Review Reading

          The book is named May Bird Among the Stars. It is a sequence book where there are different books that continue the story. Among the Stars is Book Two. I've seen this book before but I didn't think it looked that interesting. I was done with my 3rd independent book, so I had to get another book to read for the time being. I couldn't find a nice book and I had to get one quick. So I took the last book I grabbed, which was May Bird. 

          The book is about a girl, and she's been sent to a different realm from Book One.There's this cat with her, it can't talk, but in a way, she understands him. His name is Somber Kitty, Kitty for short. She is in a realm of ghosts and spirits. She has 3 ghosts with her; Beatrice Heathcliff Longfellow---  known as Beatrice--- (Bea for short), Captain Fabbio--- known as Fabbio---, and Pumpkin. They've been in a train for a few days and that train was heading to Lady of North Farm, known as just Lady. Lady will grant May one wish, what ever she desires. In May's mind, she already knew what she wanted, she wanted to go home. As the train moved along, there was a bump, the one who caused it was named The Bogey. He's been chasing them, and now he might of got them. But when the trained stopped, they were at a town. The town was to be procalimed as Everville, T.E.A. and it was an empty town.

          That's where I stopped, I finished page 18 and read only a bit of page 19 where they plan to explore the town because the train wouldn't budge. I think this book is okay. It's not great but it isn't horrible either. I would plan on reading more but the reason why I wouldn't is beacuse it is a sequence book. I wouldn't want to read it unless I read Book One. Than it wouldn't be fun for me because I wouldn't be satisfied until I've finished all the books, which I don't want to do. I like one book, one story, the end. :)

A Bag of Drugs is Everything

I found this picture on Google when I searched up "bag of cocaine". I only wanted a picture with a small bag of it, and this was the one I chose.

          Anyways this picture of a bag of cocaine, or I'm going to just use the picture to resemble "drugs". This picture, it resembles everything about the book Street Pharm. So that's already a heads up that this book is about drugs, with the title "Street Pharm", you would figure that it has to do with selling/dealing drugs. So it is true.

         In the novel, the story deals with this. If it wasn't for drugs, there'd be no story. Ty's father, Orlando, was the King of Streets until he got caught. After his father was put behind bars, Ty took over this family business. His partner was Sonny. Not only was Sonny his partner, but it was his best friend and the closest person to becoming his brother. Sonny was family to Ty. Ty had to get back in school after he got kicked out of his old one. He met a girl and fell in love but one of his rules was to not fall in love because that might cause him trouble if they were to break up. While Ty was now the King of Streets, another drug dealer named Kevin but they called him Darkman wanted to take over. With that problem, there were many troubles. Ty was shot, lucky he wasn't dead, because that was what Darkman was aiming for when he sent a drive by. He had to break up with Alyse, the reason of how he did it was tell her the truth. He knew she'd be mad. Some of Kevin's workers were setting him up, and Ty found out. They worked together and got Kevin out. Soon after Kevin left, Sonny was killed. Ty realized this whole drug dealing business was ruining his life. It always takes someone he cared for away from him. He knew he had to quit.

           That small summary of the book deals with the picture, drugs. Even though I basically said nothing about drugs in the summary, you should follow that the reason how those all happened was because of drugs.

          Ty was kicked out of his old school because he was too busy running the business, he missed a lot of school days. Alyse and Ty broke up because he was a hustler, a drug dealer. His father got locked up because he was a drug dealer. Kevin is a drug dealer, he wants to take Ty's territory. Ty was almost killed because of Darkman, because he was the "King of Streets" and someone wanted his title. Sonny was killed because he was making a trade with some buyers but they scammed him.

          In my reason of why the picture resembled the novel, the paragraph above, there was so much of the word drug dealer. They sold the drugs to get rich. It was their profit, it was their way to make a living, to get money. Ty thought about it and he got smart. He quit so no one else he cared for would get hurt, and he wouldn't get hurt either.

Prediction of the Future

          In the novel I read, Street Pharm, there was a good ending, it seems to be a suspense. As in the book got to a great ending, but you know there could be more. So since the book gave me that ending, I will make a prediction of Tyrone Johnson's future.
          At the end, Alyse forgave Ty. She gave him another chance since he's starting to improve and there's real proof of him trying to improve.
        
          I think that Ty is going to pass his Adult School classes with all A's. He's going to get back to school in the fall semester with Alyse there by his side. There'll be no more trouble for him on the streets. He won't have much stress and worries as much as he did when he was a hustler. The only one who could cause him much trouble, is his father. But his father is locked up in jail. And by the time he comes out, he probably would of forgiven Ty. Ty and Alyse are going to stay together. They'll pass high school together and even college. They'll get married and have a child. They'll be and have a family just as Ty wanted.

Diary/Journal Entry

The book I'm reading, well I've actually finished it quicker than I thought, is Street Pharm. It's a very good book. One of my favorites now. It's about a high school boy whose the son of the King of Streets, which is a drug dealer. The boy took over his father's business. Things get rough, something goes bad, things get worse, then everything falls apart. A piece of his diary/journal:


1/10/07
          Man things are getting real tight. This business is ruining everything. I blew Alyse TWICE and I lied to her that I was a hustler. Sonny, my best man; best friend; closest person to being a brother to me, he's gone. He's really gone. He's dead. It's all my fault. I shoulda did something, convince him not to, at least go with him and back him up. But I was selfish and I only thought of myself. He called me nine times, why didn't I pick up!? I need to stop. I need to fix this. I need to find myself. I'm so confused. I bet Alyse will never forgive me. The school didn't accept me for the spring semester. I gotta do something to catch up. I needa prove to Alyse that I'm good.
          I've been thinking and I got it! Imma quit the hustling business. Throw everything bad away, clean my profile up. Imma go to school. Adult school, whatever, get some catching up on grades and stuff. I'll come back in fall semester. I'll show Alyse my A report card, I'll show up in fall. I'll tell her I quited the business. I won't be a hustler no more. I won't be my dad. I am NOT my father. And then I'll hope everything goes well... Hope that Alyse will forgive me.

Connections with Stories and Life

          I've read only a few books this year...Speak, Poison, Skellig, and I am now reading Whittington. None of these stories seem to have a connection with my life, but I guess the 
closest would be Speak. Speak is about a girl whose in 9th grade and it seems like hell to her.

Similarities... Melinda is in 9th grade, so am I. Melinda doesn't talk to her old friends anymore, or they just don't talk to her. I have that in common with her, I don't talk to most of my last year friends or old friends. Many went to other schools and some, i guess i'm just not close to them anymore. No one seems to notice Melinda. Maybe some people do but no one knows, they don't speak up. I don't think people notice me either, but I don't care. Melinda's right about parents. Parents don't know about their children much, unless their children tells them everything. I think that too. Melinda's parents are always too busy doing their work or something. I think my parents are like that, too. My parents are really busy most of the time. But I guess I don't mind. It's not really their fault.

Differences... Melinda thinks high school or 9th grade is hell, but I don't. I can make new friends, I am Melinda seems to have trouble making friends because she never speaks up. She keeps holding onto the past and holding onto her old friends. To her, it seems that she can't forget about them. But i'm not like her, if they forget about me, I can just forget about them as well. quiet in some of my classes, but in others, i'm pretty loud. Making new friends is a part of growing up, and to me, so is letting go of some friends. Sometimes, you'll just have to forget about the past and just to move on. Some of the past aren't important.

          Some stories, people can relate to. I read mostly fantasy and adventure, which i'd never get the chance to relate to unless I really did have an awesome adventure.