"The Hunger Games" Blog

The book I am currently reading is called The Hunger Games. At the beginning it introduces the main character, Katniss Everdeen. Her mother and sister, Prim, are also introduced. They live in the nation of Panem. A capitol surrounded by twelve different districts. The Capitol is very mean to the people and forces each district to send one boy and one girl to participate in the annuel Hunger Games. When the names are being pulled out of the box with names, Prim is chosen to be the representative for their district. When Katniss hears her sisters name get called she right away volunteers to replace Prim. So yet, what happens after this is yet to be discovered.  

This book so far is going out awesome. In my opinion, The Hunger Games is one of my favorite stories because of its genre. The genre of the book is science fiction (which is my favorite type of genres to read about). What I liked about this book is that it has so many big events that make you want to read and read more. The book is also very suspenseful, since you don't know what's going to happen next. In conclusion, this book is so far so good and can't wait to read the next book.  

"Peak" Blog

          The book I finished reading is called Peak by Roland Smith. In my opinion, this book hasn't been one of those kind in which I get interested in. It had its ups and downs but I managed to finish it. I learned two things in this book which are, "You don't need to feel alone, to be alone" (pg.154) and also sacrifice, to think of others before yourself. In the beginning it talks about how the main character, Peak, gets arrested for illegally climbing skyscrapers in New York City. This leads him to the biggest climb of his life with his long-lost father. A climb on Mount Everest.
          The main conflict in this book is that Peak is trying to get to the top of Mount Everest but it just keeps getting more, more difficult. I believe that that is Man vs. Nature. Another conflict I think is in the book is that Peak attempts to be the youngest person ever to get to the top of Mount Everest. I think that that is Man vs. Nature because he tries his best to get up there but there are just so many obstacles in his way that nature puts in front of him.

SCOPE Blog

While reading the article "Call of Duty" I was pretty touched by the story being told. It talked about a man and a dog he was assigned to (in the army). After working together for a while, they felt like they were the perfect friends and cared for each other very much. An accident happened to the man so he had to go back home. The con about this was that the dog wasn't able to go along with him. So they were separated and the dog was assigned to another man. My opinion about this is that I think that no soldier or dog should be separated from each other if they don't want to. Luckily at the end of the story, the two were able to stay together and ended happily. Overall, this story was one of the best I've read in a scope magazine and I would also recommend it to anyone.

Summary and Point of View of "Peak"

While reading the book Peak by Roland Smith, I have read so far about a 14 year-old boy named Peak Marcello. He has been charged with multiple crimes. While in the court room, the judge decides to let Peak go under one condition, he must go with his father out of the country to Tibet. In my opinion I would not recommend this book to anyone because its a little too hard to read and understand it correctly. The book is also very predictable so I new a little of what was going to happen.


Peak, a fourteen year-old boy raised by his mother and step-father. He is the main character in this story. Something that Peak learns throughout the story is "The only thing that you'll find on the summit of mount Everest is a divine view. The things that really matter lie far below." Peak is a laid-back character that is overwhelmed by his surroundings. He gains wisdom as the book progresses and realizes the things that really mean something.