John loved to play his imaginary guitar in the wild. He would spend hours on his own dreaming of being on his own tour. John sometimes snuck into the ranger station to watch his favorite band AC/DC performing live on their tour of America. One time a man had came to Yellowstone with his trailer with his guitar and John listened to him play every night. Today was the day he would run away from Yellowstone all the way to Los Angeles which was where AC/DC was currently performing. After nights upon nights of pizza from the trash he finally made it to California. John found where the concert was. He had finally achieved his dreams! He got to watch the concert from one of the trash cans, front row seats! It wad the best day of his whole life.

I am thankful for many things this year, but here are the top five things. I am very thankful for my family and friends. They mean so much to me in life. Seeing my friends and family every day makes my day brighter. I am also thankful for sports. Sports especially baseball are my favorite hobby and playing baseball relaxes me. The third thing I am thankful for is food. I love eating different kinds of food and without food you can’t survive. I am also thankful for my dogs. I love petting my dogs and playing fetch with them. The fifth thing I am thankful for school. School teaches you academic and lifelong values and it helps prepare you for getting a job.

This month I read a book called Prodigy by Marie Lu. In this book there are two characters and the book alternates their perspectives. The Republic has control of the western part of the USA and the Colonies are fighting the Republic from the East Coast. The republic has divided their civilization into sectors. The first character, Day was previously living in a poor sector but after he escaped his execution with June he is on the run from the Republic. The other character, June is a former Republic girl. She betrayed the Republic and helped Day escape after uncovering that the Republic engineered the Plague and she also discovers that they killed he brother. June and Day are looking for the Patriots rebels possibly supported by the Colonies. After the Elector (the Republic leader) dies the Republic is in chaos. How will the book finish?

I spent a lot of free time reading this book. The amount of tough decisions that are in the book make it really epic. I definitely recommend this book. My favorite character in this book is Anden because he is reliable. On pg. 181 the text states, “‘I’m going to change the Republic, and I’m going to start by releasing Day’s brother.’” This quote is when Anden tells June that he is going to make the Republic a better place. This shows that Anden isn’t concerned about the Republic being powerful like his father, he wants the Republic to be a good place.

My favorite quote from the book is “‘But the new Elector is … Not. Your. Enemy!’” (345) This quote is meaningful to me because it shows Day, who previously disliked the Republic, knows Anden is a good leader and he is loyal to him. This quote occurs when Day speaks to the people of the Republic about their enemy.

If you had been given three wishes what would you ask for? I would want the best baseball skills ever. I would want this because I would dominate and at a very young age I would likely play in MLB. This has been my dream forever and it coming true would be amazing. I would enjoy having unlimited money. With this I could donate trillions to charity. I would also buy the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise. With unlimited money I could get all the greats including Mike Trout, Aaron Judge, Mookie Betts and more on my team. Under my ownership I would also become the Dodger’s manager. My final wish is being invincible. With this I could live a long and fulfilling life. I would be immune to all sicknesses as well.