Kids on the Slope by Anna Krystal Santiago

坂道のアポロン ( Sakamichi no Apollon ) written by Yuki Kodama , Published by Shogakukan.
Kaoru Nishimi(main character), Sentarō Kawabuchi (main characters friend), Ritsuko Mukae(friend of sentaro and kaoru),
Junichi Katsuragi(friend of the family also known as brother Jun), Tsutomu Mukae(Ritsuko Mukae's father and owner of their jazz shop), Yurika Fukahori(Sentaro's first love), Shigetora Maruo(chubby kid that three main protagonists talk to occasionally), Seiji Matsuoka(flamboyant future rock star and somewhat more of a friend to Yurika and Sentaro), Mariko(Kaoru's cousin). The story of love,friendships, & Jazz fills the air as Kaoru Nishimi moves from his old place to Yokosuka then to Sasebo then later Kyushu to live with his relatives. He is a freshman in Highschool and grew up visually a loner up until now when he meets his soon to be friends Sentaro and Ritsuko. Throughout his school years he gradually changes with his newfound friends and experience a serious love triage between the friends. As things boil ending up a bit rough in the end the three friends decide on the hardest decisions of their highschool life.

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This Lullaby

This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen

Henesse Molina

Girls are the object of boys' attention from the time they begin to feel the turbulence of puberty, till forever. Oh so it seems in This Lullaby, a love story, about a teenage girl named Remy. Opening line Remy says “The name of the song is ‘This Lullaby’.  At this point, I’ve probably heard it, oh, about a million times.  Approximately.”  With this statement we learn “this lullaby” is not just any song, but an essential to her Past, Present, and Future.  The song was written and dedicated to her as retrospect from her father, a man she never got the chance to know. It was” like any other day” in the first week of June, senor graduation had ended, and that meant planning her mother`s fifth wedding had just begun. Remy seems to believe that her mother’s need to be married is about obtaining an accessory. Her scrutiny, and the abandonment by her father, frames her immense distrust and lack of affection.  But why does she seem to adhere to Dexter? What makes him special enough to stick around?  She ended her previous relationship to have no “other entanglements than absolutely necessary” when going off to Stanford.

Is she changing the rules?

Things Fall Apart by Isabella Peralta

Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe is a gripping story of a tribe member by the name of Onkonkwo. Onkonkwo is a yam farmer, and is quite famous in his village for defeat the wreastler Amalez, the cat. Onkonkwo has been having a very great life, providing for his many wives, and help raise his children. The day it turns around are when white missionaries come into his village and attempt to save the savages. As time progresses, Onkonkwo comes back to his village after being banished due to a incident. He finds that Christianity has spread. Culture has change, and he doesn't know how to adjusts. In the end, he sends a symbolic symbol that reaches the ears of many former villagers.

Chinua Achebe's novel is a great read, his use of literary elements and metaphoric ways of writing keep you captivated. You root for Onkonkwo, that tragic hero, but get the cold splash of historical reality in Thing Fall Apart.

Sarah, Plain and Tall by Yanchun

Caleb, Anna and their father lived in a field. Their mother died after Caleb was born. After their mother was gone, their father didn’t sing anymore. They miss their mother, and the sound of singing. In order to take care of them well, their father published an advertisement for looking for a woman. Sarah answered and wrote back to these families. Sarah was from sea that was different from this place. Therefore, Caleb, and Anna were curious about her. They didn’t know that whether Sarah can adapt their life style, but they liked her from the bottom of heart. Eventually, Sarah left back there, she was plain and tall.

Holes by Ting Dong

In the story, Holes by Louis Sachar, the main character,Stanley Yelnats was mistaken that he stole the Livingston's baseball shoes and Stanley was sent to Camp Green Lake where for bad boys to rebuild up themselves by spending all day to dig holes. Stanley and his family blamed all of their bad luck on Stanley's no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great- great grandfather. Stanley needed to dig five feet wide and five feet deep hole every day. In the days when he was in the camp, he thought a lot and think a lot. There were many boys who were there because they committed a crime.Stanley also made friends with Zero who was Illiterate. However, he was the real kid who stole the Livingston's baseball shoes. Without him, Stanley would not be there.

Anna Karenina by Jia Jian Li

Anna, the wife of the senior directorate, Karenina. She is the most beautiful woman among the high society of Nineteenth-century Russian. Once, she met a handsome man, his name is Walloons, and they fell in love. They eloped because of the strong pressure of the public of social. This was the beginning of their tragedy.  Anna hoped she could divorce with her husband. Her husband, Karenina, could not accept it because he was very cared about the social status though Anna told him bravely. Karenina treated her by her son and force her to abandon son. Anna leaved Karenina and lived with Walloons together. What’s more, she had Walloons’ baby, but unfortunately, she aborted and got sequela. She started get lost in wine and illegal substances. Anna stress became very large after so many troubles. After, Walloons cannot afford the social pressure, and he began to cold to Anna. Therefore, Anna lost her family, her son, social status and love .She heart cannot be satisfy and balanced so that she was upset. Anna wore a black velvet dress, stand in front of the tracts in the station, and let the train ended her hopeless life and love. This love cannot be accepted by the moral of the world. The ends result by Anna independently, leaving the infinite sadness.