Battle Fleet

   I am Sydeny. I'm a very self centered bird. My owner is a man named Witchwall. Lately I have been thinking he has been mad at me. So I tried to run away from the ship. But then I realized being alone in the big ocean would be scary. So I decided to come back but not for my master. I wanted to hide until I get off this crazy boat. I like the fact that I can fly away to far places but the loneliness of it all makes me depressed and uneasy. Being alone is one the hardest things to handle.

 I didn't have many friends on that boat anyway just two women and my master. Those are the people that sort of care about me. Other than that everyone else probably thought I was a waste of space or time. I still do like some of the things back on the ship like getting fed or learning new words to say that people taught me. But friends grow apart and no one knows when. I made that decision myself. That day when my master found me I thought I was going to die. Who knew what they would do to me? I was scared.

    I'm a parrot who stumbled upon this crew. I like to be groomed and fed. I will say anything that you want me to say. I like to fly around and stay active outside. I like to be around people. It makes me feel special but I could become a lone wolf if I ever needed to. I'm very sensitive which could be a downside in a certain situation. When I said I could be a lone wolf which I can be but that doesn't mean I like it. I get afwully lonely which makes me go insane sometimes. If I ever wanted to leave this boat again I would think first. I don't want to keep flying with nothing around me but sea. I will just wait until I get closer to land.

   I don't think I could stay long either because this boat was made for sea battles. I'm not taking the chance of getting killed. Maybe leaving now is a good idea. It makes sense just in case I get killed or get someone killed. I do not want blood on my hands. I don't think this is a great place to live anyway. People would disagree saying " A ship is a great place for a bird to live." I disagree with that statement. Those people probably never have been on a ship. It is absolutely disgusting. It reeks of raw sewage and rotten mangos.

  I want to follow my heart but I do not know what the right decision is. Should stay or should I go that question has been running through my head. I want to stay but there will be trouble. But if I leave I would not know how to live with myself. I will end up spending the rest of my days on top of this ship. I don't think I want to live that life either.

Bottled Up by Jaye Murray

My older brother likes to put stuff in a piece of paper and put it in his mouth. I dont know why he does that. Its kinda wierd. I want to know why he does that. He said he likes how it feels. One day my abrother came home and fell asleep in my bed he put a bag of stuff on the floor and things under my bed. I wanted to know what it was because I started to eat it. That morning on my way to school my brother Pip brought me. I asked him questions on everything that I wanted to know but most of all I wanted to know what that stuff in the bag was. As he was walking away i asked him what it was and he just ignored me. Pip always smells like he's been dumped in a garbage can. I got home from school and he brought me to one of my friends houses. I was really bored because all there is to do is watch tv and they don't even have cable. I was so happy When Pip got here to pick me up. I wish I didn't even have to go there I'm eight years old I can watch my self. So today I'm going to counseling with Pip. He has to talk to this lady that talks back and helps him. And for some reason I have to go with him. At home it's really getting hard because Pip is fighting with dad all the time and I can't do anything to help him because once dad drinks his potion, he goes crazy like an animal. One time he hurt  me and Pip was here to help me.  I want a normal family.

Messed Up by Janet Nichols Lynch

I am R.D. from Messed Up.​ I had repeated 8th grade. I like to skateboard everyday before and after school. I have 2 best friends name Dominic and Scraps. We all go to school together call Buzz Middle School. I have a mom who is in prison. A dad who working in another state. So I live with my grandpa. My grandma lives with somebody else that's in another state. Sometimes I get into trouble a lot for things I didn't do, and for things I did do. But my grandpa doesn't really do anything he just let me do anything. One day I met a girl who was in a fight on the first day of school. Her name was Desiree. She knew my name cuz I was cheering her color which is red and everybody knew. She seem like a pretty nice girl. I was sad when I found out that my grandpa died and that CPS were gonna take me to a foster home but i didn't want to so I pretend that he was still alive from going to a foster home.

