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Night  Book Review by Kevin Roussey  I would like to start off by giving __Night__  by Elie Wiesel a 2 out of 5 stars. I gave it this rating because it really bored me. I though it would be good because it seemed like a quick read. Also, I recommend this book to a people who enjoy literature on the Holocaust and people in high school. I say this because for how short it is, it’s also very intense. Between people being sectioned off into the gas chambers and others being separated from the rest of their family, some parts may be really sad to certain people. Here is a very important quote in the beginning of the book: “What can we expect? It’s war....” - Chapter 1, pg. 4.

This book is an autobiography on a child (Eliezer) during the Holocaust and World War II. The theme of this book is The two main characters were Eliezer and Eliezer’s father, Shlomo. For the most part of the beginning section of the book, Eliezer narrates about how all of the Jews from Europe were taken into the concentration camps. They were mainly deported onto cattle carts on their way to Auschwitz. And just because they were on a cattle cart doesn’t mean they were with the rest of their family. Wherever they ended up was their spot for the whole ride to the camps.  In the middle of the book Eliezer begins to explain how even know the Nazi people just left you in the camps without any food or water, they still had a dentist to take care of your teeth. Eliezer had to have a gold crown removed himself. That was basically the only form of care they gave to you. But then towards the end of the book, the American army was beginning to invade through air-raids and on foot. The Nazis then decided to kill all of the Jews that remained in the camps. They managed to get many but when the Americans came, they released the rest who were still alive.  buy it here: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Night/Elie-Wiesel/e/9780374500016/?itm=1&USRI=night+elie+wiesel   __The Outsiders__ by S.E. Hinton  by Kevin Roussey  Due 2/15/11  <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">__The Outsiders__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> by S.E. Hinton, there are two “gangs” fighting over freedom. It takes place in the 1960's. Both groups hate each other and are constantly fighting. Obviously, fighting is not coming out of their lives. The Greasers lived on the East side and the Socs lived on the West side. The word “Soc” is not pronounced as “sock”, it stands for Social and is pronounced “Soashs”. The Socs are rich and very privileged. The Greasers aren't in the same boat. They dont have nearly as much wealth as the Socs. In the beginning of the book, it states that the parents of the Curtis family had died. Therefore, the kids had to work. The kid who stands up and starts to work is Darry (Darrel). He has been caring for the other two younger boys. The order from youngest to oldest is Ponyboy, Sodapop, and then Darrel. I give this book a 2 out of 5 star rating. I give it this rating because it didn’t excite me all that much. The beginning was okay, but nothing else really interested me. I recommend this to people who like the whole gang idea. For example, all of the books we read had to do with one group being against another. If you enjoy this type kind of read, then this book is for you. <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">buy it here: <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">[] <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">__The Giver__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> by Lois Lowry Book Review by Kevin Roussey

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: right; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Due 11/10/10

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> In <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">__The Giver__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> by Lois Lowry, the main character was Jonas. The other supporting characters were Jonas’ father, Jonas’ mother, Lily, Fiona, Gabriel, The Giver, Asher, Larissa, and the Chief Elder. In the beginning of the book, the author starts out by telling about the four main characters, Jonas, his father, his mother, and Lily (his younger sister). Jonas is eleven years of age, they don’t mention how old his parents are, but I’m assuming they’re middle-aged, and Lily is seven years of age. I wish that Lowry didn’t write it as a young boy’s point of view because it was tough to follow towards the end when Jonas was talking about taking his medicine, meeting with the Chief Elder, and everything else on top of that.

To me, I wouldn’t have written it so short. I mean it was an okay read, but it seemed like it skipped around fast, and ended a tad too quickly. If it were a little longer and more drawn out, it probably would’ve been more enjoyable for me. Also, the themes, to me, were sort of odd. I mean, Jonas vs. The Society? It’s so boring. Also, age, and how you mature. It was a much different book than I usually read.

Another conflict I ran into while reading <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">__The Giver__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, was that at the end of each chapter, it wasn’t some sort of “Oh man, I want to keep reading.”. I never felt that way, not once, which is unusual, because over the summer when I was reading <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">__The Giver__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">__LeBron’s Dream Team: How Five Friends made History__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, for the most part, i wanted to keep reading, especially in the book about LeBron James. Also, I don’t picture Jonas as a kid. I thought that the main character would be the old guy on the front of the book (the Giver), but sadly it wasn’t. All in all, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">__The Giver__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> by Lois Lowry was an okay book, so I give it a 3 1/2 out of 5 star rating. <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Buy it here: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[|__http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Giver/Lois-Lowry/e/9780440237686/?itm=1&USRI=the+giver__] <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">