Entry One

The Westing Game/Teo
     I really like this book so far. A problem that is happening in this story is that a man named Sam Westing has recently passed away from an unknown cause. His nephews have been brought together for the reading of his will. One of the nephews has supposedly murdered him while he was at his house. Sam has started a game to find out who the killer was through his will. Everyone is confused and suspense has risen in the house.

Ship Breaker/Randall
     The character Nailer is part of a ship breaking crew, who are group of people who rip old ships apart to sell the part to make money. When a storm hits the beach a rich person’s ship gets caught in the storm and is beached a few miles from where Nailer lives. When he goes to investigate the downed ship he finds a girl that is close to death and Nailer decides to save her from death. Soon after she regains conscious she tells them that people are chasing her. Nailer has to decide to help her.

Maus/Nathan
     In the book Maus, the main character is talking to his father about what troubles he and his family went through during world war 2.  The main conflict in the book is the main character's father's struggle in Europe during the time the Nazis were invading.  Due to the fact that he was Jewish he experiences drastic changes to his lifestyle as the story progresses.  As time passes, and the Nazis tightened their grip on Europe starts losing members of his family.  The Nazis send away his family members one by one and kill them, leading to the death of his wife.

Boxes/Toren
    In the book boxes we are introduced to a high school girl named Annie. She is an orphan who is the only highlight in life is her mysterious uncle. She is forced to live with her uncle's sister a fat hypocritical lady whom she hates. Enduring her aunt is the least of her troubles when her uncle brings two boxes and tells her to hide them and above all not to open them. But she goes ahead and disobeys opening the wooden box in the basement when curiosity gets the better of her.

The Highest Tide/Matthew
   The protagonist of The Highest Tide is a thirteen-year-old boy named Miles O'Malley. As a boy living in Puget Sound in Washington, his passion is learning about marine biology. After sneaking out at night, he discovers an extremely rare giant squid that changes his life. Miles becomes an overnight star with everyone trying to learn about the subject. With all the publicity around him, Miles goes through strange events that affect him and his parents who currently want a divorce. The whole story involves Miles go through unexpected experiences with fame.