Sold

Sold by: Patricia McCormick

I like books that are somewhat based on a true story. Like the last book we read, it was on a school shooting and school shootings happen. Or like a book I read about a girl getting raped and girls get raped all the time. So this book could be true, I’m sure this has happened to someone out there and it’s about a girl’s step dad who sells her into prostitution without her knowing it. The book is called Sold and it has a little Indian girl on it. Sold is a pretty significant title for the book because it goes along with the book. The little girl that is only 13 is sold into prostitution because her step father is in gambling debt and needs a way to pay it off. I’m upset with the step father because I don’t even think that the mother knows because if she knew then I’m sure that none of it would have happened. The little girl thought she was just going to go and be a maid for the “rich city people” so she has no idea what’s going on either. I think Sold is a really good name for the book because it catches people’s eyes. It defiantly caught my eye when I saw it because I wanted to know what was being “sold.” I didn’t know if they were selling food, or a house, or a mother selling her child or what. To be Sold is a good name for the book because it makes you want to pick it up and read the back to see what’s going on and what is being sold.  

my opinion

Hate list by Jennifer Brown.

Our class just finished reading the book Hate List. I think the book could have been a lot better than what is was. I had a lot of emotions when reading the book because I would always myself in their place and see how they would feel. I was kind of mad at the author because she gave away who the shooter was and that he died. For me it kind of ruined the book a little bit and made it hard to read. It made it hard to stay focused and not get bored. I also thought there was going to be more about Jeremy. I thought that he was going to confess that he made Nick do it or something, but they didn’t say anything about him. He was just done being talked about at the beginning. Some questions that I wondered was, how did Nick meet Jeremy? What made Nick want to start doing pot and just forget about Valerie? Why did Jeremy and his parents know so much about Val and Val not know anything about him? Why wasn’t Jeremy mentioned again throughout the story? It believe that this book is for today’s readers, I don’t think that it is out dated because school shootings do happen and a lot of people are killed. I think it is strange that Valerie’s dad blames it all on her. She didn’t know what Nick was going to do, and she wasn’t trying to tear the family up. I was really shocked that her dad had an affair with his assistant, and I think he went a little over board when he picked her up at the gas station after she was threaten by troy with a gun. It was like he didn’t even care and It was her fault that he did it. So all in all, I think Hate List was an okay book but it could have been a lot better in my opinion.

The Pact

The Pact

By: Jodi Picoult

I liked this book a lot because it kept me interested and I didn't get bored.  People kept texting me when I was trying to read it and I got mad so I shut my phone off so I could understand what was going on. In the book these two teenagers were dating and she got pregnant and I got really mad at Emily when she wanted to kill herself because she got pregnant and it mad me think why would someone who just got pregnant kill themselves? Why wouldn’t they just have the baby and put it up for adoption because then she would still live and so would the baby if she didn’t want to keep the child. So it just frustrated me that she wanted to kill herself and the baby. Through out this book just made me mad because she told Chris that she wanted to kill herself and he AGREED! When the important parts of the book came up some of the words were in italics. Some big questions that came up in the text were abortion, suicide, and murder.  Is abortion good or bad? Should she commit suicide or shouldn’t she? She Chris kill her or help her? The whole book was pretty intense. I learned that if someone wanted to kill themselves no matter how much you love them you should still go get them help. The weirdest part of the book I thought was when Chris just agreed with everything and didn’t try to stop her. He took his gun that he has for hunting and just shot her because she couldn’t do it. It was just dumb because they were best friends and then they were dating and BOOM. Another weird part I thought was when she didn’t even tell him she was pregnant. I think this book is for everybody. It’s a good book and keeps readers interested.