Deadline pgs. 101-200

The football team ends up winning one of their homecoming football game, and Ben is the one with the winning catch for the touchdown. Everyone views Ben and his brother, Cody, as heroes after this. Then Ben takes Dallas to homecoming, and thinks it was one of the best nights of his life, and decides he really likes Dallas. Their next game is very important too, it’s one that could take them close to the state championships. They play in the Boise stadium, the one with the blue field. They end up losing, giving up their chance to win the state championships. During this time Ben starts becoming closer to Rudy, and man who works at the same place he does occasionally. He starts learning Rudy used to be a priest, and is now the town drunk. He also learns a lot about Malcolm X. Ben is trying to prove to his history teacher that teachers don’t teach what really happened in history, which involved a lot of racism. Ben also learns that Dallas’s brother, is really her son. She was raped when she younger, and her son when she was 13. He promises Dallas that he’ll always be there, but can he really? Throwing Dallas into his life is hurting Ben because he knows he can’t have a future with her.

Gone With the Wind. P 200-300

After Rhett helped Scarlett she discover that she was going to go to parties and doing things that women in mourning didn't or should do. She started to spend more and more time with Rhett and every time he came to visit he would bring gifts. She began thinking that she may possibly have more feelings for Rhett, but then she remembered how much she cared for Ashley. The war was starting to be questionable for the Confederacy and supplies to the South were beginning to be hard to come by.Rhett somehow always found a way to get the people what they needed and soon was becoming to be quite popular amongst the people. After a short period of time he began to do things that would upset the people so he didnt lose his reputation for being bad. The people once again did not approve of him, but Melanie said that he was a gentleman and she would never not allow him in her house. Scarlett was glad at this and surprised. Finally at Christmas, Ashley came home. Scarlett wanted to have alone time with him but didnt get to until he left. Right before he was leaving, she told him that she loved him and always would. He was glad at this, yet also ashamed for he already had his wife. After he left scarlett knew that he must love her. They then got a letter saying that Ashley was missing. Rhett did some investigating and found out he was not dead, but taken prisoner by the Yankees. Ashley had gotten the option to leave the prison camp and become a soldier with the war against the indians, but he said no. Scarlett did not understand, but Melanie who was now pregnant with Ashley's baby said she would rather have him die in the prison camp than to be a traitor against the confederacy.

Deadline pgs. 1-100

The story starts off with Ben Wolf getting the news he only has a year to live. He decides not to tell his parents, even though his doctor thinks he’s crazy for not doing so. He says he never felt like he was supposed to grow old, and knows that it would kills his family if he told them. Ben’s mom is “crazy,” and from what I’ve picked up on, an alcoholic, and possibly on drugs. His dad isn’t home very much, but Ben’s very close to his older brother, Cody. Ben decides to go out for football this year, instead of cross-country. This is a big surprise to everyone because Ben was a good runner, and a shoe-in for state cross-country. He’s also really small, and everyone expects him to get smashed on the team. To everyone’s surprise, he’s really good at football. The girls of his dreams, Dallas Suzuki, also ask Ben to homecoming. This actually pains Ben, because he starts to realize that he’s dying, and doesn’t have much time left. Even though he lives with this news, he’s surprisingly calm, and talks it one day at a time. He also has continuous dreams with a man named Jesus, pronounced like Hey-soos. In the dreams he has discussions with Jesus, and tries to find answers about his life. The end of the 100 pages was Ben on his way to one of the hardest football games of the year.

Tell No One 101-200

In this part of the book, Dr. Beck gets a very suspicious email and in it he finds Elizabeth. Yes, Elizabeth. She just might not be dead after all, but he is bound and determined to figure out if it is or not. The night he got this email something else happened, his wife's best friend gets shot. This was very odd to me because it was a day after he just went to visit her for the first time in eight years. The police think its him because they found rubber gloves at his home with gunpowder on them. He later figures out that they are coming in to arrest him at his office, and because he wants to find Elizabeth, he runs. Since he ran he was in a lot of trouble, and he is now riding to Bronx with a known drug dealer in the back of a car.

Catching Fire 301-391

The monkeys then attacked. Finnick, Katniss, and Peeta had their backs to each other to form a triangle. It seemed as if it took forever to fight off the monkeys. One attacked Peeta and the little morphling jumped for the monekey and saved Peeta. They then decided to go back to the beach. The next day somebody stumbled up onto the other side of the beach. It was Johanna, Beetee, and Wiress. Wiress helped them figure out that the arena was a clock. In each wedge something bad would happen throughout each day. Since Beetee knew how to blow stuff up with his special wire, he had an idea. He strung the wire from the tree where the lightening struck to the sea, well that was his original plan. As Katniss and Johanna were stringing out the wire, something hit Katniss in the side of her head. Johanna then pounced on her and cut her arm. The career tributes decided she was dead so they left her alone and went to go track down somebody else. The spacecraft came and picked Katniss up. She woke up in this padded room. After she blacked out a few times, she went into the hallway and heard voices. The voices were the head of the gamemakers, Haymitch, and Finnick. They told her everything about their plan to overthrow the Capital. Katniss freaked out about what Haymitch said and she got sent back to her padded room. When she gained consciousness again, she talked to Finnick for a while. From then on, she ignored anybody else who came to talk to her, or just pretended she was sleeping. Finally, one voice she recognized caught her attention. It ended up being Gale. He told her that there was no longer a District Twelve and that he saved Prim and her mother.

