Sheboygan Falls HS discussion

Poet Emily Dickenson wrote

There is no Frigate like a Book To take us Lands away, Nor any Coursers like a Page Of prancing Poetry – This Traverse may the poorest take Without oppress of Toll – How frugal is the Chariot That bears a Human soul.

How and where have you traveled in a book? Name your book and be specific about the places it has taken you? What was the place like? What did you learn from traveling there?

I have traveled to distant worlds in the Halo series, far into the future. The name of the book I'm reading is Halo Ghosts of Onyx and it has taken me to the shield world Onyx and the space surrounding it. I've learned that everything in the universe appears to always be hostile and much more advanced that humanity. The place is pretty Earth like,with jungles, mountains, plains, and a habitable atmosphere, except there is a bunch of alien artifacts of a long dead, super advanced species, out for our blood like everything else in the universe. I learned that the space outside Onyx is filled with a different type of super advance aliens who want to eradicate humanity. These aliens worship the other aliens and are also in a civil war. Finally, Learned that the aliens all use dangerous super advanced creatures that repair everything.

In the book, The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, I traveled to Amsterdam. Most of the book took place in Amsterdam, or talked about how much the main character and her friend wanted to go there. Amsterdam was beyond beautiful. There were flower petals in the air from blossoms in the trees, beautiful canals that people rode in boats on, fresh air, people biking to and from places, and great people. From traveling there, I learned that some people cherish more things than other. Some people enjoy life more than others. Also, some people have more and better plans for the future than others. I also learned to love the people who are close to you because out of nowhere, something could happen. Cherish the people who love you, and love them back.

In this book I have been to the olympics of 2012 in London. My book is Rush For The Gold. It has taken me back to the events of a swimmer deeper into the events of the olympics just a year ago. It also explains the life not just of the athletes but how the media such as reporters work in such a big event like the olympics and how they can connect in the struggles of getting into the olympics and their part in it. The atmosphere in these times and places isn't too pleasant in these events. People are fighting over what they desire and there jealousy towards others and what they think isn't fair.

These people Start to lose reality once money starts to be a big part and how it can cause such a heavy desire. For these people who try to make the money off these athletes such as agents, they don't care about their clients they are only in for the attention, reputation as well as money. I now learned how hasty thinks can turn once people lose the true grasp on reality and the new people they become mostly resulting in a negative way.

The book The Hunger Games has taken me to Panem, the future area of North America. After a terrible war, the continent is split up into 12 districts with one central dictatorship government. The capitol is wealthy, and as are districts 1-6. As you get into the outlying districts, wealth diminishes and poverty takes over. The outermost district, district twelve, is where the protagonist characters are from. District Twelve is a mining district, with very little prosperity. There are dirt roads, woods and mountains surrounding, many farm animals, shacks for homes, a small merchant area, and the overwelming sense of poverty.In the civilization of Panem, each year one boy and one girl from each district are chose to enter an arena located in the capital and fight till death and one victor remains. The arena changes each year, but this book takes you to an arena filled with caves, rivers, tall trees, mutant animals, and tracker jackers.

In my Book that I am reading Will finds an underground city throughout the whole world. So it takes place all over the world underground even in the center of the earth. When they are above ground they are mainly in London or somewhere else in England. This book I am reading is spiral, the fifth book in a series called tunnels. In the underground world there is a place called the deeps which is a humongous cavern that is thousands of miles long and is pitch black. In the deeps there are places that are really deep holes that go down for miles but since there is low gravity if you fall in you can survive. These places are called pores. In the city of the underground world they are weird people that are really broad shouldered and they don’t like will. The city is like an ancient city, it has street lamps made with luminescent orbs that glow in the dark. In the center of the world there is a second sun with a big city with sky scrapers and cars and weird helicopters. There is a building that is really similar to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France. Except in the center of the world the arc is their city hall. What I learned from traveling to all of these places is that there are many different place in the world and that they are all unique.

In my previous book I've read The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Gothgirl, I was taken to a small town to the school of South Brook High school, surrounded by tons of students; Or to be precise, cheerleaders, ‘senior goddesses’, athletes, and most importantly, drama. I've witness from the side view of a sophomore boy in a hoodie being pushed around, looking depressed as always. Nobody was there for him as the upperclassman pushed him around and into the lockers between classes.

The usual dilemma you would find for a ‘geek’ or a ‘nerd’.

