Month: March 2024

In March, I read the book Squirm by Carl Hiaasen. This book is a realistic fiction book about a teenage boy named Billy who is new to school. Billy never tries to make friends because he always ends up moving. Just like how his mysterious dad moved out when Billy was little. However, after all these years Billy finally has a chance to meet him. After meeting his dad’s new family he has many questions about him and doesn’t know what to think of the man. What do you think of Billy’s dad. Read to reveal what Billy’s dad is like.

If I were to give this book a rating, I would give it a four. Squirm is a great book to read if you liked Hoot or Chomp (Also written by carl Hiaasen). The reason I only gave Squirm a four is because it wasn’t a book I couldn’t put down. In other words, it wasn’t as amazing as Hoot or Chomp but still pretty good.

My favorite character in this book is Billy. This is because of Billy’s forgiving and understanding nature. I can’t think of anyone who would just forgive someone who walked out their life when they were little in only a few days after reuniting with them. Carl Hiaasen writes, “I should probably be angrier than I feel, but I admit there’s a huge sense of relief to be done with the first face-to-face moment, as crazy as it was.” (Page #106-107) This icee of evidence proves the fact that Billy is forgiving and doesn’t want to stay mad at his dad.

My favorite quote is, “‘Yeah,’ I said. ‘Scary crazy.’” (Page #264) At first glance this may not look like a funny quote but the quote before this is “‘But let me tell you, there’s some crazy-ass people out there.’” (Page #264) In the book Billy stops the bad guy from escaping by putting a rattle snake in the helicopter. This is significant because the officer doesn’t know who did it but Billy does.

A miniature golf assistant is the perfect job for me. The course I work on will be on the boardwalk in Ocean City. The biggest factor that made this job my dream job is that on downtime I can actually play myself. I am one out of many who love to play miniature golf, playing it everyday is a dream come true. This leads me to the second factor. I can challenge my friends and beat them every time. I will know every twist and turn and which hole ends up where. I will also love the shock on my friend’s when I end getting many holes in ones. My final reason I chose this job is because of the environment. On the Ocean City Boardwalk there are many things that would catch your eye. For example, you can find Fisher’s Popcorn on the boardwalk or that amazing taffy place next door to it. It’s like living on the boardwalk.

In February, I read the book Taken by Erin Bowman. In the book Taken, the main character named Gray lives in a town called Claysoot. Circling Claysoot is a wall, many have climbed and came back dead. Since then no one dared to climb the wall as it was suicide. In Claysoot there are no men. The source behind this is the heist. Every time a boy hits their eighteenth birthday they disappear. Some people have accepted the heist but others have tested it. Gray mother was one of whom decided to test the heist. After Gray’s ‘older brother’, Blaine is taken by the Heist, Gray finds the truth. One that his family was hiding from him to help save other boys. Will Gray go out for answers or will he wait for the heist to take him.

I highly recommend this book to everyone. If I could give this book a rating it would be an easy five stars. This book has many twists and turns, in a way it is like Avatar. In this book you will want and crave answers.

My favorite character in this book is Blaine. In this book, Blaine shows kindness instead of hate and chooses to think before he says something. I don’t know how the main character, Gray, would live without Blaine being their for him and cooling his flame when Gray gets in fights.on page #10 Blaine says, “‘I don’t give a crap if whether she cares about me or not. I’d rather know why my kid brother is beating up a girl half his size. You okay?’ he asks.” This is one of many examples of Gray needing Blaine in his life.

My favorite quote is on page #326, “‘Oh, quit your whining,’ Bo says. ‘She shot you with a rubber bullet and it was necessary.’” I like this quote because the main character, Gray, made it sound so dramatic. He thought his arm was on fire and didn’t get up until someone came to help him up. It must have been embarrassing.