Firekeeper’s Daughter is a teen fiction book that follows Daunis and her connection to her community and the mysterious drug problem happening. Daunis experiences many life changing events in close succession all while navigating being an investigator into the drug problem and while trying to protect her community. I personally really enjoyed this book and the story it told.
The Winner's Crime is a captivating tale of rebellion, betrayal, war, and love. From the very beginning, the book's worldbuilding and storyline makes it impossible to put down. Kestrel, our protagonist, is very well-written and full of depth. At the start, she meets a strange Herrani slave who strikes her as special, and she cannot help but be intrigued. After she purchases him, they get to know each other and become almost friends. The slave, Arin, surprises Kestrel with his intelligence and quickly gains her trust.
Summary: Hotel Rwanda is a movie about what happened in the Rwandan genocides back in 1994. This movie aims to bring those events to life on the big screen so that people will be able to know what happened in Rwanda during those times. The conflict was between two different groups, the Hutus and Tutsis. These two groups despise each other because of their physical differences and power inside of the government. Paul Rusesabagina is the main character and he is a Hutu.
Summary: Jesus Revolution is the account of what the 1970s were like in California during what is famously known as the “Jesus Movement”. The movie follows a young man named Greg Laurie and his life as a teenager. We also learn about a church called Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa with a pastor named Chuck Smith. The movie starts to take climb when Chuck Smith’s daughter introduces Chuck to Lonnie Frisbee who was a hippie. Lonnie Frisbee was a very strong believer in God and she wanted her dad and him to speak.
I started reading Normal People by Sally Rooney because one of my friends recommended it to me. I had no clue what to expect other. When I first started reading it I was intrigued by how unique it was written. There are no quotation marks to mark dialogue, which differs from most books I have read. Little differences like this kept me reading more and more.
Katniss discovers district 13 after destroying the Hunger Games arena. She joins the rebellion as a figure of hope and courage, under the leadership of President Coin, hoping to find and rescue Peeta from the capitol.
Third-year Ph.D. student, Olive Smith doesn’t believe in relationships whatsoever. However, to convince her best friend Anh that she’s dating someone, she kisses the first man she sees which just happens to be professor Adam Carlsen (a very unliked person on campus). However, to keep up the act Olive needs Adam to pretend to be her secret boyfriend to which he agrees. But, when Olive starts catching feelings all of a sudden the fake relationship doesn’t seem to be fake anymore putting her own heart at risk.
When Holden escapes Pencey Prep, he goes around New York City hoping to find truth and solace in the streets of NYC. As Holden wanders around the city lonely like a ghost he reflects on the true meaning of life as he attempts to escape the phonies of the world.
After Katniss and Peeta’s victory in the 74th Hunger Games, the capitol sends them on a victory tour across the twelve districts. Due to the rebellion seen in the districts, the capitol announces the 75th annual Hunger Games to be a “Quarter Quell”, where tributes will be selected from previous victors
