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The House of the Scorpion  by Nancy Farmer is about a boy named Matt who is a clone of El Patron.  Matt is born out of the womb of a cow.  Matt sees people outside his window and becomes friends with them.  He meets Tam Lin, his body guard, and he learns things from him. El Patron dies because he needs Matt's organs so he can replace to old and dying organs; but Matt is poisoned so El Patron cannot use Matt's organs.  After El Patron dies, Matt goes to a plankton factory so El Patron's guards don't kill him.  At the plankton factory, people don't like Matt there, so he escapes.  Everyone dies at El Patron's funeral because El Patron poisons their drinks  so they would die with him.  At the funeral, Tam Lin dies also.  After all that Matt gains control of the Opium plantation and he destroys it.


One of the main themes in the book is person vs. society.  I think that because society allows other people to make clones for extra body parts.  Society also allows for people to do drugs. Society lets El Patron clone people because he is rich.  Person vs society is theme throughout the book.


I would recommend this book to other 7th grader readers because it never got boring.  Every chapter you would learn something about a character or a new character would come in.  Each chapter there is action in it that isn't boring. It is sad in some parts but there is more good parts.  This is why I would recommend this book to other 7th graders.

Dillons Book Reviw

                                                         







     The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, by John Boyne, is about a boy named Bruno who lives near a death camp. Bruno's Dad has to move by a death camp for his dad's job. Bruno makes a tire swing and falls off and cuts himself. Bruno's Grandma gets into a fight with Bruno's Dad, and storms out of the house, and never see her again. Bruno meets a kid in the death camp, and his name is Shmuel. Bruno's Grandma dies and they go to there old house for grandmas funeral. Bruno sneaks food to Shmuel because he is starving. Shmuel's Dad goes missing, but never returns. Bruno sneaks into the death camp so he can play with Shmuel. Bruno and Shmuel are in this group that march into gas chambers to die.
     One of the main themes in the book is hatred. An example of how this theme is shown is when the Nazi's build a fence so the Jews can't escape. They did that so they can kill all the Jews. The Nazi's murdered other Jews because their hatred of them. That is the main theme of the book.
     I would recommend this book to other 7th grade readers, because it is about the Jews in the death camp. People who like to read about what happen in the death camps would like this book. It is sad at the end, and a little boring, but it was a good book. People who like short books will like this book because it is not that long. That is why I would recommend this book to 7th grade readers. 

You're Fired

     
 Dear Human Body Corporation:
     You should not fire the Cardiovascular System because you will have problems. One of the three problems is Atherosclerosis. The second one is heart attack. The third one is Heart Failure. Atherosclerosis, heart attack, and heart failure, could happen to you if you fire the Cardiovascular System.
      The first problem you may have is atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis is when cholesterol builds up in your blood vessels. If you didn't have me you would need to check your cholesterol a lot. You would not eat high cholesterol foods like Big Macs, eggs, or cheese. That is what would happen to you from Atherosclerosis.
       The second problem you could have is a heart attack. Your heart is getting attacked because your heart muscle cells die, or get damaged. You would probably die with out me from heart attacks. Doctors would be caring for you from heart attacks. That is what would happen to you from heart attacks.
        The third problem you may have is heart failure.Your heart does not meet the body's needs when you have heart failure. If you fire me, you will probably die. If you don't die then you will be in the hospital for a long time. That is what would happen to you from heart failure.
         There are three big reasons why you should not fire the Cardiovascular System. One is atherosclerosis, that builds up in your cholesterol. Second is heart attack, that is when heart muscle cells die, or get damaged. Third is heart failure, that is when the heart cannot meet the body's needs. That is why should not fire the Cardiovascular System.
     Sincerely,
The Cardiovascular System