Then the setting changed for the sophomore ‘Danny’, or constantly referred to us as ‘Fanboy’. Fanboy was in his basement alone as he sat on his old ‘dinosaur-aged’’ computer, IM-ing his athletic friend who secretly loved comic books, and working on his long-lived graphic novel Schemeta that he hoped would one day make him famous and help him get out of this horrible town.

The settings changed over and over again, sometimes getting to the point I can’t rip my eyes off the scene as Fanboy came back from the comic convention, disappointed at how his idol, didn't want to look at the comic he worked so hard on, and how his ‘so-called’ friend embarrassed him in front of an entire crowd. I remember feeling my stomach clutched up into a ball as the sophomore threw his binder full of his precious comic pages at the wall and started to cry, reading his expressions at how he wanted to commit suicide at that moment.

It made me realize that when life gives you lemons, sometimes the lemons win and you are vulnerable.

Finally, after a long time be excluded at the long line of Fanboy being unhappy, a light began to develop. The same night after the convention, he was invited to a classic high school party, invited by the smell of alcohol, bad music, and couples all around him. Outside, Fanboy and one of the senior goddesses he loved ever since freshman year, finally kissed unpredictably. Making the moment the most memorable event in his life.

In the end he got his fair share of losing his “Goth girl”, who in reality didn't do any good to Fanboy when they were friends, and when they were enemies in my opinion. Fanboy and his mother finally connected in the end with a touching ending; finally showing the conclusion of the entire story, that life can have it’s ups-and-downs, but we all have to pull through it, because life will reward you one day.

I have traveled to a world in the future that is kind of different from ours. This takes place on Earth but it is in a divided world. I’m reading Delirium and it has taken me to both sides of their world. One side is a city where everybody is supposed to live. Pretty much a normal city with towns, parks, beaches, stores, etc. They are fenced in and get the death penalty if they try to escape. The other side is the Wild. It is pretty self explanatory. This has thick forests to hide the people who aren’t supposed to be living there. These people made their lives out there, so their homes are hidden within all the trees. It was an amazing sight to those who haven’t been in the Wild. There are also the battlegrounds from when their leaders tried to exterminate these people. I guess I learned how these people were able to build up their town again after everything they had was destroyed. They figured out how to live away from their controlling government.

When reading Divergent by Veronica Roth, I was taken to a futuristic version of Chicago. I have been to chicago and have seen the places that are in the book and Veronica Roth has described them so well I could visualize what I saw with the added effect of age. One place in the book was the Navy Pier ferris wheel. The ferris wheel was old, and was no longer used, so all of the beams were not the sturdiest. It is weird to think that something so popular now is only used as an obstacle source in the book. Another place that was mentioned in the book was the Hancock Building, and it again was different from today. In the book it was used for the fearless people, so they could zipline off of it. From traveling there in the book, I learned that not everything is going to always be the same. There are always going to be improvements and one mistake could change the whole future, and sometimes we can’t do anything, and other times we can.

In, Out Of the Cold by Norah McClintock, I have traveled to a homeless shelter in Robyn's hometown. I have before been to a homeless shelter but not like the one in the story. I went to a homeless shelter when I went on a mission trip to Tennessee it has changed my life. To see what they have compared to what we have is amazing and yet we still take so much for granted. I think when Robyn arrives at the homeless shelter and sees what they are wearing compared to what she is wearing (gold earrings, new jacket, new boots, etc.)she forgot about being sad over her boyfriend leaving her and felt worse about what they are going through. The homeless shelter in Out of the Cold is like nothing else I have ever imagined or been to before. When you walked into the shelter there was a stench of unwashed bodies and tobacco with the smells of the coffee and food cooking with a overwhelming amount of heat. The people wore worn faded jeans with frayed denim shirts. From traveling here I have learned we have to be very grateful for what we have in our lives, we could be in much worse situations

I have traveled to a current day version of the American Midwest. The name of the book I am reading is Black Helicopters by Blythe Woolston. Valley lives in a rural part of the American Midwest where it is very isolated and there are very few people near where they live. Valleys’ dad doesn’t let them out of house because of the threat of “Black Helicopters” so we don’t get to learn much about the scenery. the parts that they are outside for, they were surrounded by fields and there was a forest not too far away from the area where they live. Later in the book Valley and her brother travel to the southern part of Canada. In the area of southern Canada they were in they lived in a rural area but they were not too far away from a town. They lived in a small group/community with about one or two dozen people. In the place that they live it was a sort of set up like a camp, there was multiple buildings for different purposes for the community/group. In the area in southern Canada where they were located they were surrounded by forest and there were a few lakes near where they lived. From traveling to these locations, i’ve learned that it doesn’t matter where you are when you have loving family to support you.