Catching Fire 201-300

Everybody started running. Katniss was trying to help Peeta run. She wouldn't leave him there, because she decided to devote herself to only keeping Peeta alive. They both tripped and fell and could no longer see Finnick in front of them. In less than a second, Finnick came back to get them and he had Mags on his shoulder. Finnick couldn't carry Mags and Peeta at the same time. Mags sacrificed her life, so she turned around, went into the fog, and died. They all made it to the beach and laid in the water. It helped take the acid out of their bodies. Shortly after they arrived they noticed something different. Peeta decided to go get water from a near tree. Finnick and Katniss could feel something staring at them. They looked up and around the jungle and noticed hundreds of orange monkeys just sitting there in the trees. Katniss yelled for Peeta to come back and not make any sudden movements for the monkeys would attack them.

Something Borrowed pg 73-148

Something Borrowed just keeps getting better and better. I absolutely love this book. Rachel and Dex had hooked up after Rachel's 30th birthday, and now her and Dex are having an affair against Darcy. I kinda feel sorry for Darcy because she has no clue that this is going on, but I feel so happy for Rachel because for once it's not Darcy stealing things from Rachel. Rachel deserves to be with Dex, because they are the cutest couple. This book is so intense and it gets me all flustered, because I want for Dex to dump Darcy so badly. Rachel and Dex have strong feelings for each other now, but I haven't found out yet if he will dump Darcy. I'm crossing my fingers! I really am rooting for Rachel, because she never got what she wanted. If Rachel said something, Darcy would take it. I'm really hoping that Rachel and Dex will become an item, and that Dex will finally dump Darcy. I can't wait to read more to find out what will happen next! I am also excited to watch the movie after I get done reading the book. I love this book!

Marcelo In the Real World 1-100

Marcelo is an autistic teenager. He’s getting ready to go into his senior year at Paterson, the school he attends for kids with cognitive disorder. He hears music inside his head, and he calls it the Internal Music, or IM. It’s not really a song, but it’s more like a rhythm that he hears sometimes. His father wants to send him to a “regular” high school so he gets a taste of the “real world”. Marcelo doesn’t want to go to a public high school because he’s been guaranteed the job of stable boy for the horses at Paterson. His dad also wants him to work in the mailroom of his law firm this summer. He tells Marcelo that he has his choice to work in the mailroom, and then go to Paterson, or he can skip working in the mailroom, but he would have to attend a public high school next school year. Marcelo chooses to work in the law firm. Marcelo gets to work and meets his coworker, Jasmine. Jasmine isn’t particularly happy to be working in the mailroom either, and she isn’t happy that Marcelo is working with her. She wanted to work with her friend, Belinda, but since Marcelo’s dad kind of runs the law firm, Marcelo got the job instead. In the law firm, he also meets Wendell. Wendell is the son of another worker there. Wendell is very arrogant, big-headed, and, in the words of Jasmine, he thinks he’s “God’s gift to women.” Wendell tries to teach Marcelo a thing or two about women, dating, and beauty, but Marcelo’s just not interested. He’s more interested in religion. He visits his rabbi often, and, as autistic kids usually have one special “focus”, his is religion.

Speak 1-100

It is Melinda Sordino's first day at Merryweather highschool. She is a freshman and had a terrible experience and she doesn't speak much. All the girls she used to be friends with now hate her and she meets a new girl in school named Heather. She takes an art class and their teacher gives them a piece of paper with an object on it they have to make something of. Her's says tree and she doesn't know what she is going to do with that. She finds out that the one person (referred to as IT) that she never wants to see again goes to this school. Art is the only class she exceeds in and her art teacher thinks she does very well. For Christmas her parents give her a drawing pad and charcoal and Melinda loves this and appreciates it even though her and her parents don't get along the greatest. During gym class her gym teacher realizes she's really good at shooting foul shots and wants her to go out for basketball. She isn't going to do that but will help the boy's basketball team out.

