PURE EMOTIONS Week 36 Perfect Pure Emotions

This week I'm reading Perfect, by Natasha Friends
The main protagonist, Isabelle Lee is going through  a lot. Her father just died and her family is not coping so well, especially her mother. Isabelle has an Eating Disorder. So, her mom send her to a therapy group. I have a friend that has an Eating Disorder. She also had to go to a therapy group. She told me that she hates the therapy group. She told me that it was supposed to help her, but it didn't. She said that it made her feel like a weirdo and made it worse. Isabelle Lee and my friend both hated the therapy group. They didn't want to be part of it. Isabelle met Ashley in the therapy group and eventually didn't entirely hate the group. My friend though, really hated it. She didn't enjoy any of the therapy group. She despised it and couldn't wait to get out of it.

Book Review week 37

* This book is pretty much a collection of stories of kids with courage. Stories of young people who took social action, fought crime, worked to save the environment, and even perform heroic acts.
* I actually really liked the book. It was really inspiring. It was good to see young kids, even almost the same age as me, do things that made an impact to people.
* I personally think that the book didn't have any downsides. It's based  on perspective. I read the book and really understood the message of the book. I really felt like the downsides of the book doesn't really matter as long as you understood the message of the book.
* I really rate the book 10/10. I would recommend the book to anyone. It might say "Kids", but its not just kids that needs inspiring.

Asking Questions and Wondering Week week 35

"While Americans fought for freedom and democracy abroad, fear and suspicion towards Japanese Americans swept the country after Japan's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. Culling information from extensive, previously unpublished interviews and oral histories with Japanese American survivors of internment camps, Martin W. Sandler gives an in-depth account of their lives before, during their imprisonment, and after their release. Bringing readers inside life in the internment camps and explaining how a country that is built on the ideals of freedom for all could have such a dark mark on its history, this in-depth look at a troubling period of American history sheds light on the prejudices in today's world and provides the historical context we need to prevent similar abuses of power"
Q: How many Japanese immigrated  to America at the turn of the twentieth century?
A: More than 275,000 Japanese.
Q: When the Japs first got in America, how were they treated by the Americans(majority)?
A: The Japs were treated harshly. It was obvious that they didn't want the Japs in America. The discrimination was clearly seen.
Q: What did the media do about the discrimination?
A: A lot of newspaper companies saw that the majority of the Americans were against the Japanese immigration. Seeing this, they soon started their own anti-Japanese campaigns.
Q: What did California do that made the Japs who lives in their state harder?
A: The California passed a law the prohibits non-United States citizens from owning land.
Q: Was there a governor who wasn't against the Japanese?
A: The governor of Colorado wasn't against the Japanese immigrants. He even stated that " [The Japanese are loyal Americans, sharing only race with the enemy.] Carl pleaded for the protection of Japanese immigrants.

Week 34: Code of Honor- Asking Questions and Wondering

This week, I'm reading Code of Honor. I expected that I'll enjoy the book, due to the fact that the author of the book, Alan Gratz, is also the same person who wrote Prisoner B-3087 and I absolutely loved that book.
Short summary of the book:"Kamran Smith has it all. He's the star of the football team, dates the most popular girl in school, and can't wait to enlist in the Army like his big brother, Darius. Although Kamran's family hails from Iran, Kamran has always felt 100% American. Accepted.

And then everything implodes.

Darius is accused of being a terrorist. Kamran refuses to believe it, but the evidence is there; Darius has been filmed making threats against his country, hinting at an upcoming deadly attack. Kamran's friends turn on him; suddenly, in their eyes he's a terrorist, too.

Kamran knows it's up to him to clear his brother's name. In a race against time, Kamran must piece together a series of clues and codes that will lead him to Darius and the truth.

But is it a truth Kamran is ready to face? And is he putting his own life at risk?"

(The questions and answers will not follow the sequence of events in the book.)

Q: What is Kamran's mother's race?

A:Her mother was Persian. 

Q: Who really was the traitor in their small group?

A: Jimmy, the computer genius was the real traitor. He gave Banshira Ansari "Black Widow" information of what they were doing in exchange for money. I actually already thought from the beginning that he was the traitor. He was always saying that he's only after the money that supposedly Mickey Hagan offered, though the truth is he was actually talking about the money that Banshira Ansari was paying him.

Q: Is Darius really a terrorist?

A: No he's not a terrorist. He joined the Al Qaeda to get information of their plans and then to send the message (codes) to Kamran.

Q: Did Dane really die?

A: Dane died, but instead of putting his discharge status at 'other than honorable' like before, they upgraded it to a 'general discharge'

Q: What happened to Mickey Hagan?

