House On Mango Street
In the House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, a young girl named Esperanza, who moves to a house on Mango Street. It is a small, crumbling red house in a poor neighborhood, not at all what Esperanza had been hoping for when her parents said they were all moving to a house. Sandra Cisneros writes short vignette-style stories, describing the experiences and memories of a young girl named Esperanza, who is growing up in a poor neighborhood in Chicago, wanting to escape her life. As Esperanza gets older she becomes self-confident and starts to have more knowledge of what is happening around her making her leave to come back to give the people in Mango street a voice.
In the House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, a young girl named Esperanza, who moves to a house on Mango Street. It is a small, crumbling red house in a poor neighborhood, not at all what Esperanza had been hoping for when her parents said they were all moving to a house. Sandra Cisneros writes short vignette-style stories, describing the experiences and memories of a young girl named Esperanza, who is growing up in a poor neighborhood in Chicago, wanting to escape her life. As Esperanza gets older she becomes self-confident and starts to have more knowledge of what is happening around her making her leave to come back to give the people in Mango street a voice.
Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood
The book Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood by Benjamin Alire Saenz is a bout a young boy named Sammy Santos. Sammy Santos is a reserved, fearless, hardworking, studious, and content Mexican-American teen who lives with his dad and his younger sister, in Hollywood barrio of Las Cruces, New Mexico in the late 1960's. In the summer before his senior year, Sammy falls in love with a beautiful, independent, and tough girl named Juliana, who came from an abusive home. Sammy faces many deaths throughout the book, like Juliana and his loved ones.
The book Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood by Benjamin Alire Saenz is a bout a young boy named Sammy Santos. Sammy Santos is a reserved, fearless, hardworking, studious, and content Mexican-American teen who lives with his dad and his younger sister, in Hollywood barrio of Las Cruces, New Mexico in the late 1960's. In the summer before his senior year, Sammy falls in love with a beautiful, independent, and tough girl named Juliana, who came from an abusive home. Sammy faces many deaths throughout the book, like Juliana and his loved ones.
Antigone
Antigone is a Greek tragedy written by Sophocles in 441 BC. The main characters are Creon who is a powerful ruler, and very strict. Then we have Antigone, who is a daring and passionate woman who feels like she is doing the right thing by burying her brother. This play was about a girl who wanted to bury her brother, which was against orders of the king. The girl was captured and yelled at for 'disobeying' the 'laws' of the king. She says that what she did, was to grant her brother passage into heaven. But as fate will have it the girl was put to death, she got one final meal and then she was sealed into a box with no air holes or water or food. Antigone hung herself before Creon was able to get her out, causing him to suffer the consequences of his dead son.
Antigone is a Greek tragedy written by Sophocles in 441 BC. The main characters are Creon who is a powerful ruler, and very strict. Then we have Antigone, who is a daring and passionate woman who feels like she is doing the right thing by burying her brother. This play was about a girl who wanted to bury her brother, which was against orders of the king. The girl was captured and yelled at for 'disobeying' the 'laws' of the king. She says that what she did, was to grant her brother passage into heaven. But as fate will have it the girl was put to death, she got one final meal and then she was sealed into a box with no air holes or water or food. Antigone hung herself before Creon was able to get her out, causing him to suffer the consequences of his dead son.
Graceling
In the book Graceling by Kristin Cashore, the main character Katsa is a Graceling, one of the rare people in her land born with an extreme skill. The way to tell between normal people and Gracelings is that Gracelings have two different-colored eyes. As niece of the king, she should be able to live a life of privilege, but Graced as she is with killing, she was forced to work as the king's thug. When she first met Prince Po, Graced with combat skills, Katsa had no hint of how her life was going to change. She never expected to become Po's friend and find out that his true grace was mind reading. She never expected to learn a new truth about her own Grace which was actually survival—or about the terrible secret that King Leck of Monsea, known for his kindness to the weak and to animals, may be a fraud. Po and Katsa rescue King Leck's 10-year-old daughter, Bitterblue, who details his cruelty and lies, after they witness him murdering his wife in the forest. To get Bitterblue to safety, they face injury, difficult decisions and a treacherous mountain pass. When they arrive back in Lienid, they find that Leck Graceling too and that his Grace is the most dangerous one.
In the book Graceling by Kristin Cashore, the main character Katsa is a Graceling, one of the rare people in her land born with an extreme skill. The way to tell between normal people and Gracelings is that Gracelings have two different-colored eyes. As niece of the king, she should be able to live a life of privilege, but Graced as she is with killing, she was forced to work as the king's thug. When she first met Prince Po, Graced with combat skills, Katsa had no hint of how her life was going to change. She never expected to become Po's friend and find out that his true grace was mind reading. She never expected to learn a new truth about her own Grace which was actually survival—or about the terrible secret that King Leck of Monsea, known for his kindness to the weak and to animals, may be a fraud. Po and Katsa rescue King Leck's 10-year-old daughter, Bitterblue, who details his cruelty and lies, after they witness him murdering his wife in the forest. To get Bitterblue to safety, they face injury, difficult decisions and a treacherous mountain pass. When they arrive back in Lienid, they find that Leck Graceling too and that his Grace is the most dangerous one.