Gone With the Wind. P 100-200

Scarlet goes to the barbeque, and waits around to see what Ashley. The boys start talking about War and all of the boys end up getting involved. The girls go upstairs to take their afternoon naps so they will be ready for the ball that night, and Scarlet sneaks away to go and talk with Ashley. He is coming in from saying goodbye to people and Scarlet pulls him into the library to tell him that she loves him. She does and he tells her that he is in love with Melly and that Scarlet does not know what love is. She is too wild at heart for him and they are too different from one another and things would never work out. She gets very upset and starts saying very cruel things and ends up slapping him. He leaves and once she is alone, she realized that Mr. Rhett Butler was in the room with her and had heard everything. He said that she was not like regular girls and she was not a lady. She was very passionate about what she wanted. She said she never wanted to see Rhett every again and left the library hoping he wouldnt tell anyone what he has witnessed. She went to go upstairs to sleep with the other girls but she overheard them talking about her and how she was taking all the boys and got around with everyone. Then Honey Wilkes said how stupid Scarlet looked for talking with Charles that whole day becuase everyone knew that Honey and Charles were to be married. After hearing these things, Scarlet went downstairs where Charles found her. He said that he loved her and wanted to marry her. He also informed her that the war was starting. Since she was bitter toward Honey and upset over Ashley, she agreed to marry Charles. They had a short engagement and then he went off to war where he got sick and died at camp. Scarlet was upset that she had married and that she had had Charles's child, Wade. She did not want to be widowed or a mother. Everyone assumed she was depressed because Charles had died but she just wanted to go back to being her youthful self. She ends up going to Atlanta to live with Melly and Charles's Aunt Pittypat. She works at the hospital helping with the soldiers. She really likes Atlanta because it is so busy and full of life. Then one day, a few women from the hospital committee come and say they need help with the ball that night because a few women cannot make it anymore. Melanie, pittypat, and Scarlett end up all going to the ball. Once there Scarlett realizes she really cares nothing about the war or anything going on. She also sees Rhett. He comes and talks with her and says how she is unlike any girl. He then offers money to dance with her when Dr. Meade is auctioning off the women to dances to raise money. Rhett pays alot of money and when the other women say she cannot dance, Scarlett says she can. Its for the cause she says, but both her and Rhett know that she really doesnt care about the cause and just wanted to dance.

Tell No One 1-100

In the first part of Tell No One, Dr. Beck and his wife were at there his pond for their anniversary, after trying to announce something important something happens. Elizabeth screams, Beck swims to figure out whats happening, but as soon as he gets to shore he gets hit. He gets hit hard, and falls into the water, and Elizabeth dies. Years after he gets a suspicious e-mail that only reminds him of her even more. Everyone is focused on the new discovery by the lake and they start to think that maybe Dr. Beck did it! They start to drill him about Elizabeth until he calls for his lawyer which was one from TV.

Catching Fire 101-200

The games are getting ready to begin this year. As Katniss is waiting to get raised up into the arena on her metal plate, she sees that three peacekeepers come in cuff Cinna and start punching him. Right then her metal plate raised up and Cinna was left behind with no help whatsoever. Katniss wanted to die right away in the games, but she decided that Cinna would've wanted her to stay alive and fight to the finish. Her main goal is to keep Peeta alive. Katniss noticed that in order to get to the Cornicopia, she would have to swim to it. She swam and as she got there noticed that Finnick could swim too. They decided to become allies. Finnick volunteered to get Peeta, whom apparently couldn't swim very well. Mags also swam up after Finnick returned. All four of the tributes had become allies. They made their way as far into the jungle as possible. Peeta came upon a force field and as soon as he ran into it, it forced him backwards. His heart had stopped and Katniss thought he was dead. Finnick performed CPR and saved him. Soon after that happened and they had traveled a little ways, they decided to stop and make camp. Mags and Finnick had weaved grass together to make mats and form a hut for them to stay in. During the night a gift was sent to them, which was a spile. They didn't know what it was used for, then they found out they could use it to get water! They went up to a tree made a hole in it and stuck the spile in it. Water trickled out of it. After that, they went back to bed. While Katniss was keeping watch, she noticed something unusual about the fog. It was a poisonous gas, and as the acid droplets came in contact with their skin, they burned. The poison affected the nerves. They also made your muscles have muscle spasms. As they were all running, they stumbled and fell. They all lay on the ground not knowing what to do as the lingering fog is creeping up from behind.

If I Stay pgs. 201-234

In the last 34 pages of If I Stay Mia discusses some more flashbacks. One of the main ones was the barbecue her family had. She felt true happiness in that point in her life. In the end Adam goes to Mia, and starts talking to her while bawling hysterically. Somehow, Mia ends up back in her own body. With all her strength, she squeezes his hand, and that’s how the story ends.

If I Stay pgs.101-200

In the next 100 pages, we learn a lot more about Mia and Adam. Adam shows up at the hospital. This sends Mia into frenzy; the fact that she can’t physically be with him kills her. The fact that Adam can’t go in to see Adam kills him. He tries a bunch of ways to get into her ICU room. In the end an old band member of Mia’s dad’s wife shows up, and sets the nurses straight, and lets Adam see Mia. At first sight Adam is taken back by the sigh of Mia. He eventually sits down and mutters “Please don’t make me write a song.” And we learn that Adam would never write Mia a song, unless, in his words, she cheated on him. There was a lot of old memories in these 100 pages from Adam and Mia’s relationship.

Where She Went 200-264

Mia is gone. Adam wonders how Mia knows what he said to her that day in the hospital because he never told anyone else. Then as he's sitting on a bench listening to music Mia comes back and he asks her how she knew what he said. She tells him that she needs to tell him everything. It's morning now and they go sit on a bench and Mia starts to explain everything she remembers. She says that she doesn't know how but somehow she knows some things that happened in the hospital that day because she has such strong memories of it happening. What Adam said is something she strongly remembers. They go back to Mia's house and both fall asleep on the couch. Adam wakes up to make coffee and Mia gets up shortly after that. It was three that afternoon and Adam had to leave that night and he knew time was ticking down. She then takes Adam upstairs to give him back his favorite guitar that he had to auction off. She had bought it and kept it for him because she knew it was his favorite. They are having so much fun playing music together that Adam calls Aldous and tells him he's not flying to London until next week. Then just like old times they are back with each other. It was like nothing ever happened between them. Adam flies to London that next week and Mia accompanies him and when the band sees her at least some of the understand why he didn't come right away. He knows that this time things will be the same as they always were with him and Mia.

