Book Recomendation

     I highly recommend the book The Night Children by Alexander Gordon Smith. This book is set during World War two and follows an american troop through Germany for about a week. I know some of you think this will be a boring book with nothing but fighting in it and partially you are correct. Throughout the book things happen that don't seem possible. The book gets its name from the monstrous things that roam the forests at night. These things are described on page 97 as follows, "These things looked like humans that had been cut open, stuffed with 200 extra pounds of muscle and then sewn back together. When they took you during the night all you heard was a laugh that should have belonged to a 6 year old then you would be gone." (Smith, 97). Taking the sound of the laughter and the way they acted the troop began to call them Night Children.

     This book is very interesting in how the author chooses to present certain information about characters. Also this book has a lot of myths that were spread throughout entire countries such as Hitler's scientists performing tests on live humans. This book has a lot of truth in it in the form of names, troops, location, and also how the dead troops were found. These scenes were described by Corporal Donnie Brixton, the only living survivor of her platoon. She described the experience like this, "This place was like hell only it was below freezing and you were still alive. You could feel emotion and now I have to remember this for the rest of my life." (Smith, 22) This just shows how brutal the conditions were during the war. Maybe this book will give you a new perspective on just how hard it is for a former soldier I sure gained a new respect for them.

Anonymous Donation

     An 11-year-old boy's anonymous donation to his local police department captured the attention of his parents and also of the police force. Police wanted to thank him for it but first they had to do a little detective work. Two days after Sept. 11 a young boy walked into his local police station in Greenfield, Wis., and pulled out more than $10 in change out of his bag. He told the woman at the desk he wanted to make a donation to the police, but walked out before she could ask him his name. Later that day the head of the police force decided to start searching for the boy.

      They discovered the boy was sixth-grader Max Siepert, who had heard stories in his social studies class about the police and firefighters who responded to the Sept. 11th incident. Max rode his bike to the police station without his parents' knowledge and didn't expect the attention.Max's mom said that she would match his donation of $10.03, and Max plans to give that donation to a little girl in Wisconsin who needs a kidney transplant. He hopes his gift will encourage others to do the same. Below is the footage of the donation. 

Finished with Inferior by Pedar O'Guillen

     I have finished my book finally and I thought that the ending was really a cliff hanger. During the final few pages a woman named Idriani had come "from the Great Roof". The people of Stopmouths tribe had never seen a woman like this. She had dark skin that had a strange glow about it and her teeth were perfectly straight instead of crooked. She came into the tribe and could not speak their language. Idriani could hunt though. She seemed to know where animals would be and exactly when they would be there. The tribe didn't care that they couldn't talk to her because she could hunt and there was little food to be had.

     By the end of the book Stopmouth had taken Idriani under his wing and taught her their language. Idriani had learned the language and this was not a good thing. She told them stories of times that were tougher than now. These stories were rumored to be foreshadowing by the tribes elders. Everybody had been talking about these rumors when things started to get worse. People started to shy away from Idriani because they feared she was bad luck. That is where the book ended. I wish I could say there is another book but it is not out yet.  

Characters in Inferior

     The main character in Inferior by Pedar O'Guillen is Stopmouth. Stopmouth is a 14 year old boy who is a very fast runner but is not the strongest or most good looking. He is described to be about 5' 9" and about 140 pounds. Stopmouth is also very short-tempered in the beginning of the book. I am about 3/4 of the way through the book and Stopmouth has gotten a lot better at keeping his cool. Stopmouth faces a major problem when he goes on a hunting mission that brings him to a Tribe called the Bloodskins. The Bloodskins are creatures that are like lions that can walk on two feet and have bloodred skin. They are the most viscious tribe when provoked and are also the most protective of their homes.
     When Stopmouth and his hunting partner Wallbreaker decide to go into Bloodskin Ways to hunt things begin to turn bad for nimble-footed Stopmouth. When Wallbreaker decides to go after a bigger Bloodskin things turn for the worst very quickly. On page 166 O'Guillen writes, "As Wallbreaker went in for the kill the creature turned and bolted in the opposite direction as we had planned. We chased it into a crumbling house. Wrong move. As I was moving up the stairs they buckled and about 300 pounds of brick and concrete came down on my legs, crushing the bones." (O'Guillen, 166) What happens to Stopmouth after that? I do not know yet but as soon as I do I will be sure to tell you.

Setting in Inferior by Pedar O'Guillen

The time of the book Inferior is in a very distant future from all I can tell. The people are all gathered into one tribe and  they struggle to survive against and with other tribes around their region. The other tribes are all based off of animals but O'Guillen makes them seem like they are human. They all fight in a manner that is organized for the most part and they all make houses and villages like humans. One of the tribes are the Armourbacks. The Armourbacks are like armadillos except they stand on two legs and are about 6 feet tall. O'Guillen describes them as follows, "they were massive creatures that stood six feet tall and were built like men that competed in the worlds strongest man competitions. As the name states they had plates on their backs that deflected most weapon strikes as if they were paper." (O'Guillen, 38) The Armourbacks were the only tribe that attacked other tribes without provocation. They were the dominant race and have remained in that position so far.