The Book Thief

I read The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. This book is almost undescribable. It is about a girl named Liesel who is given to foster parents right after her brother dies. Her father begins to teach her to read and she begins to crave to read enough that she steals books. This book was really amazing. It is probably the best of one of the best books i have read this year and that is saying a lot.

Slice of Life

Slice of LIfe

We went up to Vail to go skiing. We put on out boots and skis and went to the lift. The line was really long but it was all worth it. Once we were on the lift out adreniline raised. The higher and higher we went the more we were ready to ski. We had just reached the top and we were ready.

Swallowing Stones

This week I read Swallowing Stones written by Joyce McDonald. This book was about a boy named Michael who fires a rifle into the air and accidentally kills a girl named Jenna's father. They   both have to overcome the challenges that soon face them with this death. This book was pretty good. In my opinion it seemed as though it kind of just went on and on and at sometimes without a point. However, it was not a terrible book. This book is written in the third person but it changes it point of perspective throughout the book. This book it really short it is only about 250 ish pages. It seems like a really easy and "kidish" book, but it has adult content and situations.

Books for Winter Break:

-The Book Thief
-Uglies (Series)

Slice of Life

Our feet started to ache and so we headed over to the benches and pulled of out skated with a great effort. We went to the coffee shop on the corner and as we opened the door the overwhelming rush of warmth and Delicious smells hit us. It was an amazing feeling and at the moment where we could barely walk from soreness it was stunning and incredible.

Limerick Poems

1) There once was a small gnome
    who didn't have a home
     He found a few mice
     then stole all there rice
    Then walked all the way to Nome

2) YOu start at the top of the hill
    then accidentally swallow a pill
    when you go down
     you start to frown
    then you run into a phil

3) There once was a janitor from Logan
    but he didn't have a slogan
    He'd sweep up the halls
    mop up then crawl
    all the way to Hoboken

Walt Disney's Death

When it happened it struck
the county and the world
Some people did not even know
or even cared to notice
But that day
those who had
lost a part of their childhood
and a part of their life
Eventually everyone knew
But the dream did not die with the man
They continued it
The world lost an important
man that day
One who made a mark in
millions of peoples hearts

Between Shades of Gray

Between Shades of Gray
By Haley Russell

This week I read Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys. This book is about a girl name Lina who gets taken one night by Soviets. Her brother and mother go with her but her dad is not with them. they are forced to stay in a truck and then work unless they accept to be slaves. She is always drawing and trys to find her father. She learns a lot about the people around her. This book was an amazing book. I really liked it. It was written in the first person and so i got a lot of detail and feeling. This has some really sad parts and endings so if you do not like sad books i would not recommend it. Warning: Has some scenes that may disturb reader!

The Clock

It ticks going all the way around and never stopping
It's so loud like a heart or a drum beat
To me it seems that whenever it's the loudest around us its quiet
but when it is loud around us, it is unheard
I wonder if it is always the same volume
yet we never notice it

Sewer Rats Curse Poem

Sewer Rats

May the roots of a tree come down and

strangle your children

May you spray the runs

on you spouse the day

of your wedding

May you coffin be 

put through the sink disposal

Curse snotty rabid chinchilla

onto our family and

great great grand cousin

Break and crush your bones

May you eat so much

you get fatter than

a mattress firm extra cushy super sized

air bed then explode from a tiny sprinkle 

that you eat

May your tail be mistaken by a carrot 

and gets chopped up

May you be shoved up a donkey butt

To hell you sewer rats