Gone With the Wind. P 1-100

Scarlett is talking with the Tarleton twins. They have recently been kicked out of another school and have just returned to their original home in Georgia. They were talking about everything going on. They had started to make talk about the war and what was going to happen but Scarlett stopped them and said she would not like to hear another word about the war. Then the Tarleton twins said they had some secret and they would tell her if she promised to go to the Wilkes barbeque with them the next day. Scarlett agreed and then they told her that Ashley Wilkes was going to propose to Melanie Hamilton tomorrow at the barbeque. Scarlett's heart broke in two. She composed herself becuase she didnt want the twins to know what was wrong. She let them talk a little more after and then she said it was almost time for dinner. They left but once they were down the rode stopped and talked about why she didnt ask them to stay for dinner and then they decided to go to Able's house and talk about what was going on with the war with him since he was a commander in the army. Scarlett sat on the porch and waited wondering what to do. She loved Ashley and was sure he loved her too. She ran to the end of the drive and waited for her father. Once he arrived home from visiting the Wilkes plantation, she started asking questions. He caught on and figured out what was bothering her. He told her that she could have any boy in the whole county and she shouldnt waste her time on the one boy who wasnt interested in her. They talk and talk, and finally her father tells her it would never work out becuase she and Ashley are too different. Scarlett gets very upset and wonders how he could say such a thing since Mr. and Mrs. O'Hara are so completely different. -* You find out that Ellen O'Hara married Gerald so she could escape her family and a heartbreak that she had been through.

Where She Went 100-200

Mia tells Adam how amazing he is doing and how happy she is for him and his success. She tells him how Willow and Henry had a baby boy and they named him Theo, after Teddy. After they leave the diner Adam starts to feel nervous that he's going to have to say good-bye to Mia and he really doesn't want to. He misses being around her and them talking like they used to. But then Mia tells him that she wants to take him all around New York to the places she loves, of course Adam would do anything to spend more time with Mia so they go find Mia's favorite places. Mia tells Adam how she's going to Japan in a few days and he tells her how he has to leave for London the next day. Adam doesn't want to go very badly because him and the band haven't been getting along as well as they used to. After Mia's accident Adam left the band for awhile and he thought they would understand but they didn't and Adam doesn't stay with the rest of them anymore and is not looking forward to this tour, at all. They get on a train car and travel to a place that Mia won't tell Adam about yet. Once they get there they go to a ferry and no one is on it. They see the Statue of Liberty and Adam has never seen it up close. Then when Mia and Adam are about halfway across the bridge he asks her how she just up and quit talking to him. She told him it was because she hated him because she felt like he made her stay. He remembered what he said to her about asking her to stay and can't believe she actually knew what he was saying. They get in an arguement and Mia walks away and Adam knows he has to let her go.

Something Borrowed 1-72

Something Borrowed by Emily Griffin is an outstanding book so far. It caught my attention in the very first few chapters. Rachel and Darcy are best friends, and Darcy has always been the prettier one and the one that always got what she wanted. Darcy always had a boyfriend and there was never a day she didn’t have one. For Rachel things were different, she didn’t always have a boyfriend, and she was always not as good as Darcy. When Rachel and Darcy were young they always thought about their 30^th birthdays and how they would have children and a wonderful husband. For Rachel she had none of this on her 30^th birthday, but Darcy was younger than Rachel and was engaged to Dex. Dex was one of Rachel’s friends that she introduced to Darcy. The night of Rachel’s 30^th birthday will forever change the feelings between Rachel and Dex. I really can’t wait to see what will happen next. This book is really interesting and it keeps you wanting to know more and what will happen next.

Tell No One 303-370

This book was a very good book. It was a very interesting book and it kept me wanting to know more. The ending of this book really kind of freaked me out, but overall this book was a really good book and it was very entertaining. Tell No One was a good book but with what happened in the end it was really freaky but it kept you going to see what would happen next because it was so interesting.

Catching Fire 101-200

Gale got caught with a turkey on his belt. He told Thread, the executioner, that the turkey had wandered through the fence and he killed it so it wouldn’t harm anybody, which is still a crime. Gale was whipped in the town square where everybody could see him. As Katniss saw this, she raced up to the stage and jumped in front of the whip as it was coming down to whip Gale again. It hit her across the cheek. Haymitch witnessed this and he got Thread to stop. Katniss’ mother and Prim healed Gale. One night as Katniss was watching TV, she saw that there was going to be something special for the Quarter Quell. Two of the past victors from each district would enter the games this year. Since Katniss was the only girl victor, she would obviously have to go. Haymitch was picked at the reaping and Peeta volunteered to take his spot. After the reaping, all three of them were rushed to the train station to get on a train and head to the Capital. No chance was given them to say their goodbyes. After a day or two at the Capital, they had to make an appearance in chariots up and around the Capital. Peeta and Katniss, again, made a breathtaking appearance. Everybody stared at how beautiful they looked. When this was all finished, the next morning, they had to meet at breakfast. They discussed their strategy in winning the games. All Katniss cared about was keeping Peeta alive. Haymitch decided that they try and join up with the Careers, so they had allies. It would be much easier to kill others, if you traveled in a pack. Peeta and Katniss were down at the training center, and only about half the tributes showed up. They decided to split up and see who they can get or what they can do to form allies.

