Strike

Strike
By D.J. Machale
Read in 8th grade

Book 3 in series

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A Civil War between the Air Force and Navy. But it isn't what it seems. The Air Force, with ridiculous technology and supplies, is wiping out the entire population of the Earth, and while SYLO is fighting a losing battle to try to save the Earth. Meanwhile, Tucker and his friends are captured by the Air Force while trying to get at a "Gate to Hell" in a desert military camp. There, they are degraded and labeled "primitive" along with many other prisoners. One day, a SYLO attack gives them the chance to see what the Gate to Hell truly is. They find a portal through time. But it isn't a true portal because of the "you can't change the past and there is a new timestream and blah blah blah". The portal goes 300 years in the future, and was created by an atomic blast inside the dome which caused stuff to move faster than the speed of light. However, the future they find has been decimated by climate change.

The Bean Trees

The Bean Trees
By Barbara Kingsolver
Read in 8th Grade
Marrieta, Missy for short, lives in a small, rundown Kentucky town. She has never met her father, for she was an "accident", and her father left her mother. She has a job at the local hospital and promises that one day, she'll get a used car, leave, and settle down wherever she ends up. Then, the day finally comes for her to leave, and she travels west. As she goes through Oklahoma, her car breaks down and forces her to stop for the night. She goes to a diner, where an Indian woman implores her to take a baby. Having no choice(for the baby was left in her car seat) she names her Turtle and continues to Arizona, where she stops. There, she begins on the job of figuring Turtle out. She settles down with a single mother named Lou Ann, who has been abandoned by her husband. There, she takes care of Turtle, who had been abused. She also learns that her friend/employer, Mattie, runs a sanctuary for illegal immigrants, where she meets Esperanza and Estevan, who have had their share of heartbreak. They all become close friends, when one day, Turtle is nearly assaulted.

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Monday, April 27, 2020

Immunity to COVID-19. People who've recovered from the virus may have it, but scientists don't know how effective the antibodies are and how long they last. Last week, herd immunity was discussed. It's when a majority of a population has immunity to a virus, and governments are looking to that for safety in the absence of a vaccine or cure. There have been many Apollo missions, but none of their astronauts had a map. Now, the USGS and NASA have created a comprehensive lunar map for use in future missions. Remember the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics a few years back? Well, ice fishing isn't an Olympic sport, but it is popular in South Korea. In the winter when ice freezes over, holes are dug in the ice, and farm-raised trout are poured in for people to fish.