All American Girl- Meg Cabot

My new independant reading book, is called All American Girl, by Meg Cabot. my cousin recommended this book to me. I already knew that I would love this book, becasue Meg Cabot is one of my most favorite authors. I read her novel , Teen Idol, and I loved it. The way Meg Cabot writes,allows her readers to be placed in the position of the main protagonist, which is always a girl. So, when my cousin told me about this book, I thought it would be a great book for my independant reading project. Hopefully, I will like it, and just by reading the back, it sounds interesting. It is about a young teenage girl in high school, her obsessions and her worries being a high school student. I know that relating to her, would be very easy for me, since I am also a high school girl. Overall, I hope to enjoy reading this book, and will post more updates. :)

The image above, represents what I believe the Four Sisters, live in. They lived through rough times, during war and went through many struggles. I found this image, and it quickly reminded me of this book. I could imagine the four sisters, and their mom residing in this houes. Also, their neighbors would reside in the house behind this one. Even though this house above seems small, it could represent the Four Sisters' house because in the time period when they lived, there were no large houses, and if there were, it would belong to the rich. The four sisters were not that rich, so this house is probably a good example of the type of house they lievd in during that time.

Four Sisters

Four Sisters

Four Sisters

All alike

Yet, all different

Four Sisters

Living Together

Fighting each other

Four Sisters

Loving everyone

Hating their features

Four Sisters

Living their life with different problem

Finding solutions ones day at a time

Four Sisters

Their relationship never broken,

Their hearts always filled with love, for these are wonderful

Four Sisters

^ I wrote this poem, because I wanted to express the relationship that the four sisters share, in a nice and sweet way. By writing in a poem format, I believe that this can be done. It summarizes the relationship and makes the reader think.^

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

After finishing Prep, I decided that it was time to read a classic novel. Usually I never read classics, because I find them very boring and fiction just seems more interesting to me. I chose to read a classic because my friend recommended Little Women by Louisa Mal Alcott to me. Upon looking at the cover, it seemed boring but I decided- Hey, why judge a book by its cover?! After completing 100 pages, i came to a conclusion, that this book, even thought its a classic, was not bad. In the beginning, it starts off with 4 sisters- Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. They are all complaining about this years' Christmas not being a jolly one, for they know that they won't recieve presents. All of them however decide to put their money together and buy something for their mother, Marmee. All of the sisters, are different and comlplain about different things. Jo isnt very social and doesn't like going to parties, and Amy always grieves over her flat nose. Jo however becomes close friends with her neighbor, Laurie who often feels lonely. The story continues on about the different personality that each sister possesses. I really enjoy this book so far and hope that it continues to keep my attention.