Whose perspective is missing?

    I recently started a book called The Splendor Falls  written by Rosemary Clement-Moore. This book is about a girl name Sylvie who is a dancer. She broke her leg making her career end. Sylvie is having problems being able to accept her mother's remarriage and she is brokenhearted because of her father's death. To feel better, Sylvie starts to drink. Her mother sends her away from the city into the country to get better. In this book, Sylvie talks a lot about what her father used to say to her, but we aren't able to hear her father. I think Sylvie's father's perspective is missing from this story.
    I think Sylvie's father's  perspective is missing because we are unable to hear his voice through the book. Though he is dead, I think in the book there could have been moments where they went back in the past. Instead, we only hear from Sylvie's father from when she thinks about what her father used to say to her.  She tells the readers how her father feels, but we aren't sure if he really feels that way. Sylvie's father never told her much about his past, so when she stays with her father's family in the country, she is questioned about things that her father should have talked about with her. When she saw her cousins house, Sylvie didn't know that her father had a wealthy family. 
    In conclusion, I wish I could see more of Sylvie's father's perspective. Maybe more into the book I will get something. I think adding the father's perspective would make the book more special.

In the Image of Grace

       I've just finished reading the book In the Image of Grace by Charlotte Ann Schlobohm. Overall, the book was great. The main character is Charlotte the author. According to Charlotte all the events in this book is true, but no one ever believes her. I understand why.
      One reason I don't believe this book is true is because it just sounds too absurd to happen in the real world. Yes there's such thing as cloning, but I don't think four sisters are the clones of their mother. I don't understand why the world needs a perfect woman to clone to make a perfect world; apparently she's not even human, she's from another universe. The father of Charlotte and her sisters is over protective, but doesn't mind killing his children when it comes to keeping their mouths shut. He tried killing Charlotte because she found her mother's bones. I understand as a murderer you don't want anyone to know you've killed someone, but why would you try killing someone who you think can change the world? Charlotte's father believes that his daughters are the image of perfection just like his wife and they can change the world.  Does this book sound like a true book? I don't think so.
      Another reason I don't believe this book is true is because I have never heard of it. I found this book on Amazon, but it's not like it has been on the news. Wouldn't this book be popular if it was based on true events? If the government didn't want anyone to know about human cloning, then I understand why this book is not being talked about; but I don't think this book would be sold to the public if it was true. I did some research on it and nothing showed up. There are no pictures of Charlotte and her sisters and the flawless Grace.
      All in all, this was a great book, but I don't thinks it's true. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes sci-fi, otherwise it's not for someone who likes to read nonfiction.

Insurgent (Spoiler Alert)

    I have just finished reading the book Insurgent by Veronica Roth. Now, why is it called insurgent? Well insurgent means being a rebel. Being a rebel means a person that stands for what they believe in and doesn't care what anyone says, and is against a ruler or government. In this story, the main character, Tris, is insurgent.  
    The series this book comes from, Divergent, is about a community divided into five faction. Each faction has their own personality; for example, one of the factions is called Abnegation, the people who live in the Abnegation faction is selfless, they're not selfish. Another faction is Dauntless and they are the people who are brave and daring. You are born into a faction. Then when you're sixteen, you take a test to see which faction you belong in based on your personality. When the person who has given your test tells you which faction you belong in, at the choosing ceremony you say good-bye to your old faction and join your new faction. After that, you learn the way your new faction lives and leave you family behind in your old faction. You rarely see your family and friends after choosing a new way to live. Tris was born into Abnegation. When she took the test when she turned sixteen, she had a rare situation having to do with her personality. At the end she ends up choosing Dauntless.
    In the book Insurgent there is a war going on between some factions. The Dauntless and the Erudite (the people with the brains) team up and destroy Abnegation. Both Tris and her boyfriend Four are from Abnegation and are now in Dauntless. Not wanting to go against their old faction, they escape the Dauntless and go to the faction Amity (the people who are peaceful and supply the factions with some food like fruits and vegetables).The fifth faction, Candor ( the people who don't have opinions, don't tell lies, and believe everything is equal) are also like Abnegation, they are close to being destroyed. In the book, Four and Tris are trying to find out why they are trying to destroy their factions. They and other people, are hiding and trying to find out how they can destroy the Erudite and Dauntless and just make one big "faction" since one faction is already gone. Tris tries to find the information she needs, but while doing that she keeps putting her life in jeopardy. 
  Since Tris is putting her life in jeopardy, there is a reason why. It is because she is insurgent. She is standing for what she believes is right and doesn't want the Erudite and Dauntless to become rulers, and Tris is against them. In the book someone calls her insurgent because she is just so sure about what is right and what is wrong. I think this book was given a great title. At first I didn't realize what insurgent mention but when a guy told her that she was insurgent and what it meant, I realize throughout the book how insurgent she was.

