Hoop City

I’m reading a book called "Hoop City" it’s about two brothers who eventually want to play in the N.B.A together. They live in the streets called Harlem. They experienced joy and pain wining and losing. Their life is all about basketball until one night…

Mike and Tony, who they sometimes call T are twin bothers. They were born 2 minutes apart. They love the sport basketball they both play guard positions on the court. They both are planning on going to university of New York.

They both feel living in New York is going to be the greatest and saddest thing they’re ever done. They’re ready to go to college, and play college basketball. Until the night Mike goes to a party with some friends Tony doesn’t like. Tony goes to get his brother at the party because a girl told him that something bad is suppose to happen at the party. Once Tony gets to the party he hears gun shots. If you want to know what happens go read the book.

C.C.E.

The Most Dangerous Two Sea Creatures

The Great White Shark is my favorite sea creature in the book “The 10 Deadliest Sea Creatures” because it is very strong and fast. The shark’s mouth is three to four feet wide, with row after row of jagged, saw-like teeth. The great white shark can swim up to 30 mph and smashes into the prey. The shark then takes a huge bite of the shocked victim and waits for it to bleed to death. The shark’s favorite meals are whales, seals, sea lions, and dolphins. It also eats other animals and even humans. The shark can sense a few drops of blood from up to three miles away. The shark can also go without eating for up to three months.

My second favorite sea creature is the Saltwater Crocodile. What I like about this croc is that it is very sneaky. It can jump, walk, and run on land. A croc can stay under water for up to five hours.

What I like about both of these creatures is that they both have a lot of teeth. They both can be found in the Australia waters. They both eat humans but that is what I don’t like about them.

R.B

SALT WATER CROCODILES

Salt water crocodiles are dangerous animals. They are known for eating a lot of thing such as water buffalo, snakes, goats and even people. Salt water crocs can weigh up to 2,000 lbs. They also can hold their breath under water for five hours. Salt water crocs have up to 68 teeth in their large mouth. Salt water crocodiles and alligators are part of the crocdilian family. Thats why u should stay away form salt water crocodiles.





by, j.w.

My Idol

Grandma S is somebody that I can look up to. No matter what I do, I’ll always have a place in her heart. As a kid I was always under her and never wanted her to leave my side. In a way I was like her shadow. She’s always positive and always has something positive to say to me no matter what’s the situation.

My grandma is and idol to me because she’s always there such as: Court, being in the courtroom with no other family members there period. Also being there when there were problems with my mom. She’s been there when I wanted to give up and not go to school. She encouraged me to keep going. When my dad got lock up for life she was there for me loving me unconditionally. And financially she was there to put a roof over my head and food in my mouth, I always love her for that.

Bad role model, something my grandma is not. A bad role model is somebody that adds on to your bad habits and gives you more bad things s to do. And add stress upon your life. They’re always negative and try to hurt you in any type of a way, this is not my grandma.

M.M.

My Independence Day

My 4th of July was great I had fun with all my friends and family getting together and celebrating Independence day.The first out of all ideas was a water gun fight it was me my friends against everyone else at the park, And the good thing about that is we won and it was only three of us out of everybody.The second thing everybody wanted to do is go to the pool,But that was okay I stayed for a little while though...Anyway we all gathered up and bought some ice cream by the time we all finished our ice cream it was already dark so we grabbed our huge bucket of fire works and headed straight to a good spot to shoot out.After that the night was long and exciting.

- SS

A Better Me

Since I started coming to The Juvenile Literacy Council I been doing better and started making better decisions. A few weeks ago I been making some bad decisions and been hanging around with bad people. I also didn't pay attention in school which lead me to bad grades. I wasn't listening to my parents which made me lose their trust.
Ever since I been attending at The Juvenile Literacy Council I been making better choices they have really change my life because now my family and friend can trust me and I can trust them as well. Now that I know what I was doing wrong I can do better in school. Ever since my parents been trusting me we been having a lot of fun together and have been spending a lot of time together and helping one another.
The Juvenile Literacy Council has really helped me a lot. Not just to me but my family too. By watching how my family felt for me when i was making bad decisions has really helped me because I can look back and look at all the wrongs things i have done and how they have affected me and my family. The friends that I hang around with right now has help me a lot because they have help me make better decisions. My teachers also help me change because they have encourage me to do better at school and in life.
My advise to you would be to try to make better decisions so you can achieve in your future. Think about how other people think about you and your decisions that way you can think about what your going to do next. Now that I'm doing better my life really changed a lot and it encourages me to keep doing good.


-L.S.