Stonewall's Gold
By Robert J. Mrazek
pg. 50 to End

The theme of the book is about a boy that is in his teens and is on the edge of boyhood. He has to take on challenges that force him to confront the world for the first time. He finds a map that has directions to treasure. He shows it to a man and the people around him find out and they go after him and the man. Some people were killed and Jamie has to continue on his journey alone because the man stayed back to try to fend off the group. The group is trying to get the map and kill anyone that has seen it. They catch Jamie and he has to face some challenges that change his life from there on out. It is shown through action and adventure in the story. They have some gun fights and some deaths occur. It is set back during the civil war time so there were quite a few people that owned guns so there were a bunch of shootings and murders. The book is very intriguing and I would recommend it to anyone that was looking for a decent book.

By Amy Wright

Still Life of A Woodpecker
Tom Robbins

Its necessary for the world to have chaos. "Wood Pecker" carries dynamite around with him. The setting is a peaceful place that turns into chaos. The woodpecker is symbolic for destruction and the princess is symbolic for peace and when they clash it is intense.

O, Juliet
pg.312
Robin Maxwell
Olivia Ramsey
I think the main theme of this book is to follow your dreams. Romeo & Juliet is the classic story of a forbidden love. In this story however Romeo and Juliet work to make it acceptable for them to be together. They work to get their families to get along, they work to have their family businesses to get along all so they can be together. Romeo and Juliet are characterized by being smart hardworking people since they are both very book smart and are both also poets. This is one of the reasons they fall in love and it is also the reason that they are able to make their families friends. In the end, it doesn't work but they work hard for their dreams and eventually get to be together in the heavens. What they worked so hard for they finally got.

Sniper

I think the main theme in this book is never give up. Ben lives on a preserve for big cats, lions, tigers, etc. Someone broke in to the preserve and let some of the cats out. Ben goes out looking for the cats. He finds all of them, but two of them were dead, they were shot through the heart. Now Ben is determined to find the killer.

Quarter 2, Blog 5

Kyle Weber

Hoop Dreams

Ben Joravsky

Pgs. 100 - 137

I think the theme of this book is that no matter how bad things may be, just do what you love and everything will work itself out. Arthur Agee lives in the projects and his stepfather is a drug addict. He has to commute ten miles to school every morning and back home every night. But he plays basketball, and that seems to be his escape. He doesn't act like he has a troubled life while at school. He is classified as the class clown to disguise his inner hurt. Both of the athletes in this book, Arthur Agee and William Gates, have tough lives. But they play basketball, which is what keeps them going. No matter how bad things may be, they know that they will always have basketball.

Jake hensley

eagle blue

!77- end of book

The theme of this book would be to never give up. The Eagles basketball team wasn't the fastest or the best, but they had the biggest hearts. They had one of the smallest teams in the state. Through their hearts and determination they play hard all year long. Then at the end of the year they find themselves in the state tournament. They went on to get third place at the Alaska State Tournament. Third place was a high achievement and are an inspiration to work hard.

Fallout By Ellen Hopkins

I just started this book. But so far the theme is how to escape something your destined to do. Its hard to just not do what people expect you too. If your family isnt very good and they are into drugs and stuff its hard to get away from it. Especially when your around it all the time. Its just in your blood. But if you can get away from it and go to college and stuff thats awesome. You have to have self control and all that stuff. If your not willing then your not going to do it.