A Million Little Pieces

Author: James Frey

Genre: Fiction/ Bibliography

Rating: 9/10

Date finished: November 13, 08

Pages: 600+

Dark Sun

Author: Robert Muchamore

Genre: Realistic fiction/ action

Pages: 100+

Rating: 8/10

Date finished: 16 Dec, 08

Skellig

Author: David Almond

Genre: realistic fiction

Pages: 182

Rating: 8/10

Comment: Set in northern england, this storry is about a young 10-year old boy named micheal, Mina (his friend/ neighbor), His premature born sister and a man named skellig

Among the Brave

Author: Margaret Haddix

Genre: realisitc fiction

Pages: 240 pages

Rating: 9/10

Comments: Among the brave is the final book of the series of "Among the hidden." the book has many realistic problems that could happen anytime on this earth. i think the series was very good and interseting and i recomend that you read it.

The Host

Author: Stephine Meyer


Pages: 617


Rating: 9/10

Story: THe host is a story about how a certain alien species who can inhabit bodies of other spieces, take over the earth. the Main character (wanderer) inhabits the body of a woman named melaine who still can control half of the body. Wanderer takes on the bodies personal desire and is stuck inbetween two different decisions that could lead to life or death.

Comments: The Host is a very intersesting book after you get past the beginning. Although the beginning is a little slow to start, you should continue on with it.

Papillion Extended Reading #2

Papillon
Henri Charriére
Jonathan Beech

Just settled into a new town with a house and a woman Henri decides to run away, again. If you were Henri would you have been able to bring yourself to run away from those who treated you so kindly from the very beginning? Just running away with no real explanation after living with them for months? In the book Papillon this may have been one of Henri’s more difficult decisions to make. Henri had done this once, he had two wives and a good life in an Indian tribe, yet he chose to run away, now he does the same.

I wouldn’t have been able to bring myself to run away again as I don’t know if I would have life as good as I had or be thrown back into prison.
Henri had been living in Georgetown for a little less than a year. During his time he had pretty much settled down other than the fact that he had to keep changing his business. Although he loved his “wife” and his friends in the town, Henri ran away because it was rather hard to earn a living as well as the fact that the chances of business were growing thin. Henri knew about the war going on and that he wouldn’t be allowed to leave so he and 3 friends pretend to be a worker on a fishing boat to run away. In a way Henri was willing to sacrifice his own freedom to earn a better living for a better life.

If I had been in the position Henri was in I don’t think I would have even tried to escape. 1st of all I’m not brave enough to try to mess around with the law especially if leaving the British Guiana is a serious crime and to top it off they were in war. Even so if I was earning an extremely low wage leaving the country wouldn’t be an option for me. I think that because Henri is so courageous and willing to fight for what he wants is the reason the book is so interesting.

Papillon-extended reading

Title: Papillon

Author: Henri Charriere
Pages: 560

Date finished:

Did this book change your thinking about the topic? How? Why? Is there one section that particularly swayed your view? Explain.

Could you imagine being sent to jail for the rest of your life for a crime you did not commit. This book is a true story about a young French man (aged 25) named Henri Charriere, also known as Papillon. Papillon is sentenced for a murder he did not commit. Sent to a penal colony of French Guiana. Only a short 42 days after he arrives he escapes with some of his friends. This book has changed my thoughts about the jails, guards, jail breaks and the convicts themselves. In the book Henri is sentenced for life for a murder he did not commit (it never says who he murdered.) He is sent to a holding area before they were to send him off to the penal area. Before they send him off Henri and a man he meets at the holding area attack a guard, and injure him very badly. As a result of attacking a guard Henri and the man he met named Julot were both thrown into separate rooms which they refer to as “black holes.” The guard that gives Henri his food and clothes is very kind. Although the guard is supposed to treat the convicts badly but because the person that they beat up was someone that the guard didn't like, he thanked them by giving the stake hidden in the bread, cigarettes and extra clothes. I had always thought that the guards were all extremely mean people which were why they did this job. I always thought this because when you watch movies, series or just really think about the subject, very rarely do you ever think that the guards are nice and kind people.

When Henri and his friends are in the hospital faking sick they all are planning they’re escape. I knew the when you break out of a prison it requires some planning, and maybe a little bit a planning ahead for once your out but in this book they plan months ahead. They already know where they’re going to head for and where to go before they get there. I had always thought that when you’re planning to get out it was like a hit and run thing. Kill the guard and get out without being seen.

Never had I thought that convicts were nice to each other or anyone unless they were friends outside of jail. In the book Papillon becomes very close with the few people that he escapes with and those that had helped him in the escape. Each of them knows a lot about each other and how they got sentenced to jail.
They each become friends of those in like a school who talk and chat with each other. All of the men who are traveling with Henri respect him and have somewhat made him the leader in their escape.

When Henri arrived upon new shores he was always welcomed very warmly. Although the people knew that he was a criminal and a convict they still all treated him as if he weren’t. They all gathered around him and treated him specially giving him all sorts of gifts for him journey once he leaves. This surprised me as I always thought that if you were considered a dangerous person that others wouldn’t want to be near you as you could hurt them.

Henri Charriere doesn’t seem to fit to me convict, He seems to me like Nelson Mandela.
Henri always tries to stay on the good side of people and when he tries to escape he hurts people as little as possible and tries to help them but can’t

Although he always tries to escape during his stays he always acts good and well mannered. He only does thing necessary for his life and only gives away stuff to the sick. To me he doesn’t seem like a convict but somewhat like Nelson Mandela.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Title: Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Author: Jeff Kinney

Pages: 200+ (has many pictures)

Rating: 8/10

Date Finished: August 15, 2008

Comment: A humerous story of a avarage middle schooler, his family and his friend.

Breaking Dawn

Title: Breaking Dawn


Author: Stephine Meyer

Pages: 756



Day Finished: August 11, 2008


Genre: Fantasy & Romance



Rating: 10/10



Comment: This is once of the best books I've read. Its detailed and has good desciption words. Another good thing about this book is you can let your imagination flow to create the people and backgrounds well in your mind.