Austin Annibal
Letter Essay
Period 8
September 21, 2009
Dear Mr. Hakim,
I have just finished an action-thriller, suspenseful page-turner book by James Patterson called Maximum Ride School’s Out---Forever. This book is the second in the Maximum Ride series. I’m already reading the third. James Patterson is good at writing suspenseful books that hook you in the first five pages and keep you wanting to read more. His writing is filled with sudden action that comes out of nowhere and takes you on a ride into an awesome new world. I really enjoyed reading the Percy Jackson books by Rick Riordan. They were the first series I really enjoyed reading on my own. That series is over. It has been hard for me to get hooked into another series that has the style I like. James Patterson came along and hooked me with another fun series with action and fantasy.
This book is about a group of kids that have wings, are always on the run, and trying to find their parents. They are trying to run away from erasers, winged, half wolf, half human creatures. The erasers work for the white coats, who want the kids back at Death Valley to do awful experiments on them at a place called “the School” (figures…). Along with being able to fly, some of them have special abilities like mind reading, super speed, or breathing underwater. They are all trying to find their parents and survive. This is not the life that someone would want. During the story they run into many attacks by the erasers. They find a FBI agent who takes them in as her kids, takes care of them, and has them go to school. When they start to go to school they can’t wait. They have a chance where they can have friends and actually do things a normal kid would do. Things get a bit crazy when Iggy and the Gasman start setting off some explosives. Read this passage from the book and see for yourself how the kids just want to be normal and live safely with their family and friends.
Here’s the deal---for anybody new on this trip. There are six of us: Angel, who’s six; Gasman, age eight; Iggy, who’s fourteen, and blind; Nudge, eleven; Fang and me (Max), we’re fourteen too. We escaped from the lab where we were raised, were given wings and other assorted powers. They want us back---badly. But we’re not going back. Ever.
I shifted Total to my other arm, glad he didn’t weight more than twenty pounds. He roused slightly, then draped himself across my arm and went back to sleep, the wind whistling through his black fur. Did I want a dog? No. Did I need a dog? Also no. We were six kids running for our lives, not knowing where our next meal was coming from. Could we afford to feed a dog? Wait for it---no.
In this passage you can see how James Patterson is able to keep the reader hooked in the story. It’s like he’s talking to you personally and you’re not just reading the book. He uses pauses like “They want us back---badly” and short sentences like “Also no.” or “Ever.” to keep you in suspense as you follow the character’s feelings and thoughts. He even puts a hyphen in the title (School’s Out---Forever) to pause and get you hyped up about what’s “forever.”
This book made me think how lucky I am being able to live a normal life. I have a family and friends. I do normal things like jump on a trampoline, play video games, and kick a soccer ball. How cool it would be to have a special ability, but how terrible not being able to enjoy life? Imagine being chased by killers who want you, not for the person you really are, but for your ability. You’re all scared and can’t do normal everyday things and go out in public. The kids in this story are constantly trying to be safe and happy, but have to keep running away. They don’t give up. They keep on trying because they want to survive and have an ordinary life.
I liked this book a lot. It was one of those that you hated to put down and go away. One time I was so eager about what was going to happen that I read from 9:50 pm to 11:47pm! It is that good of a book to me because it is action packed and suspenseful. There’s even a part when the main character is substituted with an evil clone that tricks the rest of the kids into a trap set up by the erasers. Another part is suspenseful when they have to rush one of them to the hospital and have surgery done. I can’t tell you anymore because you need to get the book and read it yourself and so you can enjoy James Patterson’s story Maximum Ride School’s Out---Forever.
At first I thought that it would take me weeks to finish this book. My mom kept on nagging me how she should put a hold on the next book in the series at the library. Of course I said no because, like I said, I thought it would take me weeks to finish it. But of course the book was just too darn good to put down. James Patterson has me hooked. I enjoy his easy to read, like he’s talking to me style. I enjoy his books about fantasy and action. I’m reading the 3rd book now, and I had my mom put a hold on the next couple of books so I won’t have to wait to find out what happens next. You too, need to read Maximum Ride School’s Out---Forever. You will enjoy this book and series. All you need to read is the first five pages and you’re hooked too---Forever!
