I recently finished reading a 392 page book called “I Will Always Write Back”. The book was published on April 8, 2015. This touching novel is an autobiography/memoir by Caitlin Alifirenka & Martin Ganda, with Liz Welch, an award winning journalist and memoirist; her stories have appeared in the New York Times, Vogue, Life, and … Continue reading Jenna’s Letter Essay #8; I Will Always Write Back
I recently finished reading the book “Matched”, a 366 page dystopian/science fiction novel by Ally Condie; who lives in outside of Salt Lake City, Utah, with her husband and four children. The book was published on November 30, 2010 and is the first book in the “Matched Trilogy”; the two other books being “Crossed” and … Continue reading Jenna’s Letter Essay #7: Matched
I recently finished read the realistic fiction book “I have a bad feeling about this”, a 242 page novel by Jeff Strand, who lives in Tampa, Florida (about an hour from Disney world). It was published March 1, 2014. I chose to read this book because I had nothing else to read and the cover … Continue reading Jenna’s Letter Essay #5: I Have A Bad Feeling About This
At this point, I was sitting at a table in some back-room of a restaurant surrounded by a whole bunch of cheerleaders and their parents. I sat at the table with all the other girls all holding stares with the same thing, almost like they still couldn’t believe what had just happened not too long … Continue reading Cheering for a Trophy
I have recently finished reading the 290 page Mystery book called “Spy School”. “Spy School” is by the author Stuart Gibbs, who was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but moved to Washington DC when he was five, after moving to San Antonio, Texas at age 7 and staying there until he graduated high school Gibbs now … Continue reading Jenna’s Letter Essay #3: Spy School
Jenna, Where are you from? Where are you from, Jenna? I’m from rolling out of bed each morning and hopping on the bus, spending 6 plus hours in a chair, going to cheer practice, sleeping, then doing it all over again. I’m from hanging out with family, flying a mini helicopter into a corn field- … Continue reading Jenna, Where Are You From?
By Jenna and Kristine Divergent is a science fiction novel about a “perfect society” that is falling apart. The society is so perfect because everyone is split into five different groups-Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). All children are born into one specific faction (group) … Continue reading Book Trailer: Divergent
In class, I read the book Stargirl– a 186 page realistic fiction novel about a girl who doesn’t really fit in. Stargirl is about a 15 year old girl who moves to a town in Arizona called Mica, and starts going to the school. The girls name is Stargirl and as you can tell from … Continue reading Jennas Letter Essay #12: Stargirl
4.1.15 I just finished reading the book Sealed With a Diss by Lisi Harrison- a 248 page book which is the 8th book in The Clique series. This realistic fiction novel was about a group of 5 girls that call themselves the Pretty Committed (or PC for short)…and get a hold and a very valuable … Continue reading Jenna’s Letter-Essay #9: Sealed With a Diss
This trimester, I completed about 3 books. I didn’t read anything too challenging, but the book Witnesses to War had some vocabulary that I didn’t know, but it explained it all… I really enjoyed the Clique series, because I liked that the books were from two different perspectives. I specifically liked Invasion of the Boy … Continue reading Jenna’s Reading Reflection