The science fiction book I read was The power of six by Pittacus lore. The book is about 9 alien children with their guardians or they call the their Cepans who were sent to earth after their planet Lorien was taken over by the mogadorians. Each child has been given a number and they can only be killed in order. They are called the guarde.The book takes place 10 years after they got to earth and are all in different places.The story begins with Marina who is stuck in an orphanage and her Cepan is a priest there. She has been in the orphanage for 5 years but someone new comes to the orphanage. Her name is Ella. After Ella has been their for 2 months marina finds out that Ella is number 10. But the mogadorians have found her and have taken over her orphanage that is where I think the theme is overcoming fear.Three reasons I think it is the theme is because, Marina needs to overcome her fear and use her powers such as healing and telekinesis. She also overcomes her fears by fighting the mogadorians. But far away from spain in west virginia Number 4 is with his best friend Sam trying to break into a mogadorian base and he needs to overcome fear that way. …show more content…
The reason she didn't want to use them is because once she used them she would have to fight no matter what to try to protect Lorien her old planet. When Marina is about to fight the mogadorians she
The characters in this book are Poppy, Dylan, Dash, Marcus, and Azumi. They’re all about 13 years old. These kids were all brought to the Shadow House for a reason. They face ghosts that taunt them.They’re all trapped and they need to work together to stop the spirits attacking them. Everybody comes together to fight off their fears lurking house. “We have to fight them! NOW!” (Poblocki 173). Poppy told everybody to help
I read the book Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez. Anita, an eleven year old girl, is suddenly sent into a very scary and unknown world, right in her own home. Her cousins are running away to the United states, but to get away from what? Her parents are keeping secrets and she tries to get information from her sister, but finds out very little. Anita finds herself struggling when she is forced to grow up very quickly and try not to act as scared as she feels at times.
Meaning, this book would be perfect to teach students life lessons that are important. Three of the themes that are good life lessons are: family, perseverance and survival, and humanization and dehumanization. All of these are found throughout the whole book which makes them hard to forget. Family is shown throughout the book because when Enrique’s mom leaves, all Enrique wants to do is to be with her. A short summary from Litcharts.com explains why family is such a big theme throughout the whole book. “Enrique’s Journey, as its title indicates, is the non-fiction story of a 17-year-old boy’s struggle to travel across Mexico to the United States to reunite with his mother. The events depicted in the book are set in motion by an initial instance of abandonment: Lourdes’ difficult decision to leave Enrique and his sister Belky in Honduras, while she seeks work in the United States to send money back to her family.” This whole quote shows, even though it was a hard choice for Lourdes, it was the right one because it was to help her family. Another theme that was found in the book that is a good lesson is about perseverance and survival. Survival is a trait everyone has, but this book highlights its importance, especially on the trains. Litcharts.com says, “He gives himself a time limit that shows his perseverance and the gravity of his decision: he will make it to his mother even if it takes a year. Despite the dangerous circumstances jumping trains, facing corrupt policemen, immigration checkpoints and officers, bandits, and gangsters, Enrique persists.” This teaches the readers that it is important to push through every difficulty no matter what, and that it is highly significant to survive to achieve the goal. The last theme that is found in Enrique’s Journey that is a good lesson for readers is dehumanization and humanization. This theme is found
The book I would like to tell you about is called Among the Hidden. The author of this book is Margaret Peterson Haddix. In this book, there is a boy named Luke Garner who has never been able to leave his backyard. He has only been able to quickly peak through blinds for fear of being seen. Until the day the workers started cutting the trees down, Luke was able to experience a little fresh air while rough-housing with his brothers in their isolated backyard farmland. The reason for this is because of the population law. The government believed that there wasn’t enough food to feed the growing population, so they made the law that there is only a maximum of two children allowed in each family. That meant that Luke was an illegal third child. He had spent his whole life hiding from the population police. Since the government forced the Garners to sell a lot of their farmland for building houses, Luke had to stay inside, because now that the trees were being cut down he had a huge chance of being seen in his backyard. Luke spent most of his days in the attic where his room was. He found some little vents in the wall that he could look out of and see the people that moved into the big, fancy houses. One day, he noticed somebody peeking out of the house next door, even after he knew that everybody in that family had left. He knew this because he kept a little record on the wall and marked down when the people of each family came and left. He even knew how many people there were i...
