So, yesterday was the official kick-off of the Keep Portland Weird festival here in Paris, which meant that I had a reading/screening in the...
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This book is by far one of my favorites. I was able to relate to it so much. Tree-ear's struggles showed me that mine were nothing. He had no parents and I at leadt had a mother who loved even if my first two fathers were abusive. This book taught me that I shouldn't regret it or wish to change it because I now realize that what I went theough made me a stronger and more determined person. When Tree-ear took that one little shard to the royal commission it showed me that even the smallest things have the greatest meanings and the greatest rewards, no matter how much work it takes to achieve it. This book was an inspiration to me to not be like my first two fathers and to make my life what I wanted it to be and to work my hardest. Now I'm in an early college program and ranked 7th in my class and when I graduate in three years (I go to school for five years instead of four and graduate with my diploma and associates degree) I'll know that I'm a champion because I didn't let what happened to me hold me back I used it to move forward and drive myself to success. Thanks to this book I realized that I have a blank canvas and a entire array of paints to create my life from and do what a lot of people never thought I would do and acheive my dreams.
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A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
whitney.m.newton, September 24, 2011
This book is by far one of my favorites. I was able to relate to it so much. Tree-ear's struggles showed me that mine were nothing. He had no parents and I at leadt had a mother who loved even if my first two fathers were abusive. This book taught me that I shouldn't regret it or wish to change it because I now realize that what I went theough made me a stronger and more determined person. When Tree-ear took that one little shard to the royal commission it showed me that even the smallest things have the greatest meanings and the greatest rewards, no matter how much work it takes to achieve it. This book was an inspiration to me to not be like my first two fathers and to make my life what I wanted it to be and to work my hardest. Now I'm in an early college program and ranked 7th in my class and when I graduate in three years (I go to school for five years instead of four and graduate with my diploma and associates degree) I'll know that I'm a champion because I didn't let what happened to me hold me back I used it to move forward and drive myself to success. Thanks to this book I realized that I have a blank canvas and a entire array of paints to create my life from and do what a lot of people never thought I would do and acheive my dreams.