In the book I am reading, I have traveled through the past of one guy in his football career. The character in my book, Bleachers, is named Neely Crenshaw. I have traveled back in time to the 1970’s. I have went back in time to his high school football career. The team he was on was called the Messina Spartans. I have been taken into a small little town with a small high school, that has talented football players. Neely and his three other buddies, sit up in their old high school bleachers, and talk about their old football memories. Back in their high school days, the town was so beautiful. Every person had nice gardens and wonderful looking trees in their front yard. Everyone was nice and was always helpful. The smells of brat fry's every Friday night, filled the air before a Messina football game. But now since those days are over, Neely Crenshaw and his buddies see how badly their little town has decreased since they left. Messina is now a very bad environment with rotten weird smells around the town. Neely believes that the town turned like this after he had left, because no one cared about the town anymore. With his buddies up in their old bleachers, they still talk about the old memories they had there. So far in my book, I learned that, without having much pride into your hometown, you could lose the good environment it use to have.

When i read the Splinter Cell Book(s) the main storyline for the main character (not counting the side ones) takes place in various locations around the world.
The book starts out in Virginia near Washington D.C. but may end in a remote part of China after all is said and done. The storylines involve a US spy named Sam Fisher who is kind of the “Go-To guy” for finding out something about a plot to attack The US or one of our allies. This involves him being put anywhere from Turkey to Hong Kong sometimes on a daily basis (they even use the situation of him traveling so much as part of a motivation for moving the plot along). Some of the locations in foreign countries are fictional or inspired by real places while others (like Israel, and Iran) ARE real places which adds variety to a story that would be rather bland without. As for “learning” anything from the places, besides a bit of background to help understand story theres not much education to be found, unless you want to be shot by stereotypes of whatever culture is common in the area. (Really, every place Sam seems to go gets people killed in rather violent ways).

In the book, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, it takes place in Toronto, Canada. The main character, Pi, begins his career at the University of Toronto. As a college student, he earned a double-major Bachelor’s degree. Pi majored in religious studies and zoology. The experience living in Toronto taught him lessons he never expected. A lesson he learned was how the life of a sloth was peaceful and relaxing. It made him realize how life should be. The weather he liked although he missed the heat in India. There was also great people he met as he went to college. Another place the book traveled to was Pondicherry. As a young boy with his family in Pondicherry, they owned a zoo. Their family domesticated many animals. The zoo was a great place to visit with the nice weather. Many visitors came to watch and see the various animals. The animals included llamas, giraffes, hippopotamuses, birds, monkeys, etc. Pi also became fascinated with the animals. Everyday before Pi would go to school, he would stroll past and see the daily routines of the animals. He discovered from examining the animals was to watch them on sunrise and sunset. That was when the animals came to life. Pi started to enjoy studying the life of animals. It became then that he wanted to major in zoology. From reading this book so far, I learned that you should start taking chances before it becomes too late.

In the book I’m reading, Point Blanc By: Anthony Horowitz, I've traveled a great distance. The book starts off in London, in a small town that the main character, Alex, lives in. He then goes off to the snow-covered mountains in France. When I’m reading this book I feel like I’m the Alex, going off into the mountains of France. When traveling the streets in France, the descriptions of the small boutiques and the open mall squares with kiosks spread between them, make me feel like I’m actually in France. The school in the mountains is more outcast and bland. It seems a bit like a normal school that was picked up and dropped into the mountains. When traveling into France, you can understand what Alex is feeling because of how he describes the buildings and architectural features and other amazing scenery. The stereotypical France set up is used in this book, but when the mountains were intertwined with the country it sent me into the book and further into the country. I learned that Europe can be pictured in so many ways. When you’re around something for longer (the way Alex lived in London and didn't note anything spectacular), it becomes less amazing than when you first got there no matter what country, city, etc. I really am enjoying this story and being able to travel into France is really cool as well.

