Dove Arising

This week I read Dove Arising by Karen Bao. This book was about a girl name Phaet Theta, who has lived her whole entire life on a colony on the moon. She has a pretty normal life for living on the moon-she cultivates the plants in the greenhouse and pretty much tries to stay out of everyone's way. That is, until her mother gets arrested. She then has to save her siblings, the only way being enlisting in the brutal training of the Militia, like the moon-military but kind of evil. :)
This book was really amazing. I loved the descriptions in it, the action, and all the characters.
I would recommend this book to everyone it our class.
WARNING AWESOME CLIFFHANGER!!!

Polynesian Fire Show

After dancing and getting photographed by Max, we make our way out from under the glow of the streetlights outside and the humid air to large indoor amphitheater. I look at the small black printed numbers on my ticket and make my way to the seat, stepping around others' legs. Sofie soon comes and joins me, and we wait for the lights to dim in the outdoor auditorium and a man in an aloha wear shirt comes out onto the stage. He announces the story, about the birth of some Hawaiian person in a Hawaiian legend, which sounds very interesting in some cases, but over the next hour and a half, I almost fall asleep.  My head is almost on Sofie's shoulder, falling asleep, when the lights dim and out comes a guy, announcing the Polynesian Fire Show. The next hour is a blur of screaming. It was amazing. My voice was hoarse the next day.

Under a Painted Sky

This week I read Under a Painted Sky by Stacy Lee. This book was really amazing, and I would honestly recommend it to the whole class. Samantha, living in Missouri around the middle of the 19th century, has one wish, and that is to be a musician in New York. That is a big deal for her at the time period, considering that she is a girl and also Chinese. I don't want to give anything away, but Samantha and a few others suddenly are forced to leave Missouri and run on the Oregon trail, destroying any chance of completing Samantha's wish and leaves them trying to stay alive. This book is amazing, I couldn't put it down, and really well written with really vivid characters. Overall, this was a really amazing book.