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BOOKS, AUTHORS, AND GENRES
Table of Contents by Jose Angel Z,
Gabriel P (JCD STEM), and Jacob B (JCD STEM)
-Manga Genre-
-Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (Xavier B, JCD STEM)
-Naruto (Djimi L, JCD STEM)
-Persona 5: Manga (Jose Angel Z, JCD STEM)
-Sword Art Online (Xavier B, JCD STEM)
-Pokemon (Djimi L, JCD STEM)
-Yu-Gi-Oh (Gabe P, JCD STEM)
-Comic Books/Graphic Novels-
-Big Nate (Max W, JCD STEM)
-Squish (Max W, JCD STEM)
-Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Max W, JCD STEM)
-Fiction-
-The Homecoming (Anthony M, JCD STEM)
-GooseBumps (Anthony M, JCD STEM)
-Hatchet (Anthony M, JCD STEM)
-Wonder (Krrishnav Gupta, Dhruv Singhal, SMSMB)
-Non Fiction-
-The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Rishab T, JCD STEM)
MAnga Genre
MAnga Genre
By Xavier B and Djimi L, JCD STEM (Proof read by Jose Angel Z)
Manga is a Japanese style comic book genre. There are many different types of manga, but there are three main types of manga.
Seinen manga is a type of manga targeted towards young men; seinen literally meaning youth or young in Japanese. Seinen manga is typically an action type genre.
Shojo manga is a type of manga that is typically made for young women; the word shojo literally meaning young women. Shojo manga are usually romantic novels.
Shonen manga is an action type of manga generally targeted towards younger. boys, but can be read by all ages and genders. It is also typically a fighting type manga.
Some examples of manga will be shown on this page.
Jojo's bizarre adventure manga review (SHonen)
Jojo's bizarre adventure manga review (SHonen)
By Xavier B, JCD STEM
Jojo's bizarre adventure has eight parts in the manga. They consist of the main characters, each called jojo because their first name and last name start with Jo. The manga follows each of the jojo's adventures. In the first two parts of jojo they use hamon sunlight powers to defeat vampires and pillar men. In the rest of the parts of jojo they use the power of their stands, stands are beings that fight by their side to battle other stand users. Overall the manga is very good and I recommend it. 10/10. There is also an anime adaptation.
Naruto
Naruto
By Djimi L, JCD STEM
(Proof read by Jose Angel Z, JCD STEM)
Naruto is an anime that involves a child named Naruto who wants to be accepted like everyone around him. However, he is frowned upon as he is known to have a demon trapped inside of him. His best friend leaves the village and he sets out on a goal to bring him back. There are some challenges he faces along his journey but ends up bringing him back at the end of the series. (This is not a book, but a TV series.)
Persona 5: Manga
Review by Jose Z, proof read by Hayden L.
The Persona 5 manga (seinen) is an adaption of the video game "Persona 5" by Atlus Co. which follows a Japanese high school boy named Akira Kurusu. He was blamed for an unfair encounter set in modern-day Tokyo. Akira, unlike many protagonists, is more timider and reserved than other protagonists in seinen which makes this manga very unique. Akira, in the beginning of the story, finds out about another realm where you can learn to control your own soul and desires unleashing your "persona". However, in this realm you can also find materialized versions of other people's desires. If someone's desires are very evil, it materializes as a palace where untamed personas called shadows roam. A treasure is also materialized hidden somewhere in the palace and if it is stolen then the palace collapses and the host of the palace has a change of heart. At the start of the manga, Akira is seen in an interrogation room where he is drugged, beat, and forced to sign his name for a false confession. It is later revealed that Akira is under probation after confronting a man who was assaulting a woman and was brought to the interrogation room for "stealing someone's heart" (stealing someone's treasure in their palace thus giving them a change of heart). This sets the tone of injustice for the rest of the manga, making you almost feel disgusted at the rest of the unfair events of the story. Persona shows some very serious topics but this helps to add to the justice-bringing like plot. This manga is very well thought out and there's so much more that is too hard for me to talk about. I'd give the manga a full 10/10.
Sword art online 1
Sword art online 1
Sword art online is about a boy named Kirito who goes inside a VR RPG game but finds himself trapped inside. The creator of the game appeared and told everyone that if you die in the game you die in real life, and you can't get out. The only way to get out is to beat 100 levels of the game and everyone gets out. After Kirito finds the identity of the game developer he defeats him freeing everyone. This manga is very good, it consists of two more parts. 8/10 I would recommend.
Pokemon
Pokemon
Preview by Djimi L JCD Stem
Pokemon is a anime/manga that is based on catching mythical creatures, called pocket monsters and the animals have to battle. The goal of Pokemon is to catch as many Pokemon as you can. Pokemon's main character is Ash Ketchum and his pocket monster Pikachu set out on an adventure to obtain more Pokemon and become and Ash's goal wants to become a Pokemon master. Pokemon was made in 1996 and is still producing movies, games, and episodes.
