Tuesday, December 16, 2008

It's Hard to Make an Exit

Exit Here By: Jason Myers
443 Pages
$7.99 Borders
Hearts Teen Problems






Exit Here is a thrilling novel about a twenty year old named Travis, who returns for the summer expelled from Arizona and his mysterious trip to Hawaii. Everybody questions his recent return and wonders what made him change. But, Travis gets into his old habits again, a lot of drinking, a lot of drugs, and a lot of sex. He meets up with his old buddies and as time goes on, Travis doesn't change. Travis has to deal with h a broken up family. His dad, who owns seventy five percent of the city, is always pushing Travis to go to USC. His mother, who is very naive, is an alcoholic. And his younger sister, who is taking the same path Travis was, is a druggie and can't control herself. If his family wasn't enough for him to handle, Laura, his ex-girlfriend is playing tricks with his mind. All he wants is to win her back and everything would be back to normal. It's not that easy, as you will see. Throughout the main chapters his memory cuts in, as if he were dreaming, revealing bits and pieces of his eerie vacation in Hawaii. Exit Here is a fantastic story that will take you through this wacked out guy's journey of life.

I strongly recommend this book because it is interesting and fascinating. I honestly could not put this book down. And although it seems lengthy, it isn't. I recommend this to people who enjoyed Street Pharm, Snitch, and Crank. Also, this story has very foul language. So if you are a person that doesn't like bad language DO NOT READ THIS! If you don't want to go out and buy this, I will gladly lend my book to the first person who asks, it seriously is not a book to pass up.


Friday, November 14, 2008

Book Review directions

Book Review Blog
CP English 12

Objective: Write a 200-250 word persuasive book review of your 2nd Quarter Self Selected Reading

Requirements: Subject which includes your name, teacher name and book title

MLA Bibliography

Concise and engaging plot summary that does not give away the ending of the book

Overview of main characters and their role within the text

The importance of setting in the text

Your comments on author’s style and readability

Persuasive language


Process: Type the review as a Word document

Copy the document into the Blog post (see directions on back)


Interaction: Read the book reviews of other students

Choose 2 books that you are likely to read for your 3rd Quarter Self-selected Book

Make comments on the Blogs of 2 Book Reviews
Þ Why I would read this book
Þ What appeals to me


Follow Up: After Reading 3rd Quarter Book
Make a new post
Bibliography
Whose post inspired you to read the book?
Did you agree or disagree with their review?
What did you like or dislike about the book?