Ghosts in the Fog by Samantha Seiple

I am Charlie from Ghosts in the Fog

I am Charlie and I am a U.S. Navy aerographer's mate first class. On May 18th, 1942 the navy assigned me to Kiska. I was assigned here to track the weather which is crucial to the war in the pacific. They must know when a storm is coming or when it's clear out to fly. So I am leading a nine man weather team up here to track weather along with our dog Explosion. I was originally going to Atka but I switched with Ed Hudson because he wanted to go to Atka so he gave me his ticket for Kiska. We randomly drew tickets to where we were assigned. But none of us knew the hardship that was to come.

Although weather predictions from the Aleutians  is only accurate 60 precent of the time, we are curently working on a top secret weather mission with new equpment so we don't have to use weather ballons. I am living in three small shacks connected with side walks. The shacks have heating and electricity. That's good but there's no one on this 110 square mile island except during hunting season people came to this island. We have a six month supply of food and a stove. We are supposed to live here for several years.

One day we spotted a shadow of a plane over head. We were able to tell it was a Japanese plane by the characteristics of the shadow. Then we radioed Dutch harbor to warn them of possible attack. Then we prepared ourselves for possible threat of attack. We stashed food and supplies away in a nearby ravine  if the shacks were attacked, which they were.

 We quickly burned code books and dodged bullets as the shack was being destroyed. We escaped into the ravine while running. We spread out and that was the last time I saw my weather team. I used two gray blankets I grabbed while running out to cover me and camoflaged me in the rocks. I never found the food that was stored away. But I was mistakenly told there are no poisonous plants in the Aleutains. I found a plant but lucky I didn't eat the leaves because the leaves were poisonous. I discovered the grass was good insulation so I used it to stay warm.

 Since the beginning I counted on the Americans driving out the invading Japanese soldiers, but that seems unlikely to happen any time soon. It was seven weeks of evading capture and eventually I decided I had to surrender or I would likely die. I only weighed eighty pounds. All I have eaten was plants and worms. I wasn't going to last much longer. So I surrendered even though I feared being executed.

When I walked toward them they saw me as a ghost in the fog. They immediately came towards me and sat me down and gave me food. They all stared at me. I was like a skeleton after starving for so long. I had eaten plants but that wasn't enough to save me from starvation. I was scared when an officer came with soldiers and made me get up. Thet led me somewhere I thought for sure I would be executed but I wasn't.

Trash by: Andy Mulligan

I am Ralph from Trash
My name is Ralph, I go around and look through garbage cans to find things that will support me and my family. I don't have any parents my mom and dad left me and I live with my aunt now. But I got over the fact that I don't have parents. But one of these day i am going to find something special that will help me and my family, and a lot of things will get better. I only do this because, I'm poor and I don't have a lot. When I go garbage picking I usually go out with my best friend Gardo, Gardo is a lot younger than me but he is a smart kid, but he can be really stupid sometimes. Me and Gardo do a lot together, me and Gardo are always going out looking throught garbages, especially around the rich naborhoods. One day we went over by the rich area, to go garbage picking, and just as people said to me, one day you will find the big one and today was that day. I found a bag and in side the bag was a wallet, ID, key, and a little bag. Inside the wallet I found 1500 peso, and things seem to be much better. I go home and wanted to tell my aunt, but when i got there the police were there? They start asking people questions, and they asked if anyone found a bag? Everybody said no, even me and I had it. The police officers said they are offering 10,000 peso to the person who finds it. Everyone went searching, I stayed and tried to figure out what I should do with all this stuff. Then Gardo said, lets just bring it to rats place and he will keep it safe. Rat is a friend that use to get treated porley by everyone, they would call him names and say he looks like a rat, but rat would sleep with the rats and he lives in a sewer now.  Well me and Gardo go down in the sewer at night so nobody can see us. We get down there, we find rat and tell him everything that happend. He said he would take the bag and hide it and not say a word to anyone. But Rat see's the key, and he said he knows what the key is for. Rat would not tell us nothing unless we payed him a 100 peso's. we payed him, he told us that the key belongs to a locker at central station. He said he use to live over there, and he said he would take us to the locker.

The Outsiders by: S.E. Hinton

I am Ponnyboy from "The Outsiders" I live in a neighborhood where these two groups constantly fight. The names of the groups are the Socs and Greasers. Personally I'm a greaser and the Socs are just a bunch of rich kids who get everything handed to them. In this neighborhood it's advised not to walk alone or you'll most likely get jumped. Lucky for me though I have my crew. They also come when I'm in need of help of anything. They're honestly family and we'll always stick together. My two brothers are also in the crew so they also always have my back as brothers and crew members.

