Monday, September 27, 2010

The Carbon Diaries 2017

The Carbon Diaries 2017
Pages 222-321
Summary
Laura and her friends are traveling to a protest camp in Genova, Italy. When they get there, they find the army and a tanker sucking all the water out of the protesters well. When they got there, they all agreed to go and protest too. After the protest is broken up all the protesters are arrested. Then the next day the protesters were deported and given back some of their stuff. Then the police interrogated them to find out why they were at the protest. When they were deported they were taken to this camp until they could go back home. When Laura gets home what is she going to do with her life?

Sunday, September 26, 2010

The Carbon Diaries 2017

The Carbon Diaries 2017
Pages 49-195
Summary
In The Carbon Diaries 2017, Laura goes on a gig in France. After a few performances, there is a riot and the police are going to come and arrest them. So, they go to their car and when they get there it is on fire. Before this, happened Laura finds out that her ex-boyfriend Adi has malaria and is in Sicily. So, she and one of Adi's friends Nate try to go to Sicily from France. They only make it there because of one of Laura's old teachers picks them up to bring them to Sicily. In addition, once they get there it takes almost 2 weeks from Adi to get better. However when they are on the Island there is an Emergency border control. This means the police can arrest anyone who is not Sicilian. How can Laura get home and live her life when the world is falling apart?

Thursday, September 23, 2010

The Carbon Diaries 2017

The Carbon Diaries 2017
Pages 1-48
Summary
The Carbon Diaries 2017 is about Laura Brown, who is now 18 years old. She has moved away from her parents, who now live in the countryside. Also, since the house she was going to live in was, repossessed she is now living at the Docks. The Docks are a set of apartments that are by the water, but nobody lives there anymore. So a group of people have taken the apartments over so people can live in them illegally. Also, since all Laura's things were taken away from her, she has only about 60 euros to live on for a month, and with that she has to find things to put in her apartment. Also, her carbon card is down a lot because she had to help her parents move all their things out of London. How can an 18 year old live alone in London with no money?

Sunday, September 19, 2010

The Carbon Diaries 2015

The Carbon Diaries 2015
Pages 87-158
Summary
Laura's mom has banned Laura's Dad from his bedroom. This is because he lost his job after 11 years and has become an alcoholic. Since he lost his job he has created a garden, but the problem is he does not have enough water so most of the plants die. Laura has a presentation she has to give for school, which is about Problems of the Elderly. Laura failed her presentation so she is suspended from college. A letter was sent from school about her suspension, which she took and destroyed, so her parents do not find out. A while later she finds her mom and her teacher of the class she failed. So know she has to go to the Carbon Offenders meetings and she is grounded at home. With a performance with her band coming up how can she go because she is grounded?

Post on The Carbon Diaries 2015

The Carbon Diaries 2015
Pages 34-86
Summary
In The Carbon Diaries 2015, France has finally started delivering all of Britain's oil so there will not be as many blackouts. When Laura, the main character goes into her sister's room, she finds all these brochures about Ibiza, a country she wants to go to. A few days later the Carbon Department came to each house and installed Smart Meters, which can tell you how many carbon points you have used so you do not overspend. If you over spend the meter turns off appliances in your house. Laura's mom overspent by 50 points, which were spent on, hours at the gym. When things turn ugly what happens?

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Post on The Carbon Diaries 2015

The Carbon Diaries 2015
Pages1-34
Summary
In this book, it is placed in England in 2015. There was a great storm caused by global warming, so in England they are the first country to ration carbon. Every English citizen has a carbon card, which tracks how much carbon he or she puts into the air. So, if you buy a shirt you pay for it with your carbon card. The way you pay for it is by how much carbon was put into the air making whatever you are buying. All over Britain, there are blackouts because there is not enough electricity for the whole country. When one fuse blows at the main power station, all of Britian is left in the dark.

Monday, September 13, 2010

Post on the Book Unwind

Book- Unwind
Pages read- 3-335
Summary
In the Book Unwind, it is placed in America in the far away future. A ammendment was made to end a very long war between people pro life and pro choice. To end the war this ammendment says, "Once a child is born and until it reaches the age of thirteen, it cannot be killed on purpose by abortion or when the child is born it cannot , for example put into a dumpster until it dies." However, if any child is between 13 and 18 the parents of the child can choose to have their child unwound. Unwinding is when every part of your body is used to replace parts on other people's body. So if someone has a disease doctors can just replace the part of their body instead of curing the patient. This book is about two kids who are about to be unwound, but they end up with another kid by chance. They are all unwinds, who run from the juvey cops.Juvey cops hunt down Unwinds who go Awol. An unwind going Awol means they are running and hiding trying to not get unwound. This is the story of their escape.