In my lifetime books have taken me far and near, through space as well as time. My book, Everlost, has taken me to a peculiar world in between the living world and heaven. One of the main idiosyncratic features of this world is that the only solid objects are ones that have died or that have been in the possession of a person who has passed. Anything that has not died in the real world is visible but if you would make an attempt to touch it, you will notice that your body would move directly through the object without any resistance. This can call for some issues if you are trying to travel to another part of the world. It is hypothetically possible to float down to the center of the world and never be able to get out. I have learned a good amount from this fictional world in terms of creative ideas for problem solving. It is almost funny how such a strange mythical world can change someone's perspective on life.

When reading books I have traveled to all kinds of places, anywhere from deserts to rain forests to fantasy worlds to arenas, and sometimes just to a school no different than ours. Each time I open a new book it’s like a whole new adventure. As exciting as every new adventures was, there is one that always stuck out, and that was when I read, The Hunger Games Series by Suzanne Collins. The setting changes frequently in this book but my favorite part is without a doubt during the hunger games, in the arena. The arena is step up like a forest with grass and trees and nature all around you, and many places to hide. I think the setting really added to the suspense of the book which is also part of why I enjoyed reading it.When reading books I have traveled to all kinds of places, anywhere from deserts to rain forests to fantasy worlds to arenas, and sometimes just to a school no different than ours. Each time I open a new book it’s like a whole new adventure. As exciting as every new adventures was, there is one that always stuck out, and that was when I read, The Hunger Games Series by Suzanne Collins. The setting changes frequently in this book but my favorite part is without a doubt during the hunger games, in the arena. The arena is step up like a forest with grass and trees and nature all around you, and many places to hide. I think the setting really added to the suspense of the book which is also part of why I enjoyed reading it.

In my book The Rivalry by John Feinstein it takes me to the Army Navy stadium. The Army Navy college football game is one of the biggest rivalries ever. The Stadium is so crowded when everyone gets there you cannot even turn without bumping into someone. It also takes me to to other football stadiums to see the previous games prior to the game between Army Navy Game. It also just like every other high population event lots of security. Steve is with a secret servicemen and the secret servicemen it taking him around the stadium. Steve is doing a report on the game because he expects something fishy about the game. The game to him is awesome he loves being in stadiums being a reporter. By traveling to the game I learned that there is something different about every game. With all the security I learned that college football means a lot to some people.

In the Oak Knoll Series, by Tami Hoag, we venture to Oak Knoll, California; a college community located north of LA. Oak Knoll is said to be a perfect town for artists and musicians. It’s the type of town where you’ll find street musicians on every corner and artists crowded on the plaza. It’s the perfect place for small business owners to get started. Oak Knoll has something for any type of living. It has that family friendly appeal but at the same time is a place where the wealthy and/or retired would find the charities and activities to take up their extra time. All and All, Oak Knoll is described to be a calm, friendly town, perfect for anyone to settle.

In books, I have traveled all over the world. Sometimes to Egypt, other times, in the United States. But While reading The Fault in our Stars by John Green, I traveled just a few states away to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The story mostly stays in that area and follows the main character, Hazel, around her hometown. She has cancer and so a small part of the book describes the hospitals and treatments she has had to go through. She then meets a boy who has had cancer but still has kept his “wish”. He decides to fly Hazel and himself to Amsterdam to meet their favorite (but very elusive) author. Amsterdam through the eyes of Hazel sounded amazing. They went at the time of year when confetti is thrown in celebration, they drink the best champagne, and everything, to Hazel, seems magical. Travelling to these exotic and not so exotic places taught me that you don’t have to travel so far as to Amsterdam to have your own adventure.

The book I am commenting on is the first book of the enders series, Enders Game. It is about a young boy who is taken into space to battle school. There he makes some friends and many enemies because he is the smartest kid in school. He commands an army really early in the his career, then graduates a few years early. Then he goes to command school and is put through an intense simulation. He wins defeats every battle in the simulation and then finds out that they weren't simulations, but real battles and that they were against an alien space ships. Then Ender is upset that he destroyed a whole species instead of trying to communicate with them.

In this book it takes you to his home, where he is constantly bothered at school and at home where his mean brother always does terrible things to him and to animals, and also he has a nice sister who always comforts and tried to protect him.

It then takes you to the actual school that teaches everything about how to command your troops. Then it takes you to the battle room where the students battle each other inside teams. After that it will take you to command school, a huge asteroid that holds the worlds most brilliant minds. Then he meets up with the friends he made in battle school and they all come together to fight all of the battles and eventually defeat the strange aliens.

