A Creature Of Moonlight By Rebecca Hahn Part 2

I finally finished "A Creature Of Moonlight" after 313 pages of romantic, mind blowing fantasy. Since I have already done a summary of the first part of the book I will only write about the second part. I left of where the King is trying to kill Marni, so what happens is that Marni is taken to jail but she manages to escape. Now, Marni doesn't have anywhere to go. Her grandfather's hut is to painful to look at and she can't go to the castle so Marni goes to the only other place she knows, the woods. Marni goes on a tiring journey up a huge mountain where she will find the only person who really nows anything, her father. Marni thinks she's finally found a good home but after a few years of living with beautiful creatures she finds out that her grandfather isn't really dead. Now Marni has a purpose so of she goes once again to become a princess and find her grandfather.

The theme of this book is that home is not always a place but a person. Throughout the book Marni goes to different places with different people but it never really feels like home. Marni goes to this lavish castle where you laugh all day and sit by a huge fireplace with a man who just might be in love with you. Then she goes to this magical place where you can turn into any kind of animal you want and spend your days with absolutely no responsibilities. Almost anyone would want to stay in either places but Marni didn't. Marni felt lonely with out the people she loved and when she found out that her grandfather was alive she had to find him. In the text Marni says, "Home. We're going home to Gramps." and then " Gramps, there's nowhere I'd rather be than right here." This shows that the only place Marni wanted to be was with her grandfather.

A Creature Of Moonlight By: Rebecca Hahn

I have just started reading this book called " A Creature Of Moonlight" and its really good. The book is fictional and has to do with a girl named Marni. Marni is the kings unwanted niece, a flower girl who lives in exile and a dragons daughter. Many years ago when Marni's mother committed treason and had a baby with a dragon of the woods, her brother, the king, was infuriated and killed her. Now Marni and her grandfather live in exile, growing flowers to make a living. The woods are a forbidden place were creatures will take you and never let we go. Now the woods are magically growing and are closing in on the kingdom. A women with no face is trying to take Marni, saying she must come home, but Marni always refuses because of her grandfather. Then her grandfather dies suspiciously and with vengeance in her heart Marni is out to kill the king. So of she goes to become a princess once more and to kill the man who has taken her heart.

The conflict in the book is really complicated because its constantly changing. Marni keeps finding out new things about her past and even her future so her mind is constantly changing. The woods keep moving closer and closer into the kingdom and now the king wants someone to blame. In the text the King says, " I should have killed her when I had the chance." This shows that Marni's uncle truely believes that the reason the woods are moving in is Marni's fault. Marni's ruthless uncle wants her dead but before that can happen Marni must kill him first. But then again, Marni is just a girl and although she is heart broken she doesn't have it in her to kill her own uncle. Then there is also the fact that Marni's father, a wild dragon is sending his woods to capture Marni. So even though she is the one being blamed for the woods, she is also the one who must save them all.

Crossed By: Ally Condie Part 2

I just finished reading Crossed by Ally Condie and now I really want to read the next book. The second part of the book is so romantic and heartbreaking at the same time, it hurts. So Cassia and Ky find each other and now are trying to find out what their next step is. They've found each other in the Canyons but now they don't have anywhere to go. Cassia has fond out about the Rising and from clues found all over the Canyons she strongly believes the rebellion is real but Ky doesn't want to join. Ky repeatedly says he doesn't trust the Rising but never says why.  As the story goes on Ky and Cassie get in a lot of arguments because of their opinions. In some parts of the book it even seems like they wont get back together. At first Ky refuses but then both Cassia and Ky realize that they can't just separate after all they've been through. In the text Ky says, "If what she wants is the Rising. I will help her reach it." This shows that Ky is willing to forgive the Rising for Cassia. Cassia, Ky and Indie separate from the rest of the group and head towards the Rising with the aid of a map they found in a cave. The journey is harsh, as they get held back by poisonous rivers, tress full with thorns and The Society which has taken an unexpected interest on the Canyons. In the text it says, "The river is fast; we can see better, but we can be seen and we are exhausted. " This shows that even as they get closer and closer to the Rising they are in danger and all they've worked for could be a waste.

