Books that Made a Difference to Belle McGuire

1. Books that Made a Difference to Belle McGuire December 17, 2013

2. Introduction “I’ve never really been a huge fan of reading. I used to love it when I was in fourth grade, and then I had to get glasses because I “read too much”. Afterwards, I despised it. Every now and then I would pick up a book, but usually I just read in class when we had to. I only have three favorite books. These are the only ones that I could read again and again and never get tired of it. They have, somehow, helped me get through something I would be going through when I’ve read them. They helped me to think of things in an all new perspective.”

3. One day I was wandering through the school’s library, looking for a book to skim through to gain more AR points, and I found this book. The title and cover of the book intrigued me more than the summary, so I decided to give it a chance. I got home that day and was going through my backpack, out of boredom, and picked up the book. I didn’t really have anything else to do, so I began reading it and immediately fell in love with it. It has an amazing plot line and I can relate to most of the thoughts and events that happened to the main character. I recently reread the book, about a month or two ago, and I began to cry at the part where the main character’s grandma died while on a road trip, because I lost mine on the way to a wedding. This book was a huge help to me, and rereading it was even better because I could relate more to it. Walk Two Moons by: Sharon Creech

4. Heartbeatby: Sharon Creech I have never before, in the years I’ve been able to read, been as connected to a book as this one. The main character of this book is told to work on an art project and she was instructed to draw a hundred apples in a hundred days. She begins the project by just drawing the same apple every time, just in different colors. Then, she gets the idea to draw the different phases of the apple from the time it has been picked, to when it is eaten. However, that’s not the only thing that goes on in this book. She also enjoys running, especially with her best friend. He then joins their school’s cross country team and tries to get her to join, but she’s only interested in “fun running” and a massive conflict begins between them two. I can connect to this book, because I know what it’s like to lose, or almost lose, my best friend because of different interests.

5. Harrison Bergeronby: Kurt Vonnegut I’m not usually a “fan” of short stories, but this really helped me to think of life and people in a new way. We read this in English class last year and I was going through a time where reading something like this was relevant. This is about a community where everyone is made to be the same. Everyone is supposed to be handicapped in some way and if you were different, they either tried to fix it or you were put away. Harrison was one of those people. One day, he got tired of everyone being the “same” and broke out of jail and tried to get people to listen to his reasoning for doing so. In the end, his voice isn’t heard and he is shot and killed by the government and no one remembers a thing after that because of a programming in their brain. This helped me to realize that everyone is unique in their own special way and no one should be the “same”.