"The Pregnancy Project" Summary

The book that I've been reading this past winter break has been, "The Pregnancy Project" by Gaby Rodriguez. This book is based on a true story of the author herself. In the first chapters, Gaby explains everything about her family before she was born. Her family went through so many conflicts before Gaby was born. It was almost like a journey for her family. You can really feel everything that's going on in Gaby's life. Sooner on in the story, Gaby starts talking about her life when she was about eight years old. She had to go through a lot of conflicts with herself and her siblings. All of Gaby's siblings became parents at young ages. Some in college some in high school. Since this had run in the family, Gaby was expected to do the same as her siblings. But Gaby wants to be different. She wants to have an education, a future. Gaby wanted to know how she would be treated if she actually did become a teen mother. So, she faked her own pregnancy as a school project, to see how her peers, teachers, friends, family, and her community would react it her sudden behavior. Going through the whole experiment was tough for Gaby. She finds out what people say about her and she finds out who's really been by her side. By writing this book and telling everyone her story, she can teach a lot of young girls how tough it is to go through something like that.

"The Pretenders" End of Book Summary

The book that I've finished reading is "The Pretenders" by Lisi Harrison. I really enjoyed this book for many different reasons, for one I could relate to many of the different conflicts going on between the five characters. Andrew goes through some difficulty dealing with his personal goals, and money. I've gone through issues with myself, my goals, and my money, many times before. Sheridan is outgoing. She's a very dramatic type of girl. She loves acting and making herself the center of attention. I can relate to her conflicts in the story very much because, she goes through friendship troubles, dealing with loosing her best friend. I've, personally, gone through this myself in fifth grade. It went through stages of sadness, then anger, just like Sheridan went through when loosing her best friend Audri. Lily, however, I feel she has more of my traits. She starts to like a boy who doesn't even notice her. I've been through the same situation and I know how she felt and tried to deal with it. I can't really relate that much to Vanessa though, she's more of a laid back all about her studies girl. Last but not least, there's Jagger. Jagger went through a lot of stages in the book that changed his perspective. You'll learn a lot of surprising facts about Jagger's life, that will mind blow you! I really recommend this book to most kids because it has a lot of things most kids can relate to. I really enjoyed reading this book and hopefully you'll get a chance to!

"The Dairy of Anne Frank" End of book Reflection

The book that I currently just finished reading is "The Dairy of Anne Frank" with my lit circle group. The book was about a young Jewish girl living during the Holocaust. She goes through a tough time with her family, by having to hide out in an attic with her family and another one. I really enjoyed reading this book, because I got to learn a lot of new things about life for Jews during the Holocaust. I've always heard about "The Dairy of Anne Frank" but I never really gotten a chance to until my Lit circle group. I'm glad that I got the opportunity to read this book and learn about Anne Frank's life. My number one thought about this book was how real it was. Whenever I read the book I felt as if I was really in the story with Anne. She made everything so descriptive and relatable you could feel everything she felt. Anne Frank had always had "memory moments" in her dairy. Sometimes she would remember her life before the Holocaust and how much she misses her old life. She talks about what she used to do differently then how her life was then. She always mentions what she thinks would have happened differently if they had never encountered the Nazi's.

"Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl" Summary and Reflection

The book that I've been reading for my Lit Circle group, is "The Dairy of Anne Frank". So far I've been really enjoying this book. It's a true story based on a young girl named Anne Frank living as a Jew during the Holocaust. She writes about her life in her dairy and how she feels during the time period. I have so many predictions and thoughts about this book I don't know where to begin! One of my main questions about this book is, how did she really feel? You can't really put all your feelings down on paper, so what if she had more emotions? So far in the book, Anne and her family have moved into the attic where they are hiding with the Van Daans. There have been so many different conflicts in her story that I can tell she and her family were struggling a lot. I think I can relate to Anne in many different ways. For one, we both have the sort of same attitude. She can see the positive sides of things but can also see the negatives.

Holocaust Response

In my personal opinion I think most people just stood by and watched for many different personal reasons. For one, I think that some people didn't want to help out, knowing the consequences of helping Jews, or even talking to some. If anyone was to be caught talking, helping, hiding, or standing up for Jews they would be severely punished, tortured, or even killed. People probably didn't stand up so they wouldn't have to go through the punishments. I think that along with this, it had to do with their personal lives and families. Not only would you be the one to suffer but so would your entire family. I think that some people wanted to take a stand to the Nazis because they couldn't sit back and just let everything happen right before their eyes. I know if I were one of the people back then to take a stand I would do it because I couldn't resist seeing destruction going on. I think I would have tried to hide some people in big buildings or garages that provided heat, food, water, warmth and many other items to help them survive.

"Pretenders" By: Lisi Harrison Summary

The book that I've been reading is called "Pretenders" by Lisi Harrison. I've been reading this book for some time now and I've really enjoyed it. Sheridan Spencer, Andrew Duffy, Lily Bader Huffman, Vanessa Riley, and Jagger have been given the assignment to journal all about anything that they want to express. Sheridan is all about theater and drama. Andrew is one of the star players on the basketball team. Lily is the new girl at public schools. Vanessa is the brains. And Jagger is the outcast. All five kids are super different from each other but have one thing in common. The book takes you through separate journeys for each characters' lives. Sheridan has her best friend Aduri, but when Audri's old best friend starts to tear them apart Sheridan starts to panic. How is she going to get her best friend back? When Andrew's parents announce to him that they're in bankrupt, Andrew needs to find a way to raise $200 to play on the basketball team fast. He has to go to extreme measures to get there, hopefully he finds his way! Now that Lily is finally starting her first year in real school, instead of being homeschooled, Lily has found the love of her life, Andrew! Will she find her true love? Vanessa is the girl who's never really had a best friend because she's always so focused on her academics, but when she meets Lily everything changes. Suddenly Vanessa is excited that she's finally found someone who she could just have a good time with. Lastly there's Jagger. Jagger isn't one of the most known kids at Noble. His parents died and he had no where to go. But maybe when he finds the girl of his dreams everything will change.