Category: Reading

In the book, Refugee by Alan Gratz, I wonder how all of these kids get the confidence to do things, and how they get so brave. 

They are brave because Josef had to stand up to his dad by slapping him across the face. He was scared because his dad is the leader of his family, but he had to do it otherwise they would be sent back to Germany.

Mahmoud was brave because he stopped in front of a car to ask for help, at the risk of the car running him over. He did that about 3 times until someone stopped. Also asking for help is one of the bravest things to do.

Isabel was brave because she had to sell something that she loved just to get out of Cuba. Also, she was brave because she jumped in the water to save her best friend’s dad. That was brave because she had a risk of dying, but she did it because she witnessed her grandma dying because she drowned and she did not want that to happen to her friend’s dad.

I also wonder What the refugees’ journeys be like without the things that are helping the most?

In the beginning, Mahmoud had the soldiers in the car that protected him and his family because they were all trying to escape. They said that they would defend them. if that did not happen, then they would be more scared to leave. After that, a boy helped them find a home to live in. It was a run-down mall, but it worked as a temporary home for them.

something that helped Isabel is that she knew someone who had a boat. That helped Isabel and her family because her dad had to leave right away otherwise he would have to go to prison for the rest of his life.

Josef’s family got help from the boat that was going to Cuba. if they were not on that boat then they would never be able to go to Cuba, and the dad would go back to the concentration camp.

I am going to compare Smoky Night and Fly Away Home. One difference is the setting.  Smokey Night takes place in an apartment and then moves to a shelter, on the other hand, Fly Away Home takes place in an airport and stays there for the whole story.

One similarity is the massage. The massage in both stories is always to have hope. In Smokey Night, the cat showed to always have hope because the cat ran away but he was found. Also, in Fly Away Home, the bird showed that if you never give up and keep hoping then you will escape.

Another similarity is the characters. the characters are similar because, the main characters are both boys, and they both have only one parent.

In conclusion, both of the stories are similar and different at the same time. Also, they are very nice meaningful stories.

The book that I am reading is this was our pack by Ryan Andrews. Today I am talking about a choice that the author made. One choice that the author made was to make ben and Nathaniel brave and make them stay loyal to their word. If he decided to make them turn back and go home like his other friends then the whole story would not have happened and it would probably just be a journey with a talking bear going by himself to find out where the lanterns actually go.

I am reading harry potter and the deathly hallows. I think that Hermione is protective. I think this because she did not want Harry to go on his journey by himself and she insisted that they (Hermione and Ron) Would go with her. Also, she helped make the plan that they could send out a lot of decoys of harry so Voldemort does not know which one to choose. This all proves that Hermione is protective of harry.

I love this series and I recommend this book to whoever likes fiction, and action.

Nathaniel is brave on the inside even though, on the outside he seems timid and shy. He does not like to bail on anyone unlike the other kids in the pact (besides ben). Nathaniel and Ben start to become friends as the story goes on. Ben starts to realize that you have to know a person to judge them.

As Nathaniel and Ben go on their adventure to see where the lanterns actually go, they meet some new people on the way. For example, The talking bear.