choice book report for qaurter 4

          I read Qwan by A.L. Kim. I thought it was a very good book. It had very nice detail and it was so smooth and it just flowed greatly. You couldn't put it down. It told you a lot, yet you still had questions. For some backround information: the U.S has gone into a massive war that has left much of the U.S. in ruins. His main goal is trying to survive it all. The main character in this story is a young 13 year old boy named Qwan Lee. He is about average height and average weight of a normal 13 year old kid. He has a very caring personality and he is not the kind of person who will leave someone behind. Qwan is very self assured in himself. He's sure of himself. I would definetly describe Qwan as a confident person. He will not doubt or second guess himself. He is by no means self absorbed. He cares about everybody no matter how strong or weak.He's different from the others because he will never leave someone behind to die. Like his brother who left Qwan to die.
            I liked the book a lot. For one reason because the main character is very near to my own age, and I think that's what kind of made me decide this book was for me. It had a very interesting plot line with the U.S. in ruins. I haven't heard of many novels with a similar plot.It was also very exciting. It kept me on the edge of my seat.I just wish it was longer. The ending wasn't the greatest, I wish it went into more detail. Everything else was pretty detailed, until the end, it seemed he was in a rush to be done with the book at the end.I would reccomend this to anyone looking for a short, good, quick read. Not someone loking to take up a lot of time. This is the end THANK YOU!
In honor of the late Harmon Killebrew I will list his most famous comment;
" Keep swinging, because he might throw it where you're swinging, and get lucky as I got lucky a lot."
R.I.P. #3

continent book report mini recomendation

I read Pacific Crossing by Gary Soto. It's part of the Lincoln Mendoza series that he has. In the begining Lincoln Mendoza decides to move and to go back to his old school. He just really wasn't fitting in at the other school, and in the whole neighborhood. I guess he  just wasn't their type. His family also moves back so that Lincoln can be united with his best bud abd pal Tony. Shortly after moving back to his old neighborhood Tony and Lincoln walk in on a kempo class and decide they want to give that a try. Tony eventually realized it wasn't for him and quit. But Lincoln really got into it. One day the school principal asked both Tony and Lincoln to be part of a foriegn exchange student program, realizing that they were studing kempo. Both of them  accepted and were able to go to Japan to learn about their culture, language, kempo, and most importantly to have some fun. While there they learn how different and how undifferent we both are. Lincoln definetly has some trouble in Japan, but he also has a lot of succses. To see how he got both, well I guess you'll just have to read the book.
I really liked the book. It just fit the way that I expect a good book to fit in my eyes. It wasn't uncontrolably adventourous yet still wasn't boring. I like how the book went from one setting to a totally different setting, just like that. I would reccomend this book to anyone who wants to learn a little, but not a lot about Japanese culture. A person who doesn't want to be overwhelmed by the facts. This book overall wouldn't be for everybody, but I would say a great majority of people looking for a good book, that this would fit their needs. It isn't intense action, but it isn't slow paced either. It goes through the normal struggles that come with every normal life. If it were me I would classify this book as realistic fiction. Overall I enjoyed this book very much.

choice book report for 3rd quarter

I read " Bone" by Jeff Smith. By the way, with me reading a comic book, there was no real "main" character, so I thought I would then just comment on the overall book instead. I hope that is okay because I saw no real other option. If this is not okay please let me know.Anyway, I thought that it was a very different style of book than one would expect in that one, it was a comic book. Two, it was divided into three main books or stories, but not chapters. I know for some people it definitely would have set them of their game by quite a large margin. I was able to adjust though, but it did take me a little bit. To the plot. It was mainly about characters from "boneville" (their city) and how they did with their issues that they have come to face with his or her skill set. In one instance, one of the richest "bones" (that's what they are called) goes bankrupt and they are kicked out of the city. He takes a relative and his friend with him too. They end up getting separated and it puts it in each one's point of view, and meanwhile it has a comical twist because it's a comic book. There are two other plots that go on too in the other stories, but I don't think you want me to talk about all of them. Overall the book wasn't that special to me, it wasn't that high-paced sort of nonstop action that I like. Plus, it wasn't really that funny. I would recommend this book for someone who likes slow-moving non-sealant humor. But not someone who likes gut-wrenching laughter.
         I am still going to pick one of the "choice" choices.
         The main conflict in "book" one, which I talked about earlier, is about how a very rich person or bone is going very well and making lots of money and having good luck until it suddenly changes for him, and he goes bankrupt very quickly. He owes so much money, that the city kicks him out of Boneville. Before he leaves he takes his cousin and his cousin's friend and they leave town with hardly anything. Now the formerly rich person doesn't get along with his cousin's friend, so there are definitely internal conflicts going on between them. Then one day a massive group of locusts start coming towards them, and they end up getting split up, and end up in a mythical world full of many different and unique characters. It puts you in each person's personnel view of what's going on in such breath taking detail it shocked me, because before it wasn't that detailed.. It was something I never encountered before. But, I have to say it didn't really do that much for me. But the only reason to tell if they ever found each other again, is to read the book.
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Continet Book report for Quarter 3

          I read " Taking Sides", by Gary Soto. The book was about a teenage boy who lives with his mother, because his father got a divorce and left them out in the cold. They were living in the ghetto when, after they're house had been robbed again, his mom decided enough was enough, and they were going to move and live somewhere nice. Where if you aren't in a fancy home, and had lots of money, well what were you doing there at all. It just so happens that their new city is very near their old city. He then has to leave all his friends, and his ex-girlfriend behind. His new school has basically all white students and very safe, very much unlike his old school. The boy, Lincoln, is also an extremely good basketball player, easily the best at both schools. It's about how he learns to get new friends and adapt to his new coach, who is really a pain in the butt, and has something very personal against Lincoln, and all Mexican and Hispanic people. His mother is dating a guy that Lincoln isn't real fond of at first, but soon learns that they are kind of similar, and eventually Lincoln accepts his mothers boyfriend. When Lincoln's new school has a game against his old school, well, it gets very interesting with all the drama, and Lincoln liking a girl who just moved from his old school like him, and to get the whole story, well I guess you'll just have to read the book to find out.
           I very much indeed liked Taking Sides, and I enjoyed reading every chance I had. This book really, kind of made sense to me, and kind got my attention better than most books. This book was for sure one of the best books, I have ever read, I know that for a fact. It wasn't too lengthy in detail in where you get lost, yet it wasn't undetailed. It met right in the middle, in my happy zone, if you will. You should definetly think about reading this book if the last couple books you read really disappointed you and left you stranded. You should also think about if you have any interest in sports, basketball especially. This book may please your needs then. If you like mythical book styles, and fiction, than this book is not for you. Which means this book is for sure not in your range. Overall I would reccomend this for most people.
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Circle Me Bert.

Fans around Minnesota know Bert Blyleven from being the TV analilyst for the Minnesota Twins, and his famous circling antics, but something very spaecial for him happened this week. He was inducted in the Major League Baseball Hall Of Fame in Copperstown. It is quite a prestige honor. Not many can say what he can. In his last year of elligebillity, he made it in with a vote percentage of 79.7%. A person needs 75% to get in. Last year he had 72.8% and only needed 5 more votes to get in, but now he has what he deserves. He is also joined by former second baseman Roberto Alomar. Here is my tribute to him.

There you go Bert, you're finally where you belong.