There's one person in the crew who's basically my best friend. His name is Johnny and he's been through a lot in his life. To be honest I don't even know how Johnny cakes hasn't tried to kill himself. I just hate to seem him give up and be miserable. Maybe he realizes we are his family, and we'll go through anything for Johnny!

The Socs now, they're snooby rich kids! Always jumping us for no reason, so we gotta fight back. Right? Once Johnny got jumped by 3 of them. We found Johnny bloody, beat up, and unconscious. He was scared for life after that, more scared than usual. I feel really bad for him, because his life is already rough enough.

The Prophet of Yonwood by Jeanne Duprau

I am Nickie from The Prophet of Yonwood.


Hello. My name is Nickie and I am eleven years old. I live in Philadelphia. It is just me and my mom. Where I live is a nice place but I don't have any friends. All of them moved away. There is a place I really want to go to it is called Yonwood. I have never seen Yonwood but I thought that it would be a great place. In my life the problem is that I have wanted to go to Yonwood for a long time and my mom won't let me go. My three goals are :1. Keep greenhaven 2. Fall in love 3. Help the world.

After a long time of begging my mom, she finally let me go to Yonwood. When I got there it was nothing as I thought it would be. The house was very big but not what I thought it would look like. When we got to the house I saw something or someone in the window. I found out that there is a person and a dog that lives in the house. Only I know about her and her dog. I would tell my Aunt about the dog but she doesn't like dogs.

This town is not like any other town. It is different. Weird things happen in this town. For example when I was walking on the street a old woman came up to me and said, "Don't be scared you'll be ok as long as you pray." I didn't have any idea what it meant, untill I talked to the girl that lives in my house. She said that it was the prophet. By saying the prophet it meant the end of the world. I don't exactly understand what that means but everyone believese I this in Yonwood. My Aunt Crystal doesn't understand that I want to keep the house. All she is doing is workng on selling It.

Firegirl by: Tony Abbott

I am Jessica  from Firegirl 


I'm Jessica feeney  it was my first day at St. Catherine school in the middle of the school year. When I arrived  at tom's class, all the students are speechless. Some are even disgusted. When I first walked into the classroom everyone stares at me because they haven't seen someone burned badly like me.I felt like they were going to  laugh at me because I was burned but they didn't they couldn't stop staring at me it was like they were seeing a ghost. Then I came into the classroom and I sat where Mrs. Tracy told me to sit.  I sat in the second row behind Tom. Tom was the only person that I talked to he was very nice to me and he asked me questions about  what had happened to me. 

Woods Runner By Gary Paulsen

I am Samuel from Woods Runner.

Hi. I'm a thirteen year old boy named Samuel. I live in Pennsylvania with my parents in a cabin. I'm the only child. I go out hunting for my food. I usually hunt deer or whatever I can get. As soon as I turned thirteen my life changed. My dad told me to go out and hunt. I don't like going into the woods because a lot of things can happen and I'm always by myself so if anything happens no one can help.

I would just like to live a normal life. I would wanna go to school, have friends, and live in a community. But I'm stuck here in the middle of the forest. I don't understand why my parents decided to move here. We go weeks without seeing people. I feel like I don't have a life living out here because I spend eight hours a day hunting in the woods alone. Hopefully one day I will travel long enough to find the way out. Because we're so far into the forest, I can't see any way out. Each day is a different day. Some days I could find lots of food. Others I find very little. It's my job to feed the family too.

One of those books where the mother dies by Sonya Sones

I am Ray Johnston from One of those hideous books where the mother dies.