Your Friend,
Austin Annibal
Letter Essay
Period 8
September 21, 2009
Dear Mr. Hakim,
I have just finished an action-thriller, suspenseful page-turner book by James Patterson called Maximum Ride School’s Out---Forever. This book is the second in the Maximum Ride series. I’m already reading the third. James Patterson is good at writing suspenseful books that hook you in the first five pages and keep you wanting to read more. His writing is filled with sudden action that comes out of nowhere and takes you on a ride into an awesome new world. I really enjoyed reading the Percy Jackson books by Rick Riordan. They were the first series I really enjoyed reading on my own. That series is over. It has been hard for me to get hooked into another series that has the style I like. James Patterson came along and hooked me with another fun series with action and fantasy.
This book is about a group of kids that have wings, are always on the run, and trying to find their parents. They are trying to run away from erasers, winged, half wolf, half human creatures. The erasers work for the white coats, who want the kids back at Death Valley to do awful experiments on them at a place called “the School” (figures…). Along with being able to fly, some of them have special abilities like mind reading, super speed, or breathing underwater. They are all trying to find their parents and survive. This is not the life that someone would want. During the story they run into many attacks by the erasers. They find a FBI agent who takes them in as her kids, takes care of them, and has them go to school. When they start to go to school they can’t wait. They have a chance where they can have friends and actually do things a normal kid would do. Things get a bit crazy when Iggy and the Gasman start setting off some explosives. Read this passage from the book and see for yourself how the kids just want to be normal and live safely with their family and friends.
Here’s the deal---for anybody new on this trip. There are six of us: Angel, who’s six; Gasman, age eight; Iggy, who’s fourteen, and blind; Nudge, eleven; Fang and me (Max), we’re fourteen too. We escaped from the lab where we were raised, were given wings and other assorted powers. They want us back---badly. But we’re not going back. Ever.
I shifted Total to my other arm, glad he didn’t weight more than twenty pounds. He roused slightly, then draped himself across my arm and went back to sleep, the wind whistling through his black fur. Did I want a dog? No. Did I need a dog? Also no. We were six kids running for our lives, not knowing where our next meal was coming from. Could we afford to feed a dog? Wait for it---no.
In this passage you can see how James Patterson is able to keep the reader hooked in the story. It’s like he’s talking to you personally and you’re not just reading the book. He uses pauses like “They want us back---badly” and short sentences like “Also no.” or “Ever.” to keep you in suspense as you follow the character’s feelings and thoughts. He even puts a hyphen in the title (School’s Out---Forever) to pause and get you hyped up about what’s “forever.”
This book made me think how lucky I am being able to live a normal life. I have a family and friends. I do normal things like jump on a trampoline, play video games, and kick a soccer ball. How cool it would be to have a special ability, but how terrible not being able to enjoy life? Imagine being chased by killers who want you, not for the person you really are, but for your ability. You’re all scared and can’t do normal everyday things and go out in public. The kids in this story are constantly trying to be safe and happy, but have to keep running away. They don’t give up. They keep on trying because they want to survive and have an ordinary life.
I liked this book a lot. It was one of those that you hated to put down and go away. One time I was so eager about what was going to happen that I read from 9:50 pm to 11:47pm! It is that good of a book to me because it is action packed and suspenseful. There’s even a part when the main character is substituted with an evil clone that tricks the rest of the kids into a trap set up by the erasers. Another part is suspenseful when they have to rush one of them to the hospital and have surgery done. I can’t tell you anymore because you need to get the book and read it yourself and so you can enjoy James Patterson’s story Maximum Ride School’s Out---Forever.
At first I thought that it would take me weeks to finish this book. My mom kept on nagging me how she should put a hold on the next book in the series at the library. Of course I said no because, like I said, I thought it would take me weeks to finish it. But of course the book was just too darn good to put down. James Patterson has me hooked. I enjoy his easy to read, like he’s talking to me style. I enjoy his books about fantasy and action. I’m reading the 3rd book now, and I had my mom put a hold on the next couple of books so I won’t have to wait to find out what happens next. You too, need to read Maximum Ride School’s Out---Forever. You will enjoy this book and series. All you need to read is the first five pages and you’re hooked too---Forever!
Your Friend,
Austin Annibal
Very good letter essay little dry here and there but overall pretty good
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a great book. I have also read the Percy Jackson series and will try out this book/ series. I really liked how you were saying that the choice with powers and a normal life would be a pretty easy decision. Is this book in a series? If so, what is the first one? Before I read this letter essay I thought that this book was just some “running from the law” story. Anyway, I really enjoyed reading your letter essay!
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P.S. Have you ever read Pendragon: The Merchant of Death? It’s similar to the Percy Jackson series.