The Sky is Everywhere #3

"The Sky is Everywhere", is a very interesting book. Now, school has ended and Lennie stays inside all the time. Her Grandma has tried to help her but Lennie pushes her away. She knows that by rejecting her grandmother she is hurting her, but people just didn't understand what was wrong with her. Days go by and she's still all alone, until one day the unexpected happens - Joe shows up at her home. He, along with his guitar are waiting right outside the door. She runs to hide while her Grandma opens the door. After a minutes Lennie finally comes out of hiding. "Shyness overtakes his face for a quick moment — it makes my stomach flutter." She never thought he would even try to get near her after te last time. The day goes on normally, except for the fact that she was spending it with Joe. Her grandmother tells him about Lennies mom, and she casually talks about her plants. After a while, Joe asks Lennie to play with him and she refused. He shrugs her off and starts to play. "wondering what it would be like to be cool and casual and fearless and passionate and so freaking alive, just like he is—and for a split second, I want to play with him." She starts to open up little by little. 

I remember last summer I was in a way like Lennie. Many things happened in my life. I closed up, froze my heart, and shut people out. I stopped trusting. It took a long time for me to open up, but when I did it was to my best friend. This person heard me whenever I needed someone. This person saw me on the edge of years many times. Although they didn't understand what went through my mind, they made sure I would always have a smile on my face. Some of the lessons that person has taught me is to believe in myself, because I am stronger than I thought. I learned how to trust again, although it took some time. At the end, all their effort was and still is something I appreciate. I would be stuck in a constant battle with myself if it wasn't for them. 

The Sky is Everywhere #2

In "The Sky is Everywhere", Lennie Walker is dealing with a lot. The loss of her sister has been something tough on her soul, but falling in love with her sister boyfriend seems a lot worse. Losing her othe half was a big toll on her life. "These two sisters did not have a mother, but they had each other." Lennie felt alone. Isolated. But the, she thought back to the kisses as shared with Toby.  He was always on her mind, the constant reminder of guilt and pleasure come back to hit her like a truck. Coming back to school was tough on her. She didnt want to be looked at as the girl who lost her sister. But a new kid, Joe, made Lennie feel something. He was the "perfect" boy. He was handsome and he played clarinet just like her. At first, she found him to be obnoxious because he was always so happy. Plus, the girl she dislikes is trying to get Joe. She try's to avoid him for a while but it's hard. One day at school, lunch time was something Lennie did not enjoy. Instead, she went to the forest behind the school and his on top of a tree. "He walks in confuses circles under me like he's looking for someone. I'm hardly breathing but he isn't moving on, has settle just to th right of my tree." Lennie didn't want Joe to see her. She thought she would look like a physco, considered the fact that she's pushing herself out of society. He notices she start to have butterflies in her stomach. They had a nice long talk up until Joe asked her to be first chair clarinet. Lennie is a great clarinet player, and Joe noticed that, but se never wanted to show the rest of the world that. " "I want to hear John Lennon play for real, I mean, who wouldn't, right?" His joke crashes and burns between us." She was overcame with anger, and him with frustration. Joe gets up and leaves. 

Lennie find herself conflicted. Not with anyone else but herself. Her guilt, her grief, and her loneliness. She wrote little poems and left them right where she wrote them. She wrote on pieces of paper, napkins, and paper cups. "I wish my shadow would get up and walk beside me." That was the only was she was able to get things off her mind. Remembering her kisses with Toby make her feel sick. "I see Bailey's face twisting in shock and betrayal as she watches us from above." Her head is everywhere. She can't even think straight. Will Bailey figure out what to do? Or will she keep making the mistakes that make her feel guilty? 

