Summer Redaing Assignment Post 4-Revolver

    I chose Revolver because I was looking for a suspenseful book to read and the others either didn't stand out, or were just not what I was looking for. Some of the other books had some wird plots and didn't make any sense and were confusing, just reading the summary. What drew my attention to this novel was how the author started the summary and how he started it saying "An Isolated cabin in the wilderness, 14-year-old Sig is alone with a corpse: his father. I had a personal connection between this book because when I was younger, for me making friends was hard and kind of scary at the time. But then my dad helped along the way and now I have a lot of friends today.  I would specifically recommend this book to anyone who likes action, suspense, and love. I would probably recommend this book to maybe someone above the age of 10 and likes shoot em up kind of books. I have to say I think this is now one of my favorite books I have ever read so far. I really hope they come out with a movie for this book. So ya go out to your local book store and get Revolver.

Summer Reading Assignment Post 3-Revolver

    "Even the dead tell stories. Sig looked across the cabin to where his father lay, waiting for him to speak, but his father said nothing, because he was dead.  Einar Andersson lay on the table, his arms half raised above his head, his legs slightly bent at the knee, frozen in the position in which they'd found him; out on the lake, lying on the ice, with the dogs waiting patiently, in harness.  Sig stared and stared, in his own way frozen to the chair, waiting for his father to get up, smile again, and start talking.  But he didn't.  They say that dead men tell no tales, but they are wrong.  Even the dead tell stories."

    This excerpt from the beginning of the book is talking about how Sig is alone with his dead father. His father is laying on the table next to Sig, after they brought his dead body in from falling into the frozen lake.  Sig had no idea the trouble his father had gotten him and his family into due to his greed.  The rest of the book explains the events leading up to his father's death and the consequences of his father's choices.  Sig finds himself and his sister fighting for their lives.

Summer Reading Assignment Post 2-Revolver

     One of the main characters is Wolff (the antagonist of the book). His main gaol was to find the gold that Einer owed him in a deal they made. He is so desperate to find the gold that he will do anything it takes to get the gold he wants, even murder. Einer and his wife Maria wanted their kids Sig and Anna to live up to their religious standards. They taught their kids about faith, hope, and love. And through out the book Sig and Anna find themselves in rough spots trying to live up to their parents standards. Sig and Anna find themselves trying to survive from Wolff and the dangers he brings.
   
    One theme that has started to appear in the book would be survival because the kids are trying to stay alive. Success and greed are themes because several characters are trying to get rich. Family and love are themes because Sig, Anna, and there mom are trying to keep there family alive.

    The author structures the book by flipping back and forth from the past to the present. Sometimes the author uses past events to explain what is going on in the present. I think this is an interesting way to structure the book instead of going in chronological order of events.

Summer Reading Assignment Post 1-Revolver

    My reading assignment book I chose to read was Revolver. The major characters in my book are Wolff the antagonist, Einar the father, Maria the mother, Anna the daughter, and last but not least Sig the son and the main character in this thriller novel. The setting takes place in Antarctica, in a town called Giron. The conflict between my characters is very strong with Wolff and Sig. Wolff comes for Sig's dad Enar who fell through ice and died from hypothermia. And since Sig inherited from his father, Sig has what Wolff wants. And Sig has no idea of what Wolff is talking about, which then leads to a lot of preasure build up between them. I have a feeling though that there is going to be a movie about this book because this book got a lot of good reviews. When I was researching books to read, this one popped out the most in how other people commented on it. I am a little confused as to why and how that a book that small and short won a Michael L. Printz Award? Other than it being a smaller and shorter read, I thought it was a good book. Plus it left me every time with suspense when ever I closed the book. I thought that it was cool that the author was actually talking about a real life event that took place in his life.   

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Krista Ramsey

We just finished watching Krista Ramsey`s speech and i thought it was actually interesting. She discussed about how and what her job is and what she does. She told audience about some of the different situations she had to go and write about all of these different situations. Most of them were about peoples life styles and makes them into articles. One of her quotes were "Acolumnist doesnt have power, they have influence." I think that her job is to really touch people and make them look at life differently.