A little bit of Everything,Everything

Last week I read the novel Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon. The genre of this book is young adult, meaning that it might be hard for young readers to understand. This book is about a 18 year old girl named Madeline Whitter who loves to read, but she was born with a really rare disease called SCID which in her own words is like “bubble baby disease” that makes her allergic to everything in the world. She can’t go outside, eat certain foods, touch certain things and have everything sanitary and disinfected well. Madeline hasn’t gone outside in 18 years, which is a very long time. She lives with her mom who is kind of like her doctor and her nurse Carla that checks her blood pressure, breaths per minute and room temperature. Madeline has always dreamt to go outside and explore the other half of the world beyond her house. Until this one day a new boy moved in next door to her house. His name was Oliver or Olly for short. The moment that she laid her eyes on him she instantly fell in love. Her mother always told her not to fall in love with someone because they would break your heart, but that didn’t really stop her. Madeline dreams that her life could just be perfect but, then she hears really bad confusing news that makes her feel so disappointed. You will have to read the book to find out what happens to Madeline. That is my favorite part of the book. The theme of this book would be adventurous because ever since Madeline was born she has always wanted to travel and explore the world by seeing the other half of the world and see what she was missing out of. I read the book then I watched the movie and I always  say that the book is always better than the movie. Everything, Everything in my own words is a really nice book if you are also into other books like The Fault in our Stars by John Green. Would you read this book or watch the movie? What would your life be like if you had SCID and could not leave your house?

Thinking deeply about a Quote

Sometimes in the morning I need a little inspiration to make me feel better to get out of bed. So what I like to do is, look up some quotes that I know will make me feel better then pick one and use that as a path that I will try to follow throughout the day. Quotes make me feel good because there are different types of quotes with all different types of meanings. I chose a quote by Albert Einstein. It reads “Life if like a bicycle. To keep balance you must keep moving.” This quote really made me think deeply because I wanted the day to be in balance and to not think about the bad or wrong things in life. I wanted to only feel positive today.

Gacefully Grayson

Over the pass two weeks I finished reading the book Gracefully Grayson by Ami Polonsky.  I didn’t know about this book until I saw my friend reading it and she told me a little about the book and I immediately got hooked onto it. This book tells a great life lesson from kids to even adults. The book starts out with an ordinary little boy named Grayson that was in the sixth grade. Sadly both of his parents died so he lives with his Aunt and Uncle. Grayson was a little different than other boys because of the way he felt in the inside. Grayson didn’t have very many friends but he also really liked girly things like braiding hair, playing with dolls and dressing up. He never did any of those things because he didn’t want everyone to tell him something he already heard like “You’re Gay!” or “Is that Genetic?”  He felt like a true girl in the inside but never wanted to show it on the outside.  In class Grayson would draw geometric princess so no one would call him out for drawing a normal princess. He would also wear long basketball shorts and pretend that it was long skirt too. Over the weekend Grayson would sometimes go out with his one friend Amelia to the Second Hand*, while they were there Grayson would try to find girl clothes that were in his size that he liked. He wouldn’t buy them because he didn’t want anyone to laugh at him for it. This book made me think a lot about real people in the world going through this everyday. This doesn’t only affect boys but it affects girls too. I rated this book a 9/10 because it was easy to understand and read but at the same time it has a lot of facts and details to think about. If you ever stumble across someone that is like this, never hate them because they are different but love them for who they are.

*Second Hand is like a thrift store