What were your feelings on the first day of school this year? On the first day of school I felt this weird mixture of nervous, dread, and excitement: I was nervous because I’m now a 7th grader!  My grades this year will now count towards… *shudder*…. high school.  I know I’m thinking very far ahead, but […]

The statement, “Running towards something is better than running away.”  is saying that facing your problems is better than avoiding them.  I think that this is very true and I completely agree.  In the class discussion people were talking about problems like nuclear attacks, and how running away from that is better than staying there […]

Appetizer – Here are some photos of Spokane Pow Wows: Main – Here are five interesting facts about Sherman Alexie: Sherman Alexie based The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian off of his life, and it was actually originally written as a memoir. Sherman Alexie’s father was an alcoholic and wasn’t around for much of his […]

Why did you choose this book? The bright yellow, smiley cover of Happyface called out to me when I was desperately searching for some type of good book in the Teen Reads section at the library.  I immediately brought it home when I peeked inside and saw that Happyface looked like a fun and easy […]