My name's Ray Johnston. I'm 15 years old and I'm in love. Ruby. She's what makes my day, the reason I want to go to school, and the reason I smile. Ruby's kisses make me feel loved and warm inside like no one else has. Every time I see her it's like the whole world's in front of me, but there's only one problem: she moved away to California to move in with her dad, the famous movie star Whip Logan. I ask myself everyday why did she have to move If she doesn't even like her father? Ruby has been through so much besides the fact that her father missed out 15 years of his daughter's life and she's been kidnapped and taken on a plane to California.
I practically know everything about Ruby. Her mother died and her dad became super rich and famous and everybody wanted to meet him expect for his daughter. Ruby once told me she doesn't want to see her father and that she doesn't love him also that she thinks he doesn't even think about her. I know somewhere deep down inside her heart she wants to see him and that she still has a little bit of love for him, but since she did move to California I guess her father did think about her.
Ever since Ruby left it's hard for me to sleep at night knowing she's gone and I most likely won't see her again because her aunt is going on a cruise for like 6 months. Who would she stay with? Her best friend Lizzie? With me? I don't care who she stays with as long as she is safe and I get to see the love of my life again. We send each other emails to keep in touch and I think she called me once but I wasn't home at that time. My brother told me but I just never had the time to call back. I need to tell Ruby all kinds of stories that happened around school without her and I want to know what's going on at her new school. What's it like? Now that she's gone  Amber she tries to flirt with me in social studies because she knows Ruby's gone. She may be gone but she will be in my heart for all eternity.

High Heat By Carl Deuker

I am Shane from High Heat.

My name is Shane Hunter. I'm 16 years old and I go to Shorelake Academy. One of my favorite things to do is play baseball. I play for Shorelake, I'm a closer which means I play in the last innings to save or close the game. Our team was 5-0 in the season and made three saves. Greg and Cody Miller and I were the only sophomores on the team and we were the goofy ones too. We would always prank other players or people in the bleachers. They would never catch us which was really funny. We won against Cedarcrest, but there was any applause because a problem we had during the game.

At home, I live with my parents and little sister. Me and my sister go to the same school. My dad owns his own dealership and my mom is at home all the time. We lived in a decent neighborhood which not a everybody could afford. I really liked my dad because he also played my favorite sport. I have posters of baseball players that I admire. My sister Marian usually stays in her room and plays with her pet rat. My dad had a problem with his dealership. They said that he was selling cars to drug dealers which they would use to transport the drugs.

This affected us in every way and mostly my mom. We thought everything was going to be alright until my dad shot himself. That affected me a lot because I saw my dad as role model. He was the one that inspire me to be a baseball player like him. Me and my sister were really worried about what was going to happen to us. Marian said that we were going to live in the back of a car or in the streets. I kept telling her that it was never going to happen. My mom as really affected by our problem. She kept on smoking and drinking way more than she used to. We were going to move to another place and another school. I wonder if my life is going to get better?

Ttfn by Lauren Myracle

I am Angela from ttfn. 


SnowAngel:      Hello my name is Anglea :)

CrystalAngel:    Hi there, my name is Crystaline. :)

SnowAngel:      Wyd? (What you doing)

CryatalAngel:    Nothin here chilling. Hbu? (How about you)

SnowAngel:      Nothin here trying to find someone new to talk to. :/

CrystalAngel:    Well, you might not know me as much, but you can talk to me if you want?

SnowAngel:      Thanks, but I don't want to bother you with my problems though.

CrystalAngel:    You don't bother me, I'm willing to listen. Wat bout yr friends?

SnowAngel:      They're the problem, junior year is pulling us apart. :(  It's hard cause we been friends since 7th grade!

CrystalAngel:    Awww . . . Well sorry to hear that, but u know you I'm here for u.

SnowAngel:      Yeah thnks, u c it's that Maddie decides to lose her wild side, and Zoe struggles to keep a big secret from me :o. She thinks I don't know but I do and I want her to tell me! But I feel like we r all just losing that trust in each other now, and it's HORRIBLE ! ! ! ! I feel lost I need someone I can talk to and that is there to listen to me.

CrystalAngel: ohh I see what you tring to say, it sounds more to me that your're all just growing up and acting most responsible of yourself. But I'm pretty sure that everything will work out I promise.

CrystalAngel:what's going on with you and your family though?

