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  Black like me   by: Ronjae Jones

Black Like me was made by John Howard Griffin. The genre of the book an auto biographic type book. It was very informative on how a person would go undercover to see how the black community acted during the segregated time. "The completeness of this transformation appalled me. It was unlike anything I had imagined. I became two men, the observing one and the one who panicked, who felt Negroid even to the depths of my entrails. I felt the beginnings of great loneliness, not because I was a Negro but because the man I had been, the self I knew, was hidden in the flesh of another."

The plot of the book to me had started a little slow. It all sounded like it was very repetitive. As the book went along though it had started to be a whole lot more smoother and fluent. Even though in the beginning of the book was very repetitive the plot was very memorable. It helped give me a picture in my head of what was going on when I was reading in the book. I really don’t think that the book was very hard to concentrate on. I do think that some places were confusing but It was not very hard to concentrate.

The setting of the book takes place in places down south as in Alabama, Georgia, North and South Carolina. This was taking place all around the 1950’ and 60’s. The setting makes the story come more alive to me. It helps me to actually realize what was taking place during those time in the south. The theme of the book was a man by the name of the book was about a white man by the name of John Howard Griffin, the author of this book, goes down into the deep south to explore and experience what blacks went through during the segregated times. But in order to do this he would have to pigment his skin to be a negro man. This book had showed me how privileged I am today to be as equal as everyone else due to the sacrificing of what my people had to go through to see young blacks future’s rise.

The characters were huge part’s that played in John’s journey through the negro community. They helped show him what it was like for all of them. I think that the only thing that had developed in the story was the climax. The style of the book has kept me very surprised. The chapters did not hang out with very many hangovers, unless something was going to start with something very dramatic. Well since this book is autobiographic it would be very believable and memorable. This book is very good if you are interested in autobiography books. I would suggest this to an age group of 12-13 years of age. A nation of Immigrants. By John Fitzgerald Kennedy A nation of Immigrants by John F. Kennedy. This book is about JFK’s personal view on immigration. He talks about what type of people immigrated To the USA. America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity. That part of America which had encouraged them most had advanced most rapidly in population, agriculture and the arts. My fellow citizens of the world, ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.

The book to me tells a pretty confusing story. It starts on Immigrants but I thought it would tell his views on Immigration. Most of the plot was pretty believable, but some of it was confusing. It was hard to concentrate on the actual plot of the book. The story takes place between the times of 1958 and 1963( Although immigration was longer than that). The setting makes the book look more intriguing because it had taught people what immigrants came and what they contributed. The setting plays a big role by where the immigrants play their role and where they wanted to make their mark.

The theme of the book is that JFK wants to make a decision on if he should pass the immigration law. The book taught me that you should judge people by where they come from but what they could do here. JFK had set out to send a message to Americans about immigrants and how most people came about were from immigrants. There weren’t alot of characters so no. The story line develops but the characters don’t.

** There were surprises on who had wanted to come to America. There were not alot of cliffhangers ending the chapters. The dialogue was very natural and fluent. The story had showed alot to me about immigration. The people who would enjoy reading this book is with people with alot of time on their hands. This would be a book of where you would have to read it through. I really had liked the book because getting to know who immigrated to america and had make their mark to me is very important to know. **  **TROUBLE WITH LEMONS: BY DANIEL HAYNES (REVIEW BY : RONJAE JONES)**

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The Red Kayak By: Ronjae Jones

The book the Red Kayak by Priscilla Cummings. This book weaves a suspenseful, multilayered tale of three teenage boys caught in a wicked web of their own making. The genre of the book is mystery and fiction. The first thing I did was get his wet life jacket off that and his soaked parka. Then I took off my own coat, wrapped it around him, and put my baseball cap on his head. I rubbed his hands. I patted his cheeks. But he looks terrible lying there on my damp wooden boat. With his face as pal as a sheet, his eyes half shut and his lips as blue as a fresh bruise.

The Red Kayak tells a very good story. The plot was developed because one thing led to another to make the solution. It was not hard to concentrate on the story because it was very fluent and readable. The setting of the story took place somewhere in the Chesapeake Bay. The setting in the story did make the book interesting because one thing led to another. The setting played a big role in the main character Tom because his dad was a waterman and most of his life was spent learning about how to be a waterman.

The theme of the book is about when Tom Parks, Son of a waterman, is a hero at first for saving a little boy he baby-sitted one day. But his hero days did not last very long. Tom got news from his mom that the little boy had died. Once the boy died he wanted to help the mom of the little boy. But as he helps the boy’s mom clean out the shed he finds a drill that he had lost for his dad. When he found out the this was the same drill that was put through the boat he knew someone was behind this. What he didn’t know was that it would be his closest friends. This book showed me that the truth is the best argument. The author I thought set out what she wanted to do with the books.

There were surprises in the story that I would’ve never known about. None of the chapters ended with loopholes. Priscilla kept the books fluent. The dialogue was very believable for the story. The people who I would think would enjoy this book is anybody who like’s to have mysteries and find clues in a book. The age group is 11-13.