The Boys of Winter

        In 1980 the Olympic hockey team from the United States coached by Herb Brooks, played  the only undefeated Olympic team, the Soviets (Russians), in Lake Placid. Mark Johnson had hopped over the boards at a late line change, late in the first period. When he got to the cold and smooth ice Johnson had gotten a shot (Pass) from Christian, and Johnson skated hard and fast, with his edges cracking and leaving marks in the ice with every stride, he had gotten the puck. But when he got he remembered what coached always said, " skate until the horn goes off." ,so that is what he did, Johnson was one on one with the Soviet goalie Vladilav Tretiak, Tretiak  was the best goalie in the world, Johnson was deking the goalie and then he had the open net he shot Tretiak tried to get a piece of it, but the puck had already been put in the net. The crowd erupted but the clock showed zero. But the ref said U.S. goal 19:59, and they had scored the goal. Then the second period would begin, but until then, team U.S.A., would go into the locker-room, sweat dripping down their faces and leaving the stench from their hard-work in the dank locker-room. There Herb will talk and tell them what they need to do in order to the semi-final game to go on for gold.
       I think after the Olympics and after they win the gold medal by getting through the Soviets and winning against Finland, that the boys will go their separate ways some going to the NHL and some in the AHL. but either way the boys will find a way to remember what Herb says  "go until the horn goes off.", even with a different coach. The boys on the team of the 1980, will never forget each other and the coach Herb Brooks.                                                                                                            



                                                                                                             Ryan McFadden

Hunger Games

             Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. You have to go to the games could you imagine trying to survive all alone in the the woods and the wild? Surviving in a ring on live television for people from all twelve districts to watch competing to stay alive, all your family members watching you fight for you life or die. All ages fighting against each other nature and the challenges the capitol throws at them. Well Katniss Everdeen did that, She volunteered for her sister Prim who was called for the games. She is very good at surviving shes been close to death before so she has some surviving skills.
            She gets called for the games having no idea what to do but they give you weapons but everyone has to race to them and right in the first five minuets of the games its be smart or die, but Katniss knows she will not survive without her bow and arrows witch is her strongest survival strength she has. Like the challenge of staying alive due to people trying to stab you or shoot you, the capitol who runs the games throw crazy challenges at them such as winds, animals trying to eat you, bugs stinging you and well Katniss got stung several times but theses weird bees and they were poison and and you had to get the infection out witch was extremely painful. She is only staying so hard to be alive is to come home for Prim, she does it all for her.  

Every Day

This book is a little different because he changes bodies each chapter. But, in the first chapter, he, Justin, is in his room. His room is very messy; clothes everywhere, many video games, and barely any books. The alarm goes off seven minutes after awakes from his sleep. He switches from bodies from day to day; so he never stays in the same setting. "I am a drifter, and as lonely as that can be, it is also remarkably freeing"(Pg. 7). Sometimes he likes drifting from body to body and sometimes he doesn't. He never is in the same body more than once. He usually likes switching bodies except for when he is in a body where the person is a smoker or a "pothead". But he ends up going to school and meeting Justin's girlfriend. I think he is gonna marry Justin's girlfriend (the girl he likes) Rhiannon because in the 5th chapter he goes back and visits her while in a different body.

Death Note By Zack VanDame-Mancine

This setting takes place in modern day Japan. There are 2 worlds in this story the Human world and the world of Shinigami. Light Yagami/Kira is a bored Genius who picks up the Death Note, Which would kill anybody who's name is written in this note book. Later in that chapter Light meets Ryuk, who was the one that dropped the Death Note. Since Ryuk is a Shinigami, Light is the only one who can see him because he touched the Death Note. That same day, Light decided to use that book for Good and Evil. Since Light is killing people for Good and Evil, The PDJ (Police Department of Japan) is trying to figure out who is killing all the people and the PDJ agents. I think what will happen in the next 9 books is, that Light will soon kill his dad who is the Main Man in the PDJ.

Harry Potter and the Half-blood prince

This Book is set in Hogwarts School of witchcraft and wizardry. Harry Potter lives in the school and he has his own bunk, it is sort of like a college for wizards and he is always socializing with Hermione and Ron and Severus Snape Hates Harry Potter because of what Harrys Father James Potter did to Snape. Since Harry's mother was a muggle he sometimes gets made fun of by Lucius Malfoy and also because he is the "Boy who lived" people treat him very differently. Harry Potter and Professor Dumbledore are friends and they talk constantly and When Severus Snape killed Professor Dumbledore. I think Harry Potter will recover from Dumbledores Death but I am not 100% positive.

Deadline

   
    This book takes place in present day. Ben Wolf is a 18 year old high school student with leukemia. He goes to a suburban school. But he has a troubled house hold. "Mom flushed her medication down the toilet and on the twenty-fourth downed close to a fifth of Jim Bean whiskey and turned Christmas eve into Halloween." I chose this quote because it shows that he has a troubled house hold because of his mother. He doesn't have a stable home life and on top of that he has ton learn how to deal with the fact that he has leukemia. In the end I think that  him and his family will get better and it wont be as hard.

This book takes place in the late 1970's in Los Angeles California. Which two brothers who do crazy stuff take drugs and smoke behind their parents backs and get tattoos with their friends which only they know about. One of the main characters brothers were killed by a mysterious man and the mother and older brother are having trouble finding the killer but end up finding out who the killer is. At the end of the book i think the two brothers are going to get caught smoking, drinking, and getting their tattoos by their parents. Also their parents are not supportive to their children and want to keep them out of the house and not to return.