YEAR 7 BOOK TEXT SUMMARIES

Book text summary - 'Are You There, Buddha?'

Author - Pip Harry

This is a book about a twelve-year-old girl who is starting high school. It focuses on her family/school life and her love for swimming. Also, the book mentions the bushfires and storms in Australia. The main character Bridget otherwise known as Bee, lives in the beach suburb of Crescent Bay with her stepmom, her dad and her half-brother Max. Bee also spends most her time with her best friend Leon who has known her since she was in nappies. Bee is also a Buddhist who talks to Buddha. She has a strong connection with Buddha as her mum left her and her dad to practice Buddhism in India.

By Ella W. 7D.

Book text Summary - 'The Mamba Mentality'

Author - Foreward by Pau Gasol, Introduction by Phil Jackson

Photographs and Afterword by Andrew D. Bernstein.My summary of the text is Kobe Bryant explains his long life on and off the court, he details his understanding of basketball and time spent with friends and family. It talks about his biggest inspirations and meeting his childhood heroes, as the book takes you through Kobe’s mind as he reaches major goals. Kobe breaks down his matchups like Michael Jordan and Lebron James, and elaborates on rivalries like the Boston Celtics and Detroit Pistons. As the book finishes Andrew D. Bernstein talk about his life following Kobe around and taking some of the most iconic photos in NBA history.

By Oscar D - 7D

Book Text Summary - ' The Raven's Song'

Author - Zana Frallion and Bren MacDibble

My summary of the text is The Raven’s Song starts off by introducing you to the main character, Shelby. Shelby lives in a low-tech closed community with her Da.

Shelby and her best friend Davy find a cut in the fence cutting off their community from the jungle beyond, they venture out, and they find another person, which seems impossible, because nearly everyone was wiped out from a disease 100 years ago, but an old man is walking through the jungle. They follow him in secret, and he leads them to a ruined city.

Inside that city, they find children, frozen in time, from 100 years ago, when there was a disease, and the only way to stop the disease was to freeze the people who fell ill until a cure was found. There was never a cure though, and the children were left there.