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Letter Essay #7: The Aenied

April 21, 2018 Aeneas and his family running away from Ilium/Troy. I hated the Aeneid.   I recently read it, and after reading Homer, this 442 page long classic (written in the style of poetry) by Virgil, is extremely boring.  Robert Fitzgerald’s translation was published in 1983 and is very, very bland. If books were … Continue reading Letter Essay #7: The Aenied

The Weight of Water–Letter Essay #6 Bianca Jortner

Recently, I read the book The Weight of Water, a 210-page poetry book by Sarah Crossan, an Irish author. The Weight of Water was published in 2011 and was nominated for the Carnegie Medal. This book is unique because of its poetic-style throughout the whole book while telling a meaningful story. “The Weight of Water” … Continue reading The Weight of Water–Letter Essay #6 Bianca Jortner

Letter Essay #6 – The Amber Spyglass: by Jalen Johnson

  This trimester, I read the book The Amber Spyglass, a 518-page fantasy book by Philip Pullman. Philip Pullman lives in Oxford England and has won many awards, such as the Carnegie Medal for his book, The Golden Compass, Parent’s Choice Gold Award for The Subtle Knife, and the Costa Book of the Year Award … Continue reading Letter Essay #6 – The Amber Spyglass: by Jalen Johnson

Paul Flaherty – Letter Essay #6 – The Hunger Games

As of now, I am about 250 pages into the book The Hunger Games, a 374 page, dystopian novel by Suzanne Collins. Collins was born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1962. This book was published 10 years ago, in 2008. The author, Suzanne Collins, said that the book was based off of the Greek myth, Theseus … Continue reading Paul Flaherty – Letter Essay #6 – The Hunger Games

The girl on the train- Letter Essay #5 Sophia Jortner

Letter essay #5 Sophia Jortner Recently, I finished reading The girl on the train, a 323 page novel by Paula Hawkins who lives in london, and has been a jouralist for fiftee years before turning her hand to fiction. The Girl on the Train is a #1 New York Times Bestseller and is soon to … Continue reading The girl on the train- Letter Essay #5 Sophia Jortner

Isabel Prentice Letter Essay #4: Golden Boy

1/5/18     I recently finished reading the novel Golden Boy, by Tara Sullivan. This 368 page realistic fiction book is detail oriented, heart warming, and includes high stakes which officially climax in the middle (somewhere 160 pages in). These character traits and the summary on the back cover made me eager to read the … Continue reading Isabel Prentice Letter Essay #4: Golden Boy

Devin Triano Letter Essay #4: Murder on the Orient Express

I recently finished reading Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie, which is a 256-page classic mystery novel. Agatha Christie is listed in the Guinness World Records as the “best-selling novelist of all time (McWhirter, p.704)”. The back cover of the book states that she is “the most widely published author of all time, … Continue reading Devin Triano Letter Essay #4: Murder on the Orient Express

Letter Essay #4- Sarah Allen (book:1984)

Big Brother is watching you. 12/29/17 I recently read the novel 1984– the 328 page long dystopian horror novel by George Orwell, the author of Animal Farm, Down and Out in Paris and London, Burmese Days, A Clergyman’s Daughter, Keep the Aspidistra Flying, Coming Up for Air, Homage to Catalonia (autobiography), and several essays, most … Continue reading Letter Essay #4- Sarah Allen (book:1984)

Kendall Ross letter essay 3: Million Dollar Throw

Dear readers of the blog,   Recently, I have been reading the book Million Dollar Throw by Mike Lupica. The genre of this book is fiction, and it is 244 pages long.  Author Mike Lupica is a newspaper columnist who is best known for his sports writing in the  New York Daily News. He wrote … Continue reading Kendall Ross letter essay 3: Million Dollar Throw

Aidan Ordway’s Letter Essay #3

Dear Blog Readers, Recently I had finished a book called Slider by Pete Hautman who was born in 1952 in Berkeley, California. He attended college, first at the Minneapolis College of Art & Design, then at the University of Minnesota. He now has settled down with his wife and novelist in Minnesota and loves to … Continue reading Aidan Ordway’s Letter Essay #3

Milo Goldstein Letter Essay #3: Michael Vey 7: the Final Spark

11/17/17   I’ve recently finished reading a 320 page book called Michael Vey 7: the Final Spark. It is really, really new and only came out a couple of days ago. It is the 7th book in a fantasy series (The Michael Vey series). It was written by a new york times best selling author … Continue reading Milo Goldstein Letter Essay #3: Michael Vey 7: the Final Spark

Letter Essay #2 -Chelsea

Letter Essay #2    In 7th grade, I read the award-winning science-fiction novel: Divergent, and have recently chosen to re-read the book. Divergent is 487 pages long and was written by the brilliant author, Veronica Roth. When Veronica Roth was taking psychology 101 as a young college student, she was inspired to write Divergent. She soon … Continue reading Letter Essay #2 -Chelsea

Letter essay #2 – The Witch Of Blackbird Pond

Not to long ago, I completed a 249 page Historical fiction book titled The Witch Of Blackbird Pond. Which was published in 1958 by an american author that was born in Massachusetts, named Elizabeth George Speare. This much loved classical book became a Newbery Honor and has been around for almost 60 years. In fact, … Continue reading Letter essay #2 – The Witch Of Blackbird Pond

Collaborative Letter Essay #9- Lord of the Flies

Dear Blog Readers,   Recently, we read a 286-page dystopian novel titled Lord of the Flies by William Golding. The author attended Oxford University and his book Lord of the Flies was published in 1954 in London, England. It has sold millions of copies worldwide and has been translated into numerous languages.The author also received … Continue reading Collaborative Letter Essay #9- Lord of the Flies