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.