The book I chose to do this project was Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan. The book is about a group of teenagers who kidnap their teacher, but it goes horribly wrong. Mr. Griffin, the teacher they kidnap, is a very hard working teacher that only wants for his student to do the best they can. Later in the book, Mark comes up with the idea to kidnap Mr. Griffin. In order to do this, he would need the help of everyone in his class. When they kidnap him, the teens take Mr. Griffin to a lake and decide to leave him there for a while. This story takes place in Albuquerque, New Mexico in the late 1970s. The major characters of this book are Mr. Griffin, Susan, Mark, Betsy, Jeff, and David. Mark, one of the main characters, decides that instead of putting up with Mr. Griffin for a whole school year, it would be worthwhile to organize a group of his classmates to kidnap him. Mark is not a good student at all, and he does not like to follow the rules. Mark is constantly failing his assignments, not just the ones Mr. Griffin gives him. Somehow Mark even gets the good kids to join in on his evil plan. This is the part where David and Susan come in. Because David looks up to Mark, he would do anything to get his attention. David’s job is to get Susan to go along with the plot. She refuses at first, but she quickly gets pulled in only because she wants to spend time with David her crush. Susan is a good student who gets straight A’s in all of her classes, instead of Mr. Griffin’s. Susan would rather stay at home and study to prepare herself for tests and quizzes. Often, Susan is thought of as uncool and no one likes her. Mark gets Susan to grab Mr. Griffin’s attention after school. This is how he is kidnapped. Another main character is Jeff... ... middle of paper ... ...ime, he was being totally serious. Thinking that this would make Mr. Griffin quit his job, the two began discussing a plan. They chose Susan as the person who would trick Mr. Griffin into stay after school. This was a perfect position for Susan, because no one ever suspects a good girl. Susan accepts David’s offer, only because she had a crush on him. In my opinion, I could not have picked a better book to do this project on. Even though I do not like to read, I think that this book is a well written, great novel. This novel combines suspense, mystery, and action. My favorite part of the book was when the group of five kidnap Mr. Griffin and abandon him by the lake because this was the climax of the story. I would recommend this book to people who love murder mysteries, suspense, and a shocking ending. I would even recommend this book to people who do not read.
This book was rather easy to read but could be rather difficult to understand as their was a lot happening with Calliope blacking out then coming back to reality and to have written a whole paragraph if words without knowing, this book would be good for a year 12 book club because even if they can't relate the characters in the book directly they still in a way can connect with them in a way whether it be they have a mental disorder or a compulsion to do something or if the are in a
Fans of the novel found that the way the novel is written, you never want to put it down and the action keeps things moving and is quite entertaining. The novel pulls you in and makes you love each of the main characters in it. This is a great series for anyone to read, and it is audience friendly for whoever reads them. There is quite a bit of suspense that will make the novel exceed readers 's expectations, and the twists and turns keeps you guessing and lets nothing be predictable. Some like the way this group of people bands together when they really need to and keep things together so they can all stop the
To me, the challenging part of the book was reading a book on a topic that I do not know much about. I am starting to become familiar with the legal system, however I am nowhere near that of a lawyer. This is why I stumbled at times on some of the legal lingo that the book contained. In addition to that, I did find myself with a better understanding of our legal system. I felt like I was along for the ride on the whole legal process. Also, I would like to note that I thoroughly enjoyed the chapter on the autopsy because I thought it was very interesting how they performed those procedures in that time period. I loved the detail that the author went into when describing how it all took place.
I would recommend this book to a friend because this book is a great book all around. This book has good suspense even though it might seem like a kids book.
Throughout the novel the characters are put in these situations which force them to obtain information about the people they thought they knew. The center of finding out who everyone is was brought into play through the death of Marie. The story is told by David, only twelve years old, who sees his family an community in a different light for who they truly are under there cover. By doing his own little investigations, often times eavesdropping, David saw through the lies, secures and betrayals to find the truth.
I would recommend this novel to anyone who enjoys historical fiction books where the characters learn life-altering lessons. I also feel that people of all ages would enjoy this book because it’s messages and theme was very positive. While I did enjoy this book, I think I will not be reading another historical fiction novel for my upcoming book response.
A book titled Taken, by Edward Bloor is a fascinating story of adventure and kidnapping that is set in the year 2035. In this futuristic book, kidnapping is a rather common practice. Children that are raised by very rich families were often the ones that are kidnapped, or "taken" because the parents could provide more ransom money. For this reason, all rich children would move in highly secured neighborhoods, and hire butlers that doubled as security guards. The children were then required to take classes on what to do if they are taken. In the story the protagonist, Charity Meyers wakes up in an ambulance and discovers that she has been taken. She follows all of her training and does exactly what she is told to do by her kidnappers. There are several kidnappers who are named Dr. Reyes, Dr. Lanyon, and another person who does not reveal himself until later in the book. Naturally, the reader is very angry at the kidnappers for doing such a horrible thing to a child. The author then takes the story to a place in which no one ever expected him to. Edward Bloor attempts to make the reader empathize with the antagonists. The ways in which he does this are very interesting. He uses three particular methods to achieve the goal of causing the reader to empathize with the "bad guys". These methods include having the antagonists reveal themselves as someone else, having the antagonists tell about all of the hardships that they have endured, and having the antagonists explain why they did something evil (such as kidnapping).
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this novel because it connected the dots on how the Narnia series started. I would definitely choose another book by this author because he makes fictional stories that you cans apply to biblical aspects. I liked the fact that the story connected with the others in the series. I did not like how some spots in the plot were dry and not pertaining to the story. I would recommend this novel to anyone who is a fan of the Narnia series.
I spent a minimum of half an hour in full pondering about having to choose a book. Not only a book, but the right book. I wanted to take this project as an opportunity to learn something new by reading literature I would enjoy. I did not want
All in all, this novel is a good read, so long as the reader takes the time to think about everything that goes into it.
For some students summer reading gives them something to do. For many, myself included, this assignment is not interesting. It is a complete waste of time. I have no drive to read a story and complete a project in which I express no enthusiasm in. I consider this assignment to be busy work English teachers give to students over the summer.
8.Recommendation: I wouldn’t recommend this book for anyone to read because it’s quite boring and very confusing in some parts of the story. Well it’s confusing to me and it’s like the most weirdest book I have ever read. Someone who likes to read novels or read in general would like this book because or if they like this genre they would like this
... cross my mind but I find myself thinking differently since enrolling in this class. I enjoyed this book because it allowed me to relate to the main character, reflect on my life, and try to change myself in the process of reading it. I was able to see the parts of my life that had not been even fathomed before. When reading the book I found it difficult to read and somewhat boring but once I thought about the concepts and people involved in our class it gave me a better understanding of the book. One piece of advice would be to have the five people/ five concepts before reading these books because I feel I missed some key points looking back on the book. I feel that knowing these people/concepts before reading the book would have helped me understand the book better. This book was and interesting one and allows for every reader to have their own interpretation of it.
For my book I chose to read The Body by Stephen King. This novel is about four young boys taking a journey to find a body somewhere in the woods that is at the county line. This story is about more than just four boys going on an adventure its about them becoming closer to each other and learning real life lessons along the way. The four boys are all going into their first year of middle school so this is a time in their life when they learn things that will help them in life.
In conclusion the topics that have been stated are good examples of why a person should read this book. Death, Society, and murder can be hard topics to talk about. People may not think about the meaning behind a book. Some just read and know the plot but do they really know the meaning behind the story? Most likely the do not. People should read books that give them something to discuss with other people. By reading more interesting books a person will have more to talk about with people in general.