Awesome Axolotls

  As I usually start with these blog posts, my mom was shopping one day and stopped by Barnes and Noble to get me and my brother some new books to read. Because I love science fiction and books that feature Diverse characters she got this book for me. The general plot of this book is amazing and simple as it's just like E.T. and the main characters have to fix an alien spaceship without the government finding out and one of the kids is known for being an outstanding inventor. But the aspect of this book I wanted to discuss was Chapter 13 ironically called "The Talk".  Usually "The Talk" would refer to something else but in this book "The Talk" is what a black person should do when pulled over by the police. The reason I wanted to write a post about this is because when I read this chapter my reaction was "Oh my gosh!" I can relate to this. I personally got the talk at around the age of ten but my parents usually end up giving it to me two tim...

  Review of (another) American Classic, Mateo Hernandez             I began The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn near the end of my summer break after I reached an unbearable amount of boredom. I asked my mom to pick up some classic novels while she was at the library as I found I enjoyed previous ones like Of Mice and Men.             The story of Huckleberry Finn takes place in the mid-1830s/40s before the Civil War and follows a boy known as Huckleberry Finn, a young teenager who after enduring much abuse from his father, fakes his own death and runs away from his home. After a few days he encounters a runaway slave named Jim who he befriends and with whom he travels down the Mississippi River. The duo has many encounters on their travels ranging from hitchhiking con artists to a shootout between two rival families. At the end of the book Jim is freed and Huck contin...