The Sky is Everywhere

This week I started to read a book about a girl who is in grief after her sister passed away. The book is called "The Sky is Everywhere". Lennie's sister fell dead one day, with no warnings at all. Lennie and her sister Bailey were very close, and losing her was very tragic. Lennie and Bailey lived with their grandma and uncle. Their mother had left them at a young age, and they only had each other. Losing Bailey was a big challenge in Lennie's life. She wanted to disappear into the wind. Everyone was trying to give her and her family their condolences, but she just wanted to be left alone. "I don't want to take the roads home, don't want to risk seeing anyone from school, especially Sarah, who informed me that while I've been in hiding, she's been reading up on loss and according to all the experts, it's time for me up talk about what I'm going through—but she, and the experts, and Gram, for that matter, don't get it." She feels as if her world has ended, and no one understands, but there is one person who does. Toby. The boy Bailey was dating before she passed away. He as well as Lennie, were going through a really tough time. After a while of not knowing anything about him, he shows up at their home. He was the only one to know how she truly felt. "I want to thank hi for not making me say a word, and getting it all the same, but I just remain silent as the sun pours hey and light, as if from a pitcher, all over our bewildered heads." Lennie knew her grandmother and uncle were also in deep despair, but she felt like Toby was the only one to understand. Lennie then starts to develop something more than the feeling of friendship, but less than love. She can't explain it to herself. She feels guilty and scolds herself for it, but she doesn't want to stop what she feels. Will this feeling affect everything between her and Toby? 

The genre of this book would definitely be, teen fiction or realistic fiction. Such tragedy like losing a family member could happen to anyone, and feeling isolated and alone is common if the person you lost was close. Lennie wishes people understood why she wants to be hidden, but people want to desperately help her. "Gram raises her hands in distress, and I go back to scibbling a poem I'm the margin of Wuthering Heights. I'm huddled into the corner of the couch. I've no use for talking, would just as soon store paper clips in my mouth." Lennie wanted everyone to back off, but people just kept trying to get her to open up. In real life, some people keep their feeling to themselves, because they feel as if no one will ever understand. Personally, realistic fiction and teen fiction combined are very interesting. When those to genres are put together you get to see either the pain one goes through in tough situations, or the way people deals with their problems. These genres show you many different perspectives from possibly the same problem. In "The Sky is Everywhere", we are showed how Lennie deals with the loss of her sister. But in other books, the characters may not react the same way. That is the mystery that realistic fiction and teen fiction hold. You never know how something plays out, and your life can just take an unexpected turn. 

Marganilized Native Americans

For many years, Native American's were pushed aside. People who were ignorant and judgmental, thought of them as reckless and violent. The pushing away went as far as taking the children of the Native Americans and sending them away to schools. At the schools kids were prohibited from being themselves, any Native American tradition, food, or language, was taken from them forcefully. Ota Kte was part of the first school for Native Americans. They stripped him of his nature. "His long hair was cut short. His leggings and moccasins were taken away, replaced by an itchy wool uniform and black leather boots that squeaked with every step." He felt like he wasn't himself anymore, he felt lost. He no longer could openly be himself. Everything started to effect the children in the boarding schools. In his school- the first one built for the stripping of Native culture -Carlisle, the children started to rebel against the teachers and staff. "Two girls tried to set their dormitory on fire. Others tried to run away." Children were becoming tired of the cruelty, they began to try and escape it all. It wasn't easy. The kid tried many times to get help but no one would listen. The people who did this to them thought that it was the best.

The essay was to describe the new life of the tribes. She talked about how Native Americans were not reckless beast, but in fact civilized people. She showed that there aren't many Native Americans around today, but they still keep their traditions. In her reservations people tried everything they could to keep the Native American spirit going. Shanice explains it's hard to Native American out in the open world, because there aren't many left. Now she is in college and it's rare to find someone like her. Although her ancestors past has been difficult, she doesn't let it affect her negatively. On the contrary, she embraced the past and showed that Native Americans are strong together. Never were they a danger to anyone. They were just different from everyone else. She holds no resentment to the past, she saw that people were just close minded. Her essay showed that Native Americans are different in their own ways, but that they are still normal everyday people.

