Unbroken Part 2

By Laura Hllenbrand

Genre True Story

       Unbroken is about a bombardier  named Louis. He was a trouble maker as a kid but once he reached high school he started to run. He trained to be a runner and went to the Olympics in Germany. He was later drafted by the army and he joined the air force. He flew a B-24 called the Super Man. In battles they had a few close calls but one of the closest was when they were fired upon by the enemies and then they had to fly all the way back to base with 9 inch holes in the walls. One of the crew was hit by shrapnel and he did not make it. The plane would never fly again. Because of this they had to take a new plane with a few new crew members on a plane called the green hornet. It was a weird plane and Louis was not sure he would make it to his destination. He was correct and when one of the engines stalled they ended up going down. Only 3 of the 11 people on the boat were able to escape the wreckage and make it to the life rafts. With only a few chocolate bars and few jugs of clean water their chances of survival crept away as the days passed.

Unbroken Part 1

By Laura Hillenbrand

Genre: Non Fiction

       I am only through half of this book but it is really sucking me in. It is about a runner named Louis. He was a trouble maker as a kid but running saves him. He started to train for the Olympics. He participated in the 1936 Olympics. There he meets Hitler. After the Olympics he started training for the next one. He wanted to win. Then he gets drafted into the army and he becomes a bombardier. He encounters a few life or death experiences and a few of his friends die in combat. Times become hard for him and started to resort to drinking.

       I really am liking this book. I like how well the author describes feelings and characters. It draws me into the book and makes it nearly impossible put down. It describes feelings that I feel every day but on a much higher and impossible level. I would recommend this book to anybody even in you do not think you like non fiction.

Enders Game

By Orson Scott Card

Genre Dystopian

       Ender's Game is about a kid named Ender who is being trained in a military school. He started at a very young age and was put through many very hard challenges. Earth has been under attack from an alien species for a very long time. A new commander was needed who was a tactical genius. When he was pulled out of the military academy, he became very angry because he was born to become a tactical genius that could defeat the aliens. Then he is told it was another test and he had passed, he was sent up to a space station where his genius really showed.

       I really liked reading this book. It was a relatively easy read because once I started it I could never put it down. I really liked how the author described every little event and how he described all off the characters. Because the description was so good it made all of the feelings come to life. It also had a lot of topics that were very easy to relate to.