A: Mickey has been put in charge of his own counterintelligence team at the CIA.

Q: What happened to Aaliyah Sayid?

A: She joined Mickey's counterintelligence team.

Q: Is Kamran still going to West Point?

A: He thought at first that he won't be able to join because his "Nomination was Withdrawn", but because of the turn of events, him becoming the hero and stuff, the whole country wanted him to go and even the Vice-President himself sent him a letter of recommendation with his own signature.

Q: What happened to Darius?

A: He is the Tactical Specialist of Mickey's CIA counterintelligence team. He will still be in the army, but just attached to the CIA.

Q: Is Karman going to be part of Mickey's team too?

A: Yes he is. While attending West Point, he would also be part of the team. 

Week 33 Anna Dressed in Blood and Girl of Nightmares- Pure Emotion

Anna Dressed In Blood Girl of Nightmares


This week, I read Kendare Blake's " Anna's Dressed in Blood" and "Girl of Nightmares". I actually enjoyed the book. I liked it, but I also didn't like it. I mean, the plot was good, but how the story was written was kinda bad. Like, it was kind of rushed. The protagonist, Cas and Ana just met and fell in love just two months. That's kind of unrealistic, but nonetheless, I still liked the story.
      In the book, Cas job is to bring dead people who has done bad things to rest. This job is very risky, and it could cost him his life. Even his dad, who had the same job as him died because of this job. A lot of things changed after his father's death. His mom wasn't the same anymore when his father was still alive. I just felt really bad for him. I'm a daddy's girl. I can never imagine myself losing my dad. At times, I think that I'd rather die before my dad, than see him die. I know it doesn't sound right, but I really just can't think of myself watching my dad inside a coffin. I imagined myself in Cas's feet, and I it's safe to say, that I would've probably broken down especially with all the other things happening around him. (Even his mom was greatly affected of his death.) If ever my dad died, I probably will never be the same person. I would be changed and will act very differently. 

Week 31 Pride and Prejudice

Writing a letter
Dear Mrs. Bennet,
     
  This letter would be hard for you to understand due to the fact that I'm from the future. Our English Language today is not as formal as it was in your time. But anyways, that's not important, as long as you get what I'm trying to tell you.

         Reading your daughters' life story, I saw that you had favoritism among your daughters. You might think that liking one daughter more than the other night not affect the other daughters, you're wrong, it does. It's okay to have different relationships each child, but to praise one more than the others is not. It could affect your other daughters emotionally, could lower their self-esteem, and could result to behavioral problems during childhood. You really need to stop with the favoritism. It won't bring any good to anyone in your family. Show your love equally to all of your daughters.
     
   Thank you for taking your time to read my letter.

Sincerely,

Clawy
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Dear Clawy,

       I appreciate your concern for our family, but please do mind your own business. Our family concerns, are not yours. Please don't tire yourself with our problems.
 
      Thank you, and please don't get in people's businesses ever again.

Respectfully,

Mrs. Bennet

       

Week 30 Keeping Safe the Stars

First things first, I really just want to talk about how weird the title is. I thought it was going to be like the book "A Wrinkle In Time" with the title and stuff. For this week, I'm going to write a "Prediction" type of blog post.
      I will give you a brief summary of what I have read. Pride, Nightingale and Baby are orphans. They live with  Old Finn their grandfather (Mother's father). In a secluded place away from the city. One day, their grandfather had a fever (Still not really that sure cause I still haven't gotten to the part where they would actually talk about his disease. Probably a few more chapter then I'll know the real reason he was sent to the hospital)and had to go to the hospital. Their grandfather was sicker than they thought that he was so they had to take him to the hospital. The three siblings are trying to hide the fact that their living alone in their house without an adult from other people (except for Miss Addie and another "almost friend" of Grandfather" ). Because of the fact, that authorities could take the three of them away and put them in the orphanage. The three of them already had an unpleasant experience there, so they are trying their best to not let anyone else know.
      I'm predicting that authorities will know about the fact that the three of them are living alone in the house while Old Finn is in the hospital. They would take the three of them away from their house and Old Finn and bring them to the orphanage. After that Old Finn would be healed and would discover that his three grand kids were taken to the orphanage. He'd ask for Justine's. ( Justine,- a lady and Old Finn, according to Pride has a a secret relationship, but Pride has never seen her, but had just read Justine's letter from Old Finn. )  help to try and get his three grand kids from the orphanage. Then, him and Justine would raise the three kids together and give Pride, Nightingale and Baby normal lives, which includes going to school, having friends, etc.