Hunger Games pages 1-43

The first character introduced is katniss. She is hunting in another distrct for her family. It is really hard for them to get for because her father died and her mother never got a job. Alot of people in her district starve to death. They trade alot. Katniss has a friend named Gale who is two years older than her. They both help each other out with the food situation. Katniss also has a younger sister named Prim. She is very small.

There is a thing called a reaping that happens every year. Kids ages twelve through eighteen are entered into a drawling. One boy and one girl is chosen every year to participate in the hunger games. This year Prims name is drawn. However katniss volunteers for her little sister. Now she is on her way to fight for her life while her family and the rest of the districts whatch as entertainment.

This book is very interesting and exciting. I can see why so many people have read it already in the class. I don't really understand the whole district thing. I kind of picture like fenced in yards the way the book describes it. Aparently they are suppose to be in north america...but after it was ruined by a war then rebuilt again. Anyway, this is a really cool story line and it makes me never want to put down the book!

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The Secret Fruit of Peter Paddington Pages 250-300

Peter started wrapping duct tape around himself so much that it caused health problems. He started to faint and had to be taken out of school. When he came back he was really embarrassed but people were conceded about his health. He decided he was going to loose weight and daniella was going to find a job. So he tried to jog with his sister. He didn't lijlke it because it made his left side hurt and his nipples burn. So then he tried an aerobics class. It was easier than running but he felt stupid doing it. Finally he found an excersise video tape in his sisters room and he began to do it often. He was finally loosing weight and daniella had his old job as a paper boy.

Overall this book was very cute. It was weird at times but that made it funny. I read it fast and it wasn't challenging but I had a good time listenin to the problems of Peter Paddington.

The Secret Fruit of Peter Paddington Pages 200-250

Peter finds out the Daniella in fact does have a boyfriend. He works at burger king full time because he drooped out of school. He is seventeen and Daniella is not even in high school yet. Peter doesn't like her boyfriend because he is so much older than her and because Daniella said she might do "it" with him. That scares peter so he tries really hard to break them up. He finally succeeds when he calls her dad and says her boyfriend is bad and to watch out for him.

The family starts to have concerns about peters sister Nancy. She has a boyfriend named Andre. She is upset very often because if him and no one like it. But she keeps on going back to him. She just recently lost forty pounds. She started to eat healthy and work out. Then she dumped Andre. Peter became jealous because she was a new Nancy and he wanted to be a new peter.

I still feel really bad for peter and the way he views himself. Maybe his sister will give him inspiration to start his old goal. I still think that Daniella and him will be together.

The Secret Fruit of Peter Paddington pages 150-200

Peter never makes friends with any of his potential boy friends. He thinks one day he will be popular and everything will fall into place. Like how he used to love theater but he quit because he thought he was too fat for re stage. But he thinks one day he will start it up again because he will be skinny. Plus his fourteenth birthday is coming up and everything will change. For his birthday dinner he wants his family to go to this old italian restaurant. Because he always walks past it and he thinks the owner is lonely. He feels bad for the owner because he has no buissness. He ends up going to a play with his mom and he hates it. But he does fall in love with the main character of the play. He thinks she is so beautiful. And perfect.

One day while visiting the little shop he always does he finds out something that really bothers him. The owner mentions that his friend daniella just bought a valentines day card and some candies and they might be for peter. He does not believe this at all and gets angry. He begins to think random people are daniellas lover.

I think it would be so cute if daniella and peter became boyfriend and girlfriend. It probably will happen because peter is obviously jelous of the boy she bought them for.

The Secret Fruit of Peter Paddington Pages 105-150

Peter's friend Daniela brought him to her catholic church because it was the aniversary of her cousin's death. He oved the stain glass windows and the fact that ou can confess our sins and no one will know about it. Daniela tells him a story about how a virgin Mary vistited her mom in a field and he starts to think he sees the spirit everywhere. But Daniela says she will only come if he builds her a shrine so he does. He thinks the virgin will cure his nipples and his problems. He then asked Daniela to get hima rosery and she did. So when he got to his house he sprinkled his "holy water" onto his nipples and said a prayer. He thinks her can convert into a catholic and cure his niples.

This story is hillarious. I hopt there are not really any 8th grade boys that self consious about their nipples.

The Secret Fruit of Peter Paddington Pages 51-104

Peter decides that regular tape is not working well enough. So he moves on to duct tape to secure his weird nipples. He also thinks that he is disipointing his partents and not living up to their expectations. He signs up for shop class because he thinks it will make him seem more manly. But, afer being made fun of the first day he lies to his parents and says he got kicked out. And now he has to take home ec, which is what he wanted to do all along. He loves the new class and the teacher says that he is very good at it.

Peter has no boy friends so he begins his hunt to find a friend that's a boy. He was once made fun of for only talking to girls. He starts writting down names then finally settles on Andrew. Andrew is very attractive and a lot of girls have crushes on him. So Peter tries to call him to ask him if he wants to go to a movie. However his mom gets in the way and he doesn't end up asking him. later Peter had to go to the doctor for a regualar physical. He is nervous because he doesn't want the doctor to see his nipples. He ends up being able to keep his shirt on. But he does find out he weights 204 pounds.

I was a little confused when he said he needed a boyfriend. Because i thought Peter was a boy, then i thought maybe he was gay. As I read further I realized he needed a friend that was a boy, instead of hanginf around girls all of the time.

The Secret Fruit of Peter Paddington Pages 1-50

The Secret Fruit of Peter Paddington is about an 8th grade boy named Peter. He delivers the paper for the bluewater observer. He has this one big problem, his nipples. And he thinks everyone notices them. So he goes to th convience store he fquently visits for candy, and purchases tape. So everyday he tapes down his nipples because they loo like cherries. Peter is overweight and he does not like himself. While at dinner with his mom and dad and two sisters he realizes that people staire at them and laugh because most of them are fat (with the exception of his sister). He has a friend named Daniela who curses alot. She wants to enter into a beauty contest for italians. Peter doesn't have the heart to tell her she is not very attractive.

I really like this boo so far. It's very funny. I am interested in what else will happen in this book based on a kid insecure of his nipples.

Dan Martensen and Shanna

Dan's unique home, which is surrounded by trees and nature, reflects his artistic and creative personality. His house can serve as constant inspiration for his work. Nature is always changing and there are new things to discover every day. It is obvious that this family appreciates nature by their extensive gardens, and out-doors activities. The rustic walls, chairs, and silverware of the house convey their easy-going attitudes. They do not need fancy things in life to keep them happy. It seems like they like old things because they have more interesting qualities. From the looks of it, they grow their own vegetables and fruits. These people are self-sufficient and content in their serene surroundings.