Deadline 301-309 & Epilouge

Two weeks later, Ben dies, and Cody has to give a speech about him at school. A few months after his death, Cody and Dallas start to think about college and maybe even living with each other.

Deadline 201-300

In this section of Deadline Ben realized that the disease is hitting him, and its hitting him hard. He can barely run anymore and he is always tired. After Hey-Soos told him he thought that he should tell his friends and family he had to think long and hard about this. He then decided that he would start out with Dallas, his girlfriend, she was very torn up and would no longer trust him. He then told his brother, Cody, he was very sad and it was one of the hardest things he could of ever done. Cody took it surprisingly well, even though they cried together all night. Next was his parents, they took it very hard and were very sad that he hadn't told them sooner. The day after he told his class, he got bad news, Sooner was dead.

If I Stay pgs. 1-100

The story starts off with Mia learning she has a snow day.  Then her family decides they’re going to go visit their grandparents in Portland. In some confusion, we learn that Mia and her family had gotten in a car accident. Mia sees all her family members twisted and quite possibly, dead. Then Mia sees herself. She learns she’s actually out of her body, and goes in the ambulance with herself and doctors. She goes to the hospital and sees everything that’s going on. She hears what her visitors are saying, and what the doctors are saying about her. During this whole time she’s having flashbacks. Talking about memories with her best friend, boyfriend, and family.

Where She Went 1-100

This is told from Adam’s point of view instead of Mia’s. Adam and Mia broke up shortly after she got out of the hospital and Adam’s band took off and Mia went to Julliard and is now great cellist. Adam is in New York for a tour with his band Shooting Star. Adam gets an interview with a news reporter name Vanessa LeGrande from a magazine and she asks him questions about him and his new movie star girlfriend and someone finds out about Mia and asks about her. Adam flips out on her and has to leave the restaurant. Albous, Shooting Star’s manager tells him that he will meet him at the airport the next morning when they get ready to leave for their long tour. That night he decides to go to Mia’s concert and afterwards she wants to talk to him. He tells her she had a great concert and then leaves but she follows after him and they go out to eat at one of her favorite restaurants in town and talk like old friends. Adam is just happy to have the old Mia back in his life. 

Tell No One pg 202-302

This book just keeps getting better and better. I love how it is full of suspense and keeps you attentive to what is happening. It makes you want to find out what will happen next in the book and keep you entertained. This book is a really great book and ever since he saw Elizabeth on that camera it has gotten better and better. I feel bad for Dr. Beck because of his horrible loss and because of how he lost her. I know that it'd be hard going through what all he went through. Just having the suspicion that his wife may actually be alive is very suspenseful. Not knowing is sometimes the hardest part, because you want to believe that she is alive, but you don't want to deal with the fact that she may in fact be dead. He has gone through so much that it is hard to believe that she could actually be alive. This book is full of tension and is a very compelling story. I can't wait to find out what happens in the ending.

Deadline 101-200

In this part of the book Ben helps finish out the season with almost a perfect season, and only losing the last game. After the season ends he realizes that he will now have to focus on things other than football, things like school and wanting to get the most out of it, unlike most people, he questions his teachers, and he actually talks to the town drunk. Rudy McCoy is the town drunk and when Ben talks to him and helps him he soon gets sober, that is until he realizes what hes doing. After Rudy explains why he started drinking again and why he quit being a priest, Ben runs out.

The Color Purple 201-295

At dinnertime, Shug announces that she is leaving Mr. _____'s house, and she is going to live in Memphis. However, she’s not going by herself. She’s taking Celie and Squeak. After this news, Celie and Mr. _____ get into an all-out yelling match. Mr. _____ can’t believe she’s leaving him, but he can’t do anything in his power to make her stay. When they get to Shug’s house in Memphis, Celie needs something to do, so she starts sewing pants. Pretty soon, she starts to make a lot of pants, and she has a lot left over, so she makes a business. She’s got orders coming in, and this is how Celie earns her living. Sofia’s mother dies, and when Shug and Celie go back to the funeral, Celie sees Mr. _____ for the first time since she left him. Harpo tells her that Mr. _____ was a complete wreck after she left. He got even meaner and bitterer than he was. After he sent Celie the letters he’d been keeping from Nettie, though, he got better. Meanwhile, in Africa, Nettie ends up marrying Samuel, the reverend. Nettie and Celie’s stepdad, who they always believed to be their real dad, died. When he did, Nettie and Celie inherited his house. In a letter to Celie, Nettie says that Tashi ran away. Adam, Celie’s son, ran after her to find her because he’s in love with her. Two and a half months later, Adam and Tashi returned, and announced that they were going to be married. At the end of the book, Nettie, Adam, Olivia, and Samuel all come home. They’re finally all together, and Celie feels the youngest she’s ever felt.

