Stuart Scott was one of the best of all time ESPN analysis. He was always energetic with great incite to whatever he covered. Many people voted him the best of the best. In his book he is telling us what it is like to be battling the beast of cancer. He continues to go back to the point of being there for his daughters. He says that his main goal was to get to each of his daughters weddings so that he could walk them down the aisle rather than some uncle. He goes by day by day telling the reader that when you fight cancer you begin to realize how little events such as driving your daughter to a friend's house is very important to you. He goes on saying that every day could very well be his last and how you have to make the best out of everything. He says "When you die, it does not mean that you lose to cancer. You beat cancer by how you live, and the manner in which you live." He and his family praise every moment they have together. Stuart Scott does not end up achieving his goal to be with his daughters, but he left a mark on how life should be treated when cancer strikes.

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The book Mirrors, by Ted Dekker, is the second book in the "Eyes Wide Open" book series. Christie and her friend Austin have been placed in a hospital for people with special needs, even though they don't have any. They have daily rehab sessions and they don't take it easy on them. They both are split up and trying to find different ways out. Austin was placed in the hospital because he saw the activities director holding someone captive and the director entered him into the system so he wouldn't get discovered. Christy was thought to be the missing patient, and since she had no ID on her, she was submitted into the hospital. Will they ever get out of the hospital? If they can prove themselves or make people see what the activities director is doing, then maybe they have a shot to get out, or they'll just stay and be called Crazy the rest of their lives. Click on the link to see what a typical room looked like in a special needs hospital.




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The Darkest Minds

I recently finished the book, The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken. It is about a 16 year old girl named Ruby. She is taken to a government "rehabilitation camp" where kids who survived the disease called IAAN are taken. These kids, as a result of IAAN, have super powers. The Green are extremely smart, the Blue can move things with their mind, the Yellow can control lightening, the Reds can control fire, and the Orange can control minds. Ruby is an orange. After escaping camp, she runs off and joins a group other escaping kids who are looking for East River, a safe haven for all the colors. The kids names are Zu, Chubs, and Liam. Liam and Ruby have an instant connection. The group becomes an inseparable group of friends that always stick by each others side. They are willing to sacrifice their own future for one another. There are two books after this one: Never Fade and In the After Light.


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Speak

Speak is about a girl named Melinda who is a sophomore and is having a rough time emotionally in school because she got raped at a party she went to by a senior. She has a hard time going through school because many people look down, and make fun of her because of what happened. Since she doesn't really have any friends she gets herself into trouble by stealing late passes because she can't bear to be around people. People try and help her but she just won't speak. The book is ultimately about her struggle through school. I enjoy this book because she started off so weak and gained confidence day by day and that's something that I admire. She had a lot of struggles to go through but she got herself out and re-gained happiness.

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Skeleton Creek: The Crossbones

Skeleton Creek: The Crossbones

Ryan and Sarah have solved one mystery... only to find themselves trapped by another. At first it seemed that the Crossbones was a secret society limited to Skeleton Creek. But now new facts are being unearthed -- with new dangers attached. Ryan and Sarah encounter a man named Old Joe Bush, who is supposed to be dead. But, When Ryan and Sarah are in the Gold Dredge in Sumpter Valley, Oregon, the ghost of Old Joe Bush pushed Ryan through a Railing and hurt him. Everything else is explained in the videos of the hyper link. Have fun watching Skeleton Creek: Crossbones.

Sword of the Rightful King

Newly crowned King Arthur rules the kingdom, but not the peoples hearts. until he proves his worth this power will be in question. Too many people want him to be dead, and treachery is everywhere. So the wizard Merlinnus secretly creates a test for King Arthur. A sword in a stone is discovered a stone that bears a legend promising that whoever draws the sword shall rule England. If all goes according to the plan King Arthur will draw the sword from the stone (with the help of Merlinnuses magic of course.) and then the people will at last hopefully rally around the young king.sword of the rightful king link

QB1 by Mike Lupica Justyn Segarra

This awesome book is about a football loving family who literally lives the game of football. Throughout their ancestry, many great grandparents of the Cullen family were known for being excellent NFL quarterbacks. Jake and his all-star brother Wyatt are both great QB's following the footsteps of their father Troy Cullen. With his father favoring Wyatt all of the time because of his record breaking play, Jake begins to feel a sense of exclusion as Wyatt is and always has been Troy's favorite QB. This pushes Jake to become as good, maybe even better than Wyatt as Wyatt begins to struggle in college.  Jake then single handedly takes the Granger Cowboys (Texas) to victory in the state championship. Because of this, Troy Cullen starts to even out the favoritism and realizes he's been almost neglecting Jake for most of his childhood. Because of this,  their family is unified greatly and both Jake and Wyatt Cullen become two of the best QB's of all time, surpassing their father's footsteps and becoming football legends.