Blurb submitted by Khalil Williamson
The Catcher in the Rye is fiction
As a kid, did you ever want to know what it was like to be a grown up? Do grown up things in the big world? Well, that wasn't an issue for Holden Caulfield. This book is relevant for all ages if you want to get a good laugh. This story is told by a seventeen year old boy named Holden Caulfield who has been kicked out of four different private schools because of his grades. Holden has a bland way of expressing himself. Holden thinks that everybody in the world are phonies and that they don't live up to a certain standard like him. Holden has an adult mindset that nothing is too grown up for him in the big city of New York. This book is all about expressing what it's like for a kid to be grown in a seventeen year old boy's eyes overcoming obstacles in the real world at a young age. Full of laughter and full of cursing but it's the way that Holden sees from a personal viewpoint. Reading this book will take you on a journey through the obstacles of a teenage boy in the big world.
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
Beloved by Toni Morrison
Blurb submitted by Chelsey Cooley
Beloved is fiction
Rememory is the strangest, scariest, and most haunting thing you can ever feel. Unlike memory, rememory is a thing that hunts you down. It takes you back to the past and recreates it. The more you run from it, the more powerful it becomes. This is the story the of an ex-slave named Sethe and her daughter Dever who live at 124 Bluestone Road, where Beloved was born. We have all heard the term your past will haunt you, but in this book the past becomes a real creation. Beloved is a rememory of Sethe's past daughter, who Sethe killed. As Sethe ignores her past, Beloved becomes more anxious to come out of the walls (ghost). As Sethe ignores these issues from the past, they manifest into something inhuman like.
Beloved is fiction
Rememory is the strangest, scariest, and most haunting thing you can ever feel. Unlike memory, rememory is a thing that hunts you down. It takes you back to the past and recreates it. The more you run from it, the more powerful it becomes. This is the story the of an ex-slave named Sethe and her daughter Dever who live at 124 Bluestone Road, where Beloved was born. We have all heard the term your past will haunt you, but in this book the past becomes a real creation. Beloved is a rememory of Sethe's past daughter, who Sethe killed. As Sethe ignores her past, Beloved becomes more anxious to come out of the walls (ghost). As Sethe ignores these issues from the past, they manifest into something inhuman like.
The Winners Manual: For the Game of Life by Jim Tressel
Blurb submitted by Chris Wheaton
The Winners Manual: For the Game of Life is nonfiction
Sports take a lot of work. The coach for the Ohio State Buckeyes, Jim Tressel, found that out throughout his football coaching career. Jim Tressel was an amazing coach who brought the Ohio State Buckeyes to a national championship and had five national championships in his coaching career. Throughout the story, the coach talks about the struggles he went through to lead his team to victory. Jim said in the story that success isn't given, it is earned. The coach also talked about the ups and downs his team faced, such as injured starters and diversity. Throughout Jim's career, he brought many teams to the national championship and won, but all through hard work. I recommend this book to football players because it not only tells the story of winning but hard work as well.
The Winners Manual: For the Game of Life is nonfiction
Sports take a lot of work. The coach for the Ohio State Buckeyes, Jim Tressel, found that out throughout his football coaching career. Jim Tressel was an amazing coach who brought the Ohio State Buckeyes to a national championship and had five national championships in his coaching career. Throughout the story, the coach talks about the struggles he went through to lead his team to victory. Jim said in the story that success isn't given, it is earned. The coach also talked about the ups and downs his team faced, such as injured starters and diversity. Throughout Jim's career, he brought many teams to the national championship and won, but all through hard work. I recommend this book to football players because it not only tells the story of winning but hard work as well.
Friday, October 7, 2016
Beneath the Surface by Michael Phelps
Blurb submitted by Chris Wheaton
Beneath the Surface is nonfiction
Success is difficult for everyone, but mainly for professional athletes. Like Micheal Phelps, success doesn't come easily, no matter how great you are. Through all the wins Micheal Phelps has had, he has lost as well. Micheal Phelps is known as one of the greatest Olympic swimmers of all time, due to his 28 medal count. This book is very interesting because it's not just a biography, it's a lesson. Throughout the story, Phelps tells lessons that he went through to succeed, and his ups and downs. The story is also very interesting because it teaches you how to be a better sport when playing and how to succeed at any sport just by practicing. If you are an athlete, you should read this book because of how inspiring it is. I recommend this book to any athlete, boy or girl, because of the fact that the book tells the story of how Phelps dealt with rough times through hard times, including him using drugs, which slowed him down while practicing for the Olympics, as well as the inspiring focus on the great athlete himself telling the story himself of his great accolades and his great skills that took major practice.