The short story “Pride of Seven” by Robert W. Krepps portrays the theme that a male becomes a man by demonstrating bravery. This short story starts with the narrator moving into the Masai Tribe in Africa, and he meets En-Gerr who is scorned by warriors and girls. The narrator becomes friends with En-Gerr, and soon falls into this deep passion for the lions that lived nearby. En-Gerr decides to follow through to become a man and kill a lion, and heads out in search of a lion in his traditional warrior weapons and clothes. When En-Gerr and El Asfar, the head lion of the pride, come face to face En-Gerr tries to make peace with the lion. In the end, En Gerr succeeded in making peace with the lions and he still receives his manhood. The theme that
Margaret Peterson sets her cliffhanger mystery book, Haddix: The Missing Found, in a modest neighborhood in Ohio. This book is in first person point of view, being told by the main character, Jonah Skidmore. The tone is fearful because Jonah voices his fears to his friend, Chip, multiples times throughout the story and usually has a fearful attitude when trying to overcome obstacles. Haddix: The Missing Found, is about a group of famous children from history who were stolen by futuristic time travelers and sent back to the 21st century as babies. These babies were soon adopted by random families around the world, and had a normal life. However, when they got to be around 13 years old, they start to get threatening letters sent to them telling them that they are, “one of the missing” (Peterson 20). These kids proceed to venture on a journey to find the person who is sending these creepy letters, and go through many obstacle along the way. Overall, I thought that Haddix: The Missing Found was a great read because it was very mysterious and kept me guessing the whole time I was reading, and I found that the characters were really relatable.
The biggest type thing that I picked up on in this book was neglect to the children. The definition of child
My book report book was called The Capture, by Kathryn Lasky. My book was about a barn owl named Soren. Soren is born into the forest of Tyto, this is a peaceful kingdom where the Barn Owls live. But evil hides in the owl world, an evil that threatens to destroy Tyto's tranquility and change Soren's life forever. Soren has two siblings, an older sibling named Kludd and a younger sibling named Eglantine. Kludd is a male and Eglantine is a female. Soren's parents went hunting because winter was arriving. When Soren was staring out from the nest, his big brother Kludd pushed him and he fell onto the ground. Soon after Soren is kidnapped and taken to a dark and terrifying canyon. This canyon is called St. Aggies, an orphanage for owl’s. Soren and
The more prominent stylistic device that authors use to create the atmosphere of children’s stories is an allegory. In just about every children’s story authors tend to use the events, the characters, and even objects as symbols that portray a deeper meaning, whether it be moral or ethical. This allegorical atmosphere is related to the story’s theme because the story’s harrowing ending reveals that both the theme and the focused allegory is how fear is a driving force behind family destruction.
Emerson, David. “Innocence as a super-power: little girls on the hero’s journey.” Mythlore 28.1-2 (2009): 13lt. Literature resource center.web.17oct.2013
One can learn responsibility through experience, whether the experience is great, or if it is tragic. In The Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes, twelve year old Lanesha demonstrates her growth by bringing her and others to safety during a deadly storm. Once nurtured and cared for by her non-biological grandmother, Lanesha learns to take care of herself and others. This significance shows her transitioning from a girl to a young woman.
The Magnificent Seven (1960) written by William Roberts takes the idea of seven great warriors in Aeschylus's Seven Against Thebes and creates a modern movie demonstration where these men face against immeasurable odds in order to reestablish power to the rightful leader. In both works, the previous leaders of the town are seeking men in order to fight for power of the town. In The Magnificent Seven, the town elder sends a few men from his town in order to find men to fend off the bandits that have taken control of the town by stealing their food. This relates to the plot of Seven Against Thebes, where Polynices travels to Argos in order to find men to regain control of Thebes that has been wrongfully taken control of by Polynices’s brother
I read the “The Book Thief” by Markus Zusak, in which a little girl is thrown into an unknown world without her mother or brother. The main character of the book, Liesel, becomes a foster child in Germany during the 1940s. The book is over a span of years and we grow with Liesel. I really enjoyed this book and I would recommend it to anyone. It is set during the Holocaust, but it is still a coming of age book. I liked this book because the writer managed to write a book about a girl growing up and Nazi Germany. Neither one took away from each other and it all flowed very nicely.
I am Number Four by Pittacus Lore expresses the importance of never giving up hope no matter how grim the situation may seem. John and Henri settle down in Paradise Ohio, hiding from an alien race called the mogadorians. Henri travels to Athens, Ohio, to find out more about Sam’s magazine. John and Sam save Henri and learn the mogadorians are closer than ever. The mogadorians find Henri, John, Number Six, Matt, Sarah and Bernie Kosar at the school and a battle commences. During the battle Henri sacrifices himself, letting the rest escape.