Book Report For I Am Fifteen and Don't Want To Die

Letter Of Recommendation
Dear Grade 8 Student,
I just finished reading the book I am Fifteen and Don't Want To Die.  This book was an exhilerating story about a girl named Christine and her family trying to live through WWII.
They go through a series of dangerous encounters and tough decisions.  They have to learn how to cope with living with other families in a small cellar and strategize to get food and water.
If you like action, emotion, scary, and mature stories, I highly recommend you read this book. 
It's a really good story and I really enjoyed reading it.  It's not a very long book but it packs a lot of action into it.  This story helps you to kind of visualize what it'd be like living through WWII.
So if you like what I've explained above, you'd really like this book.  I hope you read it and find it as fascinating as I did.
Sincerely,
Larissa

Abandoned: Alternate Ending
We had finally arrived, getting into the new town and new life.
"Dad, are you alright?"  I asked, looking back to see my father on the ground.
I didn't get a response so my mother went to see what was wrong.  My father is aging so I didn't think much of it, maybe he was just tired.
I went and grabbed one of his arms as my mother got the other.  We walked over to a tree and we settled there for the night.
Once morning came, we shook my dad awake.  He still wasn't feeling well so we wanted to get to somewhere where someone could help.
About a half hour of walking, we found a coffee shop.  Someone offered to take my father to a hospital in a nearby town.
We ended up going and my father was fine, just a bit dehydrated.  The man offered us his cabin in the country for a few extra helping hands at his restaurant.
So we began our new life, regretting nothing and being fortunate for everything that came our way.

Inner Conflicts
1. Some inner conflicts that Christine faced were:
-Whether she was going to live or die.
-To help others or to help herself.
-To water the horses or to keep it for herself.
-To go to the Turkish baths for water or to stay safe in the cellar.

2A. Whether she was going to live or die was something Christine struggled with everyday.  She wanted to live but she knew any day could be her last.
B. To help others or to help herself was also something she struggled with since she was living in a cellar with tons of other people.  She always wanted to help everyone but she also knew she needed to take care of herself.
C. To water the horses or to keep it for herself (to be generous or to be selfish) was something she struggled with because she felt so bad for the horses.  They were eating the banisters upstairs and she really wanted to help them out, so she did give them water.  It was a self less decision and a good choice.
D. To go to the Turkish baths for water or to stay safe in the cellar was a hard decision her choice depended on her safety and well being.  She ended up going, but dodging bullets and bombs the whole way.

3. Christine struggled with her life or death situation but ultimately made the best choices for herself and she lived.
Christine always wanted to help others and herself.  In the story she eneded up doing a little bit of both.  Helping others made her feel good and helping herself kept her alive.
Christine never wanted to be selfish but she didn't want to trust everyone.  She ended up making a few new friends and saved herself at the same time.  Christine went to the Turkish baths, risking her own safety, but she helped the horses when she got back which made her proud of herself.

Things My Mother Once Told Me

My mother once told me not to give people too many chances after they keep hurting you.  I never realized how right she was until now.  

I've been stepped on, talked down to, and just overall disrespected.  There's people in my life who I have to love that have done it to me, and I'm not giving them anymore chances.  It's not fair to keep trying for someone you know isn't ever going to try the way you do.  

I use to think she was just trying to say that because she didn't want me to like him/her but now I get what she meant.

It's not fair to give people so many chances and they just totally stopped trying.  That's happened to me a lot with friends and even family, sometimes it just gets too much.  

I always argued with my mom over how she didn't know how I felt about it but in all honesty, she did.  She never wants me to go through the same things she had to, and that's why she told me not to give away chances like they're candy, because the person you're giving them to probably won't realize what they had until it's gone.


I took back everything I had said.


My mother once told me that I should never do drugs or smoke.  She was right, that's what messed me up.


Everyone else was doing it, and with my friends that was the cool thing to do.  Not that I was totally obsessed with being cool and everything, but I thought it might be pretty awesome.  People were all talking about how they were all tripped out and how cool it was, so when I was hanging out with them and they rolled a joint, I took a hit.


That changed my life because I thought it was just marijuana and people say it's pretty much harmless, but it was laced with coke.  That little hit I took that was laced got me hooked.  I guess they thought the person they got it from was reliable, but they clearly weren't.  


I became addicted to cocaine and I got some every chance that came up.  That's where all my money went, to feed my drug habit.  I was always really ashamed of it, but I let it get out of control all too fast.  (not that you can really have a drug addiction under control).  


