Out of my mind is a great book, it talks about a girl, Melody brooks who has a disease where it paralyzes her legs and she can only move several parts of her body. She is a very intelligent person despite her limits, but for her she doesn't think she's any different from other people.
Date started: 10/15/16 re read:10/22/19
Date ended: 11/1/16
Why I chose it: It talks about many aspects of life and even if you have limits, you can still do more.
This novel written by Louis Sachar, was about a young boy named Stanley Yelnats. Who was sued for stealing a baseball player's shoes, after trail he was sent to Camp Green lake to serve as punishment. He meets a couple of Characters later on that would help him in the future for something big.
Why I picked it: I read it in grade 5 and I was amazed with the story plot
Date started: 1/24/16 re-read: Last week
Date finished: 2/12/16
Twelve years old Tee with his father, his pet dog Henry and little brother Jack just moved in to a new place. Around their new house, Henry and Tee spots a shadow figure that lurked and followed them around which got them spooked.
Date started: 12/4/19
Date finished: 12/13/19
Why I chose this: I love dogs, and something scary gets my interest. the more scary something shows up on a cover of a book, most likely I'll end up reading the novel.
Genre: Fantasy fiction
Date started: 10/30/19
Date finished: 12/2/19
Why I picked: It was already interesting because of the cover. I always like dragons that has different elements.
Background info: This was the first novel or book of the Last Dragon Chronicles. It is a series of dragons living in the Modern World. The main character is a 20 years old man named David Rain, he wants to find out the relationships between Lucy, Liz and the dragons.
The first Hunger Games book, this novel is where the games begin. It talks about the main character, Katniss Everdeen. A 16 years old girl who lives in a future, post-apocalyptic nation of Panem, this is made up of in total 13 so called district with its powerful capital that takes hold of everything, including The Hunger Games.
Genre: Science fiction
Date started: 9/1/19
Date finished:9/9/19
Why I chose it: It was the first novel I ever read.
The Giver is a novel about a so called “utopia“. Or at least that's what people would believe it to be, if they remember. The main character is Jonas, whom has special talents among his peers. He is different because of his intelligence.
Genre: Science fiction, Dystopian Literature
Why I picked it: I've heard about it from my sister, it was a novel we also read in Grade 8.
Date started: 11/15/19
Date finished: 11/21/19
I survive #3 is a book part of the “I survive collection toolbox“. It talks about a young boy named Barry, and Cruz- a pet dog. Where Barry is swept away by the strong Hurricane from his family due to hard choices that they faced during this time.
Genre: Fiction, thriller
date started: 10/22/19
Date finished: 11/14/19
Why I chose the book: I wanted to keep reading this series, which I already started with a few. It looked intense from the cover.
The “I survived series“ is books based on true stories around the world mostly containing children who has experienced many disaster. From Sharks to tornadoes, to fire, and all of these other natural disaster.
Genre: Fiction
Date started: 9/25/18 re-read: 10/1/19
Date finished: 10/13/18 finished: 10/21/19
Why I chose this book: I already read some of the books of “I survived“ series, the first time I saw this book it looked scary but interesting.
I can tell it would be good because it is the continuation of the book “The Hunger Games.“ I would say the main character Katniss Everdeen is skilled with the bow and that she is able to survive what is known as The Annual Hunger Games.
Why I chose the book: I felt like it would be good to continue The Hunger Games collection because of the movies
Date started: September 9, 2019
Ended: September 30, 2019
Genre: Science fiction, Suspense, Thriller.
