Literature.
Here's were you can find summary's of books that I have read this year:
The House on Mango Street is a novella by Sandra Cisneros. I thought it was a very well written book and had very interesting characters in my opinion. I also thought the book was also very depressing and saddening because all of horrible incidents that happened around the main character, Esperanza, like rape and death.
Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood, written by Benjamin Seaz is an intresting book in the way of the plot line. It was a well thought out book about aq boy who goes through terrible events in this time of his life, like when Sammys girl friend, Julianas father shoots her intire family including Sammys girlfriend.
My sisters Keeper is a novel written by the critically acclaimed writer Jodi Picoult. The book is about a girl named Anna who is the daughter of Brian and Sara Fitzgerald who was genetically created by her parents to save her older sister Kate, who has a blood cancer. The book tells the story of Annas life and how she comes to get tired of all the transplants and sergireis that she has to go through to save her sister. Anna has finally had enough of all the medical prosejures that she has done and sews her parents for the right to her own body.
Antigone is a novel written by Sophocles a Greek poet. The story is about a young women whose brother dies and wishes for him to be buried in the ground. However, the king Creon would not let this happen because the brother was a traitor to the kingdom. The sister, Antigone, tries her hardest to change the kings decision. The king is stubborn and won't change his decision Eventually, the kings family commit suicide because of the kings stubbornness.
Of Mice and Men is a novel written by John Steinbeck, a writer in the late 1920's. The book is about the lives of George and Lennie during the Great Depression. George is very street smart and he knows how to get along with very minimal resources. Lennie is mentally ill and does not know how to function like a regular human. However he is also very strong,so this is his only strength. The story begins with George and Lennie looking for work because they are very short on money. They find a job at a ranch with many other people. They meet a man named Curley who does not like them. Lennie get angry and hurts Curley really bad. The ranch tries to kill Lennie so George take the problem into his own hands and kill Lennie.
The Art of Racing in the Rain is a novel by Garth Stein. The book is told from the perspective of a dog. At the start the dog, Enzo, is with his owner Denny. Denny is a race car driver and he is really good at it. The book is centered on how Enzo, deals with Denny's rollercoaster life. First Dennie finds the love of his life in a girl named Eve. However shortly after Denny and Eve start going out, Enzo notices a strange smell coming from Eve's head. It is a brain tumor. Eve goes through lots of pain and sadly dies. Denny is crushed and has to fight over custody with Eve's parents. Denny wins the dispute and gets to keep his daughter.
Romeo and Juliet is a play written and directed by the famous author William Shakespeare. The book begins with the Montagues and the Capulets fighting over control of Verona Italy. One of the head leaders of the Montagues, Romeo falls in mad love with the daughter of Lord Capulet, Juliet. This is bad because it is against the rules to marry someone from different side. So this forces Romeo and Juliet to marry in secrecy. The first step in their plan is for juliet to fake her death and for everyone to believe she is dead. the next is for Romeo to get Juliet from the tomb she will be in. However, when Romeo gets to the tomb he believes Juliet id actualy dead so he kills himself. Shortly after Juliet wakes up and sees Romeo on the floor dead so she kills herself.
Dear Zoe is a novel written by Philip Beard. The book is based around a 15 year old girl named Tess who just lost her younger sister in a car crash on September 11, 2001. The book is focused on how Tess deals with the sadness of her sisters death and how her life gets better and gets worse throughout the book. The book shows the development of Tess from a sweet girl to a sad, depressed girl who gets high and does bad things.