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The Summer I Turned Pretty: Nell S.

Belly measures her life in summers. Everything good, everything amazing happens between the months of June and August. Winters are simply a time to count the months and weeks until the next summer, a place away from the beach house, away from Susannah, away from Jeremiah and most importantly, away from Conrad. They are the boys that Belly has known since her very first summer -- they have been her cousin figures, her crushes, and everything in between. But on one wonderful and terrible summer, the more everything changes, the more it all ends up just the way it should have been all along.

This book is a amazing and Beautifully written. In so many parts, I felt like couldn't put the book down. It grabs you and keeps you in it.  There are two other books, but it doesn't matter what order you read them. The other book names are It’s not summer without you, and, We'll always have summer.

Took: Brynn T

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Jack R.

Harry Potter

and the Sorcerer’s Stone

Harry Potter is about an 11 year old kid that has to live with the Dursleys (his horrible aunt and uncle, and their big spoiled sun Dudley). Harry’s room is a tiny closet at the foot of the stairs. One day Harry got a letter to go to Hogwarts school of wizards and witchcraft and their he makes friends and goes on meny adventures at Hogwarts.

I chose these songs for Harry because he is brave, and curious for these reasons. First of all I chose Eyes Of Tiger because Harry went after the Sorcerer’s Stone. This shows that Harry is willing to save the world when he knows he could die. Lastly I  chose The Nutcracker because Harry snuck out at night to see what the Sorcerer’s Stone was after he heard what Hagrid seid. This shows that Harry is curious about everything. For these reasons Harry is brave, and curious.

Once Upon a Marigold: Bella M.

The first song I picked is based on Christian, the maine character of the book. The song I chose is called Leave it all behind by Nightcore. This hardcore song really hits on Christian’s experiences and all he’s been through. Christian ran away from home when he was six and blackmailed his way into making the troll Edric take him in, and eventually opens up to him. Eleven years later, he leaves home to see the world and heads toward the castle and becomes a servant for the castle housekeeper and eventually becomes Princess Marigolds lover but not until many things happen. The next song is based on Princess Marigold. The song I chose is called Bird Set Free. This free song focuses on the most important parts of Princess Marigold. Princess Marigold is not your ordinary run-of-the-mill princess. She’s not afraid to get her hands dirty yet she is scorned for that. Princess Marigold is not allowed to leave the castle as punishment and for other reasons. She desperately wants to be able to see the world. The last song I picked is based on the villain of the story, Olympia. The song is Mean by Taylor Swift. This song focuses on what Olympia really is: MEAN. Olympia is proud loud woman who loves to stand out. You know what she also loves? Power. So much that she’ll make her daughter marry someone she hates just to get her away from the castle or kill her daughter for it.

Inference: Olympia is vain

Olympia cares very much for her appearance and the appearance of others. She always thinks the bigger the better, but that can lead to her and others wearing very gaudy clothes and jewelry. On page 37, Marigold had her crown hung on the back of her chair while she was reading, and Olympia hates that! It even states that Olympia is excessively concerned about her own and everyone’s wardrobe. On page 88,it says that Olympias beauty was so fake that it looked like it was artificial. On page 111, Meg the scullery maid says that Olympia is so lazy, even though she changes six times a day. On pages 163 & 164, Olympia created a monstrosity of a wedding dress for Marigold with pearls, lace, ribbons, embroidery, brilliants, and heavens knows what else, completely suiting Olympia’s taste.

Once Upon a Marigold is about a boy named Christian who ran away from home when he was six. When he comes to the woods, He meets Edric: a three foot tall troll who takes in Christian and eventually becomes Christians foster father. Zoom forward eleven years. Edric is getting ready for his campaign the tooth fairy, and Christian is making weird food concoctions and inventions. One day he sends a message to Princess Marigold, and everything changes.He ends taking a job at the palace just to be closer to her. Crazy things happen: kissing another man’s girl, suitors, but biggest of all: Olympia set to kill her daughter, Princess Marigold. This book is good for those who like fantasy, anticipation, comedy, love, and everything except what’s under the kitchen sink.

Because of Mr. Terupt: Trinity S.

Because of Mr. Terupt

Mr. Terupt: The song I found for Mr. Terupt was Stand By You - Rachel Platten. This song really is the perfect song. This song represents the relationship between his students toward the middle of the book they all become friends and the start knowing each other, and they start trusting each other. A part in the book where it shows that is when Mr. Terupt sticks up for Anna when she got picked on and made fun of.

