Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe turns into a true love story. At first it's hard to tell, but the reader begins to pick up the story of two boys exploring their identity. This story emphases the right for everyone to be who they truly are, whether that means coming out to family, friends, or even the community. Ari has a family with a father who is a Vietnam veteran and a brother who is in prison, but even though, his family is still supportive for who he is. Ari and Dante discover who they are for themselves and for each other. This book would be a good story for anyone facing the same problems. Someone who is searching for who they really are may pull inspiration from this book. 
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/aristotle-and-dante-discover-the-secrets-of-the-universe-benjamin-alire-s-enz/1100479305
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/AristotleAndDanteDiscoverTheSecretsOfTheUniverse
http://www.npr.org/2013/02/20/172495550/discovering-sexuality-through-teen-lit

The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian Book Trailer
https://youtu.be/Aub_K072Hr8

The second half of I Love I Hate I Miss My Sister seems absolutely ethically immoral. In the U.S. there is freedom of religion, we have the right to express ourselves as we please, especially if it is included into the religion someone practices. While I'm not sure what the laws were in France for expressing of religion, Sophane gets expelled from school for wearing a jihab. This is completely discrimination based off of how someone looks. Even though Sophane is allowed back in school, she decided not to go, but who would blame her? 

Djelila has a successful basketball game and decided to go and celebrate after with her friends. Djelila is more of a partier so it's no surprise that she comes back home drunk to Sophane waiting for her. While she is drunk, she goes up to one of the neighborhood gang members, Majid, who slapped Djelila in the face, and slaps him across the face because of what he did to her. This event is what leads to the murder of Djelila done by Majid. The rest of the book talks about Sophane dealing with her sister's death where it finishes off at her sisters memorial, where Sophane wears a jihab.

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18811323-i-love-i-hate-i-miss-my-sister

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Islam

I love I Hate I Miss My Sister comes out to be a relatively sad story. The story starts with a women's march for Djelila, who is one of the sisters that was murdered. Sohane the other sister, begins to think about all the events that led up to her sister being murdered. You can pick up on the sense that Djelila is a very good looking girl, a bit different from her sister. Djelila likes to go out with boys seems to care about the way she looks more than her sister, Sohane. Sohane and Djelila live in a poor Muslim neighborhood with their parents and brothers. Now being in a poor neighborhood there are some people that should not be confronted. There's a group of Muslim boys that seem to be a little sketchy and when they run into Sohane and Djelila there is a bit of conflict. This makes me think though, could these kids be the reason Djelila was murdered....

http://www.teenreads.com/reviews/i-love-i-hate-i-miss-my-sister

https://www.buffalolib.org/vufind/Record/1940925/Reviews

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/amelie-sarn/i-love-i-hate-i-miss-my-sister/

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of The Universe

This book is definitely much more different then what I though it would be. Just reading the title of the book I thought the story would almost be a fictional imaginary story line in the imagination of the characters, but that's why you never judge a book by its cover. What the story is really about is two polar opposite characters named Aristotle and Dante, they both appreciate each others company and grow as they continue through different experiences. Dante is a very open person who seems to really love life while Aristotle seems sad lonely and just doesn't know whats going on in his life. They both meet at there local swimming pool and love how they both have interesting names. Their friendship grows when Dante teaches Aristotle to swim. This is a refreshing read and really makes you feel good about life.

http://www.npr.org/2013/02/20/172495550/discovering-sexuality-through-teen-lit
https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2014/nov/13/review-aristotle-and-dante-discover-secrets-universe-benjamin-alire-saenz
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/AristotleAndDanteDiscoverTheSecretsOfTheUniverse

American Born Chinese, a graphic novel that frankly was a fun switch up to read. When I was younger I used to read a couple comic books every once in a while, and occasionally a graphic novel but not one like American Born Chinese. American Born Chinese was literally like a comic book in a novel. The subject on racism is very touching, the message I got from the book is be yourself and don't try to fit into something you're not or be someone you're not. Now with this being a graphic novel in almost a comic book form it made me question, who is the intended audience for this book? The subject of racism is a touch subject for some people, but was this book made for kids in their adolescent stages as an example of who they should become or was it made for a more mature audience to broaden their perspective on the issue of racism. No matter what age the audience is, I think anyone would enjoy American Born Chinese.

http://www.shmoop.com/american-born-chinese/
http://geneyang.com/american-born-chinese
http://cbldf.org/2013/07/using-graphic-novels-in-education-american-born-chinese/

Overall Brown Girl Dreaming wasn't the most interesting book I've ever read but it was a nice change. I enjoyed the change because this is based off of a true story, not some made up fiction love or high school story we've been reading. The end of the book talks about how Jacqueline becomes a writer through experiences with her family and other organizations in her life such as the Black Panthers. There really is not a brilliant climax in the story mostly because it is a true life story about her whole life and one major climax in someones life is unlikely. It was the build up of all the experiences she faced that created the suspense and climax for the story. Jacqueline seems to be able to tie her experiences she had to the way she wrote her book. For example when her uncle got thrown in prison she would write poetry about what he was experiencing. I thought this was a creative way to connect the verse novel setting with a real life experience.
https://www.britannica.com/event/American-civil-rights-movement
http://exhibitions.nypl.org/africanaage/essay-civil-rights.html
http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2014_ypl_woodson.html#.WKxpr7GZO9Y