Author: dart17wynterm

For spring break I read Baseball Great by Tim Green.  

This book is about Josh a very talented baseball player who has potential to be a professional one day. He plays for his school team and is expected to bring the team number one. When unexpectedly his dad puts him on a youth championship team, The Titans. The novel tells the story of how Josh tries to fit in with the older boys who turn violent, and bully him. It adds a twist when Josh starts to ask questions and uncovers some dirty truths inside the organization. When these people find out he knows Josh finds himself in a dangerous position, with a man who doesn’t want to be exposed.

I read over holiday break Speak by Laurie Anderson. It’s about a girl who attends a party at the end of summer, and unfortunately is raped by a popular senior boy. She calls the police upset and confused when they get to the party she can’t tell them what happened. When the kids find out she was the one who called the police her friends leave her behind when they enter high school. No one knows she was raped,and she can’t build the courage to speak let alone tell about being raped. She expresses herself through art, and you follow her journey through 9th grade.