Monthly Book Club
MONTHLY BOOK CLUB: ______
Every month you will read a book of your choice. Once you have finished your book, you will write a post on your blog using the question below:
Your First Name and Last Initial*
Period*
Month of the book*
Title of the book*
Author of the book*
What do you think was the author’s purpose in writing this book?*
Who do you think is the intended audience for this book?*
Rate the book from 1-10*
CHOOSE ONE QUESTION FROM BELOW:
For the next set of questions, choose only one and respond to it along with details from the book to support it.
Describe the character/person who changed the most from beginning of the book to the end of the book. Explain the change and what caused it.
Describe a minor character/person in the book who had major importance. Explain.
Describe one major external conflict and one major internal conflict found in this book.
Above you rated this book. Explain in detail why you gave this book that score.
Evaluate the ending of the book. Considering how the book unfolded, is it an effective ending? Why or why not?
If this book had gone one more chapter, what would have happened? Explain.
*Required questions
Author comment by tisheneik1011 · October 13, 2010 at 1:32 pm
Tishe’Neik Clark
10-11
October
TTFN (Ta Ta For Now)
Lauren Myracle
The authors purpose of writing this book was to tell you how 3 bestfriends did everything together until boys came into there relationships and made the friends kind of push they way out of being friends with the others the boys telling the girls to things and thwe girl would do it just to be with the boy. I would rate this book as a 10. the person who has changed in this story would be anglea because she moved to cailfornia and meet different peole on which she wanted to come home but she couldnt because her father got transfered to cailfornia for his job and she had to stay there until after graduation. she was doing different things up there and not talking to her friends like she use to which made her feel different by on or another.
Author comment by ahlam1415 · October 18, 2010 at 9:34 pm
Ahlam A.
1415
October
Letters My Mother Never Read
Jerri Diane Seuck
Rate: 8
The author’s purpose in writing the book is inform other people of her sadness in life so that others would appreciate what they have. The intended audience is everyone, from adults to children because there are always situations that are similar to what was experienced by Jerri.
The character who changed most from the beginning to the end of the book was the main character named Jerri. In the beginning of the book, Jerri always believed what people said about her. For example, people would call her ugly,that she is different from everyone else and is not normal. As she grew older she began to think more positively about herself. For instance, when she went to school one of the counselor told her that she was stupid and no one wanted her. She stood up for herself for the very first time and told the counselor that she is not stupid, she could do what she want and pursue her dreams. She had a love for history and later became a history teacher at FLC.
Letters My Mother Never Read is an autobiography written by a girl named Jerri. She told stories about her life along with her three brothers. She mostly talks about what life is like after her mother died. She felt very loved when her mother was still there. Her mother would dress her up and give her advices. She loved her mother and life was good before her mother died. But after her mother’s death everything changed. Her mother died when she was very young.
Jerri’s parents were divorced and her mother remarried another man.He was really nice to them and she thought he was the best father in the world. However, he changed after her mother died and stopped talking to them. Even when his mother screamed at them he does care. He later put them in foster care home because his mother did not like them. He would often visit them but Jerri did not like his presence. She did not like life in a foster home because she was separated from her twin brothers. Thinking again, she thought that at least foster home provide her a warm bed. Her twin brothers were later adopted by another family because they were thought as cute while people think she was ugly.
Anywhere she went she people made fun of her. She was a lonely person in the world without any friends. People would make fun of her because of her size and would tell her that she does not deserve to live in this world. No one ever gave her advices but instead made fun of her. She was not even advised of how to dress when she had her period and mostly dressed like a tomboy.
Author comment by ian1415 · October 25, 2010 at 2:23 pm
Ian B.
14-15
October
Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince
J. K Rowling
Rate: 8
If this book would have gone one more chapter long, I think that Harry would try to understand why Snape was called the Half-Blood Prince and why he still used the Potions book with that nickname in it because at the end of the book, there was a war between Hogwarts and Voldemorts Death Eaters and Snape fled the scene>
Author comment by Cole Redman · October 31, 2010 at 2:30 pm
Cole Redman
10-11
September
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie
I think the authors purpose of writing this book was to entertain his readers.
I think the intended audience for this book is teenage kids.
Rate:9.5
I think if this book had gone on one more chapter then it probably would have talked about how Arnold and Rowdy became best friends again.
Author comment by marylynn56 · October 31, 2010 at 4:12 pm
Marylynn C.
October
5-6
A child called “it”
Dave Pelzer
Rate: 10
The author’s purpose of the book is to awaken the reader the truth about child abuse and the ability we all have to make a difference.
The intended audience for this book is children in general to know that there is help out there for those who suffer of child abuse at home. Also, that people can make a difference.
I rated this book a ten because Dave is a living example that all of us have the capability to better our self’s no matter what the odds are. One’s life is forever changed after living through the eyes of the living hell Dave went through.
Author comment by greg1213 · October 31, 2010 at 10:45 pm
Gregory N.
12-13
October
True to the game
Teri Woods
The authors purpose of writing this book was to give an in deph look at the life of people involed with drug dealers. it was written to give the reader a reason to turn each page and finish the book. The writer really ezplained what life in the streets is like.