In The Son of Neptune, you travel to new rome which is hidden in a valley in California. New Rome is a mashup of roman temples military barracks and a normal town. there are demigods picking up a new battle ax while they go grocery shopping and some buying coffee and pastries to give as a burnt offering to their godly parent. one of the characters gets interrogated in a room with war trophies, maps and jelly beans. one of the characters, Hazle, was born in the 1940’s, died, and came back to life. she has flashbacks where she blacks out and goes back in time to her past. Hazel lived in during WW1 but it didn’t affect her or her flashbacks.

I read the book All The Lovely Bad Ones. It took me to a haunted hotel owned by the two main characters grandma.In the book you learn that the ghost can be friendly as well as being mean. I learned the story line as to why the place is haunted. The hotel is mainly haunted by two little children a boy and a girl. They play many tricks on people in the hotel. Eventually though, the two main characters staying at the hotel talk to the ghosts and find out why the are haunting the place.

I am reading Unwind by Neal Shusterman and the mostly the entire book has been traveled by foot it is about 3 runaway unwinds who are trying to live until they are 18 so they can live a free life. Occasionally they are in a car or bus to get out of the heat of the moment. The setting is always switching because of the three different viewpoints the story. When the three characters are together the setting took place in the woods and in a small town trying to get far away form the main highway where they all met. It also earlier took place in a school building in the bathroom stalls.When having to leave the school one of the main characters Lev got separated from Connor and Risa the other main characters. Connor and Risa ended up in a little town shop and were able to find a safe refuge there for a while but eventually had to move on. Lev on the other hand met up with another character Cyrus who led him on railroad tracks as they were on their way to a destination Joplin.
I personally think the entire setting in the book has a terribly big influence on the entire book. As they moved from place to place the mood between the characters was constantly changing. Like during the scene when they were all in the woods, they all were doubting each other trusting only themselves and always watching their backs. While in the school they all began trusting each other but then Lev set them up and almost got them unwound but while in the process he knew he was doing wrong and sabotaged his plan by pulling the fire alarm and if not in the school setting this move would have not been possible. So I entirely believe that without this type of setting the book would have been entirely different.

My book takes me to Oak Grove. Oak Grove is a small Baseball loving town who has a rival team by the name of Campton. This book drew me in because I love Baseball and I like to connect my book with my life. When I saw the title of my book "BeanBall" I had a feeling it was going to be about a guy getting hit. I was right. In the book the star center fielder Luke "Wizard" Wallace is at bat and is trying to win the game between their rival high school Campton. Luke is trying to hit the winning run with two outs and a 2-2 pitch. The star pitcher for Campton "Kyle Dawkins" is trying to save the game. His coach comes out and tells him to pitch up and in to move him off the plate. But Kyle’s catcher knows that he throws a little wild so he gives him an over the plate fastball. But instead Kyle listened to the coach and pitched up and in.
This is a quote that the umpire said “I’ve seen the worst things possible in this game but this, this was just terrible the sound was clashing. And Luke he didn't even move or scream he just fell motionless not even a twitch. All you could hear were the screams coming from everyone, even me.”
I am finding this book very interesting and would recommend it to everyone even if you don’t like sports it’s a very heartwarming book.

Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports

by James Patterson

Where has this book taken me...

In this book, six kids are avian hybrids. They fly across the country and even the world. Of the series, this specific book, the kids split up and because of an argument leaving Max, the main character, shaken. It is up to Max to get her portion of “the flock” to Germany. Once in Europe they travel, or fly, around and visit London and Paris. While in London, they visited Big Ben and took a double decker bus ride to the Buckingham Palace. They commented on all the beautiful jewels that were “glimmering” through the glass. After a “delicious” lunch of fish and chips, they flew off to visit Paris. They got to Paris at night and were amazed by all the beautiful sights. The book describes the restaurants and outdoor cafe’s as whimsical and like the kids are living in a fairy tale. I learned from this book was that dogs are allowed in the cafes in Paris. I also felt like I was physically there because the characters were discribing the many unique perfumes that were wafting through the air from the botiques.