Crash and Burn

I've finished reading "Princess Diana", and now I'm onto a new book called "Crash and Burn" written by Michael Hassan. We start off by meeting a kid names Steven Crashinsky. He is the kid who saved more than a thousand people on April 21, 2008. His name is now I'm everybody's mouth. He explains that now everyone treats him like he is a hero. Everybody wants to have Steven Crashinsky. "Only six months ago I couldn't get a third-rate college to accept me, even with Newman's incredibly well written essay, and then, surprise surprise, after April 21, a bunch of the first-tier schools that I applied to actually start recruiting me."  Although the only reason for his sudden recruiting is because of his "heroic" act, and not his grades or SAT scores, he doesn't mind. Steven then starts to explain that everyone calls him Crash, ever since he was young. Crash has had interviews with many, many television networks, but there is one thing everyone wants to know: the secret David Burnett told him before he called off his rampage. Crash always keeps his mouth shut. He always says it's between him and Burn. Now he is out with his friends, totally stone thinking of what to write in his book. His agent suggested he writes a book where he reveals Burn's secret. Sally, his agent, feels like this will be the biggest thing ever. "So not only did Sally manage to get a bunch of publishers interested, one of them agreed that I can say virtually anything I want in this book,", Sally is obviously overwhelmed by the book. Crash has his friend Newman help him being the book. Crash couldn't think of a way to write it. They both became stressed out and went to Pinky's to eat after they all became high. Now, when he is definitely high, he is having his brightest ideas and he knows how to start. 

Crash recalls how everything happened that day. He remembers walking past Burn the first time. He remembers his exact conversation with Jamie. He also remember that's he was going to skip school that day because he was wasted the night before. Every event of the day, he is able to recall. Every part. That day was not ordinary. A kid held the school at hostage with guns and bombs, and out of the thousand other people in the building, he was the only one who was able to stop Burn. Before he stopped Burn, he was told a secret by Burn himself, and that secret is in his mind every single day. That will be a very crucial part to it all. The only thing he needs to do before spilling the secret, is explain what happened that day and why he was the only one who stopped Burn. Will the secret destroy Crash's secret reputation? Or will it make Burn look like a psycho?     

Princess Diana #2

Princess Diana is a very inspiring person. There are many reasons for it. Starting with her work to help patients that suffer HIV, to her work with starving children in Africa. The book, "Princess Diana" by Joanne Mattern, shows us a lot of insight to The Princess of Whales' life. Last week I read about her life as a little girl. This week I read more about her teenage years. Diana wasn't very good academically. At age 16, like any other girl at the time, she took exams to see if she would go on with her studies. "Diana failed her exams twice and had to leave school." After failing, she was enrolled in an institute which taught girls things like: foreign languages, cooking, and sports. Diana wasn't interested in anything a her new school offered. She was one of nine girls in her school who didn't speak French. A few months later she convinced her parents it was a waste of money and time. She finally left that school. At age 18, Diana moved out. Although her wealthy parents, she decided to work small jobs like baby sitting. Surprisingly, many upperclass girls had the same type of small jobs that Diana had. She always had good chemistry with kids. She assisted a teacher 3 days a week. "She was very good at getting down to the children's level," said Kay Seth-Smith. He owned the school with she worked in.  She absolutely loved working with the children. She remembered those years as the funnest years of her life. 

Princess Diana was also known as the People's Princess. She is well known for the way she's brought attention to things. For example, she brought attention to HIV and the use of landmines. Learning about her earlier life, before she became a princess, showed me that she is a very independent person. When she was a born, her parents expected a boy. They weren't very trilled. At times she even felt guilty for not "pleasing" her parents. Diana and her younger brother recalled their childhood to be very unhappy. "raising the children fell on nannies, servants, and tutors. Diana's brother later recalled that he never sat down to a meal with his father until he was seven years old." She had a very lonely life when she was young. Also, her parents divorced when she was young, so she was always divided between both parents. Those years encouraged her to do things on her own. When she failed school she wanted to live on her own. "Diana was eager to be on her own in London, but her parents insisted that she was too immature and could not live on her own until she was 18." Once she turned 18, she immediately moved out with 3 other friends. From there on, her adventure began.   

 

Princess Diana

Princess Diana is an inspiring person. I just started to read the book called "Princess Diana" which obviously talks about her life. She was born on July 1, 1961 in Sandringham. She was the third child to Edward John and Frances Roche. Her parents hope she would be a boy. They waited for someone to take over the family name and money. But when she was born, they were disappointed to know she was a girl. "Diana knew her parents loved her, but she always felt unwanted. Even when she was very strong she knew that her parents had been disappointed that she was not a boy." Diana explains how the whole situation made her feel. Her parents also divorced when she was young. Her father got complete custody over the kids. It all started after the loss of their son. "Diana had many painful memories of the divorce. She sometimes heard her mother crying when the children had to return him to their father." This was a big impact on her and the younger brother named Charles. They were both not really close to either parent, so everything was going to be a bit odd. 

