I am thankful for many things this year, but here are the top three things. I am thankful for my loving family. I know that they are always there for me and will always care for me. They’re always help me if I need a little bit more explaining for an assignment. The second thing I’m thankful for the first responders. They will come and try to help if someone is trouble, I broke my arm in October. I had to go to Urgent Care and the people there were very helpful and nice. I’m thankful that we have police officers, firefighters, doctors, and nurses to help us if we have problems that need to be solved. Lastly I thankful for my friends. I know if if I’m every sad or just need help with something, they’re always be there for me. I also know that they’re always be able to make me laugh and smile. These are just a couple things that I’m thankful for.

If I could trade places with a famous person for a day it would be Alex Morgan. Alex Morgan is a famous woman’s soccer player, she is the captain for San Diego Wave FC and she is on the United States women’s national soccer team. I would want to trade places with because she is my favorite woman’s soccer player, she has helped lead her team to the Women’s World Cup and won it twice. When I was younger I would watch videos of her playing soccer, I like how she moves the ball around and how she is always trying to make opportunities to score. While I’ve been watching her playing I noticed that when she shoots the ball, she aims for the corner. When she not able to get there she will set her teammates up for success. I also noticed how she shows great leadership while on the field, she also inspires and is a role model on and off the field to many people.

If you had been given three wishes what would you ask for? I would ask for an unlimited first class ticket. I would use it to travel the world to any I want without paying for it. I would go to France and England to see the culture and to see the famous tourist attractions. I would also for wish unlimited English bulldog puppies. I love their wrinkly faces and how they run around. Lastly I would wish that I wouldn’t have to do any homework or tests for the rest of my life and I would have an A in every class. I would wish for this because I don’t like doing homework and when you do homework you’re studying for a test, you can hope you do good but sometimes you have a bad day and you don’t do good on a test. These are the things I would wish for if I had three wishes.

It would be a dream to have a perfect day and it would go like this. I would wake up to the of waves crashing onto shore. I would go outside to take my dog for a walk and play with her. After I would make a smoothie bowl for breakfast, and watch tv. After I would go to the beach and go swimming. I would go get changed after I went swimming, I would go for a walk to go get lunch. I would get a BLTA with french fries. After I would walk back to my house, to relax on the couch with my dog. I would get dressed to go to dinner with my friends and go shopping. I would go back home and take a shower, after I get my bed and watch a bit of television before going to bed.

In October, I read the book Iceberg by Jennifer A. Nielsen. Iceberg is a historical fiction about a young girl named Hazel. Hazel has to travel to New York to lived with her aunt and work in a garment factory to make money to send to her family back in England. She didn’t have enough money to purchase a ticket, so she stows away onboard and as she explores the ship. She meets a poster named Charlie and a first class passenger named Sylvia. As she wandered through the ship trying not to get caught, she meets Mrs. Abelman, a sweet former governess. She gives Hazel a notebook, so she can write about a the questions she has and so she can write her newspaper story. However, while on their way to get to New York they hit an iceberg. Sylvia and Hazel were helping others to get to the top deck where the lifeboats were, while they’re helping they heard Mrs. Abelman calling for help. They got her out of her room, She told Hazel and Sylvia to got with Mrs. Gruber to the lifeboats. Hazel wanted to find Charlie, so they all could go to the lifeboats. Hazel wanted Mrs. Abelman to come with them to the lifeboats. Mrs. Abelman was helping others who could not speak English and were trapped in their cabins. She told Hazel that she would try to get up there, before Hazel left, Mrs. Abelman gave her a metal tin box to store her notebook with notes inside. She writes her story about the titanic to try to sell to a newspaper publisher.

I recommend reading this book because I love reading about historical events that happened throughout history. I was entertained throughout the whole story and I didn’t want the story to end. I loved how the story ended with Hazel writing her story and having all her friends with her and thankful for the people who sacrificed themselves for them to make on the lifeboats.

Hazel was my favorite character, because she was curious and didn’t letting anyone stop her from accomplishing goal of writing her own story. In the book it states, “If I was going to sell my first news story, I needed to write about life on board for the wealthiest passengers, not the poorest passengers. Which meant my next decision be either brilliant or utterly foolish. Or both. I needed a way back onto the first-class promenade. I glanced over at the deckhand. He didn’t seem to be going anywhere, but I did remember the gate that Charlie had led me through earlier. Hadn’t he said on the first day, the officers would be more lenient about mistakes? I hoped so because I intended to make another one.” (pg. 39) This quote proves that Hazel is curious because even though she wasn’t a real first class passenger, she needed to go to the first class deck so her story sounded professional. Hazel was rethinking her decision, but she was going to risk getting caught by the officers so she write about the first class passengers.

My favorite quote from the book is a letter Mrs. Abelman wrote to Hazel. It states, “In only the short time of our acquaintance you have become dear to me. Almost from the first moments on board, you reminded me of my daughter. She was as adventurous and brave and strong as you are. I never wanted her to work in that garment factory, but she insisted that she must build her own life. So must you, Hazel. But your own future with a pen in your hand and notebooks to fill. You have so many questions. Now go and find all of your answers. The questions are the best part of you for they will guide you into a future better than you can possibly imagine right now. I have one last gift for you. Use it wisely and it will allow you to live as you choose.” This is my favorite quote throughout the book because it shows the bond between Hazel and Mrs. Abelman in such a short time, Hazel has helped Mrs. Abelman when she needed it. Hazel didn’t want Mrs. Abelman to die on the ship, she begged Mrs. Abelman to go to the lifeboats, but she wanted to some of the passengers who don’t speak English and wouldn’t understand the instructions. Mrs. Abelman wanted for Hazel to live the she chooses, the short time Mrs. Abelman had she wanted to make sure everyone on the deck was safe. Hazel cared about Mrs. Abelman and wanted her to be safe, Hazel learned that there’s a high road and a low road and the meaning of taking the high road.