Once I was hooked on coke, I decided that I might aswell try some other stuff too.  One night I was hanging out with my friends and they had all kinds of pills, powders, and stuff you could smoke.  That night I tried ecstacey, LSD, crystal meth, oxy contin, speed, acid, pretty much everything.  


I overdosed.  They had to flush me out and I was in the hospital for three weeks.  After that I was sent to rehab for around five months.  The worst thing that came out of my mother's mouth when she saw me in the hospital was, "I'm so disappointed in you." 


That's what made me stop.  That's what kept me in rehab.  I haven't relapsed and I've been sober ever since.  


I took back everything I had said.

Yea Shawty, What's Up?

So hey uh, sorry Mr. Oldcorn but I'm going to write a note to Mikayla on here because I couldn't think of anything else to write about.  It might have bad punctuation and spelling errors, and some smiley faces.  SORRY!

dear miky doo(; 
hey so uhm, i miss you to pieces, doll face!  you're the best(:  . gosh , don't you just love khloe & kourtney take miami? LOLOL. i love you khloe (;  . and uh , how's 2O11 going for you? HAHAHHA . yea uhm , she's fun.  courtney "yea, i added her to see her pictures !" haha , i love her.  and uhm , you're pretty cool.  wanna play waffle guns ?! i know where we could go first ;)   . we so funny(:  . THEY'RE JUST SO FUNN . "you're a babe" , well , you can see from the pictures . HAHAHA . y`knoow ? so uhm , get back asap , a-okay broski ?  i lovee ya mang!  maybe when you come back we could watch saw ! you going on the ski trip ?  maybe we could saw marathon it up if you`re not (;  . at yer dad`s though !  "hey baby, what's up?" LOLOL.  makes my life, i swear (; .  "this is a rat trap!" HAHAHA . we're so beastly.  i'm sooo calling you today , js , nbd or anything .  so uhm , i read JATD today , pree sweet  . i like to waste time doing that (:  . i`m sooo hungry right now , like legit !  it's only third period .___.   . omggg . like , really . tusc tomorrow (;   . that's always lovely . GUESS WHO'S CHAIRPERSON ! THAT'D BE MEEE ! ohya man , mememe.  LOLOL . I WILL TEAR OUT YOUR LUNGS ! LOL JK , i love you (;  .  oh yea , uhm , DECAYING TEETH . hahha "they were all rotten and stuff !" i love you !!! so , I WHIP MA HAIR BACK AND FORTH , I WHIP MA HAIR BACK AND FORTHHH ! haha , lml .   buuut i should go (:   . i'm calling you lates ! I LOVE YOU MIKAAAYLAAAA .

Hey, I Love My Friends

So, a lot of people hate me.  Yea, I know.  I don't really care though, to be honest, because the friends that I do have mean the entire world to me.  My friend Mikayla is pretty much thee best.  She's been there for me through everything and she's tried to understand the decisions I make, but I understand how hard it is to deal with someone like me.  I love you to bits, best friend!  Ps, let's rat trap this(;
I have another friend, Jasmine.  Jasmine is one of my best friends in the entire world.  I love her to pieces, and we never fight.  Jasmine is really friendly and we both laugh at everything, especially McGruber.  
Courtney is another best friend.  She's like, my whole life and a half.  She's pretty much my second half.  We think sooo much alike, it's insane.  I love her to death and she's my world.
Jasmina is the best.  She's sooo funny and she makes me smile every day.  She's gorgeous but won't accept the compliment, and we both have the exact same mind.  
Kelbie is so amazing!  She's so funny and she makes my day so much better.  Everytime we talk she makes me laugh.  She makes me forget about everything I'm ever worried about.  I love that girl!  Ps, wanna waffle gun it up?
Kevin is like, my second half pretty much.  He's been my best friend for about a year and a half now, and we were inseperable before he left.  I miss him so much and I've only seen him three times since last February.  Life's tough and people change, I guess that's what happens.

Courtney and Mikayla are pretty much my defenders, not that I can't fight my own battles, they just get to it before me.  I'm happy that I have friends to count on like them that'll do anything for me.  *cough 2O11*.  I love my life. (:

So hey, my friends are amazing.  (: 

My Favorite Memories Of School

Grade 5:
We had a teacher who none of us were really very interested in listening to, so when he'd leave the room, we'd play this game where we'd shove someone in his smelly closet and keep them in there until he came back.  Good times.