Diana's parents didn't really make her life much easier. She talked about how she didn't want to seem like she was favoriting any of them. "She worried about showing favoritism for one parent over another if they gave her new clothes to wear." She also remembers hearing her mother cry when they had to go back home. She already saw the conflict between her parents, she didn't want to cause more. Her parents divorce was something painful. It caused her to think worse of things after feeling like a disappointment to her parents.

Speak #5

I swear this is my last blog on Speak! 

 Everything always seems to go wrong for Melinda. First off, Melinda looks back at old memories with her friends on Halloween. It's Halloween night and for the first time in a long time she's spending it alone. "Rachelle is going to party thrown by one of the exchange students' host families." She's heard Rachelle talk about it. From the start she knew it'd have to be a miracle is she got invited. "I knew I wouldn't get an invitation. I would be lucky to get an invitation to my own funeral, with my reputation." She decides to stay home instead and read a book. Secondly, Melinda is a great math student. She exceed in all the topics that math includes but in front of the rest of her class, she "doesn't" know anything. Her teacher, Mr.Stetman, calls on her but she just smile and nods no. He makes her go to the board and then calls Rachelle to help her. After Rachelle shows her how to do it she heads back to her seat, but not before nudging Melinda and entertaining the class. Finally this part of the story made me feel a bit of sympathy for Melinda. Well not a bit but A LOT of sympathy. When she was in Spanish class a class jerk decided to use their new word against her. They called her "Me-no-Linda". You see, Linda means pretty in Spanish. So obviously we see what they meant by "no-Linda" Melinda states, "They called me Me-no-Linda for the rest of the of the period." It hurt her but she just tried to shrug it off. Will this catch up to her in the future and effect her? 

Melinda always flashes back to old times with her friends. But each memory has a smaller memory with Rachelle. In my reading this week she recalls Halloween a year before. She remembers how she and all her friends were witches. But she also remembers how Rachelle and her were the best dressed. "We had used baby-sitting money to rent black satin capes lines in red." This showed that she missed Rachelle. She misses the memories they had together. It also shows just how close they use to be. She had a special bond with all her friends. Even if it was a small bond. She loved moments were they all felt a tight connection. "The wind kicked up, skimming clouds over the surface of the full moon, which was hung just to make us feel strong and powerful." She misses feeling strong. She doesn't want to feel alone. 

Speak #4

So by the title you can obviously tell I am still reading Speak. Melinda is still having a tough time. Her grades are dropping, she's still hated by her ex best friends, and her new friend Heather wants to desperately fit in, even tho fitting in won't be so easy for Melinda. The thing about we parents is that they don't seem like the nicest parents. Her dad starts yelling at Melinda about the grades. While her mom tries to calmly ask Melinda to get her grades up, her dad starts yelling right away. "Cut the crap. She knows what's up." He was really angry. But the things that took me by surprise was Melinda's mom. "We're not asking for much dear. We just want you to do your best. And we know your best is so much better than this. You tested so well dear. Look at me when I talk to you." At the last statement her mother makes, obvious frustration is shown. "I said look at me." At that moment Melinda's mom grabs a knife. She yells "Look at me," multiple times. But Melinda just say there like nothing was happening. Her father didn't even try to stop her mom. (This was probably one of the most surprising things I've read in this book) Heather is looking to join many clubs. Now she wants to join the musical. Melinda says on her head, "The musical would be too easy for me. I am a good actor." What she means is that she's always faked a smile. She always fakes a mood. People can't really tell that something is bothering her internally. She just whips a smile on and she's ready to go. Melinda still thinks trying to fit in would be a bad idea. 

