Once upon a time, I SUCKED AT READING! My name is Sam, and I am now awesome at reading :]. Don't get me wrong, it took a butt-load of work, a ton of reading, and A LOT of carrots(They help your eyesight!). When i was in the 7th grade, all I did was pickup books from the library, you know, the ones with the silver-shiny covers and the girls looking out the window into the sunset...yeah those. I didn't put much variety into my reading. One great day, I saw a hardcover, 320 page book. It had a girls stomach on the cover and her belly button was pierced. This book CHANGED my life(Like Twilight Status people...). Not only did it change my perception on real life, it opened my mind to reading books that I wouldn't normally read.
This life changing book was named
"Pop Princess" by Rachel Cohn. This book is about a young girl that works at the local DQ. She's sweeping up the floor when a big shot record producer walks in for a vanilla cone. He hears her angelic voice and decides to hire her to record a few tracks. Then all of a sudden, BOOM BOOM POW! She's your modern day Hannah Montana. How flippin' awesome is that?! I know this doesn't seem interesting now...but trust me, this book is AMAZING! They're were very few books that have really spoken to me. In fact, there was one every year of my middle school life. "Star Girl" By: Jerry Spinelli in the 6th grade, "Pop Princess" By:Rachel Cohn in the 7th and "Persepolis" 
By:Marjane Satrapi. All of these books have spoken to me in a different way. They have all helped me grow as a reader and changed my view on books that may look different, but have almost the same story to tell.I admit that I am a VERY picky reader, and I don't read books that don't have an interesting title. Over the course of my 8th grade year I have grown (Mentally AND Physically) as a reader. For example, At the beginning of my 8th grade year, I thought that this year would be no different from any other year. But when I stepped into the classroom that is Locker, I realized that it wasn't going to be all lucy goosey any more... I was introduced to new reading strategies and techniques along my journey to HIGH SCHOOL.
The magical world of 8th grade humanities has taken me on great roller coasters and thrill rides within books, and meaning less baby rides that I had to sit through in order to get to the other side... HIGH SCHOOL!!!!
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