Michael Vey: Zhi C.

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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

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.

Eldest: Lucine

Eldest by Christopher Paolini

Art of Racing in the Rain: Milo W.

The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

My inference is that Zoe is very mature for her age mentally. She says all this stuff about not being a baby and about all this stuff that not even some adults would say. Like when she said that she had to “Grow up” after Eve, her mum died. This shows that she’s mature for her age because, if I were her age I would be utterly confused and I would break down in tears for days after I heard what happened. She just handled it like a boss.

Anyways the plot summary is… There’s this guy named Denny and he’s a race car driver. The entire book is based off of a dogs perspective and his and Denny’s life. For the beginning of the book it’s just them and then there comes a lady that Denny falls in love with, her name is Eve. Denny and Eve have a child named Zoe. Then Eve falls off a rock and then she dies and while that’s happening Denny gets accused for something and then the Twins sue him and everything goes wrong.

So, that’s my blurb! Hope you enjoyed, if you did please subscribe and like down belo- Wait, this isn’t a youtube video… That’s awkward.

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Wings of Fire: Ethan B.

Wings of Fire by Tui T. Sutherland

Four Mile: Celina B.

Four Mile by Watt Key

Michael Vey: Matthew R.

Michael Vey by Richard Paul Evans

Dr. James Hatch has taken over the company and that’s bad news. The electric teens are trying to take him down. But since he created the electric children some of them are on his side. So they are evenly matched. Michael Vey is a smart combat fighter, him being the leader of the electroclan, he has to think of plans to take down the elgen and sink the Ampere. His plans work almost every time so that makes him a smart combat fighter. This book is very action packed, it’s science fiction. I would rate it a 9.99/10.

Lockdown: Mark M.

Lockdown by Alexander Gordon Smith

This book is about a kid in his teens named Alex Sawyer who starts as a kid making money by breaking into and stealing from houses. But one day he is stealing from a house with his friend Toby, and these men come in and they are all wearing Black Suits. They take Toby and shoot him and frame Alex for it. He gets sent to a place called Furnace Penitentiary. The guards of furnace are the guys wearing the suits. Furnace has never been escaped before. Furnace is one mile underground and no way up but an elevator that has a gu that detects hostility and movement. The guards all have shotguns, and are inhumanly strong. On some nights this thing called a blood watch happens. These things called wheezers come out and they have gas masks on. If you are out of bed or awake you have a chance of your cell being marked. If your cell gets marked then a Blacksuit comes and grabs either you or your cellmate. On a blood watch about 5-6 wheezers come out, and when the Blacksuit pulls you out of your cell a wheezer will insert a syringe into you. The syringe makes you faint. Every morning there are jobs to be done, one is chipping. This is where you have to chip out rooms for the day. There are rooms 1-3. Number 2 is blocked off because of a cave in, but whenever Alex goes near there he senses something.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Maddy C.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter has barely known anything but his cupboard under the stairs, his awful Aunt and Uncle, and his even worse cousin, Dudley. He has a strange lightning bolt shaped scar that he received in the car crash that killed his parents. He is mistreated by his only living relatives, the Dursleys, and would do anything to escape them. One day, as he’s getting the mail when it arrives in the mailslot, he is incredibly surprised to find that there is a letter addressed to himself. But when he returns the rest of the mail to his uncle and starts opening the letter, Uncle Vernon snatches it from his hand, reads the front, and destroys it. Why is he so angry at Harry getting mail? Harry is devastated: he never gets mail – but the next day the same letter arrives – and Uncle Vernon rips it up; but they come again. And again. Until finally, Uncle Vernon rushes them away to a distant island in the middle of a lake thinking mail won’t come, but it does, but with great half-giant, called Hagrid, who enters the cabin, and tells Harry that he is a wizard, and that his parents were murdered by a dark wizard, and that Harry’s famous for surviving the curse that was supposed to kill him, but only left a small scar upon his forehead. But then Hagrid whisks him away to a school entirely devoted to educating wizard children, called Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry is actually treated nicely, is fairly popular, and is on the road to discovering his destiny… if he can survive it.

