Kittens

These are my new kittens. Aren't they cute?

The black one is so hard to take a picture of.

So cute!😻

Samsing Camping Fun

   

   
     This last Friday my family went on a camping trip to the Samsing cabin. It was really fun, because I love camping, and I haven't been camping in for ever. We had a really long day packing. It was super stressful. Then we arrived at the cabin in two boats, a speed boat and a sail boat. I was in the speedboat, which is good, because I don't like going slow.  The camping trip was fun. We had a great time, and my mom, who supposedly hates camping, actually liked it a little bit. I hope I have the chance to do it again this summer.

Book Review IV

The Lions Of Little Rock, by Kristen Levine, is about a girl named Marlee, who didn't talk much in public. She lived in Little Rock, Arkansas. On Marlee's first day of middle school, all of the high schools shut down, because African Americans were passing for whites. Marlee's sister, Judy, was in high school, and her mom taught there, so  Judy had to stay home, but her mom still had to go to work still. on Marlees first day she met a new girl named Elizabeth, or Liz for short. Liz just spoke out about anything she wanted. She was very brave. Marlee became friends with her, and started talking more. The schools wern't opening up anytime soon, so Judy had to stay home, but her mom had to go to work still. On Marlees first day she met a new girl named Elizabeth, or Liz for short. Liz just spoke out about anything she wanted. She was very brave. Marlee became friends with her, and started talking more. The schools weren't opening up anytime soon, so Judy had to go live with her grandma in pine bluff. Marlee was not happy about that. She loved her sister, and felt like she was the only one she could talk to. Liz asked if Marlee wanted to do a project together. When they got together, Liz told her that if she talked a lot in the speech that when along with the project, she would give her a whole book of magic squares, and Marlee loved numbers, so she said she would. On the day of the speech, Marlee was a nervous wreck. When she got to school, Liz wasn't there, so Marlee did the speech by herself. The teacher pulled her aside later to tell her that Liz was passing for a white, but was actually a black. Marlee still wanted to be friends, so she sent her a note telling her to meet by the lions in the zoo. They kept meeting like that at a rock crusher. Then J.D., Marlee's crush, and his older brother found out about about it. Marlee wasn't supposed to be seeing Liz, so J.D.s brother found some dynamite in the woods, and threatened to explode Liz's house. Marlee got home, and told her parents everything that happened. Her parents got really mad, and called the police. The police had no evidence, but with Marlees help, they eventually caught him, but he through a stick inside a house the were having a meeting in , but nowone got hurt. Marlee wasn't aloud to see Liz anymore, but she could still call her, and the high schools opened back up with a few black students enrolled, and life was practically back to normal for Marlee.

One of the main themes in this book is to speak out and not be afraid. An example of how this theme is shown is when Marlee decided to join the WEC. "I cared. Helping Liz leaving notes for Mother and sending candy bars to Judy was nice, but it wasn't enough. Not when there might be more that I could do" (132). Another example is when Marlee spoke to a stranger on the plane. ""Coke, please," I said firmly, just like a grown up. Then I relized. I had spoken to a stranger and I hadn't even counted prime numbers first"(161). One last example is when Marlee broke away from J.D., because she decided she didn't like him."I finally  dropped his arm and skated away from him, and it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be"(190). To speak out and not be afraid is a main theme in this book.

  I would recommend this book to other seventh grade  readers, because it's a really good book. It explains friendship very well by making it hard to break. It all so explains how hard it was for blacks in that time. It was a really easy read too. Last of all, the author explained stuff really well. I do recommend this book to other seventh graders.

  The author, Kristin Levine, wrote two other books. The Paper Cowboy is about a bully that thinks of himself as a cowboy. The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had is about Dit and  Emma who try to save a barber from a punishment. Those books sound pretty good.

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Another Blog

Here is another good blog by my friend Cora, and here is another one by Anja.

Do We Have to Move?

Mom, Dad and I were sitting on the couch. It was Spring 2013. Our house smelled of dog because Chester, my dog, hadn't had a bath in a while. The couch was in a warm sun puddle, and the computer was really hard to see. We were all looking at houses and schools in Oregon. Nobody in our house was entirely happy with moving, but we were all still excited for a new start. Mom pulled up a school. "What about this one?" Mom asked, "It looks pretty good."

