Results tagged “Being Yourself”

BOOK NAME: Diary of a Wimpy Kid
AUTHOR: Jeff Kinney

If you want to read a funny book, check this book out of the library and start reading. It's about a wimpy kid who is going into middle school. His name is Greg Heffley. His older brother, whose name is Rodrick, is going into high school and Greg has all of Rodrick's old teachers. They think Greg is going to be just as much of a problem as his older brother.  

As you might guess, this book is Greg's diary and is arranged by date. It has neat writing, just like a kid's writing, and lots of cartoon drawings. It covers the school year and ends in the summer. Since Greg is just starting middle school, he is trying to fit in and be popular.  He and his friend Rowley try to hang with the cool kids and talk to them, but they just ignore him and walk away. One time, right after Christmas, Greg and Rowley are playing with a scooter and Rowley breaks his arm. The popular girls make a big deal over Rowley's broken arm and even though Greg was there he gets ignored like usual.

He also doesn't get much help from the teachers because they embarrass him because they think he's going be a troublemaker like his brother. But Greg is a good student and really good in class.

I think you should read this book because it has lot of funny parts that Greg and Rowley do together in their 6th grade year to fit in. It also shows that the best way to fit in to be yourself.

BOOK NAME: The Day Joanie Frankenhauser Became a Boy
AUTHOR: Francess Lantz

This book is all about being yourself.  Joanie is a huge tomboy and moves to a new school.  The secretary at the new school typed her name as "John" instead of "Joanie".  So, she decides to roll with it, and live as boy at school and a girl at home because as she sees it boys have it easy.  As she goes along she realizes that boys don't have as easy of a life as she thought they did.

Back at her old school Joanie had a writing assignment and she wrote a super kid story.  She liked it so much that she writes a series of stories about her Super Kid.  She tries to keep them a secret, but the class bully named Zane gets a hold of them.  He uses the ideas from the stories to make up his own League of Super Dudes.  But when the Super Dude's pranks go too far, Joanie has to decide whether to reveal her secret or to keep pretending to be a boy.  Check out the book to see how she handles it.

I really liked this book because it has adventure and the story has things that I could relate to.  It's really about finding happiness with who you are and not judging people by what you think they are, but by their actions.