Point of View

In the book, Born On A Blue Day by Daniel Tammet, the point of view is in the 1st person. Daniel Tammet, talks about his life being an autistic person. He talks about the fascinating things that happen in his mind, and how his mind is unique from all others. Daniel, talks about his strong mental abilities, and how he puts it to great use. Daniel mentions, how he can learn a number of languages really quickly, and how he can do amazing calculations in his head. Throughout the book Daniel talks about how his mind, shows who he is as a person, and what makes him himself.

Plot of Born On a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet

The book I am reading is called Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet. The book is a memoir, that has to do with Daniel Tammet's life as a person with autism. The novel talks about his mind as an autistic person and how he has advantages and disadvantages when it comes to him being autistic. The novel also shows, that he is a very smart person and the novel talks about the things he is capable of doing.

IR Book When It Happens by Susane Colasanti

In the novel, When It Happens by Susane Colasanti the plot is about seniors in High School, who have many goals. There is a main character named Sara who has many goals, she wants to get into her #1 choice college, and she wants to fall in love. Another character named Toby also has goals, 1 to win the battle of the bands and then to persuade sara to fall in love with him. Dave is the guy Sara wishes would notice her and she wants to fall in love with him. Sara has to choose between Dave and Tobey in this interesting novel. Sara's senior year is a year she will never forget.

Summary

The novel I am reading is called When It Happens by Susane Colasanti. The novel is about seniors, who are very different in many ways. The main characters are Sara, Tobey and Dave. Sara has many goals to fufill in her senior year, she wants to get into the college of her choice, find true love, and win the Battle of the Bands competition. She is a very intelligent girl in highschool. Tobey's goal is to get Sara to fall in love with him. Which works out for both of them, but then Dave asks Sara out, and she has to choose between Tobey and Dave. She has to choose which guy is better suited for her.

Point of View

I am reading Street Love by Walter Dean Myers. My book is about two teenagers, who have big family dillemas but end up finding eachother to take away their worries. This novel is from many characters in the books point of View. The main characters are Damien and Junice, they are the main people in the point of view. The book, is in the form of poems to help the readers such as myself to understand the book better, and what is going on in the mind of the characters in the story. Also I personally think it makes the book more interesting and fun to read. So far in the book, Damien and Junice are two struggling teenagers, trying to keep their lives in line and free of any problems that may tear their families apart.

My Summer Reading Summary

I read two books over the summer. Both of the books I read were Young Adult novels. The first book I read was Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. It was about a girl starting her freshman year of highschool. She starts the year off with no friends, and her social life is ruined because of it. She goes through most of her highschool year alone, because of one secret that changed her life over the summer that she has kept bottled up inside her. Another book I read was called When I was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago. It is a memoir about a puerto rican girl and her life in Puerto Rico, and her growing up in Puerto Rico. Also her experience of what its like moving from one place to another. The memoir also talks about how she was brought up, and the rules she had to follow when she was a young girl.