Water for Elephants. P 200-335 (End)

Jacob and Marlena start seeing eachother more and more. Marlena tells him how her and August came about eachother, and tells Jacob they can't do what they are since she is married. It isnt until Jacob realizes that the elephant will listen to what you tell it, if you say it in Polish. Since Jacob knows Polish, he begins to spend more time with August and Marlena. When they finally get Rosie all trained and put her in the show, the crowd loves her. They throw money and everything and Uncle Al goes crazy. One night after a show, Marlena wanted to surprise August. She asked Jacob to help and he said yes. August walked into the tent where they were going to surprise them and had started to have a mood swing. He started freaking out and accusing Marlena and Jacob of sleeping with eachother. Then he and Jacob got into a fist fight. They were beating eachother up really bad when people finally came and split them up. August then started beating on Marlena. After August had hit Marlena, she decided she was going to divorce him. Her and Jacob end up sleeping together and later she tells him that she believes she is pregnant. Uncle Al tells Jacob that he must talk Marlena to go back to August or he wont like what happens. Jacob pretends that he is trying, but it only works for so long. Eventually Al lets August and Marlena together, and tries to have have Jacob thrown off the train. This doesnt work and they end up throwing Walter, Camel, and a few other men off. Jacob is very careful the next day and gets word that a few men survived the throw off the train and were trying to plan something. later on that day chaos breaks loose becuase then men who got thrown, have caught up and freed all the animals causing a stampede. Rosie ends up killing August and the whole show crumbles. Jacob and Marlena end up leaving it together to join the Ringling circus and later Jacob gets a job at a zoo and they love their life. - Mr. Janowski figures that since his family forgot him, he will go to the circus in town himself. He gets there and talks with a man in charge. The man listens to his story and when the cops come looking for Mr. Janowski to take back to the nursing home, the man says it is his own father. Mr. Janowski ends up going on the tour with the new circus.

Ties that Bind, Ties that Break pgs.1-151

Ailin spends many years with the Warners, and learns to love the children. She also gets along with the parents, and doesn’t fight the father anymore. The Warners move back to America, and they invite Ailin to go with them. She accepts without much thought, and decides she must tell her family about her decision. Big Uncle was disappointed in Ailin. Her mother’s reaction was that she was cried, and didn’t want Ailin to leave.  She took a ship to America, and worked in Sacramento.  On the ship she meant a man by the name of James, and becomes close friends with him. Ailin also started cooking Chinese food for the Warners every night. She eventually ran out of Chinese ingredients, and they took her to Chinatown to get more ingredients. There she meets James again, and they keep meeting every week. Eventually the Warners decide to go back to China, and Ailin gives them big news. She’s going to stay in America, and run a restaurant with James.

Ties that Bind, Ties that Break pgs.1-100

In the first 100 pages of Ties that Bind, Ties that Break we’re introduced to the main character, Ailin. Ailin meet her new fiancé, and she is only five. She is later told she needs to have her feet bound. The idea sickens her, but she gives in, and lets them wrap her feet. She keeps the wraps on for a few minutes, but then freaks out and takes them off. Because of her unbound feet, the respected Chinese family she is supposed to marry into breaks of her engagement. Eventually she starts public school, which was very uncommon for females at this time. Ailin learns she’s very good at speaking English, and befriends her English teacher. During this time her beloved father was becoming very ill. Eventually he passes away, and her awful uncle, Big Uncle, is head of the family. He decides to pull Ailin out of public school. Big Uncle has a hatred for Ailin, especially because of her unbound feet that caused her engagement to broke off. Then Ailin learns of a family that wants an amah who can speak fluent English. Ailin moves in with the family, but doesn’t quite see eye-to-eye with the father. They both have very different views on the world. Ailin’s strong minded personality might cause her trouble in this household.

Catching Fire 1-100

Katniss and Peeta have been at home in District Twelve for a few weeks since the games. They are just getting ready to leave to go tour all of the other districts. One day, when Katniss comes home, she is expecting to see her team and Cinna. Instead, she sees a Capital official. He escorts her to the study in her house. In there awaits President Snow and he isn't too happy. Katniss knows that he is most likely going to talk to her about what she did at the games, showing up the Capital. President Snow says that she better act like she is in love with Peeta more than ever and to make him believe that it's actually true. He knew that Gale had kissed her in the woods one day, though she never told anybody. He doesn't want there to be any uprisings in the districts, plus some people believe that Katniss was just playing Peeta, not really falling in love with him. If she doesn't do as told, President Snow threatened to kill Gale, his family, and her family. Peeta and Katniss are on the train waiting to arrive in District Eleven. When they arrive and step on stage, Peeta gives is normal speech, but Katniss gives and unexpected one. She gives her sympathy to Thresh's family and of course Rue's. After that, they were rushed off stage and as Katniss was coming back to get her bouquet of flowers, she sees one of the Peacekeepers shoot an old man. Katniss then spills her guts to Haymitch and Peeta about the unexpected visit from President Snow. Once they tour the rest of the districts, they head to the Capital. They are once again on camera and on stage, which is nothing new. Peeta proposes to Katniss and she accepts. President Snow comes on stage and Katniss can tell that what happened wasn't good enough to convince him. After the celebrations at the Capital, they go back home and District Twelve has its own celebration for the winning tributes. Katniss finds place for her and Gale to meet up in the woods. Once he finds her, she tells him everything that has happened and how sorry she is. She asks him to run away and they got into a big fight. Gale left full of anger and Katniss went back to her house to go talk to Peeta about the whole situation.

