Choice Book Report #2
By: Caysi Simpson
I read the book Percy Jackson and The Olympians, The Lightning Thief, by Rick Riordan. The main character of this book (the first of 3 others) is Percy Jackson. He is a twelve year old boy with dyslexia and ADHD. He’s been to so many schools in his lifetime, and he’s not entirely sure why. That’s when he’s finds out he’s a half god, and the son of Poseidon. So danger sort of just comes to him. In the beginning of this book my impression of Percy is that he’s just a misunderstood person. No one helped him through his schooling, which is why he got such bad grades like D’s and F’s. Plus, Percy is a half god, so not many people understood why he could do such weird actions, and therefore they kept away from him. I also think that Percy was obedient in the beginning of the book. His mom kept sending him to different boarding schools, telling him it was because of his grades (when really it was because monsters had caught his demigod scent and were going to come after him). And he would follow his mom’s orders and be sent of to another school where he would be ignored and embarrassed by the teachers. In his last school that he went to there was one teacher (who ended up being magical himself) who really pushed Percy and told him that he was expected to do very well in that class. Percy didn’t want to let his teacher down and was even kind of afraid to, so he would study his best and work as hard as he could to make that teacher proud. Overall my impression of Percy was pretty good, I didn’t hate him, but I didn’t quite love him.
By the end of this book my impression of Percy is that he’s brave. An example is that he accepts this quest, even though it means going into the underworld and possibly never coming out. Percy battles monsters, Gods, and demons and still manages to make it out alive. I found that pretty impressive. Another is that Percy stood up and completely back talked to the God of War, Ares. And of all the Gods, Ares is not one you would want to talk back to. So I think that makes Percy pretty brave, and maybe a little stubborn for trying to beat the God of War in an argument. Also he never left behind his friends and saved them when they were in danger. Another characteristic of Percy Jackson is that he is a loving person. His mom is a very strong woman who protected Percy his whole life. Percy loves her with all his heart and stands up for her when his stepdad Gabe is being a complete jerk to her. Part of the reason Percy went into the Underworld was to save his mother (because he found out that she wasn’t quite dead yet, her body was alive but frozen into a gold statue). The last characteristic I found of Percy is that he is smart. In the beginning of the book I didn’t think a kid with dyslexia and ADHD could be very smart. But by the end of the book I realized that there are different kinds of smart. Percy may not have been very smart in school, but when it came to survival and battling, Percy was a natural with quick reflexes. Percy is especially skilled in water, since his dad is Poseidon; Percy has a special power with water. In the end my overall impression of Percy is that he is a brave fighter and a loyal friend.
I enjoyed this book a lot. It was a mixture of action, comedy, and love. I liked how this book made me jump up and down in excitement when I thought that Percy and his friends weren’t going to make it out alive. I laughed at the sarcasm the author Rick Riordan put in even at the most intense of parts. And I smiled at the parts where Percy wouldn’t leave his friends no matter what. And the part where he walking talking about how much he looked up to his mother and how much she meant to him. This book was full of all of that. I recommend this to anyone who liked to action and sarcastic comedy books. Also if there is someone interested in Greek mythology, this book is full of information about the Greek Gods and the world they live in. It got me very interested in Greek Gods, so I want to find other books about Greek Gods so that I can learn more. This book was good enough that I plan on reading the next three books in the series. I recommend this to a wide variety of people, mostly teens my age. Unless you don’t like fantasy, action, or comedy I would definitely read, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, the Lightning Thief.
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Saturday, December 11, 2010
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Choice book report #1
Choice Book Report: By: Caysi Simpson
For my choice book report I read the book, Lock and Key, by Sarah Dessen. In this book the main character is a teenage girl named Ruby. Ruby is a fair skinned girl with fiery red hair. In the beginning of the story, Ruby’s personality is somewhat independent because she had to fend on her own most of her life and learned that she can’t depend on anyone, they’ll leave you, treat you like dirt, or not notice all the things you do for them. She pushes herself away from others, afraid that if she gets too close to anyone, they’ll leave her. So she keeps herself at a distance from everyone, staying in her own little bubble of comfort. Ruby’s drunk, irresponsible mom suddenly disappears and Ruby is sent to live with her older sister (whom left her). When Ruby lives with Cora and gets this new life her personality changes. At her sister Cora’s, she lives in a nice house and is sent to a nice school, something completely new to Ruby. With this new life comes a new personality for Ruby. She makes different friends, and lets go of her old ones. She opens up in ways she never did before. She finds acceptance in others, and also finds acceptance in herself as well.
