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.