 

Jessica: I chose the song Love Myself by: Hailee Steinfeld. This is the song I chose because Jessica who just doesn’t really fit in so at school so she loves herself and when I first read the book I knew she was the type of person that was shy but not at the same time. In the beginning of the book she says that she is having a hard time because she “betrayed” Alixia for being nice to Danielle. That also shows how rude Alexia is too. Jessica’s dad also didn’t move to Connecticut

Alexia: I picked out the song Try by: Colbie Caillat. I knew this would fit Alexia because Alexia tries hard to look good for boys and she tries to make herself look good but on the inside she is mean. Alexia also always say like, like all the time. I thought, when I first read the book that she was the prissy, mean, popular girl. Also in the book Danielle said the Alexia would talk bad about Jessica and even Anna.

Danielle: This song Let it Go by: James Bay really fit because she is shy and the type of person to just let it go and not take a big worry about the little things. In the book when Mr. Terupt gave big projects she wouldn’t get stressed about them she would just kind of let it go and when Alexia said man thing about other people when she was talking behind Jessica and Anna’s back Danielle told Lexie to stop talking behind their backs

Peter: This song totally fits him Troublemaker by: Olly Murs ft. Flo-rida. He is the class troublemaker he is always creating trouble or getting into trouble. A part in the book when he is a troublemaker is when he was running down the hall and ran into the principal, the principal fell and her skirt fell a little bit and her underwear was showing  

Anna: Anna is the confident but also the outcast. She is the total confident girl. That is why I chose the song Confident by: Demi Lovato. She is still confident even when her home situations make her the outcast. When her mom is young to be a mom and she is the shy one

Jeffery: The one that hates school. That is when I found this song I knew it would fit Jeffery. I Really don’t Care by: Demi Lovato because he doesn’t really care. He calls the kid in his class alright (in the beginning of the year). Jeffery is kind of a jerk in the beginning of the year when he calls Danielle fat.

Luke: Luke is the person that would like smooth, classy music. That is when I found this song Inner City Blues - Marvin Gaye. This song fits Luke because when Mr. Terupt announced that they were having their first math project, Luke was the most excited for it because he is the big brainiac in the class, and he loves math.

Unbroken: Quin O.

Unbroken by Laura Hildebrand

Louie Zamperini was born in 1917 and lived until 2014. In “Unbroken” it tells the story of his incredible life. When Louie was younger he was a big troublemaker. In high school he started getting into running and racing and was pretty much winning everything. He went to USC to run. He also went to the Olympics and did really well. But when he went into world war ll everything became a challenge and went down hill.

The Running Dream: Lauren D.

The Running Dream book that I’m doing my BTP on is about a sixteen year old girl named Jessica. She is a runner and that’s who she is. But when a sudden accident happens it holds her back, and is afraid that she will never be back to herself as a runner. The doctors tell her she’ll be back to running in no time, but recovery is slow and full of ups and downs. But later Jessica wonders if the girl who died in the accident got the better end of the deal. But as Jessica tries to recover she gets to know Rosa--a girl with cerebral palsy whom she and her friends always overlooked. And in the future she sees running as an option.

I picked Running Low by Shawn Mendes because it is a song about running and in the book The Running Dream she is trying to recover from her injury so that she can get back to running. I picked the song I Run For Life by Melissa Etheridge because it is about people who face medical challenges and how they face them with pride and courage just like Jessica. I also picked the song Fight Song by Rachel Platten because Jessica wants to take back her running dream even with her accident. These three songs represent the strength that Jessica showed at a very hard time in her life.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Rodrick Rules: Trevor C.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Rodrick Rules by: Jeff Kinney

The reason I pick Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes for Rowley is because he is very childish and I thought it fit him well. The reason I did A Rock song for rodrick is because Rodrick is in a heavy metal band called loded diper and yes if you have read the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series then you know that loded diper is spelled wrong. The reason I picked a Civil War march song for Greg’s dad is because he is into Civil War and Civil War reenactments, and last but not least we come to the main character Greg I picked a rap song because he’s into heavy metal but not as much as rodrick and to show that his life has it’s ups and downs just like rap, sometimes it’s hardcore speed than other times it slow and calm.

Wrinkle in Time: Hannah H.

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'engle

Summary:

A Wrinkle in Time is about a girl name Meg Murry a high-school girl who went on an adventure to find her dad with her brother Charles Wallace and a friend named Calvin. Meg’s dad was working on a project call tesseract (a wrinkle in time). There was another planet in the universe that Meg’s dad was working on, but he got caught there, they wouldn’t let him get out.     

