Book Recommendation: The Other Side of the Sky

This is the book I am reading right now, and the book is from the author Farah Ahmedi. The book is about a girl who is from Afghanistan. Farah had a happy life with her loving family and community in Afghanistan. Then war destroyed everything. Farah had to struggle to stay alive. She had to find a new home. There are lot of interesting things that this book is telling me. One part that I like about this book is that she was going to school and she was late so she had to take the shortcut to the school. The neighbor told her, don’t cross the field because it was dangerous. She didn’t listen so she crossed it – and something exploded, and she couldn’t stand and she couldn’t see. but she was still alive and they took her to the hospital. On page 60 in the book, it was saying that she didn’t know what happened to her and why she couldn’t get up.”I felt no pain, no physical sensation at all, just mental turmoil and fear.” I like this quote because it’s both sad and happy. The happy part is that she’s not dead, she’s alive. The bad part is that she lost her leg…..

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The Two Brothers

Bikini Island is the prettiest island of the all the islands, because the beach and the people are loyal and kind. They respect newcomers from the other islands.

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In Bikini, there were two brothers and their names were Billy and John. The older one was Billy and the younger one was John. Their parents owned a store. The mom took care of the store, because their father was sick and getting older, so the boys always went fishing for their father. One day their father told them to go fishing, so they took the boat and went fishing. Billy and John were in the ocean for an hour.

John asked bill, “When are we going back?”

Billy said, “Soon! After I catch one.”

The waves were getting stronger and stronger. They were trying to get to the land, but the waves were too strong. Billy and John tried to paddle as fast as they could, but it wouldn’t work, so their arms were getting tired and the waves were quickly moving the boat to somewhere else.

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When Billy and John woke-up, they were somewhere far from home. John was crying because he thought about how his dad was sick and getting older.

Billy  said, “Don’t cry-you’re like a baby!”

John told Billy,” you don’t don’t care if our dad die while we’re her?”

“Shut up! ” Billy said.

“No!” said John.” I don’t care about anything but my dad. I have not said bye to my father and I care,” said John.”

“We are in the middle of the sea, John. We can’t go home. we need to find somewhere to sleep,” said Billy.

John found an island and he said? home sweet home. “so they swam to the island.

” It’s not home,” said John.

” I know, but we have to stay here and wait for help.” said Billy.

John wanted to leave the island, but he didn’t want to leave his brother. John started to look for a good place and a big tree so they could build a shelter for them to sleep. Billy found a Big tree for them. They started to make a fire because it was getting darker, They stated to sleep, and  the next morning John woke- up and went to look at the sun-rise. John was on his knees and praying. After that, John went fishing for them to eat. When John got done fishing, he brought it to Billy’s bed, cooked, and when Billy woke-up because his food was ready and he smelled it, he wondered who made the food. He went outside and he saw his brother fishing.

John told Billy, “Did you see your food? Did you eat your food?”

Billy said, “Yes,” but he didn’t thank him for it.

John tried to sleep but Billy told him to go look for food in the wild jungle.

John got up and told him, “What have you done, Billy?”

Billy looked at him and he told John,” I’m the oldest and you cannot tell me what to do.”

John said, “If that what you’re saying, get out from my place.”

Billy left and looked for his own place to sleep. The next day John woke-up and went to look at the sun rise, and he thought he heard his father talking to him. His father said, “It’s time to move on, son.”

John told him, “No, father, no!” He didn’t hear his dad again. John went fishing and he heard an airplane fly toward him. He pulled his glasses out and face the sun and the airplane saw something shinny on the island. the airplane went back. when they got to the island, they saw the two brother. The brothers got inside the plane and it took them back. When they got to Bikini Island, the dad was already dead and John hadn’t even said bye to him, but the mother was happy to see them.

Private jet plane is going to land at the airport of a tropical island. Luxury style living concept.

“Your father will always be there for us,” the mother said.

John and Billy hugged each other and became friends again.