Great Expectations – Charles Dickens

For February I read Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, a book I have been meaning to read. It is the story about a young boy Pip and follows him as he grows and becomes a better person. He starts the story with good luck and great expectations, both of which he loses, but he gains…

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‘Drama’ By Raina Telgemeier

Drama, by Raina Telgemeier is a graphic novel that was released in 2012. The main characters, are all very diverse. They come from different places and personalities. Drama features LGBT+ characters and has a wide variety of diversity. Callie is a middle-school aged adolescent, that loves theater. Callie isn’t the greatest singer, but she would love to be…

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The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke – February

For February, I read “The Thief Lord” by Cornelia Funke. What I enjoyed most about this story, is that the author doesn’t fail at describing the setting and making the characters as humane and relatable as possible. Even though these characters aren’t alive, they can be relatable to most people. I’ve read other books by this…

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Fever 1793

For February, I Chose to do A book you should have read in school. This was a good book to read. It was about Matilda who was living in the Yellow fever epidemic of 1793. She survives with some of her family and friends still alive, after choosing to stay in Philadelphia during the Epidemic….

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I like this series in general!

I really enjoy the I Survived series because of 2 things: 1) Its historical fiction. I enjoy the historical fiction genre because I like how the author took time and made a character and put in a that moment and makes the book more interesting to read. 2) It also teaches me about the moment….

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