the first of many, Peiod.8

So if you're reading my blog.  I must warn you, the next 25 book blogs from this point will contain spoilers!

I have to be detailed in my descriptions as proof I read the books.  So without further ado, the first of many!




Crutcher, C.  (2013) Period.8. New York, NY: Greenwillow Books
Paulie Baum believes in being straight forward, truthful, and staying on a good path.  Because of this, Paulie has a problem.  He cheated on his girlfriend Hannah. Though the circumstances in which he cheated were almost forced (and in fact, orchestrated), he can’t help but be straight with her, telling Hannah the truth.  This, of course, ends their relationship.  
The next day, he has to face another dread, Period 8. This elective course is held by student favorite and soon to retire Mr. Logsdon, or Mr. Logs. It serves as a forum for students to discuss any topic, without restraint or judgement.  The only rule that what is said in period 8, stays there.  The topic that day soon becomes “Why men are cheating pigs”.  One person notably absent is straight A student Mary Wells. 
The drama heats up when Mary returns under strange circumstances.  Paulie then admits to Logs that it was Mary with whom he cheated, but she was acting very strange.  Her behavior and situation begins become more desperate as the story continues and Pualie gets to know her better.  After Mary goes missing again, Paulie goes to the police.  It is soon revealed that Paulie’s supposed friend, Arney Stacks, has been running a prostitution ring and has police on his payroll.  After Paulie and Logs go on the run from the corrupt officer and his cronies, they’re able to call in outside help to shut the operation down.

This book is full of teen love drama, but with a side of mystery.  If you like books about love, sex, and lies, then this is one for you.  If you don’t, the mystery and suspense is enough to keep you reading.  One thing that bothered me though was everyone’s acceptance of cheating.  They don’t like it, but by the characters seem to just accept it as a part of a relationship.  It doesn’t seem to me like a moral worth learning.
I am required to read a book by Chris Crutcher, so this is the one I chose.
 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Infographics and Tools to Make Them

Image
    Inforgraphics are a visual way for representing information.  Using them is a good way to draw the eye to information you're trying to get across, and is handy in summarizing information.  There are lots of tools available online that one can use to create one.  Here I will review a few of them and then show you an infographic I made using one of the tools.       First up is Easelly. One can access this tool by visiting https://www.easel.ly/   and creating an account. The basic account is free, but one can upgrade to a pro account if they wish to gain access to additional resources.  The infographic creator is pretty simple to use.  You can start out with a pre-made template and edit how you want.  There are options in lettering, graphs, charts, and media.  You can import your own graphics or even embed items from the internet like Youtube videos. When you are finished, you can download your product as as a picture fi...
Read more

so Noisy. (The Knife of Never Letting Go)

Ness, P.(2008) The Knife of Never Letting Go . Cambridge, Ma: Candlewick Press Spoilers ahead. Todd is almost a man. He will be in about a month.   In Prentisstown, when you turn 13 you are officially considered a man.   That and his dog that won’t stop talking is what he’s thinking about while he’s out in the swamp looking for apples.   In the new world everything talks, and everyone has Noise.   The Noise is people’s thoughts put out for everyone else to hear.   It’s just how it is.   It can get pretty deafening in town.   Todd is also the last boy in town.   There are no other children and no women either, just 100+ men.    So it’s pretty startling when he comes across a pocket of silence.   When he approaches, whatever it is runs off. Todd’s thinking it must be a Spackle, one of the world’s indigenous people.   As he heads home, he tries to keep it out of his Noise.   Several men keep looking at him weird...
Read more

She Kicks Butts and Eats Nuts!

Image
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Beats Up the Marvel Universe by Ryan North and Jessica Henderson Squirrel Girl is back in her very own stand-alone graphic novel!  Doreen Green isn't just your average college computer science student, she's also a super hero! With the proportional strength and agility of a squirrel, the ability to speak to squirrels, and her upbeat positive attitude she is a force to be reckoned with!  When her pal Tony Stark calls her asking for help, she gathers her team and they run off to Stark tower immediately! When they reach Tony however, they find out he just wants to use her squirrel talking ability to gather test subjects for some tech he nabbed from the high evolutionary!  Squirrel Girl of course declines, but at that moment the high evolutionary's goons attack!  in the fray Squirrel Girl is knocked into the mysterious chamber! Strangely enough, two Squirrel Girls jump out!  Doreen and her clone are fast friends and kick butt toget...
Read more