Reading Minute

For my reading minute I read a story from Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul the Real Deal: Friends. The story I read is called Crossing the Fence. It is about a little girl who is very shy and is new to her school. She walks around the school yard by herself waiting for her mom to drop off her lunch. When her mom gets there she eats her lunch in her car with her mom because she doesn't have any friends. Then she grows up and becomes more outgoing and meets new people and makes friends. I like this story because everyone has felt alone sometime in their life. Most people are shy, including me. It also shows that its hard to make friends for most people, and you just have to become more accepting of yourself. This book is all about friends and has a lot of different stories of the different aspects of friendship. I recommend this book to everyone.

outside reading #10

I started reading Alicia, which is part of The Clique Summer Collection. Alicia goes to spain to visit her cousins, and this year is the first time that she goes without her parents. She is determined to become a spalpha (spanish alpha). It has not been going well for her, at first she thought it was but then she realized that her older cousins were just using her for her ralph lauren. She also broke a statue in a very expensive hotel at a party the very first night she was there. So now she has to be a towel girl with her younger cousin who has been known to steal things. At first Alicia hates it, but now she is starting to like it even more. Her younger cousin and her trying to plan schemes to get in the a famous musician's music video that is being filmed in the hotel. I like this book so far. I think that it is funny how it seems like the characters are so much older, when in fact they are only going into 8th grade.

claire

I read Claire which is a book in The Clique Summer Collection. It is about Claire Lyons spending her summer at her old house in Florida before her family sells it and they move to Westchester. Claire wants to spend the summer with her fbffs (Florida best friends forever) but their friendship is strained because they think that they have changed. It wasn't going good until Claire was asked to be a judge for Kissimmee's Miss Kiss pageant. Then her friends were just sucking up to Claire so that she would give them good scores. Claire knew this but didn't mind because she just was glad that they weren't mad at her. Then when everything seems ok, Massie shows up. Then Claire has to choose between Massie and her Florida friends and figure out how to not let any of her personal problems get in the way of her judging for the pageant. I like this book but I do not think that it as good as the other Clique books.

outside reading

I read an article about a news anchorwoman in Little Rock, Arkansas being beaten nearly to death. She was found Monday morning by her mom in her bed unconscious and bloody. On Sunday night Anne Pressly went out to dinner with a friend and then went home. Her friend was texting Anne until 10:30 about Anne's small part in W. The next morning she was found. Police cannot think of any possible motivation. Friends and family all say that Anne had no enemys and that she went out of her way to help people. Anne never complained about stalkers or any deranged fans. I think that it is very sad. I feel bad for Anne and her family. It is scary to think that even someone that seems so nice could be beaten nearly to death for no apparant reason. I hope that she gets better quickly and that police are able to find how did this. article here

Heroes in a box

For my project I did Disney Hereos. All classic and newer main characters of disney movies fall under disney hereos.

Aladdin is the number one disney hereo according to UltimateDisney.com.

Hercules is the first hero I think of when it comes to Disney heroes, even though on UltimateDisney.com he is fourth.

Belle is UltimateDisney.com's number one disney Heroine. She goes beyond looks and promotes reading.

Mulan is a heroine not only does she fight in a war but when she is found out she still fights to save china. She is selfless. UltimateDisney.com has her at number 2.

This shows the different variety of disney heroes.

This video shows a good variety of the disney heroes. The song is also really good (and is even about heroes!)

This video also show a variety of disney heroes. (It also has a good song!)


Top 25 Disney Heroes Website
This website has a list of the top 25 disney heroes according to voters. Also under each character there are comments from some of the voters explaining why they think that they are heroes.

Top 25 Disney Heroines Website

This is just like the website from above (in fact they actually the same website, different pages.) The only difference is that the list is heroines.

Conclusion:

I found out that all Disney heroes have a few characteristics in common. They all do not feel comfortable with who they are when they begin their journeys. They also all have something that they believe in and they won't let anyone or anything get in their way. All disney heroes go through a big change and come out a better person (and usually in love.) Finally, they also perform acts of selflessness throught their whole stories.

Cole Puffinburger

Today I read an article on abcnews.com about a missing 6 year-old boy from Las Vegas being found. Cole Puffinburger was kidnapped at gunpoint Wednesday morning. Three men who were dressed up as police officers broke into Cole's house Wednesday morning and tied up his mom and her fiance, when they didn't find cash in their house they took Cole. Police say that the kidnapping is related to Cole's grandpa owning Mexican drug dealers a lot of money. Cole was found Saturday wondering on a city street outside of a large Methodist church. I think that it is really good that they found Cole. I also believe that if police find the people who kidnapped Cole, they should definitely be punished. If you would like to read this article click here.

Outside Reading

I read an article about the disappearance of Caylee Anthony and the charges against her mother. Caylee has been missing since the middle of June. Caylee's mother, Casey, didn't report her missing until a month after. Casey has been charged with seven charges, including capital murder. I do not really understand why they arrested Casey, it says something about a car switch on the highway, but I don't get what happened. I also don't think that there is no hard evidence that suggests that Casey killed Caylee except the fact that she didn't report it till later. I wonder what really happened. If you would like to read this article click here.