Summer post 1

  Midwinter blood       


This book is a bit different than others that i read. The main characters in the book are Eric and Merle.this book is structured differently compared to most books. its split up into 8 different stories that all tie together through Eric and Merle. In all the stories so far they have been on an island called i the first 2 stories blessed island and in the 3rd and 4th story called blest island but its the same island.
           one conflict that might come about for the audience is understanding that the book at the beginning and into the transition into the second story. I think this because its very tricky to figure out whats happening and why the people on this island are so different. My prediction on why they are so different is because there is a little mysterious island in the North part of the world and its a nuisance  to get there. A connection i made to another book was about the people because there so different just like the people in Gregor the Overlander.

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Their were a few reasons that i chose the book that I did MidwinterBlood this summer. I thought that the title of it was interesting and it kinda made myself start to wonder as to what it could be about more than the others. Another reason as to why I chose this book is because i had a few of my goods friends read it and i was astounded to hear that my friends actually enjoyed a book, let alone actually read it, after hearing that the choice became clear and i chose MidwinterBlood as my summer reading book. I connected well to Eric Seven. He was a guy who would tell the truth but just enough to not be lying and that sometimes could very well be myself doing that sort of thing. He also enjoyed riding in planes and just admiring whats below, that is something that me myself also enjoy doing. Their are many different types of people that i would recommend this book to. There are a lot of themes that you could tag this story with and there are many different characters to keep up with such as: a reporter, an archeologist, an airman, a viking, painter, ghost, and a vampire.  Some genres that you could associate this book with are: Mystery, romance, tragedy, horror, and overall it is a fictional story.

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The book that i chose to read  this summer is midwinterblood. A scene from this book with the intent to hook the reader that i chose was, "Eric notices that his question has not been answered directly, bit lets it drop. 'And why have you come to  blessed island'? Tor continues.He smiles, and just as Eric is about to tell him, something makes him stop short. But its best not to lie, and in these circumstances he usually falls back on the simple method of giving just enough of the truth. 'Im a journalist,' he explains. 'My editor wants a feature about your island. She's heared its a beautiful place. A special place."
 Eric Seven has been sent out by his news editor to do a story. The location of the story is a small inhabbited island thats supposed to be special. His mission: to find out about an island where time does not pass. Upon arrival he notices many things that make the place seem unique, but also he is greated by a group of islanders awaiting his arrival. Theirs Tor who seems to be a person in charge as well as Merle, a stunning islander who has Eric head over heal. This part would get people hooked i think because it makes you wonder are the islanders hiding something and also what is it about this special island in the first place?

So Jake goes out for granger and plays after Casey Lindel plays the first two drives. In the previous game Casey had been gaining momentum and was doing good compared to Jake who was going cold. Casey was playing an awful first two drives and Jake had a major opening. And he took advantage of it. Jake played almost a perfect game and just balled. Later that night after being embarassed by a freshman, Casey went after Jake and was looking for a fight. Jake declined, he wanted to keep the team together and Casey wanted to be on top.

Thye next week Jake had the start over Casey and played almost the whole game and was on it. that night Caseywas looking for more action. Jake was sitting on a bench talking to the girl he liked most sarah outside a restraunt on a street corner when Casey found them. Casey had also liked this girl and he was outraged beyond belief. He yelled at sarah calling her all these nasty names and Jake was preparing for a fight. But then superman comes in, Calvin Morton, the superstar reciever intervienes with them and is angry. Calvin has become especially close to jake between the times they talked and the fact that Jake did the one thing Calvin loved from QB`s, give him the ball. Calvin runs in and puts Casey in his place in front of half the team and Sarah Rayburn causing Casey Lindell to Silently retreat and backdown. How will the team respond after hearing about Casey attacking Jake and Calvin putting down Casey?

So one day the granger cowboys are playing there game against a rival who should be better than them this year. And jake was the starter, he played an incredible game carrying the team on his back leading them to an impressive victory which was great for him and the team, but it wasn't great for his father who had left earlier that day to watch Wyatt and Texas take in Kansas and end up losing bad.
 Jake isn't sure how to handle never having his dad being there for him and it really bums him out. So after one game he finds Calvin Morton sitting in the stands and like always he rudely greets jake. Jake and Calvin sit together and jake tells Calvin about his dad and Calvin responds bitterly."have you ever seen my dad in the stands cheering me or even heared of him." He asked. Calvin's dad left him when he was 5 leaving him alone and angry, he shows jake how to resent his dad and focus on the family who does care about you. How will jake respond to this in the book?

Snow day, 1,28,2014

Have you ever heard of two quarterbacks  splitting  games, half a game of one, the other one gets the other half, well I sure haven't, and  neither did the cowboys of Granger high school. There's the sophomore transfer who was gonna be the backup, and then there's Jake Cullen, son of the legend Troy, and the brother of another legend. Infact the field is named after them because of there success and fame in the game. So jake is nervous because now he has to live up to his family name and outperform someone who he believes is better than him, he didn't even know about playing as a Quarterback this season. And on top of that he has to also compete with the other QB over a  girl , who is a year older. This kid  is more than occupied.

 But jakes most serious problem is off the field, Troy Cullen, who went to all of Wyatt Cullen's games  at granger, still views Wyatt as the superior and does not attend jakes games and starts to ignore jake completely. I can not imagine being ignored by my parents, that just sounds extremely wrong and painful. So  the battle on the field, jake must fight the one off the field. Can jake manage all of his problems and emerge a success, or will he fall and fail.

So Jakes just going through practice playing through and one day, he sees Sarah Rayburn, the cutest girl in school with Casey. Jake was crushed. After a few early efforts to try and talk with his crush which he think has gone well, turn up to have gone no where when he sees one of the QB`s he`s competing with walk off the field with his girl. In texas that hurts.

 So when the first game of the season rolls around and tim, the starter goes in, he lasts 10 plays and out with a torn ACL, disipointing way to end a high school career. So then its casey to save the day right? Wrong. He stays on three quarters and leads Granger high nowhere. And when he was benched, there was only one person to get the call, Jake Cullen, Son of the legend Troy, and brother of the legend Wyatt. He steps out for the final drive even though his school already lost and leads them to the 20. Last play. Jake is under heavy fire from several defenders and escapes as he throws a perfect strike for a TD. Is this the start of something good, or is he a one hit wonder.