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The Basketball Diaries

by Jim Carroll

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Diego said: " The book "The Basketball Diaries" by Jim Carroll is a very interesting book, filled with experiences of Jim as he was growing up in the New York Bronx. This book is a clear and easy-to-understand kind of book. It has a great voice and it makes you fe ...more "

Mar 14, 2013 10:35PM · see review

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Sunrise Over Fallujah

by Walter Dean Myers

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Diego said: " Book Review: Sunrise Over Fallujah By: Diego Loza
The book “Sunrise Over Fallujah” by Walter Dean Myers is very interesting book that has a lot of action packed scenes that keep you aware of what is happening. I was interested in this book because in Book Review: Sunrise Over Fallujah By: Diego Loza
The book “Sunrise Over Fallujah” by Walter Dean Myers is very interesting book that has a lot of action packed scenes that keep you aware of what is happening. I was interested in this book because in elementary school I read the book “Fallen Angels” by Walter Dean Myers and I thought it was a great book that caught my attention and kept me reading. I loved that book so much as soon as I heard that there was a sequel to it I wanted to read it so bad but I never got my hands on it. Until, I saw it in my great teacher Stephanie’s book shelf. I also started reading Walter Dean Myers books because his great and well written book “Monster” got me into his kind of writing and the things he writes about.

The is about how Richie Perry’s (Main Character from “Fallen Angels”) nephew, Robin, wanted to join the army. He joined it but Richie’s brother, Robin’s dad, did not want Robin to go the army because his dad wanted him to go to college and had a plan for him already. But Robin really wanted to follow his uncle’s footsteps and join the army. Robin was sent to Iraq in to the war where the United States wanted to bring down Saddam Hussein and turn Iraq into a democracy. What Robin goes through and how he sees the war, makes you feel like you are Robin and you are in the war. The book has good sensory detail in the death scenes or the scenes where Robin gets attacked. It makes you feel like you are with them, trying to survive in the cold, dangerous war. This book makes you feel like you actually went through a whole life of a soldier and you are trying to get through it and at the end you understand the life of a true soldier. You understand that the whole time you’re serving your country, you’re fighting for your life as well. My favorite quotes from this book was: “Her anguished eyes pleaded hopelessly. I walked away. Away from the house, away from the body, away from the grandmother. The buildings across the street, the soldiers moving cautiously past them, were unreal through my tears. It was a horror movie badly out of focus, with only the images in my head crystal clear”(Myers 57). This paragraph was one of my favorites because the author explains very well the feelings of Robin and it shows how Robin’s first death experience was scary and really hit reality. Also, this quote: “The tension was unbelievable. I couldn’t keep my head still. It was almost daybreak and every shadow looked as if it had a gun”(Myers 69). This quote is very interesting because it shows how Robin was always nervous while on patrol. It shows how when Robin was first starting out and being scared and imagining every little object as an enemy.

This book did not really frustrate me. I don’t have any bad comments on this book because it was well written, it describes each situation very well and in great detail. I feel like I can honestly say that Walter Dean Myers is a terrific writer. He has the power to turn a non reader into a book worm. ...more "

Feb 26, 2013 11:24AM · see review