Pretty Little Liars

      Pretty little Liars is preferably the best mystery book I ever read. It's about four girls unfolding the texts messages from their "dead" friend. Aria, Spencer, Emily, and Hanna are the main characters that have four different lives but A keeps on destroying them. Alison is the girl who was murdered buried in the back of her yard. Each time the girls make a friend, A takes it away from them.

      It's life that goes through these girls. Parents divorcing, people dying, meeting new friends along the way. It's a small town in Pennsylvania. Alison used to be the well known girl in high school. Aria would be next to her. Hanna changed completely. From being a nerd to being the popular girl. Spencer is the one who is smart and intelligent and usually gets the good grades. Then there is Emily. All ready A decides to kill two of her lovers. Even Nate who was supposed to be Emily's friend but had the option on deciding to invite Emily away from Roosevelt and kill her. Luckily Emily saves her life by running away. It's a huge thing but the Pretty Little Liars will always be undead.

    There is no all in all. Every book is a new beginning, a new A. I recommend that you don't read this at night it will scare the creeps out of you. Pretty Little Liars ROCKS!!

-Ava O. 

   

Hurricane Song

        Hurricane Song is written by Paul Volph. It's a story about a current even that happened and destroyed people's lives. It takes place in New Orleans. Known for jazz and musicians. Miles, is the main character a.k.a protagonist. He starts off as a hard headed stubborn teenager like the ,rest of us, but then he unfolds himself to his connection with Pops. Pops is Miles father. They both were in Hurricane Katrina. Katrina wasn't a joke. Imagine putting a huge population of people that don't have enough money to go somewhere else, in a super-dome! It isn't easy at all. There was no food! And no showers! The bathroom was all clogged up because of the users of the bathroom. There wasn't even paper towels! It was disgusting! People had to do their business on the walls! But that didn't keep Miles and Pops apart, it was that trumpet that symbolized their relationship.

    At the very beginning Pops wasn't a good father to Miles. Miles parents are divorced so his mother lives in Chicago and his father lives in New Orleans. The  trumpet was Pops idol. He never let it out of site. Pops is obsessed with music. Instead of getting what Miles wanted for his birthday, which was a basketball, he gave him drums! Clearly Pops doesn't listen to what Miles thinks. Having the hurricane gave problems. In the super done there were people who would jump off the bleachers like Cyrus which whom was a crazy man. And shooting noises. It was hard. People were sick if smelling bad and having empty stomached so Miles and Pops left. Walking away from the stadium was scary. There were shooting noises and there was a fight happening. So having the trumpet in Pops hand he used it as his weapon to guard Miles from getting hurt. Now that is a total change to their relationship!

   As the book was coming to the end not everything went so well. Pops had to start from scratch. They had nothing except each other. Miles became more connected with his father. His mother on the other hand wanted Miles to come home immediately. She hated the fact that the news was everywhere and she just wanted him home safely. But of course he couldn't leave his father behind. After what happened nothing would change there relationship, except marriage. The end was the end. Not of everything!

   All in all I would recommend this book to readers that love stories and enjoy the emotions of what's happening inside the character. This is the end of Hurricane Song!

-Ava O.

Just Listen/Olive's Ocean (For last weekend and this Sunday)

    Coming to the end of Just Listen, Owen is Annabel's love. Well in music. Instead of having Sophie around Owen is there for her. Mallory (owen's sister) loves Annabel. I mean she is crazy for Annabel. Even her friends are loving Annabel. Annabel is a model and has appeared in a good sum of commercials. But there is competition around. She didn't get into an advertisement which her mother really truly wanted for Annabel. But she will try her best.

     Whitney is doing much better with her eating disorder. Mrs. Greene (Annabel's mom) put Whitney in therapy. Whitney thinks that therapy is probably the worst thing there is on the planet. Her therapist is telling her to grow a plant and see it grow. it sound preetty dub to me even. Kristen is off in colllege doing what she enjoys. Mrs. Greene and Mr. Greene are spending there anniversary spendig a weekend on a vacation. All is going well.

  
     Olive's Ocean is written by Kevin Henkes. The main character isn't Olive, its Martha Boyle. Martha was in Olive Bastrow's class. Olive was a quiet girl. She didn't have a lot of friends at the time. Olive was a new kid. She loved bike riding. But when anacciedent happens to Olive her family cries. Leaving a note from Olive's notebook states things about Martha and if they were both friends.

   Its summer vacation, 1 week from Olive's note. Martha thinks that its all her fault. Its sad what happened to Olive. But she cannot fix it. She wonders what Olive thought in her head about her. As the summer goes on she learns lessons. And she sees that life isn't all about being blind by whats out there. She experiences some ups and downs but she knows that she would've taken Olive with her on this trip. I cannot tell you what happened to Olive because that would be a unfair to the readers that haven't read this fantastic book. All in all, you should read this!