Memory Moments (Note and Notice)

Throughout the book the author would suddenly change the setting and put me in one of the character's memories. When the author does this the memory always connects with something that is happening in the present or will happen in the future. In one part of the book Cassia and Ky find out that the Society had been trying to land in the Canyons but an organization within the Canyons would take down the airships. Back then, the story showed Cassia and Ky that the Society was interested in the Canyons but then the memory turned into something bigger. In one part of the book as Indie flies away in one of the Rising's airships, Ky says, "I see that it's been burned and damaged along the bottom. As though it tried to land somewhere that people didn't want it to be and was fired at. I think I'm looking at one of the airships the farmers tried to take down." This piece of evidence is mind blowing, it shows that maybe the Rising is not what it seemed to be and Ky, Cassia and Indie have gotten themselves into a bad situation.  This could potentially turn into a bigger conflict.

Crossed By Ally Condie

So I just started reading this book called Crossed by Ally Condie. Again, I'm only half way done so I'll just write about what I have already read. So the first part of the book is basically the two main characters trying to find each other. Each were relocated to different parts of The Outer Provinces which apparently is where non-citizens live, in the eyes of a huge government called The Society. One of the main characters Cassie was relocated into a village where she has to work as a farmer while Ky the other main character is shipped to an abandoned village where a war is going on. Cassie finds a way to get to Ky but when she gets their she realizes that Ky has fled to a place called The Canyons to try and find her. Cassie and her new friend follow Ky and his two new friends into the Canyon. Along the way each character learns new things, things that could change the way she sees her world. A rebellion is taking place and is being led by a person called the Pilot. Now, Cassie and her friend have two goals: find Ky and find the Rebellion.

Cassie is a strong determined person although she might not notice it most of the time. Cassie was given tablets by the Society, red erases your memory, blue is poisoned and green calms you. Now all these tablets are something good to Cassie but only because she was told a lie. Cassie's grandfather told her never to take the tablets because she was strong enough to go with out them. In the story Cassie gets to a point were she thinks she's going insane so she takes the blue tablet but instead of dieing she isn't effected by the poison. In the book Cassie's friend Indie says, " If it was going to work, it would have by now, Indie says to Cassie. You must have walked through it somehow . I've never heard of anyone doing that." This quote shows that even though Cassie took the poisonous tablet she was strong enough to beat it both physically and emotionally.

The Bronte Sisters By: Catherine Reef Part 2

I finally finished The Bronte Sisters and honestly this book made me cry.  Since I have already written about the first part of the book, I'll just write a summary about the second part. So from where I left off things start changing for the three girls in a really good way. The girls, now women, write books and publish them with fake names. As you may know at the time women weren't allowed to do many things such as get jobs or write books, so they published the books as male siblings. At first they didn't really get much publicity or recognition but then newspapers started publishing their opinions. To most people the sibling's books were sad and inappropriate but then again their opinions started to change. Charlotte published her first book named Jane Eyre with the name of Currer Bell. Jane Eyre teaches people about the hidden darkness in the way that people hide the ugly things in their lives. Many people didn't know what to make out of a book that really told the truth. Emily Bronte, who published her first book called Wuthering Heights was even more criticized. Wuthering Heights told of a women who believed that earth was a glorious world and that she had no place in heaven. Again, in the 18th century people were very religious and discriminated anyone who didn't believe in their religion. Anne Bronte who published The Tenant of Wildfell Hall wrote about a women who went to live with her five year old son at Wildfell Hall. At the time it was rare for women with children to travel without their husbands, let alone live with out them. The truth was Helen Graham escaped from her husbands abuse and alcoholic abuse. This taught people that a women could be an individual and that sometimes diving into a marriage where you only cared about certain things could result in a terrible way.  Sadly the three sisters died one by one but the book as well as their stories went on.

