Stargirl by: Jerry Spinelli

The book I am currently reading is Stargirl by: Jerry Spinelli. This story is about a girl that comes to a new school and everyone ignores her, but this one boy Leo Borlock, get his heart captured by her.

This book shows me an issue that happens in all schools. Why? Because she is a new girl coming to a new school and everyone shuns her. Nobody looks at her, talks to her, or even gives her a smile. But this one boy Leo, just loves her, he wants to go to lunch with her and her pet rat, just do everything with her. There’s a problem, the kids at her school don’t want Leo to talk to her, because they want her to be alone, the outcast. This always happens and it’s like you are that one person that gets suck in the middle and you never know what side to pick. Leo need to have his confident level up and really needs to stand up for himself. I think that he is scared to go on Stargirl’s side because he doesn’t want the whole school to be mad at him, and on the other hand he doesn’t want to hurt her feeling because she is new and he really likes her.

I think Leo should think about who he wants to be with because having the whole school mad at you is really depressing because that’s a lot of people, but you don’t want to see the love of your life so sad, having a say of who you want to be with is big because it just shows that you can stand up to your beliefs and not be scared of others or what they might think. This to me shows true love, because many people get intimated because they want to be on the side where most people are on so they don't feel left out. To stand up to hundreds of students to go for a awkward girl that you love, is very brave because not many boys/men can do that. So, I think that is something Stargirl should look out for.  

In closing, I hope as I read further Leo stands up for himself and realize that Stargirl is better than having the whole school, your friends control you, because you love her and I would love to see them together throughout the book. 

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian By: Sherman Alexie

The book I am currently reading is The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian By: Sherman Alexie. This book is about a 14-year old boy Arnold, who leaves to go to an all-white school in Reardan. This is a drastic change because no Indians usually goes to school outside the rez, so this could of been very interesting or something that he wold regret for the rest of his life. 

Arnold is very strong, but he doesn't show it. He always comes off like a dumb, helpless kid. This brings down is self-esteem because sometimes when you come off like that people want to bully you and call you names. I am connecting this to the real world now. When you go to a new school  students look at you very weird like almost saying in their head "Why is he/she here?". That doesn't put you in the right state of mind at all, now does it? When Arnold walked into his new school, many were shocked because their saying we are all white and there is just this one Indian here. But instead of everyone just saying why is he here? He came off brave first before they even had time to bully or talk crap about him. He walked in the class like nothing. I mean of course he was nervous and kept asking to himself if he was ready for this... but he never showed it on the outside at all. 

I learned from this book, that don't let anyone bring you down, because at the end of the day your the stronger person. An Indian goes into a all-white school, going in to class showing nothing on his face but just bravery. I mean yeah your going to have doubts about whether or not you can do it or not. But it almost seemed like he put a switch in his head to just show that he can do it.