JUST LISTEN (THE MIDDLE PART)

           As you all know Just Listen is written by Sarah Dessen. It us about the protagonist named Annabel Greene. Having Whitney going through the treatment and Kristen off to college Annabe4l feels left out. Its not easy to be in the Greene family. Annabel's mom is already depressed (again)! Its going down hill faster and faster as the Greene family reaches their breaking point!

           Annabel has no luck with Sophie anymore. They got into a fist fight and that was the end of their relationship. But now she found Owen. He loves music. Its like, to him, apart of his "life". He can't live without ii. Owen has his own station, even. He doesn't listen to pop music. He listens to a different genre than any other student would not know of. Then there is Molly, Owen's little sister. Molly met Annabel when Owen gave her a ride home. Turns out Molly is a fan of Annabel's work, even her friends. To Annabel its cool to have a fan.

          Their is an ending I may not  tell. But it does go very well. Not all stories are happy endings. Somenone or something has to end. Its life!

-Ava

JUST LISTEN

        Just Listen is written by the New York Times bestseller author, Sarah Dessen. Annabel Greene is the character that takes place of this time. She has two older sisters, Whitney & Kristen. She has a depressed mother and an uptight father. Her family looks like a typical American family. But if you read closely in between the lines you'll see the truth.

         Kristen is older and has her life with no boyfriend, Whitney is constantly not eating and losing ton of weight. There is a difference in Whitney's personality. She still lives with her parents and she isn't 18 yet. There is a lot going on in chapter 5. Most I cannot tell you about. Annabel has a friend named Sophie. They are best friends. At least they were. Sophie doesn't like Annabel. Clarke, Annabel's other friend, doesn't like Annabel either or talks to her. Its all hail down to Owen. I cannot tell you yet but Annabel is once again happy.

        Most things you know and most you don't but there are endings. Whitney has an eating disorder and all they can do now is wait until she gets out of her treatment. Nothing is going right for this year. Hold on tight and buckle up for Annable's rollercoaster!

-Ava

Forever In Blue

The Fourth Summer of Sisterhood

        Ann Brashares is the author of all the Sisterhood novels. In her novels she writes about four different girls that are friends but have different life styles. There is Lena, she loves painting but there is one thing bothering her, Kostos. They meet in Greece and feel in love but something went wrong, which Lena does not want to deal with. Then there is Carmen, she goes off to college to fallow her dream, acting. A "friend", more likely a user to Carmen, acts to be her friend and gets into a lot of trouble. Bridget is another one. For the summer she goes to the coast of Turkey for a dig and finds that her professor is likely to be hers. Then There is Tibby. She stays inner hometown with her boyfriend, Ryan, but when something foes wrong, Tibby leaves him behind in wonder of him.

    The book starts off with the welcome meeting. Its where all the girls come together and decide who gets the pants first and who gets it last. The pants are like a scrapbook but you wear them. The pants are  a symbol to the girls. Sadly, Carmen couldn't make it. It was only the four of them. It was the ned of the school year and they really wanted to have everyone there. None could make it. Bridget was leaving off to Turkey, Lena was going to an art class away from their hometown and Tibby was there alone. Carmen had some family business that she couldn't come at all. Maybe their friendship wont last after all.

      I would recommend the series of novels to a reader that enjoys to have fun in their reading. A person that likes to read about conflicts that sometimes can put you in a position that you wouldn't want to be in. Each and ever book Ann creates has a lesson that the reader has to find out!    
     
- Ava O.

The Road Not Taken

by Robert Frost

         
        The Road Not Taken is written by Robert Frost. Its a poem about different paths or roads that you take. In this poem he states these paths but there is a catch! They are both the same. Imagine being one traveler and that traveler is a metaphor for being your life. It does matter which road you take, both will put you in the same position as you were before. 

       Having Robert Frost's poem emblem as two same roads had a good thought. In stanza 4 it stated " Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet Knowing how many leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back." This states that he does have a choice in whether he wants the first or the second path. In stanza 3 it also said " Then I took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear" This states that the paths do have something different, but they always have a similarity. In stanza 2 it stated " Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both , And be one traveler, Long I stood, And looked down one as far as I could, To where it bent in the undergrowth."  This clearly states that these paths are the same. The closer he gets the closer he realizes that they are the same. You can't judge a book by its cover!

   All in all, the claim was set. My claim connects to me personally because even though they have the same map or a same destination it always depends on one person. You, the traveler, the one who takes either side. You can always have bumps in the road but it always connects to you! Only you.............

- Ava Ojo