Book Review

How would you like to be a teenage living a normal life except for the fact that you were testing on as a baby, and now you have electric powers? In Richard Paul Evan's Micheal Vey: Prisoner of Cell 25 thats just what Micheal and a few otheres are expeirencing.
The power of friendship is a recurring theme seen throughout the story from an array of perspectives. One of the most important is the friendship that emerges between Micheal, Taylor, and Ostin. They each need this friendship more then ever because Ostin, is the geeky kid that everyone picks on and his only friend seems to be Micheal. Then it comes to him, he is so busy trying not to draw attention to himself that he also finds it hard to bring in new friendships until taylor sees him use his powers and he becomes the first person she told about her powers.
Richard's writing style keeps you on the edge of your seat wanting to know what is going to happen next the entire book. I am not much of a reader but I did not want to put this book down. He keeps the action going that way it is hard to put this amazing book down.
The setting for this book is mainly Meridan High School. To everyone there Micheal is just a kid with tourrettes syndrome that nobody wants to hangout with. He is what we would call a "loner" aside from his one friend, Ostin.
This book reminds me of every other super hero book out there because it is based on the same basic things. Those basic things are; a person  trying to hide their abilities, someone sees him and has like abilities, then there is the bad guy that is always trying to capture or sometimes kill him. But this book has a twist because Micheal's and Ostin's bullies pair up and try to help them defeat the bad guy, The Elgin.
I would reccomend this book to anyone that loves books about the supernatural, teenage life, or just wants a good read. Not only is this book fantastice but this is just the beginning of an amazing series.

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There is one particular article pieced together by many people that caught my eye this week in the Batesville Daily Guard. This article informs the readers about how there are many "perverts" in the world that could be closer than we think to their children.
David Shilketus, the volleyball coach at southside highschool, was accused of sending a picture of his genitalia to one of his 17 year old players. Yes, she participated in the "sexting" but she was not charged with any crimes seeing that she is underage.
What is this world coming too? Was she the only one? These are just a few questions many people ask about this situation. This is just like a situation that we had here at BHS last year, expect here the office worker and the kids actually had sexual intercourse. Do not get me wrong, what this coach did was not only legally wrong, but morally wrong.
As I read this article I could not help but think why would someone over age risk their job and there dignity for just one picture. He should of known better and I think he should be put in jail. A coaches and a teachers duty is to protect and eduactae the kids and i do not think he was doing his job correct.
He was supposed to be a role model to these kids. What kind of role model is this? We need to watch the people our kids are around every day cause perverts could be close to home.
     

As all of the Batesville residents know Friday night a horrendous chain of storms blew threw, tearing up most of Batesville. The author's main purpose of writing the article "Storms damage airport" was to inform the people of the dangers that can lurk in the storms. "It had damages similar to a war zone" said Rober Griffin. The storm blew threw an airplane hanger at the BatesvilleRegional Aiport in Southisde, Batesville destroying two airplanes and an old car. This storm destroyed everything in its path as well as knocking out  seventy one thousand people's electricity. The winds got up to eighty miles per hour. I know how it felt losing power in a storm like this because I was one of the seventy one thousand people that did. To become a more active participant in my learning I could help inform people about the dangers of storms and help them be prepared.

