Around this time period there is a war going on. But it is the country vs them self's they are killing and hurting themselves. For the citizens they dont know what side to pick or be on it is completely out of control. Especially for this family from Southerner Illinois. It is summer time and it will be distractful for most to keep there mide off the war going on in there own back yard. Right around this time the battle of Bull Run is under way. " And everyone realizes this will be a longer, harder battle than they thought."

There have benn news of the nort looseing a battle in Missouri. A Union commander and many soldiers from Illinois died there. Not only does this mother have a lot of kids and a farm to look out for there are many of here friends dieing. many people from the state dieing. This was not a good time for the North.

Picture a mom in a store with no free hands, one hand on the cart, child, items while telling her kids to stop running around. In the book Across Five Aprils a mom of twelve children. Her name is Ellen Creighton. Ellen works on a farm, her nine year old son Jethro helps her plant potato's for the summer. A sad part of this family is that four of the twelve children have died. She is tire every day she goes to Jethro when she needs help for something, she can always rely on her son Jethro. Jethro has had three siblings that have died from a desise. Jethro was lucky enought not to get it. The desises is called children Paralyisis.

His mom belives that jethro is a one of a kind child one sent from heaven to help her on the farm and day to day. They live in a bad area of war and fighting. the area is split up into two halves the North and the South. This story takes place during the american revolution. There was talk about Abraham lincons election of free states and slave states. A rebellion was on hands and a war was going to start.

I have begone reading the book The Alchemist it is about the legend of Narcissus. Narcissus sits by the lake in this legend he falls in to the lake and never surfaced again. The god of the forest came and turned the lake that Narcissus died into a lake of salty tears. the god was wondering why the lake choose him and the lake replied that is was interested in Narcissus eyes when they looked down at the river. The god feels very upset and betraied that the lake took Narcissus.

The down side to this book so far is that it is in third person. I don't normally read books that are in third person I mostly like first person books. Also, the whole back story with the legend and all can be very confusing at first but once you understand it the book becomes way clearer. You might half to look up what the back story is to get a better understanding of the book.

After reading chapter one I just could not put the book down. Chapter one of Education of little tree was about Little Tree moving in with his grandparents. In the second chapter Little tree and his grandpa went hunting. They set up a turkey trap, that covered a hole with a few branches and leaves. Little tree and his grandpa use this hurting time to grow closer together. Little Tree needs new guidance and love back in his life after loosing his mom and dad.  The following day, there were some quails in the tree and a Hawk was looking for some food.


 Little Tree saw the hawk kill an animal and he was sad. He was wondering why the hawk killed it, why did it eat is. Little Tree's grandpa said, “Don’t feel sad Little Tree. This is the way of life. Grandpa explains to Little tree that the slow did and the slow don't reproduce. That the hawk only takes what it needs no more no less. They went back to the Turkey trap and there where six Turkeys in the hole. But they only need there. Little Tree got to pick which three they would take. Little Tree chose the three weakest. Little Tree had chosen right.

Finally the NFL is about to get their fist openly gay player. This year Michael Sam from Missouri is going into the NFL draft. He is defenses end but can play line backer. As of right now his draft stock is really good. The NFL team Washington Redskins had the first African American QB. They take pride in beeing the first team. Just like how I take pride in my grades! What ever team drafts him will take pride in having a good player but most of all having the first openly gay player.
Being gay does and never did mean you could not play in the NFL. It was just looked at differently and look down upon because of the locker room situation. This is a big step for the NFL. Michael Sam is a role model for gay kids every where.

I just got reading the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. A character that interested me was Guy Montage. He is the main character in the book. He lives in a town that burns books and books are illage to read. At first he just hid books in his house and did not read them. Then he met this girl who changed his life forever. She makes him start thinking about is this really what he wants. Her deepest question to Montage was are you happy.

Montage starts to wounder whats in the books after a women kills herself with her books. He wonders what are in books to make someone want to kill them self over them. He tells Mildred his wife that he has the books. Mildred and montage start to read the books. Montage gets a call for his fire station to come burn his house. Montage went from just haveing books to reading them just because some girl started to make him think.

 

I have started reading the education of little tree by Forrest Carter. This book was written in 1976 about a young boy named Little Tree. He had just found out that his mother died and he was being raised by his grandparents. On his way to his new house he was sitting on the bus with his grandparents. He experienced some racism you could say but he did  not really realize it. The bus driver and the people on the bus where being racist and making racist Indian sounds towards Little Tree and his grandparents.

Little Trees grandparents live in a cabin on the top of a mountain. Little Trees grandpa is one with the mountain. He talks to the mountain just like the mountain talks to him. He communicates with the trees and the life all throughout the mountain. Will Little Tree find his way with the mountain. Will the mountain find its way with Little Tree.