One night there was an old lady come to Meg house in the dark, stormy night, her name is Mrs. Whatsit. She told Meg that she knew where Meg’s father was. Then she disappeared when she went outside. Meg and Charles Wallace went to a small house where no one lived . And there they met Calvin.  There they met Mrs. Who, she is an old lady who helped them find Meg’s dad.

    Explain your song choices:

1. I chose “In the End” by Linkin Park because the song is about no matter how hard you try they still drop you, they don’t care about how far you go they just feel like it doesn’t matter. So it’s like Meg Murry, she tried and she is very smart at math, she could do it quick in the easy way and short, but the teacher in the school told her that she needed to write more and needed to show how it worked and she had to do it like the way they teach.
2. Second I chose the song called “Firework” by Katy Perry. I chose the song  because it’s about how you have to stand up and never give up. There always is a door leading you to the perfect road but you have to wait and never give up. It’s like when Meg didn’t have many friends but she still had Charles Wallace to play with and always on her side. And when Meg’s brother Charles Wallace had been controlled by the man with the red eyes. At that moment Meg explained to Charles Wallace and wanted him to remember everything, but he couldn’t because the man with red eyes so powerful. That’s why Charles Wallace couldn’t get out of that control. Meg went to another planet with her father because they were in the dangerous situation so Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, Mrs. Which used their magic and turned Meg, Meg’s father and Calvin to another time. So they couldn’t rescue Charles Wallace, but Meg wanted to save her brother as fast as she could. Finally she went back to the place that Charles Wallace had been control alone and rescued him.
3. This song called “Waiting for love”. So the song is about waiting for love every day and so it liked Meg waiting for his father. The love that song talked about can be anyone, I mean love for your mom, family, animals……. so Meg and Meg’s mother were waiting for her father also at the last part Meg said to Charles Wallace about she how much she loved him and wanted him to come back and to recognize everybody.   

Cinder: Lina F.

Cinder is based on the the fairytale cinderella but is about this girl named Cinder who is a cyborg who lives with her stepmother and stepsisters and works as a mechanic. And one day while she is at work she meets prince Kai who then falls in love with Cinder but he has to marry the evil queen Levana who is the queen of Luna. So prince Kai has to marry Levana so there will be peace between Earth and Luna, so queen Levana will give them the medicine to cure the plague. Because it is killing a lot of people around the world. But Cinder and a lot of other people don’t like queen Levana. Cinder is one of the best mechanics in the city .But she has to give all the money she gets to her stepmother, Cinder has always tried to please her stepmom but her stepmom never likes Cinder. But Cinder has a strong personality but when Kai asks her to the ball she thinks that he would never like her because she is a cyborg and that he can just pick any other girl he wants. So she decides that she won’t tell him and won’t matter because he won’t pick her. But then her stepmom decides to send Cinder to the cyborg draft where they test cyborgs. So they can find a cure for the plague. But at the laboratory she bumps into Kai and he just thinks that she is just there to fix some problems they have because she is a mechanics  

   

Kai- Let me Love you -  I choose that song because it goes well with Kai because he wants to show Cinder how great she is, and that he really likes her. So then Kai would go out of his way to get Cinder to go to the ball with him but she keeps saying no. And he wants to be there for Cinder.

Cinder - Stronger - I choose the song stronger for Cinder because she is always standing up for self because her stepmother and stepsister, Pearl, are always making fun of her because she is cyborg . But her other stepsister, Peony, is always nice to her, and treats her like is her real sister. And Cinder would do anything for Peony even dealing with her stepmom and sister every day.

The book- Count on Me- I choose the song count on me because Cinder and Kai can count on each other when they need help. And Kai tried to help Cinder when she got caught by queen Levana and Cinder helped Kai with his android when it was broken. And every needs someone to count on.   

The Thing About Jellyfish: Nadia B.

The songs I have chosen are for the main character in this book named Suzy Swanson.  The first song I chose was When We Were Young by Adele.  This song is about remembering the past. The story switches from past to present and Suzy often looks back on the past when her friend Franny used to be around.  Suzy’s friend Franny had died over summer vacation from what Suzy was told drowning.  She was grieving from the loss of her friend.  Suzy often thinks about when they were young, so I picked this song.  Suzy missed her friend so badly, so she decided to try to find out what exactly had happened to Franny the day she died.  Suzy was a good friend to Franny because even when her friend was gone she didn’t believe Franny’s story was over.  She began to find out information about jellyfish on things like how many deaths they make per year, and Suzy started to realize that Franny could have possibly died from a jellyfish sting.  Suzy was so devastated by her Franny’s death that she even decided that she would no longer speak to anyone, and at that time she really didn’t have anyone but her family and therapist to speak to.  Suzy desperately needed someone to talk to but felt like she just couldn’t trust anyone.

