Jall's Blog

  Lately, I haven’t been reading much outside of school. Between homework, classes, and everything else going on, it’s been hard to just sit down and really get into a book. Still, I’m eager to get back into reading, so here are a few books that have been sitting on my mental “to-read” list forever.   The Summer I Turned Pretty (Trilogy) - By Jenny Han I’ve already seen all three seasons of the show and I loved them. I’ve read the first book in the series and would like to continue with It’s Not Summer Without You and We’ll Always Have Summer to see how the story plays out in the original version.  1984: The Graphic Novel by George Owell I read the original novel version of 1984 in seventh grade and although it was challenging, and to be honest, confusing to read, I still thought it was interesting. My dad recently bought the graphic novel adaptation and I think it will be interesting to compare the two and see how the story unfolds visually.   Powerless by...

I Survived is a book series written by Lauren Tarshis. Each book in this series features a different historical event following the perspective of a child protagonist who is usually 8-12 years old. I discovered I Survived  in elementary school when my friend recommended it to me. Each book had a captivating story that was hard to put down. Not only was it entertaining, but it also provided an educational experience about historical events that I probably wouldn't have known much about before reading these books. What I did and didn't like about the series      Something I liked about these books were the amount of detail they each had. The high level of descriptions in the books made it easier to imagine and even picture yourself in the position of the main character. For example, in the book, I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005, an example of the great detail can be seen on page 5,  " Wind howled around him. Rain hammered down. And all Barry could see was water....

          I'm writing the blog on a book from 2005 called "The Book Thief". This book takes place in Nazi Germany during World War II. The is from the perspective of young girl named Liesel Meminger. This book had an interesting aspect but it being narrated by Death (Death uses color to depict the human behavior and emotion for example white symbolizes innocence and black and red symbolize death, violence, and strength). This book covers many themes throughout the story include death, literature, and love. There will be a few spoilers!      The story starts out with Liesel and her little brother Werner on the train on their way to meet their foster parents. Sadly, Werner dies on the train  dies as they travel toward Munich. Liesel and her mother get off the train and bury him (at his funeral 2 day later she steals her first book "The gravedigger`s Handbook"   and then continue their journey to where Liesel’s new foster parents ...