Lord of the Flies

For class I read Lord of the Flies by William Golding. The book was actually better than what i had expected. Some parts of it were super hard and confusing but i'm pretty sure i understand the book pretty well now. A bunch of boys on a plane crashland on an island. Ralph becomes the voted leader of the group much to the disliking of Jack. The two go through a power struggle through the whole book. Ralph puts Jack in charge of hunting. At first Jack justifys his constant hunting by saying they want meat but later it turns into him becoming savage. The boys think their is a beast on the island but really its inside all of them. Almost all of the boys on the island are hunting and looking for the beast. A bunch of the boys end up dying as everyone becomes more savage on the island. They believe the beast can change shapes so they killed Simon, the only one who knew the truth about the beast. They end up getting rescued but only after becoming animals at heart. This causes them to reflect on all that they had done on the island.

Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith

I read Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith by Matthew Stover. It like the other two books follows the plot from the third movie (the sixth movie made). It also has a pretty awesome looking cover. I didn't really like the third movie because it didn't have enough action and good scenes. The book was actually really good. You could picture got a much better sense for Anakin's transformation to the dark side. It the third book has the longest storyline out of all of the episodes. It is very confusing if you don't understand a part of the book. It starts off with Anakin and Obi-Wan rescuing Chancellor Palpatine from General Greivous even though it was all staged by Palpatine. Then they return to Courescaunt alot of drama goes on. Anakin finds out Palpatine is the evil Sith Lord. He informs Mace Windu and Mace tries to take down Palpatine. He almost succeeds until Anakin kills Windu and saves Palpatine. Anakin from then on is with the Sith and is known as Darth Vader. I'm not gonna ruin the rest of it for you but that sets the plot for the rest of the series.

Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones

I read Attack of Clones by R.A. Salvatore. It is a Star Wars book based off of the second movie (the fifth movie made). It, like the first book, follows the story plot of the movie but goes into more detail. Basically, if you like the movies your gonna like the book. Also, during the movie some parts confused me but after reading the book they all make sense. Reading the book helped me to see things from a different view because in a book you know the character's thoughts while in a movie you usually do not. The movie starts off with an assasination attempt on Senator Amidalla's life. It fails and as a result two jedi, Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobe are assigned to guard her. When another attempt is made the jedi track down the bounty hunter and trace it all the way back to a planet called Geonosis. On Geonosis, the confederate army mostley made up of droids are a having a meeting at one of their factories. The two jedi and Padme get captured and are put into a colleseum where they are pitted agains fierce animals. They kill the animals but then all the people in the colleseum are about to attack, when back up arrives. The Republic with their new clone army and a bunch of other jedi all attack and save the day. They chase Count Dooku but he manages to escape. Then back on Courescaunt Yoda says, "Master Obi-Wan not victory. The shroud of the dark side has fallen. Begun, this Clone War has!"

Star Wars: The Phantom Menace

I read Star Wars: The Phantom Menace writtien by Terry Brooks. The book came from the movie and screenplay written by George Lucas. The book follows the movie beautifully and it even adds in more detail. It tells you about some Anakin's podraces before the Jedi arrive. Droids take over the planet of Naboo hoping to get the Queen to sign a treety. Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan rescue the Queen and escape to the planet of Tatooine. They need to get parts to fix their ship. Tatooine doesn't accept the Jedi's kind of money so they have to bet on a nine-year old boy and a podrace. The little boy, Anakin, wins the race and he goes with the Jedi because they think he might be the "chosen one". Once back at Courescant (i know i didn't spell that right) Qui-Gon tells Yoda about the invasion on Naboo. The Queen goes back to her planet and they free if from the droids. Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon get into a lightsaber battle with a sith named Darth Maul. Maul kills Qui-Gon but Obi-Wan avenges his master and kills Darth Maul.

Star Wars: The Star Wars Trilogy

This book is based from the movies from Star Wars episodes four, five and six. The first one is actually written by George Lucas, the creater of Star Wars. I think the movies might actually be based off the books, because the books are much more detailed than the movies. I liked the sixth one, Return of the Jedi the best. In the book, it made it way more easier to understand. The part on the planet Endor, where they are trying to destroy the shield generator was confusing in the movie. Too many different scenes you had to understand and put together. In the book it all made sense and wasn't confusing at all. I think the movie for the fifth episode was better than the book. In the movie they do a much better job with details than in the book. They show the battles and plot better than in the book. The Empire Strikes Back, was also the shortest story in length. That probably helps to explain the less detail. If you like Star Wars, I think you should try to find the book. It made me see the trilogy in a different way.

The Outsiders

I read a book called "The Outiders". It is written by S.E. Hinton. It was actually a really good book. I thought it was one of those books you have to read in school and they are the most terribly boring thing ever. Then I started reading it and the guys name is ponyboy. It made me laugh a little, what a wierd name. Then I started reading more and it started talking about fights and gangs. That's when I started thinking, " this book might actually be pretty good".
Ponyboy and his brother belong to a ganglike group, called the greasers. They are poor underprivlaged children. They get their hair as greasy as possible and long. They take pride in thier hair. Then there is a rival group called the socs. They are rich and spoiled people. They go around in groups jumping greasers who are alone. The greasers accidently kill one of the socs and it starts a huge war. Ponyboy runs away with another greaser to escape the murder charges. Eventually they go back and Ponyboy joins in the battle. All the other greasers watch out for ponyboy though, because he is younger.

One Fish two fish red fish blue fish

Yeah, I did read a Dr. Seuss book and it was AWESOME! I haven't read one for close to five years. I think they got better, even though that is probably really hard to believe. Before i just read them as a little kid to read. Now I read them and think," wow it must be really hard to rhyme so many things and have make as much sense as it does. He also uses repetition, something i didn't realize before. He also has some onomatopeias in it.
He writes, " Bump!
Bump!
Bump!
Did you ever ride a Wump?
We have a Wump
with just one hump.
The way Seuss rhymes, it makes everything roll of your tongue with less effort. I could more words per minute out of one of his books than out of a regular book. He makes his books flow and fun. Something that more readers need to do to get kids hooked on reading. If you haven't read a Dr. Seuss book lately, i say you take the five minutes out of your day to relive some childhood. You'll enjoy it, promise.