SnowAngel: I have no idea that's the thing, they been acting all weird p. they're not the same no more. They have lost all the trust in me!!!!! :o
CrystalAngle: Ohh...... :(

Discovering Pig Magic By Julie Crabtree

I am Elisa from "Discovering Pig Magic"  and I’m thirteen years old. My favorite sport or activity is hanging out with my friends. My fourteenth birthday is coming up and every birthday I get a pig, not just any pig. It's a glass pig that means something to me. I've been collecting these pigs for fourteen years. My mom or my grandma always gets me them because it's a girl thing. It would be weird if my dad or grandpa got me them. But my dad doesn't really care what goes on as long as no one talks to him when his game is on. On the other hand me and my mom are closer then ever. We do everything the same. We even act the same too. Some people say that we even look alike but that's just cause she's my mom. All my friends at school don't really collect anything like I do. Most of the girls are into all the drama and are all about themselves, that's annoying. But some of the girls that I don't talk to might collect something that other people might not have a interest in. One day I was with my friend Alexis and she and I were walking to get ice cream and saw all the "popular"  kids walking in a group. Alexis knew most of them from her family but I didn't so it was awkward when they were saying hi to each other. When I was just standing there this girl named Rebecca was saying who's that and I replied, with "Elisa." Then she said, "what are you interested in?" "Um um." I didn't say much because I didn't want the most popular girl at school making fun of me because I'm interested in collecting pigs. That's just weird. So I said, "I like to go shopping for my free time." The next day at school I sat with all the girls at lunch. They didn't really know much about me so I told them what I like to and what I wouldn't like to do. As they were listening I was thinking about telling them about my collection I've been getting since my 1st birthday. But then I said, "maybe next time or I will just tell one of the girls." Tuesday I have decided I was going to tell them. Once I told them they all looked at me like I had four heads or I wasn't speaking English, but then they all took turns saying what they had collections of. Some of the girls had weirder ones than me, like dogs or genie pigs. After I told them, it felt so good getting it off my chest and acting like myself.  

The Perks Of Being A Wallflower By Stephen Chbosky

I am Charlie from The Perks Of Being A Wallflower 

My name is Charlie. Right now, I'm happy and sad about my life. I just started high school and I don't like it. I don't have friends and no one really talks to me. It's hard to start school because my aunt died. I guess I'm pretty emotional about it. My aunt and I were close. My life changed because I felt alone when she died.

During a football game I decided to sit next to Sam and Patrick. I met Sam before at counseling and I knew Patrick because he was in my shop class. They call him "nothing" because students used to call him Patty and he got annoyed when they kept on calling him that. So one day, Patrick said, "Listen, you either call me Patrick, or you call me nothing." After since that people call him that. I usually don't go to football games because I don't understand the concept of it. My dad gets annoyed by me because when we watch football I ask too many questions.

After the game was over Sam invited me to go to a party and I said yes. I have never been to a party before. There was a party at my house before that my brother decided to throw. He decided to do then because my parents were not going to be home for a week. My experience was weird and confusing. I didn't know what was going on and I stayed in my room the whole time. People would once in a while walk in my room and they would just see me and leave. 

The Lightning Theif by. Rick Riordan

I am Percy Jackson from The Lightning Theif



Hi I'm Percy Jackson. I'm the son of Poseidon. Yea I am a demigod . pretty cool right. A demigod is when you are the son of a greek god. My lifes been rough. First I had to live with this guy named Gabe aka smelly Gabe. He is awful. He harrased my mom and was just bad. So it all started when I first found out I was a demigod. I have adhd and dislexia which got me expelled from all the schools I went to but suddenly all these monsters are trying to get me saying I have the slightning bolt. I had no clue what they meant. My mom told me that I was a demigod and I have to go to a camp. So we were in the car and what could be worse: a giant minotaur chased us, flipped the car, and took my mother! Thankfully I made it to camp. That's where I met Annabeth daughter of Athena godess of wisdom and stratagie. And i found out that Grover is a satyr. Grover is my best friend if I didnt mention we been through a lot togather. Well anyway the problem is that im being acused of something I didnt do and the world can sort of go away if I dont fix it. So me Grover and Annebeth go on a quest to the underworld to see if Hades took the lighting bolt. To enter the underworld we need 3 pearls. They are a pain to get one was on a statue, one was in a club, and the other was in Medusas lair. We barly got them all but we made it and turns out Hades doesnt have it but who does?