2019 Q4 Literature Appreciation Blog

In Among the Barons, Luke, or Lee, is an illegal 3rd child child. He and Smits both try to get away from their parents evil plan. The parents wanted to kill Luke, but Smits didn't want to die. In the end they are able to solve the problem, but there is another problem that starts. Oscar is starting to kill people and they need to stop him before it's too late. This scene reminds me of when I was reading Diary of a Wimpy Kid, when he makes a big scene. In the book the big scene that is made is when Oscar kills the Grant parents and everyone is around. I have read many books with big scenes in them. In conclusion, I think that Luke, Trey, and Smits need to buckle down and find Oscar. They can't turn him because they will get in trouble. But they can still convince him to stop killing people. He already said that he wants to kill the president because of the stupid laws he makes. I think in the next book he is going to kill the president.

I am reading Among the Barons by Margaret Peterson Haddix . This book is about a boy who go's to school as a 3rd child. A third child is when the child is illegal so the parents give the child a different name. The name that Luke gets is Smits brother's name that died, Lee.  In the story, the boys that go to the school, go to that certain school because they are scared and fearful. The boys go through different trials to help them get rid of their fear. The situation reminds me of a time when I was 6, when we had foster kids. We had two sets of two foster kids. It was a lot of work for my parents because they had to take care of 5 kids at once, and me and my sister weren't old enough to help. It was a tough time and we ended up not doing it anymore. It helped me overcome my fear of having to many siblings. I had a thought while I was reading. Why would Smits want to get rid of Oscar if he is protecting him? I thought that maybe Oscar is abusing him or he is just plain m...

The book that I'm reading is Among the Barons by Margaret Peterson Haddix. Among the Barons is a the fourth book to the seven shadow children novels. These novels are about a boy named Luke living in a society where a family can only have two children. While a family can only have two, he was the third. Because of this he has been hiding mostly his whole life. Then later, he gets an ID card. This has his last name of the Barons. Luke reminds me of myself, I think this way because when someone is gone for like a play or something, if I have to I will take their spot. Tyler did this in the story, when he went to school, He took Lee. I always think twice about what I do. And Luke does that as well, but it doesn't always go as planned. One thing that I was wondering about this story was about where this all takes place. All of he time it seems dark, and so mysterious. I noticed that Tyler is also very self conscious. He is always worried weather he does something right or wro...