In the book Beastly the character Kyle is cursed to be a monster without any one to love him. The witch who cursed him will only lift the curse if he finds someone to actually love him. Kyle meets lindy a girl who doesn’t care about appearances and they find themselves deep in thought and they gradually fall in love. Kyle’s time is running out before he stays a monster permanently. Lindy realizes that Kyle is soon a sweet kind guy who gives her space and freedom to live. Beastly by Alex flinn

     I think this book is just mainly based on how an ordinary person can see to love a monster. It seems as though physical appearances doesn’t matter and the personality of the heart does. It’s strange to me that people wouldn’t think that they themselves are ugly. I can relate to this because im not the prettiest person in the world but I know someone will always love me for being me. I see kids my age around me calling themselves ugly when they are beautiful in every way but they just don’t see it. Making your appearance seem better isn’t the same as the true feeling in your personality.

     It makes me wonder how do people live with themselves thinking that they are going to be lonely forever leaving themselves to be shunned or just drama attracted. In my eyes no one is beautiful or ugly and we all have flaws that make you be yourself. It’s your person and you shouldn’t let anyone change that. Some people think that beauty is everything I see beauty as just a mere problem in life. If everyone realized they didn’t have to be better than they are now the word beautiful wouldn’t even exist because it just is another difference to people that separates us.

Everneath by Brodi Ashton

In the book Everneath  the character Nikki Beckett vanishes mysteriously without a trace and now shes back to live her life again. No one knows where she had been but only she cole. Knows cole is a guy who basically took Nikki to an underground cave where they spent hundreds of years sleeping in. but it wasnt a hundred years it was just a year. Jack Nikki’s boyfriend broke his heart looking for her and now that shes back he is overjoyed. Nikki only has a year until she has to go back underground and never come back out. 

She could become a queen of the dead with cole but her heart remains with jack.

I think that Nikki has a tough decision to either diee with jack or live as queen. She loves jack and she cants bare to leave him. Cole is a bad influence on Nikki he messes with her mind it seems as though cole actually likes her though. He seems overprotective because of her. I think that Nikki actually has two guys who just love her. But for cole its more of a power thing he just wants to rule the world.

It is heartfelt to be torn across love and power. The author made me feel like I was Nikki herself and how she felt was nerve wrecking if I were Nikki I would feel broken and that I would just be with those who love me. And that’s exactly what nikki did.

Rippled by Mandy Hubbard

In the story Rippled the character lexi is cursed to be a siren. As a siren she must quench her thirst in swimming in her own solitary lake. When she accidently kills her boyfriend steven drowning him with her melodious voice. A year has passed since it happened since she killed…. She blocked out her friends and family to protect them from her. She thinks shes a monster and no one will be her friend. Until cole comes around cole was stevens best friends.

He helps her realize that shes still there and he wants her to hold on to what she still has.Cole brings out the best in lexi and helps her notice the beautiful side in life.cole saves her from falling in love with the wrong guy and lexi gains some of her friends back.

In the end of the story lexi curse is lifted thanks to cole. I think the moral/lesson in this story is that even a monster could find love and to never give up. And that theres love for everyone even if it died it was still and always will be there.

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin

In the book Where the Mountain Meets the Moon the character Minli lives in china where it has a poverty setting. Money is hard to find and Minli is determined to find riches for her mom and dad. She received 2 coins for her birthday and a foreign trader comes selling goldfish around her town. She spends 1 of her coins on one of the goldfishes hoping it will bring luck to the family. When minli’s parents found out she spent her money on a worthless fish they were distressed. They thought it was a waste of money to spend it on something like a fish because they barely make 2 coins.

What minli learns that this is not an ordinary fish…..it’s a magical talking fish. The fish tells a myth of the old man up on the moon who grants people wishes. So minli sets out to find this man, she travels far and wide to find him. She meets new friends like a boy with a buffalo, a king, and a dragon. The dragon is an important character too because even though most dragons can fly he cannot. So he sets out with minli to find the old man to ask him how he can get to fly.

In the end of the story, minli finds the old man but the thing is that he can only answer one question. So minli asks the old man..Why can’t the dragon fly? The old man replies that he should remove the stone that’s stuck on his head. So minli does and she realizes that she doesn’t need money to be happy. The dragon is thankful and carries her home. She takes the stone home as a remembrance. Her parents are glad she’s home and happy. But..Minli realizes the stone wasn’t a stone it was a dragon pearl. The pearl is worth many jewels and riches.

So even though minli didn’t asked her question she got her fortune. The moral is that you don’t need money to be happy. Love from your family is all you need to survive. It seems lucky that even though she helped a friend she got something back in return

                    In the story "Am I blue" by Bruce Coville, a 16 year old boy struggles to deal with gay bashing or ( being called gay). the main character Vince is insulted and made fun of because people think that he is actually gay. the bully butch carrigan beats up vince for his belief of his sexuality. but the thing is that Vince isnt sure of his sexuality. he doesnt know if he is blue or not. so his fairy godfather, melvin shows up to grant vince his three wishes. his fairy godfather, melvin was treated differently because he was blue or (gay). so when vince gets to see the world in  new way or new vision he sees and realizes how being blue isnt wrong or how some people deal with being blue. he sees everyone in a different light. he even sees himself differently and realizes how he really is blue or not he learned that it wasnt wrong to be gay or blue or straight. 

               I realized how being blue isnt wrong and how vince learned to cope with it.Ii think this story is relative to everyday life where everyone is bullied for their gender wether they were blue or not. I can easily realte to vince's problem. because everyday I would see  people being bullied even if they are straight or gay. it would prove that gaybashing is common now and people today struggles with being blue or not. Vince is the perfect example of a victim in gaybashing.