The Other Side of the River

Chapter 13- Nigthmares & Bedtime Stories
Chapter 10 - The Shell & The Glasses
Chapter 9 - A View to a Death
Chapter 8 - Gift for the darkness
Chapter 7 - Shadows & Tall Trees
Chapter 6 - Beast from Air
Chapter 5 - Beast from the Water
Chapter 4 - Painted Faces & Long Hair
Chapter 3 - Huts on the Beach
Being Chief is NOT easy - Ralph
Why doesn't anyone understand that I am the leader, and I make decisions, and everyone is actually supposed to listen to me. I mean they are the ones that voted me leader the least they can do is help build the huts. Why won't anyone at least do that, I mean building the huts is something that benefits all of us. All anyone does around here is play around, the littluns are the exception I mean they don't know what there doing and if they tried to help us they would probably mess things up. Thank god for Simon, he's the only one other than me who ever does anything around here. In my opinion Simon should be the leader of this island, I mean he's a nice guy and the littluns actually like him. It seems like in Simon's world there are no vicissitudes, he's just so calm and peace full.
Chapter 2 - Fire on the Mountain
Fire! - by Piggy
I hate this island! The little boy with the birthmark said that there were beasties here! Who would want to live on an island with beasties, Jack and Ralph don't believe the little boy, but then again, they dont beilive or litsen to anyone, even me! In fact no one litsens to me and everyone tels me to shut up, Jack and Ralph aren't the only ones that have good ideas. Today in fact Ralph had a terribble idea, once again he brought up that his dad would come and rescue us, and that is never going to happen because nobody knows were here! While he was taking about being rescued he mentioned building a fire, and everythng just got out of hand form there.
I tried to tell everyone that it was a bad idea, but they wouldn't litsen to me. As soon as Ralph mentioned "fire", every one went crazy in the forest and began to get wood. Everyone realized that they couldn't make a fire out of just wood so they pinched my specs to make a fire! It worked, but the fire got really out of hand and so did my ahsma. The fire is all Ralphs fault, Im really sick of Ralph, and I just met him today. I can't beilive he told everyone that my name was Piggy, I can't trust that guy.
1. Wow, that's a hard question, there were so many horrible things that happened in this book. I think that one of the worst parts in the book was Romeks death, when David Faber described this he described it to the last detail, and I couldn't stand it, I cried. I can't believe that people would actually do something like that, this part in the book was just so shocking and horrible.
1) I thought that David Faber's community meeting was really interesting. I couldn't believe that someone that went thorough that much was standing right in front of me. As he was speaking he had so much passion in his voice and he would get really emotional. I think that it's so awesome the way that he kept that promise to his mom, telling everyone about his experiences.
1. I think that David wanted to keep the pigeon because it was his friend, I mean he had his family but they were all sad and worried, the pigeon was just someone that he could talk to and that would listen to him. David's pet pigeon became very important, if it wasn't for that pigeon, David and his family would have been killed. I think that it's really cool how things like that happen.
2. I think that the sign vacation camp because I don't really think that the people of the 'outside world' knew what was really going on during the Holocaust. I think that Hitler and the Nazi's told everyone something like 'oh, were just taking the Jews on a little vacation, while we make things better' . I mean if all the other people of the world knew about what really happened during the Holocaust they would do something about and Hitler and the Nazi's didn't want that.
3. What was your worst experience during the Holocaust?
1. Since my website group decided to make our website on three important events in history including the Holocuast I already have some backround knowlage on the Holocaust, the Nazi's, World War ||, and Hitler. Our group did a lot of reasearch on this subject, but since this book is a true story written by a survivour of the Hlocaust that went though many diffrent unfourtanoute expeirinces I think that I am going to learn a lot more. For example I've already learned a little bit about the really bad things that the Nazi's would do to the Jews inn these first few chapters.
2.a) David has a very big family, he has a lot of sisters and one brother, Romek, who right now is not with the family. Even though David has a big family they all seem very close and everyone looks out for each other.
b- I think that David remembers every last detail in the early chapters because it was the last moments before the worst evnt in his life acured. Im guessing that most of his family is going to be killed in this book, so these was probobly some of the last days that he got to spend with his whole family (not including Romek and the sister in England).
