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.

WEEK 29 Prisoner B-3087

For this week, I'm going to be doing a "Pure Emotion" type blog post on Prisoner B-3087, by Alan Gratz. My blog post this week is going to be similar to last week's. Yanek lived a normal life, a happy young boy who goes to school, plays outside, had a loving family and lived a happy, fear-free, normal life. Never had he though that he would lose his family at a very young age and for him and his fellow Jews to live such a cruel life, but in just a snap, his parents, uncle, aunts, cousins, and his people died. It all went so fast. At a very young age, he has seen things, that no one should ever see, done things that no one should go through. He lost the people he loved. What could be worse than that? Knowing that your family died in a harsh is really painful. Just imagine how hurt he was. He wanted to cry, but he can't without being watched. His uncle, his only family left, the only person that could've comforted him, can't even freely talk to him without being harshly observed by the Nazi soldiers. Just imagine, living under the harsh hands of the Nazi soldiers. Just imagine, a 14 year old, restraining himself from crying because he knew that he had to be strong. He had to be tough with all the things happening around him, thinking about the family he lost will cause emotional wreck. Just think of yourself in his shoes. How much pain you'd go through. Won't you wish that you can just to be alone in a room cry, and have a family to comfort? If you were him, wouldn't you just commit suicide to end your pathetic tiring, pitiful and, depressing life.

Week 28 Prisoner B- 3087 Making Cconnections

This week I'm reading Prisoner B-3087, by Alan Gratz. This is the true story of Ruth and Jack Gruener. Ruth and Jack were victims of Hitler's cruelty during World War II and holocaust. Yanek and I doesn't have that much similarities. We have a lot of differences, but there's still something that I and Yanek has something in common. In the book, he lost his loved ones. They died because of the harsh environment and the brutality and cruelty of the Nazi soldiers. Though I never lost someone I loved in that way, I still lost someone special to me. This month, my grandpa died. I was really  close to my grandpa so, I was really hurt. It was expected that he was going to leave us soon, but it still hurts. Losing someone you love is one of the most painful things ever. Knowing that you won't be able to talk to them, to hear their voice, and to not be able to see them anymore. You think of all the good and bad memories with him. Luckily for me, I still have a family to comfort me. Yanek had his uncle, but they can't even freely talk. That makes it harder for him.

Week 27

"Asking Questions and Wondering"
For this week, I read "The End or Something Like That" by, Ann Dee Elis. It's a pretty good book. I highly recommend this book.
Q: How old is Emmy?
A: 14 years old 
Q: How did Kim die?
A:She died because of a heart condition.
Q:  How did Ms. Homeyer die?
A: Ms. Homeyer died in the bathroom.
Q: If Emmy didn't like Ms. Homeyer, why would she go to her funeral?
A: Emmy at first, just really had the urge to go to her funeral for an unknown reason
Q: Who is Skeeter?
A: Skeeter is Emmy and Kim's friend. They have been neighbors for a long time. Skeeter secretly likes Emmy.
Q: Who is Dr. Ted  Farnsworth?
A: Dr. Ted's Farnsworth is the guy who teaches stuff about talking to  dead people. Before Kim died, both her and Emmy listened to some of his lectures and followed his instructions on how to talk to dead people.
Q: Did Emmy really see the dead Ms. Homeyer? Like see the dead walking?
A:Yes, she really did see the dead Ms. Homeyer walking by the gas station. She saw it on May 25th Friday at 5:23 pm.

Week 26

Asking Questions and Wondering 
Firelight by Sophie Jordan


Question: What is a Draki?
Answer:A Draki is a specie of dragon that could shift to human shape.
Question: What happened to Jacinda's dad?
Answer: He was taken as captive. Jacinda, her sister, and her mom didn't know abut it.
Question: How old is Jacinda?
16 years old. The book didn't really exactly say so, but they did say that Cassian is 18 and that Jacinda is 2 years younger.
Question: Who is is Cassian?
Answer: He is the heir of Jacinda's pride. They are supposedly "arranged marriage" with each other.
Question: Who is Tamra?
Answer: Tamra is Jacinda's twin sister.
Question: What happened to Tamra's Draki?
Answer: At first, she thought that she didn't have one, but as the story continues that she actually has one, and a rare one.
Question: What happened to Jacinda's mom's Draki?
Answer: Jacinda's mom didn't want Tamar to feel bad and alone about being different. So she never transformed to being a Draki to be like Tamar.

#22 Asking Questions and Wondering "Whose Body" by, Dorothy L. Sayers

This is a pretty old book, different from what I usually read(except for the classic epic poems or something). I got this book as a gift and didn't really think of reading it, but I was desperate for something to read and didn't have any other options. I actually enjoyed the book. This is a mystery book so I really had a lot of questions. Therefore for this week, I'm going to make an "Asking Questions and Wondering" type of blog post.
Q: Does the protagonist (Lord Peter Wimsey) have other mystery stories just like Sherlock Holmes? You know like having a series of their adventures solving mysteries and stuff...
A: There are other books about him. Each book he solves a specific case.
Q: I was really wondering when was this book published.(year) As what I've said, I don't usually read old books (except if they're like really old like about 1800 or older; those really interest me) that was like publish in the 90s or something.
A: The book was published 1923.
Q: There are parts where I read that he listened to piano music. Does this mean he plays the piano?
A: He does play the piano.
Q: Who is his favorite pianist?
A: He's favorite pianist is Bach.
Q: Is the rich financier Sir Reuben Levy's disappearance and the corpse on the Thipps' bathtub somewhat related?
A: The two are linked.
Q:  One of the really main questions in this book, is where is Sir Reuben Levy? How did he just disappear so sudden?
A: Sir Reuben Levy was murdered. He was murdered by the neurologist Sir Julian Freke. Sir Julian Freke staged Sir Reuben Levy's 'disappearance'. Sir Julian Freke have always had grudges against him because he married Lady Levy. Sir Julian Freke had always had his eyes on Lady Levy and was enraged by the fact that Lady Levy chose Sir Reuben Levy over him
Q: Another big question in this book is who and how did the corpse get in the Thipps' bath tub?
A: The person on the bath tub resembled Sir Reuben Levy. As a sick joke, Sir Julian Freke manicured, washed, and shaved the body then placed the corpse in the tub.

#21

ASKING QUESTIONS AND WONDERING:
Who is Hassan? Like how did Hassan and Amir meet?
Hassan and his father work for Amir's family.  They are slaves.
Who was Hassan's mother and was he born to slavery?
Hassan's mother was a beautiful kind of famous person. She wasn't a slave, but his father was thus making him a slave too.
Where is Hassan's mother?
She left weeks after giving birth to him.
Where did Hassan's mother go?
She left with travelling dancers.
Where is Amir's mother?
Amir's mother died giving birth to him.
What does Amir's father do?
Amir's father is a successful and famous business man.
Why does Amir always read to Hassan? Doesn't he go to school? 
I already had the idea that maybe Hassan didn't go to school because they're slaves, but I still wanted to make sure. As I read further in the book, Amir tells us that Hassan doesn't know how to read and has never been to school.
What did Amir's mother do when she was still alive? Was she a teacher, a doctor or something?
Her mother was a teacher. She taught classic Farsi Literature at a university. His mother was famous in Kabul and was named as one of Kabul's most respected beautiful, and virtuous ladies. She was also a descendant of the royal family.
Is this book a true to life story?
It is not a true to life story.