The conflict in this book is person vs. self and person vs. society. The sisters all start dieing at a very early age (between 21 and 39). As said in the book "Critics and historians claim that if the three sisters would have lived on they could have been some of histories best writers." This shows that the girls had true talent but were never able to fully use it. None of the girls ever had children or were in a marriage longer than a year because of what happen to them. Its honestly a sad story but in a way the three sibling' lives went on, in their books and in the people who loved and remembered them. There is also the other conflict which is how people used to see women but the siblings not only proved people wrong but also got hundreds of people to change their minds and even started to name their children after characters in the sibling's books.

The Bronte Sisters By: Catherine Reef

My first third quarter book is a non-fiction, biography called The Bronte Sisters By: Catherine Reef. The book is about the lives of three sisters called Charlotte, Emily and Anne. I haven't fully finished the book so I'll write about what I have already read. Basically what I have read is a bunch of ridiculous social rules that the Bronte siblings were forced to follow. The book takes place in the 18th century during the Victorian Period so as many people may know during that time women were not allowed to do certain things because of their social status. It seemed to me as if the Bronte sisters were born in the wrong century because they were so full of adventure and intelligence something that was not "lady like" during their time. In one part of the book an English writer named Sarah Stickney explains, " Gentlemen may employ their hours of business in almost any degrading occupation and may be gentlemen still; while, if a lady but touched any article, no matter how delicate, in the way of trade, she loses caste and ceases to be a lady." The Bronte sisters wanted to be writers and people of importance but they couldn't simply because they were women. The only real choice in life for them was either get married to a rich man or work as a teacher. The sisters vowed never to marry unless they truly loved the man and sucked at teaching so their future didn't look so good at the time.

In the book their are three main characters, which are Charlotte, Emily and Anne. The three sisters are different in almost every way but do share a few characteristics. All three are very intelligent and are gifted in poetry, writing, and quick learning.  They are also alike in the fact that they are women who at their time don't have many rights yet try their best to defy their social rules in order to try and follow their dreams. Emily who is never afraid to show here intelligence was once talked about by a teacher named Constantine Heger who said "She should have been a man."Emily is also very shy and didn't make a lot of friends while Charlotte although a little shy had many." Charlotte also loved to learn and went back to school in her twenties to learn more. She studied in Brussels, Belgium until she was kicked out because she was suspected of loving a married man. Anne is the youngest but always seems to be the one who can keep a job and still be happy. Anne at 21, started working as a governess and later helped employ her brother for the same family. Anne was also described as beautiful by a friend of Charlotte who said, " had lovely violet-blue eyes, fine pencilled eyebrows, a clear, almost transparent complexion and curls who's unlike her aunt's were real."

Silence By Natasha Preston

The second book I read during Christmas Break is a realistic fiction called Silence by Natasha Preston. So the book is about this girl named Oakley( I know weird name) and how she wont talk. So her story is about how someone raped her and how it was all her dads fault. So her dad got into some kind of trouble with a coworker and to repay the debt he offered his daughter. Oakley was going to tell her mom but then her dad told her not to talk so she didn't. Oakley was about 11 and the story takes place when she's 17 so she hadn't talked since then. Then Oakley gets into this amazing relationship with her childhood friend and because Oakley trust Cole and because she wants her family to be happy again her father is afraid she'll finally speak.

The theme in the story is not to be afraid. Oakley was terrified of her father not she didn't speak for 6 years. She wanted a normal life again, one where she didn't feel like she was the cause of her families unhappiness and one where she could love her father again but she was afraid. Oakley was afraid that if she spoke about what happened to her, that her father would take her to her assaulter, that she would be seen as wrong, that it would destroy her family and that she would loose the Cole.