I would say at the beginning Ruby is self-dependent. An example is when Ruby is first brought into her sister’s home, whom she hadn’t seen in years, she tries to run away because she isn’t used to being loved and watched after. What makes Ruby from others was that when she changed, she accepted that and TRIED to keep her new and better life.
By the end of the book Ruby transformed into a new person, because when she got this new life she got new friends. One important friend is a guy names Nate. Nate has some issues at home with his father, and when Ruby finds this out she tries to help Nate. This is very different from the Ruby at the beginning of the book, because the old Ruby only took care of herself and didn’t care about much else. Another way Ruby changes is that when she moves in with her sister, they start taking care of her, and since she’s always been used to taking care of herself she’s not used to it. Ruby is used to doing her own dishes, making her own money, cooking her own food, because there was no one there except her drunken mom to help her out. Until her mom disappears too. But she finds out that letting others help you out in life isn’t such a bad thing after all.
I chose to do the theme(s) of the book because there are a lot and I felt the author really reached out to her readers when she wrote it. One theme from this book was family. Throughout the book Ruby is trying to figure out what family means to her. Is family her mom, who left her and never showed she cared? Or is it this new life she’s given with her sister and her sister’s husband? In the end, the theme of the book was that family is the people in your life that never leave. It doesn’t have to be by blood. Family is the friends and loved ones who stick with you through all the bad times and are always there for support. Family is family. They are the people you want with you till the end. They are the people that hold a piece of you in there heart. I think this is a big theme that Ruby learned at the end of the book, and I think Sarah Dessen wanted all her readers to understand this. I can connect to this theme because I know that EVEN THOUGH me and my family argue and disagree and “joke around”, we will always be there for each other, and that goes for all my friends too.
There was also another theme in the book that really spoke to me. In the book Ruby has a necklace with a key around it; the key belongs to her past house, and her past life. The key to me represents a ton of different things. 1) The key can represent a door in your past that you locked shut and erased. 2) The key can represent the future, and the many doors/choices that you can choose to open for yourself. 3) The key can represent the key to happiness and that you have to open your door (life) and let others into it. The key can mean all those things, which gives the reader something to think about. It can mean ALL those options too.
Those are the themes to the book, Lock and Key, by Sarah Dessen. THANKS FOR READING!
This book report is 816 words long!!!********
For my choice book report I read the book, Lock and Key, by Sarah Dessen. In this book the main character is a teenage girl named Ruby. Ruby is a fair skinned girl with fiery red hair. In the beginning of the story, Ruby’s personality is somewhat independent because she had to fend on her own most of her life and learned that she can’t depend on anyone, they’ll leave you, treat you like dirt, or not notice all the things you do for them. She pushes herself away from others, afraid that if she gets too close to anyone, they’ll leave her. So she keeps herself at a distance from everyone, staying in her own little bubble of comfort. Ruby’s drunk, irresponsible mom suddenly disappears and Ruby is sent to live with her older sister (whom left her). When Ruby lives with Cora and gets this new life her personality changes. At her sister Cora’s, she lives in a nice house and is sent to a nice school, something completely new to Ruby. With this new life comes a new personality for Ruby. She makes different friends, and lets go of her old ones. She opens up in ways she never did before. She finds acceptance in others, and also finds acceptance in herself as well.
I would say at the beginning Ruby is self-dependent. An example is when Ruby is first brought into her sister’s home, whom she hadn’t seen in years, she tries to run away because she isn’t used to being loved and watched after. What makes Ruby from others was that when she changed, she accepted that and TRIED to keep her new and better life.
