Wise period 2

In this autobiography Eric Clapton tells the story of his remarkable life. Clapton grew up in Ripley, Surrey in England as child. He got his first guitar at a the age of seven and taught himself how to play the intrument by listening to recordings of his early influences like Buddy Holly. During the 60’s he was in many different bands including Cream and Yardbirds, where he made countless hits. In the 70’s he had a very tough time of his life where he was addicted to heroine and then alcohol. He eventually overcame this addictions and continued his legendary career.

Eric Clapton captured every part of his life amazingly. There was not part in the book that I was bored with. It is one of those books that once you open it up you can’t put it down. Clapton is a true hero and legend and I recommend this book to any classic rock fan or any music fan because his music has influenced many current artists and young musicians .

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This book is written by a vet named Nick Trout. He is a surgical vet and also deals with traumatized animals. He wrote this book as a reflection of different stories that touched his heart in some way. He explains one case when things didn’t turn out so well. Then he describes a case that worked out best for both patient and owner. Every story has a meaning or lesson at the end about life in general not just in the vetrinaryian field.

I loved this story. In the begging it was a little slow but as you read on you would become so drawn to the book it would be hard to put down. The details in this book are increadable. Trout tells every detail about every situation and makes you feel as if you were standing right next to him breaking the news to an owner that thier pet had just died or made it through surgery. This book will capture you and never let go. It’s a great read and I recamened it for anyone. Even if you have no intrest in becoming a vet or you don’t even own a pet this book will make you feel every emotion.

Wise 

Period 2

A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer is about Dave Pelzer himself living every child’s worst nightmare. Dave lived a horrifying childhood. He was abused as a young boy. A Child Called It is about a young boy’s struggle to fight for his life being abused. He was verbally and physically abused by his mother. She would do things that were horrifying, ideas that only a sick person would think of. His mother was an alcoholic. She would tell Dave how worthless he was and how she wanted to kill him. This bring tears to one’s eyes. No child wants to be told they were a “mistake.” He did everything in his power to save himself. He didn’t want to die. As much as he hated the life he lived, he knew he had so much to offer to the world. Dave Pelzer is a survivor of child abuse. He is a hero to many.

The book A Child Called It was an outstanding novel. Dave is an inspiration to so many people. He did everything in his power to save his own life. The amount of detail in the book makes your teeth cringe. The book is so sad, and yet unfortunately, it’s reality to many children around the world. This book needs to be shared with the world. Child abuse needs to come to an end. He did an outstanding job writing this book. He was not proud of the childhood he had, but I believe he is proud of what he did to survive. I recommend this book to anyone who is a strong willed person. The book is hard to get through, but it is well worth it in the end.

Wise -7

Hannelore Wolff has to go through one of the worlds worst nightmares. The holocaust. She has been taken from camp to camp, seen one of her brothers get sick and die, and had to dig graves for all of the other Jewish people that have been killed along the way. The holocaust was depressing and emotional, but Hannelore sticks it out to the end and is finally free.

I am not going to lie this book is very sad. At the beginning you find out something horrible that breaks your heart. This book was written for people to learn about what had happened not only to one girl, but all of her friends and family. The end of this book take a ton off your shoulders when you learn what has happened to Hannelore and her loved ones. It has suspense, sadness, and joy.

Lockowitz Period 8

The main conflict in the book The Lost Boy is Dave the main character looking for a family. He is kicked out of his family house and he lived on the streets for a day. He then becomes an orphan. He tries to be accepted but he doesn’t. He steals and does other bad things to be accepted. His peers never accepted him.

This book was an appealing book because it was the second book. It is also a true story about David’s life. When you know that this is true you wont to keep reading and reading to see what happens. It is hard to put the book down. It has good use of word that make you imagine what is going on.

Wise, 2nd Period

In the autobiography, Hole in my Life, by Jack Gantos, he describes the obstacles in the way of his dream: money. This becomes the most obvious conflict in the book because in order to go to college and gain more experience in the field of writing, Gantos takes up an offer to sail a boat from the Virgin Islands to New York City, delivering drugs. Once in New York City, the crew is caught at the Chelsea Hotel and even though Gantos escapes, he turns himself in to the FBI. Finding himself in jail and far from his dreams, will Gantos ever be able to pursue his passion? Check out this incredible memoir to find out!

