all peppered with junk, but Adam got peppered with Rosie's bones because he had leapt in front of Adam to save his life. I'd like to be that brave. My favorite quote is,"You're not the only one whose changed, Adam. We've all gone through a lot." because his mother shames him for getting hurt and he feels so bad to have these words hurled at him. Sometimes, I don't think war is this good, a lot more people dis and the misery and pain is more indurable. This story isn't true hell and pain. People have died in the real war and we aren't lessening their pain by writing it down. this is a sad book, but has good writing.

Entry #7, HOOT

The book I have been reading is called Hoot. This novel is very interesting because the characters differ so much. I think the running boy, whose nick name is Mullet fingers is sort of like me in speed. He runs from juvenile hall where his mother dumped him. Then he asks his half sister for help when he gets out of jail. His father is sort of like a lot of people I know who just sit around, eat, and watch TV.
I would really like to be as determined and never giving up as the running boy. He goes into everything with gusto and I can't blame him for hating his mother who doesn't want him and sends him to juvenile hall, blamed for a crime he didn't commit. He also risks his life and freedom by trying to save the burrowing owls who live at a pancake site. Sometimes I wish I was as tough as his sister, Beatrice.
This writer isn't very obvious and he really hooks the reader in from the beginning. Sometimes I wish he didn't give the purpose of the story away because it made it less exciting. I sometimes wonder if the boy's mother really did not want him because she did give birth to him and he wasn't that bad just a little mischievous at times.
Overall, this is a very good book and it really is a wonderful book for children. I think this book deserves the honor medal on it's cover.