Yu- gi-oh
Yu- gi-oh
Synopsis by Gabe P. (JCD, STEM)
Proof Read by Jose Z. (JCD, STEM)
Yu-Gi-Oh is about a boy named Yugi Moto, which puts together an ancient puzzle which is called the Millennium Puzzle. It is part of seven Millennium Items that altogether are very powerful; once one person has all seven in their possession. The characters have decks of cards. They battle with using a battle disc. The disc makes a holographic image of the monster pictured on the card. People can battle each other with certain rules. One rule is that you always start with four thousand life points. Another rule is that every time your opponent attacks you or you attack your opponent directly, they lose as many life points as you have hit points for that monster. (This is both a book series and a TV series.)
Ginim Narang (SMSMB)
Ginim Narang (SMSMB)
Comic Books / Graphic novels
Comic Books / Graphic novels
BIG NATE
The comic book Big Nate has been a big part of my childhood. Every Big Nate book is a national treasure with collections of Lincoln Pierce's comic strips, some of them go on for 5 pages with other going on for 1 or just half a page. Most of Big Nate's humor is elementary level so this book may be better for Kindergarten-5th graders, but anyone can read this book and not get bored instantly. This book is a nice selection because it can entertain readers of all different age groups. Overall book rating 10/10. You can read Big Nate here, https://www.gocomics.com/bignate/2020/02/140
-Max W. STEM
SQUISH
Squish is a science-fiction about a bacteria living in a pond. The bacteria's name is squish and he lives a normal life, going to school, chilling with friends, and reading comic books. The thing that makes this graphic novel series interesting is that the conflicts are based on real life science. I highly recommend this book series. It's entertaining, not too long, and a great way to pass time. Overall book rating 9/10. You can learn more about squish here, https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/SQH/squish
-Max W. STEM
DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a graphic novel about a kid struggling to become popular in middle school. The main characters name is Greg and he try's really hard to be popular but his luck always runs short. His best friend is Rowly, a kid who hasn't matured like other kids have and Greg is always trying to get him to do things he doesn't want to do. Greg lives with his family consisting of him punk rock brother, Rodrick, annoying little brother Manny, and his parents. Their are 16 different books and I recommend all of them. My rating for this book series is 10/10. I recommend any one for 8-13 for this great boo k series . Your can learn more about Diary of a Wimpy Kid here, https://wimpykid.com/
MASTERMINDS
The book "Masterminds" by Gordan Korman is one of the best books I have ever read. This book is about a group of kids that live in a secluded city were nothing bad happens. After the main characters best friend is sent off to a boarding school, he found a note from him leading to believe the town is hiding something. The main characters name is Eli Frieden, the plot of the 3 books is him and his friends trying to solve their towns biggest mystery. This book series story unfolds in very satisfyingly way I would rate these books 10/10.
The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind
The book "The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind" by William Kamkwamba, and Bryan Mealer is one of the best books that I have read.This book is about a boy named William Kamakwamba who is a fourteen year old in the town of Malawi,which is a rural area and is suffering a drought.William wants to go to school,but instead he sneaks in to the library after classes.He loves Windmills so he makes a windmill to stop the drought and does many other things that his tribe underestimates him of.SO I LOVE THIS BOOK AND I GIVE IT 10/10.
fiction (Home-Coming)
fiction (Home-Coming)
I read the story' The Homecoming' by Rabindranath Tagore. I enjoyed many things about the story. One of which was the drama. There was a lot of drama in this particular story that made you want to read on. For example, when Phatik was kicked out of his house and sent to his uncle's house. This part of the story intrigued me to want to know what happens next. Also, another example of drama is when Phatik was on the brink of death. Drama was the only thing I enjoyed about this story though. I also very much enjoyed the ending. The ending was happy but also funny. The ending was painful because he stated that the holidays were there and he wanted to go home finally. He dies at the end.
Fiction (goosebumps)
Fiction (goosebumps)
The book series named, "Goosebumps" is a page turning, frightening, plot-twitsted series. At almost every chapter their is a cliffhanger that urges you to turn the page. This book series is also very frightening though. It has characters from 12 year-old boys to talking dummies. All of these books are created from the same author, R.L. Stine. These kind of book is enjoyable for ages 8+. I also enjoy these books for their endings. The endings always leave you with so many questions and encourage you to read the next book of the series. Something that I already brought up, but is very creative, is the characters. The characters that R.L. Stine created are very creative and are one of the reasons I read the book series.
Fiction (Hatchet)
Fiction (Hatchet)
Hatchet is a fictional book that is based on a character named Brain. The story starts with a kid named Brain on a privet plane to meet his farther. The pilot suddenly has a heart attack, crashing the plane in the middle of the forest. Brain has to survive in this forest until help arrive (he hopes). Next, he hunts for fish in the lake, drinks from the lake, and fights off big bears. He barely survives by hunting birds and living in a cave with ferocious and decides later in the book that he has to dive for an survival pack in the plane that is submered under a freezing lake. Fortunately, Brain barely survives tearing throught the plane. He finds a varity of thing, but, best, he finds an emergancy transmitter that sends a rescue plane to come fetch him.
