Journal Entry 1

This week i read Witness.  It is a historical fiction book that is about a town where the Ku Klux Klan is doing buisness.  The main characters, Esther Hirsh and Leanorra Sutter, are two young children who become aware of racism and anti- judaism at an early age. Esther belongs to a Jewish family and Leanorra is African American. These two characters could very well have been children living at a time during segregation and they experience how severe and violent people can be because of ones religion or race.  In the book the Ku Klux Klan does some pretty violent and heartless stuff.
This novel is not in the form of most books.  It consists of poems or diary entries from different people around the town. After reading them, all the entries come together and make sense. This book was actually very good and i recommend it to anyone. Its very short because most of the entries are less than half a page but the author does a great job of holding your attention and adding some suspense until the end. 
I can't say i have a favorite book that i have read this year.  If i had to pick one, it would come from either the Hunger Games series or the Uglies series. They were both great! I recommend either one of these series to anyone who likes science fiction. I'm on my thirtieth book right now and i need some suggestions on good and short biographies and fantasies.