I believe the intended audience starts at young mature adults and up.
I give this book a 10
I gave this book a 10 because it was thrilling from start to finish. It made me itch to turn the page. It alson gave good mental images with its vivid descriptions.iIm glad its a series because this book makes you want to read the next one.
Author comment by kasandra1213 · November 1, 2010 at 9:36 pm
Your First Name and Last Initial:Kasandra C.
Period:12-13
Month of the book:October
Title of the book:twilight saga breaking dawn
Author of the book:Stephenie Meyers
What do you think was the author’s purpose in writing this book?
To entertain
Who do you think is the intended audience for this book? teens
Rate the book from 1-10: 8
I rated this book an eight because I liked it a lot but it didn’t end how i expected. I thought it was going to go more further into their married life and their daughter. Also I wanted it to talk more about the relationship between the wolves and vampires. Thats why I gave this book a rating of eight.
Author comment by tisheneik1011 · November 3, 2010 at 3:29 pm
Tishe’Neik C
10-11
November
Somebody To Love Me
Anne Schraff
The autors purpose of this book was to inform people of how people lives can turn out and what can happen to there lives.
I would rate this book a big 10
Describe the character/person who changed the most from beginning of the book to the end of the book. Explain the change and what caused it.
The person who has chanc=ge was Cindy because at first when she was goin out with the boy named Bobby her friends tried to tell her not go to go with him because hes a very bad person and shouldnt be around him so she didnt listen they tried to warn her that something bad is going to happen to her so Cindy and Bobby went to a party and Bobby was high and taking pills so he started acting crazy he choked Cindy trying to kill her and after that happened to her she finally changed about herself going with him any longer.After that she never talked to him again and that changed her life forever.
Author comment by milena1415 · November 4, 2010 at 5:44 pm
Milena.D
14-15
October
“Forever”
Judy Blume
I believe the author’s purpose in writing this book was to entertain her readers. This book is about a teenage girl “Katherine” who’s about 17 years old who met a guy named Michael. Ever since the first day they met they automatically clicked. After they started dating they gradually became much more serious and fell in love. It is actually a very interesting book. It shows the challenges that teenagers go through when being in a serious relationship. All the feelings, and emotions but also so many complications to being a teen in a committed relationship. Throughout the book it’s funny and adorable to see the love they have for eachother. But towards the end it’s gets suspenceful, because Katherine goes to camp for the summer and meets another guy, and things start to heat up. The main question is … Will Katherine and Michael stay together forever like at one point in time they thought? Or will they end?
The intended audience for this book is most definitley teen girls and boys. Because not only is it a cute, entertaining book for teens but us teens can also relate to this book very much. Teenagers go in and out of relationships all the time in highschool. But things become a whole lot more complicated and difficult when your relationship becomes more serious. I would personally rate this book an 8.
I would rate this book an 8 because i honestly liked this book very much. It was interesting and it keeps yu guessing at the end. But I also do not think it deserved a 10 because for one i did not like the end. I was strongly disapointed when i read they she broke up with Michael because she wanted to experience new things with new people. But also because until the end their was nothing really special and extra about this book. It was just mainly about their relationship, and what they did together. I the author could have went deeper into things, made the story more interesting. But all together it was a good book
~ Milena
Author comment by josh1213 · November 4, 2010 at 5:55 pm
Joshua T.
14-15
October
Contender by Robert Lipsyte
The author’s purpose for this story was to inform that no matter who you were you can change your life back the way you really want it to be
Author comment by joey1213 · November 4, 2010 at 5:58 pm
Zhuoyi L.
Period 14-15
Book of October
Book: Letters My Mother Never Read
Author: Jerri Diame Sueck
I think the author’s purpose in writing this book is to let the readers know about the painful memory that she has and to inform the readers of the sadness and loneliness that she had had. I think the intended audience for this book is everybody,
especially the kids who had been abused by their families or foster families. To give them hope to carry on the rest of their lives. I will rate this book a 8 because it’s a very touching and inspiring book.
The major external conflict of this book is that the main character’s mother died in an accident fire and that changed the whole life of her. The major internal conflict of this book is that the main character believed what people always said about her and she always felt self-contempt and thought she was different from others.
Author comment by milena1415 · November 4, 2010 at 6:31 pm
Milena.D
14-15
October
“The Pretty One”
Cheryl Klam
Rate:8
In my opinion i think the author’s purpose in writing this book is to explain to young readers that true beauty comes from the inside not the outside. The world is cruel, especially in highschool. You are judged upon your appearances and how “cool” you are. Without it your considered nobody’s. ” Just ghosts walking the halls”. But in this book the author uses a character in a way to show that no matter who you are, what you look like, and no matter how badly you just wana fit in or maybe want the cute guy to notice you. Just be yourself. Unfortunatley sometimes that’s just not enough.
The intended audience for this story are probably most likely females of any age. Mainly highschool girls. Because many young ladies such as the main character ” Megan ” are striving to just fit in, to just be noticed for a day. And most of all to be liked by the cutest guy in school. Therefore many young girls can probably relate to this book.
