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  This week, I finished a book named Fool Night by Kasumi Yasuda. The story takes place in the distant future— a time when the sun no longer shines, and all plant life dies as a result. Despite the major setback, a scientific discovery was made that saved humanity: a seed that, when injected into the human body, turns them into a plant by a process called transfloration. However, there are many drawbacks— the biggest being the person must be alive and stay alive for the transfloration to occur. The main character, Toshiro, is a poverty-stricken man who works minimum wage in the hopes of one day getting a higher education. Unfortunately, he has to pay for his mother's expensive medication, and every bill in the house— and eventually, does not have enough money to even pay for food. However, after learning about the process of transfloration (and the hefty reward of ten million yen— about 65,000 dollars— for doing so), he decides that even if he dies in agony a year or two from now,...

  Over the past few months my 8 year old sister has been reading a ton of “My Weird-est School” books by Dan Gutman. She has been very captivated by them and whenever she read some of it aloud it always had something weird in it. Over break, I went to the library and was browsing some books in the graphic novel section because I wanted a light read and stumbled upon the  “My Weird-est School” books and decided to read one and see what it was like and why my sister likes it so much. Quick Summary (so this all makes sense) Dr. Snow Has Got to Go! is about a scientist named Dr. Snow who comes to Ella Mentry School to help the kids with their science fair projects. At first, everyone thinks he’s just a really enthusiastic science guy… but then he starts showing signs that make the kids think that he is evil/mad/crazy and is going to take over the world.  A.J., Andrea, and their friends eventually realize that Dr. Snow is indeed crazy and wants to take over the world. So the...

      For this blog period, I read the first two books of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Rodrick Rules) because I remembered reading it a few years ago and I wanted to know if it was as funny as I remembered, or if I just had an embarrassingly horrible sense of humor. And I have some mixed opinions... Book Blurb:     The story follows Greg on his journey to survive the hell we call middle school, and he does not  have a very good time, but at least he's got his best friend Rowley. Greg has to deal with Middle School as well as his bully brother back home, who at one point even locks him in the basement. What I Liked:       What kept me with this book was its relatability. Now personally, my middle school experience was not as bad as Greg's, but I did feel that there were the same core struggles: social anxiety, schoolwork, overall drama, etc. I also made it seem like my experience there was way worse tha...