In the past I have not read many autobiographies. It was interesting to be “along for the ride” as Gantos reminisced about his past. I was able to experience his emotions through the colorful language he chose. Best of all, the lesson to work hard to follow your dreams was inspirational. I would highly recommend this book.

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Brown Period 5

Chalked Up by Jennifer Sey is about a teen gymnasts dreams to be an Olympic gymnast, and her struggles on the way of getting there. At the age of 38, Mike Jacki, head of the U.S. Gymnastics Team, calls Jen and asks her to compete in an upcoming meet. But after 20 years she’s not sure she’ll be able to regain all of her skills. The book flashes back into her teenage years and tells the story of her life as one of the best gymnasts in the U.S. But as a young girl, her fear of getting hurt gets in the way of her being the top gymnast in the country.

This book is very appealing because it is based off of a true story. It goes into a lot of detail of her struggles with fear, weight, and demanding coaches. She is very determined and dedicated. She doesn’t understand why any girl would want to give up gymnastics for anything. Although she is always second best on her teams, and the assistant coaches pay more attention to her than the head coaches, she is more determined than any other girl on the team and she makes it farther than anyone would have thought.

Mr. Argentar – Period 7

In “The Glass Castle” follows the twisted
childhood of Jeannette Walls. Like most children Jeannette has two
parents her mom Rose Mary and dad Rex, and she has one brother Brian and two
sisters Lori and Maureen. Through out the book the Walls family has to
keep moving from town to town because Rex get fired or just cannot pay to live
there anymore. It seems that everywhere they go something bad seems to
happen to Jeannette like before they move for the first time in the book
Jeannette is cooking hot dogs and her dress catches on fire and she has to go
to the hospital.

The one aspect I liked about this book was how all
these terrible events keep happening to them, but yet the Walls family still
stuck together. Like when they had
to live in a house with a pit full of garbage and deal with it. I also liked how Jeannette writes this
memoir with such detail. For
example when she talks about falling out of the while they were on the run and
was cut up pretty badly from the rocks.
This Book I would recommend to anyone who wants to read a great book
full of real shocking events.

Mr. Lockowiz Period 8

The main conflict in the book A Child Called “IT” would have to be David the main character surviving his mom’s chores/games. His mom has changed a lot from being a good mom in the beginning and a horrible mom by putting his kid through life threatening games. David has to do gross and bloody things to survive. He gets fed little if any food for many days. He has to find disgusting way to get food. In conclusion the main conflict is a little child fighting for his life.

The thing that I liked most is that the end is in the beginning. It makes you wont to keep reading and reading until you find out what led to this ending. Another thing that I liked was that this is a true story and the author is the boy and to think that a real person had to go threw all of these games is horrible. I also liked how these different obstacles that David has to face are thought up and how he get through all of these life threatening tasks. When you read these games that he has to go through the author who is the little boy in the book uses great word and structcher that makes you feel as if you were in the book.

Wise period 2

In Swimming to Antarctica by: Lynne Cox, Lynne Cox tells her stories of all her amazing swims and accomplishments in the sport of distance swimming. She started swimming at a young age and she realised that she could swim for long periods of time without stopping. Once Cox realized this she knew she wanted to swim across the english channel and break the world record. As she grew older and better at swimming her goals became bigger and harder. Lynne had goals that no one would even dream about doing. For example swimming in the Bering Strait ( Swimming from the U.S to Russia) during the Cold War to lessen the tensions between the countries. She also wanted to swim the first antarctic mile in freezing water temperature of 31 degrees Fahrenheit. Swims like these was what made Lynne Cox the most accomplished distance swimmer ever.

Swimming to Antarctica is a great book everyone should read. Reading the memoirs of Lynne Cox was very exciting because the story was told by the person who knows it best. It is a very good story for any athletes or people who are committed to something they love because you can connect her attitude and mental toughness to your sport even if it is not swimming. I recommend Swimming to Antarctica to everyone!

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