The next song I chose was Hello by Adele.  Before Franny had died it seemed like Suzy’s friendship with her was just drifting away more and more.  Franny started hanging out with the more popular kids in their grade and no longer sat with Suzy at lunch.  It seemed like Suzy was often thinking “can you hear me?” which are lyrics from the song Hello.  I thought this song was perfect because it seemed like this thought crosses her mind quite some time.  Franny ignored her time after time and soon it seemed like they never even were friends.  Suzy cared about Franny even when they were not as close as they used to be.  Suzy had thought of how Franny could not have died from something like drowning and that there could be more to her story, when she was on a school trip to the aquarium.  She saw a poster on Irukandji jellyfish and it crossed her mind that maybe one could have possibly caused Franny’s death.  Suzy was strong for getting through the rough time when she didn’t have Franny by her side, which leads me to my next song.

 The finale song I chose was Elastic Heart by Sia.  “I’ve got thick skin…” are lyrics from this song and it is true that Suzy definitely does.  It was extremely hard for Suzy to hear that her best friend had died, and she had to have thick skin to get through something as rough as losing a friend.  It is hard to hear that a loved one has died and very overwhelming and heartbreaking, so she had thick skin to have had fought through the sadness of losing her friend Franny.

The Fate of 10: Oliver P.

The Fate of 10 by Pittacus Lore

The Iron Trial: Manus D.

The Iron Trial by Cassandra Clare and Holly Black

Hi my name is call. My dad said, that if I got picked at the iron trial that I would be doomed.. so I tried my hardest to fail. and so I ended up covered in ink, and burnt rubber. after all that , I got picked with two others. but of course I got picked by master rufus the magician that trained my dad  and my mom. Later I was pretty much an outcast but then I learned that the school wasn't so bad. Mostly because that I did a lot of snooping and found a letter from my telling master rufus to bind my magic. And that made me mad but I got over it and  I learned to love the school,  and there was havoc which made school better. that is why i learned to love that school

I am Number 4: Gabe P.

I am Number 4 by Pittacus Lore

I am Number 4 is the first in a ongoing series with amazing characters story and more. The two main characters are John Smith and Henri Smith. They are aliens from the planet Lorien which has been attacked by the mongolians, so they had to send 10 children to earth to grow and gain their powers so they can go back to Lorien and take back their planet. Along the way John meets the love of his life Sarah Hart. But have way through their journey number 6 joins them

1 On The Road Again this is the song for the book and i pick this because John and Henri are always on the road.

2 Mad World this is for John because up until the middle of the book  he was sad and the reason way is he never stayed in one spot for more than 2 months.    

3 The regulator this song was for Henri and the places they had to stay because Henri was always up and working and the houses they stayed in they always made it a bunker.   

4 Happy this song is for Sarah and the reason way i picked this song is because sarah is always happy.   

            

5 White and nerdy, this song is for Sam because in the beginning of the book Sam was that one nerdy kid no one liked, but after a while sam became pretty bad butt, so this song is more for the beginning of the book.    

Shipwreck Island: Amelia S.

Shipwreck Island by SS Bodeen

Maximum Ride: Stefan B

Maximum Ride by James Patterson

I chose Radioactive for multiple reasons. First off, in the song, the singer specifically quotes “Welcome to the new age” and I think that relates to how the the world main characters are “new” people, because they have altered DNA. They also are powerful compared to normal humans in that they can fly, and the song feels empowering and talks about “Waking up” and feeling powerful.

The flock connects to the next song, Immortals, in a bunch of different ways. The song repeats the word “Immortals” many times, and even though they aren’t immortal, they escape from tons of tight situations, and even when you think they will die for sure, they end up escaping and are fine after a few days. This also can refer to the fact that the flock heals extremely quickly, so if they get injured, they will be fine in a few days. In the song, the singer says“I try to picture me without you but I can’t.” and that applies to the flock because they always try to stick together and even when one leaves, they come back after a while.

Can’t Hold Us represents the flock because the ceiling literally can’t hold them. They have wings and can fly, so the ceiling can’t hold them from flying. Also, the bad guys in the book always catch them, and when it seems hopeless, they always escape and turn out fine, so the bad guys ceiling can’t hold them. Finally, the song and the book are both very fast paced.

