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Middle School Get Me Out Of Here By James Patterson
by James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts
The book Middle School Get Me Out of Here is the 2nd book in the middle school series. This book is a continuation of Rafe's life, the main character. Rafe got in a whole lot of trouble back in 6th grade, and after the diner where Rafe's mom worked burned down, they have to move out. Now, Rafe and his family have to live in the big city, and Rafe gets a chance to get a new start at a new school. Rafe is accepted in his new school, Cathedral School of Arts, and he starts another operation called "operation get a life". Rafe tries not to get in trouble in the new school by following " Operation get a life", his new goal. I recommend this book because it went over my expectations, and it made me laugh when I was reading it. I think the author made this book even more funny than the previous one. In book 2 Rafe has an even more colorful life, so I recommend this story to anyone who is looking to be easily entertained.
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All the Light We cannot See
by Anthony Doerr
In the book "All The Light We Cannot See" we see the parallel lives of Werner, a German boy, and Marie-Laure a young French girl whom lives in Paris with her Dad. Marie-Laure is blind, but her life is okay thanks to her father. Marie-Laure's father is a locksmith for the museum of Natural History in Paris. When Marie-Laure is 12, the Nazis take over Paris and France, so she and her Father flee to the town of Saint Malo to live with Uncle Etienne, they carry what might be the museums most valuable jewel.
Werner is a young orphan in a town called Zollervein that is known for mining. Werner discovers that he has a skill for fixing radios. He hopes his expertise will keep him away from the mines which is where his father died. Later on, he ends up in an academy for the Hitler youth where he becomes a expert at building and repairing radios. As a young soldier for the German Army his skills win him an task to track anti Nazi resistance by finding illegal transmissions. Eventually, Marie-Laure and Werner lives' cross path in 1944 at France when Werner is in there to locate radio transmissions that are coming from somewhere in that city. Sooner he falls in awe with Marie-Laure's voice over the supposed terrorist transmission on the radio as she reads her favorite novel, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, which interests Werner even as he is stuck in a basement. During that time Marie-Laure is alone, and she is hiding from a German General whom is after the priceless jewel.
Although this is a historic fiction book Mr. Doerr's writing style of almost poetic to say the least pulled me in to continue reading this lengthy story, and for me the theme or lesson of this book is that no matter what side you are on or where you come from we all still can be united by something out there. In this book's case it was radio waves.
Overall, it was fun to read this book because of the story which is one of the most interesting I have ever read, and overall enjoyable which is why I am giving it 5 stars. Yes, it is a long book to read, but this story is well worth the effort to read and detect or see what we can not see, humanity, love, redemption and many other emotions that clearly show how humans most always try to see the good with in ourselves and the good in others no matter how difficult at might be, so we must do it in order to survive.
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