3. I think that the way David rescued his father showed that he cares a lot about his family and that he would do anyhting for them. When David left the house to rescue his father he did not even know if his father was alive and he knew he was risking his own life by leaving the house. From what I have read in the book so far I think that it shows that David is a very brave and caring person.
NAME: Sofia Garcia
DATE: 4.21.08
TITLE: A Time for Dancing
TIME: 1 hour
AUTHOR: Davida Wills Hurwin
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NAME: Sofia Garcia
DATE: 4.7.08
TITLE: A Time for Dancing
TIME: 1 hour
AUTHOR: Davida Wills Hurwin
PAGES: 77-154
TOTAL PAGES THIS WEEK: 187
RESPONSE:
1.I just finished ~Part 2~ of A Time for Dancing by Davida Wills Hurwin. I this part of the book it was mostly about Julie getting her chemo therapy, until the end of the part when Julie told her parents that she wasen't going to do her chemo thrapy anymore. I was vry suprised when Julie told her parents that she was not going to do her chemo therapy anymore. It must of took Julie long time to come to this decision, because now that she is stoping her chemo therapy she put herself at risk that the cancer could get bigger and she will not have the chemo therapy to fight it, so she knowa that she is putting herself at risk of dying. I think that Julie is a very strong person, I don't know if I could make a decision as big as she did.
2. If I was Sam and Julies mom and dad I would be really scared not knowing what is going to happen to Julie next. I doon't even know Julie, Im just reading this book and even Im kind of scared to find out what is going to happen to Julie, I hope nothig bad happens. I can't imagine how this experince is affecting Julies parents and Sam. I can'y wait to read ~Part 3~ to find out what happens to Julie.
3. What was your first reaction when you heard that Julie decided to stop having the chemo therapy?
NAME: Sofia Garcia
DATE: 4.1.08
TITLE: A Time for Dancing
TIME: 1 hour
AUTHOR: Davida Wills Hurwin
PAGES: 74
TOTAL PAGES THIS WEEK: 74
RESPONSE:
1. I have just finished ~Part 1~ of A Time for Dancing by Davida Wills Hurwin. There are many characters in this book but the main ones are Juliana (Julie) and Samantha (Sam). Julie and Sam had been best friends forever and they did everything together, but the summer before senior year Julie is diagnosed with cancer. When I was reading the book and found out that Julie was diagnosed with cancer I was not suprised because it already said it on the back cover of the book, so if I was the author I would not tell the readers at the back cover of the book because I had to read like 70 pages before she finally told sus that Julie had cancer.
2. While I was reading this book it made me relize that life is just so un-predicactable. Julie and Sam were making plans for their summer and all of a sudden two weeks later Julie found out that she had cancer. Julie was just a healthy dancer she wasen't like a 60-year-old who had been smokiong his whole life. This book made me relize that AnYtHiNg can happen to anyone at any moment.
3. What do you think is going through Julies dad's mind? In the book it says that he's not being himself.
NAME: Sofia Garcia
DATE: 3.9.08
TITLE: Parvana's Journey
TIME: 2 HOURS
AUTHOR: Deborah Ellis
PAGES: 196
TOTAL PAGES THIS WEEK: 196
RESPONSE:
The book Parvana's Journey is the sequel to the book that I read two weeks ago, The Breadwinner. This book tales place two years after the first book. The difference between Parvana's journey and the Breadwinner is that in that this book is a lot sadder than the first book. In this book Parvana's father dies so she has to travel alone in the country side of Afghanistan to find her mother and sister. She is still disguised as a boy and if the Taliban finds her thinking she is a boy they would put her in the army, if she discovered as a girl she would get in trouble for not wearing a burqa. Every where Parvana looks there is death and destruction. On her journey she finds an baby boy who's mom got killed, a 9-year-old who lost his leg to land mines, and a little girl who is taking care of her aged grandmother until a bomb kills her grandmother. Together these starving children travel Afghanistan. This book is really sad, it made me cry, but it made me realize how good we have it and how lucky we are to live in a safe country.