Travis's Reading Bucket List

1. Michael Vey: Prisoner of Cell 25- By Richard Paul Evans: The third or fourth day of Mrs. Gillmore's class she got up and gave a quick summary of this book and it sounded like a very, very good book. I know they say never judge a book by its cover but I usually do and this cover made the book look interesting. I also enjoy reads where the main character(s) around my age, it makes it where I can connect and get involved in the book a lot easier.
2. Old Glory Stories- By Cole C. Kingseed: Mrs. Gillmore said we could look around to find a book to checkout and read well I just looked around and read the back of some books and this one just stood out to me, so I put it on my bucket list. Anything about the wars interest me. I enjoy reading them because many of my family members were in the army and I can make real life connections so I am looking forward to reading this book.
3. Heat- By: Mike Lupica: Ever since I was a little kid my parents encouraged me to play sports, my favorite was baseball. I have played ever since I was 5 years old. So any book that involves the sport sparks my very interest. I also started reading this book a few years ago but I could not get into it so i put it down, but I look forward to trying again and hopefully finishing it.
4. The Hobbit- By J.R.R Tolhein: I have heard many good things about this book and considered reading it then my English teacher showed us the book and talked a little bit about it and I was hooked right away. I love fiction books because there are no limitations on what they can right about.
5. Last Shot- By John Feinstein: One of my very good friends read this book and said it was an amazing book. Sports has always been very close to me so anything about sports I enjoy. But the only sport I dislike is basketball and this book is about that very one, but because of the wonderful things I have heard I am going to try and give it a shot.
6. Lord of the Flies- By William Golding: In our English class we saw the top 100 books for teenagers and this book was on there. It Sounded very mysterious and creative and being the curious person I am, I decided to try and figure out what all this book is about by reading it. Maybe it will happen and maybe not. I have also heard good things about the author and I hope he prevailed in writing this book.
7. Alligator Bayou- By Donna Jo Napoli: I am a very outdoorsy person and I love alligators and swamp creatures. They seem very interesting to me just because the structure and age. I am not really sure what this book is about besides alligators but I am very interested in finding out.
8. Rachel Papers- By Martin Amis: Since I needed more books for my bucket list I decided to look up books online that I had heard about before. This was on that list and I remembered one of my old teachers saying it was an amazing book with great content so I read the book review on it and looked up the author. The author is a well known author with some great books that never disappoints. So I am hoping that this is a great book. The fact that no one in my school has the book makes me wonder more about it and makes me want to read it more.
9. Paper Towns- By John Green: This sounded like a very, very good book so I have been trying to find it since Mrs. Gillmore showed us the top reads for teens. But again no one in my school has it which is very weird. This author is very respected and I have read a couple of his books and I think this is the next one I need to read by him.
10. Comes the Blind Fury- By John Saul: I looked up a reading list for teens online to try and get some good ideas for my bucket list and I came across this very intriguing title. It is about a blind child who falls off a cliff and comes back and haunts the town. I have always loved ghost stories and I am hoping this is one of the ones that keeps you on the edge of your seat.

Remembering 9/11

In the building of the new WTC(World Trade Center) they wanted to show that the USA is a free country no matter what anyone does to try and stop that. This remarkable building is going to be built to a whopping 1776 feet tall. Does this number look familiar? Well it should because that is the year that America gained its freedom. This tower is not only to get back a World Trade Center, or even to show that we will retaliate, but also to show our patriotism and also show respect for the deceased. We are showing that they can do anything in their power but nothing is going to make America fall, we will still retaliate and get back on our feet. It might take 12 days or even 12 years, like this did, but we will fight again.

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A S.S soldier, who killed innocent Jewish families by orders of his commander, asks a Jew for pity. But is he truly sorry? In my opinion, he is. In The Sunflower, Simon (the Jew) says, "I saw he was torturing himself. He was determined to gloss over nothing." If the soldier wasn't regretting all that he did, he wouldn't have called the Jew to his chamber in the first place, much less recall what made him guilty. As the text said, he "tortured" himself repeating his past. If he's strong enough to admit that what he did was wrong, he should have pity. In the confession, the soldier says, "Believe me, I would be ready to suffer worse and longer pains if by that means I could bring back the dead, at Dnepropetrovsk." He is not only willing to suffer for the Jews he killed but he would suffer more and longer just to bring those Jews back. He regrets all he did and should be able to die knowing he was at least pitied.

Everyone Should be Forgiven!

     Do you think a mother, suffering from depression, should be forgiven for drowning her kids for the fear of them being possessed? Yes or no? If you were asking me this question then i would say yes she should be forgiven. You may or may not believe in the devil but this woman did just as the real life woman that drowned her kids for the same reason. These two ladies suffered from depression which made them believe that the devil could turn into a "soul" or "spirit" and take over peoples' bodies. And since people think that the devil causes disease and sickness that made them think the devil was already in their live. So from fear of the devil taking over their kids life they cut their life short that way they did  not have to go through the hardship and depression that they went through.