The song that best represents the book as a whole is Skyfall. Skyfall is a good theme for the book because the song is about the world ending, and Maximum Ride needs to lead the flock to save the world. Max is also usually never happy, and Skyfall is a sad song.

Lost Years of Merlin: Henry H.

The Lost Years of Merlin by: T.A Barron

The lost years of Merlin starts on a beach two people a boy and his mother wash up on the shore and are attacked by a boar they survive and move to a small village. Merlin/Emrys (the boy) survives horrible prejudice because his mom is a healer so everyone thinks she is a witch. Eventually things boil over when some boys try to crucify his mom and he ends up blinding himself when he causes a burning stake to ignite a hut that traps a person inside. Emrys dives into the fire to save the kid and is able to pull him out. He saves the boy but his face is horribly scarred and disfigured and he loses sight in both eyes. Somehow he learns how to see using a magic called foresight. His mother gives him a magical pendant named the Galator. He goes to a weird island called Fincayra where he meets Rhia. The two soon become friends but when a trip to the great spiders lair goes sour they are separated and This is taken prisoner by goblins.Emrys is furious he follows the goblins and survives many dangers. Finally he makes it to the spiral castle where he faces a giant threat.

Throughout this book there is a content friendship between Emrys and Rhia that only grows stronger as the story progresses. At the end of the book the two become what I deem to be more than friends. Emrys loyalty to This is more deep seated than friendship. At some points the author even states that there feelings a something special and Emrys sacrifices more than mere guilt at dragging her in. And that is why Merlin loves Rhia!

The Bat Boy: Isaac G.

The Bat Boy by Mike Lupica

Brian is a very devoted person. He is devoted because even though his baseball hero took drugs, Brian believed in him through it all. He was able to see the good in him through all the bad. Brian is devoted because page 25 states that, “ Brian had never wanted to forgive him on either count-” him being Hank - “because he loved baseball too much not to see what guys using those drugs had done to the records and the record books in his lifetime. But he couldn’t help it: He never stopped rooting for Hank Bishop, even when he was off playing with other teams.” This shows that Brian is devoted because to be devoted you have to be loyal and faithful, which he shows by not giving up on Hank Bishop. Being devoted is also about giving a large part of one's time into a person which Brian sure does with his, “... Box labeled Hank Bishop.” In conclusion Brian is very devoted as a person.

Pandemonium: Amelia M.

Pandamonium

By Lauren Oliver

My first song is by Adele, it’s called Don’t You Remember. This song made me think of how Lena is mourning Alex’s death, she’s very sad and depressed about it and seems to always bring up Alex in her mind. No matter how hard she tries, she always remembers Alex.

And my second song is Lean On Me by Bill Withers. I thought this would be a good song because of the way Julian and Lena really do depend on each other as they fight for their freedom in the tunnels as they’re trying to escape from the Scavengers. Even though Julian is a model citizen and Lena is quite the opposite, they learn to depend and help each other out. Julian saves Lena’s life and Lena saves his, even though, once again, they are completely opposite in their beliefs and Julian could have ratted Lena out but he didn’t.

And my second song is Lean On Me by Bill Withers. I thought this would be a good song because of the way Julian and Lena really do depend on each other as they fight for their freedom in the tunnels as they’re trying to escape from the Scavengers. Even though Julian is a model citizen and Lena is quite the opposite, they learn to depend and help each other out. Julian saves Lena’s life and Lena saves his, even though, once again, they are completely opposite in their beliefs and Julian could have ratted Lena out but he didn’t.

And my last song for the second book in the series “Delirium” is Skyfall by Adele. I picked this song because it made me think of when Julian and Lena are fighting the Scavengers in the tunnel and trying to escape. There were many deaths in that scene and they were fighting for their lives and this relates to the song Skyfall because that song is kind of sad and slow and it almost seem as if you slowed down that scene and put music to go with it it would fit perfectly.

My inference is that Julian’s father is a horrible father. I believe this because Julian says that when his father found out that Julian knew about the secret room filled with banned books he said his father beat him the most he has ever been beaten. Julian also said his father accidently killed Julian’s brother by leaving him in a room by himself for awhile because his father was very mad at his brother. Whether Julian’s father had meant to kill his brother or not, he is still the murderer of his first son. And that is my inference and three songs for the second book in the Delirium series “Pandamonium” By Lauren Oliver.