Review
Review
Ms. Amland recommends one of her favorite books in the library
By Eun Bin Cho
Ms. Amber Amland, librarian and English teacher in MICS, recommends one of the new books in the secondary library, The Best Bad Luck, a fiction book written by Kristin Levine. Set during summer in Moundville, Alabama in 1917, when discrimination and racism between White people and African- Americans were so strong. The novel is based on a handwritten memoir of Levine’ s grandfather. It is a growing story about a white boy, Dit Sims.
One summer, Dit is bored in his small town, Moundville, without anyone to hangout with. He hopes that the new postmaster will have a son whom he can play with. Dit is disappointed that the Walkers have only one daughter, Emma. On top of that, the townspeople discriminates the Walkers, because they are African-Americans. In contrast, Dit’ s parents welcomes and helps the Walkers. His parents’ attitude towards the Walkers helps Dit to build a friendship with Emma. Throughout the plot, Emma and Dit reveals their brave and strong friendship against the racial discrimination.
Ms. Amland strongly recommends this poignant, historical, and well-written fiction to all Mountainview students. Ms, Amland also added,“ The story is very suspenseful and makes you want to keep reading it.” Because Mountainview students come from diverse ethnic backgrounds, she wants to encourage students to respect each other’ s differences and make strong friendship just like Emma and Dit did.
Continue Your Journey with Perseverance!
By Eun Bin Cho
Richard Wen, a sophomore, recommends The Alchemist written by Paulo Coelho. The book is obscure in the MICS community right now even though it has been regarded as the finest work of one of the world’ s most acknowledge author. The Alchemist tells the story of a young Spanish shepherd named Santiago. He goes on a journey after dreaming about hidden treasure under Egyptian pyramids. Although Santiago faces hardships on his course, he does not give up his dream. As his journey continues, he learns that his dreams are not just his, but also part of the Universe( God). At the end of the journey, he ironically finds the treasure buried in Spain, right underneath the tree where he had dreamt about it. He becomes wealthy and lives happily ever after.
The theme is mainly about finding one’ s true destiny. Richard hopes that this book would inspire the Mountainview community to persistently go on their journey for their dream.
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