Divergent
In Beatrice Prior’s dystopian Chicago world, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is—she can’t have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself. During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris, and struggles alongside her fellow initiates to live out the choice they have made. Together, they must undergo extreme physical tests of endurance and intense psychological simulations, some with devastating consequences. As initiation transforms them all, Tris must determine who her friends really are—and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes-fascinating, sometimes-exasperating boy fits into the life she’s chosen. But Tris also has a secret: one she’s kept hidden from everyone, because she’s been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers unrest and growing conflict that threatens to unravel her seemingly-perfect society, she also learns that her secret might be what helps her save those she loves . . . or it might be what destroys her.
In Beatrice Prior’s dystopian Chicago world, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is—she can’t have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself. During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris, and struggles alongside her fellow initiates to live out the choice they have made. Together, they must undergo extreme physical tests of endurance and intense psychological simulations, some with devastating consequences. As initiation transforms them all, Tris must determine who her friends really are—and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes-fascinating, sometimes-exasperating boy fits into the life she’s chosen. But Tris also has a secret: one she’s kept hidden from everyone, because she’s been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers unrest and growing conflict that threatens to unravel her seemingly-perfect society, she also learns that her secret might be what helps her save those she loves . . . or it might be what destroys her.
Hatchet
The novel Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen, is based on the story of a thirteen year old boy named Brian Robeson. Brian is on his way to visit his father, who lives in Canada. His parents are in the middle of divorce which weighs heavily on him, especially "The Secret". Brian leaves in a single-engine plane, but suddenly the pilot has a heart attack and Brian is left alone, with little to no experience in flying. The plane crashes and Brian is stranded in the middle of the Canadian wilderness with nothing but a hatchet that his mother gave him and a windbreaker. Throughout the novel, Brian brings up "the secret", his mother had been seeing another man while still being with his father. Brian learns many skills and in the end, Brian is finally rescued and returns home back to his normal life living with his mom, and occasionally visiting his father. But he never tells his father about "the secret" and they remain divorced.
The novel Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen, is based on the story of a thirteen year old boy named Brian Robeson. Brian is on his way to visit his father, who lives in Canada. His parents are in the middle of divorce which weighs heavily on him, especially "The Secret". Brian leaves in a single-engine plane, but suddenly the pilot has a heart attack and Brian is left alone, with little to no experience in flying. The plane crashes and Brian is stranded in the middle of the Canadian wilderness with nothing but a hatchet that his mother gave him and a windbreaker. Throughout the novel, Brian brings up "the secret", his mother had been seeing another man while still being with his father. Brian learns many skills and in the end, Brian is finally rescued and returns home back to his normal life living with his mom, and occasionally visiting his father. But he never tells his father about "the secret" and they remain divorced.
Into the Wild
Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer is a novel based on the life of a young man named Christopher Johnson McCandless. Christopher grew up in a upper-middle class family, his parents were both successful and he had gotten into Emory University. After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete, he abandoned everything and everyone, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and went on his "great adventure". He left it all to escape the society full of "plastic people". He had a sister named Carine, whom he shared an incredibly strong bond with. Once he fled, he cut all contact he had with his family, left his car, burned his money, and changed his name to Alex Supertramp. Alex becomes a hitchhiker, meeting many people who grow fond of Alex and who shape Alex's life. Alex always seems to seek a more exciting place to be, and reach to his ultimate adventure, Alaska. On his last adventure to Alaska, Alex is sure that he will return home, until he can no longer stand the cold winters ahead of him. Sadly, Alex dies in bus 142, and leaves his family, more hurt than to begin with.
Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer is a novel based on the life of a young man named Christopher Johnson McCandless. Christopher grew up in a upper-middle class family, his parents were both successful and he had gotten into Emory University. After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete, he abandoned everything and everyone, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and went on his "great adventure". He left it all to escape the society full of "plastic people". He had a sister named Carine, whom he shared an incredibly strong bond with. Once he fled, he cut all contact he had with his family, left his car, burned his money, and changed his name to Alex Supertramp. Alex becomes a hitchhiker, meeting many people who grow fond of Alex and who shape Alex's life. Alex always seems to seek a more exciting place to be, and reach to his ultimate adventure, Alaska. On his last adventure to Alaska, Alex is sure that he will return home, until he can no longer stand the cold winters ahead of him. Sadly, Alex dies in bus 142, and leaves his family, more hurt than to begin with.