If you would look at Melinda's character overall, you would say she is the type of person to keep things in. In other words, she's lonely. Over the summer she lost her group of friends. Including her best friend Rachel. "Her eyes meet mine for a second. "I hate you," she mouths silently." Rachel even pretends Melinda doesn't exist. She wants to desperately tell them why she never answered, why she never even contacted them. But she can't. It's too embarrassing. Secondly, Melinda doesn't have the best life at home. Her mom is never there, so she has order pizza almost everyday. When her dad arrives home she runs up to her room and hides. When he arrives he already takes a cup and pours himself some booze. Of course she lets him know she's here, but she doesn't come down until her mom arrives, or diner is ready. "I won't take a real nap. I have this halfway place, a rest stop on the road to sleep, where I can stay for hours. I don't even need to close my eyes, just stay safe under the covers and breathe." She leaves her home problems at home, and her school problems at school. But she never tells anyone. Not even her new friend Heather. Melinda keeps it all inside. 

Speak #3

I'm still reading "Speak" and I've felt so bad for Melinda. She doesn't like school so she's always skipping class. She has to run around hiding in old janitors closets. "I find a light switch. I haven't stumbled into a classroom; it is an old janitors closet that smells like sour sponges." Mr.Neck really is a jerk. I understand you don't trust a student, but literally looking for small things they do wrong and getting them in trouble is too far. She even stole passes from her teacher just so she can have an excuse to get to class late. Heather had made a big decision for them both: to join the pep rally. She planned to skip but she failed miserably. Heather saw we and dragged her to cheer. Since no one knew Melinda, and Melinda knew no one, heather introduced her to everyone. Suddenly someone recognized her as the girl who called the police at a party. Because of her call someone else's brother got in trouble. "My brother got arrested at that party. He got fired because of the arrest. I can't believe you did that." Melinda panicked. She wanted to tell them all the truth but she couldn't. "I can't tell them what really happened. I can't even look at that part of myself." When they finally sat down to cheer for the football players Melinda felt the anger of the people affected because of the call. She got her hair pulled and a guy gave her a dirty look. All she wanted to do was forget that party. 

So many little things are leading up to a big problem. First off, her ex best friend, Rachel, hates her. "This was the girl who suffered through brownies with me, who taught me how to swim, who understood about my parents, who didn't make fun of my bedroom." Rachel doesn't even acknowledge her presence. "Rachelle blows candy cigarette smoke ring at my face. Blows me off." She calls herself Rachelle now because she "took in" her European side. Secondly, her family doesn't really seem to care about her. "At first, mom was pretty good about preparing dinners in the morning and sticking them in the fridge, but I knew it would end." Her dad comes home and she runs up to hide. "I hear Dad turn on the television. Clink, Clink, Clink - he drops ice cubes into a heavy bottomed glass and pours in some booze." She stays in her room for the rest of the night. Thirdly, it seems like something bad happened over summer. Something that might destroy her more than what she did to hide it. "If there is anyone in the entire galaxy I am dying to tell what really happened, it's Rachel." It also seems like there were other things she did to hide the truth. "Aren't you the one who called the cops at Kyle Rodgers party at te end of the summer?" This definitely did not give her the best reputation. Now that people knew who she was they made sure to make her feel how they did. "The girl behind me jams her knees into my back." I don't know the clima yet but for sure it will be something explosive. 

Speak #2

The book "Speak", show you the struggles high school students deal with on a daily basis. We finally learn the main characters name and it is Melinda. Her and her family don't seen very close. They seem like they just don't really even talk. Her mom just leaves her notes telling her to order pizza. Her dad turns up the volume enough for the neighbors to hear. Plus, he drinks like there's no tomorrow. The good thing is she makes a somewhat friend. Her name is Heather. Heather, is a new student at her high school. They were both considered "outcasts" in Melinda's point of view. Melinda seems depressed and tired. She mostly just wants to stay home, but she use to be outgoing like her new friend heather. "She always walks around with me down the halls chattering a million miles a minute. My goal is to go home and take a nap." Seeing other people be this way make Melinda a little jealous and disappointed in herself. "I use to be like Heather. Have I changed that much in two months?" She wishes to go back to her old self. Some changes you'll like, some you won't. 

This book is definitely a teen/realistic fiction. This book is about a girl in high school struggling to fit in. Melinda also seems to struggle with home life and self esteem. "Two muddy-circle eyes under black-dash eyebrows, piggy-nose nostrils, and a chewed-up horror of a mouth." That is the way she described herself. Any teenager nowadays doesn't like something about their bodies. Society has this mind set of "you will never be good enough" that no matter what you try, you will never be good enough. I bet Melinda is a beautiful girl. She is facing the struggle of dealing with assuming teachers and ex best friends who are evil enough to ruin your first week. Every person on earth has that person who was their best friend and they're either a stranger or enemy now. This book is really going to take twist and turns.

