Nothing but the Truth (Theme)

        I think that the theme of Nothing but the Truth is to stand up for what you believe in. The first example of the theme is when Philip Malloy thought that he should be able to sing the  National Anthem because the school wasn't letting him, so he made a big deal.  He made everyone all around the United States talk about how the school wasn't letting him sing the National Anthem.  Philip stold up for himself because he thought that it was the right thing to do.  Another example of the theme to stand up for yourself is when Mrs. Narwin thought that she should get the money for the conference.  She didn't give up until she was told that she did not need to go to the conference.  They told her no and she kept sending emails.  The last example of the lesson to stand up for themselves is when Philips's dad was getting yelled at by his boss by something he didn't do.  He did not stand up and he got blamed for something he didn't do.  If he did stand up for himself them he would have not gotten blamed.  After reading Nothing but the Truth I know that the theme of the story is to stand up for yourself.

Nothing but the Truth by Avi

     Right now in book clubs I am reading Nothing but the Truth by Avi.  If I could meet any character in the book I would probably want to meet Mrs. Narwin, the language arts teacher.  I would want to meet Mrs. Narwin because she is very strong.
    Mrs. Narwin is very strong becasue when she had asked for money from the school board for a conference and they said no she didn't freak out.  She was disappointed, but she didn't do anything that would make anyone mad.
    Mrs. Narwin is also strong because Philip is telling everyone that she suspended him for singing the National Anthem and she doesn't freak out at all.  She has the whole world talking bad about her and sending her hate mail without them even knowing her side of the story and she dosen't break down at all.

My Favorite Character

           My favorite character is probably Aria from the first Pretty Little Liars.  I really like Aria becasue she is very independant, strong, and caring.  She is very independant because she doesn't rely on other people to do her work for her.  Aria is really strong because she has had many issues and keeps going on.  Her first issue is that her best friend was missing/dead.  Her second issue is that she caught her dad cheating on her mom with one of his college students, and he told her to keep it a secret from her mom.  The last issue is that she is being threatened and harassed by this person/team that calles themself A.
         Aria changed a lot from the beginning of the book to the end of the book.  In the beginning of the book Aria was very shy and friendless. Since Ali, her best friend had died, she was very depressed and wasn't looking for friends.  The friends she did have, from them all being friends with Ali, she ignored.  For example she would sit at lunch all alone so she doesn't have to sit with anyone.  As the books goes on all the groups of friends get closer because of their loss of their best friend and being harassed by A.  In the end of the book Aria is not shy anymore and is being caring for her friends.  She stands up for her friends and stands up to A.  For example when her friend, Hanna, had a fight with her friend, and Aria helped Hanna get through it and made her feel better.  Aria changed a lot from the beginning of the book to the end of the book.  In the beginning of the book she was shy and friendless and by the end of the book she would do anything to protect her friends.

~Emalie

This is the cover and the Pretty Little Liars book.  The one in the front middle is Aria.

Airhead by Meg Cabot

                I really love a lot of books.  If I had to narrow it down to my two favorite books I would have to day Snowed In and Love on the Lifts.  The author of both of these is Rachel Hawthorne.  Every romance book by her that I have read I have loved.  An author that I also really like is Sabrina James.  She writes similar books that are just as good.   I really like these authors and books because I love reading romance novels and these authors write very uniquely.  Yes, there is a happy ending like most romance novels, but in the middle you never know what is going to happen.

                Then genre of books that I really love to read is realistic fiction.  I have a really difficult time finding books outside of realistic fiction that I like.  I really love reading realistic fiction because it is real life experiences that I can compare to whether I dealt with them myself or I have seen other people deal with them.  I find that by reading books that you can compare to you can know the way the character is feeling, and you can understand what is going on in the story.

                The book that I am currently reading right now is Airhead by Meg Cabot.  To tell you the truth I would have probably never read the book if it wasn’t lying around my house.  I had just finished a book and it was there, so I decided to give it a try.  Even though this book would not have been my first choice it is turning out as a pretty good book.  The setting of this book is present day New York City.  The main character in this story is Emerson (Nikki).  The secondary character in the story are Lulu, Brandon, Frida, and Gabriel.  So, in this book there is a girl, Emerson, and some people can consider her a nerd or geek.  They can consider this because she sits around and plays video games all day and she doesn’t care about the celebrity gossip.  Her sister, Frida, is the complete opposite.  Her sister reads all the fashion magazines, tries out for cheerleading, and loves shopping.  One day Frida dragged along Emerson to the Stark mall opening.  There were people there protesting by shooting paint balls at the TV screens.  Frida was standing under one of the TV screens just as a paint ball hit it.  The screen starts to fall and Emerson runs and pushes her out of the way.  Then Emerson is on the ground with a heavy TV crushing her body.  About a month later Emerson wakes up in the hospital noticing that she has changed a lot.  Her voice was higher, she didn’t like ice cream, and her fingers are skinnier.  Eventually her family has told her that she is not really herself anymore.  She had gotten a brain transplant with a famous model, Nikki.  They explain that Nikki was having a brain problem and her brain died the same time Emerson was crushed by the TV.  The doctors decided the only way to fix this problem was to put Emerson’s brain into Nikki’s body.  To make things worse on Emerson the doctors said that no one can know she is not Nikki except for her family and she has to live life the way Nikki did.  This includes dating Nikki’s boyfriend, Brandon, and doing all her photo shoots.  Can Emerson live Nikki’s life?  Read the book to find out.

 

Emalie