Choice Book Project Qt. 4

       I read the book Th1rteen R3asons Why by Jay Asher. The main character in this book is Clay Jensen. Clay is a brunette who is a freshman in high school. He went to the same school as the girl who committed suicide, Hannah Baker. Hannah sends 13 people tapes explainging that they are the reasons she killed herself. One of these people includes Clay. I think Clay is a shy, caring and a loving person.
       When they talk about Clay in the book, they say that he was always scared to ask out Hannah. She was popular and a lot of people liked her and he was frightened. They also said he didn't have as many friends. The friends he did have weren't as popular either. He thought if he did ask out Hannah she would reject him. This is why I think he is a shyer person.
       In the book they talked about Hannah and Clay being at the same party. A guy was trying to hit on Hannah and she tried to stop him, but he kept going. Hannah eventually got away from him. She ran into Clay and she told him what happened. Clay comforted her to make things better and he did. This shows that he is a very caring person.
       Later in the book when they talk about Hannah sending him the tapes, he said that he always loved and cared for her and that would never change. He wished she never committed suicide. One time Clay talked about how him and Hannah made out at a different party. She slapped him afterwards. He regretting doing that to her because he said he loved her and never wanted to hurt her. This is why I think he is a loving person.
      He always wanted to be there for Hannah even when he couldn't. He wasn't the main reason and as a matter of fact he wasn't a reason at all for her killing herself. She wanted to thank him for being one of the only people to care for him.
       There are many good qualities about Clay including shy, loving, and caring. Overall I think Clay is a very good person.



       I really enjoyed this book. There was nothing boring about it and always kept me interested to keep reading. I thought overall it was a really terrific book.
      It was interesting to read that she sent tapes to everybody explaining why she killed herself. They were the reasons she did and she wanted them to know that.
       I recommend this book to anybody that like teenage drama books. There is a lot in this book including Hannah killing herself because she thought nobody cared enough to stop her at all. There is a lot of drama about all the guys that hurt Hannah and what they tried to do with her. Clay was the best person in her life because he helped her through all her problems and comforted her a lot.
       The book wasn't boring because there was always something going on. They were always talking about Hannah's interesting life and why she killed herself. It's non-boring how she tells the people why she killed herself. Most of them started rumors about her. All of the people except Clay were horrific reasons why she killed herself.
       There are many reasons why I liked this book, but those were the main reasons. This book was very non-boring and interesting. Also I recommend this book to anyone who likes teen drama.

Choice Book Project Qt. 3

         I read the book The City of the Beasts by Isabel Allende.The main character of the novel is Alexander Cold. He is a 15-year-old glasses-wearing Californian who has become angry because his mother has cancer. He learns many things during the  very long course of the novel. At the beginning of the novel he is fussy, moody, thankful and childish.
        The reason he is fussy is because while his mother is getting treatment in Texas for cancer, Alex has to live with his father's mother. Alex thinks he is old enough to care for himself at fifteen and should just stay at home. He thinks nobody thinks he is mature or grown-up enough to stay by himself.
        The purpose for him being moody is because his mother has cancer and it has been putting lots of stress on him. Also because he does not get to go with his sisters to his other grandmother's house.
       The explanation for Alexander being childish is because he is upset he has to go live with his grandmother and that he is getting split from his sisters. Also because he thinks he is old enough to survive on his own and does not need to go live with his grandma.
       While he is in Amazon he learns many things. He learns to be thankful for all he has and to just wish the best for his mother. He also learns to be grateful for his grandmother and the adventures she has taken him on. Also that she would take him in while his mother is getting treated for cancer.
        Overall I think Alexander has many great qualities. The main reason why he has these qualities is because of his mother's cancer and her having to get treatment.
        At the end of the story Alex becomes thankful and happy. I think he ends up like this because he met his grandma and had fun getting to know her. Also because he had fun being there and his mom ending being just fine.
      He is thankful becasue he met his grandmother and she took him on an incredible journey.
      Alex is happy because he got an amazing journey and his mother ended up being fine after all.




        The point of view in this story was obviously the main character, Alexander. Alexander is the main character so they want to get his feelings and emotions on everything.
         I think they picked Alex because they wanted to see how he felt about everything including how he felt about his mom's cancer, moving in with his grandma and being apart from his sisters and parents. Also his adventure in the Amazon.
        They wanted his point of view on his mother having cancer and getting the treatment because they wanted to show the pain he was going through how his mother was ill and dying. Also that she wouldn't be in his life anymore if she died from the cancer and that treatment did not work.
       Another reason why is because they wanted to see what it was like to move in with his grandma. They mentioned earlier in the book that he barely knew her and they barely ever saw each other.Another reason why his parents moved him there was because they wanted Alex to get to know her better, which he did. They wanted to show it was getting to know her and the bond they began to have.
       Also they wanted to see how he felt when he was away from his parents and sisters. It showed that he got really lonely and had nobody to talk to. His grandmother never wanted to do anything he did, but his sisters would of.
       And lastly, his adventures in the Amazon. The author wanted to show the him having fun, being joyful and being scared in there. When his grandma took him into the forest she and the others were looking for a "beast." I would be pretty scared if they were looking for a creature that nobody even knew existed yet and they did not know anything about. The adventures he had in there would be fun and to see all the exotic animals and nature life. It also must have been joyful because he was getting to know his grandma and he was in the Amazon which is one of the biggest forests in the world.
        Like I said before, I really think in the end he did not regret going to his grandmother's and getting to know her ans seeing who she really was.