Thursday, January 10, 2008

Touching Spirit Bear



A boy named cole isnt the best of kids. He has been through too many detention centers,and other types of places for violent childern. Apparently his dad drinks way too much and then beats cole numb out of a drunken rage, while his mom pretends nothing is happening. After hospatializing a kid for snitching about him robbing a store an alternitive pops up.There is a new program that is of native american descent, a banishment.A banishment is where they would leave cole on an island in Alaska with supplies, a shelter, and matches.It is supposed to change cole for the better and make him a better person.

Under A War-Torn Sky




Henry was a chicken farmer from Virgina during WW1. That all changed after high school. Henry enlisted in the US air force at the age of 18. He became a B-24 copilot and during his 15th mission his plane is shot down. He lands in France just north of switzerland, a nutral country. He is taken to Switzerland and then agrees to let the Maquis (pronounced ma-KEE) help him get to allied terrortory and get him back to the states. This is one intense book so strap in and get ready for takeoff.