The Color Purple 101-200

When Squeak got to the prison to try to persuade them to let Sofia out, the prison guard raped her. Sofia got out of prison, and she got to go work for the mayor’s family, which to her is even worse than prison, because the mayor’s white. Squeak soon started singing. Her voice isn’t as big and powerful as Shug’s, but Shug wants Squeak to sing with her. Shug leaves for a while, and comes back at Christmas with a husband. Mr. _____ is jealous, because it’s no big secret that he loves Shug. Celie finds a letter from Nettie in the mailbox from her sister, Nettie. She’s really surprised, because she thought Nettie was dead. Well, she reads the letter and discovers that Nettie has been writing to her for a long time, but Mr. _____ is hiding the letters. She finds the letters in Mr. _____’s room and reads them all. When Nettie left Celie’s house after she visited years ago, Mr. _____ followed her out of town, and tried to kiss her. Nettie kicked him away, and that made him mad, so he told Nettie that Celie would never hear from him again. That’s why he’s been hiding the letters all these years. Celie finds out from the letters that Nettie left and needed a place to stay, so she went to the Reverend’s house. When she gets there, she notices that his kids look so much like Celie. She came to the conclusion that these were Celie’s kids that they had adopted. Well, he was about to go on a mission trip to Africa, so they invited Nettie to come along. She went to take care of the children and teach the children in Africa. When she’s there, the Reverend’s wife realizes that her children look a lot like Nettie. She thinks that her husband cheated on her a long time ago, and these are actually Nettie’s children. Nettie swears to her that this is not true, but she doesn’t believe her. Later that night, the reverend’s wife wakes up in the middle of the night, says she believes Nettie, and then she dies. In Africa, Olivia (the reverend’s daughter) goes to school. She’s the only girl there, because in this particular area, girls have basically no rights. All the boys at school exclude her because she’s a girl. Finally, another girl, Tashi, starts to come to the school. The people start to get used to the idea of girls learning with boys. There’s also a huge revelation in one of the letter’s from Nettie. The man that they thought was their father is not their father at all. He’s actually their stepfather. Their father was hanged. Celie decides she doesn’t believe in God anymore, because what kind of a God would do this to her?

The Hunger Games 205-374

Rue and Katniss were planning a way to get rid of the Career's supplies. They knew that with no supplies, they probably wouldn't survive. Rue's job was to build campfires to make it look like that's where her and Katniss we're camping out at. Katniss went to where the Careers were camping out at, which was by the lake. They had all of their food and supplies in a big pile. Katniss had watched Foxface climb the pile in a simple manner. She realized that there were bombs everywhere, and if she stepped in the wrong place, with enough force they would explode and she would be blown to pieces. Katniss shot one of her arrows at the pile and all of the bombs went off. After she took care of the supplies, she went to go look for Rue. She finally found Rue on the ground in a net, which was a trap set by the Careers. The boy from District One is who killed her. He shot an arrow piercing through her side. Katniss shot an arrow right through his throat, then he died. Katniss wanted to do something special to Rue, since they were allies. She ended up covering her completely in flowers. Katniss then went and followed the stream until she heard somebody say her name. She didn't know where it was coming from, then Peeta tried sitting up. He was along the bank of the stream all camouflaged. He could hardly move, so Katniss washed him up and took care of him for quite some time. Cato had cut Peeta's leg all the way down to the bone. The Capital were setting out bags, which contained stuff from every district that they needed to live. Katniss knew that if she didn't get the bag that was labeled District Twelve, Peeta would die. She took her chances and set out to go get the bag. When she got there, she stayed hidden for awhile. Foxface first ran out, then Katniss decided to take her chances and go after the bag. The last Career Tribute, a girl, sent a knife flying straight for Katniss. She dodged it, then another. The girl came running for Katniss and before she knew it, she was trying to carve out her lips. Somebody with a great force then came and took the girl off of her. Thresher killed her and then decided to let Katniss go, only for this once. Before she knew it, she was back in the cave with Peeta. She was doctoring him up trying to save his leg, let alone his life. After Thresher died, Peeta and Katniss decided to go after Cato. While they were on their way there, they stopped to hunt and gather berries. Foxface stole some berries and she died because they were poisonous. When they got the lake, they heard somebody coming and it was Cato with a pack of wild dogs after him. Cato ended up dying and the games were won by the District Twelve tributes. After the interviews and watching the recaps of the games, they were on their way home back to District Twelve. Before getting to their destination, Peeta found out that Katniss was pretending to be in love with him the entire time throughout the games. He was heartbroke. As the train stopped at District Twelve, Peeta decided this was their last chance of being "in love."