NAME: Sofia Garcia
DATE: 3.2.08
TITLE: A Mango Shaped Space
TIME: 2 HOURS
AUTHOR: Wendy Mass
PAGES: 218
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This book was a story about girl named Mia, who has a disorder called synethsia. Sometimes this disorder was a good thing and someimes it was a bad thing. When Mia decides to tell every one her secret [that she has senethsia], her whole life changes people think of her diffrently and she finds out a lot of things ablout herself and about her family and friends. This is a great story about family and friendship.
In this story Mia has a cat named Mango, she named him Mango because that is the color of his name. When people have synethsia sounds and letters have colors. When Mango has a deadly sickness it makes Mia's life even harder. If I was Mia I don't think that I would wait ntil I was 13 to tell people that I had senithsia because then it would not be sucha big deal.
NAME: Sofia Garcia
DATE: Feburary 22nd 2008
TITLE: The Breadwinner
TIME: 2 HOURS
AUTHOR: Deborah Ellis
PAGES 7-168
TOTAL PAGES THIS WEEK: 168
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The Breadwinner by Deborrah Ellis is about a girl living in Afghanistan named Parvana. Parvana and her family are living under the Tliban which is a group of extreamly religious people who run most of the counrty. The Taliban have very strict rules about everything for example, women and girls are not alowed to leave the house, and if they do they have to wear a barqua, which was something that covered every part of your body including your face. When the Taliban finds out that Parvanas father was educated they send him to prison, and when he does there is no one to make money or buy the groceries, so Parvana has to disguise herself as a boy to help her familys survivol. This was a really sad book, but I am gald that I read it because I learned a lot.
1. Who would most likely be in this novel and why?
2. What was your favorite part of this book and why is this.
3. What was your fist reaction when you found out that the dad had died?
4. Do you think the ending could have been better or do you think that the ending was just right for the book?
5. Do you think that you would be able to last as long as she did in this book?
1. Im not really sure, I don't think that I know the characters well enough to say which one I am like the most. The only character that I know well is Loung and I don't think that I am like her because I probobly would not be as strong as she was thorough this whole expirience.
2. I think that my favorite part of the book was when they got to America because it was sort of when all of the bad stuff was over and when there was hope for once in the book.
3. I was not really suprised when they dad died since the book was caled "First The Killed My Father" but it was a sad part of the book.
4. I think that thier were a couple of questions in the end that were not answered but other than that I liked the way that this book ended.
5. Im not really sure, I would be really tired from the work, sad to be away from my family, mad at the Khemer Rouge, and hungry.
1. What would you do if you heard this, and went through everything, that she did. Would you imfor people about what they are really doing, or would u be quiet?
2. What would YOU do in a situation like this if you were her?
3. If u could only bring1 thing to go to where they went to, what would u bring?
4. If you had lived in cambodia at them time and you first heard about the khmer rough.. what would be ur first reaction?
1....I don't underdtand this question
2. I would probobly not be as strong as Loung was through this whole expirience, I would probobly be really scared and worried.
3. I would bring my family :)
4. When Loung first heard of the Khemer Rouge she thought that they were a good thing since she had never really heard of them, until she asked her dad about them. So my first reaction to the Khemer Rouge would proobly be what everybody else's reaction is if I didn't know what they were.
1) What would you do if you found out that you and you family were forced to leave your home without knowing?
2) Loung see's herself as a "strong person", do you agree with her?
3) When it comes to sides, do you agree with Youn Army or the Ankgar Army?
4) Kim made a decission to steal corn for his family, when he did this he knew that he was risking his life, would you so the same for your family?
1. Why do you think that her brother, Khouy is mean and "should be feared"?
2. If you saw the "strangers" coming to your town, what would you think or feel?
3. Why do you think that they didn't drive away in the really nice car, bu the old pick-up truck?
4. Why do you think just because her father is part of the government, they want to hurt her, and her family?
1. I am not really sure why Khouy is mean and "should be feared. Maybe it is because he is just one of the oldest chidren of the family and he has been through a lot.
2. If I saw strangers coming to my town I would wonder who they are and be curious. After I would find ou that they would want us to leave our city like Loung did them I would be scared and worried.
3. I think that they drove away in the pick-up truck because they had to pretend that they were peasents and not important gouverment officials so that the Khemer Rouge Army would not hurt them.
4. I think that her father is one of the leaders on a certain side of the gouvernment and they want to hurt them because they on the other side of the gouvernment, the side against the one of her father and her family.
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