In the last book I read Heart of a Champion they went into a lot of detail at times. In some of their big games I could imagine what was going on and what it looked like. In a huge game because they were tied for first with the other team they explained everything happening. I would picture it like I was in the stands watching the game. I pictured it like a beat up field that was kind of like Rochester Park’s field, except it had more seating. It was the same size and very bad dirt so the ball would take horrible bounces and would hurt to slide. The crowd would be one their feet the whole game because they were so excited and they were also cheering for whoever they wanted to win. It was really loud the whole game and very nerve wracking.

When i read Lorwyn, it took me to a different world. it took me to the vast forests and its roaring mountains. On lorwyn its not just a place with wildlife everywhere but there are also little towns and a couple cities, in the book it takes you to kinsaible, a little town just at the edge of the giltleaf, a giant elf tribe, and partly surrounded by a huge river called the wonderine. towards the end of the book the main characters meet up at the murmuring bosk, a magical place where the trees can come alive and become treefolk. The reason the end in the murmuring bosk is because the main character Rhys has to plant a seed to help the murmuring bosk come back to life.
After It is all said and done it is and amazing book and highly recommend reading it

Travel is a major component to the plot in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. Starting out in the US in a suburban community, you’re transported to a mysterious place known as Cairnholm Island. Just off the coast of Great Britain, Cairnholm Island houses only a few farmers and fishermen, but many secrets. When a person with special abilities known as a peculiar travels through the ancient tunnel called a cairn, they are transported to another time. The loop is set during WWll, during the bombing on the island. Even though these bombings happen every day, Jacob (the main character) meets friends that persuade him to stay forever. From this, I learned that looks can be deceiving and that friends are important.

In my book there isn’t many places the main character travels to. The first place that the main character traveled to was Washington D.C what i learned was that there was a secret government agency from this place. San Diego because that is where the main character lived. This place was sunny and always warm and by a beach. From traveling here I learned what the main characters life was like for everyday. Then the book took me to Arizona because the main characters parents died so he had to move in with his grandpa. This place was really hot and dry. What I learned from traveling to this place is that his grandpa used to work for a top secret agency for the government.

In my book it takes place in 2009 and I have traveled to Washington D.C. and recently to Boston. The name of my book is called Change-Up. It is mostly based in Boston at Fenway Park where the Boston Red Sox play and where the World Series is being held. Basically my characters are trying to get as much information as they are trying to be reporters for their newspapers, but secrets are being spread by people about a famous player, but every reporter in the country is trying to find out what the secret is even my characters.

In the Alchemyst, The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, I am taken to many different places. The story starts out in San Francisco inside two different stores. San Francisco is just like it would be in real life, large buildings, lots of people, and with good weather. After multiple events I find the protagonists driving across the golden gate bridge, once off they find themselves heading towards a fictional place known as the shadow realm. Inside of the shadow realm there is a massive tree known as the world tree, a tree so big that it makes redwood trees look like twigs. All of the rooms and everything in them are wooden and made from the tree. While most of the protagonists are at the world tree one other is locked in a cage at Alcatraz. there it is dark, lonely, and creepy. After everyone has left the shadow realm and started driving south they eventually reach Ojai, California. Ojai isn’t nearly as magnificent as San Francisco, it was a sunny place with a way smaller population.

The book I’m reading at the moment is called Strangelets and it deals with four different places and three different people. The book starts out with Sophie in a hospital near San Francisco. The hospital room is standard with linoleum floors, and decorations. Right as she is about to die from cancer, the chapter ends and you are transported to another character's point of view. This new character’s name is Declan. He from Galway, Ireland and is walking through a foggy alley at night. At the end of the alley a Russian is found pointing a gun at Declan’s head. Right when the bullet is shot, the scene ends and we travel to a new destination. The new character is named Anat, and she is in a tunnel between Israel and Egypt. As soon as she was near the end of the tunnel, she is snagged in a dangerous booby trap, and the chapter ends. Then, we travel back to place where all the characters meet. The destination is described as an asylum or hospital with no way out. Everywhere they turn there are more hallways, and the walls are made of thick concrete. It turns out, all of the characters were supposed to die at the exact same time, but they were all brought to a place with a specific reason in mind.