I picked three songs to represent Harry and what he’s going through. The first song I picked for Harry is called Fireflies by Owl City. Harry isn’t cocky, like some people in his school think. He’s actually incredibly curious, bright, and brave. When he’s introduced to the wizarding world, he’s stunned that there’s such a thing, and so relieved to be able to escape his cousins. The song Fireflies is about a curious man who thinks he’s dreaming, although he’s not sure if it’s real, which is exactly how Harry feels when he’s told about the wizarding world, on pages 50 and 51. When Hagrid tells Harry he’s a wizard, Harry gasps, “I’m a what?” and after reading his acceptance letter to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, his mouth actually hangs open, which shows disbelief, which is what the person in the song Fireflies is experiencing as well, because sometimes when something crazy happens, you think you’re dreaming, which is how Harry feels.

The second song I picked is called Magic by Coldplay. It is about someone who is in love and believes it’s magic when they’re with their partner. That’s sort of how Harry feels about his school, Hogwarts, as the book progresses. He knows if something is going to happen at Hogwarts, then it’s going to be magic (obviously, it’s a school for magic). Additionally, at the end of the song, the narrator sings, “And if you were to ask me – after all that we’ve been through – if I still believe in magic? Well yes I do, oh yes, I do, oh yes, I do, oh yes, I do, of course I do.” That would most likely be the exact response Harry would give to someone if they asked him after he returned to his cousin's’ house for the summer holidays if he still believed in magic, because he’s been through so much since the beginning of the Hogwarts year, when he wasn’t even sure if magic existed, like on pages 50 and 51.

The third song I picked is called Fight Song by Rachel Platten. It is about somebody who’s been through some pretty awful things in their life (like Harry) and is deciding be strong and just deal with it. Harry is pretty much malnourished by the Dursleys, always has second-hand clothes that are two sizes too big on him, and is locked away in a closet for most of his life. After ten years of being mistreated, he just decides to deal with it, maybe even giving his cousins some cheek here and there, like when Vernon Dursley tried to take Harry’s letter from Hogwarts from him, but Harry didn’t go down without a fight (even though the letter was shredded in the end).

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone is a really wonderful book (and series!) and I hope you read it.

Among the Hidden: Poppy E.

Among the Hidden by: Margaret Petterson Haddix

Jen Talbot is a shadow child. In this book adults are not allowed to have more than two children, and if they do the population police come and take them away from the parents. As I was saying Jen is a shadow child and she has just moved into a new house with her mother father and her two brothers, she found out that she is living next to  another shadow child named Luke Garner. They slowly become friends and luke begins coming over whenever he can, Jen shows Luke this social wall she has on her computer with the many other shadow children, and just doing that could get her killed, but she does it anyway. That shows me that Jen Talbot is a very brave child.

The Selection: Allie M.

The Selection by Keira Cass

Pegasus: Camden H

Pegasus by Kate O'Hearn

Inference: Lauren is very hesitant to listen to Saturn.

Evidence #1: Lauren was not instantly killing people when Saturn told her to and she thought some of the olympians were innocent even though Saturn was demanding her to kill them.

Explanation #1: She did not want to listen to saturn which shows that she was hesitant.

Evidence #2: Lauren left Tartarus without telling Saturn, so she must have not wanted him to find out because she thought he would punish her.

Explanation #2: She thought she was going to be punished and she was scared of killing more people even though she did not need to. That proves that she does not want to stick with Saturn.

Evidence #3: When the Titans and the Olympians took their battle to Earth, Lauren joined Emily to help stop the battle and after that she went to Olympus with Emily instead of going back to Titus to live with Saturn.

Explanation #3: If you do not like somebody or do not want to be with them you will not follow them or join them in battle.