By the end of the book Ruby transformed into a new person, because when she got this new life she got new friends. One important friend is a guy names Nate. Nate has some issues at home with his father, and when Ruby finds this out she tries to help Nate. This is very different from the Ruby at the beginning of the book, because the old Ruby only took care of herself and didn’t care about much else. Another way Ruby changes is that when she moves in with her sister, they start taking care of her, and since she’s always been used to taking care of herself she’s not used to it. Ruby is used to doing her own dishes, making her own money, cooking her own food, because there was no one there except her drunken mom to help her out. Until her mom disappears too. But she finds out that letting others help you out in life isn’t such a bad thing after all.
I chose to do the theme(s) of the book because there are a lot and I felt the author really reached out to her readers when she wrote it. One theme from this book was family. Throughout the book Ruby is trying to figure out what family means to her. Is family her mom, who left her and never showed she cared? Or is it this new life she’s given with her sister and her sister’s husband? In the end, the theme of the book was that family is the people in your life that never leave. It doesn’t have to be by blood. Family is the friends and loved ones who stick with you through all the bad times and are always there for support. Family is family. They are the people you want with you till the end. They are the people that hold a piece of you in there heart. I think this is a big theme that Ruby learned at the end of the book, and I think Sarah Dessen wanted all her readers to understand this. I can connect to this theme because I know that EVEN THOUGH me and my family argue and disagree and “joke around”, we will always be there for each other, and that goes for all my friends too.
There was also another theme in the book that really spoke to me. In the book Ruby has a necklace with a key around it; the key belongs to her past house, and her past life. The key to me represents a ton of different things. 1) The key can represent a door in your past that you locked shut and erased. 2) The key can represent the future, and the many doors/choices that you can choose to open for yourself. 3) The key can represent the key to happiness and that you have to open your door (life) and let others into it. The key can mean all those things, which gives the reader something to think about. It can mean ALL those options too.
Those are the themes to the book, Lock and Key, by Sarah Dessen. THANKS FOR READING!
This book report is 816 words long!!!********
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
New York Memoir!
New York Memoir: By: Caysi Simpson
The bustling streets, the car horns honking, calls of “TAXI!” echoed out of different people’s mouths. I gawked at New York City in daze. I suddenly felt smaller than I usually did.
I hightailed forward to catch up with my mom, afraid to lose her and the rest of my family on the crowded sidewalks of New York City. There were so many neon signs flashing OPEN, so many stores and restaurants, so many people…
I was overwhelmed by it all. Never before had I been to such a busy place.
We spent a majority of the trip walking to new spots sightseeing. There were a lot of skyscrapers, but the biggest building of all was the Empire State Building, reaching around 381 meters!!!!! At the time though, I was around 9/10 years old, I wasn’t really impressed by a building. It was REALLY tall building, that’s all I was sure of at the time. The thing that impressed me was the Toys R Us store, which had a ferris wheel INSIDE the store!!! And about 3 different levels filled with nothing but toys! It was kid heaven!
Of course I couldn’t spend the whole time there, so I followed my family to more buildings, not much impressed by them and continually complaining about how much my feet hurt. I was thankful when I got to sit in a car and rest my sore feet for a while. When we got back to St. Cloud, I realized that the place I once thought was so big, was really quite small compared to New York City.
Monday, September 27, 2010
MEMIOR!
Memoir:
My first impression of Florida was that is was HOT!!! REAL HOT!!! I hated it, I was used to the Minnesotan weather. Stifling hot, in fact, I thought I was going to die. We got to the thankfully air conditioned hotel and unpacked and ate out, getting a good nights sleep for our busy day tomorrow. And the rest of my busy week for that matter.
My week was really eventful, going to two different, amazing and intense water parks. 3 different Amusement parks, and a bunch of shows, including Cirque de Soleil. My favorite was the Aquatica water park, where they had this slide where you went underwater into a pool with dolphins!!! Even though it was a slow ride, it was pretty exhilarating!!! I was pretty worn out by the time we got back on the plane no our way to Minnesota. I was tanned, sun burnt, and full of tons of stories to tell my friends.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
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