Beneath the Surface is nonfiction
Success is difficult for everyone, but mainly for professional athletes. Like Micheal Phelps, success doesn't come easily, no matter how great you are. Through all the wins Micheal Phelps has had, he has lost as well. Micheal Phelps is known as one of the greatest Olympic swimmers of all time, due to his 28 medal count. This book is very interesting because it's not just a biography, it's a lesson. Throughout the story, Phelps tells lessons that he went through to succeed, and his ups and downs. The story is also very interesting because it teaches you how to be a better sport when playing and how to succeed at any sport just by practicing. If you are an athlete, you should read this book because of how inspiring it is. I recommend this book to any athlete, boy or girl, because of the fact that the book tells the story of how Phelps dealt with rough times through hard times, including him using drugs, which slowed him down while practicing for the Olympics, as well as the inspiring focus on the great athlete himself telling the story himself of his great accolades and his great skills that took major practice.
Thursday, October 6, 2016
The Career Playbook
Blurb submitted by Crayton Patterson
(The Career Playbook is nonfiction)
Now that we are getting ready to graduate high school it is time to get serious about the steps that we will take to become successful people. Do you want to have an achieving career or just get by? The Career Playbook will give you the essential advice for not only having an achieving career but become someone of executive importance. In this day and age, the competition for great jobs is at an all-time high. There are so many people that are working hard to become something great. By reading this book you are setting yourself ahead of the pack. This book gives advice from the beginning of your career to when you are an established professional. From networking to landing a perfect interview to becoming a CEO. This book gives first-person advice from college graduates and young professionals which gives a level of perspective that relates to students. The Career Playbook is written by James M. Citrin, the leader of Spencer Stuart's CEO practice and a member of the firm's worldwide board of directors; a perfect candidate to take career advice from. So if you want to get a head start on what you need to do to become an exceptional professional in whatever career you decide to pursue, reading The Career Playbook is a must.
(The Career Playbook is nonfiction)
Now that we are getting ready to graduate high school it is time to get serious about the steps that we will take to become successful people. Do you want to have an achieving career or just get by? The Career Playbook will give you the essential advice for not only having an achieving career but become someone of executive importance. In this day and age, the competition for great jobs is at an all-time high. There are so many people that are working hard to become something great. By reading this book you are setting yourself ahead of the pack. This book gives advice from the beginning of your career to when you are an established professional. From networking to landing a perfect interview to becoming a CEO. This book gives first-person advice from college graduates and young professionals which gives a level of perspective that relates to students. The Career Playbook is written by James M. Citrin, the leader of Spencer Stuart's CEO practice and a member of the firm's worldwide board of directors; a perfect candidate to take career advice from. So if you want to get a head start on what you need to do to become an exceptional professional in whatever career you decide to pursue, reading The Career Playbook is a must.
The Blind Side by Michael Lewis
Blurb submitted by Trent Crider
The Blindside is Nonfiction
The Blind Side is a nonfiction book written about a football player who went from poor to pro. This book gives really great detail on what it's like to not live under a roof or to transition from nothing to having more than needed. Michael Lewis shares the struggles that a boy named Michael Oher went through early on in life. Lewis writes about the challenges Michael faced when he started school for the first time and how he had to transition from no real family to a loving family. Lewis writes about Michael's struggles to get to where he is today, an NFL Superstar. Lewis does a great job of sharing the life of Michael Oher and to find out all of the struggles and failures he faced and overcame you would have to read the book yourself.
The Blindside is Nonfiction
The Blind Side is a nonfiction book written about a football player who went from poor to pro. This book gives really great detail on what it's like to not live under a roof or to transition from nothing to having more than needed. Michael Lewis shares the struggles that a boy named Michael Oher went through early on in life. Lewis writes about the challenges Michael faced when he started school for the first time and how he had to transition from no real family to a loving family. Lewis writes about Michael's struggles to get to where he is today, an NFL Superstar. Lewis does a great job of sharing the life of Michael Oher and to find out all of the struggles and failures he faced and overcame you would have to read the book yourself.
Tuesday, October 4, 2016
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Blurb submitted by Chris Wells
Outliers is Nonfiction
I believe this would be a good book to read and learn about the success people have done over the years. Success doesn't come easy or get handed to you. It's something you have to work for and grind for each day. Outliers is a book that tell us the story about how people became so rich and got to make their dream come true. People in this society will doubt you and not even give you a chance. They might say you are too small or not too smart. I think of success as if you believe in yourself than your dream will come true one day, but if you doubt yourself and look down on yourself you won't get anywhere with that type of attitude. So if you've been talked down to before or have no confidence, I think this would be a great book for you to read and learn how people made their dream come true. Anything is possible.
Outliers is Nonfiction
I believe this would be a good book to read and learn about the success people have done over the years. Success doesn't come easy or get handed to you. It's something you have to work for and grind for each day. Outliers is a book that tell us the story about how people became so rich and got to make their dream come true. People in this society will doubt you and not even give you a chance. They might say you are too small or not too smart. I think of success as if you believe in yourself than your dream will come true one day, but if you doubt yourself and look down on yourself you won't get anywhere with that type of attitude. So if you've been talked down to before or have no confidence, I think this would be a great book for you to read and learn how people made their dream come true. Anything is possible.
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