The Beast

As my hand gently wafted down the silky beasts fur

I injested a feeling of togetherness that stirred

His growl rose in symphony every scratch of the ears

Such a magnificant killer, with a trail of tears

The beasts hide was thick, his patterns dark

An elusive con, he bows to no bark

A staring contest, as i look in his eyes

His expression disguised from any surprise

A hot draft in the air, an ear chrisply twitches

A bite from his fangs would undoubtedly cause stitches

As ive grown towards the beast, hes mirrored my actions

As myself and the beast serve the same faction

I realize as we frolic in sadness apart

I love my cat Oscar, with all of my heart

Among the Hidden

Dorothy Crowell
Title: Among the Hidden
By: Margaret Peterson Haddix
Rate: 10/10
Pages: 153
This book is about a boy named Luke. At the beginning of the story Luke is mad that all the trees around his house get cut down. The reason why is because there is a law that says families cannot have more than two children. Luke is a third child. He use to be able to go outside because he was hidden enough in the trees but now he cannot go outside and he also cannot go near any windows or anything. Luke thinks his family is being a little bit too careful because they are also not letting him eat at the dinning room table with them.
Luke lives up in the attic and one day he found vents that he could look out to see outside. Through those vents he saw lights on next door and it was the middle of the day so he was thinking that meant there was another third child next door. He was able to sneak out of his house and get next door and he was right. He met another girl named Jen who was another third child. The 2 of them set up a system so that they can meet up on days.
One day when Luke went over to Jens house the two of them start talking about what it is like to be a third child. Jen told Luke that she some day is going to go to do a rally with the government and say that they need to change the law. The reason the law is set is because with the amount of people there are and also the amount of food there is it is set so people do not starve. The thing Jen wants to tell the government is that not every family has a kid or if they do they don’t have two children so if some people have three or more kids they will fill in the spaces for the families without kids.
Luke decides not to go to the rally but Jen still does it. She knows some other third children from the computer and she talks them into doing it. The results do not end up how they wanted it.
To find out what happened at the rally you will have to read the book. I really enjoyed it. It is also the beginning of a series.

Derek Chase: The Burning Wire

Derek Chase

English 11 The American Dream

11-10-10

Rating .5


The Burning Wire

The Burning Wire is all about electricity and terrorists. When a bans of terrorists gets hold of a substation in new York, they sabotage the others and cause them to fail. The city, of course, had a backup plan to run electricity through other substations. Upon doing so, they realize that there is too much power going through one substation. This causes an arc flash, killing 15 people above the substation. Now the hunt is on to find out who did this act of terror and if it will it happen again.

Dope Sick

Mike Gavarny
Dope Sick
By Walter Dean Myers
184 pages
Rating: 6 out of 10

This book is about 2 teens that get set up trying to do a drug deal. One of them shoots the cop and gets arrested and the other one runs away. The one who gets caught is getting in less trouble because he says it is the kid who ran away (Lil J). Lil J is ‘dope sick’ because he is addicted to heroin and now he is hiding from the police. There is a tv that shows the future, lots of cops and guns.
This book is by the same author that wrote Monster. I liked this book better because it was more interesting and was written in an entirely different format. This book has a lot of action. I would recommend this book to everyone.

The Three Days

Raymond Bertholet

Three Days

By Donna Jo Napoli

151 pages

Rating 10 out of 10

This book is about a girl and her dad driving in Italy. Her dad got sick and fainted. The girl is worried and tries to get help by yelling help. There was no one to help them for hours. Suddenly, these two men stop and took the girl, but not her dad. She does not know where she is going to. This is a great book to read about because it had surprises and excitement.

Breanna Simpson: And Then Things Fall Apart

Breanna Simpson
And Then Things Fall Apart
Arlaina Tibensky
254 pages
Rating: 8 out of 10

This story was a very great and touching novel. Keek had big plans for her summer vacation, but she did not plan for this. Keek and her boyfriend have always fought, and just recently had their worse fight yet. Not only that, but her parents are going through a long tough divorce and her mom has recently traveled to the other side of the country with her newborn cousin who is suffering from a life threatening illness. Keeks two best friends have both betrayed her, and now she is alone. Now Keek is suffering from chicken pox and stuck living with her grandmother in a remote town. All Keek is trying to do is making the best of her summer vacation, but is having lots of trouble. She begins to use the only typewriter in the house and writes stories and relate them to the novel she is reading and loves The Jar Bell.
I would recommend this book to someone who has a strong heart. Also who enjoys reading drama, because this book includes tons and tons of drama. I usually enjoy reading romance/drama novels, But this one was a little too much for me.

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

Ben Rubio

Rick Riordan

50

8/10

This book is about a Demigod (half mortal, half God) Percy Jackson. He’s just a normal student that’s been kicked out six times in six years. He gets in to trouble so often even if he didn’t mean to. Weird creatures always show up to him, Grover his friend is always with him every time. He’s like his best friend but he’s really the protector of Percy, but he don’t have a clue on what’s going on, one time in their math class their teacher somewhat turned into a flying creature and try to hurt Percy, but good thing he has a pen which turns into a sword, so he used it for protection. And he accidentally vaporized his math teacher with the sword, and weird creature keeps on showing to him, three witches stared at him and one snap a scissor as if she’s going to kill someone. Everyone tries to keep the “ish” that’s going on. Then her mom and he kind of like loot at each other’s eyes and Percy had a flashback of his childhood encountering weird moments and some other creatures. Her mother told him that his father wants him to be on a summer camp, but his mother don’t like him to go cause if he did, he might be staying there for good. Lightning and thunder is all over the sky and waves in the ocean are so high, his mother is so worried and Grover also came to the house. They rushed in the car and his mother kept on driving not letting go of the gas and Grover unexpectedly lost his pants and Percy asked what is he.. finally Grover told him the truth that he is really a Satyr and he also told him all that weird creatures is true and that’s what he is protecting Percy of….. and that’s what I read so far.