If I Stay 200-234 (end of book)

All of a sudden Adam rushes out of the ICU telling Mia he will be right back and asking her to wait for him. Mia knows he will be let back in because Willow is in charge now and she is happy about that. Kim goes in to visit Mia and tells her about all the things Mia has already witnessed. Kim, of course, doesn't know this, but Mia likes how she can just talk to her like normal instead of acting weird about it. She tells Mia about all the people that have come to the hospital to see her and that she does still have a family. Mia thinks back to a time when her, her family, and her friends were all together and she knew she was lucky to be that happy but everything is different now. The only reason Mia is staying now is because of Adam. She is waiting for him to come back because she figures that is the least she can do for him after all he's done for her. Adam brought back his ipod and let Mia listen to a cello piece by one of the bands she loves. Then she feels a pain and she is back in her body laying on the bed again. All she wants to do is hold Adam's hand and she puts all her effort into this and squeezes his hand. He tightens his grip back and can't believe it and Mia can truly hear him say her name this time.

If I Stay 100-200

Adam is in the hospital and Mia knows it, she is so glad that Kim told him. She always knew Kim would be there for her and for Adam. Mia admits she is a little scared to see Adam. She has only seen Adam cry twice in her life and she doesn’t know if she can handle it. Adam wants to get into the ICU to see Mia but the nurses won’t let anyone go see her but her grandparents. Neither Mia nor her best friend Kim thought she was the type to get a boyfriend in high school but when Adam came along they both knew things were different. Adam was different. Kim and Adam are there together at the hospital now and follows them and hears them talking about a plan to get Adam into Mia’s room to see her. They develop a plan using a famous band that Adam was supposed to play with and gets their lead singer to enforce a distraction in the ICU so that he can sneak in to see Mia. Brooke starts singing and some of the nurses head out to listen to her and Adam runs as fast as he can into the ICU but as soon as he gets close to Mia he gets taken away by the security guards. Mia’s family’s friend, Willow, works at this hospital and wants Adam to get to see Mia too. Mia realizes though that since Willow is with her that Teddy must be gone too. As soon as she finds this out something goes wrong in her body and they nurses have to take her in for an emergency surgery and Mia knows that it is because she is starting to give up and doesn’t think she can do it anymore. She is back in the ICU and Gran and Gramps come in to visit her again and she loves hearing Gramps talk to her because he understands what is going on and that it is her choice. Adam comes back to visit Mia and Willow lets him go in and see her and he feels terrible since right after he saw her was when she had to go into emergency surgery. Adam gets in to talk to her and all he can say to her is please, and he also tells her not to make him write a song, because he said the only time he would be able to write a song is if something bad happened.

Deadline 1-100

In the beginning of the book Deadline Ben goes to the doctor, after several minutes of coaxing the doctor to tell him the news without his parents he is in shock after he finally told him. Ben was going to die, and soon. After thinking about what something like this would do to his already crazy home life he decided to keep it to himself. He then decided that he had to live out his whole life before he died. He went out for football, even though he would of made it to state in cross country. Even though Ben was short and skinny he ended up being one of the better players on the team, being able to tackle anything and everything. There was this girl, Dallas Suzuki, she had been Ben's biggest crush for as long as he could remember. One day, she finally noticed him after he became a jock she was all over him, after one night at "The Chief" (a local restaurant) he finally fulfilled one of his goals before dying.

Tell No One pg 101-201

This book keeps getting better and better. It is full of suspense and is wanting me to know more and more about what will happen next. Beck still can't let go of his loss of Elizabeth. He still believes that she is still alive, but its been many years since that day she was killed. The piercing screams of Elizabeth screaming his name, the lake, and the night his dear Elizabeth was taken and killed will forever haunt him. I can't wait to find out what will happen next. This book is just so suspenseful that I keep reading just to find out what will happen next, and if Elizabeth is really still alive.

Water for Elephants. P 100-200.

Mr. Janowski goes between the past and present. When he is remembering the past, he goes back when Uncle Al had made the clan pack everything up to jump over to another circus that had went out of business and was going to sell everything they had. Al was going to try to purchase on of the freaks that circus had had becuase he loves freaks. They go all the way there and Al goes and talks with the people who are in charge. He finally comes back to August, Marlena, and Jacob who are talking and tells August that the deal is done. August thinks he got the freak but when they start talking, he realizes that Al didnt, he got an elephant. After they get the elephant, Rosie, August is very upset because Al spent all the money to buy her and she wont listen to him at all. Once they get her loaded, they head to Chicago. When they get there August tells Jacob they are going out. They end up in this speakeasy and Marlena has a few drinks and asked Jacob to dance. They are getting very close when someone says the cops are coming. THey all run out, Marlena and Jacob together. They run down an alley and when they are alone, Jacob kisses her. She runs off and goes back to the circus grounds. The next day, Marlena does an act with Rosie and ends up getting hurt. After getting doctored, she keeps to herself and doesnt come out to see anyone. Jacob starts becoming very close with the animals, realizes he really likes Marlena, and how he really hates August. Also Camel (friend who helped get his job) has become paralyzed from drinking a certain liquor so Jacob stowed him away in his sleeping quarters so he doesn't get thrown off the train.