Greenwood Lab School

Reading Letter 7 Q4

Unbelievable

Sara Shepard

P. 1-352 (end)

Spencer plagiarizes her sister’s paper and is nominated to win an award but her family finds out. Hanna’s not dead but is beat up really bad, bruised head to toe, and has several broken bones. She tells them that Mona is “A” and we find out that Mona had Ali’s diary and that’s how she knew so many secrets. Spencer isn’t with them when Hanna tells the rest of the girls what happened, but is in fact in the car with Mona. The rest of the girls warn her, but it’s too late. Mona tries to make a deal with Spencer that she will make her popular if she keeps her mouth shut but Spencer declines and Mona tries to push her off a cliff. They both fall but somehow Spencer fall on grass and Mona keeps falling, breaks her neck, and eventually ends up dying.
The way the author threw in so many twists I would have never guessed it was Mona! The one thing I wish she had done is given a reason why Mona did all the awful things to the girls and a better reason why. But I still don’t think that Mona actually killed her. The way the author throws in so many twists it couldn’t have been her! I wonder if Spencer will get blamed anymore? I also wish the author wouldn’t have had so many people die. I’ve enjoyed the series and will be reading them more and maybe checking out other books by the author.

Reading Letter 6 Q4

Perfect

Sara Shepard

P. 219-330 (end)

So intense. “A” sends Emily’s mom the pictures of her and Maya and she cant accept it. So like a stupid traditional mother she sends her kid to and anti-gay camp somewhere in Iowa to “cure” her. “A” also takes the liberty of sending some pics to Aria’s boyfriend of her kissing Ezra. Sean, Aria’s boyfriend, flips and goes to the Police (FINALLY!). Then at Mona’s 17th birthday bash Hanna is humiliated for going back to bulimia because of all the stress. Later she gets a text from “A” and the number is recognizable so she meets up with her other friends at the schools playground/park. While Hanna is running there she is hit by an SUV. All three other girls get a text saying “She knew too much -A”.
I learned to stop looking at how unrealistic the books are and they are much more fun to read. I still cant connect them to anything though. The thing that makes me mad is what Emily’s mom did. Seriously? You cant “cure” someone from being gay… Its not a disease! Im glad they left that part out of the T.V. show. Its so awful! I never ever thought that “A” would go so far as injuring someone that bad… was it attempted murder? Is she dead? What more can she even do? And now the question I cant get out of my head, what the heck is she trying to prove anyways?

Reading Letter 5 Q4

Perfect

Sara Shepard

P 1- 219

In the third installment of the Pretty Little Liars series, “A’s” threats have started to become real. Aria continues to ignore the threats and so “A” decides to tell Ella, Aria’s mom, about Byron, her dad, and his secret affair with Meredith. Ella is so furious that she kicks Aria out of the house. Maya and Emily take pictures of them kissing in a photo booth and they end up disappearing. Emily is scared because no one knows she is a lesbian, but Maya could care less and Emily thinks Maya might of taken them so Emily will be open about their relationship. Also Aria is cheating on her boyfriend Sean with her teacher Ezra Fitz.
I’m really enjoying this book! But I think it’s gone too far. A murdered friend, “A”, LYING TO THE POLICE, an unfaithful Dad, lesbians, way too many secrets, and to top it off a young girl dating her hot teacher. Not to mention I’m pretty sure lying to the police and Aria dating her teacher are illegal, its just gone way over the top. Like I said earlier nonetheless I still enjoy it. I still also would recommend it. But why? Will the police find out now? About Ezra and Aria? “A”? When is it jus too much?

Reading Letter 4 Q4

Flawless

Sara Shepard

P 143-330 (end)

As I finished this book “A” ruined more things for her “friends”, proving what a real friend she is anyways. She continuously bothers Aria to tell her mother about her father’s secret affair with a younger woman, Meredith. Aria is scared to and has resisted what “A” is telling her to do. Melissa, Spencer’s older sister, finds out about Spencer’s relationship with Wren. Spencer thinks that “A” is the one who did it. “A” also leaves Hanna a note and she is forced to tell her friends Riley and Naomi that she makes her self throw up and is scared it will throw her to the bottom of the social food chain.
The plot is thickening and its really got me excited to read the next book!!!! It’s also got me thinking why I like this book anyways. I would be absolutely devastated if one of my friends went missing and then was murdered. I would be even more devastated if someone disrespected her and pretended to be her… and especially if that person was ultimately trying to ruin my friends, my family, and my life. But nonetheless me and other people for some reason enjoy it. It’s so entertaining and just gets you thinking! Its mysterious and it doesn’t really apply to you at all so as bad as it may be, its still fun to try and relate to it. I’m obviously enjoying theses books and would recommend them to any teenage or pre-teen girl!

Reading Letter 3 Q4

Flawless

Sara Shepard

P 1- 142

I started to read the second book in the Pretty Little Liars series, Flawless. Speculation of who’s “A” starts shifting over to Toby, Jenna’s step-brother. Jenna is an enemy of the girls and something happened between them that is only referred to as “the Jenna thing”, I think it has something to do with the reason Jenna is blind. “A”hints to Emily that she knows about her relationship with Maya and Emily is scared to death because she is confused, and doesn’t want people to know about her sexuality. Against everyone’s wishes Emily befriends Toby and somehow Spencer’s older sister, Melissa, finds out about Spencer’s relationship with her ex, Wren. Melissa is beyond mad and this starts a sister rivalry between the two.
Tension is growing in the book and I simply cant put it down! Like I expected “A” is ruining relationships and is going even farther. I know someones going to get hurt because of the way things are heading. If you like suspense like me then I definetly recommend this series to you so far. I like the way Shepard builds suspense like your actually there. Such as the way you know everyone’s business like Ali did so it’s more real.