http://people.eku.edu/ritchisong/301notes5.htm

My Vacation in Hawaii

     Bob and I were on a plane heading to our vacation spot in Hawaii. We were flying to Lanai Kauai during the hot summer. Lanai is a small city, but has a lot of tall buildings and many trees. Bob and I were wearing blue pants, with sneakers, and short sleeved shirt on. Bob was a tall, regular sized man with black hair and brown eyes. Suddenly, Bob and I smelled aviation gas from the plane's engines. Bob tripped and fell against the emergency door. He turned the release handle and the door sprang open. Because of the high pressure wind, Bob was sucked out of the plane.
      Bob screamed, "Save me Dillon!"
      So I threw a parachute after him. Unfortunately this is when I also got sucked out of the plane too. As I fell I felt frightened that I would not survive. I knew I needed to get that parachute.
      Bob yelled, "Why did you throw the parachute? We need it to land with, not on!"
      Dillon yelled, "I didn't think that at the time!"
      Bob yelled, "Man what are we going to do?"
      Dillon shouted, "Is that a parachute below us?"
      Bob shouted, " Yeah, but how do we get it?"
      Dillon yelled, "If we put our head toward the parachute we go faster! And maybe get the parachute!"
      Bob bellowed, "Dude you're crazy! Wow! Dillon you caught it! With your hands! Do you know how to put it on?"
      Dillon yelled, "You put it on like a back pack!"
      Bob yelled, "Just wondering since the last time you had it, you threw it out of the plane!"
      Dillon shouted, "I am going to pull the string that releases the parachute!"
      Bob shouted back, "Okay, I will start trying to move toward you!"
      Dillon yelled, "Do it before I pull the string!"
      Bob bellowed, "I can't! You are too far ahead of me. Pull the string! We are getting way too close to the ground!"
      Dillon shouted,"I will pull the string!"
      Bob shouted, "Awesome! Umph! Gotcha! This better work!"
     They landed safely on the ground!
     The main thing I learned from the experience was, don't fall out of a airplane without a parachute. We learned to cooperate together. We trust each other better because of that situation.
     After that we did it again. Then we caught lizards and their tails fell off and wiggled in our hands. When we got to our apartment there was a cockroach in our room.




              

Review of Where the Red Fern Grows

 Where the Red Fern Grows, by Wilson Rawls, is about a boy named Billy Coleman who buys two hound dogs to hunt raccoons for money. For two years Billy saved up for two hound dogs. He named them Little Ann, and Old Dan. The dogs were trained to become excellent hunters. During a hunt a kid named Rubin pickedup Billy's ax to kill the dogs. Rubin accidently fell and was killed. Billy entered a comition for money, and won. A mountain lion kills Old Dan, then Billy kills that mountain lion. Little Ann dies after her brother dies, from a btoken heart. That is what happend in Where the Red Fern Grows.



 I think the theme of this book is growing up, and accepting responsibility. How he shows responsibility by saving money to buy two hound dogs. Billy is responsible in takeing care of Little Ann, and Old Dan. Billy is old enough to hunt raccoons all night, and do his chores. This proves that he is responsible, and grows up.



 I would recommend this book to other readers. In the book there are two great dogs. Billy and his dogs have wonderful adventures. Billy lives in old times with his dogs. That is why I would recommend this book to other reades.

Dillon's Book Review #1

My book Fever by Laurie Halse Anderson takes place in Philadelphia in 1793.  Maddie wakes up with her mother yelling for her to get up and work at their coffee shop called Cook's Coffee Shop.  Soon she finds out that her friend, Polly is dead; a week later another 64 people have perished.  Maddie and Grandfather tried to move to a new town to stay safe; however, the people protecting the town thought Maddie's grandfather had the yellow fever, so they are not allowed into the town.  They they are saved by a hospital by feeding and caring for Maddie and Grandfather.  Maddie and Grandfather went back to the coffee house and found the place vandalized; they lived there anyways for a couple of days before robbers broke in and killed Grandfather.  Mattie goes and tries to find help when she finds a little girl named Nell.  Eliza, a worker at Free African Society, takes care of Nell and Maddie.  After the fever passed, Maddie's mother comes back to her.  Maddie was lucky to have survive the fever of 1793.


From http://thebookowl.blogspot.com/2009/08/fever-1793-by-laurie-halse-anderson.html

I thought the book Fever by Laurie Halse Anderson was a good book and I would recommend it to other book readers.  The characters in the book I was interested in if they died or got hurt.  The author wrote the book good using good description and a lot of action.  I thought the story was entertaining by what was included in the story.  I liked the idea of the book because the subject was exciting.  I think everybody should read this book.

The theme of the story is person vs. nature.  I think that because Maddie had to survive from nature.  Nature tries to kill Maddie because of the Yellow Fever.  The Fever also tries to kill Maddie through starvation.  Nature tried to kill her from heat waves that caused her to become dehydrated.  That is what I think the theme of the book is.