The book I currently read is "Dream On Amber" by Emma Shevah. This book is about a 12-year-old named Amber Alessandra Leola Kimiko Miyamoto. She's the main character who has to face her first day of secondary school, who has quite of a hard time trying to figure herself out. She is half Italian and half Japanese, she lives in South London with her mom. She has a younger sister also, her name is Bella and she is only 6-years-old. Amber being new to this school had a hard time trying to fit in with kids she has never seen before. Meeting Joanne Pyke also resulted in her getting picked on a few times. Amber's father left her when she was a toddler and her sister Bella being only a baby. Ever since then she felt like she was left with a black hole inside of her. I would describe Amber as solicitous and altruistic person. Bella's birthday was coming up and she was really interested in seeing her dad. She wrote letters to him hoping he would respond back, but Amber tried to convince her that he wouldn't. To make her sister feel loved Amber decided to make it seem like the dad was writing back when she actually was. I liked this part because this showed how much of a caring person she was and she wanted to make her sister feel better. Amber as a character kept me interested throughout the story. She has a really unique personality that I haven't come across in a book before. I like this book because it talks about struggles people in real life face. Example, being raised by a single parent, getting bullying, and trying to fit in with people. Amber entered an art competition and she ended up getting 1st place. After that the bullying stopped and she had new friends. She uses drawing as a way of expressing her feelings, and thoughts which leads me to saying she is a caring person, who doesn't try to cause problems at all. I would also describe Amber as a determined person. She didn't have a nice smart phone so she decided to get a job so that she could provide for herself. She worked for her grandmother, and although she wasn't too much interested in her job, she was sure that if she kept up the good work she would be eligible to obtain the phone she wanted. When she earned a plenitude of money, she decided to get her sister Bella what she wanted for her birthday instead of buying herself the phone. Her mother and her grandmother "Nonna" were both very proud so they decided to buy her the cellphone for her consideration. This book distributes perception and intuition on the impact of living in single parent households, and the impact it has on children's lives. I would recommend this book to people who enjoy reading fiction books, and to people who struggle with insecurity's regarding themselves and their lives. I rate this book a 10 out of 10.
The book I currently finished is "I Will Always Write Back", by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda. This book is about a girl named Caitlin from Pennsylvania who gets in touch with a boy name Martin from Zimbabwe. The writing all started when Caitlin had to send a "Pen-Pal" letter to someone from a different country. She out of everybody in her class chose to write to a child in Africa. Compared to Martin, Caitlin was really rich. Martin's dad had lost his job and Martin wasn't able to get the supplies he needed to write Caitlin back. He even had to write to her on a ice cream wrapper. Caitlin lived in a huge house with lots of cars , and her parents had good enough jobs to buy whatever she wanted and needed. Martin's family was really poor. Martin and his family had to share 1 bedroom along with other people he didn't know. He even had to use the same toothbrush for 7 years. Him and his family all shared the same clothes, because there wasn't
I think I'm an "Amber" haha. It sounds like a really interesting book. I like the way you described Amber's life, and how you compare it to real life struggles.
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Deletenice work Nyla !!
ReplyDeleteHi nyla. You wrote more than Hadassah. Jesus. Well uh, yeah in the words of stephen: nice
ReplyDeleteALSO READ THE MARTIAN
ReplyDeleteI like the fact that you wrote alot. I also like that you used a picture so that people intrested in the book know what it looks like This book is going on books I want to read list.
ReplyDeleteThank Youuu, and yes it's a good book you should read it.
DeleteThis is a perfect post! Phenomenal work Nyla! I agree with Stacey, it was a great idea to include the picture of the book.
ReplyDeletethis is amazing and i will sure to check this book out before the end of the year
ReplyDeleteThank You! I really do appreciate it.
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