The person who most definitley changed the most from the begginning to end of the story was the main character “Megan”. She goes from being the ugly little duckling to a beautiful swan. From at first nobody knew her and nobody wanted to know her, to being the most popular girl in school. Due to a tragic car accident one night caused by a fight with her sister. Because her conditions were so bad that it required cosmetic surgery. Well lucky for poor Megan they turned out quite magnificent and she came out just as gorgeous as her older sister Lucy. Megan was exstatic with the results, she was loving the attention. But at the same time she wasn’t so comfortable with how much her life had been changed. She was losing her best friend, her close bond she once had with sister because of jealousy. And she wasn’t proud of any of it. But these changes made Megan finally come to realization who was really there for her all along.
Author comment by Ava · November 5, 2010 at 12:57 am
Ava Fresta
10.11
October
Hope Rising
Kim Meeder
What do you think was the author’s purpose in writing this book?
To tell people about different emotions you go though , about love . to show that houses maybe can make you feel better about your self as persaon
Who do you think is the intended audience for this book?
14 and on , if you really would like to understand everything that happens
Rate the book from 1-10
9.2
Describe the character/person who changed the most from beginning of the book to the end of the book. Explain the change and what caused it.
This part of the story is about a girl Hailee Brite . She was not always mean to the girl tell the story but she is her fiend and so hailee gives her a girl, but she thinks it is a picture or maybe better cards and flowers but it wasn’t any of them them .it was a bag of Vitamin M , and that is M&Ms . she didn’t get mad over it but she says every time it happens she says . what kinda leader would i be ….. if i didn’t share my M&M’s.
Author comment by josh1213 · November 10, 2010 at 1:36 pm
Joshua T
14-15
September
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Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson
The authors purpose of writing this book is to teenager because its about a teenage boy who falls for a girl that is out of his league. And she finally notices and she uses him by going out with him and blaming him for taking pictures of her when she was naked and put them on the internet. So the kid gets in trouble for a while, but then the police traces it back and it wasn’t him and so he is let go.
Author comment by josh1213 · November 10, 2010 at 1:45 pm
Joshua T
!4-!5
November
Monster By Walter Dean Myers
rate: 7
The authors purpose for this good story is that be yourself and don’t do anything that other people are doing because you will most likely get in trouble for it. The reason this is the author purpose is it about this kid he was a teenager and he was a good kid and his friends told him to be a lookout for this robbery but the kid didn’t know it was a robbery and he got caught and he was put in jail just for being a lookout. So then since he was in jail he made a video of this life.
Author comment by gennelle56 · November 13, 2010 at 10:04 pm
Gennelle M.
5-6
October
“Claudia Gets Her Guy”
Ann M. Martin
The author purpose is to show how one boy cancome between friends and their friendship. Also how jealousy can come between friends and mess up their friendship.
The intended audience is for teen readers that are already facing the love sitution and are having the same problems and dont know what to do about it.
Rate: 9.5
The minor character who had the major importance was Stacy. Stacy made claudia feel better because she knew that claudia really liked jermey so she would comfort her everytime she was down or she was depressed.
Author comment by saren56 · November 14, 2010 at 4:27 pm
Saren M
5-6
November 14
Holes By Louis Sachar
Chapter 1-6
Rate 9
Teen and adult readers
In this story its about a boy name stanley being accused of stealing a shoe and was sent to camp. Stanley later meet up with a new friend name Zero and furher more became friends.They soon ran away from the camp.
The person who change the most in this story i say was Zero because at first he didnt know how to read or even write but Stanley tought him how to write if he helped him dig his holes.
Author comment by josh1213 · December 3, 2010 at 2:35 pm
Joshua T.
period: 14-15
October
Letters My Mother Never Read
By: Jerri Diane Sueck
The authors purpose for writing this story is writing an autobiography to tell people about how her childhood. The intended audience of the story is to Teenagers because to inform that not everyone has great parents or a good life, but you don’t need to let that put you down. You can always make a change in your life.
Rate: 10
I rate this a 10 because it is well written and it is very sad story because of how she was treated. I would recommend this book to people who like sad story or story that people have a bad life, but they turn it back around to make their life better.
Author comment by ahlam1415 · December 14, 2010 at 6:19 pm
ahlam A.
period 14-15
November
author by Scott Westerfeld
The purpose of the story is to teach readers that being pretty is not what makes you special, it is your pesonalty.Also you do not have to be like other people because when your different, it gives you a special meaning.it is also telling you that following your heart leads you to better aspectations.
Rate: 8
i rate this an 8 because this story tought me to appreciate life the way i am , and also made me believe in myself and not to care about peoples opinions no matter what happens in life. If your the kind of person who don’t believe in their selves and care about peoples opinions, the only thing you need to follow is your heart.
Author comment by michaelr1213 · January 12, 2011 at 5:02 pm
Michael R.
Period: 12-13
December
Book: Kidnapped
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
I think that the author’s purpose for writing this novel is to entertain the readers and inform them not to be tricked so easly.
I think the intened audience are kids because it makes them smarter.
Rate: 9
I give this novel a 9 because it is very funny and fun to read and it is very intense.