"Wonder" is a novel which is a sheer example of will power and determination . August , because of his facial deformity faces a lot of criticism when he attends school for the first time after being home schooled for almost his entire life. He struggles to make many friends but the ones that do accept his friendship are there by his side throughout the story. This novel is named WONDER because the lives of many more people are depicted through the story but out of all of them, Auggie is the one who is able to make through the year happily and successfully. It is truly said that "Where there's a will, there's a way." R.J. Palecio has made sure that this message is conveyed properly by her book.
I can’t think of words that would do justice to this book. It’s such a mind blowing novel that it conveys a simple but powerful message. Once you start reading it, you will be blown away and get carried away in the emotions, wave after wave, page after page. So, this is a story of a wonder kid: August Pullman a.k.a. as Auggie. He was born with a craniofacial abnormality which was so radical that his face would cause the person seeing him to scream or even faint. So, by reading this book we can find out how Auggie rides his journey of life from being the freak to eventually being accepted as “the nicest Auggie Doll in the world.”
It was a wonderful book to read .It deals with something we all many a times suffer from, a person with problems is not bad we should not judge people by their looks but from the attitude towards us. Even the cover of the book is very significant. Though the author is not too famous but has written a wonderful book which very well holds true in human life especially children.
The character I preferred the most is August "Auggie" Pullman is the principle hero in Wonder. He was brought into the world with a facial disfigurement, a mix of Treacher Collins disorder and a hemifacial microsomia, which kept him from setting off to a standard school up until the fifth grade when he enlisted at Beecher Prep.
Dhruv Singhal (SMSMB)
Dr Seuss (Author)
Dr Seuss (Author)
Dr Seuss is a famous children's book author from Springfield Massachusetts. Dr Seuss created fictional books like Horton Hears a Who, The Lorax, The Cat In the Hat, and Green Eggs and Ham. Dr Seuss is known for making over 60 fictional books in his life time. Dr Seuss died on September 24, 1991 in California but his books and famous quotes have always touched the hearts of many children throughout the world
Djimi L, JCD STEM
Stephen King (Author)
Stephen King (Author)
Stephen Edwin King is a american author that is known for many of his super natural fiction books. Stephen King was born in Maine and always had a passion to write about books ever since he was seven. Some of Stephen King's most successful books include The Shining, The Outsiders, Doctor Sleep, and IT. Most of Stephen Kings books are turned into cinematic movies. King's books have sold over 350 million copies and has published 61 novels.
Djimi L, JCD STEM
William ShakeSpeare (Author)
William ShakeSpeare (Author)
William Shakespeare is an English poet, writer, author, and actor who was widely regarded to be the greatest English poet to have ever lived. Shakespeare throughout his life has made many books and plays that are now well known today. Shakespeare is mostly known for his plays that he created such as Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and Hamlet. Shakespeare isn't very known for his books but some books that he has made include Four Tragedies, First Folio, the Phoenix and the turtle, and the Oxford. Most of his books are later turned into plays like Macbeth, Hamlet, etc. Shakespeare also made famous quotes in his lifetime and today they are well known by people around the world.
Djimi L, JCD STEM
Walt Disney
Walt Disney
Walt Disney is mostly known for being an entrepreneur who made many books and shows for the children. One of his biggest creations was Mickey Mouse which he made in 1928. Mickey Mouse is well known through the ages the Disney's "main character" and has evolved through the ages. Over the years Walt Disney worked in the animation industry working on mostly cartoon based things. Over the years Disney has sky rocketed in business and is making lots of money and is very successful today. More and more movies are being released by Disney and Disney has become a major hit throughout the years because of Walt Disney.
Djimi L, JCD STEM
J.K. Rowling
J.K. Rowling
J.K. Rowling is a famous author she was born in Yate, United Kingdom on July 31, 1965. She is currently 54 years old and was 25 years old when she wrote the Harry Potter series. From an early age J.K Rowling wanted to be a writer and she wrote her first book at the age of six about a rabbit called Rabbit. J.K. Rowling first got her inspiration to write the Harry Potter series when she was on a delayed train going from Manchester to London's King Cross in 1990. After that she planed out the other seven books in the series.
Gabe P, JCD STEM
H.P Lovecraft
H.P Lovecraft
H.P Lovecraft is famous for scary short stories. He didn't always write spooky stories. He wrote of science fiction and mystery stories. He is most commonly known for scary stories that have cliff hangers and creatures from other worlds. He has created his own world that people take interest in. He has three main towns that his stories take place in. He was born on August, 20, 1980 and he died on March, 15, 1937 due to small intestine cancer. His universe is called the Cthulhu mythos which other people have written stories to continue his legacy. His books are in public domain so people will read his books through podcasts and writing stories in his universe.
Jacob B (JCD STEM)
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