February 23, 24, 25, 26 & March 1, 2009

Monday, February 23
Title: Eddie and the Jets
Minutes: 45
Summary: Eddie and his football team called the Juniper Street Jets face Kirby Carpenter's Giants. As always, Eddie came out in the bottom with a score of 35-14. When he came home to watch the real Jets' game, the announcer gave him a great idea—a new team. The next day, without consulting teammates Kenny and Mikey, he “drafts” the new kids called Marty and Sean. Kenny and Mikey soon find out and decide to make their own team. When Eddie comes to practice with his new team for the first time, he reveals that Sean can't catch good and Marty runs bad and trips a lot. Bobby is same old with his good catching and running. Eddie is still the quarterback. Their first practice was good, but not great. My prediction is that Eddie will try very hard to teach Marty and Sean the proper ways to play and help them improve. My opinion on Eddie's decision not to tell Kenny and Mikey is that it was a pretty bad choice. If I were put in that situation, I would probably tell them that they simply have to go and then go get two new players. Doing it behind their backs is wrong.

Tuesday, February 24
Title: Eddie and the Jets
Minutes: 55
Summary: In their next couple of practices, not everyone could make it. On one practice, only Bobby and Eddie showed up. When Eddie threw a long ball to Bobby, he dove for it, scraping his arm on impact. When they came to Bobby's house, Bobby's sister Jackie helped him heal. While she did it, Eddie got “lost in her eyes.” A couple days later, Eddie's dad decides to go away from home to start a “new life.” At the schoolyard, a fight breaks between Eddie and Kirby when Kirby mentions something mean about Eddie's dad. Eddie gets an injury from Kirby slamming Eddie's head on the ground. Two days, later, he goes over to Jackie while Bobby and Eddie's mom are away. They chat and Eddie asks her to go get some pizza with him. After a couple giggles, Jackie accepts. At Louie's Pizza, they chat and eat, talking about school. Eddie seems to enjoy being around Jackie. A prediction I have is that Eddie will continue hanging out with Jackie whenever he can. From clues in the story, Eddie seems to like Jackie a lot. He always thinks of her and can “see her everywhere he looks.” From what I've read so far, I think this book has an interesting storyline. I would definitely recommend it to any sports fans—especially Jets fans.

Wednesday, February 25
Title of Text: Eddie and the Jets
Minutes: 45
Summary: The next few practices weren't doing so good. Marty and Sean had their usual problems, Bobby was dropping a few easy throws, and Eddie couldn't stop thinking about Jackie. Eddie and Jackie have been hanging out a lot lately. One day, when they were walking home from the pizza place, they took their first kiss. Eddie was loosing his football talent. A couple days, later, after a perfect practice, they went over to Bobby's house. While nobody was looking, Eddie sneaked up to Jackie's room. There, they kissed again. Bobby came in, shocked completely. He grabbed Eddie and dragged him down stairs and threw him out. He quit the team. It was down to Marty, Sean, and Eddie. While walking home, Marty and Sean decide to quit as well. It was down to Eddie and he had to forfeit. Eddie wanted to talk to Jackie but he was afraid Bobby would tear him to shreds. A question I have about Bobby is why did he get that upset? Eddie didn't deserve that. Bobby took it way to hard. A prediction I have is that when Eddie has to tell Kirby the truth, Eddie will get made fun of by everybody.

Thursday, February 26
Title of Text: Eddie and the Jets
Minutes: 30
Summary: As Eddie's life started to fall apart, he decides to try to get back the original team. Kenny, Mikey, Bobby, and Eddie. Just like the old days. He gives Kenny a call and begs for him to come back. Status on Kenny: on the team. He gives Mikey a call and begs him back. Status on Mikey: on the team. Now, Eddie had to deal with the toughest one, Bobby. They go to his house and there, Eddie admits that he is very sorry for what happened. After a couple minutes, Bobby comes back. The next day, they face Kirby and the Giants. With all new plays, they get to the closest they've ever been in. The final score was 35-28............... Kirby's team on top. Kirby went over to Eddie. This time, instead of a mean comment, he compliments them. When Eddie came home, he saw his dad waiting with his stuff. He's staying home. Eddie finally has his dad back, his friends back, and he's going to try to work things out with Jackie. My opinion on this book is that this was truly amazing. In every page, there were either sad moments, or action packed moments. I don't know anyone who wouldn't read this book. I definitely recommend this book to everyone.

Sunday, March 1
Title of Text: The Chronicles of Narnia-The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.
Minutes: 70
Summary: A group of four kids come to a professor's house. They explore the house's many rooms until they come upon a room with a wardrobe in it. They soon get bored and leave except for one kid named Lucy. She goes inside the wardrobe as deep into it as possible. When she gets pretty far, she sees a light, then something soft under her feet. She notices that she entered a world called Narnia. A faun (look at the animal in the picture) greets her and welcomes her to Narnia. It invites Lucy to its house to have tea and food. While she is there, the faun admits a secret. He was supposed to turn Lucy in to the White Witch who made the place have winter all the time. The faun apologized and quickly got her out of Narnia. When Lucy came back, she told the others about Narnia, but they didn't believe her. The next day, the group decided to play hide and seek. Lucy hid in the wardrobe and another kid named Edmund followed her. Edmund became lost in the wardrobe until he finally fell in Narnia. A sleigh suddenly came in flying and landed hard next to Edmund. The White Witch asked for Edmund's name, then made a deal with him. Edmund would have to bring all the others with him to the White Witch's castle where Edmund could become Prince and have all the Turkish Delight he wanted. When Edmund tried to head back to the wardrobe, he met up with Lucy. She was surprised Edmund got into Narnia. When they came out, Lucy told the others that she and Edmund went to Narnia. Edmund didn't want to be foolish so he said that Lucy was lying. Lucy became upset and ran to her room. Edmund, Susan, and Peter later talked to the professor about Lucy's story. The possibilities they came up with were that she was making it up, or she was telling the truth. The only people that know Narnia are Edmund and Lucy but Edmund won't admit it. The prediction I have is that Edmund will try to convince them that Narnia is real and he will get them to go to the White Witch's castle.