"Nah," said Dad, "all the kids in the picture look kind of gloomy, and it doesn't have anything like spirit week, DYP, etc."

"That's true. Are we ever going to find a town?"

"Hopefully."

"Hey guys," I said, "I don't want to move."

"Nobody does," they said at the same time.

"Jinx!" said Mom.

A few days later, Mom picked me up from band with Audrey and Anna, my two little sisters, in the car."How was band?" she asked.

"Good," I said.

"Audrey has something to tell you."

"She usually does, what is it?"

Audrey said very fast,"You're going to middle school here."

"Huh?" I said.

"You're going to middle school  here," she repeated, "in Sitka."

"But, we're moving."

"No."

"Yes, we are. Mom aren't we moving?"

"No," said Mom.

"What! Why not?"

"Daddy made chief," Mom said,"and he's now retiring in four years, so now we're going to stay here!"

"Yay! I'm going to Blatchley! I'm going to Blatchley!" I sang.

" Luckily, some chief in the Coast Guard got fired, so dad is going to replace him," said Mom

"I still feel bad for him, but yay! We're not moving," I said excitedly.

The next day, I went to school and told my friends the good news. "Hey, guys guess what," I asked.

"What?" asked Sully.

"I'm not moving!"

"Yay!"

"What? Really? Yes!" said Cora.

"Hooray," said Anja.

When I left school that day I was happy. We weren't moving!

My family did end up buying a new house, but it was in Sitka. My dad started working as a chief in the Coast Guard, and was the manager of the Eagles Nest, the club on base. I was really happy that we didn't have to move. My friends were happy. Everyone was happy. Those few days were some of the best in my life.
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Book Review lll : The Call of the Wild

The Call of the Wild, by Jack London adapted by Neil Kleid, is about a husky named Buck, who lived in Santa Clara. One day Buck's owner sold him to a man at a train station. The train took him to San Frasisco, where he was sold in a saloon to a man in a red sweater. Buck did not like that he was sold, so as soon as the man in the red sweater opened the crate that Buck was in, Buck jumped out to attack the man, but a club broke his charge. After that, he was taken to a place with a whole bunch of dogs. He was then taken on to a boat called The Narwhal. Three dogs went with him, Spitz, Curly and Dave. When they got to the beach, Curly approached a big, strong dog, and without warning, the big dog took her down. Bucks new owners trained him and his team to be a sled dogs. Spitz and Buck broke out in a fight, and Spitz won. Once, Bucks team broke into the ice, but they ended up getting out safe, but cold and wet. Then Buck and Spitz had their last fight and Buck won, and Spitz died. Then Buck was sold to another owner, but this time, the owner was down right mean. He worked them way to hard, and the dogs were slowly disappearing as they became more, and more weak. One day, Buck and what was left of his team arrived at John Thornton's camp, but Buck wouldn't get up when they were getting ready to leave, so his owner started whacking him with a whip, but Buck just wouldn't get up. John Thornton stopped the mean owner and took the dog away from him, so the team went on without him, and in the distance Buck saw his team fall into the ice. Buck grew to love John Thornton, and he was always aloud to roam free. One day, the pull of the wild pulled him to much and he left for the woods for some days, and when he came back, he found John Thornton dead, and the Yeehats inhabiting his camp. He sprang up and killed all of the Yeehats, and went to live in the wild. In the end, people and the Yeehats feared him, and he roamed in the forest forever.

One of the main themes in the book is that not everything is easy. An example of how this theme is shown is when the dogs where always tired. "Each night the weary dogs were attended to first. Still, their strength went down." (68). Another example is that when they were running the sled with mean people, it took them a while to start. "Some days they did not make ten miles. Others, they were unable to start at all"(81). My last example is that when Buck wouldn't get up when he was tired, he got a whipping. " the lash bit into him again and again, but he neither whined nor struggled"(90). Not every thing is easy is one of the main themes.

I would recommend this book to other 7th graders, because its a really good book. It's a really short and easy read. It also has a plot. It even teaches you a bunch of lessons. The Call of the Wild was a really good book and I recommend it to other 7th graders.

Puffin Graphics have made a lot of other stories into graphics. They have made Black Beauty, Dracula, Frankenstein, Macbeth, Red Badge of Courage, Treasure Island, and The Wizard of Oz. I've heard of all those stories, and I've heard they are really good. Puffin graphics made a lot of Graphics out of famous stories.

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