Bounce- Theme

I think the theme of this book was not to give up, that everything will get better. I thought this because even though Evyn had to move, had six step brothers and sisters, and had Eleni as a stepmother, she realized it wasn't that bad. She thought at first that the GLUE family would be the worst thing ever, but by the end she realizes it's not that bad because she still has Mackey and Birdie just like before.Also, even though Evyn had to move, and was loosing her friendship with Jules, everything got better. Her stepbrother Linnus was the one who understood her, who found her when she ran away, and who took her in when she felt most alone. Jules wanted to befriend the popular group who they had both always hated, and didn't want Evyn to come see her when she was in the worst place ever. Plus, she had to move from Maine to Massachusetts, to a school where nobody really liked her, and her dog died. But in the end, Evyn learned to love and accept her new family, she got Jules to hate the popular crowd again, and she learned to accept the fact that she'd be living in Boston, sharing a home with multiple people.

Favorite book club character

Even though he's not all too popular, I'd want to meet Mackey. He tries to make the best out of the situation him and his sister are in, having their father re-marry. He tries out for a play and gets the lead role, and doesn't complain that he'll be in front of people performing. Even though he has to share a bedroom, just like everyone else, he doesn't mind it like Evyn does. He might be made fun of, and kind of boring because of his blemished face or his gruntled speach, but he's really nice and tries to help others see they don't have it so bad. Evyn oh the other hand, is a bit too melodramatic. She takes her stepmother's money and runs away all because her dog died. Mackey, just let it pass and said that the dog was old and it was bound to happen eventually. Mackey is more laid back and understanding about most things than Evyn is, and that's why I'd want to meet him.

My Favorite Character

My favorite character of all time has to be Jasper Renn from Kady Cross's book, The Girl in the Clockwork Collar. In the beggining of this book, he was a criminal, coming to England to escape his jurisdiction. But, by the end, he was proven not guilty, and he was extremely sweet. He loved the girl who betrayed him and accused him of killing somebody, when it was really her, even though he knew this. When his friends bailed him out of his bad situation, he was greateful, but didn't understand why the trusted him so much. He was staying with the Duke of Greythorne in England, where nobody would come for him. When the men took him away, they thought they were policemen, but really they were people who worked for his old boss, an actual convict. Also, when he came to Duke, he was sly and mysterious about his past, and by the end when they came to get him, he told them everything of his past. Like how he took the blame for the woman he loved. I related well to this character because, just as he did, I always take the blame for someone I love. I don't let them get into trouble, when I could get myself out easier, so I take the blame so they don't have to.

Kady Cross' Books.

My favorite book is Kady Cross’ The Girl in The Steel Corset. It was based in the late eighteen hundreds, in a more science fiction world, in London. In this world, the 1800’s were extremely high tech, and there were genetic differences. I liked this book because it was well written, and the dialogue and thoughts were put into a slight accent. Also, I liked it because Kady Cross writes her novels in an older teen fiction manor.  My favorite types of books are science fiction, fantasy, and realistic fiction because while they may be partly truthful, there are great twists to the story. At the moment, I’m reading Generation Dead by Daniel Waters. It’s about a school, where there are ‘differently biotic’ people, or zombies. These people had died, and came back to life. Although this may happen, only teenagers come back to life. When Magi and Phoebe’s friend Colette dies, Magi is a little too stubborn to speak to her, afraid because she’s a zombie.  Now, Tommy Williams, a zombie who Phoebe may like, is about to get her and her closest friends killed. The football team (Other than Phoebe’s best friend Adam) wants to kill anyone on the zombie’s side, along with all the zombies. She uses lots of details to describe how everything looks and feels, along with the sounds of people being slammed into. In my book, the football players, and the coach, are mad because principal Kim is forcing them to allow Tommy to play. Tommy, being a rookie, gets beat at practices. All first year football players the coach has up against returning in head to head. Coach, as always, is playing dirty, and not obeying the rules of football. He has Pete hit Tommy in the back, with his helmet. This is illegal of course, because it can permanently paralyze somebody from the hit down, if it doesn’t kill them. But, remarkably, Tommy always gets back up, unlike all the others who can’t get back up each time. Hopefully, Adam can stop the others from hurting Tommy too bad, along with the group of people they’ve gotten to try to help the zombies. Most people only joined the group to get out of class, but a few, like Adam, Tommy, and Phoebe, have joined to help stop people from hurting the differently biotic persons.

                                ~Serena