Reading letter 2 Q4
Pretty Little Liars
Sara Shepard
p. 67- 286 (end)
All of the “it” girls are stuck and scared after their best friend body mysteriously appears and they start getting odd messages. The girls are confused why they never realized that Ali never shared her secrets, but yet always knew everybody else’s business. As expected A has gone farther and parents have gotten involved or suspicious.. This first book just focuses on the girls all as one and not really as the girls individually. The book is kind of a bad role model because the police don’t know the while truth and therefore, soon innocent people are going to get hurt or blamed
I’m glad that this series was made into a T.V. show or I wouldn’t of started to read this awesome book! I also do wish they would of stuck to the book a little more (the characters don’t even look the same). Either way, It was still a good decision partially because I think they might change who’s “A” in the end or people would spoil it for others. After reading the entire series I think I will be glad they kept them different because now I’m able keep them separate in my head better. It this point I really don’t know who “A’’ is, but I think it will be a girl because of the way she has started to break up relationships. Also I don’t think a guy would go at it with such a back-stab-y feel. I’m wondering… Who will get hurt next? Who else gets involved?

Reading Letter 1 Q4
Pages 0-67
Pretty Little Liars
Sara Sheppard
This week I started reading the first book of the Pretty Little Liars series. Alison, Ali, DeLaurentes is the popular girl who everyone wants to be friends with, but she actually has a lot of secrets and no one knows them. Yet she always has everyone else’s secrets and loves to use it against them. One night at a sleepover with her friends Emily, Aria, Spencer, and Hanna Ali just disappears. The book starts to follow up when a mysterious person named just “A” starts contacting them though text and knows things that only Ali should know.

Last year my friends and I got obsessed with a new T.V. show called Pretty Little Liars on Abc Family. When I found out it was based off of a book series I was dying to read it! Some of my friends have read or started to read the series and have enjoyed it. I really like how mysterious the book is so far and I can’t wait to keep reading it! My advice to anyone reading it is to not watch the series too because even the characters are different and its so confusing already. I’m wondering… How far will “A” go? Will the police get involved? Parents? Teachers? How will it affect their personal lives?

Carson

Pg 0-50

Leviathan was son of a normal mom and the son of a king.  One night his dad when on a trip and he was at the castle by himself and his servants.  His servants came by one night to check up on him and he freaked out and thought that they were assassins.  But they were his servants; they came to take him to his war machine training.  The servants came so late at night because his mom doesn’t think he is old enough to pilot one of them. 

            Deryn is the smart one. As they were traveling out of London they came across tigersques.  She started to wonder if crossbreeding and science was the backbone of the British Empire. Later on their trip they met 2 guards that were on a full medal carriage.  The men took them to the top of the hill and showed them the first hydrogen breathing animal and gave them a chance to ride it.

Hitler is known all around the world today for starting a war and murdering 6 million people, I am here today to tell you more about this complete psychopath.  Hitler started his rein for power by becoming a dictator for Germany.  He started the war by invading Poland starting WWII.  After WW1 Germany had lost all their resources and almost all of their guns to keep them from starting WW11.  But the loss of weapons didn’t stop he built back his army set for revenge on the allies. He then set his sights on France to invade.  But not only France, he also wanted to invade Great Britain but thought it too hard to invade so didn’t.  But Hitler wasn’t only trying to invade there were also camps called concentration camps, usually used to torture enemy soldiers but now it was being used to slaughter Jews.   Hitler also used people who had the same idea of killing Jews the Nazi party.  Hitler used the Nazis to kill Jews for him and do what he tells them to do.  Hitler wanted to slaughter the Jews because he wanted an elite group of people and considered the Jews inferior to him.  Thankfully the allies won the war; otherwise Hitler would have made the world his slave and killed other races to get the elite group he wanted.  In the end Hitler was chased and he and his wife killed themselves with poison after being chased by an angry mob and while dying himself so was the holocaust.

Sources Personal information, Holocaust Museum , May 4 2010

Rise of Hitler and the Nazis

Judi’s mom and some other women got selected by guards and told them to “come with us.” Judi asked her mom where she was going. Her mom didn’t know, but Judi came with her anyways. Turns out the guards choose them to go to the gas chamber to die. While waiting in line for death Judi was squeezing her mom’s hand. In the front of the entrance to the gas chamber a guard drinking a bottle of beer randomly yelled at Judi “out, you pig, you dog!” Judi’s mom let go of Judi’s hand and said “run, Judi! Run!” She sprinted away hopping she wouldn’t get shot. She ran in tears and told her sister Rachel “we don’t have a mother anymore.” Why did the guards choose Judi’s mom? Why did Judi want to go with her? What kind of gas do they use? How long did it take for the gas to kill you? Why did he tell Judi to get out? Why didn’t he just want to kill her too? How did Rachel take the news that her moms dead? Did Judi feel bad after her mom told her run because she survived and she didn’t? I would feel awful. Why did he call her a pig? And a dog? It doesn’t even make since, they don’t look alike!