Speak

At the beginning of "Speak" the author, Laurie Anderson, describes a lonely teenage freshman. This girl sits alone on the bus, the school assembly, and lunch. Her old "clan" totally left her. Her little clan was made up of 5 girls. Nicole, Ivy, Jessica, and the bestest of her friend Rachel. They all just left. But Rachel definitely went from best friend to mortal enemy. Possibly. The first day they see each other after about a month, Rachel basically lets her know how she feels. "Her eyes meet mine for a second. "I hate you," she mouths silently." Apart from Rachel we meet another character who will probably make her year the worst. (Reminder I call the character, her/she, because we still don't know the name.) the new character is the social studies teacher, Mr.Neck. No, that is not his name, but he had a "whistle around a neck thicker than his head."  which is why she nicknamed his Mr.Neck. He just met her and he already thinks she's trouble just because, she didn't sit down right away and because she was walking to the bathroom without a pass. He didn't even care that she had food thrown on her. She just started high school and it was already a mess. 

I just began the book and she's already facing challenges. First off her best friends ditched her at the beginning of high school, and secondly she doesn't talk to anyone at all. At her first bus ride to school, no one sat with her. "As we leave the last stop, I am the only person sitting alone." This shows just how lonely she is. Besides being physically lonely, she is also emotionally lonely. She is afraid of doing things wrong. She is afriad she will mess up on the first day of high school. "I know enough not to bring lunch on the first day of high school. There is no way of telling what the acceptable fashion will be." But almost right away she finds herself in the biggest high school nightmare. She was "nailed" with food. She ran out the cafeteria just to find herself getting in trouble for walking around the halls without a pass. The first day of high school was tragic. 

Eleanor & Park #3

I have finally finished the breath taking book "Eleanor & Park". Rainbow Rowell is an amazing author! She put so much love and pain in just 325 pages. All of the characters you meet in this book will effect either Eleanor or park. From where I left off I was explaining that Eleanor and Park got into a huge conflict and they didn't talk for quite some time. Well things have changed a lot and quickly. Ever since the horrible things were written in her book, Park wanted her to check right after gym class. The writing had stopped so Eleanor didn't think it would happen again until one day her clothes were gone. She panicked and looked everywhere. She couldn't believe where she had found them. They were in the toilet. Her new jeans and favorite vans were attempted to be flushed down the toilet. She wanted to sob as far as she could but she just tried to suck it up. Eleanor knew if park saw he would want to go after someone. She tried to sneak to her coulees office but to her luck she encountered Park. His face boiled with anger. She quickly left. She didn't want him to see her in something that made her look revolting, in her opinion. But in Parks opinion, she looked extremely beautiful. Seeing her in the right gym uniform made him just want to hug and kiss her. Well to not give too much away, Eleanor and Park start to escalate on their relationship. But will something come to ruin their real life fairy tale? 

Eleanor definitely has changed a lot in the book. Park helped her change a lot. He made her realize that she is worth it and that love - the real type - can help. Before, holding hands was something new and strange to Eleanor. Just a simple touch and she was amazed. "If you ever wonder what that feels like, it's a lot like melting - but more violent. Even in a million different pieces, Eleanor could still feel Park holding her hand." Eleanor claimed on page 72. But on page 253 - yes 181 pages later - Park and Eleanor had taken big steps into their relationship. Parks point of view show us, "Eleanor pressed her cheek to his chest, and Park hugged her. He wished that they could go through life like this." They are obviously a lot more familiar with each other. These two different parts of the book show us that she goes from shy to open. Because of her home situation she was never secure. She didn't trust anyone, not even her own mother. She now found park. He has helped her grow. He's showing her to live life freely. 

Goals

Making goals for yourself is very hard. Mostly picking which ones you're actually going to complete. In my opinion, it's hard to pick just one academic goal. I mean you could have many small goals, but overall one of my main goals is to finish 8th grade with good grades. I want to go into high school knowing I could take on the challenge. I will pay attention more and work harder on my assignments. I will also ask more questions and possibly stay after for extra help. I want to go into high school not being afraid of what is coming my way.

