This Summer I plan on running summer track and also going to summer school. And also training for football and also i'm going to Texas for a week or two visit my family and friends. And also I plan on getting a job. And as well I want to work somewhere fun so that I can Have Fun as well as get paid. I want to go swimming in a pool! Seriously, go find someone who has a pool and offer them your money and friendship in exchange for a full day of lounging and swimming. I love going swimming and last summer i was kind of upset because I did't go swimming last summer. And I plan on going to a lot of beaches and meeting a lot of new people.I LOVE SUMMMMMEEERRR

             "You can do a lot with a million but will you give back and feed the children"

  If I had one million dollars I would buy a car and also buy a house for me and my family and also pay to go to college. And study business and then put the rest of the money in the bank until I finish school so that I can open up my own business. And then i'll put some money up for my future kids so that they can go to college. And I would also buya lot of cloths and shoes and i'll give back to my community and also i'll try to get the homeless off of the streets because I hate seeing people begging for money and have nowhere to go. Ans also I would move out of the hood and move my family somewhere where there isn't as much violence. And also I would travel the world. I would go to Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Miami, California and Africa. Because i've always wanted to go to those places.

         My advice to you would be to stay away from people that isn't on the same mission as you because some people will try to bring you down instead of bring you up. And they will hate on you once they see you are doing better then them.

        Another good advice would be to don't mess up in school because once you behind it is hard to catch back up. And don't wait until the last minute to do something because it isn't that easy because then when you wait everything will pile up.

        And also i'll advise to just get one girl and not talk to a lot of girls because they will fuck you up and have you stressing a lot and will put you into a lot of drama that you don't need to be in.

01. Book Title: The boy in the striped pajamas

02. Author’s Name: John Boyne

03. Book Publish Date: January 6, 2006

04. Fiction Sub-Genre (Realistic, Historical, Science, Fantasy): Historical Fiction
05. Photo of book cover (and/or author's photo):

06. Summary Gist Statement: The book was about how it was back in the day when Hitler was in charge and how he was killing so many people. And this boy would go to the fence to see this Jewish boy and one day he went to the other side of the fence and he was killed in this room because his parents didn't know he was in there with the Jews and they put him in the room where they killed Jews and he was killed also.

07. Author’s Birth Data and Basic Background: April 30, 1971 Boyne is an author from Ireland. He published his first book in 2000. He won many awards for the book. His novels was published in 46 different languages.

08. Author’s Death Data or Current Situation: He is still alive he's 43 Now. He just wrote a book last year. And is currently working on a new book.

09. Author’s Other Noted Works: 10. Would you recommend this book, or not? Why?
Yes I would recommend others to read this book because it shows and tell you how it was back in the days when racism was really bad.

01. Book Title: MONSTER

02. Author’s Name: Walter Dean Myers

03. Book Publish Date: 1999

04. Fiction Sub-Genre (Realistic, Historical, Science, Fantasy): Crime Fiction

05. Photo of book cover (and/or author's photo):

06. Summary Gist Statement: This boy name Bobo was going on trial for a murder and he had to wait in prison until his trail date for robbing a grocery store that led to a murder.

07. Author’s Birth Data and Basic Background: August 12, 1937 he was born in Martinsburg,WV. He wrote many books but this most famous one was this monster book that I am reading now. He won many awards.

08. Author’s Death Data or Current Situation: He is still alive today he is now 76 years young. He is still writing books and he says he never plan on stopping until the day that he dies because that's what he love to do.

09. Author’s Other Noted Works: 10. Would you recommend this book, or not? Why?
Yes I would recommend this book to others because it is a great book and I really enjoyed reading it and I think others would too.

I hear rain dropping drip, drip, drip

Remember people jumping in the rain fip, flip, flip

 

I feel happy as a leapordcon who found gold

I see kids no jackets so cold, cold, cold

 



I am certain that the weather is the worst all year

I am truly wish I could make it stop and have no fear, fear, fear

 

-Keyon Thomas

Everett LeRoi Jones also known as Amiri Baraka. Baraka was born October 7, 1934 in Neward New Jersey. He was one of the greatest, some compared him to James Baldwin. He received the PEN Open Book Award. He died January 9, 2014 in his birthplace Neward New Jersey.

Lately, I've become accustomed to the wayThe ground opens up and envelopes me
Each time I go out to walk the dog.
Or the broad edged silly music the wind
Makes when I run for a bus...

Things have come to that.

And now, each night I count the stars.
And each night I get the same number.
And when they will not come to be counted,
I count the holes they leave.

Nobody sings anymore.

And then last night I tiptoed up
To my daughter's room and heard her
Talking to someone, and when I opened
The door, there was no one there...
Only she on her knees, peeking into

Her own clasped hands

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