Grade 6:
On the last day of school, our teacher forgot to get a substitute teacher for us.  So we all just kind of sat there first period, and then we decided she wasn't coming.  So we kind of just did whatever.  Until the end of the day... that's when we raided her candy cupboard.  We felt SOOOO bad about it after, but to be honest it was pretty hilarious.

Grade 7:
In grade 7 I had this one teacher for Social Studies and not a lot of people liked him.  I thought he was pretty much the best and I always joked around with him.  One day me and a couple friends were in his classroom and he was talking about his wife and how she was visiting her mom or something and he was sad and blah blah, so just out of habit I said, ``Awh, muffin.`` 
Yea, things after that were quite weird, but now me and him are totally BFF`s, and he asks me every morning why I haven`t called him.  Creepy? No.  Best Friend Ever? For sure.

Grade 8 (so far):
The weekends.  Hahahaha.  I`m sorry but school is just way too boring for me. 

Good memories?  I think yes.

It's Not A Game

"Mason, come down here!"  my Mom yelled from upstairs.
    
 I ran down as fast as I could, hearing the importance in her voice.

"Yea, Mom?"  I asked, entering the kitchen.
   
"Mason, Briana called this morning,"  she said.

I could feel the anger in her voice.
    
Ever since I started dating Briana, my Mom's hated her.  For the most part it's because Briana's been labeled "bad news".  Whenever I'm with Briana all we do is watch movies, so I don't see what's so "bad" about her.

"Thanks, Mom,"  I said, giving her a slight smile.
    
"Yea, whatever..."  she trailed off.

I picked up the phone and went to my room to call Briana.


"Hey, Bri,"  I said, grinning.

"Hey, Mason."  I could hear the excitement in her voice.
    
"So, did you call this morning?"

"Yea, I did.  I was wondering if you wanted to hang out today?"  

"For sure, but at your house?  My Mom's "uh,"  I paused, trying to think of a quick excuse, "she's not feeling well."

"Yea, Mas, of course.  Want to just grab a couple movies on the way over or what?"
   
"Sure.  I'll be over in an hour, okay?"  

Reviewing Movies

Today, I want to write about the top ten movies that I've seen that are my absolute favorite.

10-  Halloween-  Halloween is an amazing movie, but it's also very scary.  I could watch this movie over and over again, even anticipating the scary parts, it makes you jump.  Rob Zombie did a phenomenol job remaking both Halloween and Halloween II.  I really liked how scary it was, if you're looking for a thriller, Halloween is a good one. 


Rating Out Of Five-5

9- Jack*** 3D- The most hilarious movie I have ever seen.  (I didn't use the real poster because of the derogatory language).  This movie was amazing, and I've got no idea how they could let me in to the theater to see this, but it was amazing.  I've seen all the Jack*** movies and this one is by far the best.

Rating Out Of Five-5.5

8- Splice- Splice was kind of a weird movie, it changes a lot throughout the movie, but I really liked it.  It was really entertaining and it had lots of fighting and action in it.  It was funny sometimes, but in the end it was kind of scary.

Rating Out Of Five- 4

7- American Pie: American Wedding-  I love all the American Pie movies, they're pretty awesome.  They're always really funny and they can keep it going so you want to watch the next movie.  American wedding was the best one I've seen, it's hilarious.  It keeps the same characters, but it doesn't get old.  I loved this movie, everyone should see all the American Pie's.

Rating Out Of Five- 10!

6- Friday The Thirteenth (2009 remake)- This movie is the best Friday The Thirteenth there has ever been.  I like the remake, I don't like the old ones.  It's got a lot of blood and stuff, but it's super good.  I've watched it like 10 times and everytime it's just as scary as the last time I watched it.  Try watching this by yourself in the basement with the lights off, let me know how that goes!


Rating Out Of Five- 5

5- The Hangover- Okay, so that's the best movie ever made.  It's so funny, I could probably watch it over and over.  My favorite character is Allen, he's the best.  They go on a series of adventures to find their friend, Doug.  It's one of my favorite movies I have ever seen in my life, it just doesn't get old.


Rating Out Of Five- 1`OOO









4- Saw- The first Saw is the scariest, other than the new one.  It's a very gory movie, don't watch it if you easily puke.  The Saw series is my obsession, really.  The movies are amazing, all of them are.  They keep the story going, and it gets really interesting.  I really like them because it takes a lot of concentration to actually understand the concept of what's happeneing