Author: lajada

King Henry VIII was a ruler controlled with his power as the king. There were six women. All of which six went through different scenarios, either divorce, death, or just simply an unwillingness of love. While the wives went through different changes, each of them survived by the power of the king. Jane was one of Henry’s first wives, but when she gave birth to their child she decided to leave him with Henry for the day. When she arrived back Henry had informed her the baby chocked and died. Henry was to invested in his royal power being known as king that it made him forget what kind of person he truly was without the royal label.

This book was filled with lots of suspense, however, it was not the best book I’ve read. This book was definitely a new style I’ve read, for it was around the Renaissance and it showed me it was not of my interest. The book was still a good book for those who may like the history during King VIII, but I prefer books with more emotion over war and power.

I recommend this book to those who are interested in learning more about the mid-1500s. This book was written in a journal form with the idea of each wife telling a story. Although it was not the best book to me, I do feel others can disagree on that and find enjoyment in reading it because we all have different styles of books we like.

This book sucks a reader in with its desire to know if Jonah is going to be ok. While this book is full of lots of emotion, it has a different writing style from books I’ve read. This book was written in Poetry and takes place in Maddigan Maine. Normally Poetry books are not for me, but the style was a different form allowing open connections instead of just full of rhyme hard to pick up a story.

I recommend this book to everyone. This book is an award-winning I feel all should give a read. The book is full of emotions and teaches an important lesson, allowing an understatement not to touch a gun without the consent of an adult because you never know when it may be loaded. This book was an easy read with the poetry scheme allowing a fast pace to the book.

This book allows for open emotion, connecting the reader to how Cody is feeling. Cody never knew Meg would ever think to do such a thing as drinking industrial strength. Oftentimes, we find ourselves looking at someone and judging them from the outside. We assume from what we see on the outside that they may not be struggling. From what Cody could see, Meg was always happy and showed no signs of wanting to hurt herself. After Mg passed Cody was in complete shock. This allowed Cody to come to realization that just because someone may look happy doesn’t mean they are not struggling.

I recommend this book to those who like the emotion of a story. This book allows for a bigger perspective along with the topic of mental health. With this said, after reading I quickly came to realize how often we tend to judge others based on what we see on the outside, without realizing they may be struggling too.

As someone who loves to feel the emotion in a book, What Kind of Girl focuses on real struggles teenagers face. This book is not necessarily focused on the struggles themselves, but it also goes in-depth around the coping mechanisms teenagers sometimes face in fear of seeking help. As the reader, I truly felt for Maya. I have seen others struggling myself and I know how hard it can be to open up about your feelings.

After reading this book, Alyssa sheinmel has taught me a lesson. I understand how we often ignore the fact we need help, in fear of opening up. Many often think you only need help if you have it hard, such as the subjects mentioned in the book. (self-harming, eating disorders, abuses) honestly how big the issue is shouldn’t matter. If you are struggling and feel you need help, there is ALWAYS someone out there willing to listen, no matter how big or small the issue may be. We shouldn’t have to hide our emotions. What Kind of Girl has been one of the best reads I have read and comes with several takeaway messages and feelings.

“Building Readers’ Empathy and social Capacity through Exposure to Diverse Literature.”

Diverse books are used to help promote diversity in YA literature. This encourages reading, writing, and open discussions around diversity. This movement started in 2014 and was used to help promote children’s books reflecting around diversity.

This article talks about diversity in books and what it does to readers. It is important that children form conversations from every social interaction. Reading books about a diverse culture help children abstract social information that can be generalized. It helps others become more socially capable, but it also helps value social knowledge to the reader. With this said, diverse books help readers become emotionally involved in the story, allowing an understanding of cultural backgrounds, and race. Studies have shown reading diverse books change readers attitude about people similar to the story.

It is really important to become involved in our world and learn more about different cultures. Not everyone has the same beliefs, race, cultural background and it is important to acknowledge this. You could say something without understanding the subject and it could come off as offensive to one who may be involved in that culture, so it is important we read these diverse books to help being involved.

Works cited:

Colvin, Sharon. “Literature as more than a window: building readers’ empathy and social capacity through exposure to diverse literature.” Voice of Youth Advocates, vol. 39, no. 6, Feb. 2017, pp. 24+. Gale General OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A484156262/ITOF?u=maine&sid=bookmark-ITOF&xid=f27304b0. Accessed 12 Jan. 2022.

– Gayle Forman, If I Stay

17-year-old Mia Hall is enjoying her snow day at home with her family. They enjoy breakfast together as a family when they then decide to go for a drive. What they thought would be just a nice drive in the snow turns into a nightmare. Their whole family gets involved in a car crash that nearly kills all of them. During the crash, Mia find something strange happening to her. She finds her body that is hanging on for life having an out side of body experience. Mia is a ghost. She watches as crews pick her body up to bring her to the hospital. When Mia arrives to the hospital she is put immediately in ICU. During this time Mia finds herself having a choice. She feels she can choose to wake up or just let her body go at peace. Mia doesn’t want to wake. The only thing she wants most is to see her boyfriend Adam.

I enjoyed this book a ton, for I watched the movie a while back and was curious if it would be the same as the movie or have changed. This booked allowed for open emotion which I love when reading.

I truly recommend this book. It is filled with a ton of action and emotions. It draws you as a reader to a hook. The story is based upon events that could happen in real life, so the feeling of emotion is strongly felt throughout the reading.

This is My brain in love is a book based around the main character Jocelyn Wu. Jocelyn is in her Junior year of High School. She lives with her parents who owe their own Chinese restaurant, A-plus Chinese Garden. Her family has owned the restaurant for awhile, but one day Jocelyn gets new she doesn’t want to find real. Her father tells her the restaurant is going under, but after they hire new employee Will do things take a turn? Will Domenici comes from another school in the town. He is well matured and is a success student when it comes to school. Most importantly, he is known for his writing. With the help of Jocelyns fathers dumpling skills, they change the menu and start to gain success. Throughout the restaurant, Jocelyn and will however has formed some chemistry along the way.

This book was such an entertainment to read. It had short chapters which were filled with tons of detail. One thing I liked about the chapter were the author, I. W. Gregorio added bold headings of either Jocelyn or Wills name so as a reader we knew whose point of view was being explained. This book starts off with a rough road for all, but as the book goes on the main focus is about love and what it takes to save the family. If you like short chapter, but yet filled with ton of information this book is for you! I highly recommend this book, for it was packed with interesting obstacles, sucking the reader into the story making it hard to put the book down.