In the book,”The Forest of Hands and Teeth” I travel into the very far future where the Unconsecrated (zombie like creatures) have taken over the Earth. A single scratch can infect you. Once you are infected you have two options. Die or Return(to become Unconsecrated). I put myself in Mary’s shoes throughout the entire book. (Mary is the main character.) The sound of the Unconsecrated banging against the fences trying to get in and there low pitched moans echo through the village in the nighttime. When the fences were breached by the Unconsecrated, the sound of a piercing siren rang throughout the village as everybody was in total chaos. They try to get to the platforms to save their own lives, not caring about anyone else. Travis, Mary, Harry (Travis’s brother) and Cassie (Mary’s best friend) had no other option, they had to go outside the village and travel down the path that leads into The Forest, where the Unconsecrated roam free, and vicious animals that lurk about are waiting to sink their teeth into your flesh.
The Forest of Hands and Teeth

Collin wrote: "In my Book that I am reading Will finds an underground city throughout the whole world. So it takes place all over the world underground even in the center of the earth. When they are above ground ..."

Collin, are you thinking this place exists in real life?

Well in my book that i'm reading called "Soldier X". It's about the Nazi's protecting the eastern border when the Russians invaded.Erik Brandt tells you about the battlefield’s looks and smells of garbage, burned down trees, and also dead bodies. After the russians break through the line of the germans Erik is the only one alive. He puts on a russian uniform and now is trying to get home.

Where I am in my book ¨Rush for the Gold¨ I am Traveling with an olympic swimmer who meets her friends at the ¨village areas¨ in London where the campus is that will be hosting the 2012 olympics. Those village areas are the rooms that the olympic swimmers stay in and traveling with them i learned that the media is strictly monitored by the laws during the olympics for limited access with those olympians and they are only allowed to talk with those people up to 6 p.m along with the right credentials. Then they have to leave the area through gates and stay in their own hotel until the next day for up the three weeks repeating that until the olympic games are finally done. I’ve learned from traveling in my book there are certain feuds that people face when they lose their reality because they are in for the money, This makes it seem like there is going to be a problem with that probably the whole story. This is what i’m learning as I travel to the location of london where the Olympic games are just starting.

My book Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper has taken me to a place that you would not think of. It has taken me to a school just a regular school, but not just the school. It has taken my to a certain class room called H-5. This room is specifically for kids that have different disabilities. Some kids have down syndrome. Some have a hard time talking. Some have autism. Some have a hard time walking and moving. The main character Melody has something called cerebral palsy. That's when you can’t talk and your legs are not strong enough to walk. Most of these children can’t do what I can. I've never experienced being troubled with something most people do everyday, like talking or walking. Melody and these other children has taken me to a place that I have never been to. They put me into their shoes. When I see someone with a disability I just think that they’re disabled and that's that. But this book has taken me inside the person. The main character Melody has been telling me what shes thinking and what she wants to tell people. So now when I see a disabled person I have a better understanding what they're going through and what they're trying to say to others.

In my book PayBack Time It takes me to alot of diffrent places. It takes me to the head football coaches office and it almost includes me in the conversations that are going on. This book also takes me to the football field with the big hits happening all around and the mind blowing catching tackles going on. It takes me to the hallways and kids getting bullied all around and kids pulling pranks on one another.

The book “Phantoms in the Snow” lets you travel to a different time period because it takes place during World War Two. It also let’s you see from a boy named Noah’s point of view. This is because his parents have both recently died and he has been sent off to a military base to live with his uncle. You also learn some interesting facts from traveling through this story. For example Noah would have to be 15 to join the army at that point in history. Noah was really 14 and didn’t want to get sent somewhere else. So he said he was 15. I didn’t finish the story yet but I think this will get him into trouble later in the story.

In the book The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan it takes place in the future, it’s earth but its much farther in the future, it’s about the return of the dead. The dead have taken over earth and the few of the living are trapped in a village surrounded by gates that were built before the return. Their ancestors have built and repaired the fences to keep their children who would take over the village safe. The village is deep in a forest and that's all it’s surrounded by; trees and the dead.
Mary (main character) didn't believe that there was only a forest, she was told by her mother about the ocean and something else than the forest. When the fences are breached by the unconsecrated they are forced to leave the village and go down the fenced pathway away from the village. After days of walking they found another village but it was already taken over, so they keep walking down the pathway and in the end, Mary finds the ocean.

In my book Arena by William R. Forstchen I traveled to Dominaria. Dominaria is a vast plane full of travelers and visitors. Though it is normally a busy city, during the time of the Arena Fights it is extremely crowded. I learned a lot from traveling there, always keep your valuables in your front pockets, watch your back, and never give in to your evil corrupt overlord.