Am I Blue?

      I am currently reading Am I Blue? by Bruce Coville. The story is about a boy, Vince, who is being bullied and his fairy god-father helps him understand some things. I say in this story Vince changes.
      One reason I say Vince changes is because he has a fairy god-father, Melvin, to help him through some situations. Vince is being bullied by a kid named Butch Carrigan. He calls Vince gay and a little fruit. Vince is currently confused about whether he is gay or not. Melvin was murdered because he was gay. So gay-bashing is an important issue to him; he doesn't want it happening to Vince. So Melvin decided he wanted to become Vince's fairy god-father to help him. Melvin wanted to get Vince to understand that everyone is gay, or blue, somewhat. He made everyone who had a gay experience blue for Vince to see. If they were a light shade of blue, they're the slightest bit of gay or had a gay experience. If they were a dark shade of blue they're gay. I think this example of what Melvin did, helped Vince change a little and understand more throughout the story.
      Another reason I say Vince changes throughout the story is because when everyone turned blue, Vince asked Melvin if he can leave the blue radiance within everyone for a little while longer. And so he did. The next day he asked if he can make Butch Carrigan Blue. To please Vince, Melvin went to achieve Vince's request. When he returns to Vince, he tells him that Butch... was already blue! I think this helps Vince because he sees how not everyone is honest and are wrong to be doing things that affect people in different ways. For example, Butch hurting Vince affects Vince because he is confused about himself and he is physically being hurt. I think Vince seeing that Butch, his bully, was radiating with the shade of blue helped Vince really change throughout the story.
      In conclusion, I think Vince changed throughout the story. I think seeing everyone blue made him realize that it is okay to be what he wants to be. No one can tell him who he is. I think he also realizes that people are hypocrites and they are wrong to be doing what they're doing, like Butch.

The Drummer Boy of Shiloh

        I am currently reading The Drummer Boy of Shiloh by Ray Bradbury. The story is about a 14 year old boy named Joby. Joby is the drummer boy of Shiloh. From the story I can tell he is afraid that he won't  live at the end of the Battle of Shiloh. In this story, I believe Ray Bradbury is trying to project his voice and speak to his readers.
       I think when it says in the story,"Me, thought the boy, I got only a drum, two sticks to beat, and no shield.", Ray Bradbury, the author, is speaking. I say this because I think Ray Bradbury is saying to himself that Joby has a lot of nerves to be their by his own choice(Joby ran away from home to join the Army); it is risky to have no protection as a drummer boy.I think when it says no shield, Ray Bradbury is saying, "that's crazy." This is one reason why I think when it says in the story,"Me, thought the boy, I got only a drum, two sticks to beat, and no shield.", Ray Bradbury, the author, is speaking.
       Another reason I think when it says in the story,"Me, thought the boy, I got only a drum, two sticks to beat, and no shield.", Ray Bradbury, the author, is speaking, is because I think he is trying to talk to Joby. While Joby is thinking about this, he hears men talking around him about how they won't die; it sounds like Joby is convincing himself if they won't die, he will die since he has no protection against his opponents. Another reason why it sounds like Ray Bradbury is speaking, is because it sounds like Ray Bradbury is telling Joby as a character to call it quits, like being drummer boy is that important for you to risk your own life.This is another reason why I think when it says in the story,"Me, thought the boy, I got only a drum, two sticks to beat, and no shield.", Ray Bradbury, the author, is speaking.
       In conclusion,I believe Ray Bradbury is trying to project his voice and speak to his readers. I think it was a smart idea for Ray Bradbury to speak through this book. It's a great way to state his opinion.

Kissed by an Angel

Kissed by an Angel by Elizabeth Chandler is about Ivy and Tristan's short term relationship. At the beginning of the book, Ivy is in love with Tristan but he doesn't know it; the same goes with Tristan, he falls deeply in love with her but she didn't know it. While they are wondering if the other knows if they even exist, Ivy's mother Maggie gets married to her new step father Andrew. Andrew has a son, Gregory, who goes to the same school as Ivy. When Tristan gives Ivy swimming lessons, they grew closer and closer. Tristan grows a close relationship to Ivy's young brother Philip.  Gregory rapidly grows feelings for Ivy while her and Tristan are in love. Tristan tells Ivy he loves her and that one day she will believe it, but Ivy can't reply back with "I love you." But it's too late for her to say "I love you" when one night Tristan and Ivy got into a car accident. Tristan doesn't survive, and Ivy misses him drastically. Ivy used to believe in angels, but since Tristan didn't survive, she now believes they don't exist. But she's wrong. Tristan turns into an angel, and watches over Ivy. He finds out that the car accident was no accident. Now it is his job to get Ivy to believe in angels again with the help of Philip who can see Tristan, and find out who killed him and if they want to kill Ivy as well.