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      Taking place in yet another dystopian setting, but instead of slowly building up to a reveal that the world that the characters live in is corrupt and unsafe, it becomes apparent that this world isn't a Utopia after all very quickly. Taking place in the future, in a world where success is based upon your "Trial", or a test of the mental and physical prowess. The higher the score, the better your life will be. This book focuses on two main characters, Day and June, two very contrasted characters. Day is a runaway, and Public Enemy No. 1, and June is hailed for the one and only perfect score on the Trial. Day was raised in a poor and unsafe suburb, and June was born into a rich and well respected family. Day is on the run from the military, and June works for them. Matched with the corruption of the government, there is also a plague ravaging the lower class that Day must battle to save his family. And when these opposing forces eventually cross paths in the wors...

The Invention of Hugo Cabret                   Ask me what my favorite book was, anywhere from 2nd to 5th grade, and I would have said “oh I don’t really have a favorite book”. And then after further inquiry as to what few books I liked the most, one of the books I would have listed out would be The Invention of Hugo Cabret . I was reminded of this book a couple days ago, and after a quick reread I found myself mildly confuzzled. Often when reflecting on childhood favorites, I end up disappointed. Underwhelmed. I dust it off, to discover just another thing I had built up in my head. The intricate plots and characters I remember; actually kind of basic. Usually just another best seller that knows exactly how to target children. However, I had a different experience this time.      The Invention of Hugo Cabret is poorly written. Of course, as a children's book it follows a more simplistic sentence structure, but even withi...

  Because I could not stop for Death – (479) by… | Poetry Foundation   Emily Dickinson is interesting and she's written at least two very skillfully crafted poems. One of them, I read in elementary school, and the other I read this week. Because I Could Not For Death was particularly accessible to me because it wasn’t too abstract, but I could interpret it in my own way.  Emily Dickinson was born in Amherst Massachusetts, on December 10th, 1830, and lived most of her life there. She had two siblings, an older brother, and a younger sister. She never married, and she spent lots of her time in isolation and mainly only wrote to her friends, perhaps because of anxiety or simply to focus on her poems. Her brother Austin married Susan Huntington Gilbert Dickinson, and while their relationship became estranged, Susan and Emily were extremely close, and their relationship is suggested to have been romantic. They wrote letters to each other five years before Susan got married....

Eleanor & Park  is a young adult novel by Rainbow Rowell. The book tells the story of two misfits, Eleanor and Park, who fall in love in 1986. Eleanor is the new girl in town, struggling with her body image, the red-headed outcast who is bullied by her classmates. Park is a half-Korean teenager who is also an outsider at school in a very Caucasian city of Omaha, Nebraska. Despite their differences, Eleanor and Park find a connection through their shared love of comics and music. As their relationship develops, they must navigate the challenges of first love and the disapproval of their families and peers. The novel explores themes of love, identity, and acceptance. The novel is set in 1986 and Rowell effectively evokes the era through the use of popular music and pop culture references that provide a nostalgic backdrop to the story. The book touches on important themes such as bullying, domestic violence, and class disparities. The novel also deals with Eleanor's family life an...