Entry #2- Give a Boy a Gun by Todd Strasser-1/4 way through

In the book Give a Boy a Boy a Gun by Todd Strasser, there are many conflicts the main characters are facing. The main characters names are Brendan and Gary. They go to Middletown high and are best friends. They are always being bullied around harassed by people from their school. In the beggining of the book, there is a suicide note from both of them. In their note, it talks about how their parents supported him but there were these kids from their school that always bothered them and made fun of them and then they thought that there as no point of living.

So far, this book is very good and interesting. What I like about this book is, most of the book is based on the people's perspective so you will be able to understand what people think of the two main characters. I recomend this book to you.

Entry #1-Summer Reading-Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

After reading Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, I learned that the author is trying to tell us a lot of messages. These messages are talked throughout the whole book. I think the main message in this book is betrayal. The two main characters in the book are Amir and Hassan. Amir and Hassan are best friends. Their biggest enemy is this person named Aseef. Aseef always made fun of Amir for hanging out with Hassan (Amir's fathers servant's son) because he thought that Hassan was not worthy enough. One day, Amir and Hassan were walking in their neigborhood and then they met with Assef. They started to get into a big argument and then Assef was about to punch Amir with his brass knuckels and at that moment, Hassan took out his sling shot and pointed at his left eye. Then Assef put his hand down and walked away angrily telling them that he is going to get them back soon. Amir was so happy that Hassan protected him from getting hurt badly. A few weeks later, Hassan was walking in the neighborhood and then Aseef and his friends bring Hassan to an alley and then gets abused by Assef. Hassan was taking too long so Amir starts looking for him. Then, Amir hears Hassan yelling. Amir sees what is happining in the alley and was deciding if he should help Hassan. Amir thought that he should help Hassan for protecting him from getting hurt from Assef. But at the same time, Amir was scared of going because he thought Aseef was going to hurt him too. Then he thought of how Hassan is only the servant's son and he wasn't good enough for him. Then, he walked away and left Hassan there. He did not tell Hassan or nobody else that he saw this. Later, he felt so ashamed and guilty that he did not help his best friend.

I enjoyed this book very much. It was at my reading level and I understood everything without any problems. This book is very intresting. It is very sad of what happens to Amir and Hassan and the turnout of everyone. I recomend the book to people who like to read non-fiction. If you want to find out more about this book, I suggest you to should read this.

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