One of my personal goals is to travel around the US. I really enjoy seeing new places and going on adventures. I'm going to work hard in school so I am able to get a good paying job. Also, I will find a job I really enjoy and make sure that the job helps me travel places. I would really like to go to a different country, mostly Canada. It seems like an amazing place to visit and I know that one day I WILL go. Im really excited to complete all my goals.

Eleanor & Park #2

I've read further into the book "Eleanor & Park", and then things seem to get good something goes bad. For example, when Park invites Eleanor for the first time, everything seems fine until she arrives. She starts to get worried and insecure. She leaves knowing she probably messed up. Knowing that maybe that was her only opportunity to get on Parks Family's good side. At this point in my book I tend to not get to excited when they take a big step because I know something or someone will ruin it. They go into winter break fighting. The thing that caused the conflict was Tina. Tina has made fun of Eleanor since she arrived. Eleanor thinks Tina is writing vulgar things in her books. Park thinks Tina wouldn't go so far. Sadly, Eleanor's home life really affects their relationship for a while. Richie is a inconsiderate pain, who doesn't know what respect is. Everyone, even Eleanor's mom, fear him. He doesn't seems to know when to stop. He doesn't give them a good life and besides that he drinks like there's no tomorrow. He makes sure to pick at Eleanor the most. They don't even have a decent bathroom or phone. Park and Eleanor go a long time with no communication. Park finally has the courage to look for her. He knows it was dangerous with Richie around. Eleanor snuck out and they saw each other and talked. But it couldn't happen again. They knew that they had to work around it all, but sometimes it seemed impossible.

So the book got really good. Honestly, this book makes me just wanna jump into their world and hurt everyone making their relationship impossible. Richie can find out at any moment that Park and Eleanor are together, he would 'half murder' Eleanor or not obeying him. Tina is also becoming a big pain! That girls likes to stir trouble with Eleanor. She might not be over Park and that might be a probable reason of why she bothers Eleanor so much. Park starts to show who he really is and it's not something his father wants. I feel like this is going to cause a lot of conflict against Eleanor because she's different. She likes to wear many strange things on her outfits and now Park wears eye liner. His father might say that Eleanor is to blame. So many things can happen that it seems like they're all against Eleanor. The only things I'm really afraid of is what Richie might do when he finds out about their relationship. Knowing how he is.. It might be something drastic. 

Eleanor & Park

The book "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell is literally the most beautiful/stressful book there is. It's so irritating! Yet, so amazing! We start out by meeting both Park and Eleanor at the bus. Eleanor is new but she is almost right away attacked by the meanest kids on that bus. Park almost immediately thought she was weird. She dressed really strange.  No one would even let her sit. Park saw how she was being attacked with glares and giggles, he tried to ignore her but he ended up letting her sit next to him. They would never talk or even look at each other. It seemed like they hated each other. After a while they Park started to notice that Eleanor was paying attention to some comics he was reading. He started to tilt the book a little more so she would be able to read. He started bringing comics for her to read. She would take them home, read them, and bring them back the next day. He'd always have a new small pile of comics for her. Soon they started talking. They found out they really enjoyed each other's presence. The thing about them is that they're different personality wise. Eleanor isn't the prettiest girl ever and she's well aware of that. She also doesn't have a good life at home. Her step father Richie kicked her out for a whole year. Ever since then things have gone completely bad. Park is a nerdy kind of guy, but his family is alright. He lives in a good house with a good mother and father, but he doesn't really get to be himself. Both Park and Eleanor fall in love, but will their love last? Will he save Eleanor? Will she help Park become himself? 

Any and every book have many beautiful themes. I think that one of the main themes is that you should always look beyond the looks and search for a persons true personality to be able to accept them. See, everyone looks at Eleanor like she's a weird girl who's a bit over weight, but Park sees what makes Eleanor special. He sees her flaws but still loves them. Park would be considered a nerdy kid who wouldn't really get a girl. Eleanor sees that he's a warm hearted kid who is actually really fun and amazing. Sometimes you just have to get to know a person to see how special they really are.